position on chemical weapons, i was unclear about their position on chemical weapons. but i understand that the opposition may have made some commitments in compacts that have been negotiated, mr. secretary, that they are anti-chemical weapons. that they would commit to turn over chemical weapons to the international community either if they take control of those weapons during the course of this civil war. or whether they are in the lead. can you talk about their commitment to get rid of the stockpile of chemical weapons that is currently being used. we ve had some discussions about that. i hope that when the president comes here that he will make that position clear to all of you. that would be very helpful. i think that would be one of the best things the opposition could do is make that point. there is a little bit of a confusion. i think we can talk shorthand here in ways that might make it hard for senators and certainly
and how fast and how long. of course, you have the northern countries led by germany, and who even today, they are still suggesting that fiscal consolidation is the way forward. but the problem here is that trying to do two things at the same time. they are trying to repair the existing house whilst at the same time, build a new one. and they re doing rather well on the second part. they ve got all sorts of new plans for compacts, six-pack plans, a banken union, all sorts of things that will pay dividends in the future, but they re still saddled with a euro which is dysfunctional, an austerity which is to extreme, and an ability to get growth moving on the southern part of the continent. now that is the lesson that comes from europe. everybody can t head for the exit at the same time. and in the united states, of
get flights in and out of there again. mike: rick, what is the latest now. rick: wind gusts of 77 miles per hour during the storm and now it s the cold air settled in at lethis mornin better today. temps above freezing. tomorrow we re into the 40 s and we have a little bit of rain and i ll show you in a second. tuesday, remained 40 s and wednesday, upper 30 s and 40 s in the area. above freezing at least, but the main coming in is going to cause a big problem in the short-term. and this is the story we re dealing with, the future radar, what we think the radar will look like over time. and going towards tomorrow morning, a little bit of snow and freezing rain to start out with before it warms up and turns into all rain throughout the day. rain that s going to fall on top of your snow and compacts it down and makes it thick and tough and today is the day you ve got to clean up the snow if you can. this is the storm i m talking about. blizzards warnings in effect across areas of nebr
and i call it garbage dr. rice. dr. brinkley, rice is a university. i ll call it anything you want while you sit in that chair. you just be quiet. you don t own me. i pay your salary. the gentleman will suspend and i ll remind members and i ll remember i work for the private sector. you work for the tax mr. brinkley. matt that kind of behavior has become commonplace. that s what we re accustomed to seeing. you ve got more and more of that. there used to be social compacts, that you wouldn t use the debt ceiling to put a gun to the head of the country. you wouldn t filibuster judicial nominees en masse. both parties have crossed the line. i think republicans have taken a step further in the past few years by being much more promiscuous by the use of filibusters in the senate. that has driven this partisan wedge. you used the word social. i think that s part of the
more of the same. matt, here is an example of how undiplomatic things have become on capitol hill. let s take a look at this exchange of doug brown of alaska and historian don brinkley last week. this side has already made up its mind. and i call it garbage dr. rice. dr. brinkley, rice is a university. i ll call it anything you want while you sit in that chair. you just be quiet. you don t own me. i pay your salary. the gentleman will suspend and i ll remind members and i ll remember i work for the private sector. you work for the tax mr. brinkley. matt that kind of behavior has become commonplace. that s what we re accustomed to seeing. you ve got more and more of that. there used to be social compacts, that you wouldn t use the debt ceiling to put a gun to the head of the country. you wouldn t filibuster judicial nominees en masse. both parties have crossed the line. i think republicans have taken a step further in the past few