Blackwell of policylink and Michael Tanner of the cato institute. Ifill here with us now, as they will be throughout the evening, our own shields and brooks. Syndicated columnist mark shields and New York Times columnist david brooks. 7 so, gentlemen, put on your prognostication hats. What do you expect tonight . It wont be f. D. R. s new deal. Were not looking at the 100 days here. Were looking at modesty, theme of opportunity, discussion of the executive order. Immigration will be bigger, probably a few threats on the debt ceiling somake sure congress doesnt put us in default, but not look at a gigantic agenda. Im most interested in the tone. I think the president a nation that is severely pessimistic, has been now in the wrong direction rather than on the right track for 10 years now. The sense of pesmism is pervasive, and i want to see if the president can connect with people beyond the room tonight. Woodruff is there a defensiveness already setting in with this state of the union
Following the latest and he joins us live from tel aviv. Martin. Reporter good morning, brian. Well, did hamas get the message that the israeli Prime Minister was talking about . Apparently not. They fired rockets towards tel aviv always mentioned. A game changer for israel if those rockets had actually landed and done damage in tel aviv. They didnt. Two landed short and exploded harmlessly in feels and one landed harmlessly in the sea but more important for the symbolism than the effect. Israels main goal apart from eliminating the militant islamic leadership of hamas has been to destroy their rocket capability aiming most of rare raids, more than 450 in the last couple of days, at destroying the longrange rocket capability of hamas so the fact that they were able to launch three rockets which failed just short of tel aviv. Well, that says something that israel needs to as netanyahu said expand its operations if it wants to destroy that capability. So ground war is the option. But the
Nissan Station Wagon with a virginia license plate number of snj 9177. Anyone who has information about the whereabouts of this little girl and these two individuals, you are asked to call 911. Reporting live in fairfax, megan mcgrath, news 4. Back to you all in the studio. Megan mcgrath. Megan, thank you. Lets turn to tom kierein and get a first look at the forecast. A chill still in the area on this friday morning. You might need an umbrella too. A disturbance passing south and east of the metro area. Those patches of green in southern maryland, Northern Neck, Eastern Shore. Those are sprinkles passing south and east of the metro area and moving off to the north and east. Areas in the light blue are in the 40s. That includes much of virginia, southern maryland, and lower Eastern Shore farther north from charles county, prince georges, and anne arundel north into Montgomery County and the district. Generally, upper 30s to around 40 degrees. Loudoun virginia from west to the Shenandoah
Recriminations if you sign the discharge petition. There be 218 signatures. If the speaker allowed a vote on the bill, it would pass. Certainly with a good deal more than 218 votes. We might not win over the paul ryans. They can vote no or present. Let the other republicans vote their conscience and this bill will pass. It was reported that senior aides are considering just such a strategy to give them a soft landing in the tax debate. They live to fight another day on spending cuts. We agree that a tax hike on middleclass americans should be taken off the table in the middle of the christmas season. Lets get serious and across of the biggest item on our to do list and get this Senate Tax Cut bill passed and passed now. Questions . You going to call on people . Yes. Were here to encourage the hike that will average 2,200 a are getting ready for the newit is fair, it is one thing that trillion in spending reductions. Gas to go back and forth to the house as well as olympia republicans s
Its an empty house in washington. Look at these pictures. House members on their long weekend break, and the senate is out until monday, but not before working out logistics for a big event. A private screening of Steven Spielbergs lincoln at the capital. Now, harry reid using his time to take a special waiver to allow unbuttered popcorn in the auditorium. Thats what passes for work these days. The president s holding another Campaign Style event as the middle class families, and with more, Michael Burgess of texas. Congressman, great to have you object show again. Great to be with you, thank you. Gerri everythings hanging in the banse, economy, middle class income, taxes, you name it, and you and your fellow house members are not going to work. Well, wait, this is a 24hour day job, seven days a week. Im in new york tomorrow looking at the hospitals affected in hurricane sandy, and i feel like i need to do the ground work to investigate that for myself. Gerri youre doing work, but not