bernstein points out that this is something costco has done. that means the company's margins probably won't be as strong as the customer is expecting and this stock could be hammered. the real clincher is what bernstein has to say about valuation. this is what worries me. bernstein points out that costco's stock to remain flat, would have to sell for 20 times earnings. listen to this. the moment that they trade at 22 times earnings and it has a 22 point long-term earnings. if anything goes wrong. it will shrink rapidly. up here, price matters. the stock is priced for perfection or it will indeed go lower. i bet the stock will go down because it has run so much. in my view, all right, play with an open hand. my charitable trust sold costco at $92.55 back at the end of june. if it goes below $90, then and only then will the trust think about building a new position. you can argue that the trust got out too soon. i understand that criticism. i care too much about valuation to attempt to make those risky points. i'm always going to take a pass on

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. >>> howard bernstein is up. today looks nice. wednesday looks spectacular. >> we are talking maybe 80 on wednesday. the upper 70s for a good chunk of the week. i want to show you another picture i took saturday morning when i was making strides against breast cancer. it is a beautiful shot of the washington monument there with the color below it. a pretty, pretty weekend. we have temperatures this morning on the chilly said. upper 30s in spots to even 50, 52 as you head toward annapolis. in the low to mid-40s this morning. a sunny day, about 50 by 9:00. west early wind 5, 10 miles per hour. we are going to top out first around 72. by 5:00 back to 69. looks like a nice afternoon after a chill lay start. also in manassas, haymarket is 44. reston is 3. 42 in croftton. 45 in prince frederick checking in this morning. college park is 41. here in washington the warm spot. great visibility under clear skies on our michael and son camera no winds actually. dew point only 40. 60s, 70s in kansas city. in the northern rockies again. we are

. >>> weather first time, here's howard bernstein. how is it outside because we know it's cold in this studio. >> it's a little cool this morning. we got temps in the 50s in many areas. but -- >> including right here. >> yeah. it's going to be a great afternoon just give it a few hours, yeah yesterday afternoon turned out to be gorgeous and this will be i think even better. >> much drier. >> right it's drier air. not starting with the fog and the drizzle and showers, it's going to be a great day. here's a look outside with the bus stop forecast this morning. we start by telling you there might be a patch of fog west of town. warrenton and culpeper, yeah it's been a little bit here and there but not bad at all this morning with 50s and 60s and sunrise not until about 7:08. as we go through the day today, oh relish this one because by lunchtime it may be a hot dog with relish may be good outside somewhere. 77-degrees and winds from light northwesterly this morning to southwesterly this afternoon. 5, 10 miles an hour. we'll get to about

this is howard bernstein with your weather first on this columbus day morning. >> temperatures in the 40s in town, 30s north and west. bundle up. more rainshowers will be returning, we have more rain coming back this afternoon. weatherwise, let's show you your day planner. we are going to get into showers this afternoon. could each be as early as midday north and west of town. high about 54, there are areas right now south and east of dc in the upper 50s. temperatures don't move much when you get the cloud cover we are seeing moving in from the southwest and showers moving in from the southwest, we won't see much of a rain for the morning low. right now we have 36 in winchester and cumberland. northern shenandoah valerie are in frost and freeze warnings this afternoon. it is 51 in annapolis for a warm spot, la plata 45. other than that, it is relatively quiet and your attempt this afternoon may not get above 50 in the shanendoah valley. monika samtani is in with timesaver traffic. >> reporter: howard is trying to move the equipment but it is not working. if you are planning to head ar

cnbc contributor jared bernst n bernstein. jared's got a lot at stake in this debate. >> and art laffer, laffer investments chief investment officer. i want to start with my pal, art laffer. where does this $5 trillion number come from and is it a good or bad thing, the romney tax reform? >> i think the romney tax reform is wonderful. i think what the president did was i think he looked at all the tax rate reductions and didn't realize that romney was also proposing a huge increase in the tax base by eliminating deductions, exemptions, exclusions and other loopholes. and there are lots of them that could be eliminated that will bring it to revenue-neutral. and romney promised it would be revenue-neutral. and i believe him. i think it would be great. i don't know why obama didn't take that issue himself -- >> art, let me say first of all, it's great to see you, art. >> lovely to see you, jared. >> you guys must be very pleased. this is very much your agenda. and i get that, okay. it's not my agenda, but it's yours and i respect

