well. talk about a cloughless guy. the place is going up in smoke, he s spending $5,000 on mahogany trash cans. a really nice trash can. he understood value. no. seriously. $88,000 for these rugs. and i said he s clueless. you just sit here and wonder. i was having this conversation yesterday morning. you wonder how guys like this ever run companies and voila here you go. before the sun falls, he s running another company, mike, and a big one. a big one and a big one in trouble. so many of them have been in trouble. thain really got caught up in that whole thing. you wonder we talked a lot about the isolation of politicians in the white house. but some of these guys on the top of corporate america become isolated. but easily employable. there about 20 of them, and
the monday after the blizzard of 2010 and the roads are a mess. this truck jammed traffic for hours this morning. breaking news in northern virginia. the roofs of two fire stations collapsed this morning from the weight of the snow. and more snow is on the way. news 4 midday begins right now. good morning, everyone, and welcome to news 4 midday. i m barbara harrison. good morning. i m joe krebs. this monday is the 8th day of february, 2010. we begin with breaking news out of fairfax county, where one firehouse roof has collapsed under the weight of the snow and a second may be a about to come down as well. news 4 s kimberly suiters is live in annandale where the firehouse is.ñi she can tell us what s happening right now. kimberly? reporter: barbara, when the roof of the first firehouse collapsed, bricks, this one included, went flying, cinder blocks as well. and it was a very dangerous situation. now, those firefighters were evacuated and a short time later,
for bill. martha: happening now starts right now. good morning to you, i m jon scott. i m jenna lee in for jane skinner. happening in the top box, reviving the health care debate. we are live at the white house. where president obama is inviting republicans to and democrats to a summit meeting, to try to talk compromise. we re going to move on to our second-storey, you see in the second box, five workers still missing, after a deadly explosion at a power plant in connecticut. and, now, word part of the blast site is still too unstable to search and investigators are trying to figure out what caused the explosion in the first place. bottom box record snow in the beltway and beyond and now, tracking another blizzard and the question is who gets hit and when? the fox newsroom, keeping tabs on all the breaking stories across the country and around the world. our top story, the attorney general, eric holder, pointing to the bush white house as his legal precedent for
morning joe with joe and mika, it starts right now. fourth and goal. incomplete! the saints are going to do it! the saints are coming the saints are coming good morning, monday, february 8th. a great show straight ahead. mark halperin with time magazine and also best-selling author. my gosh, they have sold hundreds of thousands of copies now and mike barnicle. i m sure they want to talk about the saints. what a way to win a super bowl. a great game. it was. welcome to morning joe. after 40 years of futility, the saints go marching in with a super bowl win. it was amazing. i must say, i heard screams down stairs. we have a hurricane katrina pup watching with the girls. yes. good old bayou. his name is cajun. and we ll tell you about the most talked about ad. also, a lot of big political stories brewing this morning. sarah palin headlining the tea party convention. we ll have to characterize what we thought happened there. we ll have highlights and pres
making news in america this morning. super bowl champs and early mardi gras in the big easy as the underdog saints pull off a win in miami. digging out, the nation s capital and other major cities still paralyzed by record snowfall. now a new storm is bearing down. and looking to 2012, sarah palin opens the door to a run against president obama. it s february 8th, 2010. good morning, thanks for joining us on this monday. is it a storybook ending to the big of the event on the sports calendar. the new orleans saints will bring home their first ever super bowl trophy, 4 1/2 years after the city was devastated by hurricane katrina. as one said, it s hard to put into words what it means for the city. reporter: for a city that never needs a reason to party, new orleans got one anyway, fans filling the streets long after the clock ticked down. it motivated the team to victory. the game doesn t start out in the saints favor. super bowl xliv began with the colts up by