we're moving wisconsin forward. and unlike other states, we avoided significant tax increases, massive layoffs and cuts in programs, like medicaid. instead, we put in place long-term structural reforms that helped us balance state and local government budgets for years to come. what we did was think more about the next generation than we did about the next election, and it worked. for the first time in our state's history, we set money aside in two consecutive years for the rainy day fund. our bond rating is solid and our pension system is the only one in the country that is fully funded. [applause] we made tough, but prudent, decisions to get our fiscal house in order. today, unlike the federal government and many of our neighboring states, we have a surplus, which will allow us to invest in our priorities. with the introduction of my proposed budget next month, i will lay out a clear plan for reducing the burden on hard-working families by lowering income taxes on the middle class. [applause] we want to continue t

and that's received all ten of wisconsin's ten electoral college votes he won the majority the vote in the state the whole state went for it under this republican plan he would only have received one electoral college vote for each congressional district that he won since he only won three of the new gerrymandered districts therefore he would have only gotten those three votes plus two votes for winning the popular vote in the state mitt romney who won five jury mander districts. would have received five votes so under this scenario despite winning the popular vote in wisconsin by a seven point landslide last about president obama would have walked away from the badger state with an equal number of electoral college votes as mitt romney five each now you can see why republicans like this idea with a simple tweak in how the electoral college votes are counted the big win for the president in wisconsin turns into a tie in fact had all the background the battleground states adopted this new vote counting scheme mitt romney would be our president today despite losing the popular majorit

on the southbound side of wisconsin avenue, basically between dorset avenue and wisconsin circle heading into chevy chase. a lot of water there. crews have been working on the scene since last night. they tell us that the water service is not affected. it was just the road affected. right lane does get through but of course that's a major thoroughfare during the rush hour so be aware of this this morning. let's go back over to the maps, this time to virginia. no problems to report 066 in from manassas to centreville all the way into fairfax. your lanes are open. we'll take a live look one more time. if you're planning to head on the inbound side of i-66 out of manassas, i'll say your brake lights begin there heading towards centreville and then the pace improves. i'll be back in a few minutes. >> thank you, monika. >>> later this morning the 113th congress will be sworn into office. >> the new members from our area include virginia senator elect tim kaine and maryland government-elect john delaney. both of them are democrats. the 113th congress already has a pretty full slate when it com

and that's received all ten of wisconsin's ten electoral college votes he won the majority the vote in the state the whole state went for it under this republican plan he would have all they have received one electoral college vote for each congressional district that he won since he only won three of the new jury bander districts and therefore he would have only gotten those three votes plus two votes for winning the popular vote in the state. mitt romney who won five gerrymandered districts would have received five votes so under this scenario despite winning the popular vote in wisconsin by a seven point landslide last about president obama would have walked away from the badger state with an equal number of electoral college votes as mitt romney five each now you can see why republicans like this idea with a simple tweak in how the electoral college votes are counted the big win for the president in wisconsin turns into a tie in fact had all the background the battleground states adopted this new vote counting scheme mitt romney would be our president today despite losing the po

the story i think starts with workers in wisconsin in 2011. let's roll it back, republican governor scott walker threatened to destroy collective bargaining in the state. workers exchanged massive protests and launched the first recall in the state's history. we cover the recall from madiso madison. >> we have already seen a ground operation unlike anything in the wisconsin history. >> what we see here in wisconsin is something that is proving to be far more powerful than money. and that is the power of the people. >> of course, governor scott walker survived the recall, republican operatives were delighted. they claimed this was the end of organized labor. >> it is a blow for organized labor, particularly organized labors represented in public employee unions. make bolder similar unions in other states by other governors. clearly it will put wisconsin, in my opinion, into play. >> karl rove, later taken off fox news, were all so wrong. the voters help to reelect president obama. tammy baldwin defeated tommy thompson by five points. turns out

