braces after a new warning. and after a paralyzing injury, a star football star shows astonishing determination. good morning, everyone. i m mike marusarz, in for rob nelson. and i m vinita nair. it seems just as things were almost getting back to normal, the northeast is bracing for a new round of snow. new york city is take nothing chances this time. the tire chains are on. and the plows and road salt are ready. city officials are desperate to avoid the mess that follows the december blizzard. the garbage right after the christmas storm still lines the blocks. airlines have been cancels flights. american, united, continental, airtran, southwest and jetblue are allowing passengers to change flights without fees. the winter watches and warnings have been posted. where is the snow going? ava dinges joins us with the answers. good morning, ava. vinita and mike, snow is returning to the northeast. the last thing people want to hear. but this is nothing compared t
filled with fiscal gimmicks and released their own report estimating the that the law would actually cost the country $2.6 trillion. i don t think anybody in this town believes that repealing obamacare is going to increase the deficit. reporter: to prove they re serious about flashy spending, republicans called up their first piece of legislation today: a 5% cut in congressional budgets which passed overwhelmingly. we are asking ourselves to take the first step here and save at least $35 million. reporter: underscoring the nation s fiscal strains, the treasury secretary sent a letter to congressional leaders today warning that the u.s. government could reach its $14.3 trillion debt limit as soon as march 31. republicans said any vote to raise the limit would have to come with strings attached. we do not want to just have some naked debt ceiling increase. we want to have real fiscal controls, real spending cuts that go with this. we shall, from time to time. repo
new round of snow. new york city is take nothing chances this time. the tire chains are on. and the plows and road salt are ready. city officials are desperate to avoid the mess that follows the december blizzard. the garbage right after the christmas storm still lines the blocks. airlines have been cancels flights. american, united, continental, airtran, southwest and jetblue are allowing passengers to change flights without fees. the winter watches and warnings have been posted. where is the snow going? ava dinges joins us with the answers. good morning, ava. vinita and mike, snow is returning to the northeast. the last thing people want to hear. but this is nothing compared to what we faced after christmas. that is beginning after the morning commute. new york city itself could see four inches. philadelphia, only about an inch. heaviest of the snow will be upstate new york, where they could see upwards of nine inches of snow. looming next week, the potential for
ready. city officials are desperate to avoid the mess that follows the december blizzard. the garbage right after the christmas storm still lines the blocks. airlines have been cancels flights. american, united, continental, airtran, southwest and jetblue are allowing passengers to change flights without fees. the winter watches and warnings have been posted. where is the snow going? ava dinges joins us with the answers. good morning, ava. vinita and mike, snow is returning to the northeast. the last thing people want to hear. but this is nothing compared to what we faced after christmas. that is beginning after the morning commute. new york city itself could see four inches. philadelphia, only about an inch. heaviest of the snow will be upstate new york, where they could see upwards of nine inches of snow. looming next week, the potential for a heavy snowstorm. we ll keep you up to date. back to you, vinita and mike. thanks, ava. and sam champion will have the late
couric: good evening, everyone. the new house of representatives got down to business today. republicans and democrats going at it over two of the most contentious issues cutting the soaring deficit and health care reform with the republicans threatening to repeal it. congressional correspondent nancy cordes is on capitol hill tonight. nancy, in the battle over both issues, the democrats got some new ammunition today. reporter: they sure did, katie. it came from the non-partisan congressional budget office which said that repealing the health care law would actually increase the debt by more than $200 billion. democrats were quick to charge the new majority with hypocrisy. they are breaking their first promise in their first week. reporter: republicans countered that the health care law drafted by democrats was filled with fiscal gimmicks and released their own report estimating the that law would actually cost the country $2.6 trillion. i don t think anybody in th