charles? charles: thanks a lot. governor cuomo is about to ask the federal government to 30 billion dollars for aid from new york. joining us is steven malanga from the manhattan institute. 30 billion dollars, some are saying it is a bailout in disguise? >> it is not a bailout as far as you can see there's a real heart ache. we are in a situation where number one the states are basically historically particularly in this region, they are broke. tax revenues are below where they were in 08. the costs have continued rising. places like new jersey are not funding their pensions still at this particular point and now they have this. and plus you have a federal government which in a way they are kind of leaving this whole area behind. the talk of the federal government after the election is of course the fiscal cliff and how much do we cut, you know, in order to -- you know, in order to kind of like deal with this federal deficit. so 30 billion dollars is kind of a drop in the bucket when you think of a 1 trillion dollar

reuben mays with 357. >> charles: washington state. >> gus: versus oregon in '84. >> charles: i remember that year well. we played against reuben mays, my tennessee team played against reuben mays and that washington state team. mark griffin was quarterbacking. they came to knoxville and we outlasted them that night. >> gus: so, sc will get the ball at the 35. with 1:52 to go. down 62-45. matt barkley, 29 of 48, 412 yards passing, 4 touchdowns, 2 interceptions. and matt barkley complete to marqise lee as kiko alonso flinfling s him to the turf. barkley. hit and caught, agholor. and they give him the catch at the 36. >> charles: see the good concentration in that. there's the tip. and how about agholor seeing it and catching it for a first down. >> gus: a 21-yard gain. and a time-out called by the ducks. >> referee: time-out, oregon. time-out number three. 30-second time-out. >> gus: so, where do the trojans go from here is the big question as you take a look at their upcoming schedule. >> charles: in a sense they cede control of the pac-12 south with this loss. but they can wrench it bac

welcome, i am charles payne in for neil cavuto. two dozen employee unions begging congresso spare them on any deaof the fiscal cliff. this on top of unions everywhere flexing their muscles. airports, retail stores, hospitals. it's time to say this gravy train is over. dave, when you have? reporter: all the excesses of government and the phony rules and regulations and useless rules, these unions thre on that. the postal employees union is extraordinary. federal and postal employees are struggling during these hard times. no other group has been asked to financially contribute in the way that they have. we know that they are making twice as much of a comparable job and the private workforce. >> there is no gravy train left. america it is not in the 50s anymore. companies along the lines of this, they can't handle the higher pay rate. there is no future for private and public jobs growing in the sector. charles: in the private sector it is all about this. if they had a really from the white house and national labor relations board. i

welcome, i am charles payne in for neil cavuto. two dozen employee unions begging congress to spare them on any deal of the fiscal cliff. this on top of unions everywhere flexing their muscles. airports, retail stores, hospitals. it's time to say this gravy train is over. dave, when you have? reporter: all the excesses of government and the phony rules and regulations and useless rules, these unions thrive on that. the postal employees union is extraordinary. federal and postal employees are struggling during these hard times. no other group has been asked to financially contribute in the way that they have. we know that they are making twice as much of a comparable job and the private workforce. >> there is no gravy train left. america it is not in the 50s anymore. companies along the lines of this, they can't handle the higher pay rate. there is no future for private and public jobs growing in the sector. charles: in the private sector it is all about this. if they had a really from the white house and national labor relations bo

reuben mays with 357.7 yards. >> charles: washington state. >> gus: versus oregon in '84. >> charles: i remember that year well. we played against reuben mays, my tennessee team played against reuben mays and that washington state team. mark griffin was quarterbacking. they came to knoxville and we outlasted them that night. >> gus: so, sc will get the ball at the 35. with 1:52 to go. down 62-45. matt barkley, 29 of 48, 412 yards passing, 4 touchdowns, 2 interceptions. a matt barkley complete to marqise lee as kiko alonso flinfling s him to the turf. barkley. hit and caught, agholor. and they give him the catch at the 36. >> charles: see the good concentration in that. there's the tip. and how about agholor seeing it and catching it for a first down. >> gus: a 21-yard gain. and a time-out called by the ducks. >> referee: time-out, oregon. time-out number three. 30-second time-out. >> gus: so, where do the trns go from here is the big question as you take a look at their upcoming schedule. >> charles: in a sense they cede control of the pac-12 south with this loss. but they can wrench

