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That will be here for you now -- and down the road. i have a lifetime of experience. so i know how important that is. went into snow emergency mode. hundreds and thousands of workers were told to stay home. but while some places outside washington, d.c., were hit pretty hard, washington itself got a whole lot of rain, it got wet, a little wind, not much more. brian todd is out and about. hes on the national mall right now. brian, it passed over us. maybe well get some snow eventually. it hit som...

Board. david mattingly is in atlanta. david, whats going on? >> reporter: wolf, the knives were talking about are not all that big. this is an example of one. the blades allowed are only going to be a little more than two inches in length and half an inch in width. but this and other items that they intend to allow is enough for very large groups to be arguing that tsa may be for getting about passenger safety. you will still have to remove your shoes. if youre carrying a bottle of water, forget...

Acid attack scandal. phil black is following this for us from moscow. >> reporter: wolf, suspicion has always been the likelihood that it was from someone who works there but still surprised when one of the leading dancers confessed he planned the whole thing. this video shows a leading dancer with one of the worlds greatest ballet companies. he says, im suspected of organizing the acid attack of the director. hes then asked if he did it. and he confesses. i organized this attack but not the ext...

An inch, inch and a half of snow. its continuous. >> reporter: despite the constant snow removal, major airlines canceled more than 1600 flights in preparation for this storm. >> its hard to run full schedule and get all of your passengers with reservations on to the right aircraft throughout the day. >> reporter: airlines have learned through the past few years its better for their customers and bottom lines to not fly through a storm but some planes still are coming in and out of dulles. >> ma...

Flattered but whats really behind what is going on right now? >> you heard rand paul earlier. he believes that he is debating a very important constitutional issue, that is what he considers to be illegal government overreach. and i think, wolf, you can actually make the case that this is a result of the administrations earlier reasoning that it didnt need to be more transparent about the question of drones, which came up at john brennans confirmation hearing to run the cia. and that transparenc...

Presidential duties. accusing the united states of a number of bizarre things, not only accusing the united states of trying to intervene in politics but that they could be behind chavezs cancer. what we will most likely see is the opposition leader running against him in the elections and if polls have it right, this will be won by maduro. he will benefit from that sympathy vote and a lot of people here in venezuela have benefited from this oil-backed socialist policy, wolf. >> do you no he if ...

Im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." its sort of like a movie moment in washington. an old-fashion filibuster. not the threat of nonstop thinking but a member of the united states senate actually refusing to yield the floor for more than five hours today. senator rand paul has been doing just that with the help of some fellow republicans and at least one democrat. the issue, the possibility that drones could be used against american citizens on u.s. soil. watch this. >> i will speak u...

Even if they show that it doesnt work, that they are not all going to get together, theyve at least still made the effort, which is what the public wants them to do. >> whats your take on this, john? youve been watching white houses and congress deal with these kinds of issues for a long time. >> well, i think in a word its pathetic that its taken four years and a month to get to this point. thats not just blaming the president. its blaming all of them. hell sit down with the senate tonight. no,...

Thats very moving when we see the recovery that shes made. heres the question, are you going to be bold in terms of dealing with the issue of background checks? >> were working strongly and very much in a bipartisan manner, wolf. were looking at all of the rights of people that have guns, people that come from a gun culture, people that dont come from a gun culture and i think weve got a working group thats moving favorably forward. >> so walk me through where we stand right now in terms of expa...

Both sides have doubt that breaking bread can fix a broken government. >> for anyone to think that this is going to be a come to jesus moment, theyve got another thing coming. >> reporter: but they are still going to try, not just at dinner tonight but also next week. thats when the president goes up to capitol hill to meet with lawmakers in both the house and the senate. its something that he has not done in years and getting back to this dinner tonight, heres a menu from the restaurant where t...