"washington journal" is next5. host: gorning, and welcome to the "washington journal." today is saturday, november 10. we begin this morning by looking at some stories regarding a statement that the president made yesterday in a speech addressing the nation, talking about claiming that the election gave him a mandate on taxing the rich. this is how it was reported in this morning's "new york daily news." they write "president obama claimed an election mandate to make the rich pay more in taxes, saying it is the will of the american people, making his first public appearance since his victory. obama said he would open talks with republicans next week on how to prevent painful tax hikes and budget cuts set to automatically take place effective january 1." we want to find out from you, your thoughts on the president's statement claiming that the election gave him the mandate or gives him a mandate on taxing the rich, agree or disagree. we've divided the phones in a little bit of a different manner this morning. 202-585-3880 for those making over $250,000 a year. if you're

>>muchas gracias, doctor ruiz 39 años y se va a washington. >>muchas gracias, al volver nos vamos a texas, despertar, en la lucha contra el tráfico humano, los retos de las autoridades y las consecuencias para quienes tienen negocios sexuales ilícitos.y continúa obama en la casa blanca, con él se queda obamacare, qué debe saber sobre este programa de salud~ en estas elecciones puestos claves estaban en juego, así quedaron las posiciones, nada ha cambiado, los repúblicano tienen el congreso, pero si cambio, tres caras nuevas e hispanas en el congreso, tres caras cubana américano. >>lo que paso en el distrito 23 de texas, refleja lo que pasa en el resto del país, gano pete gallego y perdió quiquo canceco, repúblicano. >me da mucho gusto estar aquí, muchas gracias por tu invitacion. >>que paso, por qué le gano a un repúblicano que tenia el apoyo del tea party. >>necesitamos cambios, trabajamos con la comunidad latina, que no gusta de salir avotar, esta vez si, salieron a votar, ayudaron al partido democrata y en particular a mí, el

standup: fernando pizarro, washington d.c. y este tema podria convertirse en 1 gran conflicto para el presidente obama aqui en el capitolio en su segundo periodo, ya que le dijo a los senadores republicanos john mccain y lindsay graham que tendrian 1 problema personal con el si siguen criticando duramente a quien podria convertirse en la reemplazante de hillary clinton como secretaria de estado, la actual embajadora ante las naciones unidas, susan rice. desde el capitolio en washington, fernando pizarro, univision. mas adelante:.reconocida organizacion comunitaria desarrolla una serie charlas para que las personas elegibles puedan lograr la ciudadania.. ademas..en peru, internos de un penal de maxima seguridad se amotinaron y tomaron de rehenes a trabajadores de la carcel... cielos soleados y temperatura que se estaria incrementando ligeramente los proximos dias... detalles de este pronostico, despues de la pausa... y recuerde que puede mantenerse informado con noticias washington las 24 horas del dia a traves de nuestra pagin

well i'm john berman in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture. when the democratic party do best with what it champions the progressive policies and causes that will build a stronger america for the fiscal cliff negotiations heating up will democrats heed the advice of f.d.r. and stick to the party's progressive roots also last wednesday washington and colorado became the first two states to legalize marijuana much to the joy college students in both states but as president obama ready to stop nixon's failed war on drugs and allow college campuses to go green and california law says that corporations are people so shouldn't you be able to drive in the highway carpool lane just you and your incorporation papers by yourself. you need to know this the biggest message out of the two thousand and twelve election that you'll never hear from the corporate media is this that americans believe and voted to affirm that believe that government can be a solution to the problems we face the government can do good things and that ronald reagan was wrong. ameri

this is "good morning washington." on your side. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> 5:00 a.m. on wednesday november 14. i am steve c i am cynnÉ simpson. >> good morning. a chilly start for all of us, especially compared to yesterday's. it was 65 degrees. most but dealing with the freezing mark this morning or colder. a chilly start, but it will be a good day. sunny skies all a round. show last into the weekend. 36 of reagan national. with the exception of annapolis on the day at 42. 32 at dulles. 30 in gaithersburg. 36 and fredericksburg. temperatures may stay in the 40's with clear conditions which a top out around 50 in the district. your seven-day in a minute but let us get a check on traffic. >> thank you. a traffic moving pretty well. 395 and from springfield into the district. as a matter with your alexandria and arlington across the bridge, no early incidents. we look pretty good all the way up through 95 in the main lanes. and the express lanes. a problem in prince william cou