. >>> with me now, not to fight with jack but to have a different point of view, jack bernstein. you heard that discussion. i think it's fairness. i like jack. i'm fond of the guy obviously. jack welch raised the question. it was his business instinct the and attitude towards this president, that came together at 8:35 and tweeted out this unbelievable jobs numbers, these chicago guys will do anything. can't debate so they change the numbers. i'll go back to what i just heard ezra klein say a few minutes ago out here in the room, that a 0.3% shift in the unemployment rate is not wild. it's conceivable. your thoughts? >> that's absolutely true. i mean, what i just heard from jack welch was about with respect, i guess was about ten minutes of absolute nonsense with no grounding in what the bureau of labor statistics actually does. he's absolutely right, that a very large jobs number in the household survey is an outlier, it's unusual. these things happen. that number has a large margin of error around it. the bureau of labor statistics are very public about that. >> these are nonpol

howard bernstein starts us off. >>> not going to finish so hot. i know there's some folks who like rain okay? i'm going to tell you -- >> who are these people? >> i got an e-mail from a guy, or a handwritten letter from a guy. wasn't happy when you said you shouldn't be upset when it's going to rain. rain is good. not on is sunday. rain is not good on a sunday with lots of things going on like the taste of

. >> we've lot howard bernstein with -- got howard bernstein with weather first. >>> relatively quiet now. but still some storms down in south central virginia that are moving to the north northeast that we may be dealing with in a few hours, but the afternoon looks better and good news for the weekend. that looks pretty nice around here. here's a look outside at tysons corner, on our michael & son weather camera, you see some fog in the air. not too bad at ground level but we do have visibilities in

howard bernstein here with your weather first on this friday morning. there's a little chill in the air. we've got some 50s in the suburbs but what a beautiful day we're going to have. by noon sunny 77. high today about 83 and still gorgeous at 80 at 5:00. i'll be back in just a few minutes with changing weekend forecast. >>> howard, southbound 270 it's the volume leaving urbanna to hyattstown that slows things down. get past the truck scales and the pace is better. earlier accidents in gaithersburg still on the shoulder without causing delay the rest of the trip down to rockville. your next timesaver traffic at 6:17. jessica back to you. >>> thanks we've. the time right now is 6:11 on this friday morning and here's a check on the stories making news. american airlines is already canceled at least 44 flights today. has to do with another round of repairs on seats in its 757 aircraft. the seats have been coming loose mid-flight because of a faulty bolt. fortunately though no one has been hurt in any of these incidents. >>> free birth control -- excuse me

howard bernstein. take it away. >>> a chill in the air. we have 30s now and tonight even colder, coldest night of the season coming up. if you're going out to that nats game, you'll need to bundle up. andrea said it first. i'm just repeat it. dress for football. gloves. 61 by noon. we've got a front on the way. it's going to come through mid- morning. the winds will start to kick up here out of the northwest at 10, 20 miles an hour, maybe gusting to 125 with a -- to 25 with a high of 63 at 2:00, 3:00. by 5:00 back to 59. on our way to 40 tomorrow morning in town with upper 20s north and west. this morning some clouds, a few stray showers here in pennsylvania and ohio. steadier rains up in new york state and northeastern pennsylvania. the chill is in the air, especially fort. 44 martinsburg in cumberland. frederick 36. manassas and culpeper 37. i heard from janet on the bay, 55. what a difference the bay makes this time of year. it is 6:00 a.m. here comes monika samtani with timesaver traffic. >>> we have one pretty big issue right now on t

we'll kick it off with howard bernstein and a look at the weather. it's toasty out. >> relatively speaking. had a widespread frost saturday morning in many areas west of i- 95. i know down in catlett, my place in upper montgomery, it was almost white on the ground there was that much frost. >> i put my coat on this morning, stepped outside and said i'm sweating. >>it's in the 60s. you'll need a rain jacket that is probably later this morning into the afternoon. we've got some showers on the way. here's a look at your day planner as we take a look at wisconsin avenue this morning. it's quiet, still quite dark. an hour 45 before the sunrise. by noon 73. a couple of showers around then. then a better chance for showers, maybe even a thunderstorm during the afternoon and rain should cool us back into the upper 60s for the drive home. right now 66 in washington with 62 in hagerstown. 63 winchester. garrett county, they're falling into the 50s in oakland. we're still near 70 in fredricksburg this morning. winds out of the south combined with the cloud cove

