counterpart this week washington of the growing influence on the global stage. this is our two years midnight here in moscow welcome watching around the world muslims kevin zero in on our top story for you the polish prime minister donald tusk has told his country's parliament that political game should not affect the pursuit for the truth the investigation into the plane crash that killed the former president this comes as the country's parliament valuating the final report into the tragedy. of a report from moscow. there's been a lot of reaction of course to the investigation into the presidential plane crash that happened in april last year just outside the russian city of smiley and a lot of outrage was initially heard from poland but today's address by the polish prime minister actually comes as the voice of reason the polish prime minister. mentioning to his colleagues that it is unwise to try and politicize this tragedy but the quest for truth should be more political mind games in sight and that opposition members should keep that in mind when they sensa

they see what's going on in washington by any measurement, whether it's debt or the lack of jobs, washington -- the policies in washington, whether it's bailouts under president bush or the health care monstrosity, or stimulus spending that doesn't create jobs or counterproductive energy policy. the voters, peoples, fans, ticketholders so to speak, the owners of the government said we want to change. they made that change in the elections, and now those who have been elected, the number one thing they need to do is keep their promises. keep their promises they made to the people. that'll start getting the country back in the right direction. >> do you miss being in the arena? >> i do from time to time. susan and i have been very active in bob mcdonald's congressional race, and morgan griffin in southwest virginia to scott richel at the beach, and robert on the south side, and keith in northern virginia. we're involved. many have encouraged me to get back into it. we'll consider that. right now i'm trying to use this book and try to find a fresh or unique way of sharing people ideas that make

before washington, d.c., george washington hometown, tell a lot of anecdotes, the revolutionary war through the civil war, then go right into the present day situation and the problems we are having in iraq today. >> 18,000 items. >> i have written, i figure, i have been writing the column now going on 13 years, about 18,000 anecdotes, and thousands of columns. in fact, when i compiled everything, just for research purposes, of what i have written only with regard to the inside the beltway column, i had so many books sitting on my floor that could have been written. it was very difficult to choose the best material to put in narrative form in this book. >> someone who has never been here, what does inside the beltway mean? >> inside the beltway is obviously the beltway, 66-mile ring of heavy traffic that encircles washington, d.c. none of us local folks, i am sure yourself, like to even get on the beltway. it's a treachetreacherous drive, usually standstill, i might add, but also expression in washington, and i have written an entire chapter about what inside the beltway means, by g

it is washington, your way. but now a discussion on congress and politics in 2011, as well as the 2012 presidential election. from today's "washington journal," this is about 30 minutes. minutes.

>> we are in the washington center. we are attending the seminar. [laughter] >> how many people are here? >> 130. >> how long have you been in town and what have you been doing? >> we have been here two weeks and we are here to listen from people like you and everyone's experience as. >> tell me something you ever someone you have talked to in the last couple of days that has made an impact on you. >> honestly, every time it is impressionable when someone speaks to us. we have p.j. craowley, speaking about the difference between the media and how much has changed as influenced by the public. that was a very interesting to hear about. >> you are from the university of san diego. what is your home town? >> new york. i wanted to change and i thought the west coast would broaden my horizon and give me an idea of what is out there. >> i want to thank you for for opening of. i'm going to melissa over here who liked fortunately met earlier this year in your high school. tell the high school and now the college. >> john ferguson senior high school and now i

washington d.c. . well to talk a bit more about the relations between these two global giants let's bring to the picture now rick ross offseasons national affairs commentator manager of the engine called stop nato good evening thanks for being with us once this visit done for elations do you think would it help ease long running tensions or help keep the status quo. i mean it's a very good question i suppose it's to be to decide to be decided but i think we have to recall if we were speaking a year ago we saw a worsening of us chinese time shuns arguably low ebb. at the lowest ebb brother and several decades referring of course to the decision by the white house in january of last year to complete a six point four trillion dollar arms deal with taiwan which included interceptor missiles i for one remain skeptical about whether a better state to state in geopolitical. interests between the united states and. we're going to improve in the in the year there's too much at stake and i think washington is ha