making the travels on washington boulevard, george washington parkway baltimore-washington new yorkway, no worries. downtown on pennsylvania avenue, that looks great. from 270 between frederick and the beltway,we're near speeds too. cynne, steve, back to you. >> it is the costliest presidential campaign in history. it's over now, and president obama is staying put. voters decided to give him another four years in the white house. >> the president surpassed the 270 electoral votes which were needed for re-election. our brianne carter live outside the white house with reaction from the president, as well as from mitt romney. brianne, good morning. >> good morning to you. it was a big night for president barack obama. cheers erupted there in chicago and here in washington, d.c., as the numbers started to come in. it was virginia and ohio that really made it clear to the president's campaign that he would be back here at the white house for the next four years. now, during his victory speech, the president said he is more determined and more inspired to get back to work. he also talked a l

check us out at wncanca.org. >> good morning, washington! >> good morning to you, washington. it's 6:11 right now. a showdown brewing between the federal government and colorado and washington state. >> voters in those two states approved ballot initiatives last night legalizing the recreational use of marijuana. they regulate the production, possession, and distribution of the drug. federal law still says marijuana is illegal, prompting colorado's governor to issue a statement saying in part, and quoting here "don't break out the cheetos too quickly." students can enjoy a little time off. >> yeah, coolidge high school in the district is closed today. the building doesn't have any heat. so, again, coolidge high school closed for today. >> and they're going to need that heat, because it's in the 30's this morning. here's jacqui with a look at our forecast. >> very chilly start. a wet start for a few folks. the coastal core we've been advertising bringing wet weather along the delmarva, over toward st. mary's. but what you're seeing there, down into parts of virginia, i think fo

washington state's initiative also regulates taxes for drugs. oregon had the same ballot question and voted no. at the live desk, melissa mollet, news 4. >> melissa, thank you. >>> let's get a check of the forecast. i believe tom mentioned the "s" word. >> tom said not to worry. how bad will it be, i guess is the question. >>> with the road temperatures so warm, i don't think we'll have a lot of accumulation on roads. we may get some on grassy areas today. right now we have a winter weather advisory out. all these counties in blue, northeastern maryland, baltimore, the maryland shore. these areas might get some along the pennsylvania border and southern pennsylvania. up to four inches just west of pennsylvania on grassy areas again mainly. for our region, i think, as we go forward here, and i'm going to step out and advance my computer because it's locked up right now. we could get as much as perhaps -- i'll show you here coming up right now how much i think we're going to betting. i think we have a possibility of getting as much as maybe an inc

desde la casa blanca en washington d.c., fernando pizarro, univision. el pueblo de guatemala se recupera del terremoto que azoto el pais centroamericano ayer... mientras que en nuestra region, grupos se movilizan para ayudar a los afectados... silvana quiroz, nos tiene los detalles... silvana!! mas adelante:. las escuelas publicas del condado de montgomery planean una serie de reuniones con los padres de familia... volvemos con la informacion..las condiciones ats mejoran en el area metropolitana ahora que se aproxima el fin de semana... detalles de esta informacion, despues de la pausa... y recuerde que puede mantenerse informado con noticias washington las 24 horas del dia a traves de nuestra pagina web noticiasdc. com tambien en las redes sociales porque la educacion es tan importante para nuestra comunidad, noticias washington ha hecho una alianza con las escuelas del condado montgomery para informar sobre sus iniciativas escolares... la proxima semana, las escuelas de ese condado tendran una serie de reuniones entre padres y maestros...y en la prime

standup: fernando pizarro, washington d.c. "los autores de estas tempranas propuestas reconocen que falta camino por recorrer, pero creen que si hay apoyo de la casa blanca, podrian lograr votos de ambos partidos. desde washington, fernando pizarro, univision. ... el condado de montgomery decidio darle honor a quien honor merece...y es que hoy honraron los esfuerzos de todos aquellos que trabajaron arduamente para que los suenos de miles de inmigrantes del estado de maryland se lleguen a concretar... lilian mass nos amplia... lideres comunitarios y acticvistas, que por aÑos invirtieron su tiempo en bu Úsqueda del de la anhelada acta del sueÑo en el estado de maryland, recibieron reconocimiento por parte del condado de montgomery.. " sirvieron como un ejemplo al resto del paÍs.. que lo que hicieron en maryland podrÍa llevar a una reforma migratoria mas comprensiva.. y es algo que beneficiara al paÍs entero" todos ellos son personas que no solo serÁn parte de la historia del estado de maryland sino que podrÍan inspirar a

