is the largest employer in the state of maryland and that facility is obviously known far and wide off of highway 32. and i believe there are signs that mark that. there s no hiding it. and when you re driving on the outer perimeter and the sidewalk you can see the massive array of gigantic disk monitoring satellites from the sky so this is in no way a secret or covert fromacility from the public. and you can see the security gates from the highway, from the bw parkway because i ve seen them many times. people know there s a secured facility behind there. we ll try to gather more information and i ll be back on the other side of the break. if you want a paint with no harsh fumes. if you want a paint
to congress with voters knowing he s gay. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com a very weak jobs report is having a very chilling effect on wall street and the economy right now. the dow jones industrials closing down about 270 points only moments ago. the other major indices also taking a hit. we learned today that only 69,000 jobs were added to america s workforce last month. that s the weakest growth in a year and the unemployment rate ticked up to 8.2%. president obama on the campaign trail today. he s struggling to convince voters he s part of the solution and not part of the problem. our white house correspondent brianna keilar is traveling with the president right now. brianna, what s the latest reaction? reporter: wolf, it was a similar refrain we heard from president obama. he urged americans to look at the broader trends for jobs and unemployment, and he did give congress a little credit specifically for passing th
isn t selling arms to syria. secretary of state, clton, says the evidence is clear. vladimir putin isn t telling the truth. the job report for just a moment. we will begin this hour with dangerous weather here in washington and along the mid-atlantic coast. you see it there down to the carolinas. right this minute, things are especially bad right here in the district of columbia, maryland and northern virginia. highways are choked, airport delays, excuse me, are building up. the storms couldn t have hit at a worse time. friday afternoon, lawmakers rush to get out of town and the tourists were in. chad meyers standing by. chad shall getting better or worse. depends on where you are, john. getting worse for people in the south side of baltimore. right here, to the south of town, a tornado warning. that storm has been on the ground with that warning since buoy, maryland. at least 20 miles have seen a little bit of damage with the cell. here is washington, d.c. the square rig
rupert murdoch under fire in britain and in the united states. two separate u.s. agencies calling for investigations into rupert murdoch. have you heard this story? an 8-year-old boy kidnapped, murdered, then mutilated. now new york place are scouring a stream of surveillance video for answers. more on that. first, i want to begin with this. let s just plunge right into the debt negotiations at this hour. daily talks at the white house resume in one hour, and by all accounts, they are becoming more tense, more heated, more testy, the closer we get to the deadline. you know the date by now, august 2nd. august 2nd, a potential default of the u.s. treasury if congress will not approve more borrowing. joining me now from the u.s. capitol building is congressman paul brown, republican of georgia. congressman brown, nice to see you. good to have you on. it s nice to be with you. i don t believe the august 2nd deadline frankly, and we don t default even if we pass the august 2
here is navtechtraffic.com. here s the middle. there s washington, d.c. the beltway here. everywhere that s red is about 10 miles per hour or less. the gw parkway closed because of icy conditions. the bw parkway, jammed. you re not going anywhere. that s up to the airport. yeah. literally just at a stand-still. not doing anything at this point. snow it is coming down. not ice yet for d.c., although this will turn into an ice event as this purple area the thickness of the cold air at the surface isn t thick enough to support snow all the way down. it melts partway on the way down. when it melts, it hits washington, d.c. at 25 degrees. there s d.c., 27. richmond, 25. roanoke, 28. raleigh, 33. it s downright balmy down in atlanta. i must say.