Solution to our problem. Government is the problem. As times change, so government must change. We need a new government for a new century. My most solemn duty is to protect this nation and its people from further attacks and emerging threats. On this day we come to require an end to the petty grievances and wornout dogmas that have strangled or politics for far too long. Ready for round two. The white house unveils the president s new official portrait, but he and Congress Face a public deeply pessimistic view about whether they can get the economy moving again. First Lady Michelle obama celebrating her 49th birthday with dinner out shows off a new haircut. Bangs. With us this hour stephanie cutter, chair of the president ial inaugural committee, board of directors, and our lookback at inaugurations past with no apologies for either the 1980s hair or the fashions. Oh, boy. Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell live in new york. President obama heads into his second term with a strong Approval
That he struggled with anger that his wife put herself in danger. She confronted the gunmen. His anger disappeared when he heard from those she saved. So, im not angry any more. Im just very sad. He met his wife at the middle school where he still teaches. Friday, he was told that something was happening at sandy hook and his wife had been killed. The Connecticut Governor says it is time to get the act together when it comes to gun control. Thank you, rebecca. Were learning more about the sandy hook shooter, adam lanza. Divorce papers show that his mother, nancy lanza gain custody when he and his father divorced in 2009. The divorce agreement makes no mention of Mental Health issues. He was expected to Connecticut State University when he was only 16. He was part of a small number of 16yearold among the 5000 undergraduates. He took his last class in 2009 and had not returned. As the community deals with tremendous loss, a local d. C. Woman tries to help them cope. Alison, there are a n
Senior member. Daniel inouye, who helped hawaii become a state and served that state for more than a half a century in congress. Good morning from washington. Its tuesday, december 18, 2012. President obama has told his administration to start looking for ways the country can respond to the tragedy in newtown. Well be joined by Vice President biden yesterday afternoon, the president talk with top members of his Team Including the Vice President. Arne duncan, attorney general larry holder and kathleen sa beale ya. This morning, children go back to school for the First Time Since last weeks tragedy. Newtown police as well as state troopers are expected to be onsite when schools open two hours later than unusual. Sandy hook elementary, though, will remain closed. On monday, moving trucks arrived at the school to transport furniture to Chalk Hill School in the neighboring town of monroe, which will reopen to accommodate the sandy hook students. Theyre taking pictures of all the walls, ever
Customers without power. Dominion reports about 2500 customers in the dark. Meteorologist tom kierein is here. Tom, what can we expect now that the snow missed us . It tracked 50 miles south and drew in drier air. The snow fell across central, southern virginia and around ocean city. Its ended there now. Were getting a few scattered flurries north and west of washington. Right now in northern prince georges, southeastern Howard County getting a few flurries as it carroll and frederick and parts of washington county. Theyre tending to dry out. These are the snow totals from last evening and yesterday afternoon. A dusting to an inch to near charlottesville. The amounts ramped up farther south and east. 2 to 6 inches there. The heaviest amounts were southwest of virginia into Western North carolina. 8 to 14 inches of heavy wet snow there. Right now, temperatures are above freezing much of the region were in the mid 30s. Winds are gusting around 20 miles an hour. Hour by hour through the d
Across central and southern virginia. Maybe even as far north as parts of the lower Eastern Shore got a dusting to an inch there. Around salisbury and ocean city. But we just had that storm passing about 50 Miles Per Hour farther south anticipated yesterday. Right now its cold. In the 30s. Most of the region in the mid to upper 30s around the metro area. North and west of us beginning to get colder. Dropping below freezing. Hagerstown down to 29. 21 in pittsburgh. Thats the source direction of our wind today coming out of the west. It will be gusting to 30 miles an hour. It will stay cold, just a slight chance of a few scattered flurries flying through between now and 8 00 a. M. Well only reach the upper 30s by noontime and Holding Steady will for a couple of hours early to midafternoon. Wind gusting to 30 miles an hour. So you need your warmest winter coat. Sunrise 7 24. Sunset 5 14. A look at your friday evening in ten minutes. Danella with a traffic. Good morning. Good morning. Stil