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

>> 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.

arlington cemetery in virginia. he place aid arlington cemetery in virginia. he place aid wreath arlington cemetery in virginia. he place aid wreath at the place aid wreath at the tomb of the unknowns onoring place aid wreath at the tomb of the unknowns onoring not only those who unknowns onoring not only those who lost their lives in battle, but lost their lives in battle, but also the men and also the men and women currently serving also the men and women currently serving in the us military. also the men and women currently serving in the us military. for serving in the us military. for those who serving in the us military. for those who are serving in serving in the us military. for those who are serving in far flung those who are serving in far flung places those who are serving in far flung places today, when your places today, when your tour ends, when you see places today, when your tour ends, when you see ourflag, when you when you see ourflag, when you touch our soil, when you see ourflag, when you touch our soil, you will be touch our soil, you will

the democratic candidate in virginia is trailing. virginia is seen as an early indicator as to how voters' attitudes towards the president's policies will play out in the polls. >> fiscally conservative state. and some of these things that have been proposed by united states congress aren't resonating with the virginia voter. >> here's the thing, the president spent $70 million in virginia last year. unprecedented. we'll spend maybe $20 million. you know, we're trying to build on what he did as much as possible. >> that's the story in virginia. let's go to new jersey. jon corzine is in a tight race with republican chris christi. but a moderate third-party candidate could split the gop vote and give corzine a second term. >>> how about this story out of ohio? police say it could be weeks before they identify those six women found dead inside this cleveland home. the coroner collecting dental records now for several missing women, including nancy cobbs who lived in that very neighborhood. he is also asking relatives to provide dna samp

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

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

that rain stretches all the way through virginia. the winds pick up too off the coast. 33 miles per hour. when you get around virginia beach, you are looking at 36 miles per hour. when you get on in towards the lower part of virginia, that's what it looks like there. rain stretches all the way back into western sports of virginia and northern parts of north carolina, too. and then the rain falls short of the philadelphia metro area. and heavier downpours around baltimore and in towards d.c. just off the jersey shore, 34-mile-per-hour sustained winds. it will gust today near 50, and it's already happening. watch for beach erosion. and it's going to be a rough couple days. the low will sit off the carolina coast and gradually shift to the east over the next couple days. look at the flash flood watches and warnings, and that's in the green. anticipating three to four inches of rain in the next 24 to 48 hours and that's in the red shade in northern parts of virginia. more of that in a bit. and it's a big day for local ski resorts. mt. ho

>> virginia. made a conscious decision for being a virginia resident almost exclusively for the educational benefits. >> virginia is one of the states that have 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. >> want more information? don't miss operation clark smart today at noon eastern because clark will help you save more, spend less, and avoid getting ripped off. >>> call this a competitive edge, or maybe just too much time on someone's hands. take a look. some folks set a new record for toppling dominos. you'll be surprised how many dom knees 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 the satellite near the moon's south pole, remember that. a rocket took a sample from debris clouds and fo

>> 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

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

and this is up the road in virginia beach, virginia. anyone that lives in the fairfield area, this is where you vote. you can see it was early this morning but nothing like the election. what's the hot race where you are? will you stand in line to vote? have you voted? what's it look like at the polls? you can send us i-reports. whatever you got. ireport.com is the address. you'll get the instruction on how to submit your stories on this election day. >> how popular is the michael jackson documentary "this is it?" it's getting an extended run already. we'll look at the box office receipts so far. >>> researchers say more kids are ignoring age requirements on popular websites like facebook and myspace. both websites require users to be at least 13 but some kids pretend to be older when they sign up. 38% of kids 12 to 14 now have online profiles on these social networking sites. some experts say too much exposure at that young age could lead to internet addiction and even brain damage but others point out there's no solid research to back

>> 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 hall-boyer, she's retiring from the reserve about five years from now and has a question about retirement. >> good afternoon, sir. >> hi. >> 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 goin

here's what one reporter in virginia saw. >> i'm out here at bush. you can see where the water is well over my waste. >> you know, bob is going to tell us what to expect in the area. if i were you, i don't think i would be standing in the water that's moving. we could see one of the biggest counter terrorism seizures in u.s. history. allegedly linked to iran's government. deborah feyerick explains. >> the charge is on a front company for a larger iranian owned bank and the bank channels money for the nuclear program and part of the military forces considered terrorist organizations by the u.s. they include the islamic substitute of new york, queens, new york. the islamic institute of new york. they extended the emergency with respect to iran. relations remain strained. >> the buildings in question are going to stay open. . the foundation's lawyer says they are cooperating with the government and will challenge the complaint. >>> the republican national committee will no longer offer employees an insurance plan that covers elective abortions. yesterda