going to thanks very much indeed for that let's cross now from washington to new york a marine is there we've also heard about ongoing voting problems in the northeast maria tell us more about. that's right the first duration that's being expressed in states along the northeast has much more to do from what i'm hearing about the voting process in the aftermath of hurricane sandy and the damage she has caused in new york in new jersey hundreds of voting pools have been wiped out as a result we're seeing long long lines throughout new york and new jersey lots of people lighting up over crowding just to cast their ballot but there's also been a mounting amount of problems in manhattan for example there have been voting delays reported because election officials couldn't find ballot cards and scanners weren't working properly in staten island where tens of thousands at least ten thousand if not more are still living without electricity those people were seen voting by flashlight voting by paper ballots military trucks have also been set up throughout new york and new jersey as make shift po

fit or suppressing democracy as we've all so often seen washington do where is the u.s. get the right to be doing all this i mean if we want to talk about democracy it was in two thousand and nine that a pew research center poll of americans said forty nine percent of americans almost half think that the u.s. should quote mind its own business around the world and leave countries to their own interests and let them get along as best they can on the rhone that's a quote from the poll if we're so interested with democracy why don't we pay attention to half of america who thinks that meddling in other countries and trying to shape certain outcomes and basically you know having dominion over the world and having control over which countries go which way is not the right kind of foreign policy that just government should have i think we should go you know look to the founders into washington's farewell address we have no right to be meddling in so many countries controlling their governments and trying to shape what outcome they see charles you want to feel that go ahead. cha

escalofriante hallazgo al noreste de washington.. encuentran cuerpo calcinado dentro de un auto incendiado. investiga incidente donde un hombre al parecer ataco a una menor de 17 anos dentro del bano de una biblioteca de virginia. pasadas 48 horas de las elecciones, comienza nuevamente la presion por una reforma migratoria. en los deportes los wizard de washington sufren su tercera derrota en la nba. y en el tiempo , la em temperatura estara ascendiendo progresivamente a partir de maÑana viernes... .. holque tal, buenas tardes... la policia de la capital encontro un cadaver quemado dentro de un vehiculo...asi es, tambien dicho se habia incendiado.. esto sucedio en la zona del noreste del distrito.. claudia uceda con los detalles... la policia aun vigila el vecindario... y es que en este barrio de washington ocurrio una muerte sospechosa... maria rodriguez/vecina "extrano pues porque han encontrado esas cosas que no debian de ser." sonia medina/vecina"es muy tris asi a uno, es duro." anoche la policia encontro un auto quemado con un

they believe she may be headed to washington, d.c. area. we are trying to check in with police now to see if they have found the other suspect, if he has been arrested or they do not believe they have anything to do with the subduction. police are looking for one adult subjects in the disappearance of the 18-month old. are not sure of their relation to one another. as soon as we get new information, we will bring it to you. >> but decorated retired army general pertsaeus will be testifying about the attack in benghazi. >> he is expected to give a timeline of events. question this morning on capitol confirm they chancehill is can he keep his sex scandal from becoming a distraction tax he heads to capitol hill to face lawmakers. he will meet behind closed doors with the house and senate intelligenc after a step down after admitting to an extramarital affair. >> he went to tripoli and interviewed many of the people, as i understand it that were involved. >> the september 11th attack left quattro people dead. rigid four people dead. >> we know

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to cross out the war on drugs i'm joined by peter hack i'm in washington he's president emeritus and a senior fellow at the interim merican dialogue and in boston we have kevin so bad he is director of the drug policy institute at the university of florida and a former white house senior adviser under rug policy are gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want to come and i am i to go to you i mean that's talk about colorado is talking about washington i mean the perception outside of the united states is that the united states is legalizing it at home but continuing the war on drugs in mexico so how do you square the circle. well i mean you know colorado and washington had votes but frankly federal law is still supreme in what federal laws and this is what president obama has said numerous times is that marijuana still illegal so i think the message to the world is that just because two states decided to legalize marijuana that this is really going to be caught up in the courts for a while and this is really the beginning of the conversation and n