. >> of water main break along wisconsin avenue has several lanes shutdown. how long will crews be on the scene and what you need to know to get around all of this coming up. >> d.c. police investigating it this 23-year-old man is connected to a body that was found inside a heating shaft. >> we continue to follow a developing story in baltimore where two people have died in the early morning fire. new information and new images coming in. that will be coming up here yet >> good morning to you washington. 6:00 is your time right now. >> glad to have you log on this rather chilly start to the morning. >> really chilly. brr is the word of the dead. it only gets better from here. in take a look at the temperatures. 19 in cumberland. temperature in culpeper is 28. 27 at this hour in manassas. temperatures are about 5-10 degrees colder this morning that they were yesterday. we're feeling the difference. i am suggesting a hats and gloves if you are doing anything are running from the house to the car to your office. the forecast today, increasing sunshine throughout

paul ryan of the state of wisconsin has received 206 votes. this announcement of the state of the vote by the president of the senate shall redeem a sufficient declaration of the person selected president and vice-president of the united states, each for the term beginning on the 20th day of january, 2013, and shall be entered together with a list of votes in the journal of the senate and of the house of representatives. the joint session having been concluded pursuant to the senate joint resolution, the chair declares the joint session dissolved. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> tomorrow, changes to the u.s. tax code. with donald williamson. thomas schatz cox about legislation review. "washington journal" live tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> there is low hanging fruit that is extremely appealing to people across all parties. it sounded to me like you were saying -- how can people on the right with a full spectrum, frankly it is to

on wisconsin avenue, several blocked, but there has been a change. this happened during the evening. wisconsin avenue south of spradley, headed towards .riendship heights the southbound direction was now they're allowing get by eachne to way between bradley and willard. we will watch that closely for you. carter is on the way there. volume, so no delays if you are headed out the door anytime soon. for at leastood the next half-hour. upying to wrap construction on the virginia beltway. towards route 7 had one lane by in the overnight hours. back to you. >> thank you. another developing story on this morning regarding some terrible situations in india regarding cold temperatures. >> let's check in with jummy olabanji. >> what we have learned is more than 100 people have died of exposure in the northern part of india. we will pull up a map so we can show you where it's happening. .long the border of nepal in that province, at least 114 died. have 23 within the past couple hours. many of these victims are people impoverished villages. they have been foun

wisconsin circle. use bradley boulevard, little falls parkway or even river road as your alternate routes. i'll have more information coming up in my next report at 4:47. andrea and mike? >> thanks, monika. >>> it's time for your first money segment of the morning. >> here's jessica doyle with today's headlines. what a day. >> if we could only have a fiscal cliffhanger and a deal every day. stocks surged interest the new year so to speak -- into the new year so to speak but the enthusiasm could be short lived. the budget deal doesn't tackle automatic spending cuts which are set to go into effect march 1. it doesn't address the debt ceiling and now moodies investment service is pressuring congress to deal with the deficit. the credit rating agency says ngress need as solid plan or could see the u.s.'s credit rating go down. back in september moody's warned it would cut the u.s. credit rating if the year end negotiations failed. it also issued a negative outlook on the government's debt which is seen of

make sure you give yourself extra time as you travel down wisconsin this morning. also, another accident, 16th street at east/west highway. involving an overturned suv, all of the lanes are blocked now. we're still getting information on direction there. do be cautious as you approach 16th street at east/west highway. here's a live look at the video. police are on the scene. the car is still on its side. so use caution as you approach. elsewhere, anybody northbound in the hov lane, mile marker 165, an accident blocking the left lane. be careful as you travel northbound on 95. eun? >> thank you. >>> it is the kind of morning you will want to let the car warm up a bit. temperature in the 20s across our area. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein now with the forecast. good morning. >>> going to want to wear your holiday sweater and a puffy coated over that. it is our coldest morning of the season so far in much of the region. we've got a lot of cloudiness, but the cloud cover is beginning to break up to our west. we're going to have increasing sunshine as the day pr