jared bernstein, dr. james peterson, and jimy williams. thank you, gentlemen. next, more on the president's diagnosis of mitt romney and his ever changing moods. stay with us. >> all of a sudden you heard governor romney claim $5 trillion tax cut, what are you talking about? all of a sudden as my little granddaughter natalie would say, what happened, did casper the ghost steal it? where did it go? i hope you all don't get romnesia. a taste of what's hot? check out the latest collection of snacks from lean cuisine. creamy spinach artichoke dip, crispy garlic chicken spring rolls. they're this season's must-have accessory. lean cuisine. be culinary chic. overmany discounts to thine customers! [old english accent] safe driver, multi-car, paid in full -- a most fulsome bounty indeed, lord jamie. thou cometh and we thy saveth! what are you doing? we doth offer so many discounts, we have some to spare. oh, you have any of those homeowners discounts? here we go. thank you. he took my shield, my lady. these are troubling times in the kingdom. more discounts than we kno

jared bernstein. and the man with the golden throat, msnbc political analyst and georgetown university professor michael eric dyson. halloween has come early for the romney/ryan ticket. we've already gotten a sneak peek at governor romney's costume. he showed up at monday's debate disguised as a foreign policy moderate. now looks like his running mate will dress up as a champion for the poor. in a few hours congressman ryan wil deliver his first major policy speech of the campaign that will foe tus on poverty and upward mobility. according to excerpts released ryan will say -- what a costume. as a champion for america's underprivileged ryan will likely attempt to hide the fact that 62% of the spending cuts he proposed in his 2013 house budget come from programs that help the poor. according to the center on budget policy priorities and while romney will say that every american should have the ability to rise to escape from poverty his budget would bring the cleaver down on programs that give the disen

in the fall of 2009, the bernstein report was so stupid but chris c. roberts and jared bernstein rethinking about how to do a wpa type of thing. the one thing like that in the stimulus where they await the subsidy program were state sen nonprofits could hire people and the fed's -- was welfare to work program which was ironic given what we are hearing 90 them haley barbour, republican governor of mississippi, it created 250,000 jobs at 5,000 per job so it was incredibly successful program. kristy roemer started calling government agencies, how many could you hire, we could hire a lot for 20,000. that eroded the administration hiring four million people in the winter of 1934. jared bernstein gave a presentation, a few different ideas and the third idea was a national inventory of structures. the idea was to take people working on the census, 300,000 people who had their clearance and do the national inventory that would be very helpful for data collection, and joe biden's guy was like just stop there. i might be able to sell something where we are going

jared bernstein is currently on leave from the center on budget

jared bernstein, former advisor to vice president joe biden is with us. mr. bernstein, always nice to see you. >> thank you. >> let's talk first about the most recent story we talked about, and that is the idea that the administration is effectively giving a pass on a law to companies that might otherwise be required to give 60 days of notice that layoffs were impending. senator mccain calls it a blatant violation of the law. do you agree? >> no, i disagree. by the way, i'm not going to say there is not some politics in here. of course, there is. but i thought eamon javers gave a very good and complete explanation of what's going on here, and certainly senator mccain amped up the politics. facts are, that absent a certainty that layoffs are coming, there is no requirement to send out warn act notices. and by the way -- most people -- and i would argue the markets -- believe that the fiscal cliff issues will be resolved. now, that's not a sure thing. but i would argue that that is the way of most people's perspective on this. >> but it's not merely a waiver on

. >> howard bernstein live this morning. >> reporter: good morning. some areas you might even need light gloves. clouds are rolling back in after having some breaks overnight. it is a day for a coat, you are going to need it, maybe some rain gear as we head into the afternoon hours. >>> here's a look at our day planner, temperatures 46 in town. 52 by noon. north and west of town we might even see a raindrop or two by then. showers with highs of 54, back to 52. this is a look at yesterday afternoon and evening's rain which delayed the start of the baltimore game. clouds are moving in quickly. that is why we are looking at the threat for showers. 36 in frederick right now. 36 in winchester and cumberland. 50 on the bay in annapolis. got a seven day forecast, here's monika with timesaver traffic. >> reporter: we have been telling you about the police activity in silver spring. that does continue inside the beltway, northbound georgia avenue is affected as well. right lane blocked right before you get to 495. keep that in mind, especially if you are one o