lisa myers, nbc news, washington. >>> also news from washington tonight of a new white house press secretary. he is jay carney, former "time" magazine writer, currently press secretary for the vice president. he takes over, of course, from robert gibbs who has manned the podium from the start of the administration. >>> and former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel will be allowed to stay on the ballot, continue his campaign for mayor of chicago. the illinois state supreme court cleared the way for that late today. >>> when we come back here tonight, we go inside rehab to look at the journey ahead for congresswoman giffords. >>> and later, the mystery of the piano on the florida sandbar gets better. the kind of stuff you just can't make up. >>> arizona congresswoman gabby giffords had her first full day of rehab today in the houston hospital that will be her home for what's expected to be several months now. we've learned a lot of rehab lessons these past few years, sadly because of the number of brain injured returning veterans from our dual wars overseas. and tonight nbc's robert bazel

i'm john donvan for "nightline" in washington. >> the aisle hogs. thanks to john donvan and salon for that. >>> when we come back, the president's performance. that's the subject of tonight's closing argument. but first, jimmy kimmel with what's coming up next on "jimmy kimmel live." jimmy? >> jimmy: tonight on the show, the great anthony hopkins is here. from "true grit," 14-year-old hailee steinfeld and music from delta spirit. "jimmy kimmel live" is next. there she is! 3q hey, i got a leak! yoo hoo! your husband left the seat up again! oh, wait a minute! come on, now. come back! um, miss? up here! right. so those are hard water stains, and that cleaner's not gonna cut it. truth is, 85% of us have hard water. you need lime-a-way, the hard water expert. unlike the leading all-purpose cleaner, lime-a-way is specially formulated to conquer hard water stains. for lime calcium and rust, lime-a-way is a must. that's why i got them pillsbury toaster strudel. warm flaky pastry with delicious sweet filling my kids will love. plus i get two boxtops for thei

tonight on "washington week. it was just one shot right after the other. just bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. i mean it's just an absolutely >>profane act. it's shocking. it's been surreal. >>we didn't feel like we would be picking out caskets at 9 years old. gwen: moments of chaos in a supermarket parking lot morph into a week of debate, self-analysis, and mourning. >> our hearts are broken, but our spirit is not. >>words are inadequate at a time like this. but nonetheless i hope it is a comfort. gwen: as a member of congress fights for survival, her colleagues debate gun rights, security, the cost of incivility, and the cost of laying blame. >> journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn. gwen: as a president seizes the moment -- >> i want our democracy to be as good as christina imagined it. i want america to be as good as she imagined it. gwen: we examine the event, the investigation, and what it means for the national political discourse with the reporters c

"washington journal" is live next. host: on this january 12, 2011, flags remain at half staff in washington. president obama will address a memorial service this evening for the victims of the shooting. the white house aides said the president will steer clear of politics. lawmakers will gather for a prayer service behind closed doors. the gathering will come as lawmakers consider a resolution on the house floor to honor the six people killed and injured, as well as rep gabrielle giffords, who remains in critical condition. you will be able to watch a live stream honor facebook -- on our facebook page. meanwhile, lawmakers will receive a briefing today as lawmakers consider legislation and other means to beef up security. good morning, everyone. we will focus the conversation this morning on what, if anything, should change following the arizona shooting. the phone numbers are on your screen. the papers this morning are still talking about what happened over the weekend. here is the headline in "the washington post" th

