at business and finance in the washington region. as you gear up for the new year and new resolutions for success we are bringing you special show highlighting the best in business. our business high night -- highlighted a navy seal. this week, more from our top talkers in washington success story. celebrating the good food has become big business in washingtonon. it has morphed into a celebrated foodie destination. >> washington claims you as our son, our native son. tell me about your life and where they grew up. >> we grew up in montrl. my family was in the restaurant business. whenen i was about 14 years old about 20 of our family members moved there for the world'd's fair. it was o one of the most successful ones that they had for a long time. they had six different venues in the fair. it was an amazing experience. instead of moving back to montreal we just moved back t to florida. that is how i got my start in the united states. >> did thehey come looking for you for the competition or did you go looking for them? >> my sister

they discuss washington any future of the news media. this is about 20 minutes. [applause] >> i thought i was the moderator. >> they told me i was the moderator. >> i will interview you. >> you get started. >> so, obama gets elected. [applause] i was in new york city, where i live, union square, joyous triumphant, people hugging crying, a real feeling that the world will change, and now, the mood is different. you can give your two cents, but the perception now, is that a lot of the stuff has failed, the government is not working. what happened? >> two things. i think a lot of things happened the economy is growing, creating jobs, on a planet rate is down, we have near universal health care access to health care, a project 100 years in the making. a lot has happened. would you have tapped into is that when president obama was elected, there was a sense of intimacy possibility, that as he had promised, the tone could be changed here in washington. the partisan superficiality of the debate here could be transcended, and that the country would benefit. i think there

how come washington is convincing executives that they have to do more? why do these companies have to think that they are good when you think they are not? >> a couple of elements. the first is that an industry that is only 25 years old, we look at experience that hasn't been built through all the companies. our data is starting to show there is a perception and a reality gap. and the operations teams will be concerned that they haven't gotten over the goal line. >> is this bravado? or do they not want to dare tell anyone that their systems are weak? >> even there is a little bit of confidence factor where you say we've got it all wrong. i think it's just a matter of where the gaps have to be closed. there are widening gaps between a whole series of things. the understanding at the top versus the understanding in the operations groups. >> the boss didn't get it last year? >> it's partly that more bosses get it at all. is turning into a place where the boardrooms is having conversations about cyber. which is relatively new. >> the sony hacked changed a lo

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steve lavigne is the washington correspondent. something of an expert that goes on in the war on oil. coming up a coveted civil servant job in new york city - garbage man. >> it's like hitting the lottery because of how hard times are now. >> tough work and even tougher to get it. back in 2 minutes. >> hundreds of days in detention. >> al jazeera rejects all the charges and demands immediate release. >> thousands calling for their freedom. >> it's a clear violation of their human rights. >> we have strongly urged the government to release those journalists. >> journalism is not a crime. >>> i am ordinarily not one for trash talk but let's talk trash - specifically the job of collecting 11,000 tonnes of garbage that new yorkers create each day. believe it or not, becoming a garbage man is a coveted job in the city. more than 93,000 applied to cart away garbage in the big apple. mary sthoe reveals why. >> i'm joseph a new york sanitation workers. it's not easy to get a job. to get a job in this day and age is scarce. it's not easy i

as yet promised, the tone could change in washington. the partisan superficiality could be transcended and the country would benefit. there is no question that that goal has never come close to being met. it has gotten worse. the president would be the first to admit that and regret his own inability to make that go way. what i think it tells us as citizens is that no individual no president, can do that. we have to do it. the last three presidents have run on a promise to change the tone in washington. bill clinton, george bush, and barack obama. it is most associated with obama, but the other two previous sentence -- presidents has had the same thing. and washington has become more acrimonious and more gridlocked. this is why we need political reform. our system is broken. i think a lot of people in this town and auditorium would agree with me that the gerrymandering of our house district is a principal cause of the kind of nonsense that we all have to suffer through. the inability of congress to get anything done. probably political r

