if the gentleman from georgia will proceed. the chair: the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. johnson: thank you. madam speaker, my colleague from alabama said that we all need to come together and find real solutions to create jobs. i submit that one way that we n create jobs in addition to making sure that we have equal y for equal work and that we have increased the minimum wage to a living wage, another way to do that is through immigration reform. the chamber of commerce and small businesses everywhere have come together in support of immigration reform, comprehensive immigration reform. why? because it creates jobs. david park, the co-founder and chairman of job creators alliance, wrote in 2012 that, quote, immigration reform is key to spurring innovation and getting the economy back on track. i'm a small business owner who realizes the role legal immigrants play in creating new jobs. as founder and c.e.o. of a boutique merchant bank, i have started -- acquired nearly 30 small and mid-sized companies, creating hundreds of jobs for americans across the country. and i'

georgia has been particularly hard hit. the georgia governor, nathan diehl, will join us live in just a few minutes for an update on what's going on there. but first, let's get to chad myers. he's outside on the streets of atlanta, keeping a close eye on the power outages and the flight cancellations. chad, what's the latest? >> reporter: up to a quarter million people now without power and that number growing rapidly. when i first looked at that number, about 6:00 a.m. this morning, it was at 54,000. i thought, wow, maybe we get lucky. but now up to a quarter million and trees falling and power lines coming down. my coat is wet now. a long time ago, couple hours ago, at least, wolf, all of this stuff coming down was bouncing off. it was sleet. now it isn't sleet. now it's freezing rain. completely covering everything in ice. there is the ice just right on that little branch of that little plant right there. and the trees getting heavy and the winds blowing 30 miles per hour. 3,000 flights already cancelled across the count

robert ray is in roswell, georgia, ten miles from downtown atlanta. hey robert, i just saw someone take an evening jog behind you, so clearly the conditions are okay at the moment, but things are about to change, right? >> reporter: yes, tony. continue was doing a quick jog before the storm hits. smart man, i would say. all is clear here in the atlanta metro area right now. this is roswell suburb, a place that usual lie would b usually d with people walking around to the restaurants. one restaurant is open here but everyone else is shut down. the oh governor has put a harsh issue on everyone, saying to hunker down for the next couple of days. the national guard is out in full force. there is an arm of electrical crews, trucks of people waiting for the power outage to occur. the governor's new emergency task force is watching the satellite and weather. businesses are closed, and no one is on the roads right now awaiting the storm. governor nathan deal who took criticism two weeks ago for lack of preparation for atlanta metro has been giving hourly pres

number two, you know, we have the ability, i think, to get folks really excited here in georgia. as i mentioned at the beginning, we are the next battleground state. we are on the cusp of doing that. we've had dramatic change in what our state looks like. we have a real opportunity. not only do we have a real opportunity in the governor's race but the u.s. senate race. i think because the opportunity is real and the stakes are very high not just for georgia, but the country, we're going to get folks excited down here.

we have gotten rain in georgia right now. it is being reported as rain, and one reporting site having a mix of snow in that. the ice storm warnings are in effect, greatly in georgia and south carolina. as the storm is moving in, we have had a changeover of snow. the storm is rapidly moving eastwards. the set up of the storm is bring powerful conditions, dangerous conditions for the folks in the south-east. north central georgia, you have significant icing. on top of that snow piling up, and that will continue through the afternoon. as we get the storm tracking through the north and southe southern -- south carolina. it will come on top of snow fallen. 6 inches. ice accumulating and several numbers of on top of that. we are expecting power outages. we are going to get severe damage from this. the track of this storm, initially coming in to the south-east, and further inland to move up to the north-east. the major airports will go all the way up to d.c., philadelphia, new york and boston by the time we get to thursday and frida

the gentleman from georgia is ecognized. mr. johnson: madam speaker, the ajority is pursuing this legislation in complete disregard of various recent examples of regulatory failure. these include the coal mine explosion in west virginia which took the lives of 29 miners. in fact, next month will mark the one-year anniversary of that explosion. the explosion of b.p.'s deepwater horizon oil rig in the gulf of mexico which stemmed from lack -- lax regulation of oil drilling platforms. that's also a prominent example. the home foreclosure crisis, the 2008 financial crisis, and the ensuing great recession, all of which stemmed from the fact that regulators under the bush administration lacked the direction, resources and authority to confront the highly reckless behavior of the private sector and particularly the lending and financial service industries. it was a direct response to these regulatory failures in the financial realm that congress passed the dodd-frank act and other measures during the 111th congress, and republicans hav

