he said the president is always welcome at the commonwealth of virginia. there has to be a personal grace note that the republican caucus has lost. he is the president. he is a figure that has -- demands our respect and he is well-liked and we need to do a better job as a party to separate -- and separate the differences of opinion about policy compared to how we speak to hiabout him as a person. there are people in our caucus who do not -- are not able to bridge that note. >> we spent time thinking about this but we will try to be concise. i would say to the republican caucus that i know lee atwater said when your opponent is busy destroying himself, do not interfere. do not think that your opponents failures and weaknesses are your success. if everyone took a step back in line you somehow step forward. believing that is a prescription for permanent minority status. people want a society that works. people want solutions and leaders to a better -- and lead us to a better place. i would say to republicans, it is jobs and economic growth, it is all that. yo

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we're going to find out tuesday if a presidential endorsement will impact the governor's race in virginia. president obama has personally campaigned for the democratic candidate and some republicans say that the race is a referendum on his first few months in office. >>> also, tuesday, the odd couple teams up again. the reverend al sharpton and former house speaker newt gingrich make the second stop on their education reform tour. this time they meet up with the education secretary in new orleans. >>> plus, the latest unemployment numbers come out this week. we're going to see if things are starting to turn around. all those stories and much more starting tomorrow morning. "morning express with robin meade." why don't you catch it every weekday from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. eastern. >>> the parents of a 15-year-old california girl who was allegedly gang-raped are urging people in their community to do something positive. yesterday, their pastor read their statement during an event at the high school where the alleged attack happened. police say as many as ten people were involved in the ra

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>> virginia and actually made a decision to remain a virginia resident because of the education benefits. >> virginia is one of the states that has multiple 529 plans and there are good ones and bad ones. so i have a guide on my website, which is clarkhoward.com, where you can make sure that the virginia plan you're in is the good one, not one of the bad ones. >> want more good information? then don't miss "operation clark smart." >>> call this a competitive edge or too much time on someone's hands. some folks set a new record for toppling dominos. you'll be surprised to hear how many are at work here. >>> nasa scientists say they have discovered water on the moon. the find the result of last month's experiment when they crashed a satellite near the moon's south pole. a rocket found evidence that water was there. experts say this will help plan for future human missions on the moond can help scientists understand how the solar system was formed. >>> a runner who collapsed after a marathon in arkansas didn't have a pulse for 40 minutes. he just finished the race when he suffered a heart a

>> virginia. and actually, we made a conscious decision to remain a virginia resident exclusively for their education benefits. >> let me tell you something about virginia. virginia is one of the states that has multiple 529 plans. and there are good 529 plans in virginia and bad ones. so i have a guide on my website which is clarkhoward.com, where you can do the hyperlink and make sure that the virginia plan you're in is the good one. not one of the bad ones. >> this is colonel hal-boyer, she's retiring from the reserve about five years from now and has a question about retirement. >> good afternoon, sir. i'm actually going to be retiring from the army reserve next year sometime. and will retire from my civilian job. i'm projecting five or six years from then. >> when do you rest? >> right now, i'm resting. >> this is it, she's resting. >> i just got back from afghanistan and i'm on my way home. and this is a little rest stop here. but i have about five more working years that i'm going to invest

in 2001, he went to the mosque in northern virginia. it is the same mosque with the same two hijackers from 9/11. his phone number is discovered in an apartment he has been the sick -- apartment. he has been the subject of investigation in 2002. he is well known to the international counter-terrorism community. the defense criminal investigative service was a part of that review. they looked at major hassan's person now file. what was in that file? were they there? were they considered? based on the judgment that was made on it, it raises some question of whether not that information made it into the personnel file that the jttf had access to. if it was not there, we must ask ourselves why. what information was shared? i can tell you from my experience, it will dictate what rules apply in terms of information sharing. there are two sets of rules that apply. this seems to be complicated. if the information in this communications were pursuant to the foreign intelligence surveillance, it typically. cannot recall thinking back on a time wh

that decision was made in 2006 to try zacarias moussaoui in the eastern district of virginia. i do not recall any complaints from either the republican side of the aisle of their president, president bush's decision through his department of just toys try that case in an article 3 court or on our side of the aisle either. and i ask you, as you reflect on the parallels between khalid shaikh muhammad's prosecution in new york and this prosecution in eastern virginia. can you tell me what the distinction might be why khalid shaikh muhammad might be tried in a military commission? >> again, we've learned, i think, a great deal from the moose sowy troil that i think will assist us in the conduct of the khalid shaikh muhammad trial and the other four. again, i think determinations are made as to what's the best form for a particular case. what i have tried to do is make individualized determinations in trying to decide what's in the best interests of the american people in terms of safety. what is consistent with our values and have made determinations that some should go to our art

