a little thunder and lightning there south of folksville and a few showers west of fredericksburg that continue to move north and east. monika? if you re planning to head out early this morning, although volumes are light with the wet road conditions, we do have some issues. be aware of that. that s why i ve given it the yellow light. no big deals again just take it easy. nice and slow out there. here s what it looks like on the beltway if you re planning to head over to virginia, the maps aren t going to move for me. let s go over to a live picture over on to 395 and 95, here s what it looks like in springfield. no problems as you head up toward the 14th street bridge. you ll be ok into downtown. let s head over to the next live picture of 66 on traffic land. no problems here as you head in from manassas, centreville toward the roosevelt bridge. right now, everything is looking clear. as you re planning to ride trains this morning, i just checked everything out. good to go
always felt twas right decision remains the right decision today. now is not my time. reporter: it is mitt romney s time. moderate is alone now. top of the gop field. rick perry suffered a spectacular fall losing half of his support. herman cain, spectacular rise. in today s washington post /abc news poll, romney is at 25%. perry and cain tied at 16 after perry s tumble and cain s craw drup quadrupling is back. he is a straight talker. that s what people like. that s what they are looking for. reporter: but rick perry is not finished. the republican race pauses here and everybody re-evaluates and perry has an opportunity to relaunch. reporter: now that chris christie s reconsidered and is out for sure. but not forever. christie didn t rule out a race important the white house next time in 2016. doreen? steve handelsman on capitol hill. thank you, steve. following a story now in arlington, virginia, where a pedestrian was killed along i-395 into glebe road. i
strike a conciliatory tone. they know eventually that they have to balance their budget. they cannot raise a debt ceiling for a state. host: both of you talked about how governors work with the various factions within their states to get things done is there a lesson learned given the current economic discussions? spent one week in minnesota covering the government shut down. we have the washingtonization of these states. republicans and democrats used to work together because the states are smaller. that is changing. we are seeing more and more partisan polarizing rancor in states. gregoire downplays what is happening in washington. she has a unified legislature. she faced a lot of criticism for not raising taxes and was passed budget. in minnesota, wisconsin, new jersey, you are seeing more battles just like the disfunction we see in washington. host: this goes to the larger picture of job creation. absolutely, this will not be the last time this year we hear about job
(202) 737-0002 and (202) 737-0001 for republicans and if your independent. the number is inigue(202) 628-0. nations governors getting to in salt lake city and we ll hear what kristen gregoire thinks about this impacting the states. front page of the washington post . gloria who we have used to get the latest on this. coright leaders press for a deal. as part of the deal to raise the debt limits. leaders on capitol hill form a powerful congressional committee to draw up a new grand bargain by the end of the year. key elements remain in place and the president is clear he wants one and makes the case for skeptical fashions that getting nations fiscal house is in their best interest and john baner remains to a plan and he did not want to become speaker to do small things. there s a related story on how this impacts the states including here in maryland. the debt crisis would hurt maryland and the loss of a steady paycheck is becoming a routine for frank silver stein. who is a u
northwest flight 253 almost a year ago, in that case, you ll recall that man there, his father, this was the alleged bomber, 23-year-old u mar farouk abdul, he will grown disturbed by text messages and signals from his son and took it to cia officials in nigeria and led to umar farouk abdulmutallab on one data terror days, but not on the u.s. s no-fly list. the front line in warning us about potential existence of jihadists among us, not yet the terrorists, but jihadists are members of a family, members of a club, or the association and any government, unfortunately we don t have a good reception for that, we excuse several of them with indicators, and institutes and that s not the same thing. and he added that let, that carried out the mumbai attacks remains a threat to u.s.