they would like to repeat that today against wisconsin. at the rose bowl, fred inglis, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a fatal shooting at a bar in northern california prompts authorities to shut down a fair works celebration what. we're learning about the dispute that ended in gunfire. >>> the emotional reunion that happened right in the middle of the tournament of roses parade. 0!ockÑ?çóxo?Ñ=çñÑñçvxqx?ñññ?óioy >>> a new year's eve tragedy killed two people last night and shut down highway 12 in both directions. no word on the victims' identities or whether alcohol may have caused the crash. >>> in gilroy police are investigating a fatal new year's eve shooting. police say a 51-year-old man was found lying on old gilroy street in the downtown area about 9:30 last night. he had been shot several times and ended up dying on the way to the hospital. police say a dark-colored sedan was seen speeding from the scene. >>> new year's celebration in old sacramento turned into a scene from the wild west. a shoot-out with wooden sidewalks spla

winners of 7 straight coming in stanford the clear favorite against 8 and 5 wisconsin team. tiger woods condoleeza rice all the famous alumni on hand looking cardinal would dominate. taylor in for 3 yards. they would take a 14 nothing lead before the badgers settle in. 19 seconds left. first half. stanford led 17-14 at the half. final 30 minutes williamson 22 yard field goal over 4 minutes remaining. the only turn over of the game and stanford take as 20-14 victory. and while thousands watch the game plenty more saw the game at the patio in palo alto. corrina was there. >>reporter: high fifty pat why sports bar and grill came early and often. cardinal hit the field with two touch downs in the first quarter and the crowd cheered every move. >> i'm glad they decided to take, 7 the kick off. go right down and score right away get them in a hole. it was gate. >>reporter: first time in 13 years stanford has made a.p. rose bowl appearance. freshman quarterback hogan came into the grand daddy of post season play on a roll. 6 point favorite over wisconsin. >> they are going to domin

the story i think starts with workers in wisconsin in 2011. let's roll it back. republican governor scott walker threatened to destroy collective bargaining in the state. workers staged massive protests and launched the first recall election in the state's history. we covered the recall from madison. >> polls close in an hour here in wisconsin, and we have already seen a ground operation unlike anything in wisconsin political history. >> what we're seeing here in wisconsin is something that is proving to be far more powerful than money, and that is the power of the people. >> of course, governor scott walker survived the recall. republican operatives were delighted. they claimed this was the end of organized labor. >> it is a blow for organized labor, particularly organized labor's represented in public employee unions. it's going to embolden other efforts in other states by governors. it's going to put into play in november. >> karl rove, who was later taken off fox news and his buddies were also wrong. middle class voters helped reelect president obama four mon

neil: is the difference btween them and wisconsin and the world now. a lot of unions, whenever the growing weakness, they did put barack obama over the finish line. given the president, they did really deliver for the president. so you would have a president, a democratic party being emboldened to help them. the union's help them. that's a different factor. >> not really. i mean, let's look at wisconsin, michigan. the second most important ing on the ballot. the legislature and effective veto over legislation, government union contacts. that went down by almost 15 points, yet michigan still reelectedbarack obama, santa democratic senator to washington d.c. wisconsin, barely a year after the ters resoundingly rejected governor scott workers recall by ten points, wisconsin vters also reelected obama, also said a democratic senator to the white house. a disconnect between voters voting democrat and rubber stamping union issues. so they can really hang their hat on that. maybe something else. neil: thank you very much. we'll see how well pans out, but i wo

neil: is the difference between them and wisconsin and the world now. a lot of unions, whenever the growing weakness, they did put barack obama over the finish line. given the president, they did really deliver for the president. so you would have a president, a democratic party being emboldened to help them. the union's help them. that's a different factor. >> not really. i mean, let's look at wisconsin, michigan. the second most important thing on the ballot. the legislature and effective veto over legislation, government union contracts. that went down by almost 15 points, yet michigan still reelected barack obama, santa democratic senator to washington d.c. wisconsin, barely a year after the voters resoundingly rejected governor scott workers recall by ten points, wisconsin voters also reelected obama, also said a democratic senator to the white house. a disconnect between voters voting democrat and rubber stamping union issues. so they can really hang their hat on that. maybe something else. neil: thank you very much. we'll see how well pans out, b