so we watched that with great interest, the trial in virginia. first of all, of course, my focus is on security. and i think you've talked about how you consulted with the mayor and with the police chief and senator schumer went over that at length. but, obviously, most of us are interested in getting these guys. and senator leahy mentioned that the conviction rate, i think, is 90%. is that right? people tried? >> 94%. >> 94%. and you feel that you have a strong case. could you just briefly talk about your decision to do this in new york and why you picked that particularly jurisdiction in terms of the expertise of the u.s. attorneys that will be handling that case? >> well, we're going to have a joint team that involves lawyers from the eastern district of virginia as well as lawyers from the southern district of new york. new york is a place that has tried these kinds of cases before. you have a hardened detention facility. you have a hardened courthouse, a means by which a person can go from the jail to -- to the courthouse without seeing the

identify yourself. >> i am from the university of virginia. i was struck by the professors comment about how regime change can be achieved. even in the context of eastern europe, did we see regime change? presumably, it can be achieved from the outside. is this a reverse of the soviet attempt in 1947 or the successful results of the external efforts at regime change in the late 1980's? not to put the whole burden on the soviet union. if we look at the american cia's help in putting the shah into power in iran, that was a successful regime change. then there was a reversal of that creating problems with an anti-american regime in iran 30 years later, after the original regime change success. that was one of the things that the cia was proudest of in the 1950's. even beyond that, do we want regime change or regime reform? do we want specific results? there are certain things we want like the elimination of poverty or effective governedance? or do we necessarily need the elections that are so easy and effective political structures? what would we

rockefeller from west virginia chairs the committee. this is about an hour, 30 minutes. >> this hearing will come to order. i will make an opening statement. every single day, millions of american consumers sit down in front of computers to make travel plans, to send somebody some flowers, or to order movie tickets for sundry other transactions. for many americans, shopping online is now as routine as going to the gross restore for milk -- grocery store for milk. 59% of all americans have purchased goods or services over the internet. shopping online is an exciting new way for people to learn about products and compare prices, and to find a good bargain. in tough economic times, when americans are doing all they can to make ends meet, every nickel, every dollar counts. but, when we go online to buy things, we all have a few important expectations about how we should be treated. that is regardless of how and where we make a purchase. first of all, we expect the merchants that we do business with to treat us honestly, fairly, and we expec

you will pursue the army through northern virginia and get it. it is a pretty good strategy and not irrelevant. some strategies take longer to cute than others. the poept is in our system it has gotten harder and harder over the years since the end of the second world war because the bureaucracies are bigger, there are more of them, there are more players at the table. and translating a president's intent or a commander in chief's intent into actual policy becomes harder and harder. i certainly agree that -- and i think phillip and bob said this -- anything that is run through the interagency slaw guaranteed to come out not as a strategy but a number of wish lists. but i think there is some utilitity in having reduced in some place a very short statement of what it is we are trying to accomplish as an administration and what should our objectives be, what are the priorities and how should we try to go about making those choices. >> i actually come in with a great degree of skepticism about strategy documents having been involved in drafting one o

this comes from hillary from virginia beach. [laughter] she got from pakistan to virginia beach very quickly. it is capitalism married to a democracy so that as one goes, so goes the other. >> i actually think it is. one of the biggest problems in the world in the last 50 or 20 years is because the two of them run together, democracy has gotten into trouble. i think trade is a great thing. when we did all of the free trade, that i approve of, it has done a lot for the geopolitical stability of the world, the free-trade agreements we cut with folks were great for corporations. it was not free trade for people who worked in these countries. one of the most chilling things that happen to me in between my race for president and my stand as dnc chair, i went to a foreign country to give a speech. the flights leave at all hours. at 2:00 in the morning, i'm sitting with my host on my way out of the country. we were getting away you get to a clock in the morning, you say a lot of things you would not say during regular social hours. he

i'm reverend benson from arlington, virginia. i'm a minister member of the national council of presbytery here in washington, d.c. as we move forward in this effort to talk about advocacy to right the wrong and the inickities that we see, i would like to ask all of us that are assembled here and members of congress that we be cautioned that as we move forward to promote the efforts for advocacy for our people and for other people of color that we do so on a position that supports our president and his administration as opposed to being on the opposite end. drawing on the words from reverend jackson earlier that this is a time when we turn to each other and not against each other. because i feel that sometimes it can be a move to discredit this great man at his great time. and we need to try and support him as we advocate for the different issues that have been placed before us. thank you. >> do we have a question? right up here. >> thank you. carmen morris, miami, florida, sanctuary of moses, combating child trafficking and slave

