fixodent, and forget it. a group of republican senators is sitting down to dinner tonight at a posh washington, d.c., hotel. but what s really grabbing everyone s attention is their host, the president of the united states, who s been criticizing for failing to reach out to lawmakers across the aisle. our national political correspondent jim acosta, what is going on, jim? reporter: with a flurry of polls showing that the president is taking some hits, he s trying to warm up the political climate. the question is, whether this is a break from the big chill. on a cold winter day dubbed
respect to do you support that filibuster? i support the right of members to stand up if they don t feel they got an answer from the intelligence committee. obviously a lot of that is classified. but, yes, senator paul has questions and to try to influence opinions. no filibusters in the past rarely speak. this is an old smith comes to washington and filibuster where they are actually filibustering. they are talking, senator wyden and senator paul. you used to be a leader in the intelligence committee. i m curious, do you think the president of the united states has the authority to order a drone strike to kill an american citizen on u.s. soil? he wiwell, he sure as heck n to clarify that as opposed to the attorney general making a general statement and the
wasn t public money. how many fundraisers does he attend every week? i wish i had that kind of time. he s lazy but the media won t report that. let me let both of you weigh in on those strong words from roger van. first to you. well, this is the kind of stuff that is really disgusting at the end of the day. first of all, barack obama s hair is white. he looks like the black santa claus who shaved his beard off. you don t go looking from tiger woods to morgan freeman in three years if you re not working hard. there s a racial charge that some people find offensive. listen, if he s lazy from golfing, boehner is four times lazier because boehner said that he golfs 400 rounds every year. nobody calls boehner lazy. he s only left d.c. in ten weeks in his first term. bush was gone four months a year.
can speak. i will speak as long as it takes until the alarm has sounded from coast to coast, that our constitution is important, that our rights to trial by jury are precious and that no american should be killed by a drone on american soil without first being charged with a crime. strong words from senator rand paul. he s also tweeting about all of this taking a cue from the snowstorm here in the d.c. area. he s filibustering about filiblizzard. also, senator rand paul will be a guest on erin burnett s outfront. president obama sitting down with a group of republican senators at a posh d.c. hotel.
more than 250,000 homes lost power and class was canceled for almost one million students. virginia is taking the brunt of the storm, driving on the state s roads has become treacherous. the governor has enacted a state of emergency and has enacted national guard troops. not far away from washington is joe. tell us what you re seeing there. reporter: wolf, quite frankly, now the big concerns are about potential flooding and power outages. thick, heavy, wet snow, beautiful to look at brought a late winter discomfort to almost everyone in its past. in the pittsburgh area it s beautiful out here. the snow is heavy. it s like mashed potatoes. reporter: in parts of virginia where the snow felt the heaviest, it meant trouble for