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

in virginia, a new republican governor. bob mcdonnell defeated creigh deeds and will succeed tim kaine. >>> one last twist in a wildly dramatic campaign as bill owens represents a congressional district that has only elected republicans for more than 100 years. he defeated a conservative party candidate doug hoffman. the republican nominee quit the race last weekend. >>> one year since barack obama became the 44th president of the united states. he was inaugurated in january. it's our your views question. richelle carey telling us how you've been weighing in and how the president is doing and what races yesterday might tend to say about that. >> with all those races you were just talking about and with the anniversary of barack obama's election to be president, we couldn't ignore the fact that people want to talk politics. some people want to connect dots why some people say there is no connection or some people say there is a connection between what happened yesterday and how they think president barack obama is doing. we

>> virginia. actually, i made a conscious decision to remain a virginia resident almost 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. >> 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 that they may be trying to hurt the country on purpose? ♪ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ >>> okay. let me wake you up this morning. it's 8:00 eastern. good morning, sunshine. i'm robin meade. right into the stories here. >>> if you have second thoughts about getting the swine flu vaccine, the government is doing something to try to convince

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

for the killing of a man in a virginia gas station. his accomplice lee boyd malvo is serving life in prison. >>> should minors be sentenced to life with no chance for parole in a crime that done include murder? that's the issue today for the supreme court and you. >>> we'd like to share a little bit of information we've learned about the victims from the ft. hood ram pain. jason hunt was recently married and about to head to iraq for the second time. his sister said the 22-year-old hunt wanted to serve other people and live for something greater than himself. 21-year-old francheska velez transferred to ft. hood last week because she was pregnant. her dad said the loss is doubly hard because it came at hands of one-her own. fred green, 29, a wife and stwo small children. he grew up in a church and knew the bible like the back of his hand. he joined the army last year after the company where he worked shut down. >> many of hisful low soldiers told us he was the quiet professional of the unit, never complaining about a job grifrn and ofte

>> 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

i'm virginia cha. victims of disgraced financier bernard madoff have more restitution money coming because his valuables were sold to the highest bidder and took in twice as much money as expected. as susan candiotti reports buyers say there is a big lesson behind this auction. >> reporter: fast bidding to buy a piece of bernie madoff, anyone could watch online. >> 10,000. now 20. 20. now 30. >> reporter: inside the auction, no cameras allowed. here is part of madoff's spread at a preview. more than 51 watches, lots of gold-studded rolexes among them. this a wear watch from world war ii sold for 65 grand. ruth madoff's ear rings estimated at around $21,000 went for -- >> 73-5. >> reporter: $70,000, more than triple their projected worth. his house sign valued at 20 bucks sold for 2,000. his decorative buoy took in $7500. madoff's custom silk mets jacket worth about $500 went for more than 14 grand. a retired st. louis business man flew in for the auction, ready to spend big. you snagged a number of ite

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

. >>> 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

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

greensboro moving northward through virginia into washington, d.c. it's going to be steady for the entire morning. if you think we're not going to see delays in the airport, i think we are. we're going to see a lot of them. atlanta, d.c., as the clouds hang in low, they are going to hang in tough, too. what about warnings for flooding. we have them there. bright shaded green areas, atlanta, greenville, back towards charlotte. dark shaded green, those are the flash flood watches. the reason pretty easy. a lot of rain potentially there. talking maybe as much as five inches of rain near the beltway of washington, d.c. right now thunderstorms in the southern end of that circulation. can you see it coming out of cape coral, miami, off and on for the day as well. interesting day for the east coast. >> thanks. we're getting a lot of comments from you the viewer about veterans day. you might have a salute you want to give out. go to our facebook page. if you don't know how, go to cnn.com/robin, there's a facebook icon and it will take you there. no signing u

he was born in virginia and was a graduate of virginia tech. hasan is 39 and of jordanian a sent. he used to work at the walter reed medical center. a man said nadal used to come in for coffee and donuts every morning. the store owner tells a cnn producer that hasan often chatted with him when he stopped in. >> there was one exchange which really stuck out in his mind. like i said, this was a regular customer, but about a week ago, he came in and seemed to want to talk. he knew the store owner had been overseas and was also former military, and he expressed to him specifically that day he was worried about his upcoming deployment. and he expressed that he had a problem -- judging the religious conflict, but as a fellow muslim and someone of faith, he had a problem of having perhaps the opportunity in the future to have to shoot or kill or injure or fight several muslims and that was something that was weighing heavily on him. >> well, hasan's cousin spoke for his family yesterday because major hasan's parents have passed away. he said -- about a half hour from now, we are expectin

