the president has his own new year s resolutions. he s going to be back here tomorrow afternoon. and collision course is right. we expect a lot of battles to take place in washington. the white house, that s going to impact a lot of folks. what are we talking about here? the economy. we re going to hear that in the state of the union address towards the end of the month. but he s going to be talking about creating jobs, innovating, investing in the types of jobs and education that people will be able to obtain. he s talking about reforming the tax code as well as perhaps cutting wasteful spending and programs that are either redundant or not working, potentially even some sort of spending freeze. those are the kinds of things he s going to be focusing on the economic side. now, when it comes to health care reform, kiran, this is what you mentioned. this is the battle royale, because the republicans put the president on notice saying, look, we re not only going to try to de-fu
couric: good evening, everyone. the u.s.s. enterprise is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier set to deploy to the middle east later this month. but it s not clear if the ship s current commander will be at the helm when it sets sail. tonight he s under fire over a series of raunchy tapes he made several years ago that have now just become public. they were meant to entertain the enterprise crew but as bob orr reports, the navy brass is not amused. reporter: even as he was making the tapes four years ago, captain owen honors knew he was pushing the limit. there s a really good chance you re going to be offended tonight. reporter: at the time, honors was the so-called x .o., the executive officer on the u.s.s. enterprise. in this scene he plays all three parts and makes it clear to production is his alone. as usual, the admiral and captain have no idea about the contents of the video. reporter: his racy videos used to introduce movies were played for some 5,000
answer hospital. bethesda, darcy spencer, news 4. toay vincent gray officialy begins his duties as mayor of d.c. at his inauguration ceremony yesteay, fenty presented h theeal to the city. he said during his time in office he will fus on three main issues, the budgetjobs and education. hwill continue to push to make the district ofolumbia the 51st state in the union. he said it will all work out if everyone work togethe whether ware black, white, red, brown, or yellow, whether we get around by car, bus, train, truck or bike, this one city, our city, theistrict of columbia. after the auguration, gray lebrated with aarty at the washington center. the godfather of go-, chuck brown. the them was reuting everyone under thene one city. welcome back. nice to have the gang back here. tom, welme back. good to see you. good to see you. it s january, and it certaily feels like it this morning. tempatures are cold. it s clear. no snow. there is no snow. so anybody who is up thi
a stunt actor who fell 30 feet while playing spider-man on broadway is expected to go home in days. christopher tierney fell after he fell on december 20th even though he was wearing a safety harness. he is expected to be released on wednesday. spider-m spider-man-turn off the dark is expected to open on wednesday. millions of americans are heading home. aaa estimates 92.3 million people are traveling over the christmas and new year s eve holiday. joining me now live from orlando is aaa spokesperson christy h1n1. are people not traveling so much? no. we did actually see an increase or we expected to see an increase in travelers during the year-end holiday season of
that s how some are describing what s going on in one country. one airport there may be closed for weeks. also, oprah winfrey s new network, the queen of daytime talk launches her new daytime channel. we re going to get a look at its first day on the air. hi, everybody. great to have you with me. i m thomas roberts. alex witt has the day off. airports from across the country are buzzing right now. aaa is estimating that when it s all said and done, 92.3 million americans will have traveled over christmas and new year s holidays. 9 93% are driving to and from their destinations. the current price at the pump is $3.07 a gallon. that s 42 cents than it was a year ago. good morning, thomas. it s been just about a week since that blizzard dumped almost two feet of snow on new york city literally grinding post holiday travel to a halt and affecting an estimated 42% of americans. they re finishing up a trip that started in 2010. that holiday storm closed all new york city airpor