nuclear program, kerry said diplomacy is still an option. we will do what we must do to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, and i repeat here today, our policy is not containment. it is prevention. the senate foreign relations committee is expected to approve kerry s nomination early next week. the full senate could vote a few days after. which means he would take over for hillary clinton some time in early february. according to some analysts, there was no grand vision that he laid out during the four-hour hearing yesterday, but certainly with iran, with syria, with north korea, his plate, as they often are for secretaries of state, it will be more than full here. he certainly is a seasoned politician. and hillary clinton testified yesterday and gave her stamp of approval. so he will be confirmed. oh, yeah. there s no he s going to get it. he had a little schmooze moment yesterday. he said during the hearing yesterday, let me say, i ve never seen a bett
coming out of the prayer breakfast. mr. sacorides what do you think? it is fine and good to talk about common ground on the occasion of the national prayer breakfast but it s also important to talk about how the fact that in this country, we re for equality, that s what our founding fathers were all about, that s one of our founding principles and why everybody in the country has to be treated equally. it s taken us a while to get to some of that from our founding fathers, that s a topic for another day. we re out of time, watching the national prayer breakfast expecting to hear from president obama, that s going to be happening any moment now. want to get to cnn newsroom with carol costello, beginnins right now. happening now in the newsroom, weekend whiteout the northeast about to get pounded by a monster snowstorm. some spots could get two feet of snow. people are talking is this the blizzard of 78? america exposure or exploitation. first snl then the bo
he has a vendetta against all police in southern california. apparently families, families as well. sergio diaz talked at a news conference and said my opinion of the suspect is unprintable. dorner is considered by police armed and extremely dangerous and should you see him, do not approach him. do not approach that car. police say, pick up the phone and dial 911. lots of questions over this man guess stow that he apparently left saying, he will not be clearing this man s name, even though that is precisely what christopher jordan dorner wants. let s go to wolf blitzer in washington now. hey, wolf. thanks very much, brooke. happening now, the hand munt in p southern california. the suspect is a fired policeman who threatened colleagues with, quote, warfare. in washington, a series of protests disrupt the confirmation for the man who the president wants to be the director of the cia. and we re finally learning why the united states military didn t come to the rescue in gau
they re making headlines at 5. two people are killed after flames rip through a vacant home. and a new study said d.c. has the worst traffic in the nation. and baltimore ravens fans pant the town purple as the team and all the fans celebrate a big super bowl win. i m shawn thomas will thomas. i m shawn yancy. two people killed in an early morning house fire. the flames broke out at a boarded up rowhome. the victims were found inside what was supposed to be a vacant house. matt ackland is live with the latest. matt? reporter: this is a big fire. firefighters say they could see the smoke and fire acro the river. once they got here, the first order of business was to put out the flames. witness they did that, then they could go inside the home, where they made the tragic discovery. two people dead inside, one was close to the front door this video tells a story, a fast- moving fire ripped through a n the area. ripped through a reporter: janice harkin lives nearby. sh
school bus. that weapon was actually a toy gun. and another twist. it s coming in the chandra levy murder case, why the convicted killer is coming back to the district to appear in court. thanks for joining us tonight. i m shawn yancy. i m brian bolter. we ll begin with another smash and grab robbery at a local jewelry store. today s target, frederick, maryland coming one day after a similar crime in arlington, virginia. tonight people are asking are these crimes connected? fox 5 s bob barnard is following the investigation. the best answer police can give success maybe. the crimes are quite similar. hooded men bursting into jewelry stores in the mid of the day heading right to the expensive middle of date heading right to the expensive stuff smashing with a hammer making off with the loot. yesterday was in arlington, this afternoon in frederick, maryland. colonial jewelers, herlitz family owned for 60 years in the heart of downtown frederick, this its first armed r