Reporter in the first state of the Union Address of his second term the state of our union is strong. Reporter president obama made a direct challenge to congress. Lets get this done. Reporter as he laid out his vision for the country, the president repeatedly called on democrats and republicans to act. The American People dont expect government to solve every problem. But they do expect us to put the nations interests before party. Reporter it all came on the same day Speaker John Boehner called the president out for not having the courage or guts to make tough choices on the budget. The president used the power of the podium to push back. Some in congress have proposed preventing only the defense cuts. By making even bigger cuts to things like education and job training. Medicare and Social Security benefits. That idea is even worse. Reporter as is typical of most state of the Union Addresses, the president covered lots of ground. Our First Priority is making america a magnet for new
We saw flames starting to fall in the d. C. Metro region before 11 00 last night. It was heavy at times. This of the view from arlington overnight. Some of our crews arriving in the late hours reported planes completely covered in snow. It was snowing when we came in, starting to taper off now. Lets check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. Tom . Its a dry snow, coming down since before 11 00 last night. A lot of it now tapering off. You see a little of the moon showing through. Atlanti theres lingering snow in the area. White areas, its coming down harder in far southern parts of the eastern shore. Now the darker gray areas, very light snow in montgomery and howard, prince georges, arlington and fairfax. Across northern virginia, theres a couple of spots where it will be coming down harder, Prince William, northern fauquier, the panhandle of west virginia. This is all rapidly moving to the east. It did leave up to an inch of snow in some locations. Generally around the met
Are . Reporter good morning. We are here at pennsylvania avenue right at suitland parkway. And this is an area that i drove through at 2 00 in the morning on my way to work. When i drove on pennsylvania avenue, there was still snow on the roadway. Take a look now. We have seen an improvement since then. The plows have been coming through, putting the chemicals, salt down. And as you see, we have wet conditions here at this location. Traffic is running well. Running at speed. Same thing for suitland parkway. When i drove on it early this morning, there were snowy conditions. Some spots where the snow completely covered the ground. Now, though, we are seeing wet conditions than the snow covered conditions. An improvement. Theres a plow, in fact, about to pass me by here. Putting the chemicals down. Now the tape that youre lookin in the suitland area. We were there about 45 minutes ago. This is quarter avenue. You see the snowpacked condition that they have there. Side streets, many of th
Why are you awake . John tower has the answers. Kim zimmerman says she has a powerful thirst for knowledge. Mario. I threw out the onion sandwich reference which theyre eating on that Carnival Cruise line. It was from a hemingway book. This from low. I think features in onion sandwich, its not too early for me in dublin, ireland. So we have watchers there. Its 11 00 a. M. There. And of course, the first public work of ernest hemingway, onion sandwiches wrapped in waxed paper. Theres your piece of knowledge for today. Thanks for watching. Morning joe starts right now. 51 years ago, john f. Kennedy declared to this chamber that the constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress. Reporter in the first state of the Union Address of his second term the state of our union is strong. Reporter president obama made a direct challenge to congress. Lets get this done. Reporter as he laid out his vision for the country, the president repeatedly called on democrats and republi