. >> charles: if you're alabama and if you handle lsu and the last we saw they were up 14-3, texas a&m's next for them. >> gus: we'll come back to that in just a moment. oregon messing up our broadcast, get to the line of scrimmage so quickly. >> charles: and do you know something, if chip kelly knew it had happened, he would love it, wouldn't he? >> gus: yes, he would. >> charles: faster, faster. >> gus: barner. first down. fifth of the day. but a flag on the play. >> charles: coming back. be a hold against oregon. >> referee: holding, offense, number 85. ten-yard penalty. still second down. >> gus: it's farrell brown. >> charles: look, texas a&m for alabama will not beeasy, folks, did you see johnny football at quarterback? they're playing better and better, at tcu, at baylor, texas

wart was rolling down charles street like a river. a lot of people were saying that because they had never seen anything like that. four blocks have been bothers by this. right here, the water did stop at charles theater. there was some thought it may go on to the amtrak train. that didn't happen as the raw sewage was able to come. the bus routes have been affected. pedestrian routes have been affected. were us right now is the department of public works. whether's the latest. where do we stand? >> we're working closely with bge to make sure we can address concerns that they have to protect the gas lines. you won't see real activity other than shutting the water down. so it's in the like the that in your home where you can turn the water off but you have to go pretty far away, especially with a main this far. >> with the -- with a process like this, you envision it will take weeks. >> i'm not going to put a time on it right now. it's another good example of our aging infrastructure. the mayor is very active with national governors in

this is the water that is flowing down charles street. the break is that charles and east 20th. the water continues to flow. they are working with businesses and homes to make sure that everybody has a minimal impact because of the water main break. folks have not lost water. they have low water pressure. excavatione to start sometime today to get to the fee that is 17 feet below the roadway. it is a big pipe. these roadways are shut down. businesses do remained opened. we have seen lots of folks checking things out. the power does remain on. firefighters are making sure the levels have not affected the utilityies. no word of when repairs will begin and one this area will be back open. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. 6:52. 41 degrees at the airport. coming up, we'll look at your answers to our water cooler question of the day. question of the day. >> plus, hey! hey, baby. [ starts car ] were you eating smoked sausage in here? no! no. could have gotten me one. i did. try the unmistakable flavor of dunkin' donuts' smoked sausage breakfast sandwich. it's delicio

reuben mays with 357. >> charles: washington state. >> gus: versus oregon in '84. >> charles: i remember that year well. we played against reuben mays, my tennessee team played against reuben mays and that washington state team. mark griffin was quarterbacking. they came to knoxville and we outlasted them that night. >> gus: so, sc will get the ball at the 35. with 1:52 to go. down 62-45. matt barkley, 29 of 48, 412 yards passing, 4 touchdowns, 2 interceptions. and matt barkley complete to marqise lee as kiko alonso flinfling s him to the turf. barkley. hit and caught, agholor. and they give him the catch at the 36. >> charles: see the good concentration in that. there's the tip. and how about agholor seeing it and catching it for a first down. >> gus: a 21-yard gain. and a time-out called by the ducks. >> referee: time-out, oregon. time-out number thout. >> gus: so, where do the trojans go from here is the big question as you take a look at their upcoming schedule. >> charles: in a sense they cede control of the pac-12 south with this loss. but they can wrench it back by winning against

charles: amazing. stuart: the momentum -- to the president during the storm, swung back towards romney two or three days after the storm. charles: i agree. i think it is that enthusiasm gap. when you have bruce springsteen and j.d. there should be a line outside with speakers outside the stadium. stuart: he drew 50,000 more people than president obama last night. charles: no one can argue the energy is lacking with respect to the obama administration. the energy is not there because it has been difficult to defend the record. stuart: on the left of the screen that was empty in columbus, ohio. i never looked at those empty streets. it holds a lot of people. they had 18,000, not even close to filling empty seats. charles: also pictures when the president ran the first time, candidate obama like the beatles. it was amazing. the crowd he drew in america and overseas was amazing. stuart: as charles said earlier, past midnight, in new hampshire, five votes for each candidate. dictate the course the country w