>> reporter: it's the five star inn at -- five star inn at little washington that's put washington, virginia on the map. now azannal worthy of the big washington is making its mark on the tiny picturesque town. >> this kind of thing is happening in our sleepy little town. they were right here. >> reporter: paula broadwell was here with her husband to celebrate her 40th birthday in the foothills of the blue ridge mountains. >> i really wish i had seen theme because -- >> reporter: because there was no room in the famous inn. the inn fills up fast in the fall. the broad wells stayed a little ways down main street at the middleton inn. where a yellow lab stands guard. the broadwells arrived thursday and ate dinner in nearby sperryville at the thornton river grill. friday evening they had reservations at the inn at little washington. the broadwells seemed to be enjoying each other's company thursday and friday. they went on hikes and took a strenuous bike ride together. but then after the news about her affair with general petraeus broke friday night, the mood between them soured. and they left

claudia uceda/washington, d.c. el lunes estos jovenes iran al congreso para hablar con congresistas y entregarles mas de 60 mil firmas, en washington claudia uceda univision." ... otra agencia federal, como el servicio de rentas internas tambien esta ofreciendo alivio a algunos contribuyentes por sandy... el irs anuncio una nueva extension para las zonas afectadas. maria rosa lucchini con el informe. el huracan sandy afecto a miles de contribuyentes.. muchos de ellos empresarios que estaban a punto de enviar sus pagos o declaratorias de impuestos... por eso el servicio de rentas internas anuncio una extension ante la emergencia... "para todos esos empleadores que descuentan, que tienen pocos empleados y tienen que pagar los impuestos a finales de mes, entonces el gobierno lo que esta haciendo es extendiendo una semana mas para que se haga ese deposito federal" para aquellas empresas o contribuyentes, la fecha limite fue el 31 de octubre.. pero fue extendido hasta el siete de noviembre.."una extens fuera una bendici

les cuento que es la avenida pensilvania en washington... puede apreciar los tranvias, mujeres con sombrillas, un ambiente muy diferente de los tiempos que vivimos hoy.. estas imagenes son exactamente de la pensilvania entre las calles 10 y 11..el video al parecer fue obtenido de la fundacion de coleccion brook... de pobreza, economia y educacion es el mesaje del cantante bono en la universidad de georgetown. afloran nuevos detalles en el escandalo amoroso del ex- director de la cia. se queda sin voz elmo el de plaza sesano, el hombre encargado de esta tarea es acusado de tener una relacion sexual con un menor.

"good morning washington" at 5:00 a.m. start now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington." >> good morning. it is tuesday, november 6. election day. >> but by yesterday morning was cold. -- we thought yesterday morning was cold. morning of the season. temperatures freezing in most of the area. 29 at dulles. 27 in gaithersburg. 25 in frederick. i think will be it for a lot of us. freeze warnings in effect as a result across the metro area. even stretching towards the eastern shore. that will be in effect until 9:00 this morning when we finally make it above the three -- above the freezing mark at 38 degrees. by noon, partly cloudy skies. 47. nothing to prevent you from getting out and voting. if you have to stand in line, it will be chilly and the wind will be a little brisk. so you want to dress appropriately with gloves and hats. coastal storm right around the corner. more details in a second. let's check on traffic this morning. >> i think it will be spread out a little bit more with election day. we normall

>> and good morning to you, washington. your morning coffee could cost a lot more in the future. >> yes scientists say you can blame climate change as a new study finds coffee could be extinct by 20806789 scientists say coffee grown on most plan tation comes from a limited genetic stock and doesn't have the ability to adapt to a shifting climate. pests or disease, that could send coffee prices skyrocketing. the combination of high demand and poor harvest has coffee prices at their highest in some 30 years. so drink up before 2080 rolls around. >> oh, my goodness. better get started. 6:11 right now. let's check in with jacqui jeras. you join me with a cup of coffee. >> you just made me grumpy girl. that is a bummer. but 2080, i'm thinking i'm not going to be around right? what do you do? got to help other people in the future. temperatures are very cold. they make you feel like you want a cup of geoff this morning, or maybe a little hot chocolate if you're not a coffee fan. it's 37 degrees at reagan national. 32 at dulles. 3

passing north and east of washington. right now in washington, light rain and fog and drizzle. we have that in prince george's county. arlington, fairfax, and much of montgomery county. from night near gaithersburg up towards laytonsville, they're getting moderate showers moving off to the north and east. farther north and west, a few pockets of light to moderate rain. it's going to gradually break up over the next couple of hours. the big story is the big chill. in fact, out in western maryland where the rain has ended in much of west virginia, it is at or below freezing in many of those locations. farther east, in the light blue, we're all low to mid-40s, northern virginia, just about all of maryland. southeastern virginia, virginia beach, 64. that's one of the warmest spots in the country right now. look how huge this cold air mass is all the way across the country. all these areas in blue and lavender are generally below freezing. boston is at 63. that's another warm spot there in miami. elsewhere, it is a cold start to this november morning. throughout the morning for the