wisconsin also elected the first openly gay woman to the united states senate. democrat tammy baldwin defeated tommy thompson by five points. it turns out labor is alive and well. in fact, workers across america help us understand what mitt romney could mean for the economy. >> this is "the ed show." let's get to work. [ cheering ] >> we followed the workers' stories to freeport, illinois in october. bain capital has shut down the sensata plant and they were going to ship some 200 jobs to china. >> what would you say to mitt romney? >> the three of us have been arrested defending american jobs. we're waiting. come on out here and talk us to. >> you want to talk to him. what would you say to him? >> save our jobs. >> over the summer, more and more workers started coming forward with horror stories about bain capital and the bain economy. workers at gst steel made national headlines. >> when you take away all the good paying jobs such as we had here at gst steel in kansas city, the middle class is going to become extinct. >> the republicans answered with misleadin

paul ryan aof the state of wisconsin has received two hundred six votes. this announcement of the state of the votes shall be deemed sufficient declaration of the persons elected president and vice president of the united states, each for the term beginning on the 20th day of january, 2013, and shall be entered, together with a list of votes, in the journal of the senate and house of representatives. last page. ok. the purpose of the joint session having been included pursuant to the senate resolution 113 of the 113th congress, the chair declares the giant session dissolved. -- joint session dissolved. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> next, conversations with north dakota senator john hogan and maine senator angus king. after that, a discussion of the british policy of exporting weapons. on news makers, debbie's death and now, chairman of the agriculture committee. debbie stabenow. >> if i did not have my case coming up, i would like to come back with you gentleme

wisconsin avenue down to one right lane getting by southbound as well as northbound. for those traveling along the outer loop of the beltway at new hampshire avenue, we had a stalled vehicle reported along the right side of the roadway. notice the express lanes northbound 95 north of lorton, very slow headed up to the franconia springfield parkway, incident there tying up the shoulder. shoulder. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. traffic. . >> thank you. >>> the parents of the duchess of cambridge are cashing in on kate's pregnancy. they own a party supply company you may have heard before and are now featuring royal themed baby shower items on their web site. britain's daily mail newspaper is reporting that the middletons are promoting a range of baby goods from their party supplies business. they are described as suitable for christening parties or first birthday celebrations. >>> there are reports that brad pitt and angelina jolie have tied the knot during a secret wedding. the london telegraph is reporting that the couple may have gotten married during

paul ryan of the state of wisconsin has received 206 votes. this announcement of the state of the vote by the president of the senate shall redeem a sufficient declaration of the person selected president and vice-president of the united states, each for the term beginning on the 20th day of january, 2013, and shall be entered together with a list of votes in the journal of the senate and of the house of representatives. the joint session having been concluded pursuant to the senate joint resolution, the chair declares the joint session dissolved. [applause] >> >>, conversations with senator john hoeven and maine senator in the skin. after that, william hague will talk about his government's policy on exporting weapons. michigan senator debbie stabenow, chairman of agriculture committee -- she talks about what is next on the farm bill after a small part was passed as part of the fiscal cliff package. at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on sunday on c-span. >> if i did not have my case coming up, i would like to come back so that we could reall

wisconsin driving and two minutes left. needing a touchdown to win it. he seals the deal for the cardinals. stanford wins their first rose bowl since 1972. that was before spencer even got to gma. 2014 was the final. do they even have gma? mike shumann on the field with a victorious coach shaw. >> how does it feel? >> it feels great. it feels great. getting over the things we could have done better. but the guys played hard and as usual we kept it close. >> culminating in a rose bowl victory and the grand daddy of them all. >> vincent smith meet clowney, happy new year. it is the hit of the year on the first day ofhe year. michigan and south carolina in the out back bowl. 15 seconds left. dillon thompson and bruce ellington and good night, game over and drive home safely. a 32-yard touchdown as the gamecocks of south carolina stunned michigan in the final moments 33-28. nfl news and the 49ers may have a new kicker in the playoffs. today they signed a 10-year veteran who has bounced around some. this after david akers missed two more field goals. he hit o