stuart: why didn't you do it, charles. charles: drink that much. and put away that-- >> that wasn't the number one thing to do in 1981. stuart: 1981, in the air force, and minor, north dakota. charles: and freezing is the region, nothing, but missiles silos up there. stuart: you were guarding them. charles: sort of. stuart: ever go outside at 50 below and march around. charles: the indoor jobs. and every day there were of exercises, people were attacking them, and three people on the perimeter and had to be gung-ho about it. stuart: and you never thought that would be a boomtown. it's in one of the-- >> it's the boom area. stuart: see what you missed? and the united nations is discussing climate change and the world wants the united states to pay more to keep the earth green, save the planet. can you say carbon tax? that's new at ten. plus, why are 1 million dollar homes selling so fast? another new at 10, answer next. twins. i didn't see them coming. i have obligations. cute obligations, but obligatio. i need to rethink the core of my portfolio. w

this is a live look of water flowing down charles street. this is a delicate dance these folks are trying to do. the 60 inch main is 17 feet below the road and about 90 years old as crews tried to fix the situation as quickly as possible. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. sheila dixon says she is scrambling to avoid violating her probation. she is more than $13,000 in arrears. she was forced out of office. this could cost her her pension. >> i have been trying to catch up. i will work harder to get this behind me. >> she is due in court next month. she hopes to have the problem taken care of this week's. >> anthony batts was confirmed as the new police commissioner. he will replace fred bealefeld. >> 41 degrees at the airport. going gray? getting wrinkles? >> could this signal a health risk? >> don't forget to e-mail us your response to our water cooler question of the day. do you think a new spirit of bipartisanship corporation will allow congress to avoid the fiscal cliff? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on

it started at 7:30 at 20th and charles. a 60-inch main was built in the 1920s and put in the ground. water was rolling down like the susquehanna. water up there in inches -- water should be measured in feet in some of the basements in the buildings. bus routes have been affected. transportation has been affected. city officials say it will be a long time before they get this cleaned up. one of the things they have to worry about the gas and utilities. >> we may consider, if you will, a rerouting of natural gas if we have to, to ensure that the line that is in the affected area is not compromised. >> we ask people to be patient. this is a cross road and a lot of commuters use the route. there's no getting around it. use calvert street and just do your best to avoid the area. >> reporter: luckily that's what's been happening. people have been dhoog their best to -- doing their best to avoid the area. you have to be able to get around. a lot of people are trying to stay away now but tomorrow morning it will be a totally differ

charles: charles is making a point that, charles. >> i also-- >> you make a great point. i spent a lot of time this weekend with a bunch of conservatives in the bubble mentality what should romney do. because so many people are saying what you're saying he wouldn't listen to them. >> i know, and i would love to hear a romney representative, someone from the campaign justify why he never went on comedy central. that's what my generation watches and get our news and as sad as that is we watch comedy central. snl. don't watch cnn or fox. and i would love a justification, why he wouldn't go on the media platform. even if he made a fool of himself, that's okay. he would have won respect from the younger generation. stuart: you're 19 years old and know what the youth vote is all about. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. stuart: college football, really big money in america, the sport is worth literally billions of dollars. football is such a big cash generator, one university is willing to pay $50 million dollar to switch conferences, how much money are we re

staff throughout the facility are nervous about what comes next for charles. >> charles is obviously frustrated. he was worried about this before. i think he's had some issues with mother coming through. not only being there. so he's upset. he's worried. it's obviously frustrating. we built this kid up to do this and you get home. follow the rules, work this program, make some changes so you can go home. and they've done the work. they followed the rules. they worked the program. they've done everything they had to do. and then mother doesn't come through. it's no fault of their own. >> i'm in the captain's office. it's where most people don't go. i feel privileged. chilling with el captain. head honcho. head of all heads. >> that's enough. you're going home. we already signed the papers. >> on the way home. >> some students when they come to me, school is either a good place or a bad place. and they're either -- don't care or want to care or they're working on getting out of here as quickly as possible. charles is one of those students who came to me ready to do what he needed to do

charles payne. did he get grilled on john stewart's and daily show, the comedian going after charles for his take on public unions and labor law. at 10:50 find out what john stewart said and that charles's response. charles: thank you very much. stuart: we have been harsh in our judgment of california. i referred to as the formerly golden state. it is nothing like the state that i lived in 35 years ago. it is not even close. here is my take on today's lead story in the new york times, quote, california find economic gloom starting to lift. really? here is the case at the times lays out. unemployment is down. home prices are rising and home sales are up. all through. but the main point is the state may be in budgetary surplus by 2014. there's a headline. budget surplus in california. hold on. read more closely. the projected surplus rests on the tax hikes that the state just voted for. the times buys into the opinion that tax hikes will bring in enough money to plug the deficit. this is the central t

