he s getting a bump out of that. people want to see these fools, these knit wits in congress. a christmas gift to obama. you hear what people are going to be saying, doctors, nurses, teachers and all those things. by the way, after they just were gave so much on the tax deal, they can do the s.t.a.r.t. treaty. up next, the white house releasing the long-awaited assessment on the war in afghanistan. the details coming up in the politico playbook. we have congressman chris van hollen, mort zuckerman, jean chatzky and former secretary william cohen. a story making front page news today. first here is bill karins with a check on the forecast. good morning. more winter weather woes in the ohio valley through the mid atlantic. now dealing with an ice storm and snow. temperatures are plenty cold enough for snow.