i'm dana bash in washington. and i will turn it over now for more coverage of officer wenjian liu's funeral. >>> hello, everyone i'm deborah feyerick for this special edition of "newsroom." for those expecting to see fareed sazakaria's gps, we are going to continue our coverage here of wenjian liu's funeral. this is the funeral that concluded a few moments ago, and the funeral home was packed with dignitaries and officers and scores of others from around the country who lined the streets to pay tribute to the man whose his wife praised as a caring son and loyal huzsband and friend. and his wife did thank all of the people who came out today, and she paid tribute to the man she called her sole mate. >> he was always there when anyone needed something. he always cared for the chinese community. he always wanted to do his best to help and support. the very community that he is part of was very well loved by his friends and colleagues and our extended family that is here today. the caring son, a loving huz heing husb

steve lavigne is the washington correspondent. something of an expert that goes on in the war on oil. coming up, a coveted civil servant job in new york city - garbage man. >> it's like hitting the lottery now. >> tough work, and even tougher to get it. back in 2 minutes. >>> i am ordinarily not one for trash talk, but let's talk trash - specifically the job of collecting 11,000 tonnes of garbage that new yorkers create each day. believe it or not, becoming a garbage man is a coveted job in the city. more than 93,000 applied to cart away garbage in the big apple. mary sthoe reveals why. >> i'm joseph, a new york sanitation workers. it's not easy to get a job. to get a job in this day and age is scarce. it's not easy in new york city. >> reporter: this may be one of the toughest jobs to get in new york city. this past year more than 90,000 submitted applications to become sanitation workers. the department hires 500 new workers a year. translating to an acceptance of 0.54%, a little over half a per cent. harvard university's accept

there is one senator who wants to clean the waste out of washington. every year his office puts out this waste book. it details stupid subsidies like the $10 million you spent to partner the national guard with superman. >> in part four we will examine the connection between jim jones and the national guard. >> 10 million bucks for that. and the national endowment for humanities gave a million dollars of your money to the popular romance project. the goal study the influence of romance through novels and film. >> as far as a woman and a man's concerned, i like to read about passion. >> what makes love love? ♪ >> it's a love story. who doesn't want a love story with a happy ending? >> me. i don't want one taxpayers are forced to pay for that video. the lonely senator who fights the garbage is tom coburn. thank you for doing that. the pentagon destroyed $7 billion of weapons that they could have shipped home from iraq and afghanistan? >> that shows the inefficiency of the pentagon. it costs more to ship it over than it's worth. why did we have the exce

if you think about it, the last three presidents have run on a promise to change the tone in washington. bill clinton george w. bush, and barack obama. i think it's most recent and associated with obama but the other two presidents said the same thing and both oversaw a washington that only became more partisan and more acrimonious, and more grid locked. this is why we need political reform. our system is broken. a lot of people in this town and this auditorium would agree with me that gerrymandering of our house district is a principal cause of the kind of nonsense we all have to suffer through and inability of congress to get anything done. and the problem is political reform is not an exciting proposition. >> if they can't get anything done how do they reform? >> if congress is not going to do it, we've seen some action in the states, it has to be state by state because they control how the districts are written and drawn. it's got to happen there. the only way anything happens is there has to be some kind of popular momentum behind it. most people say they want political reform when

so first the basic question, how was news moving in and out of washington and at that time, what had the biggest flow from the capital out to the states or from the states into the capital? >> not surprisingly, from the east coast out and that held true for new york city and from washington, dc. official newspapers of the administration existed for every presidential administration from jefferson through lincoln. naturally i haven't investigated past lincoln so i don't know. their official newspapers carried the word in their editions and then they were copied at first through the mail and then by telegraph so the official information got to newspapers around the country. so definitely these big -- these two big east coast centers of news, new york just by virtue of being the media capital, and washington by virtue of being the capital. >> just to die jess that niece newspapers would wear on their sleeves -- talk about bias in media today -- eye am a democrat voice or a republican voice, and what sorts of issues did that just come to the fore and people knew which newspaper they woul