wisconsin now, three straight rose bowls, three straight losses. to orlando georgia and nebraska square off in the capital one bowl. nebraska up by five. adam murray steps up and throws this bomb to young. 75 yards for the touchdown. now back to the fourth quarter. bulldogs lead by seven. murray dumps a short pass across the middle. chris connelly off to the races. 87 yards for the touchdown. that was murray's fifth touchdown pass of the day. he set a georgia bowl game record. georgia wins the shootout 45-31. love that bulldog. now to south carolina and michigan in the outback bowl. fourth quarter, michigan tries handing off, but clowney is there, he knocks the runner's helmet off and forces the fumble. south carolina recovers and would eventually score the touchdown on the next drive. end of the game, 16 seconds left, dillon thompson finds bruce ellington, 32-yard score. south carolina wins it the at end 33-28. coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," more on speaker boehner. he becomes public enemy number one for some conservatives afte

wisconsin driving and two minutes left. needing a touchdown to win it. he seals the deal for the cardinals. stanford wins their first rose bowl since 1972. that was before spencer even got to gma. 2014 was the final. do they even have gma? mike shumann on the field with a victorious coach shaw. >> how does it feel? >> it feels great. it feels great. getting over the things we could have done better. but the guys played hard and as usual we kept it close. >> culminating in a rose bowl victory and the grand daddy of them all. >> vincent smith meet clowney, happy new year. it is the hit of the year on the first day of the year. michigan and south carolina in the out back bowl. 15 seconds left. dillon thompson and bruce ellington and good night, game over and drive home safely. a 32-yard touchdown as the gamecocks of south carolina stunned michigan in the final moments 33-28. nfl news and the 49ers may have a new kicker in the playoffs. today they signed a 10-year veteran who has bounced around some. this after david akers missed two more field goals. he hit

it was really about collective bargaining in wisconsin. so, it would be tougher still to try to ease the governor out of office, right? >> i assume that's right. i don't think it will work, but i don't fault, you know, interested parties like unions for trying. i mean, that's the precedent so go ahead and your opposition-- >> if i'm a member of the union i'm hearing ben stein saying i might see my dinosaur days and i'm thinking better ways to spend my money. >> there may not be better ways for them to spend their money. let me back up a second for something my colleague in new york said. i don't think that all of michigan is a vast wasteland, outside of detroit, it's a beautiful prosperous state. grand rapids is booming and part of-- >> and mentioning detroit and once again making the assumption that no one in detroit watches us. >> no, no, people in detroit watch you and love, but. and it's all about-- >> and are you offended? >> easily offended, but the point about grand rapids is right. i've been there, it's amazing. the sky is full of

it was really about collective bargaining in wisconsin. so, it would be tougher still to try to ease the governor out of office, right? >> i assume that's right. i don't think it will work, but i don't fault, you know, interested parties like unis for trying. i mean, that's the precedent so go ahead and your opposition-- >> if i'm a member of the union i'm hearing ben stein saying i mig s my dinosaur days and i'm thinking better ways to spend my money. >> there may not be better ways for them to spend their money. let me back up a second for something my colleague in new york said. i don't think that all of michigan is a vast wasteland, outside of detroit, it's a beautiful prosperous state. grand rapids is booming and part of-- >> and mentioning detroit and once again making the assumption that no one in detroit watches us. >> no, no, people in detroit watch you a love, but. and it's all about-- >> and are you offefended? >> easily offended, but the point about grand rapids is right. i've been there, it's amazin the sky is full of cranes,

wisconsin was a watershed moment. if the unions made concessions that governor walker wanted and they vote for the union reform they may have had collective bargaining and they shot themselves in the foot in wisconsin. >> bill, when unions take a stand it is usually a situation that ends up with fewer jobs with twirchingis and american airlines? >> i don't glareagree. i think the decline in cosmic things like the pacific ocean . easy to ship goods in from china. what might save the unions, the fact that the chinese are no longer willing to work on assembly line for safe wangs. in china factory jobs are paying better than office jobs . >> they are spending millions trying to win things they are losing. >> the governor from wisconsin, scott walker, they spent millions trying to defeat him and they lost. >> the purpose of unions is to get members more and have them do less. that runs counter to productivity. the only way economy grows is adding more people. unions run counter to that and why more people are against them.

