cabbage patch kids. we have a lot to talk about including the death of venezuelan president, hugo chavez. thousands line the streets to mourn the passing of the outspoken leader, but will anyone be able to fill his shoes? and north korea makes more nuclear threats as the united nations teams up with china to push on sanctions. let s get to the news at 5:30 a.m. here in new york city. today several mid-atlantic states waking up to this massive snowstorm that has already covered most of the midwest. the storm dropped more than 9 inches of snow in chicago, the no most to hit the city since february of 2011. schools are closed in indiana, west virginia, virginia and now even maryland. thousands of flights have been canceled, mostly out of chicago and baltimore and washington, d.c. speaking of washington, d.c., they re calling this snowstorm the snowquester.
the president has had in a couple of years, i would say. a mainstream media what has seemingly turned on him. maybe temporarily but has been critical of the exaggerations. saying things that plainly are not true. the question is will they continue this kind of scrutiny as we go through the upcoming budget fight that carl cameron laid out. what is interesting about the prospect is the last time the president had a terrible week, was back in february of 2011. after he introduced a budget that did nothing at all on debt, deficit or entitlement. bret: next is up the continuing resolution that funds the government, march 27 is the deadline. you were going to say? he will sign it but wait for cuts to actually cause the pain and discorruption. he is playing a long game here. he gave the inaugural address a vision of entitlement state of liberalism that is his legacy. that is what he wants to enact. that there is one obsta tackle for the republican house. it stopped him.
failure. 28 years of barbara boxer and america is going broke. the results were largely successful for them. the chamber helped elect candidates like marco rubio and kelly in the senate. although big money efforts to unseat some senators, like barbara boxer and michael bennett did fall short. both sides sought to repair relations. tom donahue said he was willing to work, and the president extended an olive branch when he went to the chamber in february of 2011. maybe if we had had brought over a fruit cake when i first moved in, we would have gotten off to a better start. but i m going to make up for it. for all the disagreements, tom, we may have sometimes on issues, i know you love this country. i know you want america to succeed just as badly as i do. once again, however, it seemed to be one step forward and one step back. the two sides battled over taxes, spending and the budget throughout 2011 and 2012. the chamber accused the
thanks. a storm left behind some frigid temperatures. meteorologists report 16 inches of know fell in minneapolis yesterday and while skiers seemed to appreciate the weather, it made a mess of the roads. thplow drivers worked overtime d all over the place folks were pushing their cars to get them going on the street. emergency crews in minnesota reporting at least 600 crashes and more than 1100 spinouts. it was a similar situation in wisconsin and south dakota forcing many school districts to cancel classes. ian leonard is the chief meteorologist at fox 9 in the twin cities. live tonight, eden prairie, minnesota. what s it looking like there? decidedly white. if you think about it, this is the most snow we ve had since february of 2011. 16 inches of snow that fell very thick. today, right now, it s 5 degrees, so we ve got a lot of big white powder that made for
traffic backed up all over the system because the roads are still not clear. it is a pretty tough go at it. also not thrilled, the state patrol. since friday night they handled nearly 650 crashes with 67 injuries. one person was killed on minute society minnesota roads since friday night. nearly 1300 cars slid off the road causing problems like these on the system. the only good news about all this, if there is some, gregg, we re under heat wave. it was 8 degrees when we got here at 4:00. up to 23 degrees. things, not for those guys but things are improving. gregg: wow, it is a heat wave. get out the jams. pretend it is a beach. reporter: exactly. gregg: tom, with all these problems, aren t you folks supposed to be used to that? reporter: you know, you would think so. this is minnesota. this is the upper midwest but we haven t had a snowstorm like this february of 2011. last year we just had measely four or five inches