he's not only appealing to dog lovers but gun lovers. chris: this guy is good. when we come back, iowa is the number one pork producing state but is it any good at producing a nominee for president? chris: welcome back. iowa has a rotten record at picking republican winners. take a look at the guys who have won the iowa caucuses over the years in every contested republican race back to 1980 and count how many went on to get the nomination. >> iowa has set something in motion, the forward momentum is clearly established. >> believe me, the people of iowa listened and they responded. >> and i promise you that i was always -- i will always stand with iowa and i mean that from the bottom of my heart. >> lord i thank you very much and thank you iowa. i love iowa a whole lot. chris: they got two winners in 30-something years, dole in 1996, and bush. this is not a good state to be picked as the winner. >> after huckabee gave the speech about loving iowa, he went on to new hampshire and came in third. it's a swing state. chris: is it a good place to look for a yen elect

for affluent dog lovers, the breed to have is the tibetan mastiff. >> reporter: no, it's not a lion. tibet an mastiffs are from western china. standing guard over homes and livestock. they have religious status in the homes. they are called dog of the gods. outside of tibet, the himalayan hounds are now overrunning the markets in beijing. prices start at $3,000. some sell for more than $30,000. this buyer is from the northeastern city of habin. >> translator: this is a brave and attractive looking tibetan dog. i'm really happy to buy it. >> reporter: the canine trade is booming. there are more than 100 markets like this across the country. this 44-year-old keeps 10 tibetan mastiffs in beijing. this 2-year-old male is his favorite, and most expensive. $77,000. >> translator: this one has thick legs and big eyes. this pedigree of tibetan dog is not easy to come by. it is very precious. >> reporter: he rented 1,000 square meters of ground next to his home for their exclusive use. a walker caters to all their needs. it costs $43,000 a year to feed his dogs and pay the staff. in tibet, th

for affluent dog lovers, the breed to have is the tibetan mastiff. >> reporter: no, it's not a lion. tibet an mastiffs are from western china. standing guard over homes and livestock. they have religious status in the homes. they are called dog of the gods. outside of tibet, the himalayan hounds are now overrunning the markets in beijing. prices start at $3,000. some sell for more than $30,000. this buyer is from the northeastern city of habin. >> translator: this is a brave and attractive looking tibetan dog. i'm really happy to buy it. >> reporter: the canine trade is booming. there are more than 100 markets like this across the country. this 44-year-old keeps 10 tibetan mastiffs in beijing. this 2-year-old male is his favorite, and most expensive. $77,000. >> translator: this one has thick legs and big eyes. this pedigree of tibetan dog is not easy to come by. it is very precious. >> reporter: he rented 1,000 square meters of ground next to his home for their exclusive use. a walker caters to all their needs. it costs $43,000 a year to feed his dogs and pay the staff. in tibet, th

two lovers living on the opposite sides of a lake used to me at night with the girl lighting a candle to indicate where she was. one day her father discovered the affair and put out the light. her lover lost his way and drowned and she jumped into the since then, the villagers have carried on the tdi candle dance. >>> hi there and welcome back. here's your weather update. start about talking about this typhoon, this is a very strong typhoon, moving in a northwest direction very slowly. residents in low lying and mountainous areas, alerts against flooding is posted widely as well as people living in the coastal areas. these storms are bringing high waves up to five meters in someplaces so please stay away from those coastal areas. it is heading toward taiwan and as it does it may weaken just a little bit but already affecting taiwan with showers and strong wind. as this typhoon gets close ter will become heavier and stronger and affecting okinawa on monday as well. apart from that typhoon, we have a severe tropical storm talas which is going to be intensifying as well. on saturday morn

it is jam-packed with musical lovers. bands are taking to dozens of stages big and small here in golden gate park in san francisco. this is day two of the three-day event. and the fourth year of outside lands. the festival is one of the most important musical events in the country drawing in big names like fish, muse and the black eyed peas. planners expect around 60,000 people a day with more than half of them coming from out of town. music lovers say it is worth the trip. >> we came about nine hours and saved all summer for this trip. we really wanted to see some of the bands we saw back at home. so we decided to drive up with about five of our friends. >> reporter: and it is not just the music that brings in so many people to the festival here. you can spend all day just eating and drinking. the event has a unique emphasis on gourmet food and wine. there's a wine tent set up with 30 wineries offering a taste or glass to concert goers. >> what outside lands does better than anyone else is bring together music, of course