and that is start with washington, allow washington to set the perimeters and then try to impose that as a prescription to do things better. we don't believe that and that's really in the state of the union the president's task. is he going to be able to step up and prove that he's listened and learned an electorate and change going into the next two years. >> let me ask you about politics. do you think as 40% in a recent poll thought the president has become a moderate. do you agree with that? >> i think actions speak louder than words. that will be the real question here is whether he decoupled himsehi himself from the last few years of federal government centericed attitudes. >> there's been a lot of talk about discourse and how you all can get along better and do it more civilly. this is a leadership moment here. there are elements of this country who question the president's citizenship, who think that his birth certificate isn't authentic. will you call that what it is, which is crazy talk? >> a lot of that has been an issue generated by not only the media but others in the coun

it was a fairly dark time in washington, d.c. the republicans controlled washington at that time. at least on the senate and house side. there are many things that immigration advocates were not able to get done. i moved here for many of the reasons that i think we're all here in san francisco. we're a city of compehensive immigration refoimmigrants. we know that san francisco was built on the backs of immigrant labor. we also know that for the past 10 years on so, it has been fairly dark nationwide for our immigrant community. we've had a new record number of rates belief had a tremendous backlog of applications of legal immigrants that are trying to become citizens. there have been countless stories of constitutional and civil rights violated of many of our family members and friends. i used to be an immigrant rights attorney. i can tell you firsthand that i would visit the ins detention center and see individuals who had been beaten by ice agents. this conversation cannot be more timely and more important with the new administration and a new recognition and importance of build

have finished these procedures the new story canoe strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington is becoming as real as ever after the russian president science gratification documents. hello and welcome to r.t. trying to follow news live from moscow. on the story now tens of thousands of egyptians continue to clash with security forces in defiance of a national. at least eighteen people have died during four days of nationwide protests there sorties have cut off internet access blocks mobile phone service in some areas troops are trying to enforce a cafe in the capital cairo where the routing policy is h.p. was torched five demonstrators within the last hour president hosni mubarak said he's to dissolve the government that made. leave office himself and arrest major comes weeks after a month of me also in tunisia which saw eight dead and the president being toppled to full fleeing into exile and political scientist even a coach says they turmoil could affect not just north africa but europe too. well if everything breaks apart and particularly in the french speaking of north afr

and rough justice despite no extradition treaty between washington and kabul afghan terrorist suspects are being sent to stand trial in u.s. courts which critics say reaches international law. you're watching r t two in the morning here in moscow welcome to the program now to our top story or oil giant b.p. has sealed a multibillion dollar deal with russia's state run energy company ross snapped to drop we develop oil and gas fields in the arctic the plan will also give the russian a firm around five percent of b.p.'s ordinary shares with a british company getting ten percent of raw snuffed in return the deal is also the first major agreement b.p. has signed since the u.s. oil spill crisis last year and opens the way to what are believed to be huge oil and gas reserves in the russian arctic relations between b.p. and russia have been a fraught in the past or the firm's new chief dudley used to be the c.e.o. of the russian joint venture t.n. k b p but he had to quit and leave the country following disagreements with russian shareholders now russia's prime minister putin met with the rep

washington d.c. the music of metal band rage against the machine was played for days on end at high volume as a weapon of torture during interrogations that guantanamo bay and that's the spy the balance message fighting the very system which keeps those prisoners captive as guitarist tom morello explains. i learned that the united states government was using rage against machines music to torture people guantanamo bay we sued the state department to get this stuff and we were unsuccessful in that suit and pursued over the course of a couple of years and i think it's a thing of the crime my only hope is that hopefully at some point not too distant future when the war criminals of the bush administration are brought to trial or one day wearing their yellow jumpsuits and black hoods it will be the music of rage against the machine that is popular sells twenty four hours a day. you can watch the full interview with rage against the machine guitarist tom morello in ten minutes time here on r.t. . now ther

welcome to "washington week" year in review and preview. turns out elections do matter. >> there's a reason we have two parties in this country. both democrats and republicans have certain beliefs, and certain principles that each feels cannot be compromised. >> on january 5, the american people are going to watch their congress do something differently. gwen: the democrat majority has eroded and the new comers are about to arrive. >> if we can't deal with the issues of earmarks, how are we going to deal with a trillion dollars? >> we will stop the out of control spending and tax increases and repeel and replace obama care. gwen: efforts to revive the economy. >> the land of opportunity has become the land of shrinking prosperity. gwen: promises to cut the budget deficit. >> american people know we can't borrow and spend and grow our way back to a country. gwen: and as one combat mission winds down, another one drags on. >> our goal isn't to build a 21st century afghanistan. our goal is not a country that is free of corruption, which would

