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Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Tonight: Patchy fog after 10pm. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 45. Calm wind. Highs are forecast to gradually drop to seasonable levels by Tuesday, with partly to mostly sunny skies. Courtesy of HistoryNet: 1775 Esek Hopkins takes command of the Continental Navy — a total of seven ships. 1807 Congress passes the Embargo Act, which halts all trading completely. It is hoped that the act will keep the United States out of the European Wars. 1829 The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad opens t...

From the people and the power players on the hill, people tend to perform a little bit. they want to show both sides that they're, you know, with them. so sometimes there is a little show boating or holding the cards close to the vest and not revealing what they intend to do. >> neil: so someone is going to nancy pelosi saying, i know i'm officially undecided but you can count on me and you don't have to pin me to a wall. that sort of deal. >> that can happen. i don't think pelosi would go to the house flr unless she thou she -- house floor unless she thought she had the vote. sometimes there ...