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For those who can't get out and have snow cabin fever, a mental escape. summer is just over four months away. this is now official a record breaking snow season. in baltimore, they have at least 65 inches. that breaks the record set in 1995, '96 that winter season. in d.c. we have at least 55 inches. and that breaks a record set back in 1898, '99. the winter season. the mayor fenty says he hopes to have the city back up on its feet by tuesday after the three-day holiday weekend. bret? >> bret: okay, molly. get inside. thanks. earlier today i ventured out to the capitol to see if anyone was sti...

You at least hit my street. >> let me be mean. big cities where mayors lose their office. mayor lindsey may have gotten re-elected but people laughed at that guy because he was in florida during a snowstorm. >> when marion barry was mayor he was in california when it was snowing in washington. >> this time around we have a sophisticated mayor. everybody liked him for a while. it is time for a competition. i think somebody has to run this city needs better effort. i would like to see some action. >> i think you have competition, chris. i think the problem here is mayor fenty, people liked him, ...

Literally closed all the runways for the next 24 hours. there's nothing out even though were in flights anyway, but now officially they said you're done. d.c. finally ending this evening, 6 to 12 inches in snow total on top of the 20 to 25 that you've already had in d.c. and karen leblanc is with us from the d.c. d.o.t., and describe what your roads look like, karen, just take it away. >> hey, chad, thank you so much to say that it's coming to an end at some point, because we'd like to know that. you know, the roadways are okay. you know, they're passable on our main passes, the crews right no...

And quite a bit of damage here. real quickly before we go, a post office route up the street in vienna, virginia, is buckling. it was evacuated about an hour ago. reporting live from fairfax county, virginia, just outside d.c., i'm kimberly suiters. now back to you guys. >> thank you, kimberly. the sound of that truck in reverse, savannah, that's good news for a lot of people, because you want to hear a truck. but i have to say, the washington, d.c., city streets are a mess and it's embarrassingly so when you compare it to what's going on in the suburbs. mayor fenty, it's an election year, he'...

Have you ruled out trying confessed 9/11 mastermind khalid shaikh mohammed in new york city? >> i have not ruled it out, but i think it's important for us to take into account the practical, logistical issues involved. i mean, if you've got a city that is saying "no" and a police department that's saying "no," and a mayor that's saying "no," that makes it difficult. >> the president acknowledging a trial for 9/11 mastermind khalid shaikh mohammed in new york city has become less and less likely, but he's standing by his decision to try ksm in civilian court. >> but the choice not to use a mili...