carruthers he is the vice president for studies at the carnegie endowment for international peace and charles koch and he is a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations and a professor of international affairs at georgetown university hi gentlemen cross-talk rosen a fact that means you can jump in anytime you want john if i can go to you first where is america's democracy promotion program globally since the end of the cold war and in particularly in light of the the the uprisings in the arab world well the u.s. has been very trap the de says about democracy promotion contrary to what you hear in the rhetoric of politicians and it's most apparent we can just look at most recently in the. arab spring. the u.s. held on to my mubarak as long as he possibly could and only ever since we've been very trepidations about actual democracy taking hold their inbox rain we're holding back in you know helping the khalifa regime suppress pro-democracy movement there in yemen we did sort of the regime change with that you know didn't have much much to say about democracy was a one single candidate e

it is at the intersection of charles and 21st street. part of charles street is back open? >> just a small part. you're going to have a hard time getting around because this is the intersection of 21st and charles. there is a huge hole in the ground where this water main burst, the 60 inch water main. behind me right now, they are actually pumping water out from underneath the street so they can better access that transmission line which earlier today was finally shut off here, which enabled some businesses in this area to reopen. bte also secured a gas line, which helped in that effort as well. unfortunately, we can i get an exact time as to when this project will be complete -- cannot get an exact time as to when this project will be complete. it was an impressive sight after a 60 inch water main broke on wednesday, sending water cascading down charles. friday, crews were finally able to shut down the line, which is more than 17 feet below the street. still, crews have to be careful of a 12 inch line just above the fed supplies water to the area. >> we are isolating the 1

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charles: lee, how are you doing, charles payne. >> good morning, charles. charles: your poll has come under a lot of criticism for being so heavily weighted towards democrats. everyone is saying, the enthusiasm gap no way in the world the modeling should begin with the same assumptions of democrats to turn out that they did last time around. what do you think of your critics and why haven't you adjusted for that? >> well, first of all, we don't weight by party, that's just a wrong assumption. parties are variable. if you weighted by party in '08 based on '04, mccain would have won. second of all when we look at party differences ohio is showing to be very democratic, well, obama is ahead in that state. our virginia numbers last time, it was a plus 6 for the democrats and i.d. and now it's only plus 3. so we have the state more republican than it was four years ago and the same in florida. so, frankly, people have targeted the ohio numbers, where they might also target the fact that we're lower on conservatives, and lower on-- i'm sorry, we're higher on cons

you want to feel that go ahead charles first. well you know i'm i'm a little bit confused as to where john is coming from because before he was very much pro-democracy we should get in there and make sure that these tyrannies become democratic and and now he seems to be going now isolationist but on the broader point you know i think that the united states is today trying to figure out i never said anything like that with the middle line where it should come out on some of these key issues and in many respects i think the the over time we will see a united states that to some extent polls in its horns the involvement in iraq and afghanistan has not gone as well as many expected and i think whether romney or obama is the winner we're going to see an american foreign policy that is somewhat less costly and somewhat less ambitious and a brand of democracy promotion that focuses more on principles and example and on centive than on attempting to use the kinds of coercive tools that we see more often in the past ten years tom if i can

carruthers he is the vice president for studies at the carnegie endowment for international peace and charles and he is a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations and a professor of international affairs at georgetown university right gentlemen cross-talk rosen a fact that means you can jump in anytime you want john if i can go to you first where is america's democracy promotion program globally since the end of the cold war and in particularly in light of the the the uprisings in the arab world well the u.s. has been very trap the day about democracy promotion contrary to what you hear in the rhetoric of politicians and it's most apparent we can just look at most recently in the arab spring. the us held on to mubarak as long as he possibly could and only ever since we've been very. reputation is about actual democracy taking hold their inbox rain we're holding back in you know helping the khalifa regime suppress pro-democracy movement there in yemen we did sort of the regime change with that you know didn't have much much to say about democracy was a one single candidate election an

