A breakthrough victory in one or 2. Im assuming some us going to thank you for joining us for a special coverage here on d w polls are about to close in Regional Elections in 2 states in eastern germany with possible significant consequences for chancellor Angela Merkels government in berlin as well the voters in the states of funding both in saxony have been casting their ballots until now both states have been governed by traditional establishment parties of the social democrats were s. P. D. And chancellor merkels christian democrats the c. D. U. Base but this time both parties are facing a stiff challenge from the far right alternative for germany the a. F. P. The latest opinion polls show that the party is running neck and neck with the s. P. D. M. One bug and just a few points behind michaels c. D. U. In saxony. Well we have complete coverage of these potentially pivotal elections on we have a Political Correspondent with us here in our studio and we have our chief Political Edit
Heiress and society wife. Exploring her full life and her husbands as the partnership it was is the focus of tonights talk. Mr. Moskey writes on the period between the civil war and world war ii. And the great depression. As a resident of washington dc, he has thrown himself into the world of the gilded age, and especially the lives of larz and Isabel Anderson. His new book is the first full length publication on the couple, an important addition to our understanding of the andersons. But why study them . They will never make it into your history textbooks and have never been household names, then or now. The andersons never ascended into the ranks of the carnegies or the vanderbilts, but through their lives we get a welldocumented window into our nations character and history as it charged into the modern world of the 20th century. We get an especially vibrant view of the nations capital, where the andersons were among the most important residents during the gilded age. For more, let
Across the area. What a change coming up. Lets go to the radar view. I woke up at 7 30 this morning, it was completely dry, i had sleet come down covering the driveway and i thought, im not going to be able to come to work. It ended up melting, coming into work at lunchtime, most of the roads were wet and squashy. The areas that you see in paint, as we zoom in closer to the Northern Counties over the past hour, we are seeing a mix of freezing rain and rain. Some of that is intruding along the i95 corridor, so the computer is seen this as rain in the area. We see the green showing up and further south to the west, freezing rain from montgomery county, moore county, into from fayetteville, sampson county, this is falling in the form of rain. Lets take a look at 31 at rdu. When you are watching elizabeth, it was 26, 27, 28. Numbers continue to go up. That means its not able to support anything frozen underground because its warming. 34 in philly fayetteville, 36 goldsboro. Evening and muc
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My hope is to get this done before christmas. No substantive progress has been made in talks between the white house and the house. This week on inside washington, heading towards the fiscal cliff. Who is going to blink first . Nobody can win everything. The republicans will have to give on revenue, democrats will have to give on entitlement reform. Susan rice still in the bullseye. The concerns i have are greater today than before. Lunch at the white house whitemitt. Who will dare to break the no tax hike pledge . Republicans who voted against the no tax hike pledged damage the brand for everyone else. Captioned by the National Captioning Institute www. Ncicap. Org Thomas Jefferson said the purpose of government is to enable the people of the nation to live in safety and happiness. Jefferson said americans would be ok if they could keep the government from wasting their labors under the pretense of taking care of them. What is your government doing for you today . Is it preparing to d