kennedy de washington, d.c. united no pudo en casa ante una buena asistencia de aficionados empato 1-1 con red bull, abrio el marcador roy miller a los 61 minutos en su propio porteria, pero para quedo quedara empatado el portero bill hamid tambien anoto el gol en su propia porteria. ahora red bull define la clasificacion este miercoles en su propio escenaro del red bull arena de nueva york. en el otro partido jugado en houston, el dynamo saco provecho de su localia para derrotar 2-0 al sporting de kansas city. el primer gol fue anotado por adam moffat recien a los 18 minutos del primer tiempo y will bruin a lor 75 sentencio el partido para darle el triunfo a los dynamo de 2-0. el partido de vuelta sera el miercoles en kansas city, los ganadores pasan a la final de cada conferencia esta noche en nuestra segunda entrega tendremos reacciones desde el estadio robert f. kennedy con el empate de dc united y red bull. hasta aqui los deportes. hacemos una nueva pausa... y regresamos en seguida con mas noticias... ya te

through laurel, 95 works better instead of baltimore-washington parkway. we had to this accident with seven cars involved only one lane getting by. it is just bumper-to-bumper north of the beltway. across the american legion bridge, an accident is gone but it is slow coming out of tyson's. >> are big story this morning -- a very busy day for president obama and mitt romney on the eve election day. >> the president will campaign before heading back to his hometown of chicago and mitt romney it will visit to virginia and new hampshire. >> it is down to the wire today. it is the final day of campaigning before people had to the polls to pick a president. people have cast ballots in early voting. tomorrow election day is finally here. the candidates are making their final pitch and they will be crisscrossing of the swing states today. obama will hold events in wisconsin and ohio and vice president joe biden will be here in virginia. mitt romney will make stops in florida and ohio and paul ryan will be in colorado, nevada, and iowa. each one of them is trying t

and i don't want washington politicians like george allen... privatizing it. if george allen wants to risk his own money on wall street... that's fine. but i don't want him risking mine. george allen just isn't watching out for us. anncr: the democratic senatorial campaign committee is... responsible for the content of this advertising. look, the reason i'm in this race is there are people that are really hurting today in this country. and we face this deficit -- could crush the future generations. and republicans and democrats both love america but we need to have leadership -- leadership in washington that will actually bring people together and get the job done and could not care less if it's a republican or a democrat. i've done it before, i'll do it again. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. . >>> gas prices are falling -- falling. the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded posted the biggest drop of 21 cents over the weekend and puts the price of gallon regular at $3.47. one reason behind the drop is super storm sandy. full few people ar

that is the proposal that won by ten points in colorado and by 12 points in washington state. according to these ballot initiatives, it will not be illegal to buy or possess less than an ounce poft over the age of 21. on paper it's that pot is regulated much like alcohol is, but the really important difference is, the really important difference is that according to the federal government and therefore for the whole united states of america everywhere according to the federal government it's illegal to buy or sell pot. that's just as much the law as these new state laws that say the opposite. what's going to happen here? is it legal or not? is it going to be legal to buy and sell and smoke pot in colorado and washington, or is it not? we are not the only ones asking this question. the people in charge are asking the question, too. the governor of colorado has indicated he also has no idea how this is going to work. on election day he put out a state reminding coloradans under federal law pot is still ellegal, so they should hold off on the cheat toes and goldfish for the time

indico claudia uceda/washington, d.c. y precisamente porque la policia no tiene suficiente descripcion del sospechoso es porque estan recurriendo a la comunidad para ver si alguien tiene informacion que ayude a la investigacion... en la sede de la policia de anne arundel en maryland claudia uceda univision estamos en la temporada de otoÑo y oscurese mas temprano, lo que podria ser un peligro para peatones y conductores, si no respetan las seÑales de transito.. la policia esta iniciando una campaÑa de educacion... ana se ha llevado cada susto, toreando los carros para cruzar las calles...pero reconoce su culpa... "me he cruzado la calle tambien en donde no es, yo tengo a veces culpa, realmente se que esta malo pasarse asi, hay unas lineas donde pasan las personas y por pasarme por ahi digo hay esta muy lejos,entonces me voy asi" y esto es lo que quiere evitar las autoridades de la region metropolitana... especialmente en esta temporada de frio cuando anoche mas temprano...." todo los peatones al cruzar muchas veces los

governor-elect, jay inslee of washington state. creative potentially revenue solutions and certainly a big plate full of clean energy jobs. really appreciate you coming inside "the war room." >> thanks for your leadership and let's crow about this. we had a victory for clean energy at the ballot box last week in the state of washington. let's make that a national success ultimately. >> jennifer: all righty. sounds great to me. thanks jay. >> thank you. >> jennifer: coming up, here's to high ideas. washington state may be the first to legalize marijuana but i doubt it is the last. we'll talk about that after the break. plus, there are many challenges facing our returning veterans. but one is tick -- particularly disturbing. later, what does the fiscal cliff have to do with childhood hunger? we'll explain as we continue with our week-long series, feeding the need. it's "the war room on a thursday night. to our brains and our bodies. that's why "current" has partnered with "1,000 days" to help spread the word & combat a problem that u