for more about that, we are joined now from washington by humera khan. she's the executive director of muflehun, a think tank whose mission is to thwart terrorism. she's also an advisor to several government agencies including the f.b.i. so what can be done to prevent the radicalization in the first place? >> well, for prevention one of the most important things you have to deal with is raising awareness. people need to know what they're up against. and actually the barest entry you don't have youth wanting to engage in it in the first place. for those who are not caught through prevention right, they have somehow already gone down the track you actually have to start talking about intervention that is the case where somebody exposed to the idea has not committed any criminal activity, not mobilized to criminal he activity, then you have to have an intervention for stopping them to go off to fight. working with them specifically and that's an individual process to get them to disengage from their thoughts psychologically. >> what kind of intervention are

workers in washington state will get 9.47 an hour. add in states with prewage hikes and 29 states will be paying above the federal level of 7.25 an hour. both maryland and d.c. will see increases in the minimum wage, maryland going up to $8 an hour tomorrow, d.c. increasing from 9.50 to 10.50 july 1st. >>> tonight chick-fil-a is warning customers of a possible data breach saying it's received reports of unusual activity involving payment cards at several restaurants capping a tough year for american businesses trying to protect themselves against security breaches. chick-fil-a says customers will not be held responsible for fraudulent charges. >>> lucky for us we have an unseasonable and unusual weather predicament. too much sun could delay the start of the winter classic. it could be postponed as much as 90 minutes because of a forecast that calls for a lot of sunshine. the deputy commissioner says that sun and its glare could pose a player safety issue. >>> here's another safety issue, tents flying around in high winds. check out th

>> this washington yes. the less they do the better. it's a proven fact every two years congress' collective i.q. goes down significantly. these guys are in exception. compare them to the past do nothing congress. harry truman's do nothing congress passed four times as many bills as this congress. when leadership leads they can stay on autopilot for some time. that's what this country has done for ten years. we haven't had grown ups in washington, d.c., for quite some time. at some point, deal with immigration and tax reform and an energy plan. they can't do that. they are playing their political base to get re-elected. >> washington may not be able to agree, but the president has been aggressive in using his executive authority to make things happen. i mean, it's not really gridlock, is it? >> it's scary, if you ask me. the notion he can take out his veto pen agree, disagree make his own rules, why have congress in the first place? is he going to veto something? is gyrations flow through the economy. we need it to be peace and quiet. j

two leaks were reported in northwest washington. you can see water still coming out of a manhole there. crews had to fix drain off portions of the main to locate the leak and fortunately they were able to do that and without disrupting service. >> moving on to the weather. the snow we saw over the past 24 hours here in the metro area was little compared to what happened up north. but that doesn't mean we won't feel the impact. chief meteorologist is here with a look at the cold coming this way. >> we call this the bitter backlash as this storm continues to swirl off the coast of maine. but northwesterly winds coming behind it and drawing cold air. let's get you started. 31 degrees in alexandria. a few patches of blue skies prior to sunset here. we'll continue it see the temperatures continue to drop off. mid to upper twenties with northwesterly winds of 10-20 miles per hour and overnight temperatures 14-23 degrees. northwesterly winds driving wind chills into the single digits. that's how you'll start the day. >> road conditions lik

john: that describes washington,ev d.c. they keep adding stuff. president obama said he would take out the garbage. >> i am not one that defends every program just because they're there. they don't always work. john: politicians say they will get rid of waste and once they spend in power then spend more than they have. the reason i hate politicians. the not all of them. there is one senator who wants to clean the waste out of washington. every year his office puts out this "wastebook". details stupid subsidies like the $10 million you spent touard partner the national guard with superman. >> in part four we'll examine the connection between jim jones, man of steel movie and the national guard. john: 10 million bucks for that. also national endowment of humanities gave a million dollars of youour money to something called, the popular romance project. the goal? study influence of romance through novels and film. >> as far as a woman and a man's concerned. i like to read about passion.t >> what makes love most. ♪ >> i'm sorry. who doesn't want a l

