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Nobody called him lazy. this is the kind of stuff that really brings back into the mud, i hope tonight when they get together, the republicans and the presidents, they can get out of this nasty commentary that is going on. >> roger ailes has strong words about joe biden among other things saying, i have a spot for joe biden. i like him. but he's dumb as an ashtray. wow. dumb as an ashtray. i know joe biden. he is not done. certainly not dumb as an ashtray. >> we're taking excerpts out of a three-page article. i will tell you that i am happy that he used nicer words about you, wolf, than he did...

Blackberries and laptops. the government agency looks like it's opened and fully functional. the air and space museum of the smithsonian institution open and a popular destination today. you can see in here, lots of people inside. despite the overwhelming snowfall inside the city, the mayor says this about closing the government. >> i would rather err on the side of caution than put people at harm's way. >> reporter: and it's turning more to a rain event and now the city will turn its attention to potential flooding in this area. we'll see how that develops in the days ahead. >> brian todd, th...

Deal with it in rebuttal. i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me. wolf splitser begins right now. wolf? a powerful winter storm walloping the mid-atlantic causing huge power outages and prompting a state of emergency. president obama has a surprise dinner date tonight with republican senators. plus, knives on airplanes. there's outrage has the tsa considers relaxing its rules. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." all that coming up. we begin with a new wall street high. the dow reaching a record level for the second day in a row.

Education and food. you saw people who were mourners, waving flags and chanting sl chanting slogans. just a lot of very raw emotion here, wolf. the opposition we haven't heard a lot of today. they are laying low. this is time for the people who supported chavez to get this out of their system, to come to terms with the man who was the president for 14 years is no longer here, wolf. >> so what happens next in the coming days and weeks, shasta? who takes charge? when will the elections take place? >> reporter: the elections have to take place in the next 30 days a he we've already seen a bit of ...

Graham basically supporting the administration's power on this matter, saying that the administration does need to use drones, that it should retain that power do protect the homeland and attorney general eric holder indicated that president obama himself will very soon come out and explain more fully the administration's policy on the use of drones, wolf. >> i'm anxious to hear that explanation. chris lawrence, thanks. the classic filibuster was by the passionate character played by jimmy stewart and mr. smith goes to washington. remember this? >> i had some pretty good coaching last night ...