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not just georgia but up the east coast. we'll keep you advised over the next couple of hours. >> and kevin will be following. joining us on the telephone, is buzz weiss. tell us how you're preparing tonight. >>> thank you and good evening john. we activated the state operations center this afternoon consistent with an order by the governor for a state of emergency. which covers the entire northern third of the state. and with this activation we have pulled together personnel from about 20 different state agencies, and organizations, so that we can work together and coordinate our efforts and be able to respond effectively. and of course we're also working with local personnel. >> what does it mean for the people of georgia? >> i'm sorry, sir? >> what do you think that means for people of georgia? >> well, i think that it means they're getting a very good warning in with this particular storm, to take some actions to avoid being caught in it. and what we're doing is working together more i think collaboratively and effective

ethnic chechens actually from georgia from the punky sea valley in georgia so called ethnic chechen kists but there are many dogs danis from russia and from the north caucuses in many chechens and even some. of our genes involved cars so and we're talking about you know hundreds we don't know exactly how many probably at least four hundred five hundred i would like to pick up on what you just said the instability in the north caucasus has long had at least one external player and you just mentioned it georgia putin has a lot several times that georgia under mikhail saakashvili provided a sanctuary to some of the armed groups operating in the north caucasus possibly logistical and even material support now since then georgia has had a change of leadership the georgian team is taking part in del lympics but i wonder if georgia still place a part in base a regional security puzzle because after all georgia shares a border with turkey and turkey as we all know has been somewhat a permissive when it comes to foreign fighters crossing its borders yes there's a large turkey of. chechens from the

this weekend in may macon, georgia. [inaudible] .. >> those five weeks of demonstratis this 1963 were based on seven years of work that shuttlesworth had done in birmingham battling segregation and, of course, the commissioner of public safety who's an eye to con of southern resistance to integration, bull connor. and so there was a great deal of drama leading up to in those latter years of the '50s and first couple of years of the '60s, and it was shuttlesworth who invited, in fact, insisted that king come to birmingham. and it took a while for king to decide to do that, but he finally did in '63 coming to the same opinion about birmingham that shuttlesworth did, that as, as segregation went in birmingham, so it would go in the nation. because birmingham was well known as the most segregated city in the south and the one most committed to maintaining segregation. >> you can never whip these birds if you don't keep you and them separate. i found that out. you've got to keep the whites and the blacks separate. >> in 1958

we even pushed out a message on our ready georgia app. hitting that message hard and motorists listened. they actually stayed home and we want to thank the public for that because that allowed emergency personnel to do their job. >> so there were fewerer anecdotes of those seven-hour commutes trying to get from one place to another. >> exactly. people really heeded the call to stay home and that has enabled the emergency workers to do their jobs and they're still staying home and letting them get this plowing done and helping to clear the roads. >> lisa, great news. thank you for filling us in from the georgia emergency management agency, talking about what's happening there in that state and some better news this time around. joining us now with a look at the forecast is the weather channel meteorologist paul goodloe. well, paul, i'm looking at your reporting so far today and it was pretty much what you expected for the most part, would you say? >> definitely. we thought about the ice and sleet and rain across the south. also plenty of s

we have ice storm warnings in parts of georgia and over to charleston. it will end there as snow as cold air gets in and cools things down. and it will move over the northeast. with the nor' easter, it is about where the storm trash as to who gets rain and snow. it will be a fine line on the i- 95 corridor. interior sections is where we'll see the heaviest of the snow in upstate new york and interior sections of new england. coastal areas, cape cod and the islands and down to long island and new york city. it could be less if that track goes further west. we'll see more rain mixing which i think is a possibility. 6- 10 to philly and new york. that could be lower with more rain and that would be a good news. we have snow on the rain for a lot of polices. getting 6- 10 inches of snow will be problematic. >> absolutely. where will we put it all. >> i love it. thank you, rick. >> and fox news alert. and awaiting a vote in the senate. same day the director of congressional budget office cbo, warned that it the growing national debt means financial disaster. >