. >> every time that we follow the advice of the washington consultants and run to the middle, we lose and it happens over and over again, whether it is journaled for or mitt romney, it is not a winning strategy. neil: what do you think, jamie? >> maybe we wish it was true, but the reality is that we had the exception of ronald reagan. >> he was up against a disastrous candidate. watergate would later unravel, but george mcgovern kind of laid the groundwork for that. >> he fits the pattern. nixon was certainly to the center and so was george w. bush that ran as a compassionate conservative. the reality is it's talent of the candidate more than ideology. >> i could also think of george bush senior in 1998. >> the primaries push them to the right, they came with a centrist pragmatic push to the right in the primary and then when you have to try to campaign more to defend this in the general election it seemed authentic. i think that there were other problems with romney ted cruz is not the first that we have seen like rand paul certainly not afraid to dip his toes back in the water. but

the washington auto show is in town through sunday. right near here is the show's chair, kevin riley. i was amazed at the amount of cars you said are in that convention center right now. >> over 750 vehicles in 750,000 square feet of space. 42 manufacturers represented, ferarri, lamborghinis, the greatest from ford, honda, it is a great show. >> if you are a total car geek, everything from the concept cars to the fuel efficient cars. is the hybrid version the most popular this year? what are some of the things from that realm are on display? >> joe biden was here last year. he loves his corvette. gets 650-horsepower that may interest you. for another person they may look at the toyota a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. >> the hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are very cool because water comes out of the tailpipe, they are as quiet as they could possibly be. does it seem like this is going to be a car of the future? it is really slow to market. >> that is why the washington auto show is one of the top five shows in the nation and important for the

i think there is a fear of technology in washington dc. there is a superstructure of government contractors. what i would do is change the way that software is built in the government to be more like what we are doing in york, more like silicon valley. it is notable to me that, i hate to bring up health care talk, but when you look at healthcare.gov, it took a people of silicon valley people to come in and fix it. let us build things the right things of these people do not have to come in and fix it. >> with those encouraging words, let me thank chad. >> next, a discussion with slit towards ceo -- flipboard ceo. this is about 15 minutes. >> we have been told that if there is time at the end, we each have to do 20 push-ups. the bar was set pretty high. he is one of the most successful founders in silicon valley. flipboard launched not long after the ipad. the creation of clipboard was an interesting one. if the web was washed away and you had to rebuild it from scratch, what would you do? that was the thought experiment behind flip board. c

i think there's a fear of technology in washington what i've seen. there's kind of a superstructure of government contractors and all this sort of thing. what i would do is really change the way software is built in the government, to be more like what we're doing in new york, more like silicon valley. i think it's notable to me that, you know -- i hate to bring up healthcare.gov but when you look at healthcare.gov, it took a group of silicon valley people top technologists to come in and fix it. let's build things the right way so people don't have to come in and fix it. >> with those encouraging words please join me in thanking chad dickerson. >> next, a washington ideas forum discussion with mike. he talks about the latest trends in mobile technology and the evolution of the flip board app which provides customized news and information feed. this is about 15 minutes. [applause] >> so we've been told if there's time at the end, we each have to do 20 push-ups in front of you. the bar is pretty high. mike is one of the most successful serial founders

i served here in washington, d.c. as police chief for almost nine years and i'm currently the police commissioner for the city of philadelphia for the past seven. so i've seen a lot of changes in policing over the years, but i also recognize that more changes needs to be made and that's why we're here. we need to think about ways in which police can be more effective in doing their jobs reaching out to the community. we'll be talking about a variety of issues today. the focus is on building trust and legitimate si but in the future we'll be tackling topics such as policy training, oversite, education, wellness social media, technology. there's a variety of topics as we move around for various hearings that we'll be focusing on, bringing in subject matter experts, hearing from the community, hearing from law enforcement officials, so that we have a pretty broad view of the issues and recommendations that people would like to make that will -- most of which will probably be included in our final report to the president.

