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christmas day tradition. but this what you re looking at the potomac, national harbor, washington, d.c., this is a tradition, you may have heard about it. skiing santa. yes, the water skiing santa. now, this is a really cool and big deal for a lot of folks in that area. if you haven t seen it you might find it a little weird. the past 25 years now. it is a really big draw. guy hops on the back, skis, santa, people just love it. elves are out there. christmas claus, the grinch. we re expecting him to get going at any moment. the event starts right now but expecting santa in the next 10 or 15 minutes. we ll keep an eye on a different christmas day tradition we thought we would bring you since it s happening live right now. we ll show you those pictures when it does happen. but it is christmastime. a lot of people will be traveling and just in time for the holidays. you know, security. first, the shoes you have to take off. everything you re carrying it seems could be a ....
senate. ellicott 30, we will hear from mark molyer about the war in afghanistan. we will also discuss the book who is buried in grant s tomb? washington journal is next. mike allen, the chief white house correspondent with politico joins us on the phone this morning. if this story on politico.com no high hopes for health care summit. why is that? guest: already the two sides have staked out positions that are very different from each other. democrats seem to be planning to you use this as a new deadline to get a deal negotiated so they can go in with a plan pretty well baked and to use this summit coming up after the president s day break as a way to have political cover if they need to go ahead and have an all democratic vote. republicans on the other side are getting ready to use this as an opportunity to really push back against the public the president. last night house republican leaders sent a letter to white house chief of staff rahm emanuel asking him ....