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i don't think they invented a color for those weather maps to describe how hot it's getting. i would say it's 90 and still very early in the day and going to go above 100 with the heat index again today. as you just mentioned, many of the hospitals in the chicago area remember the heat wave that took place in 1995, when more than 700 people lost their lives to heat related incidents. this time around, the hospitals are ready, and they are urging people to say hydrated. they're also urging people to keep an extra eye out for young people and elderly neighbors or elderly relatives to make sure that they're doing okay. if anyone starts to exhibit signs of being disoriented in the heat, that could be the onset of a heatstroke and that is when people should be taken to the emergency room because they could be suffering the onslaught of something as serious as heatstroke.

staying cool is a whole other thing. we've been watching yesterday at the cubs game, people coming up with all kinds of creative ways to stay cool with fans and spray bottles and soaking wet towels over their heads. that's the sort of thing that's been taking place underneath this dome of heat that doesn't seem to want to go away anywhere fast. i just want to point out to you, over my shoulder here, chicago's newest resident, a 26 foot high statute of marilyn monroe. as you can see, she is staying cool in the same way she did way back when in the film, "the seven-year itch." we're all joking she could have also done that in "some like it hot" although i don't like it hot, chris. >> who would? >> i'm looking and see activity behind you. a lot fewer people out and about this morning than would normally be because it's just so hot? >> we even spoke to an ice cream

salesman and said sales were down because nobody has the courage to venture out of doors to buy a popsicle. yesterday, in particular, at the height of it, we will see that again today, the streets in the chicago area are without power as a result of this and let's hope they get it back soon. can you imagine not having ac or a fan? >> i cannot imagine. kevin, thank you so much. a 6-year-old girl in recovering this morning from a shark attack. it happened in a foot and a half of water. we will have her story in 20 minutes. time is running out on the debt ceiling deadline. just 12 days left before the august 2nd deadline. the president met first with democrats and then republicans. and then maybe the president

could be open to a short term solution although there have been mixed signals. here to short it out for us, kristen, live at the white house. where do things stand? >> reporter: there was back and forth whether the president would support a short term deal. here's what the white house said to clarify that. the president does not support a short term deal. he is still going to adhere to that august 2nd deadline. if we get to that august 2nd deadline and there's a hand shake deal and congress needs a little bit more time to hammer out the legislation and get it passed in both chambers, the president would be open to signing some sort of extension for a few days or few weeks just to get that hammered out. as you mentioned, president obama did meet with congressional leaders last night. we're not getting a whole lot of information out of those meetings. officials with knowledge of the meetings telling us they were productive. what we can tell you is one of the main things being discussed is the deal put forth by the

gang of six. that bipartisan group of senators that met off and on over the past several months. under their deal, the federal deficit would be reduced by 3$37 trillion and changes to social security and medicare and also changes to the tax code. it would bring in about a trillion dollars in new tax revenue. while that plan does hat bipartisan support, there's problems with it because a lot of house republicans saying they can't get behind it and question marks whether there's enough time to get a deal like that passed. lawmakers also working on a backup plan as that august 2nd deadline really looms large right now. >> kristen welker, thank you so much. i want to bring in republican congressman bob dole and democratic congressman, cedric richmond. thank you for being with us. congressman dole, you were one

of those that had pizza with the gang of six plan last night. could you support it? >> we didn't talk about the gang of six plan. what i like is it's talking about big bold bipartisan plan, a lot of details not out about it. it does talk about 3$3.7 trillin worth of spending cuts over the next ten years and talks about tax reform, i think is critically necessary, talks about lowering the rate, you heard 29%, again, allowing corporations to be more competitive in the global marketplace. these are things we want to accomplish and a big bold bipartisan plan is one we're looking for. >> congressman richmond, is that something you can get on board with? >> we're still looking at the plan and still concerns about reforms to social security that our seniors would receive. i think the framework and concept is something the american people want, which is a little give-and-take on both sides so we can get past this

