. >> a large portion of the eastern u.s. is under a risk for severe weather. we will talk about when the storm finally ends when we come back, but first a live look outdoors. 83 degrees at the inner harbor. 79 at the airport. >> a new report reveals u.s. home builders are more confident in the housing recovery this month, according to the national association of home builders with the index rising two points, to 37, up from 35 in july, the highest reading since march, 2007. the index has risen steadily since january. cannon has issued a recall on a popular digital camera. a chemical used in the rubber grit could result in an allergic reaction. contact can usa to get replacement grips installed. there was a voluntary recall of bumbo baby seats because babies can wiggle or fall out of them. consumers are asked to stop using the product immediately. the consumer product safety commission and bumbo baby seats know of 50 incidents where babies fell from a bumbo baby seats that was i raised serious. -- raised surface. 19 were -- resulted in a skull fractures. high t

small earthquakes occur every month in the eastern u.s. but last year was the largest geologists are still trying to pinpoint details, including what fault actually proud the earthquake. >>> continuing coverage of that yowing -- growing west nile virus problem in texas. with texas reporting more than 20 dead from the disease and now they're asking for help. >> reporter: aerial spraying for mosquitoes will continue tonight over texas. planes will spray seven more cities to stop the deadly outbreak of the west nile virus. the crossersal r--- controversiallt began last week. >> they refer to our area as an epidemic. >> reporter: in texas' loan, at west nile.eople have died from on top of that, more than 1100 people have now been infect with the virus nationwide. from minnesota -- >> immense. i mean, i knew i was in trouble. >> reporter: to tennessee. >> we may end up with larger number of human cases. >> reporter: now other states like california are planning aerial spraying. not everyone is onboard. the north texas poison center has received

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we have a dangerous line of storms rumbling across the eastern u.s.of tropical storms to tell you about. kelly cass is standing by at weather channel head quarters with all of us. >> millions of people being impacted by the threat of severe winds better than 60 miles per hour. have flashlights weather. we could lose power. we have thunderstorm watches in effect from boston to philadelphia and washington, d.c. we had reports of lightning hitting a couple of people at a nascar race. that race had to be shortened. severe thunderstorm warnings continue for places like philadelphia, major delays at the airport. ernesto 50 miles per hour winds expected to brush by jamaica and a tropical storm warning in effect there. florence off the coast of africa, not too worried about that one. >> a lot going on, kelly cass, from weather channel. >>> at olympic games and the upcoming political conventions really any official event the around the neck credential is the coin of the realm. there is no going anywhere without this. at the olympics they are inspected and scan

heading into the americas, a serious low pressure system is moving through the eastern u.s. and canada bringing wet and windy weather. today we have a strong low pressure system in front stretching from ontario down through the southern plains. hail, the size of a tennis ball, has been reported in illinois. over the next 24 hours, the system will move towards the east, and we will see a risk of severe weather from west virginia down through mississippi. so strong winds and thunderstorms are expected on your friday. out towards the west, the southwestern corner of the u.s. will see increasing monsoonal showers. in contrast it's dry and really hot to the north. temperatures will be getting up to 38 degrees in portland on your friday. 35 in seattle, so about 10 degrees higher than average. above average temperatures will likely continue at least into your weekend here. >>> finally, let's go over to europe. a massive low pressure system is sitting east of the eastern islands producing stormy weather for much the british isles. the scandinavian peninsula will see the same waik si

as the system moves toward the east, things will turn quite stormy in the eastern u.s. parts of the eastern canada. we will see an area of severe weather from west virginia down toward mississippi on your -- on your friday. so, severe thunderstorms and gusty wind are expected. out toward the west, a lot of moisture can be found across the -- southwestern corner of the u.s. and down toward the south, there is a new -- disturbance. west of the yucatan peninsula. very heavy rain across this region about 200 millimeters of rain has been recorded and we'll look low s likely see more rain. the system could become a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours. out toward the west. another tropical depression, tropical storm over the atlantic. this is -- gordon. it could become hurricane status by friday. and heads towards the west. there is a possibility of it impacting the azures, late sunday, as a tropical storm status and then move toward the west and headed toward the iberian peninsula early next week. all right, temperaturewise, getting up to 36 degrees in houston. 31 in ok