what do you think, charles. charles: i think the conference call was weak. i'm troubled what he had to do, he had to explain and yell, you know what, those are wooden horses they're in the gifts they're wooden horses and don't let them in. and instead whining, it's not a gift, it's a curse. qualified for health care it's not a gift, it's a curse. letting someone else pay your college loan it's not a gift, it's a curse. guess what 20 years from now, you'll pay someone else's loan and i think he went out-- >> and i think you've got 15 seconds, go. >> i agree with charles and lots of gifts hey give me the stuff. they wanted the stuff and voted for him. too bad, too many entitlements in our country and it's sad jo people like free stuff and explain why it's not a gift, but a curse to the people getting it. you know what? at the end of the day it's a curse and it's a curse for them and a curse for america. stuart: we just had to drop ten news stories because you drone on, no, no, absolutely, you're charles, right. and yesterday, the president says climate change,

let's go to charles payne first. charles, a question, i don't know what your position is on gitmo, but you said it is like the hilton which i think might have been a slight overstatement. if you are pro gitmo wouldn't you want them to be sent to the horrible prison in the u.s. which is most certainly not like gitmo or like the hilton? >> have i to tell you -- i have to tell you, if you come from the rocky hills of afghanistan, gitmo is a hilton hotel. >> anything is a hilton. one of those carports in switzerland is definitely a hilton. >> now you are going way above. that's like inter continental. that's a four seasons. >> all right. i was trying to draw out what your position on this was, charles. >> keep them in gitmo. >> all right, because it is so nice there. sherrod, just a quick check on this. you said, you know, they frown upon terrorism. >> in the ms13? >> yes, in the prison there. first of all it would be great if it was on the weekends on msnbc. >> yes, "lock up." >> that would be totally good. here is the

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charles, let me ask you. you have taken the past to express something of a pessimistic view of the ability of government to do -- is there a way? >> to put mildly. >> is there something useful for government can do in order to change the culture in a productive way? >> no. [laughter] next question. thank you made elaborate spent i wasn't being flippant. let me see if jared, if we can take this thing called culture and what to me is the indicator. because we have cultural diversions. there is no social institution that is more central that is the culture and especially and culture but all cultures, the marriage. you go to 1960, and you have a definition of the working class that jerry to give you pretty much, people working in working-class occupations, blue-collar with know whether high school education. upper-middle-class, people with college degrees working in managerial or professional jobs. those of the two. upper middle class, working class. in 1960 compared 94% of all whites 30-49 for married and about

but charles you've got a thing about atheists. charles: i really do. i believe that atheists have a tremendous wind in their sales and key positioning and strength in the media and influence in the white house and there's a full frontal attack on one of the foundations, key foundations of what made us great and that's belief in god. it doesn't matter necessarily religion, but a belief in god and they're brilliant because what they try to do is pit different religions against each other, no nativity scene because you're offending the muslim and-- >> carol roth? >> i don't see this as a religious issue and i'm jewish and can speak on the issue, i love the christmas holiday, what are you going to do take santa out of the mall? as americans we embrace the season as a season of cheer and that the atheists here should-- first of all, if they took it away they'd be so sad, they'd have nothing to argue against. stuart: and what i object to one atheist objects and everybody has to accommodate them. tough. and president obama is sending the treasury secretary to

democracy promotion is just a sham ok charles i mean the idea of democracy is pretty important shouldn't you. be consistent. you know i would go even further than tom and say that not only has the united states turned a principle into practice but it has in some ways gone overboard the whole strategy of the one nine hundred ninety s. was about expanding the democratic space in europe it has pushed latin america in the democratic direction with very positive and significant results the places where i think we've got in trouble is a certain naivete about how difficult it is or how easy it is to get democracy to take root and in some ways i think the interventions in afghanistan and libya even vote very noble in their belief that we could get stable democratic regimes at the other end have become black holes and have drawn the united states in in a way that is adverse to its long term national interest you know johnny if we can look at afghanistan for example iraq. well yeah just briefly before afghanistan and iraq you know it's interesting it's true that may be from the thirty's to the lat

