Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions woodruff what could be the biggest blizzard in decades blanketed the northeast today with up to three feet of snow expected in some areas. Good evening. Im judy woodruff. Brown and im jeffrey brown. On the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the monster storm from bernie rayno of accuweather. Woodruff then, should the u. S. Arm the rebels in syria . Ray suarez examines a growing rift between the white house and key members of the president s cabinet. Brown Spencer Michels has the story of new discoveries about mars coming from the rover vehicle known as curiosity, the product of nasas jet Propulsion Lab. It may sound familiar but what scientists here at jpl are actually looking for are signof lfeast and present on the red planet woodruff mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. Brown and we close with a conversation with Pulitzer Prizewinning humorist dave barry about miami, the insane city thats the focus of his new no
In tamerlans takedown, and taken off the streets once and for all. Sergeant john mcclellan, officer joseph reynolds, officer magill colen, officer michael comic, and of course, chief devo. Gentlemen, would you please stand and be recognized. [applause] the chair now recognizes the acting Ranking Member, ms. Sanchez. I thank the chairman for holding todays hearing, and i also extend my condolences to the families of the four People Killed during last weeks shooting at fort hood. Additional prayers are with the 60 people injured during that shooting. I do want to recognize the First Responder community and medical personnel for their incredible response to the shooting. As of today, the joint Terrorism Task force does not consider the shooting an act of terrorism. However, the investigation is ongoing. I am going to read into the record comments from our Ranking Member, mr. Thompson. Incidents like last weeks shooting and last years Boston Marathon bombing, we are reminded of the importa
Out of this system once it passes, with wind gusts over 40 miles an hour possible across North Central portions of maryland. And the Shenandoah Valley to the west of us. Thats in effect from late tonight, through tomorrow morning. But temperaturewise, were still in the 30s. 37. 37 in elkton. Its warmer to the south. Cold spot, oakland with shower activity there, expect it tonight. 32 degrees. Now, what impact this is going to have on the northeast. Particularly massachusetts, rhode island, connecticut and the new york region. Tim williams is in the outback. Tim . Definitely the storm merged north and northeast of us. The moisture from the storm coming up along our east coast, along with the cold air that moved in across the great lakes. Is all combined in new england. Were looking at 6 two 12 inches roughly. Expected around new york. 12 to 24 inches around approach dense, rhode island. And maybe 2 to 3 feet of snow up around boston. Its going to mean significant delays in and out of th
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Miles, with long hours of snowfall still to come. Fueling the fall, two low pressure systems one from the midwest, the other from the southeast colliding over the northeast and new england. Blizzard warnings were posted in seven states from new jersey on up to maine. At least three declared emergencies, and schools closed in a number of cities. Forecasters predicted new england would get the worst of it with up to three feet of snow likely in boston. Mayor thomas menino. This is a storm of major proportions. Stay off the roads. Stay home. Let the public works crews do their job. Brown the region also braced for winds reaching 75 miles an hour that will pile up drifts and almost guarantee widespread power outages. As ever, the threat prompted shoppers to pack stores, stocking up on supplies. This is panic shopping, so bread, milk, a snow shovel in case our snow shovel breaks. Youve got to plan ahead. A couple feet of snow would shut everything down and, who knows, it could be a couple o