and get back to talking about the 14 million americans unemployed and looking for work. >> you're nodding your head when he's saying that, congressman dole. i'm wondering what you're hearing from your constituents and what their major concerns are when it comes to this tax plan. >> what i'm hearing, i'm a job creator, small business guy. unemployment rates of 9.2% and in illinois as high as 20 to 22%. no question we have to be focusing on how do we get these people back to work and will be a revenue generator as well. >> some concerns your fellow republicans expressed about this plan, they don't want anything they perceive as new taxes, and would include closing tax hoop holes and allowing the tax cuts from the bush era to expire? what's your thought on that. >> the republican plan is at least one that's been voted on is talking about eliminating the tax loopholes for corporations out there.

we want to lower that corporate rate something the president has talked about, the debt commission, simpson-bowles debt commission talked about to compete more competitively on the global marketplace and talk about a flatter fairer tax and broadening the base. these are things i think are important and things our constituents are looking for as well. >> i also need to point out, if i may, congressman richmond, you were the mvp of the congressional baseball game. >> well-deserved by the way. >> there has been some suggestion you were tough on your counterpart there. what happened between you two in that game? >> starting around the seventh inning, i guess the heat was getting to me. i didn't have as much control as i used to have in the first couple of innings, so things kind of got away in that last inning. i will tell you that we raised a significant amount of money for the literacy council and boys and girls club. i want to thank both of those and the national league organization for letting us play

on a major league field. that's what makes this country great. we come together in times when we have to to help the next generation, to help those less fortunate. that's the type of spirit we will need to get through this by august 2nd. i'm still optimistic. i think the president is bending over backwards to compromise. the fact we're still here now and all the leaders are still meeting shows what makes america great. that's that we will rise to the challenge wen we have to. >> congressman cedric richmond and bob dole. thank you both for being with us today. >> thanks for having us. the space shuttle era is officially over today. nasa touching down just before sunrise in cape canaveral, florida, thousands getting up early to say good-bye to nasa's space program. what's next? tom costello with more from cape canaveral. >> reporter: it was an emotional and dramatic end to the space

shuttle program here at 5:57 on runway 15, "atlantis" touched down just before 6:00 a.m. here are the sights and sounds as "atlantis" touched down the last time. >> landing gear down and locked. having fired the imagination of a generation, a ship like no other, its place in history secured, the space shuttle pulls into port for the last time. its voyage at an end. >> houston, after serving the world for over 30 years, the space shuttle earned its place in history, has come to a final stop. >> we copy your will stop. we'll take this opportunity to congratulate you, "atlantis," as well as the thousands of passionate individuals across this great space faring nation

who truly empowered this incredible spacecraft, which for three decades, have inspired millions around the globe. job well done, america. >> great words. great words. the space shuttle changed the way we view the world and changed the way we view our universe. a lot of emotion today. one thing indisputable, north america will not stop exploring. columbia, challen"challenger," p "atlantis," god bless america. >> reporter: it has tracked 12 million miles in space over its career and 307 days in space for "atlantis." listen to these total numbers for the space shuttle feet. 541 million miles since 1981, 37 trips to the international space station and 78 landings here of the kennedy space center. now, for the people who work here, the very difficult job of

transitioning "atlantis" from a space shuttle to a museum piece that will be here on the ground at the kennedy space center as this workforce dramatically now down sizes. back to you. >> thanks so much. mark stroman claimed he went on a hate filled retaliation for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. he was executed by lethal injection for killing two men and injuring a third. the lone survivor fought for a stay of execution saying his beliefs was to forgive strohman. investing technology... at e-trade. [ p.a. announcer ] announcing america's favorite cereal is now honey nut cheerios! yup, america's favorite. so we're celebrating the honey sweetness, crunchy oats and...