minutes to t(s&op through the questions right there if you could >> i'm bradley from the university of virginia. i was struck by the comments about regime change can be achieved. i'm thinking about that in the context of eastern europe dr" we achieved from the outsides. this is the reversal from the period in 1947 or the successful result of external efforts at regime change in the late 1980's. i wonder not to put the whole burden of the over yet union. if we look at the american, cia's help inputting the shaw in the power in iran. that's a successful regime change but you have a reverse of that creating problems with anty american regime in iran 30-years after the original regime change success is one of the things that the c cia was prouded of. even beyond that do we want refilm change or should regime reform. we want specific results. there's certain things we want like áhe elimination of poverty or effective governments or do we necessarily need the elections that are so easy? or competitive political structure? what will we demand from china as it's been as a successful country over the l

the "uss new york" will be open to the public before returning to its home port of norfolk, virginia, this thursday. >>> police in cleveland have identified three more of the ten bodies found in the home of a registered sex offender. anthony sowell served 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted rape in 1989. he was arrested two days after police discovered the first bodies in his home last week. authorities have now identified seven victims found in or near sowell's home. the skull of an 11th victim was al found. >>> take a look at this. this is what hit washington state, the season's first big snowstorm. now, this heavy snowfall shut down several highways and caused problems for drivers, but not everyone was complaining. >> just moved here from texas and we don't get snow in texas at all. and so we're planning on going skiing and sledding and we just wanted to bring the kids out to play. >> looks like a lot of fun. for some people, the first big sheet of white is a reason to celebrate. >>> what do you think? can you get in trouble for throwing paper during a ticker tape

i'm from west virginia and in the eastern panhandle there's a single-payer group in west virginia and there are literally scores of these groups and the list a lot of them at the resourced page at single-payer action.org. a lot of it is spontaneous grassroots. their national organizations. as mikuak said we are coming together. the first thing would be to defeat this democratic bill and to have a single-payer advocates in the house and senate in the lead on defeating the bill so for the second round we have a leg up on the debate and not just let the republicans take charge in the defeated the bill. last question. >> back to the whole process thing, before the teabagger thing happen in august as you noted that the beginning of the news conference, a bunch of you were arrested at those hearings and what was a mistake to step back from that? the illusion that there is a settlement made. >> that was just a legal settlement and it was a legal settlement and it was pretty much a plea agreement with part of the condition of the plea, we did not plead guilty, but we said we would not protest

. >> this year's tree is a douglas fir from west virginia. here's a look at its arrival at the north portico. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hi, how were you. nice to see you. [indistinguishable conversations] >> we are not sure what will be on the street exactly. [inaudible] [indistinct conversation] >> is this the biggest tree we have ever had? >> yes. >> take care. >> stay warm. >> the final space shuttle mission of the year ended as space shuttle atlantis ended successfully. the crew delivered spare parts to the international space station. one of the colleagues has been living on the space station for nearly three months and they were returned. >> it is on its arrival. it is moving at 326 m.p.h.. less than four minutes before it lands. >> atlantis is slightly lower. >> this is making it an alignment turn into the space center. the space shuttle has announced its arrival at the facility. >> the shuttle is going at a rate of 355 miles per hour.

>> virginia. actually, i made a decision to remain a virginia resident exclusively for their education benefits. >> let me tell you something about virginia. virginia is one of the states that has multiple 529 plans. and there are good 529 plans in virginia and bad ones. so i have a guide on my website, which is clarkhoward.com, where you can do the hyperlink and make sure the virginia plan you're in is the good one, not one of the bad ones. >> so watch "operation clark smart" this weekend at 6:00 a.m., noon and 4:00 p.m. eastern right here on hln. >>> rush limbaugh just took a major jab at president obama and other democrats. get this? he thinks they may be trying to hurt this country on purpose.