in washington we're following the massive storm that's now gripping the northeast at this hour with blizzard conditions on the way. up and down the region residents are warned to stay indoors and off the roads for what is going to be a very dangerous storm. the heaviest snowfall is expected overnight and into tomorrow. 28 million people are under a blizzard warning tonight stretching from the jersey shore on up to maine. when all is said and done, some areas could see more than two feet of snow or a lot more. states of emergency are declared in five states. officials throughout the region have spent the day warning residents to get indoors and prepare. >> this will most likely be one of the largest blizzards in the history of new york city. this is not going to be like other snowstorms. it is going to be by all indications worse. >> you should stay home if you can. you should only go out in a case of absolute emergency of necessity. >> use today to prepare. snow is coming storm is coming. it's going to be the most severe storm that we've seen in years, maybe decades. >> this is a top five hi

they are bad at lobbying washington. they are bad at lobbying brussels read we have a tendency to say, what we try to do is build the greatest possible product and we are slow and understanding, what does this mean with the face of government? >> all of that taken place at the conference in munich today. cyber security will be a major theme in tonight's cyber security address, but do businesses care and might they change their strategy after hearing what the president has to say? we will talk about what he might say, next. ♪ >> i'm cory johnson. this is "bloomberg west." it is a tough balancing act. handing over data related to the "charlie hebdo" investigation microsoft just 45 days after they were asked. microsoft's general counsel says that this shows the microsoft system can work and that snooping should only happen if strictly regulated. present obama will address u.s. cyber security concerns tonight. the president recently pushed new cyber initiatives and discussed cyber intelligence sharing with prime minister d

. >> if you are an organization looking for influence in washington and you just go buy her book you don't get credit. if you are presenting her with a very large check the possibilities are extremely exciting. there may be a big incentive for her to announce to just rake it in. >> i was very very impressed with your lists. thank you so much and happy new year to you. that is all for you. i hope you are making money today. don't forget to tune in to fox business monday through friday. until then find me on social media. follow me on twitter, on facebook, like melissa francis fox. thank you so much for watching. have a great holiday. or what might happen this weekend. next comes "the willis report." gerri: hello everyone, i am gerri willis and this is the willis to work to show where consumers are our business. and another big government program. free college. >> free for everyone who is willing to work for it. gerri: the president says it's free, but guess who is willing to pay for it. we are breaking down this proposal. in a violent day in paris. french police and terrorists clashed

lawmakers return to washington with republicans now in charge of both houses of congress. what's next? and demonstrators chanting "black lives matter." a former police officer and a local civil rights leader explore tensions between police and the african-american community. next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening thanks for joining us. bad weather continues to slow the efforts of divers searching for the wreckage of airasia flight 8501 and for the bodies of most of the 162 people who were on the plane when it went down last sunday. >> ( translated ): some rescuers tried to dive but were hampered by visibility and underwater

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they're like the best we can do is send you to washington which i'd have to spend the night here. so i'm trying to get to florida. >> things were busier at union station where people were trying to get the last few seats on the last few trains to new york and philadelphia. nine out of ten trains to new york tomorrow morning have been canceled. >> they stop the train in d.c. we had to switch to another train, 138. i found out the train goes to new brunswick, so they said i would get off at trenton. and when i get off in trenton, the new jersey transit might not be going. >> they switch to trains wn the airline cancellation started to come in. >> they canceled my laguardia flight. i got off and looked at the map and thought in i thought amtrak. i decided to take a shot and connected through then chicago to washington just to get the metro here. i'm on the 7:10 to new york. >> back live now at reagan national airport. you can see the folks who just were not able to get another way out of here tonight. they have to sleep here. and this is likely to not get much better tomorrow we unde