. >> reporter: it did significant damage here in the eastern u.s. by recent estimates between $200 to $300 million of damage. and that is the only earthquake ever in u.s. history. and the emergency shut down of the nuclear view. and because of all of that, the federal emergency officials will hold back an earthquake drill for much of the east coast. it is meant to teach people how to respond in case of another earthquake. and a big shake out that is called up for next month or should i say october. >> well parts of the southeast are now bracing for a possible hurricane. right now it is tropical storm isaac that will >> baring down on puerto rico moving into the gulf. keep an eye on this storm's track and what's the latest on how strong it might get, top? >> well right now it will be a minimal thing and that's good news. we also have joyce to worry about. we're not going to worry about joyce as she will be staying offshore. right now about 250 miles southeast. right now, there are just some hurricane warnings here for the south coast. and tropical st

we have a dangerous line of storms rumbling across the eastern u.s. also as we mentioned we've got a pair of tropical storms to tell you about. weather channel meteorologist kelly cass is standing by at headquarters with all of it. kelly, good evening. >> good evening, brian. millions of people being impacted by the threat for severe winds better than 60 miles per hour. have those flashlights ready. we could lose our power. we do have severe thunderstorm watches in effect. from philadelphia down toward baltimore and washington, d.c. upstate new york as well. we've had reports of lightning hitting a couple of people at the nascar race at mount pocono here in eastern pennsylvania. that race had to be shortened. and as you can see, severe thunderstorm warnings continue for places like philadelphia. major delays at the airport. ernesto now. 50-mile-an-hour winds expected to brush by jamaica. and we're talking about a tropical storm warning in effect there. florence way out there off the coast of africa, brian. not too worried about that one. >> a lot goin

it did significant damage here in the eastern u.s. between 200 and $300 million. >> officials say scaffolding will soon go up from the washington monument. another well-known building the washington national cathedral is open. it is still in need of repairs. >> it is a big day in the restoration effort at the washington national cathedral one year after that earthquake. today is a good day because they got a large donation that will help in the rebuilding. the evidence of which you can see high atop the tower. if you look behind me, you can see the grand panicle that is starting to look like it once did. >> we bless your name. >> with a blessing the line- year anniversary of the 2011 earthquake is commemorating by the setting of a news down atop the washington national cathedral. -- new stone atop the washington national cathedral. the church takes a big step forward in the rebuilding effort. >> it took under a century to get the panicles on top of this cathedral. it took under eight minutes to bring some of it down. >> one year was s

u.s. n. is one of the few i found in maryland in the eastern united states. it can be red, dark colored or when it gets water into it, it can be yellow and gold. according to other people doing track work, maryland's tracks are the most beautiful dinosaur tracks color wise that have ever been found anywhere in the world. the most thrilling thing about founding this one, what really threw me about this one is because i found it at goddard space flight center. space scientists may walk along here and they're walking exactly where this big, heavy armored dinosaur walked maybe a 110 million, maybe 112 million years ago. i think what all of us need to be aware of preserving this wonderful past of this beautiful blue planet of ours. if we don't preserve it and a don't look down and spot these things, they could be torn up by machinery and so on. i ask people to consider themselves custodians, do the right thing, notify someone at a museum, someone that would know and can help and see that it contributes to the scientific knowledge if it has that capability. >> this

. >> eastern district u.s. attorney ben gentleman min wagner announced this morning the result of operation mountain sweep which has been underway in seven states. the total homes so far more than 578 thousand marijuana plants seized on public land, and the vast majority, more than 480 thousand plants have been seized on public land in california. wagner puts the value at more than 1.1 billion dollars. >> they've also recovered 51 tons of trash. >> also a major concern, the heavy use of fertilizers, pesticides, and poison to kill rodents. >> many times we don't have any sites and it's completely devoid of any animal life. >> it's shan's job to clean up ziets often there's evidence of poaching, as well. >> in one location we found five dead skunks. now, they were eating them. they were skinned. >> the u.s. attorney says after years of eradication efforts the numbers of plants seized have decline sgld i think we're having a positive effect. >> but the operation has netted 14 indictments. the u.s. attorney says mo

eastern, the u.s. house is in a pro forma session. no legislative business will be conducted.wing the house, we go live to the national press club for a discussion on the future of energy development in the gulf of mexico. this morning, virginia congressman bobby scott on virginia's importance on campaign 2012 and the presidential and its contingent senate race. then the national association of manufacturers talks about the latest unemployment numbers and later, the director of the bureau of economic analysis discusses how national economic growth is measured and alternative ways economists