that actually goes all the way through virginia in to the nation's capital with light rain recorded here but then it falls apart not reaching the ground in to philadelphia. still, the rain is going to be off and on for most of the day. areas like washington, d.c., down into northern parts of florida we have flash flood watches and warnings. the watches are all the area that are shaded in dark green. the warnings are in bright shaded green, charlotte and the atlanta metro. again, four inches of rain fell yesterday in atlanta. watch for another additional one to two when you get in towards central north carolina but then over the next two days that low developments often the coastline. look at all the rain. purple shade is going for about eight inches of rain. i think that might be overdone a little bit but even if they only get half of this, that's four to five inches in the next two days for the mid-atlantic states. we'll talk about that again in just a bit. >> all right, thank you. >>> the black friday frenzy is just around the corner. walmart is making some major changes you're going t

lower parts of virginia and maryland, also the coast of virginia. the yellow shaded areas, wind advisories for today. winds gusting easily to 50 miles an hour. it will be a tough commute for you, no doubt. look at that big stream of rain up the atlantic ocean, piling it in and blasting its way all the way through virginia, back into d.c. and then wrapping around across western virginia through roanoke. you can see there with the blacksburg radar picking up very well. then up to the north the leading edge is right around the philadelphia metro. to new york, i don't think you'll get a lot of rain out of this but the wind is really going to be affecting you basically for the next couple of days. also the rain heavy at times. we have flash flood warnings for a good chunk of north carolina, virginia and for georgia through alabama from the rain from yesterday. we'll have full details in just a bit. a big weather system that's going to be there through the week. >> okay. through the weekend. thanks. >>> there is good news for the housing market. the numbe

he said the president is always welcome at the commonwealth of virginia. there has to be a personal grace note that the republican caucus has lost. he is the president. he is a figure that has -- demands our respect and he is well-liked and we need to do a better job as a party to separate -- and separate the differences of opinion about policy compared to how we speak to hiabout him as a person. there are people in our caucus who do not -- are not able to bridge that note. >> we spent time thinking about this but we will try to be concise. i would say to the republican caucus that i know lee atwater said when your opponent is busy destroying himself, do not interfere. do not think that your opponents failures and weaknesses are your success. if everyone took a step back in line you somehow step forward. believing that is a prescription for permanent minority status. people want a society that works. people want solutions and leaders to a better -- and lead us to a better place. i would say to republicans, it is jobs and economic growth, it is all that. yo

>> i got it in my favorite store in richmond, virginia. >> [inaudible] >> not recently. thank you. >> use of the politicians talking to the press there. you are one of the reporters standing behind the rope. what sort of questions are they ask when they come into the white house? >> they are soft ball questions. they are about what you are wearing. what you want to talk about tonight? for instance, we asked: paul that -- colin powell that, who was he wanted to meet? he said he was looking for to keep eating. this is the time to have fun and mix and mingle. we asked marty nesbit, obama's best friend from chicago. people come. in a way, in all of washington, there is a little bit of glad- handing and back? -- back-slapping. >> a fashion as part of the evening, and many people will be focusing on what the first lady is wearing. who design her dress, and why -- what goes into choosing the dress for the first lady? is she trying to send a message? >> she is trying to send a message. they do not always like to talk about fashion and how she makes these choices, but this is dip

the state of virginia has made substantial progress. the state of maryland has made substantial progress. again, these are states where you see all kids going up, but the rate stops for latino and african-american kids, which is exactly what we want to see. everybody gaining, but kids that are behind gaining faster. [inaudible] >> i think there are a combination of approaches, but one of them that is important is providing lots more guidance to teachers about what to teach. one of the big worries that johnson and many other have is are teachers just teaching to the test? what we are finding is that when districts and states provide more help to teachers, more guidance about how to teach the standards, more christmas home run support, more lessons, units and assignments they can draw on, that helps teachers aim hirer in bringing kids who are behind up. is the expectations over time just get watered down. and so, the districts and states that are actually making more progress or confronting the issue directly by providing teachers help in

what i would say is, look at virginia. bob macdonald reached over, not by moderating his principles, but by saying that his principles were not only good for saying, no. he says he wants to grow the economy, but he just wants us to do it, not washington. there is a positive, republican agenda out there. we will see more of that in 2010. >> when i first opted to propose the question, this was slightly more off-base. i want to bring up the idea. i came down here from boston, where republican was a dirty word. not because of the belief system but the reputation. my question is how much opinion is placed in the word, republican or democrat. and how much is in the ideology. how much will this affect things over the last year? how much has that changed? >> it is an interesting attachment to the word republican, as there is to the word liberal. both of them have baggage right now. by a majority of two to one, people consider themselves republicans over liberal. the job will be to reattach conservative to the sound of democrat. >>

he is in centerville, virginia. he was a reporter from "the new york times." he had a front-page story that he "had enacted a journalistic fraud." they said it was of a trail of trust. -- a betrayal of trust. it said that he mislead readers. he fabricated comment. he concocted scenes. he selected from across -- photographs the been the more he had not. they found that the 73 stories he had written, 36 had potential problems. they took this very hard. they ran more than 7000 words. by comparison, when the paper finally recognized it covered a weapon to mass destruction the and the knowledge mitterand 1100 words. it was published on -- ran -- the acknowledgement ran the 1100 words. it was published. they were forced to resign. to some observers, it looked like the affair was a tire that was a being handled recklessly. he who longed to matter ended up marrying in ways he had not anticipating. that was them. i read a profile of his reemergence. we got in touch. here we are. perhaps now he has a chance to matter in different ways. i'm here neither to praise him or

