they will consider the nomination of a judge to the district court of western tennessee. they will also look at small business taxes. the house live at 2:00 eastern on c-span, and the senate live on c-span 2. during this week paz question time, british prime minister david cameron answer questions on the banking scandal that results -- resulted in a recent resignations, including american banker bob diamond. the opposition leader pressed the prime minister about performing an independent inquiry, but the prime minister argued that a public inquiry would be swift and decisive. members challenged the prime minister about holding an eu at referendum on the membership in the european union. this is half an hour. >> i am sure the whole house will wish to pay tribute in the -- to the three servicemen killed in afghanistan. of the first battalion welsh guards. also, leonard thomas. we send our heartfelt condolences to the families of the serviceman killed in this tragic incident. they will never be forgotten by our nation. this morning, i have meetings with ministerial colleague

here where the core of the heat is across parts of arkansas, western tennessee and portions of northern louisiana and texas. 104 in memphis, tennessee. you factor in the humidity it feels even worse. we are expecting heat index values to make it up to 115 degrees. meaning when you head out the door it will feel like 115. very dangerous conditions across arkansas louisiana. we have a number of heat advisories for today and we are expecting the heat to continue for the next couple days. heat advisories will remain into effect. 80 percent of the u.s. is abnormally dry. not much warmer across parts of the northeast. you can see the showers burning up later on today. >> oo it is 11 minutes near the top of the hour. nearly 4 decades later old glory is proudly waiving. new images from space showing those american flags planted up there on the moon they are still standing strong. >> that is fantastic. i like the symbolism. >> for many of you this morning you are probably getting ready to head out the door to go to work or school or something. there's something out there that talks about road ra

district court for western tennessee. they'll also look at small business taxes. the house live at 2:00 eastern on c-span. the senate live at 2:00 eastern on c-span2. >> a number of live events today on the c-span networks. on c-span at 10:00 a.m. eastern we'll bring you new jersey governor chris christie. he's followed by maryland congressman steny hoyer at noon eastern. over on c-span2, the woodrow wilson center discusses the 2012 mexican presidential election results. that's at 9:00 eastern. and on c-span 3, join us at 5:00 eastern for the house rules committee. legislation tor repeal president obama's health care law which is expected on the house floor on tuesday. on "washington journal," at 7:45 eastern, congressional quarterly looks at the week ahead for congress including a vote on repealing the health care law in the house and tax debate in the senate. both chambers are back in session later today followed by that is paul bishop. and in our final hour, energy

of tennessee to be united states district judge for the western district of tennessee. mr. leahy: mr. president? the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will be 30 minutes of debate, equally divided in the usual form, sir. mr. leahy: i see the distinguished senior senator from tennessee on the floor and i will make sure that he has plenty of time to speak. if not, i will ask consent for are extra time for him. i am worried, however, and i say this knowing of the strong support of the senator from tennessee for john fowlkes jr., i am concerned that senate republicans are falling through on their opposition -- partisan opposition to the president by seeking to slam the door on consensus nominees who have bipartisan support. and take advantage of the delaying tactics they've been deploying for three and a half years. it may seem like good political partisan sense to try to block president obama at each step of the way on judges but it hurts the american people and all americans, republicans and democrats. the american people and the overburdened federal courts n

big storms well to the south and west and eastern tennessee and western north carolina.emperatures, they're good. real good. 64 in winchester. cumberland and petersburg. 50s in garrett county. still 74 here and a warmer 78 on the bay. but a good start to what's going to be a great weather day. traffic wise. monika samtani stepping in at 5:30 to let you know how good those conditions are. >>> everything is doing great. i have a couple of delays on marc brunswick line 870, 8 to 10 minutes late. 890 is 15 to 20 minutes late. things look great on the beltway east side of town. no problems here through cheverly on route 50, the bw parkway. everything is looking fine. we'll go over to the other maps first and show you what it looks like on the inbound side of i-66. on the inbound side no problems to report here. as cow in from centreville on 66 all the way to the beltway you're going to be fine. now let's take another live look outside on the other side of town if you're planning to head in on 95, the bw parkway, route 50 as i said. things are great. this is in landover inside

