should the u.s. have taken a stronger stand on participation? i think so. who s to say? this is a free market economy. the olympics are a place that people from all over the world love to visit and they love the community that goes particularly with the winter olympics. but you re right, russia hasn t been very kind to the united states in the past few months. and the idea of spending dollars and converting them into rubles at this late stage to me is not anything i would particularly enjoy. finally, what s your advice to folks who spent a lot of money, saved up, this is their big trip of the year, if not their lifetime? be aware there are risks involved. be aware that density of security in a particular venue is not necessarily an assurance of security. and be most aware of traveling through soft targets. places like railroad stations and airports. where the insurgents are most likely to strike, jamie. all right, major general,
hands. keep in mind, this is not a situation where the two parties are miles apart. we re in rough agreement about how much spending can be cut responsibly as a first step towards reducing our deficit. we agree on a process where the next step is a debate in the coming months on tax reform and entitlement reform, and i am willing and ready to have that debate. if we need to put in place an enforcement mechanism to hold us accountable for making the reforms, i will support that too if it s done in a smart and balanced way. so there are plenty of ways out of this mess. but we are almost out of time. i want to bring in cnn s joe johns to tell us where things stand at this moment. how is speaker boehner trying to reach his magic number of 217? randy, when i was listening to you at the top sounded like you were describing theater of the absurd. house republicans are inches closer to fixing their problem in the house of representatives. i think we have pictures now of the hou
the howling wind made it impossible to keep sidewalks or roads clear. the public works crew, a losing battle to keep up with this storm. for private snowplow driver evan flynn it s the kind of night he dreams about. it s white money is the best i can describe it. the more snow that falls the more money i see. reporter: there are ten trains that had passengers on them when the railroad made this decision. they stopped in railroad stations. we re being told they are being turned around and slowly they ll go back to where they originated so that people will have a chance to go back to their points of departure and possibly get home that way. of course, a developing situation in a storm that doesn t seem to want to end. we re live in long island, eyewitness news. a state of emergency in new jersey, a situation made worsef1o-pfo fol whoidn heedhe svel. cf1o store c- prkinre u to r in some parts here. power outages across the state. several hundred car accidents along the new jersey tu
style attacks on public places, similar to the shooting sprees in mumbai two years ago. steve has the latest. does the alert name any specific countries? it s a very broad, general alert for all of europe. here part of what it says, current information suggests that al-qaeda and affiliated organizations continue to plan terrorist attacks. it s a reminder of the potential for terrorist to attack public transportation and other tourist infrastructure. one possible scenario is mumbai style attack. two years ago they attacked various locations in mumbai, india leaving 1785 people dead. another is attacking the economy hitting banks and stock exchanges and they mention railroad stations and airports as possible targets. julie: what is the reaction been for this terror alert? reporter: the white house is
attackers in mumbai were young 20-year-olds with ak-47s and grenades carrying backpacks. if you re overseas, everybody has a backpack. and the other issue is that attack was for railroad stations, taxi cabs, restaurants and the major hotels in mumbai. how do you avoid this? if you re not supposed to go out to a public place and avoid the eiffel, stay in your hotel. they blew up hotels, killed people in hotels, they bombed restaurants in the hotels. so in a way, even if you have a more specific threat, there s really not a lot of places to hide, other than don t go in the first place. right. i don t think that s what the message is. jean emphasized be alert. but you said so far this is borderline absurd. what might be what might the