the country find a place where you fit in so i'm a believer who tries to follow the laws of these lovers. well there should be political you're definitely a religious man but you're also a statesman which means you have. situations should there be a borderline between them in a modern society. that's a busy one with sharia law obliges us to protect the constitution of the russian federation and the constitution of the chechen republic we should be carefully protecting the existing system i mean muslims muslim on. how do you think it's possible to foster tolerance religious and ethnic in our society and in our country because according to the latest events we're far away from that is it possible to bring up an ethnically tolerant generation but if the more of course yes why not how can i respond to everything is being done for that in our republic there is mutual understanding in all respects in terms of religion and ethnic origin mine we haven't had a single interethnic clash but we live in build our future treating everybody equally but we give ethnic minorities an opportunity to promot

follow all the rules then having a second and third wife is a thousand times as difficult as having a lover of this when they asked me what is more important to get your of i say of course but the laws of the show riot are more important we live in a secular state if the law permits us to live and work while observing the law as long as the law does not intrude on the rights of muslims maybe if the law does intrude on your rights as a muslim you shouldn't fight you should leave the country find a place where you fit in so i'm a believer who tries to follow the laws of his lover's. well it should be political you're definitely a religious man but you're also a statesman which means you have to uphold the russian constitution should there be a borderline between them in a modern society. and that's a big problem with sharia law obliges us to protect the constitution of the russian federation and the constitution of the chechen republic and i think we should be carefully protecting the existing system i mean muslims from one who how do you think it's possible to foster tolerance religious and

. >> starting to pop out just a bit but fog lovers got to love the week ahead. >> how many fog lovers>> they are out there. believe me. they get mad when they say it is sunny and hot. >> fog around the bay area. dense fog is beginning to break up outside. coit tower, a little fog in the distance but blue skies, too. we're looking good as we see more sunshine into the afternoon. and really, no major changes in the forecast. and look for the same thing for the next five to seven days and then heat up just a bit. still, patchy fog. up, that is the story. really starting to pop around the bay area. still confined to the coastline where it sits there the better part of the day. sunshine and warm temperatures in the valleys. 80s near 90 in places like antioch and brentwood. and to the bay, 60s and 70s. toward the coast, pretty gloomy. tonight, the low clouds and fog race back onshore. so the patchy fog, yes, finally going to give way to more sunshine into the afternoon. but right now, you're looking at 75 degrees in livermore. and 74 in san jose. 66 degrees in the napa valley. i think as we

agnes and her husband carl were great music lovers, they loved classical music. just as she brought affordable drugs to market, she supported the arts and made music and concerts more affordable to all. she donated the agnes varis performance stage to jazz at lincoln center and sponsored the jazz foundation of america's national education children, children's jazz in school program which employs elderly jazz musicians just like agnes. she knew there were elderly jazz musicians who were out of work and struggling. she knew that bringing jazz to young children would be a great thing for many of them. she combined the two and just did it. that was agnes. she was one of the metropolitan operas in new york city, one of the greatest operas in the world, she was one of its most generous and engaging board members. she was committed to bringing opera, typically, again, to the widest possible audience, including those who could not afford tickets. in 2006, she funded the enormously popular agnes varis and carl leichman rush tickets program which offered expensive orchestr

devoted to the love, a very passionate love, for dimusi, who is a shepherd who she takes as her husband, lover and king. and this is called the return. a lament was raised in the city. my lady weeps bitterly for her young husband. anana weeps bitterly for her young husband. woe for her husband, woe for her young love, woe for her house, woe for her city. dimusi was taken captive in aruk. he will no longer bathe in aradu. he will no longer treat the mother of anana of his mother. he will no longer perform his sweet task among the maidens of the city. he will no longer raise his sword higher than the kugar of priests. great is the grief of those who mourn for dimusi. anani wept for dimusi. gone is my husband, my sweet husband. gone is my sweet love. my beloved has been taken from the city. oh, you flies of the steppe, my beloved bride groom has been taken from me before i could wrap him with a proper shroud. the wild bull lives no more. his shepherd, the wild bull, lives no more. dimusi, the wild bull, lives no more. i ask the hills and valleys where is my husband. i say to him, i can no longer