georgia republicans in both the georgia house and the georgia senate have introduced bills like the one in arizona, almost identical. which would allow businesses to discriminate. they said they wanted to do so because of their religious beliefs. both of those georgia bills were debated in committee yesterday afternoon. the senate bill in georgia could reach the floor for a vote as early as tomorrow. and it's not even just arizona and georgia. turns out these bills are like the trendy new right-wing bill all around the country. in missouri, a republican state senator just yesterday introduced a bill that would allow missouri businesses claiming a religious objection to refuse to serve customers on that basis. in ohio, a bill like this has also been introduced there in the house. in nevada, a bill like this is making its way through pea. same story in idaho. a republican bill has been moved back to committee. republicans in oklahoma have proposed a bill like this. republicans in hawaii have proposed a bill like this. republicans in mississippi have already passed a bill like this through

as governor of georgia, my obligation is to the taxpayers of georgia, and what is it that would do best by them? whatever you think about obamacare. if you want to fight obamacare, you can go to washington, but in georgia, we have an obligation to do right by our citizens. >> about 843,000 georgians, i should say, who would be eligible for that expansion. the governor of your state, governor nathan diel has been in the press recently. you guys had a snowstorm down there. got a little national attention. things did not go so well. governor said basically national media jumped all over him, totally unfair, made something out of nothing. what's your response to that? >> i certainly don't think we made something out of nothing. we had a terrible disaster in atlanta, and there were really two stories. one was of our citizens doing an incredible job helping each other out. the other was of our government having failed those citizens. the governor has apologized profusely. i'm not in a position to play the blame game now. we're going to investigate what happened. but it is clear to me that nex

in the only in georgia, but in several states in the past several months. requiring additional identification to qualify to vote. so both of those issues were troubling to us in the list of nominees submitted by the president. >> and reverend, just a final question to you, briefly. i assume you will continue with this coalition to oppose these nominations. >> yes. we have no reason to change. they haven't changed. >> right. >> and they'll be a member of the court. they'll be there long after the president has returned to his other areas of business and long after we have retired to the great beyond. >> all right. reverend joseph lowery, thank you so much for your time today. >> thank you for having me. >>> coming up, we'll talk more about the politics behind the judge boggs nomination and a reminder of the role the judiciary has been playing in preserving or taking away our basic rights. ♪ ♪ ♪ i think we both are clean freaks. i used to scrub the floor on my knees. [ daughter ] i've mastered the art of foot cleaning. oh, boy. oh, boy. oh, boy. [ carme

the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. woodall:00 mr. speaker, at this time it's my pleasure to yield 10 minutes to a freshman member, a young member of the government oversight and government reform committee, and the supporter of the legislationers, the gentleman from georgia, mr. collins. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for 10 minutes. mr. collins: i thank the gentleman from georgia for yielding me the time. one of the things that comes when we have these debates and a lot of issues that come before the floor, we speak in terms and my good friend from georgia we talked about this before, we talk in terms of bill numbers. we talk in terms of rules. the good gentleman from across the aisle speaks of, we talk in the terms we understand. but many times when you look at bills and you look at the things that are coming before the floor, it's a good idea to start painting the picture of those that are impacted by it. mr. speaker, when we begin to do that, and we begin to look at the bills on the floor today,

hospitals may be shutting their doors in coming months but it's not just georgia hospitals that are struggling to stay afloat without access to expanded medicaid funds according to the tennessee justice center almost half of the sixty one rural hospitals in tennessee may face major cuts or closure without medicaid expansion when hospitals close down people have to find a new way to see the doctor and for people who live in rural areas it's often means having to drive tens in some cases many more miles away to get to the nearest hospital or hospital closures don't just hurt the patients they are at the hospital workers as well or to some house to a struggling ospital have laid off almost five thousand people just since june mostly republican states that have refused to expand medicaid whatever way you look at the republican refusal to expand medicaid is a disaster it's a disaster for health care providers it's a disaster for hospitals and most importantly it's a disaster for working people. we just want to get access to affordable health insurance republicans made a huge stink back i

