give us a call at 1-866-55-press. or follow us on twitter. give us your comments on twitter at bpshow or on facebook at facebook.com/billpressshow. major league baseball is underway so you know, things are pretty good with the world especially since the nats won their opener over the marlins 2-0 thanks to and the red sox clobbered the yankees 8-2. in big news of the day the united states has moved warships into the waters off north korea just in case that nutty president kim jong-un decides to try any funny stuff. connecticut has passed the toughest gun control laws in the nation in the wake. newtown but you know, you have to ask if the connecticut state legislature do it, why can t the united states congress? president obama set to announce today a major new research initiative to map the human brain. watch out. that and more right here coming up next on current tv. criticizing, and holding policy to the fire. are you encouraged by what you heard the president say the othe
back at the biggest stories of the year. good morning, i m gurvir dhindsa filling in for allison. and i m tony perkins in for steve this morning, it s friday, december 31st, 2010. a beautiful look at the final morning of 2010, and things look good. a cold start to the day and a pretty picture out there. going to be a nice sunrise and hopefully the weather is going to turn around later on this afternoon. warm up, tucker barnes? reporter: you got it, it s cold now and this afternoon, we re back in the 50s and haven t done that in an entire month. today is going to feel balmy and with some sunshine. should be a nice looking afternoon. cold still at, well, areawide here is cold and cold to the north and west. hagerstown, currently 28 degrees and in frederick, 25; baltimore, 26 and warmer in the district. 34 now in downtown washington and 34 in fredericksburg. look at ocean city, 24 degrees and again, a cold start today. lots of sunshine in the forecast. give that sun a ch
weather will be fine and it will be cool but no real weather to speak of to slow you down. there is your look at satellite radar. we have clear skies for sunrise which is occurring right now. 43 degrees is your current temperature. new york city is at 43 degrees. here is your forecast for today, it s a simple one. mostly sunny today. cooler temperatures than we had yesterday. yesterday upper 60s, today low 50s. increasing clouds late in the day and at nighttime tonight we ll see some showers develop during the overnight hours, i think primarily into early tomorrow morning. that s a look at what is happening with the weather. now let s get a check on the roads with julie wright. you smell that? what s that? that s pumpkin pie baking. you re baking? oh, no, honey, i m not baking pumpkin pie. i want everybody to have a safe and healthy thanksgiving. even bailey runs out of the kitchen when i boil water. it s a bad thing. on the roads if you re heading out to gand mas
to millions of people whose identities are unknown and unknowable. the problem is, identity theft is the fastest growing crime in america today because so many illegal aliens are using identities that don t belong to them. because of this if we would try to legalize them we wouldn t know that true identities, how long they ve been here, what their backgrounds are and what their intentions are. why are they trying to steal identi identities? they re able to then work and they re not supposed to be able to. the immigration laws were designed to protect american workers and american citizens from people that would take jobs americans desperately need and to keep those who might be involved in criminal activities, terrorism, and other activities that make their presence in our country a problem for our k country. angie, your reaction to this? yeah, i mean, look, we have a dysfunctional system. what we need is a common sense system that reflects america s values and that works in am
right now in washington, at the points of thousands of marchers are gathering on the national mall for today s march for america. that s where graups and individuals will turn their frustration with u.s. immigration laws into action. president obama says he ll do everything in his power to get copping to take up immigration this year. is this realistic? i m joined now live by angie kelly from the center for american progress, and mike cutler, a former senior special agent with the i.n.s. good morning to both of you. good morning, alex. thank you for having me. i m glad you re here. michael, we ll go with you, i understand much of the immigration debate is genuine disagreement between the two sides versus politics. in a way shouldn t reform be the ultimate bipartisan issue? well, reform is unworkable in terms of providing legal status