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we're here at charles and north street. that buckle in the road is where the break happened and if you look to the right can you see there is water flowing down the street. there are businesses and homes down the street. and trying to goat her business. but she cannot do that. this morning people again are being told to avoid the area and they will not let you three. the crews will be back first thing in the morning to clean up the mess. they had to suspend the work last night because of fear of striking gas lines. this was a water main that broke and send the water gushing through the streets at north charles and 20th. it was so bad it flooded the streets over a span of five blocks. this dates back to the 1920s. and breaks like this cannot be avoided because of how hold the infrastructure is and because of all the work that does to be done here. you should not try to cut through the area. they will detour you. cars were trapped and businesses were flooded and people had to deal with the dirty water. >> and. >> and i though

you want to feel that go ahead charles first. well you know i'm i'm a little bit confused as to where john is coming from because before he was very much pro-democracy we should get in there and make sure that these tyrannies become democratic and and now he seems to be going now isolationist but on the broader point you know i think that the united states is today trying to figure out i never said anything like that with the middle line where it should come out on some of these key issues and in many respects i think the the over time we will see a united states that to some extent polls in its horns the involvement in iraq and afghanistan has not gone as well as many expected and i think whether romney or obama is the winner we're going to see an american foreign policy that is somewhat less costly and somewhat less ambitious and a brand of democracy promotion that focuses more on principles and example and on centive than on attempting to use the kinds of coercive tools that we've seen more often in the past ten years tom if i

carruthers he is the vice president for studies at the carnegie endowment for international peace and charles and he is a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations and a professor of international affairs at georgetown university right gentlemen cross-talk rosen a fact that means you can jump in anytime you want john if i can go to you first where is america's democracy promotion program globally since the end of the cold war and in particularly in light of the the the uprisings in the arab world well the u.s. has been very attracted a shit about democracy promotion contrary to what you hear in the rhetoric of politicians and it's most apparent we can just look at most recently in the arab spring. the us held on to mubarak as long as he possibly could and only ever since we've been very troubled basis about actual democracy taking hold their inbox rain we're holding back you know helping the khalifa regime suppress pro-democracy moon. there in yemen we did sort of. regime change with that you know didn't have much to say about democracy it was a one single candidate election and acros

the 64 bus diverting mayor charles street. -- diverting near charles street. light rail and metro subway both on time. i'm kurt kronke. >> good morning. get ready for it be changed today temperature-wise. it was in the 60's yesterday. we have a cold front moving through the state. temperatures drop off into the 20's on the other side of the mountains. we will not drop into the 20's. we will dip into the 40's. right now it is much colder with temperatures in the 40's. 49 in rock hall. temperatures are going to go down. light to moderate rain back into the mountains. it will take a couple of hours to get through. then the rain will taper off. you can see the clouds break up in western pennsylvania and into west virginia. we should get some sunshine later today. 40's to start today. rain likely this morning. partly cloudy this afternoon. clearing and colder tonight, " 30 low 30's. temperatures will stay below average. 50's on wednesday. it will be dry going into the beginning of the weekend. next chance for rain on sunday and monday. >> two retailers not waiting

captain charles rath was if world war 2. and charles sheab was in vietnam and treated injured soldiers. >>> news time is 6:51. five things you may want to know as you head out. and talking about how voter approval should send a message for reform nationwide. it allows children of illegal immigrants to pay in state tuition. >>> some officers are getting new cars today. the commissioner will deliver some to the northeast district. >>> and price of, ity and -- and the trimmings is expected to be at 49.48, just 28-cents from last year. >>> the os are at the exchange. adam jones will ring the closing bell at 4:00. this come as week after he won his second gold glove award. >>> families who have loved ones serving with the national guard get to see them today, sort of. the guard is testing a live feed for service members and they can chat with spouses. that's today. >>> and a lot of people want to know what the weather will be like on sunday. 1:00, lynette, ravens-raiders. >> i'll leave with you fabulous. that's in a second. you w

charles payne, time's awasting. >> time's awasting. this is like a greek tragedy, i don't see how the ghost are going to save the day. washington post election, i don't think that either party has a real mandate per se overall you would think the overall mandate would be to save this country. neil, you've been on top of this. i have a feeling we'll go into that january 1st with no deal d maybe the markets crashing, maybe people in the street before they cobble together something akin to kicking it down the road again. they gave themselves a ticking time bomb and now they look like inspector clouseau trying to take it apart. >> neil: ben stein? >> other than raing taxes, it doesn't terrify me to see the taxes going up on the screen, what terrifies me cutting defense. i'd much rather see the taxes go up than cutting defense. and president obama gave a speech, my way or the highway. >> he said exactly the opposite, i mean, i'm listening to the two of you, i've never been more hopeful about this problem getting resolved. john boehner made