several inches of ice expected to cripple central georgia. flights in and out of atlanta already canceled. toyota recalling prius due to a glitch in the electric system. if you own one you're going to be contacted about getting a software upgrade. president obama signing an executive order to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10. this covers about 250,000 workers. >> time now to take a look at the the good, the bad, and the ugly. up first, the good. the facebook page of a michigan mom started for her son with asperger's going viral. she created it after he said he didn't want to start his 11th birthday with a party because he didn't have friends. his page has thousands of likes. >> it is possible to die from a broken heart. it is similar to stress. >> this driver and high school student getting into a fight on a moving bus in wisconsin. the driver doesn't back down, begins punching the student back. the driver has been fired. the student has been charged. >> a new report says women who bring homed bacon have more -- bring home the bacon h

ethnic chechens actually from georgia or from the punky sea valley in georgia so called ethnic chechen kists but there are many dogs danis from russia and from the north caucuses in many chechens and even some. of our deans and ball cars so and we're talking about you know hundreds we don't know exactly how many probably at least four hundred five hundred i would like to pick up on what you just said the instability in the north caucasus has long had at least one external player and you just mentioned it georgia have put in has a lot several times that georgia under mikhail saakashvili provided a sanctuary to some of the armed groups operating in the north caucasus possibly logistical and even material support now since then georgia has had a change of leadership the georgian team is taking part in del lympics but i wonder if georgia still place apart and base a regional security puzzle because after all georgia shares a border with turkey and turkey as we all know has been somewhat a permissive when it comes to foreign fighters crossing its borders yes there's a large turkey of. chech

for georgia for school. because it's really close to as the two hour you'll find reviews of cars in. and second team was winning hearts. of course take the decision to say no team to a sono athletes selected to participate in which olympic games. your athletes are taking part in the olympics but why do you like such a decision. well ok so we thought that she knew we should separate sports from the politics and we said it's not. well i think you know they shouldn't suffer from this. and with that. although it's hard for standardization. but now we should send them. and we didn't. and when boycotts the social and a nice box none of the governmental officials are going there regarding the threat of terror attacks during the olympic games. have you been called racing at with your life the rack. we made it very clear when we announced publicly. that would do would be happy to cooperate. even in the field of security. and out we said would be happy to cooperate and would be happy to contribute to the security noti

are a couple who were enslaved here in macon, georgia. they're road in narrative in 1860 and was published, running a thousand miles to freedom. standing in front of the home in which alan craft was slave. on the plantation, united because williams honor had taken out a loan. he did not have the money. so he mortgaged the slaves in order to get the money. when the bill came three could not pay it. so the slaves were sold by a bank. the same owner that had bought palin but william perry said they ended up on the plantation together. they were married, but they knew that, as allen said, she did not want have children while she was slave because she knew what would happen to those kids. she said they could not take it. we get this portrait of allen and william who was supportive they wanted a normal life. they wanted the same kind of life to you and i had. they were denied that because of the laws slavery. that generated an incessant desire, unquenchable thirst to leave and to get out of the state of georgia and to leave the south. in 1848 t

so we look at the ice warning now that has been issued for georgia and alabama. it will be transitioning eastward. so now, you have fresh batteries in atlanta, and brace yourself, by 9 a.m., ice accumulation in the northern portion of alabama. and midnight, georgia, you're going to start to get the northern tier, and atlanta, the ice fall. and the storm will continue to travel up parts of the eastern seaboard, bringing in additional ice accumulation but lesson thing, and that's when snow swings in on top of the ice. >> tonight at the white house, president obama hosts a state dinner in honor of the french president. and it doesn't look like its snowing there yet, right. >> not yet. though congress is going to be come missing, and we'll be snowed under. it's a crisp evening, but not a damper on the festivities. a long relationship between the united states and france, but a closer period between the two countries, demonstrated by the fact that president of france is here. lots of pomp and are ceremony today. pictures of president obama and michelle obama coming ou

ethnic chechens actually from georgia from the punky sea valley in georgia so called ethnic chechen kists but there are many dogs danis from russia from the north caucuses in many chechens and even some. of our genes involved cars so and we're talking about you know hundreds we don't know exactly how many probably at least four hundred five hundred i would like to pick up on what you just said the instability in the north caucasus has long had at least one external player and you just mentioned it georgia there putin has a lot several times that georgia under mikhail saakashvili provided a sanctuary to some of the armed groups operating in the north caucasus possibly logistical and even material support now since then georgia has had a change of leadership the georgian team is taking part of the olympics but i wonder if georgia still place apart and base a regional security puzzle because after all georgia shares a border with turkey and turkey as we all know has been somewhat permissive when it comes to foreign fighters crossing its borders yes there's a large turkey of. chechens from th