to show you there is rain coming in the deep south today, making its way towards kentucky and western tennessee. denver comes in at 93. the heat is there. we'll show you how it moves back into the bulk of the country for the weekend. right now, that's a quick look at your weather around the nation. degrees at reagan national. dulles airport. have a stationary front south of us. as a warmnorthward today into the -- we may sees west of dc 82 to 87 degrees. mid 60's.w in the tomorrow looking good. 90 degrees. >>> and still to come, tom cruise's lawyers blasting back on reports that he settled to keep katie quiet. >>> and athletes spilling the secrets of what goets on as mroing village. what makes me feel truly decadent? [announcer:] new revlon colorstay whipped crème makeup. its unique formula flexes with skin for a flawless finish. the feel of nothing but silk on my skin. more generations of fleas. frontline plus uses two ingredients. one to kill adult fleas and ticks. plus another to kill the next generation, flea eggs and larvae. ask your vet about frontline plus. to slow down for sensitive ski

then this morning southwestern virginia moving to eastern tennessee and western north carolina a fewemperatures upper 60s. 75 here in town. still 79 on the bay with some 60s in cumberland and even 55 degrees in oakland, garrett county. temps this morning mid-80s along the bay. let's go to monika samtani here at 4:27. it's timesaver traffic -- is time saver traffic just as nice as weather? >>> it is. i don't have much to say. good morning, everybody. if you're planning to head to the west side of town, that's the only area where you have the overnight construction. on the outer loop of the beltway between 236 and braddock road, inner loop between gallows road and route 50. other than that, things look great. no problems on the toll road are 66. we're going to take a live look on the northbound side of i-95 on our traffic camera in lorton. we'll go back over to our maps this time to the north side where the beltway is looking good. no problems on 95. from baltimore, route 29 all of your major corridors in from aspen hill and wheaton and 270 as well. montrose road, nice and light throug

numerous trees down in the southwestern portions of virginia, also into portions of kentucky, tennessee as well as western portions of north carolina. then we look over here. this little system right here, and this is a little boundary that will try to make its way into our region. i'll show you what i'm talking about. one thing you notice, a few storms lining up on this boundary, and they're moving our way. we are going to see these move through here, probably later on this evening. in about three hours, they'll be into portions of frederick and montgomery county. it's 5:15, looking at about three hours from now, around 8:15, 9:00, we're going to watch these very carefully. once again, because of the heat and the instability in the atmosphere, these storms can only grow stronger. with that we could see large hail, also see some very strong winds, and talk more about that. trust me, we'll be here with you. we'll be here for you, also follow me on facebook and twitter if we are not on division at that time. 105 in st. louis, 101 in memphis, 103 in wichita and 100 in raleigh. this heat is here and it is her

western virginia. eventually down into the carolinas and tennessee. i wanted to zoom in a little bit. ng all this weaken quite a bit. again, there's that late bloomer there out in western maryland. this is futurecast tonight at 11:00. handling it very well. by 3:00, a few showers, maybe a thunderstorm. this is probably just going to be a good old garden style thunderstorm moving through. we're technically in the risk of severe weather. so it needs to be watched. tomorrow morning, dry, dry tomorrow afternoon with a possibility of one or two popups late in the afternoon. storms possible overnight tonight. otherwise, mild low temperatures and we start off tomorrow in the upper 70s. will be a mild start. we'll have sunshine through the day. good news here, we cool off a little bit. at least the next couple of days. not only do we cool off with the temperatures, but the humidity will lower just a little bit. at least until fourth of july and the humidity will come back. high on fourth of july with a threat of thunderstorms. 96degrees, which tends to be a typical fourth of july forecast arou