>> at the washington poison center in seattle. >> just drowsy. okay. >> and lately more and more of them sound something like this. >> and today i took about 90 milligrams of percocet. >> oh, you did? >> 6:00 i wasn't really thinking and i did a bar of xanax and i'm reading all this stuff online about thousand that's a very lethal kbicombination. i have a lot of friends who died during their sleep and i wasn't really sleeping. now i'm wondering if i should stay up tonight. >> that kind of call to me is really scary. >> oh, it is scary. >> what goes through your mind? >> i'd be very frightened about that young man not making it through the night. >> dr. bill hurley is the medical director of poison center, also a trauma doctor. >> possibly too many meds. thai not sure what they have. >> we're in seattle in part because the problem is bad. >> this bottle still has quite a bit in it. >> but also because, as you will see, there are real solutions. for hurley, it started five years ago. he started noticing overdoses, a lot of them, coming through his

with a sudden backlash in the middle east and back in washington the far east has become yet another source of irritation night i'm announcing the creation of a trade enforcement unit that will be charged with investigating unfair trading practices in countries like china. president obama has been increasingly tough with china and it's not only about enforcement units and lawsuits washington has also been increasing its news or your presence in the pacific we absolutely have to make more progress and that's where we're going to keep on pressing when it comes to the second largest economy in the world in the street which owns a major part of u.s. debt try to forget about this campaign rhetoric for a moment regardless what romney said or brok obama said in the end i think they will adopt this same policy that is engagement and cooperation with china rather. president obama has also been trying to make progress we're not. a member of the u.n. security council russia why meenie has been viewed as the engine behind the reset over relations with moscow but it's still unclear if it actually

we are joined from washington. good morning. >> morning. >> this vote did not grant palestinians statehood. it was important to the u.s. and israel, they are both withdrawaling aid to the west bank. 138 countries in total backed the palestinians in this. what does this status grant them? >> well, the vote is really a global endorsement of the palestinian position, a palestinian state. it certainly bolsters abbas and the palestinian authority who were weakened. it gives the palestinians hope and a bit of dignity after so many decades of occupation that a state is possible. let's listen to president abass after the vote yesterday. >> translator: we did not come here seeking to delegitimize a state established years ago. that is israel. rather, we came to aform the legitimacy of a state that must now achieve independence, that is palestine. >> as you said, christine, it doesn't give the palestinians anything tangible. the u.s. feels this is a false sense of accomplishment. on the ground, things are going to be exactly

i'm going to check on her it is going on as you can in our washington studios for that after eight well for more on what obama's reelection means for the country and the rest of the world we're joined live by asia times correspondent peppa escobar who's in the u.s. are right now will of course have them in the next couple of minutes hopefully for you so we can share some of his thoughts with you now richard spencer founder and coeditor of alternative right dot com says time voting results reflect deep divisions within the united states. in america demographics are is destiny and i think in some ways what this election represented was a demographic model or a demographic snapshot of what this nation is it's a nation that starkly divided in many ways between hope and rule people in the red states and blue states non-whites. believe rule of upper income whites there seems to be a very very stark divide demographics aside that if you look at the ruling order in the united states there seems to be a great deal of stability brock obama kind of painted himself as a kind of left wing in a way c

fiber some experts already say that for the rest of the world in terms of washington's foreign policy it wouldn't have made much difference who won. be very little difference between a republican or a democrat yeah as we can see from president obama's policy of covertly funding syrian rebels. do you know about assassinations in tehran on their own streets of academics we don't know and what we do know is american democracy works with the hand of a massive elite force money what is obama promising except this kind of vague idea of constructive engagement world all the time of supporting. terrorists we know president obama has been actively courting along with the secretary of state we. have been in the rebellion in syria and of course supporting all sorts of elements in libya so how so many of you really know you into thinking that president obama or president romney would be different when it came to foreign policy i don't know where they get that from. right an update on the latest results these are preliminary figures barack obama has two hundred ninety lecture on college very it's