>> steve: wow. >> jimmy: seafood lover. >> steve: for the seafood lover in you. [ laughter ] [ applause'm on a seafood diet. >> steve: what's that? >> jimmy: just shrimp, mussels -- [ light laughter ] let's take a look at this next card, here. this is a -- a love card here. it says, "you can always marry someone you love." that's a good thing to remember. that's beautiful. click here. "or you can do what we did." [ laughter ] >> steve: wow. >> jimmy: let's see our next card, here. >> steve: oh, good. >> jimmy: oh, this is nice. looks like you send this to a couple who just had a baby. it says "congratulations -- your baby has four hands and four feet." [ laughter ] get a job in a circus? >> steve: i guess. >> jimmy: i don't know. let's see another one, here. ah, the old office party invite. we have a lot of those around here. this one says "who's ready for an office party? you are, you slut!" [ laughter ] some people really are sluts at office parties. >> steve: apparently morals are looser. >> jimmy: yeah, they are. we got one more left. let's check out this last card here. looks like

. >> local dog lovers get a word on whether they've won a brand new dog park. >> the bay area warmed up today, will that hold true for weekend? stay tuned for my accu-weather forecast coming up. >> and surprise nug report about california cell phones. most popular brand isn't apple. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. the weak economy means families are reassessing how much they're going to spend on bill items this year, that was one group expecting a drop in sales. and we have more from sun valley mall. >> well arks cording to the nation yam retail federation, 80 percent of american families say they'll spend less this year because of the bad economy. and that survey done before the recent trouble. back to school shoppers out in force, with a keen eye towards buying only essential atz lowest prices. >> there is a clearance rack first, then going for regular priced stuff. >> dollar tree is the first stop for many in the market for best buys on pencils and binder autos just knowing prices every year from buying them for last 17 years i know the dollar store is c

. >> bachmann may have cornered the market on golf carts, but candidate cane was first with pizza lovers. his campaign handing out tons of god father's pizza. ♪ >> i think he sounds good. isn't it crazy that you see all these hidden talents that the candidates have. there's mike huckabee playing backup for him. all right. let's go to break on a little music. have i got a surprise for you! [ barks ] yeah, it's new beneful healthy fiesta. gotta love the protein for muscles-- whoo-hoo! and omega-rich nutrition for that shiny coat. ever think healthy could taste so good? [ woman announcing ] new beneful healthy fiesta. >>> we've been talking online today about the challenges president obama faces with a faltering economy and his approval rating at an all time low. even some democrats now pushing him to do more. will it mean a liberal challenger in the democratic primary? patrick miller writes in ses, no way. all we want is president obama to show the republicans right wing extremists and the tea party that he is boss. we still have hope and want to see the complete change in washington that

she's an animal lover just like you. even better. congrats. more from "world news now" when we come right back. ♪ >>> your last time. >> i got to hit it this time. one -- >> oh, that was -- >> that's just a failed -- >> they're drinking upstairs again. >>> finally this half hour, hit the stamp belatedly, as you saw there, our favorite story of the day. it's about a former lifeguard on new york's long island. >> he wants his old job back. he says hehe lost it because he wanted to cover up a bit. abc's andrea canning is hanging out with the story. >> reporter: at 61 years old, roy lester is comfortable in his own skin. he just wants a little more of it covered up. >> they're not cut here. they're not showing a lot of skin. they're not showing a lot of thigh. >> reporter: as a lifeguard he's perfectly happy to spend his day in a bathing suit, just not a speedo. why hate the speedo? >> it's called aging gracefully. at a certain point, the older you get, the less skin you y hpi if you have a washboarach. efusthe requirement to wear the skimpy suit