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congresswoman are demanding an apology because of an e-mail rant calling senator vial and despicable and not a lady. >> we have to be able to debate about policy without attacking someone personally. >> congressman alan west sent that e-mail. both sides are using the incident to fund-raise. meanwhile, michelle bachmann is releasing a note from the doctor addressing concerns about her migraine and that she is able to control them with medication and happen infrequently. the other candidates are weighing in on the campaign trail. >> as a general statement, all the candidates have to be able to demonstrate they can do all of the job of president all of the time. >> there's no question in my mind michele bachmann's health is in no way an impediment for

her being able to serve as president. >> state and local budget cuts around the country are really hitting hard and people are really feeling the pain. for example, in california, massive cuts to the court system are delaying the time it takes to get a divorce or settle a traffic ticket. msnbc's richard louie is here with more on the financial crisis really hitting around the country. >> every state and every city. good morning. the long term effects could linger for years. the san francisco superior court said this week it's giving pink slips to 4 out of 10 employees. the presiding judge said it could delay lawsuits for five years and 18 months to finalize divorces. >> rather than being an entity of government that solves problems, when we historically have been, we are in fact creating more. >> that was senator dianne feinstein's daughter. she's not alone in her concern. the national law enforcement officer's memorial fund says deadly shootings nationally are

up a third and officer deaths up 14%. budget cuts they say to training and equipment may be contributing. you wouldn't think, new york budget cuts could leave bedbugs sleeping more easily. half of the budget is gone and new york could reclaim the lead as the bedbug capital. two years after the recession officially ended, state leaders are still making major budget shifts. the national governor's association says 27 governors in their 2000 state of the state messages were talking about redesigning their governmentingsgovernment ins. 19. >> and say cutting state job are 17. they could migrate up to the mississippi to a mother load of

green. the beautiful 10,000 lakes of minneapolis, a few examples of the tough decision government leaders need to make. >> the schools in memphis, tennessee finds themselves in a similar predicament. they decided to delay the start of the school year indefinitely unless the city can come up with a $55 million payment. i'm joined by octaveius jones. thank you for having me. >> thank you for having me. >> you were the only one to vote against starting the school year while supporters show it is needed to show the school board won't tolerate funding delays from the city council. why did you vote the way you did? >> the move was necessary because we are looking at a city council in arrears that has unpaid dollars to fund the schools. to start the schools without an assured tax stream or revenue stream would have been imprudent for us to start school and have

to shut it down in september or october, because of lack of funding or payment plan for the city for those funds in arrears. >> help us understand how it got to this in the first place. why did the memphis school systems system in this city find itself in this position? >> in 2008, you had a cadre of nine new city council members during the middle of recession cut the guaranteed funding stream for education. the tax rate had built into it 80 cents which generated about $80 million for education. they cut that rate by 60 cents, so the amount guaranteed to be generated for education was reduced $20 million. now, you have an administration that has to scurry around to find $60 million extra that's not built into the tax rate in order to fund the education. now, we have a situation where three different courts have said the city is obligated to fund

the city schools and the city does not now have the money to do so. >> let me ask you quickly, how hopeful are you some deal can be reached and the school year start as planned? >> i met with the mayor yesterday. i think all parties involved including the city council, board of the schools and administration of the city, all of us want to see teachers in classrooms on august 1st and students to follow a week later. we have a meeting this evening with the education committee of the metro city council in hopes to get this behind us. it was a necessary to move to get them to compel, three courts could not do to compel the city to pay the funds in arrears. once the fiscal year started we have $151 million in arrears. >> thank you so much. i want to tell our voters to stay tuned to hear another angle. memphis's mayor, a.c. wharton junior will talk to thomas roberts at 11:00 a.m. eastern

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have you heard about this one? a 6-year-old north carolina girl attacked by a shark. she's still in the hospital but is doing better. her family said she's in good spirits. she had been swimming in shallow water in north carolina, when she was sitting on the leg. to explain how this happened, good morning lilia. >> reporter: good morning. what started out as a perfect family day at the beach soon became dangerous and now that

