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Weve been telling you about that military offensive thats under way right now in afghanistan. the target is a city of up to 100,000 people there in southern afghanistan. >> yeah. cnns tom foreman tells us why marjah is so important to nato and the afghan government. betty, t.j., this is really ground zero for this, helmand province in afghanistan. why does that matter so much? well, first, look at where the u.s. troops have been in this country. up here along the pakistan border near kabul, th...

He told that to a cnn affiliate in an interview he did yesterday after he announced he was resigning. he also said his decision has nothing to do with worries about politics or polls. listen, we know its a tough year for incumbents. hes had pretty easy re-elect n re-elections in rhode island. he said this probably was going to be a little tougher but that was nothing to do with the decision. but as a true politician, he did not rule out a return to public life in the future. >> cant rule it out ...

The world. you can follow all the specifics in one place, cnn.com/olympics. lets zoom into the screen here. as soon as you get there, youre going to see all sorts of information about the winter games and we hook you up to a lot of the stories. let me take you first to this area right here, talking about olympians to watch. what i like about this is it starts off with a couple youve probably heard of, apolo anton ohno, you know of him, lindsey vonn, but you main know about some of these people. ...

This specific operation, this initial move as well as the broader mission, it really has to do with ousting the taliban, bringing security to the country of afghanistan, and handing over the security to the afghan people and especially the afghan government. all of that needs to happen and is essential in seeing progress and success in doing so before president obama can reach that ultimate goal of starting to withdraw troops come july 2011, so that is a lot ot stake in this deadline that presid...

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You made this point, blizzard is not just snow. >> it is visibility and snow and wind over 35 miles an hour, all combining to make a blizzard. so even though there are blizzard warnings all up and down the east coast, not every place will have a blizzard every minute, but it could happen when the wind blows across a roadway and coming from the north as it is, and you are driving on the roadway, the wind will fly across and make you snow-blind. >> and what is this cake here? it looks like a cup c...

>> yeah. >> ill take you to cnn.com/weather, and i recommend you going there. its an awesome website. this is a very fast animation of about eight hours of snow. what youre going to notice, a couple things right through here. they call this the deformation zone, the moisture is the highest it can be and the air is just cold enough to snow. its your ground zero, thats your bulls-eye for heavy, heavy snow and it could sneak its way up to new york city later today. and you have the wind off the oce...

Every week at this time im going to be answering your questions. think of it as your own personal appointment, no waiting, no insurance is needed, either. heres a question from cnn.com reader. can you please tell me if ampyra works on patients who are in their secondary progressive phase of ms? thank you for writing about this. this is a drug recently approved by the fda to help those with multiple sclerosis walk better. it is encouraging for the ms community because of that, but if you know it ...

And he wasnt finished coloring one of them either. >> he destroyed destroyed his e library, both books, and he wasnt even finished coloring one of them. thats kind of funny. >> it is. >> if you thought that was funny, you got to hear what he said about dan quayle, what he says about sarah palin, what he says about -- whats going on here? what he said about bob dole. more in our after show, cnn.com/live. just a couple minutes. now youre wondering why im talking to elizabeth cohen. shell join us i...

Other again. >> publi earlier. im guessing don has some big name celebrities besides himself planned for tonight. >> thats obviously true. don lemon is the biggest celebrity on this. were going to have such great music, really great bands that people are going to be able to watch cnn and rock out to. its always terrific to hear live music, to hear performances from our favorite musicians, but especially now since its been so long since we have been able to experience that. even if you are not in...