for you right now. new rules could help american veterans. the part where the veterans affairs plans to overhauls its rules as soon as next week so vets can get help easier and faster than before. they re often criticized as too complicated and too time-consuming. heavy rains have inundated the boston area causing flash floods an stranding cars. flash flood warnings were issued for four counties in eastern massachusetts. no injuries have been reported. the flooding has caused closure of two bridges in the boston area. it s caused snarled travel. alvin green has cleared one of the hurdles he s been facing. they were wondering how he could afford the $10,000 entry fee for the prime mary fee when he told
welcome back to morning joe. just before 6:30 on the east coast. live look at the cly t capitol . following twin blizzards, hundreds of vehicles were stranded on the highways, and power knocked out to thousands of homes. all-time records were broke in baltimore, washington, and philadelphia. iraq is threatening to arrest hundreds of private security guards on visa violations unless they leave the country by this weekend. many of the contractors are connected to z services, formerly known as blackwater worldwide. the decision comes amid outrage over a judge s recent ruling to dismiss criminal charges against five blackwater guards accused of killing 17 iraqis in 2007. celebrations held in south africa today to mark the 20-year
cross the redline, about to become a nuclear power. what do we do? that s what s so interesting about the political option. the real question isn t do we use force or not, can we do things to help people in the streets. can we help them get access to the internet? provide certain types of rhetorical support. and this is what they are really looking for, is the rhetorical support. most people don t understand that young iranians are intellectual renegades. these are people who, for example, blog to the point where persia is one of the most common blogging languages in the world. they are much more connected to global influences than most other young muslims. and i can tell you my first introduction to martin luther king jr. s letter from a birmingham jail came from a young iranian from tehran that taught me about this letter. here is a guy, representative
snowfall. 54.9 inches have fallen in washington, breaking the 110-year-old record. storms have knocked out power, snarled travel, and shut down the federal government for 4 1/2 straight days. unlike last weekend s storm this time new york city was not spared. the weather channel s chris warren joins us live from manhattan s central park. it looks beautiful this morning. looks are exactly what they are. this is a very nice morning here in central park. we were out here yesterday morning about three hours before sun rise, and that s when the snow started and it really didn t quit until around midnight. give or take a little bit last night and this is the scene. absolutely gorgeous. sun starting to come up, hit some of the buildings. out in the field, it looks like a bunch of hay bales, but it s a bunch of big snow balls or the base of snowmen out here. a very active day yesterday. here all day long. a lot of people out. saw people with snowshoes.
live look at central park on this snowy thursday morning. welcome back to morning joe. just after 7:30 on the east coast. time for a quick look at today s top stories. crews working overtime to clear snow-packed roads on the east coast following powerful twin blizzards. hundreds of vehicles stranded on the highway, and power knocked out to thousands of homes. the storm dropped between 10 and 20 inches for much of the region. in baltimore, washington, and philadelphia, records were broken. new video from iran this morning, where opposition protesters are staging rallies in the streets of tehran, as government supporters mark the 31st anniversary of the islamic refer solution. to mark the date, president