. >> aids knows the lovers a tear a way from risk. replacing cocktails or jag ed little pills how to keep pharmaceutical pills. knows the fearless meaning of a friend's kisser hug. and converts to spirituality. knows the dim to light to allude detection to be grateful for the gift the clothing and shelter. to remain silent. aids knows to time on earth. but no matter how much you drink, you are all dehydrated. i choice of taking pleasure in what is left in life. the thoughts of suicide in the back of your head. that everyone still thinks it's a deserving fate for gays and prostitutes and the children born of designer jewelry. knows how to be used to profit politicians. providing flatter for art and something to be left behind. he has left his angels behind. none of us knowing where exactly we are headed. and this is also a new poem. it's potentially the title of my next poetry collection. i read a lot about religion being raised catholic. this is called just like jesus. if i get struck down by thunder. just like jesus. i want childhood

i gave me lover a cherry and lived on. endure these bitter hips and hot heads and the empty collapse. night will still holdup after all these years. summer snap. >> virginia tech. the loner is here. the one who stopped listening. the one with the hidden fuse. with the fist. with the hole in his heart. with the cool guns, the one who blasts away. who kills just because. who kills as well because there's nothing left but the dead. kills himself. suicide on top of all these kills and now you know, what a mar gin in old baghdad in the wrong place at the wrong time why you're mourning is going in one ear of the deaf tomorrow. and out the deafening utter. air cane. one, the sorrow these many months isn't because celebrities put eyes all over my body as i was in the u.s. again. not the other america. it comes from the footprint of a kick stab in my back. got riding a bus to a reading with some really destitute brothers and sisters in a 16, 3 office space. i am sitting in the rear of the bus reading a translation of the book of th

. >>> and burger lovers will love this. actually maybe not. the new creation that will hopefully not sweep the nation. >> and coming up, espn reporting that gore is upset that his contract deal isn't done. that's not what he said to us. >>> and sanford's new head coach. how his temper compares to that of the former cardinal coach. >>> and the closer on the dl but the road trip ends on the high note. that's all on game day. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "the help" is cleaning up at the box office. after opening in second place last week, the . >>> the help is cleaning up after opening in second place. the comedy drama about black maids in the early civil rights era was a top gross, more than $20 million. the rest of the top five were more typical block busters, rise of the planet of the apes, spy kids, conan and fright night movement will nothing that catches the media's attention more than a star or public official squirming in front of the camera. if they walk out, the outcome can make for entertaining tv. we have advice on how not to make a quick exit.

. >> the real victims are not dolphin siewsh sushi lovers but duck hunters.ost are afraid to speak out. >> how will this project affect your lifestyle? >> it will be terrible. i can't kill a duck that is already dead. >> that does sound terrible. >> (bleep) you no good treacherous mexican. >> i'm actually indian. >> (bleep). [laughter] >> as the duck hunters habitat is slowly encroached upon by a more efficient duck killing machine, one thing is clear: would you say in this instance the hunter has become the hunted? >> i would say that the hunter was not considered in this plan. hunters, not the hunted, because the hunter will not be hit to the turbines. >> i think if you say that it would bring a tear to people's eyes. the hunter has been hunted. >> semantically it's not true. >> if you want things to change say the hunter has become the hunted. >> great tv. i'm not going to say that. >> well, someone has to say it. deep in the heart of the florida everglades the hunter has become the hunted. [laughter] >> jon: thank you i'm robert shapiro. over a million pe

time, for it's as long as a giraffe and as meaningly as a dust broom and it provides no shade for lovers. a small boy says, i used to draw it without air. its lines were easy to follow. and a girl says the sky today is lacking because the cypress is in pieces. and a young man says, no, the sky today is complete because the cypress is in pieces. and i say to myself, it's not obscure or clear. the cypress is in pieces. there is only this. the cypress is in pieces. . >> a poem i wrote shortly after 9-11. the terrorists for rachel cory and all those who were idealists and who actually believed that they could make an effect and social change. the terrorists who lives amongst us is not you, the terrorist who lurks in the shadows of our crowded city streets isn't me. he's not a demon with bulging eyes, a twisted mouth full of dirt, a crooked mouth, fangs driping blood. it's not the savage guner waiting for our school on their way to school. no, this heinous replica of satan doesn't look like a jew. dopt make a habit of supplying the motives of sin with colors of skin because it's skin deep. a