we bought one in california, one in boston, and one in washington, d.c. markets we wanted to be in. we have two hotels under construction from scratch. one is in chicago. another hotel in orlando. our fouth hotel in orlando is on the ground at universal studios. it comes back to new york city. the focal point of the u.s. travel and tourism industry. you could probably make the same statement for the world travel and tourism industry. we want to have a property we are proud of. and make a good return on investment. >> any return on investment for the hotel depends on visitors to the city. tisch has worked closely with the past mayors to improve new york city's gritty image. he helped kick off the new york times square makeover. he was instrumental in the campaign to bring tourists back after 9/11. so far, his efforts seem to be working. new york had 54 million visitors in 2013. the regency sold out for super bowl weekend about a month before it even opened. it is not just about keeping hotels full. tisch says tourism is critical for the new york economy. >> what is it really about? >

what should washington, d.c. have to do with all of this? many states and school districts require schools to administer additional tests. now, this is called hearing for a reason. i have come to listen. our working draft includes two options on testing. option one gives flexibility to states to decide what to do about testing. option two maintains current law regarding testing. both options would continue to require annual reporting of student achievement disaggregated by subgroups of children. washington sometimes forgets but governors never do that the federal government has limited involvement in elementary and secondary education contributing 10% of the bill. for 30 years the action has been in the states. i have seen this first-hand. if you forgive me for pointing it out, i was governor in 1983 when president reagan's education secretary issued a nation at risk saying of an unfriendly foreign policy the educational performance we might as well have viewed it as an act of war. the next year tennessee after a long battle with national ed

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one of them taken to medstar and the other one taken to george washington. do not know the reason as far as why the boiler exploded. the men were working on it. a lot of police and fire on the scene. it is back open and police and fire have left the scene. >> thank you. developing news out of delaware, shots were fired outside the home of vice president joe biden. neither the vice president nor his wife were home when it happened saturday night. there is an active investigation . richard reid is live in the satellite center with the latest. >> the fbi and new castle county police are on a manhunt looking for that shooter. a speeding car drove by the residents and fired multiple shots. one agent spotted the car. now the fbi want to find out who did this and why. extra searchers service -- extra secret servicemen and crime scene tape. >> gunshots were heard. >> any idea how many shots? >> not sure. >> those shots, multiple rounds, came from a speeding car along this road along 8:25 p.m. saturday night. the vice president and wife often spend weekends here, but

reporting in southwest washington abc7 news. a terrifying thought having to rescue your family and car being swallowed up out of a sink hole. >> right off a water main broke creating a sink hole and flooding homes. >> look at that you can see the driveway has collapsed and speaks to the power of the water flowing. from there and straight into these homes you can see why people had to get out in a hurry. >> for the family in the flood zone the first warning was a sound like a water fall. >> we didn't know what was going on. >> i saw a bunch of water rush into inside the house. >> in the basement darwin scrambled to get his wife and kids to safety. they climbed in the family car thinking they could drive through the water. >> right into a growing sink hole. for him and his little sisters it was scary. >> >> it swallowed their car and nearly another. nobody got hurt. >> it's a familiar story and old pipe 90 years old installed in 1925. when calvin

i feel comfortable in washington. i think people are nice and i think most of you yourself, are on drugs as well. [laughter] >> and one other note of nonseriousness before we get down to serious business and i'm cognizant of the fact it's been a long day. you sat through a lot of heavy duty stuff. i want to be sure i keep you fully awake. gary, you have written many times both in your memoir and in some of your novels about the excessive hairiness or furriness as you put it of your protaganists. this is kind of a self- preoccupation of yours. i will say for the record and maybe afterwards we can have a short competition. am hairier than you. >> my goodness. >> kind of like a full body did shall-when i shave it's arbitrary where i stop. >> oh, my. >> but if we did that probably the national zoo would turn up. >> i can't believe you're having a hair off and keeping me out of it. >> all right. at the end of this we will all -- we will have hair off and the national zoo will come collect all three escaped chimps and take