currently, it is 43 in washington. but lots of 30s off to the west and there are some cold temperatures. remember, there are still about a million people to the north that don't have power. 40 this morning in new york so it is chilly up there. 33 in detroit. temperatures just off to the north and west well below freezing and we'll be dealing with this later tonight into tuesday morning. 50 your daytime high. cool temperatures but we should be dry with more sun building in later this afternoon. >> sun is good. we like the sun. >> thank you. >>> time now to say hello to julie wright. >> hey, you guys. right now on the roads you will find lanes are open. overnight roadwork in place tying up your commute as you work your way westbound around 495 near new hampshire avenue has cleared. no problems reported right now here at colesville road continuing westbound over towards 270. lanes are open in you are traveling eastbound 66, an easy drive headed towards vienna. beltway looks good in each direction. traffic running smoothly

same with washington, d.c., near 50. so now it doesn't look like we have to worry about the next coastal storm. we may be, knock knock, clear all the way to thanks fwifg. >> whoa, bill, don't jinx us. let's be careful. thank you for the knocks. >>> bitter words from mitt romney about the election. >>> plus, could a chemical keep men from cheating? details on a new study are next. you're watching "early today." >> announcer: brought to you by the makers of centrum men and women. have you taken the most complete multi-vitamin today? >>> stories making news this morning. former republican presidential nominee mitt romney was on a conference call with some of his top campaign donors when he said that president obama defeated him by giving things to blacks, hispanics, and young voters. >> the president's campaign did was focus on certain members of his base coalition, give them extraordinary financial gifts from the government, and then work very aggressively to turn them out to vote. >> louisiana's republican governor bobby

looking at washington, putting earnings season besides us. all coming down to the last 32 days of the year and what is its going to happen in washington. anytime we hear anybody making any comments, it is going to move the market. like you saw on that chart, who is saying what and when, clearly that shows it is all about getting in front of the camera, getting out in front of the public making sure the public understands where everybody stands. they will stretch this one out as long as they can, the drummer will unfold, we will watch the miniseries play out on live tv. it will come to the same path and figure it out before the end of the year. tracy: we should have our viewers name the intraday chart. i cannot believe this, 32 days, we have to live with this war true fundamentals, make your picks. >> this is an unusual market. i thought they for sure flush away harder than they did leaving me to think that the market is believing something is coming. each drop a little bit lower than the previous one leading me to believe the market believes

what do you think about what the people in colorado and washington have done recently in the last election well given the choices and frankly i think kevin. has put them out there that that's the choice that we seem to have a lot of collateral damage or legalization and i would like to see a more nuanced approach but frankly from what i see. i would have voted for legalization in both elections like i say i think the damage that we're currently inflicting on young people in the it's this country the damage that's going on in latin america that i don't think that i think kevin is absolutely right this is the beginning of a conversation i very much hope that the united states will look at its drug war overseas and open up that conversation with the latin americans in a very serious way to look at the current policy and the alternatives ok i would have voted for legalization ok how do you react to that kevin because i mean the war on drugs as people call it do you think it's a success i mean we go through a lot of the issues related to the who use that right right you know the only people tha

and spending equals power in washington, d.c. and these people are not going to give up power until they have to. and the point at which they have to is when our economy completely starts to collapse, when you see the stock market just bail out, when you see investors bail out. we're not there yet. they're not scared yet. >> sean: okay. you wrote a book that oddly -- and by your own words, your own admission, because we've been friends a long time -- called "the fair tax." goes on to become a huge number one "new york times" bestseller. your follow-up book, same thing, bag bestseller. interesting, i represent the mac penny plan. you cut one cent, one penny, out of every dollar that washington will spend. you do that every year for six years, keep gdp spending at 18%, 19%, where historically it's been, and you balance the budget. >> sure. >> sean: that seems like something you could sell to the american people. >> you can sell it -- >> sean: go ahead. >> sean, you can sell it to people who are educated and informed about our econo

good afternoon and welcome to capital like out i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for tuesday november sixth two thousand and twelve the u.s. presidential elections are today along with elections for hundreds of lawmakers for everything in the house of representatives and some in the senate will discuss what opposed to election economy may look like with credit write downs founder edward terrorists and and europe may be an example of what happens when you cut spending without writing down the debt so far the u.s. is postpone financial reckoning day by ramping up the presses but how much longer can do is continue plus the u.s. fiscal cliff has people worried about a u.s. recession if washington does nothing meanwhile in france president francois hollande is. pressure to reform the economy loosening labor laws for example reuters says he's expected to brush aside the prescriptions from an i.m.f. and also a government commission report our elected politicians just universally aligned and not wanting to make that tough decisions we'll discuss l