it was really about collective bargaining in wisconsin. so, it would be tougher still to try to ease the governor out of office, right? >> i assume that's right. i don't think it will work, but i don't fault, you know, interested parties like unions for trying. i mean, that's the precedent so go ahead and your opposition- >> if i'm a member of the union i'm hearing ben stein saying i might see my dinosaur days and i'm thinking better ways to spend my money. >> there may not be better ways for them to spend their money. let me back up a second for something my colleague in new york said. i don't think that all of michigan is a vast wasteland, outside of detroit, it's a beautiful prosperous state. grand rapids is booming and part of-- >> and mentioning detroit and once again making the assumption that no one in detroit tches us. >> no, no, people in detroit watch you and love, but. and it's all about-- >> and are you offended? >> easily offended, but the point about grand rapidss right. i've been there, it's amazing. the sky is full of crane

wisconsin driving and two minutes left. needing a touchdown to win it. he seals the deal for the cardinals. stanford wins their first rose bowl since 1972. that was before spencer even got to gma. 2014 was the final. do they even have gma? mike shumann on the field with a victorious coach shaw. >> how does it feel? >> it feels great. it feels great. getting over the things we could have done better. but the guys played hard and as usual we kept it close. >> culminating in a rose bowl victory and the grand daddy of them all. >> vincent smith meet clowney, happy new year. it is the hit of the year on the first day of the year. michigan and south carolina in the out back bowl. 15 seconds left. dillon thompson and bruce ellington and good night, game over and drive home safely. a 32-yard touchdown as the gamecocks of south carolina stunned michigan in the final moments 33-28. nfl news and the 49ers may have a new kicker in the playoffs. today they signed a 10-year veteran who has bounced around some. this after david akers missed two more field goals. he hit

wisconsin avenue down to one lane north and southbound. only the right lane is able to get by as you travel between bradley and willard avenue. the repairs will be ongoing throughout the morning commute. this will back up shortly as you continue from both loops of the beltway to head southbound towards nih and out to the d.c. line. plan your trip early. if you are headed into d.c., you may want to think about using the beltway over to river road as an alternative commute. wisconsin avenue between bradley and willard, only the right leap getting through. we have more problems to report. this is going to be a portion of 16th street near 410, the east-west highway with the vehicle overturned on its side. northbound 16th street headed back up towards the beltway. the right lane remains closed off at the scene of this crash. we'll continue northbound now i- 95, we are in the hov lanes. northbound i-59 well below speed out of stafford leaving aquia harbor headed up towards 234 dumfries. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. traffic. . >>

fake to young takes it outside for still in the 1stfreshman next play - taylor busts off yards, 1 td wisconsin athletic director - and interim coach barry alvarez concerned early 2nd quartermontee ball - college football's all time touchdown king does what he does best the 11 yard run and it's looking shootout 14-7 stan 5th year senior curt phillips - pulls the badgers to within 3 with this 4 yard touchdown to jordan frederick 17-14 second half dominated by the defenses. 20-14 stanford, 2:30 left wisconsin driving for a potential game winning touchdown when usua amanam shuts the door on the badgers with this game- clinching interception wisconsin held scorless in the 2nd half and had just 82 yards of total offense stanford coach david shaw gets the gatorade bath.and the hugs >> we knew this was going to be a battle of we would not have had it any other way. >> rose bowl in 41 years final: 20-14 stanford cardinal finish 12-2 and a likely top 5 ranking outback bowl - michigan vs south carolina steve spurrier the 'ole ball coach 1st quarter/ 7-3 south carolina ace sanders returns the punt 66 yard