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

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. >>

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

, central virginia, central vermont too. we're watching for that. maryland looking for that. rain off towards the west buffalo now moving down i-90 into rochester. going to get some showers coming in today. across the pacific northwest, here's your massive clouds coming on through. lots of rain, snow and heavy wind. talk about that coming up in about a half hour. >> busy thursday. >> a lot going on. >> you got up this morning thinking -- >> thursday cruise into friday. >> warm up to tomorrow. some alleged march jane growers we -- marijuana grows were stoned when they set up shop. >>> forget about the pumpkin pie. what's going on with the great pumpkin shortage of 2009? >>> keep talking to your doctor that's the big message from health and human services kathleen sebelius. this week, a federal advisory board said women in their 40s should avoid routine exams. the american cancer society they don't agree. sebelius said programs like medicaid will keep paying for the exams. the guidelines are recommendation not government polic

host: next up is our line for independence from springfield, virginia. caller: i want to ask about the right wing politicians like dick arfmemey and bill like -- and te like -- are they considered homegrown terrorism? i'm talking about undermining the president of the united states. they undermine him with their rhetoric they accuse him of being a socialist and accuse him of not being born in the united states. they are undermining the president of the united states that was just elected with an overwhelming majority. i think that those are homegrown terrorists. thehost: what about people who y they are expressing their first amendment right to speech? caller: they say that but it is not homegrown braylon it is all manipulated by the republican party. that is where the difference comes in. guest: i think it would take a different from your point of view. i do not do those people or dissent from the democratic party or the republican party critical of the president or critical of the republicans as anything but an expression of the first amendment. i am t

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

virginia later tonight. we're watching for heavy rain possibly for the mid-atlantic coast over the next 48 hours. rain right now around central ohio, that rain is now stretching into chicago, too. here's your rain shield, the heavy stuff is over gary, indiana, but moving in the chicago direction. watch for delays at the airports because of that. get away from that, the upper part of the northwest, one cold front came ashore last night, the first one. a lot of wind, rain, over the past couple of days, still seeing light snow out of that. look at that cloud cover off the pacific. that's your next storm. we'll see more of that action, wind, rain developing tonight. lasting through the weekend. another round behind that one. tower cam from the region, it's going to be a pretty decent day around new york city. that's the upper east side. little bit of wind. high pressure directly overhead. going to feel just like november. there you go, rob. more in a little bit. >> and it is. >> indeed. >>> munching on a waffle

in virginia, there's another election. mayors are being elected in atlanta, boston, detroit, houston and new york. >>> lawyers are calling it a nice little stimulus package for muns of thousands of walmart the employees. they are getting checks from the company in a big legal settlement. our money expert jennifer westhoven is here with more on that. >> this is hundreds of thousands of people who we're talking about who have worked for walmart. they can expect something in the mail after a nevada judge approved this big settlement. walmart is going to be paying between $65 million and $85 million, and this will settle up allegations that it didn't let workers take breaks, that it manipulated time cards to cut their pay. lawyers for the workers say this is real money. it could be anywhere from $150 to $1,000 a person. it will take a few months for the money to get to them, but this covered 39 lawsuits in multiple states. so that's a lot of people who may be in the past felt like they were cheated who will be getting some kin

sunday, two programs on democracy and the internet, including the university of virginia powell on how the political process has been affected by the internet. the facebook founder will talk about how networking is changing the political process. this holiday weekend on c-span. >> thanksgiving week and on c- span, american icons, three nights of cspan original documentaries on the iconic homes of the three branches of american government beginning tonight at 8:00, eastern part of the supreme court reveals the building through the eyes of supreme court justices. friday at 8:00 p.m., the white house, inside america's most famous home, be on the bill that ropes. will show the grand public places as well as the rarely- seen places. saturday at 8:00 p.m., the capital, the history, art, and architecture of one of america's most symbolic structures. american icons, three memorable nights starting tonight at 8:00 on c-span. get your own copy of american icons, a three-disc dvd said. it is $24.95 plus shipping and handling. order online. movie director steven -- steven spielberg received the li