the roosevelt administration could hire four million people in the winter of 1934 and jared bernstein when he gave a presentation, where he had a few different wta ideas and his third idea was national inventory of structures. the idea was take people who are working on the census and have 300,000 people who have their clearance and keep them on to to the national inventory to be helpful for data collection and planning purposes and joe biden's guy was just stop there. i might be able to sell something where we are going to build buildings. i am not going to sell something where we count buildings. national inventory structures went nowhere. the feeling was this isn't the new deal. there's no political appetite for trying to create massive government bureaucracy. it is a lot harder to stand them up these days. in a way fdr had it easy because big government hadn't been created yet. you could have something like the ccc which skirted the million urban youth out of their cities and sent them to rural work camps. they were known as concentration camps before that term got kind of uncool.

bernstein's remarks remind me of those in 2009. after the stimulus we are going to have unemployment go above 8%. it went to 10% with the stimulus. >> i came here to listen to stephen make some sense and he has n't yet. he may be one of the only guys out there that doesn't realize how private investors have completely avoided the market. if you look at non agency mbs it is up from last year. >> jarod -- >> you should know that the recovery is based on cash investors and those who were buying for cash to rent out and as an economist, you should know that deploying capitol to in efficient sectors is not acceptable. money is going into government and factories. >> stephen, i very much agree that we need a housing market at the bottom of this economy if we are going to have a foundation. >> jarod. >> stephen -- >> let's not talk over each other. listen. >> jarod i'll give you the last word. >> because home prices are beginning to appreciate. we have under a million under wat water borrowers and they are able to refinance. this is able

you talk to jared bernstein on the left. but douglashall john mccain's former policy adviser says the same thing in a story this morning. elaine child the former george w. bush's labor secretary said the same thing. so serious republicans who understand that these are two totally different surveys, they sort of understand the process and the way bls works there's not really a conspiracy here. >> can i ask you? you've been around d.c. for a long time. has anyone ever questioned this number, any reason to be suspicious of the integrity of it? >> i don't think so. you heard what jared said earlier. you heard what all the other folks say. i love that little line that jared had that they don't let the jan tors take out the garbage until after the numbers are released. it's funny. remember last month when the rather weak unemployment numbers came out, president obama knew them, knew what the numbers would be when he was giving a speech at the democratic convention because the president gets to know the day before when his council

. >> as a private defense attorney, bernstein represented quick when he was involved in a police involved shooting in 1999. a spokesman for bernstein says there's no conflict of interest. >> skyteam 11 over the accident involving a bus carrying five prisoners and baltimore county, it happened after 6:00 p.m. on the inner loop in pacs del. -- >> co-president in texas and hoping to avoid -- residence in texas hoping to avoid accidents with the new 85 per mile an hour speed. and here is a live look at traffic on 695 on a baltimore national pike. it has already picked up, even at this hour. we have traffic music: guitar, clapping and whistling throughout. multivitamin coming in. on it chief! look alive people! smooth and steady guys. everything on schedule down here? yep, pretty regular. nice job. keep it strong. thanks. onward and upward! vo: launch your day. ...with the multivitamin made with 26 fruits and vegetables plus extra b-vitamins... ...for energy. alive. start feeling it. >> welcome back. is nine minutes after 5:00 a.m.. a little bit of cloud cover. we do not expect any rain. 64 de

bernstein will be here shortly. great sandy stuff. >> okay. thank you for staying with us through all of this. >> the morning show will start up again at 4 a.m. be safe out there. >> goodnight, everybody.

howard bernstein is live on the weather terrace sampling things out. >> good morning. we have an easterly wind bringing and the low clouds hanging over the capitol. so far the visibilities have been pretty good. sandy headed north to the bahamas. florida under tropical storm warnings. here's a look from our tower cam of the low clouds. better visibility at the surface with 62 currently. cloudy skies this morning. partly sunny this afternoon with highs only in the low 70s. yesterday we managed to get to 84 to tie the record. big ridge of high pressure overhead so don't look for any rain. temperatures again starting comfortable, 50s and 60s. let's go inside and check with monika. she has timesaver traffic. >>> in fairfax station, a car into the woods southbound route 123 at silver brook road. you've got one long slow lineup on 270 this morning leaving frederick. it's going to be most of the way down toward 109 and 121 before the pace picks up. in fact, let's take a live look at 118 where it's also slow right here through germantown. actually father hurley boulevard as yo