paul ryan of the state of wisconsin has received 206 votes. this announcement of the state of the vote by the president of the senate shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons elected president, vice president of the united states. each for the term beginning on the 20th day of january, 2013, and shall be entered together with a list of votes in the journal of the senate and the house of representatives. the purpose of the joint session having been concluded, pursuant to the senate concurrent resolution 1 -- excuse me, 1 of the 113th congress, the chair declares the joint session dissolved. the speaker: pursuant to senate concurrent resolution 1, the 113th congress, the electoral vote will be spread at-large upon the journal. the chair lays before the house the following personal request. the clerk: leave of absence requested for mr. clyburn of south carolina for today. the speaker: without objection, the request is granted. yesterday's announcement under clause 5-b of rule 20 should have indicated the whole number of the house i

firefighters are still putting out 'hot spots' at a factory in wisconsin. the site of an eight- alarm blaze. flames erupted at "echo lake farms produce company" in burlington, wisconsin around six o'clock last night. more than 300 firefighters from 80 departments. spanning two states battled the massive blaze. a hazardous materials team is also on the scene. monitoring the air quality. ten homes and an apartment complex were evacuated because of smoke. displacing about 50 people. a judge reduces bail for two of the three former schaumburg police officers charged with running a drug ring. w-g-n's julian crews has details from the courthouse in wheaton. it's too much to bear. facing serious allegations of corruption and drug conspiracy. at time he could be seen trembling facing the prospect of hard time in the penitentiary if found guilty. the objective is to reduce bond. lawyers for all three men staring at that $750,000 cash bond. his client, father of five is not a flight risk. he does not have a passport or the means to flee. prosecutors allege that he le

now we're doing the same thing in wisconsin with palermo pizza. undocumented workers in palermo threatened to fire them all, and we've got an unfair labor practice case going forward. i think in many, many ways this is going to help people to get a better standard of living. it's going to give people an opportunity to speak out and stand up and be part of the real american dream, to be a part of american democracy. >> why do you think conservatives over the years have used the word amnesty, but have been against any kind of reform? it's always something that comes up. is it because you think it would help the democratic process or democratic organizations in this country? >> i think we've got republicans in particular and extreme conservatives. not all republicans. i shouldn't say that but you have extreme republicans and many republicans who are opposed to giving these people a path to citizenship because to be blunt, as it was said on numerous occasions, employers like having this army of unsecured -- i mean undocumented workers so that they wou

southbound on wisconsin avenue in chevy chase, basically between willard avenue and wisconsin circle, this 8-inch water main break. wssc has been on the scene with their crews all night long trying to fix the problem. let's go to our live shot from sky 9 and show you what's going on now on the southbound side of wisconsin avenue. you can see crews are still on the scene. the right lane is getting through inside the beltway but expect delays coming through bethesda. a quick look at 66 on the inbound side on our maps. at route 15 in haymarket, there is an accident blocking a lane. beyond that you still seem to be okay through manassas and centreville. a quick look live one more time outside and here's what it looks like if you're planning to head inbound on 66 in from manassas. i'll be back with more traffic coming up in a few minutes. back to you. >> thank you, monika. >>> a huge smile in a prince william county court yesterday after a virginia judge ordered justin wolfe be released. he has spent a decade on death row convicted of masterminding a murder for hire. >> but he may be free

the first woman senator in the history of wisconsin. i hope you can imagine what her victory meant to gay and lesbian americans, especially to young people. i am enemy because i know she -- emily because i know emily removed barriers for all of us. [applause] >> hello. i served as the granite state along with our democratic senator and our democratic congresswoman. it is fair to say that all of us and answer to the name even our other united states senator is a woman. that means new hampshire is the first state in our country's history to be represented in congress and the governor's office entirely by women. [applause] that is not happen by accident. it happened because thousands of women over many years worked hand-in-hand to get women elected. list because emily's helped me when i was in the state senate. i even hired an emily's list staffer to manage my campaign. thank you matt burgess for a great campaign. we all turned out the women's vote. and they voted in overwhelming numbers for democratic candidates across the country. i have

