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That will be here for you now -- and down the road. i have a lifetime of experience. so i know how important that is. went into snow emergency mode. hundreds and thousands of workers were told to stay home. but while some places outside washington, d.c., were hit pretty hard, washington itself got a whole lot of rain, it got wet, a little wind, not much more. brian todd is out and about. he's on the national mall right now. brian, it passed over us. maybe we'll get some snow eventually. it hit some other areas pretty hard. >> it did, wolf. and maybe we will get it eventually. not sure when. yo...

Board. david mattingly is in atlanta. david, what's going on? >> reporter: wolf, the knives we're talking about are not all that big. this is an example of one. the blades allowed are only going to be a little more than two inches in length and half an inch in width. but this and other items that they intend to allow is enough for very large groups to be arguing that tsa may be for getting about passenger safety. you will still have to remove your shoes. if you're carrying a bottle of water, forget it. but a hockey stick will be okay. so will a small pocket knife. tsa's changes to what you soo...

Acid attack scandal. phil black is following this for us from moscow. >> reporter: wolf, suspicion has always been the likelihood that it was from someone who works there but still surprised when one of the leading dancers confessed he planned the whole thing. this video shows a leading dancer with one of the world's greatest ballet companies. he says, i'm suspected of organizing the acid attack of the director. he's then asked if he did it. and he confesses. i organized this attack but not the extent that it happened, he says. this is the result of what happened. his head wrapped in bandages ...

An inch, inch and a half of snow. it's continuous. >> reporter: despite the constant snow removal, major airlines canceled more than 1600 flights in preparation for this storm. >> it's hard to run full schedule and get all of your passengers with reservations on to the right aircraft throughout the day. >> reporter: airlines have learned through the past few years it's better for their customers and bottom lines to not fly through a storm but some planes still are coming in and out of dulles. >> many of our internationals have elected to try and operate and get their aircraft in and out of her...

Flattered but what's really behind what is going on right now? >> you heard rand paul earlier. he believes that he is debating a very important constitutional issue, that is what he considers to be illegal government overreach. and i think, wolf, you can actually make the case that this is a result of the administration's earlier reasoning that it didn't need to be more transparent about the question of drones, which came up at john brennan's confirmation hearing to run the cia. and that transparency is an issue on the side of the aisle as well. you have this confluence where you have rand pau...