. >>> taking his seat right now, howard bernstein. this is the calm before the storm. >> it is the calm before the storm. if you want to take some precautions, kristin fisher has been talking about it. debra alfarone was just talking about it. >> we're not trying to panic people. >> i think we're going to get moderate rainfall out of this, maybe heavy rain. you've got today and tomorrow and even part of sunday if you're west of town to get the lawn furniture inside, the garbage cans. make sure the drains are clear. pick up some of the leaves so they're not clogging the drains. this morning i am going to start off with sandy which is still a hurricane coming out the bahamas this morning. it's raining over much of the southeastern, eastern parts of florida even though the brighter cloud tops are closer to the center of the storm which is normally the case. this storm seeing a little bit of wind sheer in the upper levels but still maintaining itself with winds from the hurricane center 80 miles an hour. the latest advisory gusting to 100

jarred been e bernstein. currently on leave from the center on budget and policy priorities, where he was a senior fellow, from 2009 to 2011. bernstein was the chief economic advisor to vice president joe biden, executive director of the white house task force on the middle class, and a member of president obama's economic team. dr. bernstein's areas of expertise include federal and state, economic and fiscal policies, income inequality and mobility, trends in employment and earnings, center national comparison and the analysis of housing markets and i'm also sure manufacturing. prior to joining the obama administration, dr. bernstein was a senior economy and the director of living standards at the economic policy institute in washington, dc. finally, we are very happy to have as our mold rate -- moderator, hedrick smith who is one of the great commentators in the it's on policy and manufacturing and other issues. a pulitzer prize winning- -- winner and for 26 years he was a correspondent for "the new york ti

howard bernstein is here. >>> grab a little rain gear this morning. you won't need it this afternoon but we have showers generally west of washington right now. they'll be coming across the metro over the next few hours so by mid-morning they'll be east of us. the rest of the day and tomorrow will be far better. here's a look at your day planner. expect the showers early. temperatures will be climbing slowly here, mid-70s by noon. we'll top out, though, around 81. skies become partly sunny and driving home, 5:00 temperature very comfortable, 77 degrees. moisture still coming up from florida but it's going to start to shed off. you can see out west into west virginia and southwestern virginia, this is starting to wind down. but the showers are coming in toward frederick now. almost getting toward poolesville. a heavier shower near purcelville and western loudoun county. scattered showers back toward front royal and fauier county as well. moving toward prince william and fairfax and around quantico. all of this moving toward us with temps this morning 6

. >>> good looking -- howard bernstein talks about a chilly start. >>> good looking day. here's a look at the day planner. starring out -- starting out with generally clear skies, chilly. lots of 40s in the suburbs. still anticipating a loss of a few more degrees. sunrise not until 7:14. mid-50s for lunch time and low 60s, about 63 for that high. clouds running through a little bit yesterday. this morning clear to partly cloudy with a few more clouds in the mountains but for the most part nice and quiet. and again cool. it's 39 in petersburg. 32 in oakland. 43 for hagerstown and winchester. to the south and east, this is where we have low to mid-50s in cambridge and patuxent naval air station where la plata is 47 and 46 in manassas. monika samtani, 5:01, how is it looking so far? >>> i'm happy to say thursday morning is looking really good. if you're planning to head over on the major thoroughfares coming inbound in virginia, you'll be fine. look at the speed limits. 63 at duke street on 395. and even 295, 54 miles an hour heading for the 11th street bridge and across the

howard bernstein with you on this thursday morning. we have a few showers around early but overall it will be a dry day. by noon peeks of sunshine. we'll finish the day sunny. high about 81 with a drive home temp of 77. >>> still clearing up the crash in germantown. the south and westbound lanes at 270 still blocked. tow trucks are about to clear. southbound 270 could not get west on to 118. yowsh next time -- your next timesaver traffic at 6:18. >>> here's some of the stories making news. nato is warning syria to stop its attacks on neighboring turkey. a mortar attack along the boarder killed three people in turkey wednesday. it spilled over from the ongoing civil war in syria. >>> weeks after ending their strike, teachers in chicago formally accepted a new contract. the three-year deal overwhelmingly approved. the chicago board of education will sign off on it later this month. >>> check out this report for breast cancer awareness month. pink bathing the rocket center in huntsville, alabama. it was used in the late 1960's. looking go

