. >> >> a collision between e in trains in topeka, kansas. you can see bulldozers assisting with the cleanup. because of the collision is under investigation. federal prosecutors will attend a bond hearing for several alleged homegrown terrorists today. investigators say four georgia men were members of the militia and worked together to plot attacks with poisons and explosives against the government officials predict demand range in age from 55 to 73. if convicted, they could face more than a decade in prison. memory lapses are apparently running ramp it through the gop candidates. the latest stock herman cain. during an interview with "the milwaukee journal sentinel," he was asked if he supported the president's policy on libya, a policy he appeared to know nothing about. >> i do not agree with the way he handled it for the following reason --, that is a different one. i've got to go back and see -- all this stuff twirling around in my head. >> after a long pause, he even seemed to turn to the reporter for confirmation. >> president obama s

. >>> fears of an earthquake rapidly spread after a two-train collision rocked topeka, kansas, residents. the crash left railroad crews with a clean-up job. 32 cars derailed and over 600 feet of track needed to be replaced. >>> the world's bravest have arrived in myrtle beach. hundreds of firefighters from america and abroad are if town for the firefighter combat challenge. dressed in full gear, they competed if a variety of events that showcase the talent and skills they use to save lives. >>> well, now here's a look at your national and regional weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins who shows his skills as preparing you for your day. good morning to you. >> they should have the weather challenge. we'll do it like in vegas. >> you carry umbrellas and see who you can fend off? i'll participate in that. >> maybe like the news anchor challenge like in the kay mcaym islands. >> who can read the fastest? >> good morning, everyone. we are watching rain headed through the east and southeast, watch out for thunderstorms this morning. maybe even a few strong thunderstorms. areas down there

. >>> fears of an earthquake rapidly spread after two trains collide and rocked topeka, kansas, residents. the crash left railroad crews with a colossal cleanup job. all 32 cars derailed and over 600 feet of track need to be replaced. >>> finally, the world's bravest have arrived in myrtle beach. hundreds of firefighters from america and abroad are in town for the firefighter combat challenge. dressed in full gear, they competed in a variety of events that showcase the talent and skills they use to save lives. >>> now for a look at national and regional weather here is nbc meteorologist bill karins with your weather channel forecast. good morning to you, bill. >> you are going to save me or your shoes if there is a fire? >> you know the answer to that question. the shoes, come on. >> throw us all out the window and see what survives. we are watching, for the most part, very warm conditions out there in the eastern half of the country. but the west is winter is in full force. winter storm warnings in the cascades through the northern rockies and temperatures are very, very chilly around bo

. >>> fears of an earthquake rapidly spread after two trains collide and rocked topeka, kansas, residents. the crash left railroad crews with a clean-up job. 32 cars derailed and over 600 feet of track needed to be replaced. >>> finally, the world's bravest have arrived in myrtle beach. hundreds of firefighters from america and abroad are in town for the firefighter combat challenge. dressed in full gear, they competed in a variety of events that showcase the talent and skills they use to save lives. >>> now for a look at national and regional weather here is nbc meteorologist bill karins with your weather channel forecast. good morning to you, bill. >> we're not quite saving lives here -- >> you're changing lives, how about that? >> we are. >> maybe people wouldn't have brought an umbrella to work today. how about that? i'm trying. >> i'll think that and make myself feel important. we are here to help, educate and occasionally entertain. good morning. here's a look at your weather forecast on this wednesday. a lot of rain moving through areas of tennessee and kentucky. chance of thunders

. >>> fears of an earthquake spread after a two-train collision in topeka, kansas. in all 32 cars derailed and over 600 feet of track needed to be replaced. >>> and the world's bravest have arrived in myrtle beach. hundreds of firefighters from the united states and abroad are in town for the annual firefighter combat challenge. dressed in full gear, these participants compete in a variety of events that showcase their talent that is used to save lives around the world. >>> we turn to bill karins now for the weather channel forecast. i'm hoping it's another good day of good weather. >> no. the ride sending. welcome to "first look," early for you. usually you have the cozy 10:00. >> can you tell my eyes are barely open now? >> yes, toothpicks and caffeine. we have a weather threat this morning. if you're waking up in louisiana, mississippi, alabama, north georgia and the carolinas, that's where we will have the strongest thunderstorms today. just had a report of a tornado in louisiana, knocked some trees down over the interstate but no damage to homes or structures.

they were in topeka pension earnings years, and this was the population you want to get rid of. so they use billions of dollars in surplus to help finance restructuring. they didn't use it to pay cash severance because you are not allowed to do that. instead, they called it an incentive benefit of some kind. for example, bell atlantic use $3 billion to get 25,000 of its management employees to leave, and you had a number of companies doing this and billions of dollars going out of the plan. this was saving the company cash because they didn't have to come into the corporate coffers to pay for. they just use pension assets. meanwhile, you have companies like dupont which have pioneered this technique of taking money out of the plan to pay for retiree health benefits. again, this saved the company's cash because they didn't have to reach into the coffers and pay this for the health care. you had now two things going on. you had companies taking money out to pay for the restructuring and money to pay for the retiree health. that's a lot of money going out the door. to give you an e

>> i went to topeka, to an institute for the mentally unwell.nd they said, the other famous person who lives here. he is in nice and you should go see him. he must have been in his 80s. he said, come horseback riding with me. it was like jumping on the express train. he was a marvelous man. >> and what about coffee with johnny carson? -- >> the tonight show was taped in burbank and the tapes were sent overnight. i think that's how it was done. the fellow who took them every night -- he said that i should meet johnny carson. he did not have me on the show but he said it -- >> what was the reason -- you were by yourself. where did you get this wanderlust? -- >> i am not entirely certain. my parents did not travel a great deal. and all went back to this deep disappointment. i sat next to this boy in school whose father built trains and lived in america. he lived in connecticut and he would come back from the holidays and show me pictures -- it sounds ridiculous, but the merritt parkway. i thought this was the most beautiful highway i had ever seen.