talking of rain is going to be very wet across much of eastern parts of the u.s. and up into eastern canada as well. some strong thunderstorms along this front coming up from texas right through into the upper new england area. you could even see a few tornadoes with this. very strong winds, hail, and also heavy rain. much of the continent is looking fairly dry. l.a. up to 34 degrees. other parts of arizona as well as other places in southern california in nevada, too, you're going to be seeing temperatures around the mid 40 mark. some pop-up thunderstorms, but generally things are looking dry and pretty hot. especially down towards the southwest. take a look at the temperature in madrid today. 43 degrees. southern france, telus, 37. we're even getting 27 in london. i think this is the hottest day of the olympics so far. and beautiful sunshine all day. saturday and sunday look equally good. dipping down to 21 on saturday, but back up to 25 on sunday. do enjoy that. i'll leave you to your extended forecast. >> and that hes all for this edition of "newsline." i'm cat

moving across eastern parts of the u.s., we'll be seeing thunderstorms from texas all the way up to southern new england. thunderstorms could even contain tornadoes. some strong damaging winds possible and hail. pretty wet through southern texas for much of the gulf coast there. temperature wise, the heat will be with you. temperatures in fact mid-40s. let's head now to europe. things are looking dry and clear. a few showers toward the north and the black sea region, you'll be seeing pop up thunderstorms. it's going to be the heat that's the severe weather to watch out for in europe. i know it will be spreading right along the mediterranean. 43 degrees in madrid and getting up into the upper 30s in parts of southern france. london getting up to 27. a look at your last three days of the london olympics. you can't ask for beater forecast. here is your extended forecast. >> that's all for this hour. thank you for watching.

u.s. and canada. plenty of well-needed rain across much of eastern and central portions of the u.s.er, storms to the north could get nasty. and to the south, nothing is happening with that dome of heat. 42 degrees in oklahoma city. many of you in the southern plains will deal with the heat wave into the weekend. here is your extended forecast. >> that's all for this edition of "newsline." we'll be back with more news at the top of the hour. i'm kanako sachno in tokyo. thank you for joining us.

u.s. and eastern canada as it moves towards the east, it will get ample moisture from isaac so thundershowers will strengthen. as for the highs, temperatures are still on the hot side in chicago with a high of 34, but it should cool down as we head into tuesday. all right. finally, let's go over to europe. it is mostly dry across the western continent but you can see a big low pressure system approaching the british isles. things will turn quite wet and windy across the whole of the british isles within the next 24 hours or so. then out towards the east, scattered heavy rain is expected across finland and eastern europe over the next 24 hours. as for the highs, it's been on the hot side across the southern half of the continent. still on the hot side across athens. in athens. but the other areas are returning to more average levels on your monday. here's extended forecast. >>> taking a look at our lead story once again -- syrian government forces and opposition fighters are blaming each other for an alleged massacre near the capital damascus. a britain based human rights group said on sunday

u.s. and eastern europe. the world bank is asking governments to support programs helping those most in need. month over month, corn and wheat prices both jumped 25% in july. soy beans rose 17%, but rice prices were down 4%. the world bank's food price index, which tracks internationally traded commodities, shows year-over- year prices rising 6% in july. >> susie: isaac continues to weaken. it's now officially a tropical depression, slowing moving out of southern louisiana and heading north. the storm left behind heavy flooding and massive power outages. oil refineries in isaac's path are still not back to normal. six of the region's 11 refineries are operating at reduced capacity, four remain shutdown completely, and one was restarted toy. oil prices headed lower today as the refiners worked to get back to business. october crude fell almost a dollar to $94.62 a barrel. but gas prices continue to tick higher, climbing two cents overnight to $3.82 a gallon. >> tom: let's get going with tonight's "market focus

geological survey updated its analysis for the central and eastern u.s.. in general, we also have more activities. amir term task force at the nrc that looked at the fukushima accident developed a number of recommendations coming and we are working through them. so, i just discussed the ones that are actively happening right now. but we are also in the process at the nrc of looking at a number of what you might have heard of tier one and tier three potentially activities, and we will be working hard on those over the next years as well. the bottom line is that we have to get this right. we need to ensure the plants are safe in a variety of situations, and we have learned a lot from what happened at fukushima and so we want to continue to work on that. in terms of my goals for the agency i want to see a few of those with you. and of course i've got four in particular that i would like to share with you. and of course my number one goal is to continue the nrc's mission especially in light of what happened at fukushima of ensuring that the existing fleet of n