and instead, wisconsin would have cast half a vote for romney and half a vote for obama. under this most aggressive plan that has been put forward on the republican side, president obama would have finished nationwide with 5 million more votes than mitt romney, but mitt romney could have still won the electoral college and the presidency. fair vote did the math on what the republicans are rigging in the states, and it kind of works like magic. if the republicans had passed laws regarding the votes, it would have converted barack obama's advantage of nearly 5 million popular votes and 126 electoral votes into a resounding electoral college defeat. republicans didn't make those changes in 2011 so it didn't happen this past election, but they are very quietly thinking about changing the rules in these states. now, and with republican control and nobody really paying attention, why wouldn't they make the changes? effectively what they would do is use the exact same gerrymandering, they would use the exact same maps that rigged the house for the republicans this year as their

according to wikipedia, delaware, wisconsin is 80% white. i don't know if they are oppressing anybody, but it is odd that they talk about a diversity class where is there any diversity of opinion? it is not diversity if everybody has the same opinion. >> you get the last word on this if you indeed have one. >> well, before we get our outraged pan tees in a bunch, it is an elective that the seniors and the juniors can take if they choose to do so. so it is maybe brainwashing, but not at the level. >> what if they were korean or black? >> i would take that class. until a white male. that's what we do. >> and a feminist. >> no, no. >> jedediah bila discusses her new book, "how to solve the fiscal crisis." and why did oxygen can sell all of my baby's llamas. spoiler alert, some reason. for the new mattress models but sleep train's huge year end clearance is ending soon. for a short time, save hundreds on tempur-pedic mattresses. get the most highly-recommended bed in america at closeout prices. plus, get interest-free financing and free same-day

also, the oak creek, wisconsin police chief john edwards is in washington d.c. for law enforcement meetings and officer edwards says while he's in town he'll be meeting with the president and vice-president and the chief says the topic of that meeting is scheduled to be gun violence, oak creek, wisconsin, as you may know was the site of the mass shooting at the sikh temple. and growing concern, women travel to go this country to gain birth and citizen rights for the birth of the baby. where it's going on and what's being done to deal with it. and the cost of mail, remember the forever stamp? get this, i thought it was forever. it's not. it's going up again. it's going up again. forever now costs more. stay with us. hey, our salads. [ bop ] [ bop ] [ bop ] you can do that all you want, i don't like v8 juice. [ male announcer ] how about v8 v-fusion. a full serving of vegetables, a full serving of fruit. but what you taste is the fruit. so even you... could've had a v8. [ male announcer ] it's red lobster's 30 shrimp! for $11.99 pair any two shrimp selections on o

. >> the governor from wisconsin, scott walker, they spent millions trying to defeat him and they lost. >> the purpose of unions is to get members more and have them do less. that runs counter to productivity. the only way economy grows is adding more people. unions run counter to that and why more people are against them. >> steve when they spend millions on issues they are

congress now has a record number of women in both madison, wisconsin. she was 92 years old. those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. >> i am juan gonzalez. welcome to our listeners and viewers. we begin today's show with the new congress, the most rivers in the nation's history with a record number of women and minority members. the house now has 81 women, 61 of them democrats, while the new senate includes 20. there will be 44 african- americans and the house and one in the senate. the congress includes nine new latino members, making it the largest latino class in history with 28 house seats and three senate seats, two of whom are republican. the 113th congress includes the first openly gay senator, democrat tammy baldwin of wisconsin. the first open bisexual was also elected to the house, democrat krysten sinema of arizona. for the first time white men will be a minority among house democrats. the new crop of lawmakers was sworn into office re-election with riddick bowe into office thursday with

what the wisconsin congressman learned from the election defeat and why the battle over the president's health care law may just be beginning. >> also, a developing situation in egypt. dozens are dead, nearly two dozen more sentenced to hang. the military struggling to keep order an egypt's president meeting with his top generals. >> rick: the latest in smartphone technology, "consumer reports" is here to tell us which new advances you may want and the costly bells and whistles you should try to avoid. ♪ >> arthel: we begin with the dangerous weather system bringing new troubles, ice and freezing rain making its way across the country, right now. causing serious problems on the roads, drivers are coping the best they can and out right treacherous conditions, there