host: richmond, virginia. calling on the democrat line. caller: hi, capt., how were you? my question is, do you feel that the increased flight security members after 9/11 had hindered fliers so much that it becomes overly cumbersome for them to actually go to the destination? guest: certainly the hassle factor of the first couple of years of tsa was very disturbing and i think it drove some be back into their cars and back into the trains are canceled their trips. but i have noticed over the last year or 18 months that it has become quite a bit better. the airport i have been flying out of, waiting has been anywhere from five minutes to 6 minutes, and i noticed the professionalism of the officers who are doing the searching. i think it is just a matter of experience. if you have not flown for a while, i think you will find it is much better. certainly it can always been disproved. we would like to knock down the hassle factor but in the end we guarantee the safety and security of the system, and that is part of the process. host: "the wall street journal" today, faa rejec

. >>> the parents of the virginia tech student who disappeared last month during a metallica concert are asking for volunteers to help search for her this weekend. morgan harrington disappeared october 17th. the search for her begins tomorrow. yesterday her parents said they will stop at nothing until she's found. >> be strong. we are trying to find you. we will never stop. we are trying, honey. hang on. and to the person who has taken morgan from us, please, just let her go. she has so much more to live and so much more to give. please let her come back to her family. we need her. >> heartbreaking to hear from her saying that. police are continuing to follow the leads in this case. they have no new information, though. there is a $150,000 reward for information leading to harrington's whereabouts. >>> school officials in one district actually found a way to get kids excited about showing up for class, that is until the swine flu showed up. new for you in about 20 minutes what students are missing out on all because of h1n1. >>> the bill passed by the senate to extend jobless benefit

district court for the east and district of virginia. the military does not function as a rocket docket particularly in these cases. even though it is sometimes said that purpose of the military justice system is to dispense prompt, lichty split type justice. it doesn't function that way. it's quite a deliberate process. >> your first question, my understanding is actually that he right now, if i'm not mistaken, is not at fort hood anymore. he's in san antonio, if i'm not mistaken. so the expectation of where he would be following that -- i mean, he will most likely be kept in pretrial confinement. i don't know that he'll go back to fort hood. he may very well stay down in san antonio, and it also may function -- the answer is the ability is there to put him wherever. the jurisdictions -- while there's not a legal impediment to where he goes, there's probably a practical constraint. and my guess is i don't know why they would bring him back to fort hood unless they were going to have the trial there. >> in terms of the venue question, ob

he said the president is always welcome at the commonwealth of virginia. there has to be a personal grace note that the republican caucus has lost. he is the president. he is a figure that has -- demands our respect and he is well-liked and we need to do a better job as a party to separate -- and separate the differences of opinion about policy compared to how we speak to hiabout him as a person. there are people in our caucus who do not -- are not able to bridge that note. >> we spent time thinking about this but we will try to be concise. i would say to the republican caucus that i know lee atwater said when your opponent is busy destroying himself, do not interfere. do not think that your opponents failures and weaknesses are your success. if everyone took a step back in line you somehow step forward. believing that is a prescription for permanent minority status. people want a society that works. people want solutions and leaders to a better -- and lead us to a better place. i would say to republicans, it is jobs and economic growth, it is all that. yo

i think he saw that in virginia this last cycle. but i think the media does have a strong role to play in terms of being a referee. pointing out when facts are not correct or when things are not correct, let the people know about it. but the public know that this is an unfair attack. here are the real facts of what you're talking about. >> remember mccain said barack obama called sarah palin a pig. then they had a three day fight over lipstick on a pig. it was really the media that shut that fight them. >> i am a recovering journalists. but there was no reason for three days of cable tv talk shows to be talking about those comments. >> the media kept replaying what obama said and what the palin comment was. >> but they don't think that if cable had ignored that silly little thing that it would have died down? >> i think these commercials are written for cable. you do a small by and you hope the cable expands it. >> my point exactly. >> but in many respects, the campaigns are on the phone with the media all the time. they are acceler