that's the difference between albany and washington. we have a different belief. we believe in community and we believe in the concept that we are all connected. we don't believe we are all individuals on our own. we believe there's a connection that binds us. that there's a cord that connects me to you to you to you and that cord weaves and fabric and when one of us is raised we are all raised and when one of us is lowered we are all lowered. those are not just words. that's the way we live. that is the way we operate. lieutenant governor was talking about the snowstorm in buffalo. 7 feet of snow. it was an impossible situation. it overwhelmed everything. people from all over the state dropped everything and came to buffalo to help. i went up to the national guardsman to shake his head and say thank you. he said, governor, you don't remember me, we met in the north country, no need to say thank you. you came to help us when we had hurricane irene. there was a plow truck from nassau county and i climbed on the step and shook hands with the plow truck driver. i sai

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in a "washington post" piece, philip rucker reports romney has moved into a massive 6,000-square-foot home that he built in utah, where he spoke openly about his work with the mormon church as a lay pastor. romney is reportedly considering making utah home base if he seeks a third run for president and his son said "if he were to run again, i think he would be much more willing to open up and share who he is not by asking others to learn the doctrines of his faith, but by speaking of the values of love and service that it has taught him." >>> president obama is waking up this morning to encouraging news from the latest gallup poll. the tracking poll now has his approval rating at 50%. it is the first time since june of 2013 he's hit that mark in gallup polling and he reached a term-low approval of 38% back in september, two months before democrats lost control of the senate. >>> armed with an historic majority in the house and control of the senate republicans sought to come out of the gate strong this legislative session, but already there have been a handful of instances where the p

we'd like to have more of you down in washington. >> thank you. much more of this coverage of this storm ahead. we're checking social media for best shots of this blizzard. we'll go live to the heart of the storm where we will see the most snow. we're coming back live with the blizzard of 2015 here on msnbc. r . >>> a massive snowstorm impacting millions in the northeast part of this country. here's a live shot of time square in new york. we're in the midst of the storm. we'll be right back. >>> we're back with more of our breaking news coverage of the blizzard of 2015. cities up and down the east coast are shutting down as residents prepare for what could be one of the biggest snowstorms we've seen in years. five governors have declared state of emergencies. in some areas, meteorologists are predicting up to three feet of snow and winds blasting 5 miles per hour. thousands of flights have been cancelled, streets and highway systems closed mass transit suspended. officials told residents not to underestimate the storm. >> the snow is coming. the s

the president runs the risk of not being more popular with the media, which plays a big part in how washington goes. >> i think the press like strength. if the president vetoes this, he can come back and negotiate an energy bill that is more on his terms. but if he capitulated right now and angered his own base, it would be bad news going forward. >> the tension for me with the veto threat now, this that make it less likely that democrats don't filibuster or can't sustain a veto? by taking this on, does the president take the pressure off democrats in the senate? >> i don't know the answer to that question. ooh. deserving of further study. i really don't know. >> republicans now are going to go full team. >> i know that. >> their hand is a lot stronger if the president vetoes the bill with substantial democratic support. i think part of what he did this today, was -- [bell rings] >> i was waiting for that bell and it finally came. jeb bush is in new york today. we have a seat waiting for him, right over there. he is talking to pac's. -- to pac's. both are called right to rise, although you pro

i would much rather have states make these decisions than the central government and washington. maybe jared and i in the spirit of the new year can agree that we should get rid of a minimum wage lot in washington and let the $50 state decide what's the best policy. i will still argue that government shouldn't be interfering with the right of consenting adults to sign labor contracts. >> i will meet you at least halfway, which is i agree that this movement towards states setting their own minimum wage, even cities, makes sense in part because price differences are really quite dramatic across the country. >> right. the cost of living is very different. >> very different in seattle than, say, in mississippi. however, you do need a federal floor. yes, i do like the state variation. but i also think we need a higher federal level as does the president so that the states don't get too far apart from the federal floor. >> jared's idea of meet meg halfway, he gets 95% of the cake and i get 5%. >> hold on a second. how do you fix it? you are talking about a lot more inequality out there