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han prometido cambiar washington. >> ustedes llevan mucho tiempo, ¿se puede cambiar washington? esto no es nuevo cuando se tiene un congreso dividido ¿quÉ pasa en washington? >> lo que no va a ser nuevo, lo que va a continuar es el encono, las peleas, las faltas de soluciones debido a la falta de consenso, hoy no hubo mÁs que ver a nancy pelozzi entregando el volver simbÓlicamente y sus comentarios fueron totalmente inoportunos, al hacer bromas con respecto a su martillo, pero evidentemente el que Él querÍa tener se vio muy claramente que todo esto va a continuar, y lo vemos con la reforma de salud, con el voto. >> ¿les sorprende que quieran cambiar el sistema de salud? >> siemprecreo que -siempre lo quisieron cambiar. >> creo que hay una gran demagogia detrÁs de algunos de los cambios prometidos, el mismo hecho de comenzar las sesiones con la lectura de la constituciÓn, ¿quÉ trata de decir que el congreso anterior no conocÍan la constituciÓn? la construcciÓn tambiÉn hay una enmienda dice que todos los nacidos en estados unidos son ciudadanos norteamericanos y muc

tonight on "washington week." s at the white house, pomp, circumstance, designed to accommodate an important ali. >> the currency is a part of the problem. gwen: trying to turn the jobs picture back around. >> try to turn the economy from the brink, now our job is putting our economy into overdrive. gwen: on capitol hill. >> i don't want rationed care. gwen: a vigorous effort to roll back one of the administration signature accomplishments. >> our goal is to stop the job destroying health care bill. >> what does it do when you look at it? it blows a hole through the deficit. gwen: washington's political chess game turns three dimensional as senators retire. >> i have decided that it is time for turn the page to a few chapter. gwen: who is likely to go next? covering the week, david wessel of the "wall street journal," peter baker of the "new york times." doyle mcmanus of the "los angeles times." and carol tumulty of the "washington post." gwen: good evening. it couldn't have gotten any fancier in washington this w

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it is washington your way. >> "washington journal" continues. host: welcome to the program. >> thank you. host: what are the major challenges in your mind, and threats to the u.s. in the coming year. >> as far as the middle east region is concerned, there is obviously plenty to keep obama busy. there is the issue of iran, obviously, there is israel and palestine, there is iraq, relations with syria and yemen, and obviously the more pressing issue at the moment for the obama administration which is afghanistan and pakistan. host: so the same question to toby harnden, your thoughts on the major challenges and threats this year. guest: thank you, based out of london. i would agree with all of those. afghanistan and obama initially announced the 2011 drawdown date. i think a big political challenge domestically here at home and in the region, strong feelings that things are not working well with pakistan at all, and there are a number of fundamentally flawed aspects of policy, and i think 2012 -- 2011 will be the crunch time for afghanistan. i think

that washington would see this. the administration is pushing democracy in the world in the hole but particularly the middle east. this kind of philosophy was part of his receiving of the nobel peace prize. the tension between the two things and mixed signals coming out of washington over the past couple of days. >> what do you make over the a arrival of -- his arrival could change the nature of the protests. would the west be inclined to support him? >> that question has been put it to white house officials. he refused to be drawn on individual personalities. certainly one of the fear is -- questions that is being asked is and who or what is this opposition? are we talking about a democratic movement? are we talking about a pro- islamist faction waiting in this action. or does -- represents some kind of democratic opposition. people will be watching very closely on friday as these protest take place. if you look at the rhetoric, on wednesday, many people here thought that the white house was leaning slightly to the