>> i went to topeka, to an institute for the mentally unwell. and they said, the other famous person who lives here. he said harold stassen is here. he is in nice and you should go see him. he must have been in his 80s. fit as a fiddle. he asked if i rode horses. he said, come horseback riding with me. he talked about running against roosevelt and he saidit was like jumping on the express train. he was a marvelous man. >> and what about coffee with johnny carson? -- >> the tonight show was taped in burbank and the tapes were sent overnight. the tapes were flown back overnight to be broadcast from new york. it was arcane and aruba goldberger ini think that's how it was done. the fellow who took them every night -- he said that i should meet johnny carson. he took a brief shine to this young school boy. he did not have me on the show but he said it -- , and have a cup of coffee. >> what was the reason -- you were by yourself. >> yes i was. >>where did you get this wanderlust? -- >> i am not entirely certain. my parents did not travel a great deal.

he says when he broke into their house near topeka in 2009, they all made a deal.d give them money if they hid him from police. instead, we're told the couple let him watch movies until he fell asleep and then they escaped. police ultimately found the guy and he's serving an 11-year sentence. the couple's lawyer says there was no deal between the kidnapper and the hostages and even if there were, i mean, he broke into their home. give me a rest. >>> frosty the snowman had a corn cobb pipe and two eyes made of coal. but no criminal record as far as we know until now. oh, frosty. congratulations. congratulations. congralations. today, the city of charlotte can use verizon technology to inspire binesses to conserve energy and monitor costs. making communities greener... congratulations. ... and buildings as valuable to the bottom line... whoa ! ... as the people inside them. congratulations. because when you add verizon to your company, you don't just add, you multiply. ♪ discover something new... verizon. >> you're watching the fox report from america's news leader o

saw at "network stars, tom brokaw and barbara john cochran holding forth at a news conference in topeka, kansas. i became fascinated with the worker broadcast news and they were camped outside the ballroom at the ramada inn. i decided to get into the business anyway. i have you to thank for that but not sure my wife would say the same thing. for decades, americans have had breakfast with our guest, perhaps a dinner, or even a nightcap. he hosted "the today show." he is here today to talk about his new book, "the time of our lives, and examining the past promise of america." he will give us his unique perspective and tell us what he thinks about the great divide in our political climate. many of you are familiar with his remarkable story. a native of south dakota, he married miss south dakota and they will soon celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. his first tv news gigs or in iowa, atlanta, and nebraska. we are told he has covered 11 presidential elections. he was the white house correspondent during watergate and then he hosted "the today show." he became the anchor and managing ed

brokaw and the husband of our guest today, john cochran, holding a presidential news conference in topeka kansas where as an impressionable youngster i became fascinated with the work of broadcast news and they were camped outside the ballroom at the ramada inn and i decided to get into the business anyway. seeing that i set my sights on the business and in well ahead of you to tank over that, not so sure my wife and say the same thing. for decades now americans have had breakfast with our guest, perhaps 10 or even a nightcap. he hosted "the today show" and was of course a longtime anchor of nbc nightly news and frequently serving as the host a primetime teachers specials. he is here today to talk about his new book, the time of our lives come examining the past, present and promise of america. he will give us his unique perspective on his current point of history and tell us what he thinks about the great divide in our political climate. many of you are familiar with his remarkable story. a native of south dakota, he married miss south dakota and they will soon celebrate their 50th weddi

ford that i saw to network's stars, tom brokaw holding court at a presidential news conference in topeka, kansas. i became fascinated with the work of broadcast news. they were camped outside the ballroom at the ramada end. i did set my sights -- wmata -- ramada inn. americans of had breakfast with our guests, dinner, or a nightcap. he hosted the "today show." he is here today to talk about his new book, "the time of our lives." he will give us his unique perspective of this current point in history and tell us what he thinks about the great divide in our political climate. many of you are familiar with his remarkable story. his first tv news kids were in iowa, nebraska, atlanta. he joined nbc news in 1966 as a reporter. we're told that he has covered 11 presidential elections. he was the white house correspondent during watergate. in 1983, he became the managing editor of the nightly news, where he remained until 2005. having been named one of the most trusted people in america, he was passed by nbc to step back from the spotlight to host "meet the press." he has won every major award i

just this summer, topeka, kansas, took the drastic almost unbelievable step of decriminalizing domestic violence because the city did not have the funds needed to prosecute these cases. in other words, no matter how badly somebody is beaten or abused or violated, they say sorry, we can't prosecute this case. we can't afford to. we can. we have to do better than that. how do you tell tell a battered, bruised, beaten victim sorry, change the lox on your -- the locks on your doors, there is nothing we can do to help you. i just can't believe this country has come to that. budgets are tight, but it's not acceptable to turn our backs on these victims. for many, the programs funded through the violence against women act are nothing short of a lifeline. i mean just that, a lifeline because it has saved lives. the reauthorization bill that senator crapo and i will introduce on wednesday reflect congress' ongoing commitment to end domestic and sexual violence. it seeks to expand the law's focus on sexual assault, to ensure access to services for all victims of domestic and sexual violence, to ad