. >> charles lane from the "washington post." tonight, let me check, from atlanta, yes, syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. charles, how is your manual call mystery tour going? >> i'm out here going city to city and rooting out harassries among conservatives. >> chris: i hope you are making money you will need it to pay higher tax rates. >> and the lawyers, too. >> chris: there you go. start with benghazi. the president was asked -- he wasn't asked much about it today. but asked at the event on the night of the attack he said i told officials to do everything they could to protect the americans. fred barnes how does it move the story forward or not? >> for one thing it moves it a little. he was immediately involved. this was a 7-hour episode in benghazi. the attack on the consulate and the c.i.a. annex. it leads to another question. the question is well, you ordered this. why was so little done in why did nobody go there to rescue the ambassador or to rescue the people at the c.i.a. annex? why was so little done? he certain

charles? charles: if anybody goes by one of these fake microsoft/apple stores, the stores that have been popping up, you would probably sell your microsoft. it is embarrassing. david: i saw the surface, it is a terrific product. you bought one? charles: i had no choice, i was stuck in california. had to work. david: do you like it? charles: i'm learning it, 50/50, but the service was terrible. stuart: anything positive from charles payne about microsoft is again pulling teeth. president obama's first fiscal cliff meeting starts in the next hour. labor leaders and left-leaning advocacy groups are in attendance. are any of them calling for us to go over the cliff? i have an answer for that in a moment. stuart: a little more than a half hour from now, president obama meets with union leaders and leftist activists about the fiscal cliff. rich edson is at the white house. all right, rich, are any of these people attending these meetings, this meeting today, are any of them saying yeah, go over the

charles street closed from fayette to monument and lexington from charles to frederick street and eastbound mount vernon place at cathedral and gay street shut down at fayette street. no concerns on 83. and heading into the city and this is what 95 looks like downtown at 395 traffic moving right along the beltway going to be in great shape in parkville. here's a live look at harford road. no problems heading up towards towson but a crash near ridgely avenue you want to watch out for. megan and charley over to you. >>> a family has more than doubled in size from 3 to 7. >> they welcomed a set of quadruplets on november 1st. here they are. they are two boys and two girls and we are not sure of the names. they were delivered at anne arundel medical center. the hospital's second set and they have to stay in the neo natal intensive care as they were born a few weeks early and will be there for a few more weeks but the babies, mom, dad and their big brother are all doing very well this morning. >> that's massive. three to 7. >> i know i keep thinking what are they going to do about a stroller. th

closures along charles and fia ayette. continued closures on charles because of what the main repair. eight minutes on the inner loop towards the j.f.x. traffic pretty well on the west side. this is the west side as a volume continues to build around security. 795 still checking out ok although volume is picking up. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> officials are trying to determine what caused a massive explosion over the weekend. it killed two people on saturday night. seven others were taken to the hospital. officials suspect it was a gas leak. a helping hand and a hot meal in d.aten islan volunteers say new orleans the help after katrina and now they are paying it forward. the famous address has not been -- the famous address sold for $480,000 over the weekend. it was worn by judy garland in "the wizard of oz." >> a battle is brewing over internet phone calls on board airplanes. an increasing number of passengers -- many passengers complain the calls are noisy distractions. passengers should be allowed to make

charles payne, time's awasting. >> time's awasting. this is like a greek tragedy, i don't see how the ghost are going to save the day. washington post election, i don't thk that either party has a real mandate per se overall you would think the overall mandate would be to save this country. neil, you've been on top of this. i have a feeling we' go into that january 1st with no deal and maybe the markets crashing, maybe people in the street before they cobble together something akin to kicking it down the road again. they gave themselves a ticking time bomb and now they look like inspector clouseau trying to take it apart. >> neil: ben stein? >> other than raising taxes, it doesn't terrify me to see the taxes going up on the screen, what terrifies me cutting defense. i'd much rather see the taxes go up than cutting defense. and president obama gave a speech, my way or the highway. >> he said exactly the opposite, i mean,, i'm listening to the two of you, i've never been more hopeful about this problem getting resolved. john boehner made