de los polÍticos aqui en washington. vamos con carlos rajo. analista polÍtico de la cadena telemundo. gracias carlos por estar con nosotros. que dalo josÉ. buenos dÍas. hablaremos sobre lo que cambia, o lo que deja de cambiar aquÍ en washington a raÍz de las elecciones. del martes pasado. >>> josÉ en washington no cambia mucho. es decir la correlaciÓn de fuerzas. la cÁmara y el congreso sigue igual de dividido. la cÁmara baja en control los republicanos siempre. el senado con una ligera ventaja no quiere decir que no haya la principal lecciÓn que se saca de esto. que tiene a todo el mundo sin no alerta un poco sorprendido. y la gran sociedad lo estÁ descubriendo. forblt amo una paerlt importante de este universo. las minorÍas que incluimos a los hispanos. incluye asiÁticos. tiene muchas responsabilidades con estas comunidades se pueden ver cambios o o beneficios hacia nnss comunidad a raÍz de estas elecciÓn pasadas. uno pensarÍa que es obvio el tema de inmigraciÓn hay que dejarlo claro siempre que a los latino snos nos interes

temperature 43 here in washington. there are some 30s on the map. but not all that cold out there by november standards. big win down there on the grounds of the university of virginia yesterday. still almost 50 degrees alongside of the chesapeake bay. front royal virginia, out there in the shenandoah valley, what a beautiful day it's going to be today. temperature floating with 60 degrees before noontime. mid to upper 60s with plenty of sunshine in front royal today. to the upper 50s by 6:00. staying quite mild through much of the overnight hours. the redskins have the week off. that's a good thing. the ravens' forecast for today, at home in baltimore, temperatures will be in the mid to upper 40s. great weather there. a big change coming. windy and warm ahead of a weather front and a 40 to 50-degree drop in temperatures behind it. it's going to be a big change. our temperatures will fall during the course of the day on tuesday. so for today, sunny and delightful outside. nothing to complain about. clouds start to move in overnight tonight, but the

is it fair to say that george washington sometimes maybe we don't learn the full story about george washington? >> guest: we absolutely don't learn the full story about george washington, and one of the reasons i wrote america's hidden history and then and nation rising was to tell those stories that the school books to leave out and particularly about washington. most americans, unfortunately, still have the cherry tree story in mind when they think of him washington. of course, the story is completely manufactured by a man who did not know washington and made these stories up as a kind of reader for children, couch morality tales in terms of washington's life. so the cherry tree story we can dismiss. but unfortunately every president's day we will see the actors come out with an ax on their shoulder. though chop down the prices on cars. and so that is a stereotype of washington that gets perpetuated most people never hear the story of a 16 year-old washington, the true story, again, from his own riding of going out into the virginia wilderness but he is a teenager with some men who were very

routine piece of washington business. republicans threatened to vote to force the country to default on its loans. this he were not going to raise the debt ceiling, remember. president obama responded in a prime time address to the nation. he asked the american people to get involved in that fight he was having with the republicans. he asked the american people to get involved directly. >> the american people may have voted for divided government but they didn't vote for a dysfunctional government. so i'm asking you all to make your voice heard. if you want a balanced approach to reducing the deficit, let your member of congress know. if you believe we can solve this problem through compromise, send that message. >> let your member of congress know. send that message said the president. the american people did. so many american people did that congressional websites and phone lines crashed after the president's speech. house phone circuits were so overwhelmed that an alert went out to members of congress that if they were

the most moderate rain bands are. -- we have light rain in northwest washington. temperatures a good 25 degrees cooler than yesterday this afternoon. more details coming up in a minute. back to you. >>> our top story, former d.c. council chair kwame brown will be sentenced later on today. he resigned from the council and needed guilty to bank fraud charges back in june. if federal prosecutors get their way, brown could face six days in jail and three years of supervised release. >>> a group of d.c. schools targeted for closure or consolidation is set to be released yesterday. those schools targeted for consolidation will most like be combined with higher-performing charter schools. >>> lawmakers are returning to capitol hill today after the election season break and they have a full plate of unfinished business to get done. the biggest challenge is avoiding the double hit to the economy of tax increases and automatic spending cuts nope as the fiscal cliff. >>> another issue congress wants to know about are the details surrounding the resignation of cia chief david