washington d.c. . in addition to what you see on screen here there are always more stories for you on our web site at r.t. dot com and here are some of what's online right now the economic crisis in the u.s. has brought many businesses to their knees and left millions unemployed to find out how government workers in washington have vanished to flourish during the recession . and all the welcome to cardboard mortality this new role playing community has its own tyrant and invites guests to grow their own identity using cardboard or find out more on our website at www dot com. an invitation to tour the nuclear investment facilities in iran has been turned down by russia along with the e.u. china and other members of the un's nuclear watchdog well envoys from the arab league syria algeria venezuela egypt oman cuba inspected two sites iran's allies turkey and brazil also did not take part while the u.s. was not invited russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said it such visits should not replace a visual i

hand behind the current egyptian uprising it's not the first time washington has been suspected of involvement in regime change many believe the so-called colored revolutions that took place in the post soviet space have the fingerprints of america all over them artes alexei had a chef he takes a closer look at their similarities. georgio two thousand and three. and ukraine two thousand four. cutest on two thousand and five. and egypt twenty eleven i think these are all completely different rules well think again and not only because they're raised fist was one of their symbols if you look more closely you look at the people who are leading those are being coached in the they're being coached by u.s. intelligence services the same way the orange revolution was in the roles revolution was talking freely and in georgia a string of revolutions some bloodless some more to rock the boat soviet space at the beginning of the twenty first century there were a number of common factors an uprising against the regime rooted in a popular dissatisfaction with standards of living hence the collective name c

earlier i spoke with our colleagues in washington. the latest protests put the united states in an awkward diplomatic position. >> this is tension between america's short-term and long- term interests as many people in washington see it. in the short term, interest of egypt being able work of stability and peace in the middle east, helping with efforts to stop the spread of islamic terror. and pushing for peace between israelis and palestinians. that is the short-term way washington would see it. in long-term, the barack and obama administration is pushing human rights, democracy in the world as a whole, but particularly in the middle east. that kind of philosophy is part of the receiving the nobel peace prize a couple of years ago. there is tension between the two things and mixed signals coming out of washington over the past couple of days. >> which you make of the arrival of mohammad? his arrival could change the nature of these protests. he could offer leadership if the u.s. would be inclined to support him? >> question has been

washington state, you're dry, but later today some moisture is going to creep in especially north of seattle, eventually work its way down to seattle and by tomorrow, it will work its way down a little further. but much of california as i mentioned you're going to stay dry. that's a look at your tucson, maybe you can get away with shorts at 70. 70 degrees in tucson, can you get away with shorts? >> you could absolutely get away with shorts, yeah. bikini top, anything. >> really? now we're talking. >> now getting a little saucy little early in the morning for that. thanks so much. >>> banks buckle, housing slumps further and the world's most expensive apartment. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus, she's one of hollywood's hottest actresses and she's just won one of hollywood's most prized parts. >>> coming up the mavericks shoot their way out of a slump, sixers and magic need overtime and carmelo anthony said he is tired of the trade talks and nets are tired of him. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn

la situaciÓn es muy difÍcil para washington, dice este experto. por un lado busca estabilidad, por el otro cambio democrÁtico. >> esto se logra en manera pacÍfica y ordenada bajo la ley. pero en esta situaciÓn no se sabe cÓmo va a ocurrir en egipto en este momento. >> el departamento de estado advirtiÓ a los estadounidenses que proponga los viajes que no son esenciales a egipto si que los que residen allÍ se mantengan dentro de sus casas. >> pasamos de inmediato con un marco quien es experto en geopolÍtica y riesgos al frente de la organizaciÓn proyecto global estratÉgico. marco se encuentra en washington, buenas noches. >> buenas noches. >> marco, hablemos de escenarios, tÚnez, ahora egipto, por quÉ ahora estas explosiones sociales sino en otro momento? >> si. principalmente los paÍses tienen motivaciones para estas situaciones, hace aÑos empezaron. solamente necesitaba algo como catalÍtista. y en este caso era la situaciÓn en tÚnez. es principalmente la corrupciÓn, falta de postura polÍtica y econÓmica y la mayorÍa de estas p