hospitals may be shutting their doors in coming months but it's not just georgia hospitals that are struggling to stay afloat without access to expanded medicaid funds according to the tennessee justice center almost half of the sixty one rural hospitals in tennessee may face major cuts or closure without medicaid expansion when hospitals close down people have to find a new way to see the doctor and for people who live in rural areas this often means having to drive tens in some cases many more miles away to get to the nearest hospital or a hospital whose don't just hurt the patients they are at the hospital workers as well organism has to struggle in hospitals have laid off almost five thousand people just since june. mostly republican states that have refused to expand medicaid whatever way you look at the republican refusal to expand medicaid is a disaster it's a disaster for healthcare providers it's a disaster for hospitals and most importantly it's a disaster for working people who just want to get access to affordable health insurance republicans made a huge stink back in oc

ethnic chechens actually from georgia from the punky sea valley in georgia so called ethnic chechen keats but there are many dogs danis from russia and from the north caucuses in many chechens and even some. of our genes involved cars so and we're talking about you know hundreds we don't know exactly how many probably at least four hundred five hundred i would like to pick up on what you just said the instability in the north caucasus has long had at least one external player and you just mentioned it georgia there putin has a lot several times that georgia under mikhail saakashvili provided a sanctuary to some of the armed groups operating in the north caucasus possibly logistical and even material support now since then georgia has had a change of leadership the georgian team is taking part of the olympics but i wonder if georgia still place apart and base a regional security puzzle because after all georgia shares a border with turkey and turkey as we all know has been somewhat permissive when it comes to foreign fighters crossing its borders yes there's a large turkey of. chechens fro

we are looking at georgia, this is where we have the warnings. we'll put snow on top of that, adding 4-8 inches of snow. this is impacting not only texas, but mississippi. alabama. ice accumulations tapering off for parts of texas, louisville, and mississippi. it will be continuing as it works towards the eastern sea board and snow will pile up. they are going to have higher hills, mountains in the south-east accumulate up to a foot of snow. again, that, again, is on top of ice in places closer to the coast. on the coast itself it will be rain, until the storm works up into the north-east. we have winter storm watches impacting manhattan and boston. it's the tract of the storm that looks unsure. now it does appear that the storm will bring snow to maryland, but we'll get snow for the manhattan area and parts of the eastern new jersey, maybe about one to four inches approximately as we get thursday night into early friday morning. and a lighter storm coming over on top of that. temperatures. ing it -- something to watch in the days ahead. >> we'll

the late 1830s and they built this house and later sold it to joseph on, the largest slaveholder in georgia. in most houses were like this of chorus and it sits on the top of this hill and you can see the rest of macon when they were captured were actually surrendered, the war was actually over in april of 1865 and joseph barnes was killed before the war and one of his overseers had abused the slaves and he was chastised with the overseer that pulled out a pistol and kill the gentleman that on this house. and as the war came to an end, this house was requisitioned by the general. james harrison wilson who is the general that captured macon and he chose this house for his resident and they were forced to move out. so we are heading up towards college street, which they go down towards the river and then down at the river is the cemetery, which is where we are heading else in 1840. actually named up your the fellow who was a newspaper editor. and it was modeled after cemeteries in the northeast where he had come from. one of the most beautiful spots in all of macon was turned into a cemetery

when remington youngblood was 10 years old, he started "change 4 georgia." it's a community-service program that collects much-needed items for current and past members of our military, as well as their families. hi, remington. >> hi! >> you've said that the goal of your organization is to "serve those who are serving us." what gave you the idea to do that? >> i can answer that question in one word -- freedom. our troops fight for our freedoms -- freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of the press. and they go to the other side of the world, leaving behind everything they love -- family, friends, neighbors, and the wonders of america -- to fight for our country. and they deserve our thoughts, prayers, and support. and i'm here to give them all three. >> so, what exactly do you do for our troops and veterans? >> change 4 georgia is a non-profit organization that assists our troops overseas by providing them with items that fit in their backpacks, add comfort, and are not readily available -- items like beef jerky, ramen noodles -- a favorite -- a