he has excited a lot of fans and my home town of roanoke, virginia. and then playing for the new york giants. i would like to ask dr. maroon, as a team physician and maybe doctors bailes as well. this problem at the nfl level, that you have a multi-billion dollar industry. players with multi-million dollar contracts. fans that pay hundreds of dollars for a ticket to see the game. the hundreds of millions that watch it on tv. we all know what an advertisement goes for 30 seconds on the super bowl. there are lots of resources available to address this. is the risk reduced by that, or is it just as great because, while you have more equipment and better positions on the ground, -- physicians on the ground, you have stronger, faster, more aggressive -- you are playing at the top of this game. is that more likely to result in those kinds of concussions? or is the risk of greater for high-school and college teams that don't have those same resources, especially at the high school level? they are faced with making a different set of decisions. is the problem

he attended virginia tech. he got a poor review at walter reed army hospital. according to the training director, he had quote, difficulties related to interacting with patients that required counseling and extra supervision. his cousin said he's wanted out of the military since the 9/11 attacks and he was taunted after 9/11. recently his car was keyed and a religious bumper sticker was torn off by a fellow soldier. he also had applied to a matrimonial seminar but had problems finding a love match according to "the new york post" so let me go to dr. daniel amon, former army psychiatrist. he's conflicted about being deployed, fearing he might have to wage war against his fellow muslims. he's lonely, he can't get a girlfriend, apparently. what do you make of it? >> what we often see in these kinds of events is they're stacked stresses. it's not one thing that causes someone to snap. it's a series of events and plus, you know, a lot of psychiatrists in the military develop what i call compassion fatigue. they're listening to horrific events day after day, over and

hi, virginia. >> hi, richelle. here is one way to stop people from going to the movies, make it a crime punishable by death. that's what happened after taliban showed up at the ticket window and issued and edict which led to the swift closure of that particular theater. now, that theater is back in business. the region had fallen under taliban control and followed strict law banning music. a lot of those fighters used to be the moviegoers before they joined the taliban and decided, well, it's forbidden now. after pakistan's three month military offensive against the taliban, the army declared victory in july, two months late e it shows films with music. one of the men that goes says, we're having fun and we want to have more fun. that depends how well pakistan security forces can protect the valley. it was built in 1964 and still uses projectors made in, get this, long island. >> very interesting details there. all right. this is interesting as well. research on golf balls is redefining the term "water hazard." do

that is a huge chunk of eastern parts of virginia and eastern parts of north carolina. so it's something we're really concerned with, especially today through thursday into friday. what about the flash flood watches and warnings? the watches are out there in green, the warnings include atlanta and charlotte. more details on that coming up tomorrow morning. >> that's kind of a switch. snow -- ten inches is what you're saying. but the midwest kind of warm, huh? >> it's warm and dry out there, but the west coast has that storm coming in with snow and that's going to get snow going across that region later. live shots out of the vinings area in georgia. this is just outside of atlanta northwest. this is the area that flooded bigtime about six weeks ago with the chattahoochee river flowing up. you can see flooding already drp -- >> that's water around that building. >> absolutely. there we go. >> unbelievable. already overflowing its banks once again. that's the area that got slammed a couple of weeks ago. the moisture still cannot hold that much water in the atlanta area be

virginia, thank you so much, appreciate it. >> reporter: you bet. >>> the sheriff investigate the the balloon boy case in colorado will not face criminal charges. the boy's family's attorney says the sheriff violated privacy laws when he said child welfare workers were involved in the investigation. but the d.a. said the sheriff did not disclose any information he wasn't supposed to. the family's lawyer says this is typical law enforcement whitewash. you'll remember the boy's family is publicly denied that they ever falsely reported he was in that balloon. >>> a tennessee woman who went to mcdonald's for lunch went home a millionaire on her cup of sweet tea, she had two of the most-important pieces to the mcdonald's monopoly game, park place and boardwalk and the piece earned her $1 million. >> i don't think it's really set in yet. it's unreal. >> she said she wants to use the money to go to college and buy a house. >>> one thing atlanta and its suburbs do not need is more rain, but that's exactly what residents got. lots of it, thanks to the remnants of tropical storm ida. where and

virginia's governor declared a state of emergency. there are coastal flood warnings in some of those areas there. the storm has moved out of georgia, but not before flooding several neighborhoods. some are still recovering from the massive flooding that happened back in september. but a lot of streets looking like that. bob has more on that storm and the rest of your forecast in just a couple of minutes, too. >>> if kbroyou're looking for a, here's new information. jobless claims fell last week. money expert jen westhoven, that's good for us. of course you always tell us we've got to be careful. >> another one of those reports where you kind of -- look, the number's going in the right direction but it is going so slowly. drip, drip, drip. not very fast. that is really tough for many americans. the labor department said down to 502,000 people in the latest week. that's the number of people going to their local unemployment office for the first time to register for unemployment benefits. so it tells you that half a million people every

