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The vote today. mitch mcconnell, senate minority leader out of kentucky, there on capitol hill. martha: very interesting. so in the next hour, were going to have the other side of this. well get reaction from democrat anthony weiner and you can bet hell have a fivey response, he usually does, to the words we heard from senator mcconnell. thats straight ahead. bill: you know its a story when youre stuck in downtown chicago and you can go nowhere. martha: can you imagine? bill: wow! martha: well b...

This point. bill: 50 mile-an-hour winds. >> yes. it was amazing, the visibility, certainly was so bad we actually had to pull a number of plows off the roaded. >> snowplows couldnt even handle it. what about stranded motorists? we have had highway assistance, a combination of the national guard and psp and state patrol, working overnight and have been rescuing people and we have discovered a lot of stranded motorists throughout the day, as -- and were making progress on the roads. bill: what is ...

But a lot more snow expected still to come. lake-effect snow. its almost impossible to predict how much of that is going to get over the course of time. schools are closed here in the city of chicago, thats something of a rarity. the last time they closed chicago public schools was in the last big snowstorm, in 1999, so an entire generation of chicago public school kids, this is their very first snow day. up north in lake county, a general emergency, county officials just wont want people on the...

Bill: one thing we have here in the northeast, it has been snowing but it has been sunny. martha: right. bill: and hasnt been miserable every day. martha: no, it has -- >> my guess that that weather is changing now. martha: but when you get the ice, the ice was coated in ice on the way down the staircase. bill: could be a long february. were awaiting a critical vote on repealing the overhaul of health care, the floor of the senate, mitch mcconnell who told us last hour he hopes his democratic co...

Republican out of kentucky, mitch mcconnell, leaders efforts to uproot the health care overhaul, senator mcconnell introduced a bill to repeal that, today, a vote expected in the senate. this will be one to watch. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is with me. thank you for your time. >> good morning. bill: democrats say youre wasting your time. the reason for this bill today is what? >> its not a waste of time. we promised the american people we would try to repeal this job crushing washing...

To satisfy the people of their country into continuing to support their government because, if there is a domino effect from this it will be devastating to our relationships in the middle east. and hosni mubarak says hes not going and mohamed el-baradei says he has to be out by friday, who is the leader who seems to be emerging on the opposition side. bill: and well see what night fall brings and curfew in effect and many people not observing it at all and well wait until the day dawns yet anew ...

Exponentially. and not only for the government but for individuals. bill: why do you believe that small businesses already are crying uncle? what are they telling you about the impact on them? >> because they cant figure out whats in it. speaker pelosi, former speaker pelosi famously said we need to pass this so we can figure out whats in it. it is enormously complex, 2700 page bill, theyre going to be issuing hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of regulations. nobody can figure out whats in it. ...

Snow, blowing snow. you dont want to drive too fast. martha: the roads are so icy -- look at that. unbelievable. watching the cars going around out there and waiting for them to slip off the roads. it is icy and some counties restricted traffic to only emergency vehicles. keep an eye out for that. bill: northern indiana has three feet of snow. oh! called the windy city for a reason and the storm proves it. look at the damage at chicagos wrigley field caused by winds up to nearly hurricane streng...

Here in new york. heres martha. martha: did you catch this, things you dont know about mitt romney, former governor and possible candidate for the 2012 white house? you have to see this, its in the top ten list. very funny. bill: you heard it from republican mitch mcconnell last hour. get ready to matter it from anthony weiner, the fight that will go to the senate floor today. that is live in americas 23450us room -- "americas newsroom".

And numbers and flight times. that is important, because what it indicates is that the men were going to fly onto washington, the same flight on september 11th, became flight 77, slammed into the pentagon and as part of an upcoming special by our documentary unit that looks into the secrets of 9/11, we have been able to talk with people in the 9/11 commission who said they felt khalid sheikh mohammed, the architect of the attack, never came clean on his contacts inside the united states, and whe...