there is heavy rain and now we're seeing heavy sleet and freezing rain across georgia. this will continue. this is not done yet and the ice will continue to accumulate. this large area of mixing, heavy rain in georgia going to heavy sleet or freezing rain. that moves into south carolina and north carolina, and then midnight tonight it is ending. it will close out and move on to the coast of north carolina. that will be overnight tonight and tomorrow. here are the temperatures down below freezing noon today. staying there as this area of mixing here continues to fall into the very cold air, and in end in site. although finally by tomorrow this clears out. then we're talking about the northeast storm and we'll talk about that later with the complete forecast. >> we're not alone. in southern england causing severe flooding and officials are warning that more rain is on the way. >> reporter: this scene is something that we're seeing all over britain. one of many hundreds of roads that are flooded, houses threatened. as the water goes up just a few more feet this house will

georgia's governor apologized for the poor emergency response. no one told him the forecast had changed. >> i do not know that it had been upgraded and a more serious warning had been issued. >> reporter: at georgia power, the worry is that ice will snap trees and power lines. over the next two days, parts of georgia could see the most significant ice storm in ten years. it will begin with sleet and could turn into a half inch of ice beginning tomorrow night. emergency officials have been much more aggressive with this storm. major school systems have already canceled classes tomorrow and wednesday and, scott, tractor-trailer drivers have been told to stay off i-285 which is the major highway that ring this city. >> pelley: mark, thank you very much. in the midwest, this winter is on track to be one of the ten coldest on record. crane lake, minnesota, hit 27 below today. dean reynolds is in chicago. dean? >> reporter: scott, chicago dropped below zero for the 20th time this winter and the record of 25 days below zero set back in 1885 now lies wit

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georgia the former soviet republic of georgia. basically just a vis aerated president putin and this is a guy who is living in the united states my understanding is that if had he stayed in georgia his number two guy basically is is in prison you know with no possibility of parole that he would be prosecuted. back in in two thousand and eight i was going off on this on the radio at some length karl rove had been subpoenaed to testify before congress in the don siegelman case and a few other matters he ignored the subpoena instead went to yalta and met with saakashvili and then shortly after saakashvili is invading south though such as you get in a basically provoking russia and then john mccain who's running for president just by coincidence is is running around saying we've got to do something we've got to you know that. and obama does not a handle if he doesn't have a national security experience elect me president. what's well and now and not and that and then mccain a few months ago went to ukraine and the problems in ukraine

so we are really starting to see what's going on in georgia. slowly creep up on his here in alabama. >> a question for you. were the people of alabama watching when atlanta had that, you know, terrible traffic jam in the last storm we had and were they planning with that in consideration? >> reporter: they were watching then and they are watching now. folks are really keeping an eye on what has been going on in georgia. and we're taking lessons from what happened here just two weeks ago. the county sheriff here in calhoun county is very well prepared. i interviewed him earlier this morning and he came here in a humvee and they have several more of them to get to folks if they just happen to be on the road when ties and snow heads our way. >> keep warm. thank you so much. still to come in the "newsroom" one of the hottest tickets in washington, that's the state dinner. jim acosta is in washington with more. good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning. the winter storm waited long enough for the white house to pull off a star stud tribute to the

and georgia state representative, house minority leader, stacey ibram. you have this piece on our website, msnbc about this. this is easier said than done. 600,000 unregistered african-americans. get them registered. it's hard to get people registered and to the polls. >> comes down to $8 million is what it will take. $12 per person on average. this can be done. we saw $1 billion spent just by one candidate in the last presidential. this would be less than 1% to put a huge state into play for 2014, for 2016. so there's work that has to be done, but this can be done. >> representative abrams, but is the political atmosphere in georgia now? you have two main factors. a democratic shift pushing the state toward the democrats but you've also got a very entrenched republican right wing conservative tea party streak that has basically total power over the state government at this moment. >> well, i think what's happening is that that republican shift is actually creating the best opportunity for democrats, certainly years ahead of any time people would have ex