>> we'll take advantage of the stuff they have going on at broad and washington, at the end of the parade route everything, hopefully we can make the best out of it. >> back here live along the staging area you're looking at the seahorse, you can see the flirt, the feathers the sequence, this is a teeny tiny dose of what you'll see the pageantry the showmanship starts at 10:00. >> again a reminder phl is the home of the mummers. the only place to watch the parade live. that coverage will start at 8:00 a.m. this morning. 2015 was ushered with a bang over the delaware valley. will burst into the clear, crisp night. ice skating and food was there for those waiting at penns landing. the little revelers saw the show at 6:00 p.m. >> i think at the end where the fireworks got bigger and at the top of the sky. >> each fireworks display had a theme which was synchronized to music. >> there was extra security in time square due to the murders of nypd police officers two weeks ago. that turned out to be a celebration without violence. we have more on from new york to australia and how people welcome

. >> i'll cover the state of union address live from washington. >> the ball is dropping on a new year. that is something to celebrate. but, not what comes next, thanks to the health care. the forbes gang is all over that. first, the sony hack may have been an inside job from a worker told to get out. i'll have no revenge for workers on the way out. the bosses have to be careful who they hire and fire. we are taking a closer look. ♪ nothing beats that new car smell ♪ ♪ chicken parm you taste so good ♪ ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ ♪ mmm mmm mmm mm mmm mm mmmmmm ♪ does a freshly printed presentation fill you with optimism? then you might be gearcentric. get a $15 gift card when you buy $75 in hp ink or any hp toner multipack. office depot & officemax. gear up for great. >>> coming up, maybe an >>> be careful how you treat your people. turns out that sony hack job could have been an inside job. independent investigators saying fired employee was behind it. the government says otherwise. health records of celebrities, name it, they exposed it. dagen, the moral look out fo

. >> i'll cover the state of union address live from washington. >> the ball is dropping on a new year. that is something to celebrate. but, not what comes next, thanks to the health care. the forbes gang is all over that. first, the sony hack may have been an inside job from a worker told to get out. i'll have no revenge for workers on the way out. the bosses >>> be careful how you treat your people. turns out that sony hack job could have been an inside job. independent investigators saying fired employee was behind it. the government says otherwise. health records of celebrities, name it, they exposed it. dagen, the moral look out for who you hire and fire? >> can't screen for crazy when you hire somebody that would have never made it. >> you're the one who hired me. >> there must be something to it. they're looking back at where did we go wrong? >> because you can't screen for that, because people put on their best face and you have to be careful about what you ask about. a former employer is when you hire somebody, but you doggone well should protect yourself if somebody gets fire

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there's another band east of washington coming out of howard county. a larger area of some light to moderate snow from culpepper connecticut to orange. that's moving toward king george's as well. we'll have these with us for another few hours putting down an additional 1 to 2 inches on top of what has fallen since yesterday. for. for those about to head out, let's get a look at the roads now. chuck bell is live near joint andrews. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. route 5 all wait from huesville in southern charles county to where we are now it's beenn e whole pretty good. we had some cars spin out win our line of sight on route 5 when we were down in charles county. now we're in prince george's county the road is a little bit better. the temperature is two degrees warmer than it was about 30 or 40 minutes ago. that's probably making all the difference. we're at 30 now. and if you have seen any travel trouble spot let me know on twitter. twitter handle is is @chuckbell4. back to you. >> thank you. >>> blizzard conditions have been impacting bost