6-year-old girl is still recovering after that terrifying attack. the 6-year-old girl was swimming with her family at 5:30 tuesday evening. she was boogie boarding in just a foot and a half of water, her mother just 10 feet away, when witnesses say the shark struck seriously wounding her leg. witnesses here are steel reeling from the attack. >> i really wanted her to know she was okay. it really tore me up. >> reporter: the family asked for privacy saying the 6-year-old was in good condition and good spirits quotie ing her saying, i hate sharks, i like dolphins better. shark sightings are not uncommon and beaches are on high alert. >> stay out of the water in the early morning and evening. >> i feel sorry for her and hope i don't get bit. >> reporter: the shark attack is the second in less than a month in north carolina.

this 10-year-old was bit by a shark twice in the leg and she was also in shallow water. >> thought it was somebody messing around and i found out that it wasn't because it pulls me down again. >> reporter: most attacks happen close to shore where sharks like to feed. >> listen to local experts. if there's been a lot of shark sightings, probably a good sign to respect these waters and incredible creatures that live here. >> reporter: across the u.s., there have been 15 reported shark attacks, among them, 12-year-old nicklas, who survived when a shark bit him in texas. >> we were swimming in the surf having a good time in waist-deep water and a shark came up and bit my foot. >> while shark attacks are extremely aware, experts advise stay away from water at dusk and dawn and some sharks are mostly active during those hours and stay in groups and stay as close as possible to the shore. >> words to the wise, thank you.

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welcome back to jansijansin jansing & company. starting to expand in the east, the heat wave, 99 in washington d.c. and detroit. very hot on saturday but relief on the way. this area in the plains will stay hot for the foreseeable future. that will not change at all. very hot across the northeast. a cool front on the way. that will come in the early part of next week and drop temperatures back down where they typically are this time of year, in the 80s in new york city and cooler for north 70s in boston. weather wise, not a lot going

on, a few showers and storms in parts of the cease. and midwest as well. that's where the thunderstorms will be today. we are also watching a category four hurricane south of mexico, very mean storm, that will be driving away from land, bringing high surf areas. back to you. >> thank you so much. here's a look at other stories people are talking about right now. scotland yards is adding investigators into the team looking at the uk phone hacking scandal and at the same time, news corp. says it will stop paying private investigator fees for the person involved in that? and a teenager accused of killing his parents confessed to his best friend and said he didn't believe it until he saw the grizzly scene. >> he told me if i look at it, i can see signs of blood and

that's when i went back and saw his parents' bedroom. >> after you saw this scene, what did you do? >> i was in shock and sitting down and didn't know what to do. >> the friend said hadley was going to commit suicide by taking painkillers when the police alive. the boy kidnapped and killed last week, a grand jury indicted the suspect. he was given toxic mix of prescription drugs before smothering him with a towel. new guidelines issued recommending annual mammography starting at age 40, rather than 50, previously recommended. lindsay lohan returning to courtroom in more than a year, for a routine case review with a

judge over her probation for drunk driving and misdemeanor theft. if she stays out of trouble, it could end this year. > word is the nfl is getting close to ending the lock-out, in 15 minutes. look at this and see if you can tell which is the real and fake apple store. figure it out yet? the one on the right. it was just discovered by a blogger in china. this may be one of the biggest and most blatant ripoffs to date in a country that has a poor track record when it comes down to cracking down on piracy. what does apple have to say about that? >> this is pretty gutsy. apple said there were tell tale signs. paint job was pretty bad. apple never uses the word "apple store" in their logo. they just use what they call a glowing iconic fruit, the apple. you look inside the store, you

see the workers wearing traditional blue shirts you wear at a real apple store. some of the workers didn't even know that the store was fake themselves. they had those posters. >> unbelievable. let's talk about the winklevox twins. facebook went to court over them. they were kind of at the center of the movie and so was larry summers, president of harvard. >> now, he's coming out -- >> look at that. the harvard kids say winkle vy. and larry summers is joining the bashing party saying one of the things you learn as a college president is that if an undergraduate is wearing a tie and jacket on a thursday at 3:00, two possibilities, one is that they're looking for a job and have an interview, the other is that they are -- do you have that bleeppy thing.