she's in virginia. and lauren johnson says she caught a cold a couple of weeks ago but hasn't been able to shake the sneezing. she's trying to take it in stride. >> it was different. and i just kind of got along with it thinking that it wouldn't last this long. but it's been two weeks now and this hasn't stopped. >> i know she's miserable. i know this is terrible for her. >> poor thing. her family says the only time she doesn't sneeze is when she's sleeping. a neurologist says she could have a rare disorder triggered by stress. >>> a native of beantown takes us on an insider's tour of boston in "my city, my secret." >> i'm barry marshall. and i was born and raised here in boston. i'm going to tell you about some of my favorite polices. this is c.o.'s cozy corner. it's a great place for breakfast and lunch. i particularly like the brazilian food at night. one of my favorite ones is this, the brazilian fish stew. i think the brattle book shop is a bargain. when i was in here doing -- i looked up in a 1929

oceana, virginia, 75 mile per hour gusts. that's hurricane strength. today winds will be half as fast but you're still looking at beach erosion. let me show you this video coming out from the new jersey shore. this is wildwood, south of the atlantic city area. flooding. we have erosion. we have all this going on across the region. cape may county is under a state of emergency right now. look at the flooding right there. that is coastal flooding at its worst. >> what was this guy doing here? >> he's not using his head. >> no, he's not. >> you've got to be careful with floodwaters like that. especially you're talking about almost a tidal surge. that's the wind getting pushed up with the ocean. unreal. >> you've got a witch's brew of a situation there. >> it's a mess. jersey shore gets hammered worse by nor'easters than hurricanes at times. >> of course tropical concerns. bob will be back in about five minutes. >>> will sarah palin be going rogue at the dinner table this thanksgiving? stick around and hear oprah ask a tough question about levi johnston, t

more than 100,000 people lost power in virginia and north carolina. five deaths are also blamed on the storm. here's one reporter saw in virginia. >> reporter: i'm here at bush. you can see where the water is well over my waist. >> coastal flood warnings are posted from new jersey southward to the outer banks of north carolina. flood advisories are also up along the potomac in washington, d.c. and up the delaware river to philadelphia. >>> a billboard along a san diego highway is offending people with a simple but very loaded message. don't believe in god, you are not alone. it was put up by a group called san diego coalition of reason. >> if you don't believe in god, we're letting you know you're not alone. there are other people in this area like them. >> i'm offended by it. that is attacking somebody's belief. >> i always believed in god and i don't like it. >> some people may respond negatively to the question but that's not the point. we're not here to offend anybody. >> i'm excited that people are actually opening up the question of is god real?

byrd has represented west virginia 20,774 days, that is almost 57 years. byrd came to washington in 1953 along with the first eisenhower administration. it is not the only milestone he is marking in two days he will turn 92 years old. >>> the crew of the space shuttle "atlantis" is at the international space station. what they are doing there now and what it looks like from there. >>> astronauts from the space shuttle "atlantis" inside the international space station. the hatch was opened about half hour ago. "atlantis" arrived this morning. just before docking the shuttle did a back flip so they could scan for possible damage. nasa says a previous laser scan of the craft shows no damage thankfully. the "atlantis" crew will be at the international space station for about a week including thanksgiving. they are delivering spare parts. >>> a new jersey woman found a unique partnership between two unlikely bedfellows. helping those in need in this week's "leaders with heart." >> a natural disaster inspired mary marzano to help others. >> my sister lives in ga

this is on the side of the freeway in hampton, virginia. we don't know if anyone is inside. but clearly the car is destroyed. we certainly hope the people got out. trying to get you more information. certainly a distraction to the drivers. again, we hope everything works out there. >>> the senate is gearing up for a final showdown over health care reform bill proposed by democrat. majority leader harry reid says the bill will reduce the deficit while expanding health coverage to millions of americans. >> 98% of the american people, those that have medicare will be included in that number, will have health insurance. we'll make sure that 30 million more americans who don't have health insurance today will soon have it. i want to repeat, we not only protect medicare, we're making it stronger. >> like the house bill, the senate bill bill includes that c option. so far republicans have stood almost completely united against the bill. >>> the missouri woman accused of attacking police after cutting in line at walmart is getting her day in court. she said customers shoved her and