. >>> and later, did we just hear the first real hint of impatience from prince charles? the surprising comments from the man next in line to the throne. d>>> all this internet commerce we have been talking about tonight's all the people buying things on amazon, all of those purchases need to be delivered, of course to people where they live. that takes a lot of people, and those people need to know what they're doing. the biggest name in the business, ups, has a new way to train its army of delivery people, how it is done. tonight, nbc's kristen dahlgren has more on behind the scenes. >> reporter: ups will deliver some 300 packages a second. >> bam, bam, next stop. >> reporter: the carefully put together blitz of boxes that begin with boot camp. basic training, the way a new generation learns. hands-on. trainees are taught at every step, learning everything from driving to stacking packages. but one of the most important things they learn is that seconds count. >> seconds add up very quickly to hours. excellent, 17 and a quarter seconds. >> reporter: it is as real as the

charles payne, time's awasting. >> time's awasting. this is like a greek tragedy, i don't see how the ghost are going to save the day. washington post election, i don't think that either party has a real mandate per se overall you would think the overall mandate would be to save this country. neil, you've been on top of this. i have a feeling we'll go into that january 1st with no deal and maybe the markets crashing, maybe people in the street before they cobble together something akin to kicking it down the road again. they gave themselves a ticking time bomb and now they look like inspector clouseau trying to take it apart. >> neil: ben stein? >> other than raising taxes, it doesn't terrify me to see the taxes going up on the screen, what terrifies me cutting defense. i'd much rather see the taxes go up than cutting defense. and president obama gave a speech, my way or the highway. >> he said exactly the opposite, i mean, i'm listening to the two of you, i've never been more hopeful about this problem getting resolved. john boehner m

. >> i am charley crowson let's get to weather with meteorologist lynette charles. after a great weekend veteranser is of a great day. >> they will. so that's good news out there. looking at maryland's most powerful radar, we are nice and dry. we have all the sweeps on and not much to see right now. it won't be until later today basically the evening time frame overnight into tomorrow. that the rain will be coming down across the area. that's when we will see change in the forecast and behind the front, 47 degrees this morning in sykesville and temperatures are above average and as we go into columbia this morning, 44 degrees and we are looking at some patchy fog across the area this morning as well. so be aware of that as you head out and about. you can see the dew point the same as that temperature in columbia. 46 degrees in davidsonville. and the good news is winds are calm in a lot of spots but this picks up going throughout the day. winds out of the south at 5 to 15 miles an hour. so it's going to be breezy and we start out at 8 and we will get the sunshine but

>> charles is right. the effort and the preparation that the israelis made to mobilize their forces is significant. i don't think they are expecting this to end tomorrow. they are preparing for a ground operation. >> shannon: charles? >> the ultimate objective is hamas becomes hezbollah south. hezbollah has 50,000 rockets. which are iranian. essentially, israel is in a standoff. it cannot attack it because of the fire that would rain on rein the city. it's weaker today but it wants truce to institutionmize the immunity to the israeli attack so it becomes hezbollah. iran is behind it all because hezbollah and hamas are clients of iran. iran is thinking of israeli strike on the nuclear program. saying to israel we are going to arm hamas. it will rain rocket on tell avive from the south. hezbollah is invulnerable in the north. put you in a situation of disastrous attack if you attack us. even before iran retaliates directly. this is all about iran and israel. iran trying to maneuver israel a corner it can't

charles: there's no doubt that we go through the cycles. when eric the red left iceland and greenland the reason he had to leave again was because of the little ice age. i've got a joke on this one. stuart: we have snapshots of the economy breaking the latest on the manufacturing sector and the housing industry, new at 10. it's a dead heat five days out. who is really leading in the swing states. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. monarch of marketing analysis. with the ability to improve roi through seo all by cob. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. i'm going b-i-g. [ male announcer ] good choice business pro. good choice. go national. go lika pro. ♪ >> new at 10. two more significant snapshots of the economy, the manufacturing and housing sectors, two big numbers coming to you in just a matter of seconds, we'll have them for you momentarily, i promise. and check out the big board, this is a r

north charles street shut down from penn station and 20th. closed between maryland avenue. route 32. it will be slow up to 175. if you are using the beltway this morning and take a look at the northwest side here at cold court road. traffic is moving along. no delays as you head to route 40. as we pull up. if you arizing it to get downtown. no problems to report. it will be an easy ride from the beltway to fayette street. back to you. >>> workers will be back at it where they are repairing the water main break. >> the break at north charles and 20th streets have flood streets, homes and businesses. and linda so is there with a report. you said this morning that some areas have running water into the streets? >> reporter: yes. the water is flowing. i have some new information i spoke with a bge worker that said work will resume here. they suspended it overnight because they were afraid they may strike a line. this is where it broke. it is still flowing down the street and heading to penn station. it is flow interesting. -- there. the crews will show up at 6:30. when the sun