bernstein, a 20-year veteran of boston journalism. you heard the governor's answer last night. did that square with your memory of what happened? >> no, it doesn't. immediately when i heard it, i reached out to some of the women who i know that were part of that effort. which they did initially in 2002, a coalition of some 40 women's groups in the state. formed that massgap project you just were described. in 2002 and in subsequent elections. like you said, they initiated the project. they worked at it for a number of months, reaching out to gather together and screen possible appointees, from you know women all over the state. to present to whoever ended up being in the corner office. the idea that he initiated it after beginning the process of filling his cabinet didn't square. i reached out, double checked it with the people involved. they agreed. >> is it any way that it might about have been an honest mistake? >> well, i don't think it's really impossible. during the campaign, it was actually something that his campaign and he signed a little of commitment to the project,

howard bernstein. he has our forecast. you'll want to turn up the heater in the car this morning just a little bit. >> 30s and 40s out there. certainly a chilly start. it's going to be a nice day. we have nice weather today. i know you have a big walk coming up this weekend, the diabetes walk. making strides against breast cancer walk. so many things are going on saturday. weather should be fine saturday morning. i think it will be in the 40s. maybe a jacket but it's going to be dry and the sun will be out. >> lightweight gloves. >> exactly. >> let's get your bus stop forecast for you this wednesday morning with temperatures which are down in the 30s and 40s in most spots. the warm spot being 50 degrees. that will be near the bay in anap us. today we're looking at the high clouds which have been coming in during the overnight. this is what's giving us such a beautiful sky this morning. check out this michael & son weather camera shot before the day planner as we're looking to the east in tysons corner. a gorgeous sky. abou

but today we saw them driving bernstein at lunch. by comparison, neither the baltimore county state's attorney or the federal attorney has executive protection. we ask the mayor's press secretary to explain the overtime bill and why the size of the unit got bigger. he did not answer those questions. he offered that the mayor and the officers often were 14 or 16-hour days. reporting live, wbal-tv 11 news. >> students rallying in support of same-sex marriage at college park and alongside of them several maryland lawmakers. >> the rally was organized by members of the student government organization and planned in conjunction with national coming out day to give students registered and committed to voting yes on question 6. maryland legislators and the students spoke to the crowd about the impact young voters can make in this election. they hope they will be as energized to vote as they were in 2008. the latest polling shows more voters in favor of same-sex marriage, but they know that they must not take anything for granted. >> the fir

meteorologist howard bernstein live on the weather terrace checking out the soup. good morning. >> foggy out here but thankfully the radar is quiet. yesterday if it was walk to school day, everybody would have been soaked. some areas got up to 4 inches of rain north and west of town. this morning fog is the issue. we start with a look outside from our tower camera. you can see all the fog in northwest d.c., wisconsin avenue at the bottom of the screen. we're 72. cloudy in national. visibilities improving. maybe a stray shower or drizzle this one or two spots. temperatures 80 by noon. low to mid-80s for highs with a stray shower this afternoon. dense fog advisory till 8:00 north and west. visibilities way down. they've coup to four miles at national but still an eighth at dulles. half mile at gaithersburg and frederick. a quarter mile down to martinsburg. 80s later with partly sunny skies. let's check in with beverly farmer and check in on the commute. >>> the wet pavement and fog a factor for you along with a handful of accidents, a lot single accident vehicles. a

bernstein staff writing for "the boston," 27-year veteran of boston journalism. you heard the governor's answer. did that square with your memory of what happened? >> no, it doesn't. immediately when i heard it, i reached out to some of the women who i know who had been part of that effort, which they did initially in 2002, a coalition of some 40 women's groups in the states of -- formed that massgap project you were just describing. they did it in 2002 and subsequent gubernatorial elections. like you said, they initiated the project. they worked at it for a number of months, you know, reaching out to gather together and screen possible appointees from women all over the state. and to put that together to present to whoever ended up being in the corner office. the idea that he initiated it after filling the process didn't square. i reached out and double checked that with the people involved, they agreed. you saw massgap confirm that again today. >> is it possible it could have been an honest mistake? is there any way that governor romney may not have realized ho