i will say a --. you know what. this was the latter case. we put this out on twitter. i am manning it. we asked for your comments. one saying, it is just summers giving talk. is there much more than that? i think so. this is coming from a former treasury secretary and former president of harvard. they reached a $65 million settlement but back in court still in boston. >> we would take it and be on an island somewhere where it's not so hot. >> that's right. but they're making headlines. >> always good to see you. thank you. police have discovered a major clue in the mysterious disappearance of a north carolina mom. she vanished more than a week ago after dropping the kids off at their father's home. more now from investigative crime reporter, michelle.

how important do you think it is police have found laura ackerson's car? >> extremely important. probably one of the biggest clues they could hope for so far. laura was reported last friday missing by her friends, i confirmed it with the police department. they say the raleigh police department are now the lead in this investigation. i did speak with a detective at the raleigh police department this morning and said, yes, they located her car yesterday morning at an apartment complex and starting to go through that. and close in the timeline over the last six days to figure out why she didn't meet her ex-husband, why she didn't pick up her children and where she's been since. >> let's talk about other things friends and family say and say there's no way laura would just leave. >> no way. >> what are the circumstances surrounding her disappearance? >> from what we learned, she was in town for meetings and other business she was handling,

wanted to visit with her kids with the ex-husband at the time, supposed to meet at a gas station in the town of wilson. he claims he was waiting there for her a long period of time, so long the children were getting hot in the back of the car and she didn't show up. he just left, figured she had other things going on. she is a church-goer. her church community has been praying every night for her safe return. many people have come to the plate to say, look, she's not going to suddenly disappear on her own. >> what about the fact she was in the middle -- as i understand it, she and the exhibitions husband, ex-husband, children's father j were in the middle of a custody dispute, correct? >> that's right. normally in these disputes, parents will be there to fight for their children, to nail down certain things, to keep logs, things of that nature, they're not just going to walk away.

this is -- i hope more than anything, this doesn't turn into a lisa stebic, laci peterson, the other missing mom of triplets, active investigation, we talk about it now and sort of fades away. hopefully someone out there has information, if you do, pick up the phone and give the raleigh police a call. anything could be significant in this case. >> good information, michelle, as always. thank you. >> have a good day. today could be the day the nfl lockout finally comes to an end. cnbc's darren rovell is there where owners could sign off on a plan today. what are the chances? >> reporter: this is extremely complicated because owners could sign off. all 32 owners are here and 24 would have to ratify a deal. yesterday, we expected the players to sign off a deal and owners come out this afternoon and say a deal is done after 130

so days. the issue is there's a lot of issues left. while most of the deal has been done, we have an an anti-trust lawsuit by the players still not been dropped. two players insisting they either want free agency for $10 million to settle that. also $320 million in player benefits up in the air and $4 billion in tv money that with the lock-out insurance money the owners were going to get. a couple little issues to settle. again, we expected the players to vote on this yesterday. they didn't. let's hope the honers vote on it. there is one thing on the line for the first time ever, that is the hall of fame game august 7th. sources are telling me, it will be extremely tough to play that game if they don't get a deal done today, $1.3 million insignificant revenue, whatever they have to work out from the tv side. for the first time ever, the nfl is truly faced with losing money. that being said, if they get a 10 year deal done and good,

maybe it's worth missing that game for a little more leverage over the next couple of days. >> good to see you. thank you. something to cool you off on this hot, hot day. take a look, a huge island of ice drifting off the coast of canada, the size of manhattan, broke off a glacier last august and estimated to be about 110,000 years old. as a manager, my team counts on me to stay focused.