hundreds of people were visiting when the storm hit the western end of the 500,000 acre park on the tennessee-north carolina border. one man was killed in a motorcycle accident and a woman died when a tree limb fell on her. in a report suggests the deadly wildfire in colorado's started near a popular hiking trail west of colorado springs. firefighters started searching for the source, but they did not find it. when the wind kicked in, the flames began to spread. two people have been killed and nearly 350 homes destroyed. according to the latest reports, the fire is now 90% contained. >> coming up, a certain kind of land is being recalled. >> it seems a country has locked out when it comes to gas prices as they stay consistent this summer, even going down a little bit. >> authorities turned social media to fight crime. more on this trend popping up and right here in maryland. >> and he winds continue through tomorrow, but there is a little bit of heat relief showing up in the seven-day forecast. more are not in a little bit. a great to be on the beach. 98 down at the airport. 946? >> the national we

he captures the cumberland and tennessee rivers in the space of a week and the entire western line of the confederate army is shattered. so the mood goes clear up here. and by the end of april, they've captured new orleans which was according to the great winfield scott, that was the key to winning the war was to capture new orleans. and at that point, lincoln is having william seward write letters proposing the exact opposite kind of solution, where the europeans withdraw their recognition of belligerent rights from the south because they're about to lose anyway and that will get the cotton moving. so they're up at this height. and then, bam, right back into the depths symbolized by the second battle at manassas where the union military leadership actually turns on each other to lose a battle within ear shot of the white house and the confederates invade kentucky and maryland and at that point both in paris and in england the leaders of both countries are talking about this is the time to intervene. fortunately europeans love their summer vacations. this is a key point of american hi

to be the new federal district court judge in the western district of tennessee. it was a moment of bipartisanship, where senators mcconnell and reid worked to get the nomination up and my republican senators, corcoran, alexander, sponsored, supported that nomination. judge folks is now standing jurist and attorney. he was a public defender, a state prosecutor, a federal prosecutor, a chief administrative officer for county government. and a current criminal court judge. i have paneled a group of lawyers, bipartisan, just about every representation you can imagine, to advise me on the person to recommend. everybody felt john folks' temperament and disposition, judicial experience was the right person for the jobs. i was proud to recommend him, i'm pleased the president nominated him. i'm thankful the senate acted in a bipartisan way so we can work down our case load. we should -- we need more judges and the senate needs to approve more. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >>

western great lakes. obviously the heat and humidity that we've seen built up over the past several days adds fuel to this fire and the result was deadly last night across eastern tennesseeat later in the half hour. >> there you are, rob. thank you, we'll be watching. >> two minutes past 6:00 a.m. today on the campaign trail in washington, d.c. and on wall street, got it all covered. it is all about the big june jobs report. that's expected in about two and a half hours or so from now. we're going to find out how many jobs were added to the economy and we're waiting with baited breath. are we going to see another summer slump? poppy harlow joins us live. this is the first friday of the month to find out are we getting any better? are we looking to get any better? there are predictions. >> marginally so, a little bit but not where we need to be. we'll get the numbers at 8:30 a.m. eastern time. cnn money talked to a number of analysts and they are predicting it added $95,000 in the month of june but that's not nearly enough, only about a quarter of the jobs we need every month for a few consecutive months to get this unemployment rate down. 8.2% unemployment, that's the co

the senate returns at 2:00 this week, to consider a nomination of judge from western tennessee. they will also be looking at small business access. the house and senate will be live at 2:00 eastern on c-span 2. two live events on c-span 3. first, the director of the national security agency will talk about cyber-security threats. followed by the house rules committee, hosting a meeting to repeal the obama health care law. that bill will be on the house floor on tuesday. live coverage at 5:00 eastern on c-span 3. ♪ >> this week, on a "q&a," a former navy cmdr, kirk lippold, discussing his new book, "front burner." >> former captain of the united , why did youole take the blame for 9/11 in your book? book?