cuba has enough ability of escaping our shadow as georgia to escape russia's. for the long term, there will have to be some change in cuba and i think that change is coming. the question is will it be sudden, gradual, violent or peaceful. >> the question that has to be asked is whether or not cuba is going to be as welcome to go these changes as people in the west believe. i saw a recent report saying they are selling new cars in cuba and a lot of people are nostalgic for the old days and don't want to see those new autos on the streets. >> we saw that kind of transition in all the other former communist countries in east europe. even several years after the fact, you start to get kind of, you know, for example in eastern germany, they have east german nostalgia where people look around for the old automobiles. we're not yet into a post communist period in cuba, but i have no doubt that 5-february years after the transition occurs, there will be a lot of people saying yeah, how wonderful things were in the good old days of communism. >> the managing director of

georgia the former soviet republic of georgia. basically just a vis aerated president putin and this is a guy who is living in the united states my understanding is that if had he stayed in georgia his number two guy basically is is in prison you know with no possibility of parole that he would be prosecuted. back in in two thousand and eight i was going off on this on the radio at some length karl rove had been subpoenaed to testify before congress in the don siegelman case and a few other matters he ignored the subpoena instead went to yalta and met with saakashvili and then shortly after saakashvili is invading south though such as you've got you're basically provoking russia and then john mccain who's running for president just by coincidence is is running around saying we've got to do something we've got to you know that. and obama does not a handle if he doesn't have a national security experience elect me president. what's what and now and that and that and then mccain a few months ago went to ukraine and the problems in uk

we saw the same pictures of georgia a couple weeks ago. >> we have the same storm that georgia had. so we were very pleased that we did right on declaring emergency declaration far in advance two weeks ago and did it again very early this year -- i mean this storm. and the difference is probably in this storm it's hitting a wider spectrum of three or four different metropolitan areas, not just one metropolitan area, as in atlanta, but we literally have charlotte, greensboro, the durham triangle area in ashevil asheville. we're talking four different major problem areas. most people don't realize north carolina is the tenth largest populous state many the nation and this is over a 2,430 mile area. we have quite a bit of challenges but my emergency personnel are doing a very good job but right now a few people did not follow our instructions and it only takes one or two cars to block a major interstate like 85 or 40 or 77 and we're dealing with it as we speak, wolf. so we just ask people to be safe and take care of their neighbor. >> let me ask you about this statement that was just p

the georgia governor is not there yet. but already declaring a state of emergency at more than 40 counties. they didn't do well the last time, as you remember. "fox news" joining us now. in atlantic georgia, are they prepared this time? >> reporter: it appears they are, david and liz. behind me you can see the stage area football georgia d.o.t. trucks loading up on supplies and heading out to pretreat roads before the rain turns to ice overnight. salt has been in high demand with the winter weather across the country. there's a national shortage. but officials say they have gotten a recent shipment and have enough salt for the storm. they are optimistic the early preparations will avoid what happened during the last to hit georgia two weeks ago when people got stuck in traffic trying to return from work and school at the same time. this time arounddschools canceled classes. they are urging people who don't have to be on the roadways to stay at home. but warning folks to prepare for potential power outages as ice storms on

people in georgia and the carolinas are hunkering down. among the big concerns of course, ice on roads, power lines, ice any where. another big headache, air travel. the storm scrapping more than 2,700 flights so far. meteorologist indra petersons is tracking the storm for us of course. let's begin with carol costello joining us from atlanta. feeling a little bit of deja vu this morning or oh, it has -- >> reporter: oh, it has begun. when you couple these words with an apock lip ik traffic jam, people take notice. more than 50 salt trucks overnight, the city preparing for a catastrophic winter storm. freezing rain causing what may be the worst ice storm in a decade forcing georgia and virginia into states of emergency. >> there is no doubt that this is one of mother nature's worst kinds of storms that can be inflicted on the south. >> reporter: up to an inch of ice could make travel treasurer rous in some areas. the national guard on the move preparing to rescue anyone sliding on the road. >> we're going to go out and make sure all our cit

the governor of georgia taking no chances ahead of the weather. declaring a state of emergency in 45 counties. schools have been canceled until thursday and already several hundred flights in and out of atlanta have been canceled today as they are learning their lesson the heightened response comes after the storm stranded drivers on highway and children at schools overnight and people in stores. >>> hi maria. >> hi, heather and ainsley. we have a winter weather storm tracking south east today. the worst will come as we head into tonight and into tomorrow morning. that's where we will see snow, sleet accumulating in northern georgia, mississippi and across alabama. i want to show you the temperatures southward temperatures to the north of it are very cold in the teens in nashville. south of it relatively mild in the 40's in atlanta, and 40's across northern florida. the frontal system is the one responsible for all of the rain, freezing rain and snow across the region. it will be moving southward. that is what will allow the switchover from rain t