>> virginia. actually made a conscious decision to reman a virginia resident exclusively for the education benefits. >> let me tell you something about virginia. virginia's one of the states that has multiple 529 plans and there are good 529 plans in virginia and bad ones. i have a guide on my website which is clark howard.com where you can do the hyper link and make sure that the virginia plan you're in is the good one not one of the bad ones. >> watch "operation clark smart" this weekend 6:00 a.m. noon and 4:00 p.m. eastern here on hln. >>> three american hikers held in iran get a second visit from swiss diplomats. the message one captive's brother wants to pass on to iran. >>> never would have happened on the "and did griffith show", police are questioning a man accused of killing four men in cold blood? ? afghanistan, no run-off needed. karzai remains president for another five years. >>> it's basic common sense, texting while driving is distracting and dangerous. in new york it's illegal. sho

in 2001, he went to the mosque in northern virginia. it is the same mosque with the same two hijackers from 9/11. his phone number is discovered in an apartment he has been the sick -- apartment. he has been the subject of investigation in 2002. he is well known to the international counter-terrorism community. the defense criminal investigative service was a part of that review. they looked at major hassan's person now file. what was in that file? were they there? were they considered? based on the judgment that was made on it, it raises some question of whether not that information made it into the personnel file that the jttf had access to. if it was not there, we must ask ourselves why. what information was shared? i can tell you from my experience, it will dictate what rules apply in terms of information sharing. there are two sets of rules that apply. this seems to be complicated. if the information in this communications were pursuant to the foreign intelligence surveillance, it typically. cannot recall thinking back on a time wh

who yields to the gentleman from virginia. >> i thank my colleagues. listening to all the hearings we have had on the subject, we are clearly in search as we move forward for a new viable business model for the u.s. postal service. and on the one hand, i think we in congress may want to have it both ways. on the one hand, we recognize the iconic value of the post office in a given community. it centrality and especially smaller rural parts of our country, and we do not want that to change. we do not want to chose -- close any offices. we do not want to close any routes. we do not want a cut back on the number of days of service. and on the other -- and we do not want to necessarily compete with the private sector for anything. on the other hand, why are you losing money, why aren't you making money, why aren't you like your competitors? and we in congress cannot have it both ways. we will have to work with you to recognize that by statute, and mr. hare, i would be interested to listen to your testimony, should the post office be subject to the same reg

it would be like the state of virginia being wiped out every year. it is projected to get much worse and that is why i need your help. the plain fact is that new cancer cases are projected to rise from 13 million to nearly 27 million by 2030, and by then cancer could easily consume 17 million to 20 million lives every year. whether reported accurately or not, there are too many people in the u.s. who are dying from cancer of all kinds. i know that we can do this. i know that we can do this because we know enough and we have enough resources to make it happen. not just in america, but around the world. we can always use more but let's recommit ourselves to what we have now. return -- if we turn more of our resources on this crisis, we can move faster. the other day someone asked me why i keep doing this work and why we act susan g. komen for the cure work so hard each state to complete our mission. it is only lead us to be more confident and feeling more charged into victory. i remember are terrific disease, feared by generations, victim's hidden away

we will go on to sterling, virginia. caller: i am wondering why it took him so long to impose a war tax we have had a war tax on every war since the civil war of 1%, and as soon as the war was over with, we took the tax away. we are in debt to china and other countries because we are borrowing from them to pay for the war in afghanistan and the war of choice in iraq. i want to know why the bush administration did not impose a 1% tax on everybody across the board and we would have the revenue to finance these wars, the unjust war in iraq and the war that we needed to do in afghanistan. host: thanks. we will go to nancy in green bay, wisconsin. we are asking taxes, soaking the rich, the editorial in "the financial times." good morning, nancy. caller: good morning. i hope my voice is not shake too much. i am kind of nervous. for the lady who just called, there has never been a tax that was repealed. never. it stays, just like all taxes, whether it is a war tax or whatever. i'm going to become about our congressmen in wiscon

host: west virginia, you were on witare on with lewis morris. good morning. caller: good morning. i was reading an interview with malcolm sparrow. guest: i have a signed copy of it. caller: in this interview, he said that you folks estimate 3% is fraud, which is $60 billion. he thinks it could be as high as 30%, or 20%, which could be $600 billion in fraud. he said we do not know how much is being lost. we should know. the government knows how to measure it, but it is avoiding doing it. the news would be too bad. he goes into detail exactly how you are refusing to measure the exact profit. i am sure you know this argument. guest: i am familiar with the argument. i think there are some assumptions teammate which we do not share. first, it has got to be recognized that successful frauds, by the very nature, are undetected. i'm not sure we will ever know the full extent of fraud. i do agree it is possible that the fraud is far more extensive than we think. one of his point is that a very clever fraud scheme has the appearance that everything is regular, so it is harder to detect. i d