the story became the basis for the denzel washington film. the book is called "high of the hurricane. -- "eye of the hurrican." you all right? you look well. >> got to be. tavis: you have always been in the fashion. ever since you were young. >> my father was a very fashionable person. tavis: whwo tur -- who turned you on to boxing? >> in the military. it seems i had a speech impediment. i could not talk for the first 18 years of my life. i would make all kinds of gyrations trying to get a word out. people thought i was funny. [laughter] tavis: what was the speech impediment about? >> i stuttered very badly. i had a million words running through my mind. i was going through gyrations, you know. i did not know that my father and my grandfather stuttered. tavis: everybody knows the story of the hurricane. it seems to be happening every other day. it is not happening fast enough whore in a far-reaching enough manner. we see somebody getting out having been imprisoned for years, having been falsely accused. what do you make of that? >> it is beca

and does it change anything in washington? senator paul, first to you. >> well, i think most importantly in the initial stages here, we need to emphasize the humanity and the tragedy of this whole thing. you know, we're people like anybody else. respe representative giffords has a family and children. that's most important that we talk about the tragedy and how awful it is. before we take a step beyond that, once you do take a step beyond that, i looked at some of the writings of this young man. from a medical point of view, there is a lot to suggest paranoid schizophrenia, that this man was a really sick individual. and absolutely we need to condemn the violence. and absolutely we need to have our prayers and our thoughts with those who suffered from this violence. >> bret: senator coons? >> well, annie and i have been praying for gabby and the families and all the victims of yesterday's attack in tucson. this kind of senseless violence is never appropriate in our country. least of all when it's directed at somebody like cong

washington d.c. . the u.s. is being accused of willfully allowing the huge inflow of drugs from south america into the country and it comes from a man who should know he's freeway ricky ross who was once one of the west coast's most tourists drug barons. the government needed this money to fight this war over nicaragua we're going to send him east is russia he gave the senate leases one hundred million dollars to fight with congress to cut off all the money from the contras so now the sandinistas had an advantage reagan and bush had made the contras they appear pete they felt that if russia took over nicaragua they would be too close to america they would be in our backyard i believe that they felt it was more valuable. sacrifice particular sector of america in a race of people in america in order to save the whole country so they let these guys open up. norman. the rest of the work. and you can watch the full interview with freeway ricky ross in the next hour here on our team well time now for some more intern

we want to talk more about that with rick klein, our senior washington editor. rick, this date night thing, is it empty embolism or substantive? >> i don't see a single policy implication to the choice of seat mates. i think it is symbolic, but it's a symbol and new look the white house would much rather talk about than the fact that president obama is going to have a republican house speaker behind him for the first time ever. when you talk about the president talked about targeted new investment, that's going to be such a tough sell. republicans are busy preparing long lists of budget cuts. that's going to be their focus. so, regardless of what the applause looks like on tuesday night, it's going to be very difficult for the president to get any republican support for any even very targeted new investments. >> lots going on and could be one of the more interesting state of the unions we've seen in some time. rick klein, thank you. >>> a reminder, we're going to have full coverage of the president's speech, anchored by diane sawyer and george stephanopoulos, tu

