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National prayer breakfast but it got us thinking about religion and the presidency. we wondered if a non-christian would ever get elected to the white house. first let's look at rng eligion this country. 78% of of americans are consider ed christian. 23.9% catholic, 1.7% jewish, 0.6% muslim, then agnostics and atheists. we're putting the questions to our stream team. today we are asking, would a non-christian, agnostic or atheist ever be elected president of the united states? on the team today is father alberto cutie, author and presidential expert nick ragon

Money and they use it to speculate, which doesn't help the economy. when you go to the 2,000s, george bush has the giant taxes. record breaking, historic tax cuts. and what happens? in 2008, a terrible recession. the two times the richest 1% in the country have the highest percentage of our nation's income were in 1928 when they had 23.9% of the nation's income and in 2007, when they had 23.5% of the nation's income. so they have a giant percentage oe of the nation's income. next year, 1929, crash depression. 2008, crash, recession. we see what happens when the rich don't may much taxes. but y...

That will raise the dividend tax and raise the income tax. all taxes are negative as far as creating jobs in the economy; particularly, during a recession. why in the world they would allow the tax cuts to expire is beyond me. this is idiotic economics. this is not -- when you say most economies, in all due respect, you're wrong. you don't even recognize chicago school of economic friedman. you think every guy following keynses was a genius and most were morons. >> actually, most economists do agree with the keynesian approach, put money in the economy. >> liz: you say all tax cuts hurt the ec...

So, people could be without power for a long time. we just got our first big city at two feet of snow, baltimore now reporting in at 24 inches of snow. incredible. still waiting for more updates out of the philadelphia and d.c. areas. i bet you you're probably over 20 inches because it's been snowing hard. i have to update this graphic. this is now the third largest snowstorm ever to hit baltimore, maryland. officially just about 23.9 inches. your all-time record is 28.2 and it's still snowing hard. you have a chance to be the biggest snowstorm on record. and already, here we are the first wee...

I wou i want to take you to north carolina. polo sandoval, you're in an area that is notorious for flooding, an area people are very worried about now, right, polo? >> reporter: that's right, martin. the rain continues to fall here in lumberton. the rainwater continues to flow into the river. those are two reasons why city officials have been going door to door. we've been with them as they're pleading with residents who are not in shelters, who are still near the river, to get out. that river is closing. i'll take you back two years ago when hurricane matthew swept through the region. the riv...