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john: it s interesting the white house is getting it, too. i want to ask you about iraq. yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of the declaration of war against saddam hussain. i was at a marine base in northern kuwait with the second arm ored battalion. we broke down camp and headed for the iraqi border. when you look at the costs of war, 4800 u.s. dead, 270,000 iraqi deaths. $2 trillion and launched on a faulty premise that saddam had weapons of mass destruction which he didn t have. i was a four star in the pentagon in december of 2001 just after we toppled the taliban prior to thanksgiving. when i was sitting at a meeting of the joint chiefs representing ....
Honor my brother, she started the tunnel to towers. provides mortgage-free homes for combat veterans. we take care of families that are left. that is our promise. we started in december of 2001, we were thinking what do we do, how about if we run through the tunnel. 30 thousand people running 5k here to honor steven tiller and the tunnels to tower foundation. you come out of that tunnel, you see the banners with pictures of first responders who died on 9/11. starting with the firefighters, it is incredible. you see a light coming out of a tunnel, you feel you are living his legacy. ....
Sure the roads are clear so if folks have to get to work this morning, they can. the ban on the roads has been put in place. so far it has only been slightly above a foot and there is an expectation that we are likely going to be getting several more feet, potentially challenging the record set back in december of 2001 when we saw a little bit over four and a half feet in just three days. that s what has officials concerned and it is also why officials are basically just asking unless you have to go out on to the streets here in the buffalo area that you simply stay home. there is certainly a concern we re going to continue to see that snow. that s why the snow plows are out, people are using those snow blowers to make sure anybody who does have to get out and about is able to do so. but again, stay home because the worst is potentially still ahead. back to you, don. ....
Sandoval knows the difference between a snowstorm and a snowstorm. can you explain the conditions you re about to face, paolo? reporter: and they will probably get that pretty quickly too. snow in buffalo, that would hard by be a headline, but when you hear from kathy hochul, a native of buffalo describing what is expecting to take place here, not only extreme, but, quote, potentially life-threatening, then that certainly is going to lead soto some public safety concerns. that s why the snowfall accumulation is expected to be from 4 inches an hour. you are going to continue to see this lake-effect snow for possibly 48 hours, and the result could be about one of the snowiest three-day periods buffalo has seen. the record in december of 2001 with 4 1/2 feet. that is why officials here on the ground saying the sun we re seeing right now, this can be deceiving that later tonight is when we ll begin to see that lake-effect snow, and that s what officials on the group ....
The first menorah lighting in the executive residence was in december of 2001 with george and laura bush. in 2007, the parents of slain reporter daniel pearl, a victim of terrorism, lit the menorah at the white house. the menorah had been in the pearl family for generations. the menorah we light tonight has special meaning. it once belonged to hiam pearl, who was the great-grandfather of wall street journal reporter daniel pearl. while reporting in pakistan 2002, daniel was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists. his only crime was being a jewish american. by honoring daniel, we re given the opportunity to bring forth hope from the darkness of tragedy, and that is a miracle worth celebrating during the festival of lights. it was also the last time a first family has been separated by war. ....