russian or made his debate a landmark nuclear arms reduction treaty with washington an attempt to balance loopholes. all through the u.s. senate. state duma deputies promised to ratify the news that you carnes adoption treaty before the end of the month to ask for the details later in the program. that will launch its own probe into the plane crash that killed the country's president also except the majority of the blame for the trying to be found close hair among the pools is balanced scrawling the report as incomplete. washington and american n.g.o.s sound the keys of supposing both governments and opposition movements worldwide in an attempt to hijack democracy. a very warm welcome t. this is r.t. coming to you live from moscow i'm less have but russian lawmakers have approved a series of counterbalancing changes to a key nuclear arms reduction deal with washington they were spending to the military minded covey out added to the start treaty while it was debated that iraq survives in the u.s. senate where all the treaty needs now is the green light from moscow which lawmakers say they

fresh wiki leaks revelations show russia's opposition leaders begged washington for help against the current leadership but what turned down. barack obama pressures his chinese counterpart that beijing is cards right as far as increase among americans of eastern economic heavyweights growing might. turn israel's our eyes and ears on the east report on one of the world's largest spying facilities they pull into september every e-mail and hemisphere. and russia central bank class a cell is blocking stake in moscow's my zick stock exchange under a privatization plan ordered by the president warning that in our business update and twenty minutes. of news and much more you're watching our team welcome to the program russian opposition leaders and human rights activists pleaded with top u.s. officials to support their plans for political and social change based on fresh fall from wiki leaks russia's komsomolskaya pravda newspaper reports that the groups were consistently critical of the kremlin and wanted american help for reform but the request was apparently given short shrift by washing

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. >> first, to washington where new civility seems to be hold be. emily schmidt there. >> reporter: good morning to you. here in washington, lawmakers return to regular business for the first time since the arizona shootings and as they do, their colleagues who was injured that day has passed another recovery milestone. there are more signs of improvement from congresswoman gabrielle giffords. her condition is now upgraded from critical to serious. she's breathing on her own. with the tracheotomy that would allow her to speak when she's able. >> from the patient's perspective, it's much more comfortable. there's less expectation required. and able to participate in their own care. >> reporter: giffords is one of three shooting victims still in the hospital more than a week after the shooting. >> i looked over and it was just bang, bang, bang. >> reporter: survivors say they're trying to come to grips with what happens next.eilman'sh bill heilman's wife brought a neighbor's daughter to the event. 9-year-old christina green was the youngest victim. >>

tom costello in washington. tom, thanks. >>> as we mentioned, president obama hit the road this morning fresh off the state of the union address last night. heading out to a state that will be crucial to him if he's going to win another term in office. our chief white house correspondent tonight exerting the better part of judgment is inside from the weather in the briefing room to bring us the story, the intrepid chuck todd. chuck, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. presidential travel the day after the state of the union to a swing state is almost as traditional as the state of the union itself. so today's stop was wisconsin. arriving in green bay packer country, the nation's most famous chicago bears fan got good-natured ribbing from the hometown faithful. >> let me start by clearing something up. i am not here because i lost a bet. >> reporter: and he stuck to the football theme to reinforce a new white house slogan. >> we're going to need to get serious about winning the future. >> reporter: ev

. >> pasamos a washington donde se dieron a conocer las cifras del desempleo que han creado un morado optimismo entre algunos analistas pero las noticias no son tan buenos para trabajadores de nuestra comunidad como nos dice lory montenegro. >> es un año nuevo pero para todo sigue igual, hace 6 meses se quedó sin empleo y cuando solicita la respuesta siempre es la misma. >> q no hay trabajo ahorita. >> que pasa después que nos están solicitando. >> si yo veo que sale en el periódico ya buscaron a las personas, ya las consiguieron y así es una cana. >> el primer reporte del año sobre el desempleo indica que ba bajó. >> creó un número menor de lo anticipado pero para el presidente es una buena señal. >> de visita en una fábrica obama resaltó que en los últimos 12 meses la creación de empleos ha sido constante más de 14 millones siguen desempleados y el 44. 3% lleva más de 27 semanas sin trabajar. >> además analistas aseguran que unoe los factores que hizo disminuir el desempleo, es más de un millón de personas se dieron por vencidas y no están buscando trabajo. >> e