he was born in virginia. he graduated from virginia tech with a degree in biochemistry. earned a medical license in the army. though he was never deployed outside the u.s., testifies due to be deployed to afghanistan in a coup of weeks. >>> some experts say it's irrelevant that hasan had not been deployed to a combat zone before. a former navy officer says treating troops with combat fatigue takes its toll. >> this is something mental health providers are trained to do. those who work for the military or in the military, whether we wear uniforms or we don't are certainly subject to the compassion, fatigue and secondary traumatization that can occur from taking care of some of these very, very difficult situations. >> these are images captured after the ft. hood shooting. showing people trying to comfort each other to absorb what happened. a lot of people rushed to the scene and ripped off their clothes and tend to the wound of so many people. 13 people dead. the suspected shooter, major hah son in custody. himself in the hospital. said to be in a coma. a florida woman wa

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

>> 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

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

virginia's governor could step in. muhammad's accomplice lee boyd malvo got life in prison. more from muhammad's family including what his son says about today. >>> you may have growing doubt about the government's ability to ward off an h1n1 epidemic. it's according to a new survey that's out today. the cnn opinion research corporation poll finds that since august, 8% more americans have lost confidence that h1n1 prevention will happen. 53% are actually hopeful that the government and private companies can produce enough of the vaccine. >>> oh, my goodness, look at this piece of tape. it's crazy. a woman it fell on to a train track moments before the train arrived and there she goes. here's the video. this happened friday in boston. she lost her balance, putting out a cigarette and fell. look at all the people waving, trying to get the train to stop. transit police say that she was intoxicated. people frantically waved at the train and the driver was able to stop it just in time. look how close to her. the woman's oka

that was in new jersey and virginia and he largely failed by a wide margin. that is a clue as to how much influence he has in the coming elections. guest: the early elections were huge as far as a black mark on the obama administration. they campaigned with those candidates and a lot of resources into it. it did not look work at all. i think the poll results matter because it influences the way members of congress view him. it applauses -- it changes the amount of influence he has when it comes up to capitol hill. if he had a 70% approval rating, and he pushed for the health care bill, there are not many democrats who would oppose them. the democrats who are up for reelection may do some soul- searching to get reelected. obama lost arkansas but 20 points in 2008. you can imagine that he is not more popular there than he was back then. host: how much political capital do you think he has? guest: he has some. it is less than he used to have. he has the bully pulpit is popular with the american people but his influence on the capitol hill is on the decline. this

the "uss new york" will be open to the public before returning to 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 a 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 also found. >>> while we're talking about snow in the west, meanwhile we have serious weather we're talking about in the southeast. let's check in with reynolds wolf for the latest on that. >> we're keeping a sharp eye on this storm. this is hurricane ida, it's category 1 storm. it's gusting to 115, moving between the yucatan peninsula and parts of cuba expected to move into the gulf of mexico. the latest path we have shows the storm veering to the north, gaining strength, becoming a category two, then moving off the coast of louisiana, then staying off the coast as you get into wednesday and back

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

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

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

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

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

it's in their burned out virginia home right here. fire badly damaged the back rooms. this was nearly two weeks ago. the structure may be sound but soot and smoke damage is everywhere. the couple says that they have nowhere else to live right now and having trouble getting help from charities other than the red cross. >> my husband's disabled. he can't help and i'm not young. so we need help if we can get it. >> the red cross says that other agencies do want to help, but they are overloaded with cases and running low on funds right now. >>> all right. we were just talking to bob a second ago. you're talking about tropical storms, hurricanes, bob, what's going on? >> november 30th is the last day of hurricane season. so we still have some action possibility, usually november, whatever. we have went down south. i'll show it to you in a second. but looking at decent rain outside of miami right now, that's going to stretch down towards the keys. key west getting showers and thunderstorms this afternoon, but here's that miami radar, that sweep goes on by, you can pick up a

west virginia, on the independent line. caller: hello, first of all the democrats started out negotiating from a point of weakness when it took single- payer off. then when it had organizers during the summer time volunteering for american nobody was talking about a trigger until august. the liberals in the democratic party need it to stop bowling down to the conservative democrats. the democrats have republicans in the democratic party. we do not need the republicans or the conservatives to stop on this initiative because we have republicans in the democratic party. the people like a byayh to get hundreds of thousands from the insurance company and his wife sits on the board of an insurance company making $2 million, and they said that does not influence their votes? the democratic party sends out things to ask for money because of rush limbaugh when they have sold their soul to give olympia snowe. i did not to vote for olympia snowe to be president, so i will not give the democrats another penny. host: new jersey, on the