piles of music lovers are packing the park we will give you an inside look. and a medal of honor recipient gift to trot the first pitch at a game. we will show the special moment for the army ranger. >> the fbi says the bodies of an adult male and a little girl were found in the suspects point fall for runner, they found the vehicle on a road on somerset. investigators say that he kidnap his starter nearly one week ago. today, voters had the first opportunity to weigh in on the 2012 presidential election. the straw poll in iowa is a key test for republican candidates, not all of them were in attendance. the show you voters selected as the republican front runner. >> it is a crucial weekend for the 2012 gop presidential candidates. and the politicians and their supporters are ramping up in high gear. >> the the winner of the 2011 iowa straw poll is congresswoman michelle bachman. >> the minnesota congresswoman took first place with 29 percent of the folk, congressman ron paul took a close second at 28%, tim pawlenty finished third. nine candidates made on the

devoted to the love, a very passionate love, for dimusi, who is a shepherd who she takes as her husband, lover and king. and this is called the return. a lament was raised in the city. my lady weeps bitterly for her young husband. anana weeps bitterly for her young husband. woe for her husband, woe for her young love, woe for her house, woe for her city. dimusi was taken captive in

. >>> grilled cheese lovers have a new place to indulge their weakness.mount restaurant at its grand opening today. the restaurant is the brainchild of jonathan kaplan. he told channel 2 decades getting high quality sandwiches in his show will ensure success. -- of high but these images will show a success. >>> and the today celebrated the opening of a high-tech firm's new headquarters. it is a danish cloud based helpdesk software company. after growing to 100 employees, is moving into a larger space on the market. it is encouraging businesses to move to the central market area. so the clock is ticking for a memo bart ney wrote trying to save a 300 year oaktree. swapper on the reports come a new group has joined this site. >> reporter: that a man is at. they -- the date is set. they will inside the fate of the old oak tree. they said it would consider running the pipe underneath the tree is a neighborhood to some extent, liability insurance and allows public access. >> that people that are trying to get something done and it's funny that they go through a

look at bianca with a chocolate lover she was so upset she blogged about chocolate, but all with a friendly warmth. >> eat it slowly, enjoy it and don't go overboard. >> reporter: mark twain said the only way to keep your health, eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like and do what you'd rather not. it doesn't seem to apply to chocolate. nothing is perfect. but chocolate may be as close as mother nature can get. lee cowan, nbc news, los angeles. >> okay, permission to go wild. that's our broadcast for this tuesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> good evening,thank you for joining us on this tuesday. i'm raj mathai. >> i'm jessica aguirre. not if, but when. the ntsb slamming pg & e saying the rupture in san bruno represented a multitude of mistakes. >> the ntsb claiming that it was a cyst mat systematic failure, live team coverage beginning

marvin was his smooth lover man. why are you going to sing a protest song called "what is going on?" it was one of the best songs ever written, so he is fallible like that. when you are putting together a show, as the venue change? >> it has a lot to do with who we are performing for and whether they love you already. if we are lucky enough to be the headliner, you know they love you. if you are opening for somebody, you want to put something that will get recognition so they know you through your business and not -- 3 your music. people think of us as songwriters that saying, they start saying, i did not know they wrote that. that really helps us out with new audiences. >> you have to be ready to change on the spot. if we feel the wrong love from the audience, you have to turn it around and change it immediately. you have to be ready to change it immediately, because there are certain kinds of people who like different kinds of songs. some people want to dance when they come out. some people want to be intimate with

. >> dog lovers in pacifica are anxious to hear a >>> scientists say a new lava flow has begun at kilauea and has been erupting for three decades. experts say it doesn't pose a hazard to residents in hawaii. it started oozing on wednesday, half a mile. kilauea is one of the world's most active volcanos and has been erupting since january 1983. >>> a sewlar powered -- solar powered spacecraft left for jupiter. iggest planet ke five years in the solar system. this is a picture tweeted by nasa earlier in morning. it will be powered by three huge solar panels and set the record by the farthest distance traveled by spacecraft. others relied on nuclear energy. they hope to figure out how the earliest planets formed by studying jupiter. >> a lot to learn here. >> the physics is crazy. it has to orbit the sun for a year and come back to earth. use gravity of earth to fling its to jupiter. >> can youic if the weather? >> no. the same old, same old. this is nice and sunny in the east bay. the fire danger is slow. there is a flip side to all of this cooler than average weather. we are sti