bernstein's 25- hour birthday and sunday we get up to 60. >> and you're going to celebrate all those 25 hours. >> mm-hmm. >> and a special gift. i've got your back, mrs. bernstein, yes, i do. >>> if you're planning to head around town, i'm sorry, i do not have good news for you. there is an accident on the outer loop of the beltway at new hampshire avenue. it's slowing things down not only on the outer loop but here on the southbound side of i-95 as well. let's go to a live look first from our sky 9. here's the backup and there's the accident. it looks like only the left shoulder is getting by. i was on the phone with police and they tell me -- we lost the so the. let's go to our traffic land camera. if you are planning to head over there, this is what it looks like. authorities tell me it's two cars involved. they are not sure about injuries yet but again they're only letting the left shoulder get by with flares set up as well. i'm sorry about that. let's go to another camera on the beltway at old georgetown road. this side is not affected. i'm have more on that traffic accident com

. >> right now henry winkler's costar in the weather office howard bernstein. >> i'll take that we have showers especially west of town. cloudy skies in many areas. it's muggy. 67. it's a lot warmer than it has been. 71 by noon. i think the bulk of the showers will be this morning. by the middle of the day a few showers here and there, 71. we finish 75 to 80. might get a couple peaks of sunshine -- peeks of sunshine before the day is over. here's the rain just north and west of d.c. moving from loudoun county into frederick and montgomery county. you see it from silver spring up 270. really coming down in southern and eastern loudoun county and a wet start in frederick and mounairy back to manassas. but south of manassas you'll notice the showers really start to break up and east of 95 not too much to talk about. upper 50s to upper 60s now. just some rain gear. beverly farmer, how is the rain affecting the morning commute? >>> some folks have had some spinout, slide qowt kind of accidents police are -- slideouts kind of accidents police are dealing with. one was on 28 to centreville to

. >> as a private defense attorney, bernstein represented one of the two commanders. quick was sued for his involvement and a controversial shooting in 1989. >> we have learned that the very same time as the overtime case, a separate case was surrounding the other commander involving a federal drug case. defense lawyers for the suspect argued a couple of days before trial, fellow officers approached witnesses and told them it would be in their best interest not to testify. the federal case was later dropped. >> a man in anne arundel county tried to abduct a woman while she is sleeping using a molotov cocktail and a knife. charles rodgers is facing charges of kidnapping and attempted murder. he broke into a home and threatened a woman inside, tossing a firebomb into the bed where she was light with a man. when no flames went off, he forced the woman out of a home. after a search, they were found in a wooded area. woman's injuries were described as non-life threatening. >> residents in roland park are understandably on edge tonight after to armed attacks last night. one

by a bipartisan group called mass gap before he was even elected to, quote, from bernstein, they did the research and put together the binder full of women qualified for all the different cabinet positions, agencies and authorities and commissions. they presented this binder to the governor -- to governor romney when he was elected. so it may not even be accurate that he sent out for this. >> it sounds completely inakinnagi inaccurate. this is a group of women that came together and they said this was important. mitt romney sounded like he wanted an award. he was being asked about policy. unfortunately, he doesn't have that much to offer in terms of policy to help women in the workforce. >> now, abby, let's get to policy. the lilly ledbetter act, asked the campaign where they stood. watch. >> does governor romney support the lilly ledbetter act? >> sam, we'll get back to you on that. >> we'll get back to you on that. then, ed gillespie on the same lilly ledbetter act, the governor would not repeal the lilly lilly led led better act. he was opposed to it at the time. he would not repe

. >> jarod bernstein is an msnbc economic contributor. good afternoon. the president chose the term sketchy. others have called romney's economic plan a crap burger, heavy on fat with no meat. is there any evidence, please tell us, to suggest that cutting the taxes of the wealthy leads de facto to the creation of millions of jobs. >> no there is lots of evidence to the contrary. basically, think of it this way. i can make this pretty simple. if cutting taxes on rich people supply side trickle down economics actually worked, we'd know it by now. because that was the strategy of the the tax cuts under george w. bush. ones that we're still struggling with in terms of their sunset. the job creation over those years was the lowest on record for any business cycle expansion going back to the 1940s. now, last night there was an interesting interchange where governor romney tried to differentiate himself from president obama's economic record but i think if you were listening at all carefully, they're just wasn't much there. this is trickle down supply side stuf