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going on in washington the past week and said point-blank, the president simply has not been specific on presenting a specific plan of action. >> [ bleep ] off with them. he said that in a press conference but where is the president's plan? if he has a plan, we should look at it. if he isn't willing to do things the was in the past, we should look at that. neither democrats in the house nor democratic leadership in the senate have presented a plan. >> he says the only ones who presented a specific plan are the republicans. i asked him what good is a plan if, as many critics say, it's essentially dead in the water? >> i think we all agree we have to balance our budget at some point. if they don't like cut cap and balance, let them propose their own version of cut cap and balance. this is not an ideology thing, ratings houses, moody's, standard & poor's all saying to us, your issue is not the debt limit, the issue is the debt.

i have hope people will wake up and realize what we're facing is not a debt limit crisis, a debt crisis and we need to have a credible plan. >> he says that credible plan could be reached if all sides are willing to give a little more. i'll have much more with senator marco rubio with his first spanish language interview. i missed you. >> missed you, too. glad to have you back. in the end, did marco rubio say he thinks there will be a deal by august 2nd? >> he says there should be a deal and quite frankly, according to senator rubio, he doesn't see the president giving specifics. he says without a detailed proposal by the president or democrats, he doesn't see how any agreement can be reached. he says he hopes in the coming days before the 2nd of august something specific will be on the table. >> did you get a sense from him he feels that he's a player at all in all of this?

he's been so high profile in terms of the attention he's been getting but we haven't seen him out there very much. >> he says he's focused like a laser on this issue, says he's willing to talk with anybody and speak about the issue with any side. but i don't think he's really looking for the limelight on this issue. i think he's really got his nose to the ground on how to best help the situation. i have to be honest, i don't see a lot of common ground between republicans and democrats on this issue. that includes senator rubio. >> let me ask you about some of your viewers. we talked a lot about the impact of latino vote coming up in 2012. this is one of the critical battles, if not the critical battle certainly on the right for the 2012 elections. what are you hearing? what's your sense in the community about these debt talks? >> that's a very interesting question, chris. i think we as the media, i include myself, haven't been doing a good enough job explaining to our community

exactly what's at stake here and what can or cannot happen after the 2nd of august. people in our community are like everyone in the country, concerned about what may happen if these sides don't get some kind of agreement by the 2nd of august. the fact of the matter is that people in our community, as they are, i think, across the country, frustrated politicians can't do the job they have been brought to washington to do. they represent us and we expect our elected officials to be able to sit at the table and get things done. i think it's frustrating to hispanics and non-hispanics alike our elected officials are here and they simply can't get agreements. >> jose, welcome back, good to see you. a reminder, as always, you can catch jose every week night. comparing technologies of landing on the moon with what we

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236 congressman and 31 senators have signed grover norquist's pledge promising they won't raise taxes. what about letting the bush tax cuts expire. in this morning's "washington post" editorial page, grover norquist said, no, not continuing a tax cut is not technically a tax increase. joining us, the president of republicans for tax reform. is that correct? you surprised and shockeded the editorial board. is that indeed your position now? >> i think they need to follow the rest of the conversation

that wouldn't pass the last test to go to the american people and tell them you just allowed 4 trillion dollars in higher taxes while allowing the 2001-2003 lower rates to laps and tell people that's not a tax increase. it clearly would be a dramatic tax increase in taxes. how you get into cbo scoring and technicalities is a different issue in terms of taxes lapsing. anything that would allow the top rate to go from 35 to 40 and lower rates from jobs to capital gains tax to jobs and a $4 trillion tax increase. >> i want to make sure i understand you. so many of the republicans who have signed this pledge have said they cannot break it, that their constituents expect them to keep this pledge. if they voted -- if it's okay to allow the bush tax cuts to expire, does it break the pledge or are you giving them an out? steny hoyer came out and said your position will help john

boehner get republicans behind a long term deal. >> hoyer is wrong. the answer is the people have made this commitment not to raise taxes have made it clear they're not raising taxes and boehner and the other republicans have said that independent of the pledge. there's certain things you could do technically and not violate the pledge but the general public would clearly understand is a tax increase. so i can be clear, americans for tax reform would oppose any effort to weaken, reduce or not continue the 2001-2003 bush tax cuts and any changes of taxes should be kept separate from the budget deal. this is not some change that's taken place, atr has always made it very clear we oppose any and all efforts to weaken or not continue the bush tax cuts or any existing tax cuts. clearly, they need to continue, and not to continue them would be seen by the american people as a very dramatic tax increase

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