. >> reporter: georgia isn't waiting for the snow and ice. salt trucks are pretreating the state's highways as forecasters warn of another winter storm. >> ice is probably one of the worst events that we face. we're talking about the amount of ice that we're looking at, it's catastrophic. >> we are making every effort to be prepared for the events. >> reporter: state and local-elected officials are promising action, something they failed to deliver three weeks ago when three inches of snow and a coating of ice brought atlanta to a standstill. students slept in schools, drivers abandoned thousands of cars on highways and governments learned a hard lesson. >> we're not looking back. we're looking forward. we want to make sure that we are as prepared as possible and that we can respond as quickly as possible. >> reporter: that means keeping roads and bridges clear. nonessential employees have been told to stay home and many schools have canceled classes but that's just georgia, the storm is to expected to bring even more problems to the northeas

a lot of african-americans live in georgia. is that part of their heritage that's deserving of commemoration? >> it absolutely is. we actually as an organization have members of every ethnic group that lived in the south during the war from 1860 to 1865. we have black members, jewish, hispanic members. the sons of confederate veterans is not an organization that has to do with race. we find it ironic the month of february, the folks that want to celebrate their heritage are the same that are sell celebrating theirs. >> are you talking black history month? are you saying this is celebration of the confederacy? >> we're saying every group of people has a right to celebrate their own heritage and history. we find it ironic those critical of the license plate have got their own celebration going this month. we think it's a little hypocritical. >> but at the cost of celebrating one is the cost of celebrating somebody else. when you hear that what is that? >> when are we going to join alliance? should we have a tag with the black pan

we'll talk to the governor of georgia in 27 minutes. new questions if the white house is making things up as it goes. ed the obama administration announce another delay on obamacare. what next you ask? get ready. good morning. martha: good morning. i'm martha maccallum. this time the white house is giving companies another year to cough their employees. it now goes through 2016 which is an election year of course. bill: the story this time is what? >> reporter: if you have an employer between 50-99 full-time employees, the employer mandate has been delayed until 2016. that's a one-year delay in this section of the employer mandate. plus the mandate has been relaxed for some trades and industries like volunteer fire departments. that's the latest delays. >> you have got an employer mandate delay until 015. insurance cancellations delayed about a year. online enrollment for small business delayed until 014. individual mandate delayed for some until next year. i don't know about you, but my head is spinning. >> reporter: if you are running

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as much as nine inches of snow is forecast for north georgia. freezing rain could become ice a half-inch thick in metro atlanta, over three-quarters of an inch thick east of the city. georgia power has assembled 5,000 utility workers ready to respond, 2,000 from other states. >> all the weather services are projecting a heck of a lot of ice. >> reporter: aaron strickland directs storm operations for georgia power, the state's largest utility. that ice is his main worry. >> what happens there is it builds up on the trees, and we have a heck of a lot of trees in georgia. those trees start falling. when they fall, they bring down the power lines. >> reporter: the home depot in downtown atlanta had run out of most storm supplies-- no generators, no firewood, no ice melt. >> the storm lanterns, they're out. >> all the storm lanterns are gone. >> so it would be naive of me to ask if you have any salt, right? >> no salt. >> reporter: the store's manager told me many people bought charcoal and propane for grills. they plan to cook outside if they lose p

dagen: 100,000 people without power in georgia. connell: officials warn the outages could last for days. jonathan kerri of fox news joins us from atlanta with more. >> they are keeping a nervous watch on the power. also the highways are another concern. look behind me, looking at the downtown connector, this is where interstate 75-85 meet in midtown and downtown atlanta before separating again on the south side of the city. ordinarily the downtown connector is busy pretty much 24/7 and here it looks like a ghost town. people are really heating warnings from officials to stay off the roads. georgia officials wanted to avoid what happened in the winter storm two weeks ago when people went to work expecting light dusting of snow and when the heavy stuff started falling everyone tried to return home. so this time around officials deciding to air on the side of caution, issuing a very early warning and people following that warning and by and large staying home. so traffic may not be as serious an issue this time around, this time aroun