establishment here in washington. congressman west, you have already written a letter to house majority leader cantor when you found out how many days the house was going to be taking off in the new year and complaining about that. saying we have a lot of work to do. we need to be working harder. congressman cantor's spokesman said more days in washington mean a bigger government. are you convinced? >> i think that's a disconcerting statement for me, because if they believe that the more time we're spending up here working toward what is best for the american people is a bad thing. then, you know, what is our purpose to being here? our purpose is to be up here to resolve the issues and the purpose is to represent the people. we have to work harder starting off especially in the first three or four months than the schedule showed. that's something i had to bring up. i think it's important that, you know, even though i'm new up here and a freshman, if i see something that i feel is not correct, my responsibility is to b

on the key nuclear arms kind of deal between moscow and washington will come into force within days up to go the lawmakers in moscow means the start treaty has the final seal of approval from both sides. hello and welcome to the program this is our seas weekly review of our timeline story now investigators say they know the identity of the suicide bomber responsible for monday's attack in moscow demand out of an airport which killed thirty five an injured over hundred the twenty year old man from the north caucuses is not being named as security chief chief hundred down those who helped organize that trotty. sarah ferguson looks back at the events of that day. four thirty pm on the twenty fourth of january a suicide bomb that blaze apart the packed arrivals hall at russia's busiest airports. my first thought was to get away a lot of people willing motionless even more people were being piled up near the first aid area some world already dead they were dragged away a horrible picture. and i looked at my watch and then flash and i passed out when i woke up there was a ringing in my ears

the key new player on the cards deal between moscow and washington is to come into pools within days after the start treaty received the final seal of approval from both sides. of. the world is calling on egypt to put a stop to violence of the anti-government uprising kills over one hundred protesters with clashes and lootings are raging across the country. the death toll in cairo keeps climbing as mubarak simply refuses to give in to protest its demands join me in a few moments from cairo. a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow with me i said that they've identified the bomber now investigators of the deadly terror attack on moscow's main airport are stepping up their hunt for the people who organized it it's almost a week since a twenty year old man from the north caucuses set off the bomb adama did it claimed thirty five lives one hundred remain in hospital. back on the day terror returned to russia's capital. four thirty pm on the twenty fourth of january a suicide bomber blaze apart the packed arrivals hall at russia's busiest airport. my first thought was to g

. >> that is the political debate in washington today. >> well, it's starting. the -- you know,, the hard thing in thinking about fiscal reform is not the accounting question of how you narrow the gap and how low you need to get it, but how to do it in a way that's not going to hurt growth incentives, growth fundamentals and it's going to be fair, judged fair to the broad community of citizens, and that is always a political challenge. in the u.s., again, it's magnified by the fact under the system we have we need to find a way to get congress to commit itself to a multi-year framework and bring down those deficits. >> tim geithner for the hour from the world economic forum in davos. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following: additional funding provided by these funders: captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: what i'd like to begin with is welcoming tim geithner, the secretary of the treasury of the united states ( applause ) >> thank you, charlie. and we will have an hour but i

that the deflation debt risks have lessened some what, and washington, d.c. has become a little more capital markets-friendly. you put all of that together, and we think stocks can be be okay again. perhaps the third year in a year of double-digit gain. >> susie: prediction number one, you say that the economy is going to exand with the g.d.p. het hitting an all time high. and you expect two to three million jobs being created. bringing the unemployment back down to 9%. that doesn't sound like much of an economic recovery. >> the economic recovery, susie is devil a tepid one. we still have issues of debt and paydown on all of the stuff we borrowed on. we think it is better in '11 than it was in '10, but will not make the history books for the best recovery. >> susie: moving along to prediction three and four. big gain in stocks, and you see a move out of bonds. is this the time for investors to get out of bonds and finally buy those stocks? >> we think investors should be overweight equities, and careful about the maturity of their fixed income rates. we thin