attorney general eric holder is expected to speak at noon eastern time. u.s. representative paul ryan will be here as well, heather. heather: rick, what more have we learned about the shooter himself? >> reporter: well we've heard stories about how troubled he was. one of the stories is roughly 15 years ago his army buddies went to his apartment and banging on his door had to break in and thinking he may have killed himself after breaking up with another ex-girlfriend, they found him drunk, passed out on the floor. we heard from a downstairs neighbor who said it was very clear to her that this man had serious psychological problems and should have been getting some kind of help for it. instead as we now know on sunday morning he went to the temple and opened fire on a number of worshippers before killing himself, heather. heather: thank you very much have. we appreciate your coverage. rick leventhal, thanks. >>> meantime a massive taxpayer-funded voter registration drive in one state raising some eyebrows. an incumbent senator is saying something smells wrong

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u.s. service members are dead in an apparent accidental shooting. this happened in an easternnce this morning. a group of u.s. and afghan soldiers were under attack. >>> summer may be winding down and gas prices keep going up. the latest survey shows prices up 7 cents in the last couple of weeks. the average price nationwide is 376. drivers in el paso pay the least and drivers in chicago pay the most. in louisiana, tropical storm isaac has led to long lines at gas stations as drivers top off. and out in the gulf, oil companies are shutting off oil rigged ahead of the storm. >>> saying goodbye to an american hero. >> a look back at the life and legacy of neil armstrong and how fans are paying tribute. >>> and applying strategies to your budget. >>> as we head to the break, we're saying hello to students heading back to school. she is -- who started second grade in temple hills, maryland. good luck with school. it's 8:10 and we'll be right back.   he's made his choice. but what choices will women be left with? just like mitt romney, paul ryan would get rid of

eastern time. >> u.s. stock futures are up right now ahead of this report.orning. >> economists surveyed think it's 95,000 jobs created in the month and 8.2% unemployment rate. that is a labor mark stuck in neutral, may be moving forward at a slow speed. not what you want to see. we had this rough spot this summer, i've been calling it the summer swoon. for some reason and maybe it's a combination of a lack of hiring and stis tkal anonelies, not had enough jobs to -- $150,000 to bring more people out of college and new people in the workforce, it looked like this last year, remember? we saw job growth in the interim but we're back in the stuck in neutral kind of zone. it's very political three months to go until the election. there will be something in this report for each campaign. what i suspect you'll hear from the republicans, you'll hear this is a record period of time but above 8% unemployment. they'll be right. what you'll hear from the democrats in the white house in 28 or 29 straight months of private sector job growth, they'll be right too. there's

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essentially, the idea was the racist skinhead movement needed to move more to the eastern part of the u.st had been heavily concentrated in the midwest and west coast. it is a relatively small label, certain compared to groups like resistance records. >> they issued a statement, label 56 that said, "please don't take what wade did as honorable and respectable and do not think we are all like that." what do you think needs to be done, mark? you have been following was the premises at age groups for decades. -- what supremacist groups for decades. one person said he was looking for page and started to look up articles -- this was before the massacre -- because he thought this is where he could be going. interestingly, the guy who was interviewed was horrified by this, though he was a part of these groups. >> i have got to say, certainly, we saw nothing that particularly distinguished page from thousands of other people who live in the same world he did. i don't really find any fault with law enforcement. don't see how this could have been predicted in any real sense by law enforcement offic

u.s. service member was injured in that same incident. the gunman in that case escaped. that all happened after another green on blue attack earlier this week, this one in eastern afghanistann which a u.s. soldier was killed and two others were wounded again by a gunman described as wearing afghan army uniforms. nato says there have been 24 green on blue attacks in afghanistan since january which have killed 28 people. today a nato spokesman tried to put that number into perspective. >> however, we must not forget that for the time being, as we speak actually, we have 500,000 soldiers and policemen working side by side, building trust, building confidence, actually, many of them building friendship. fighting together, tighting the insurgency and bringing peace to this country. >> we are approaching the 11th anniversary of the war in afghanistan. starting this fall, we will be starting year 12.

u.s. service member was injured in that same incident. the gunman in that case escape pded. that all happened after another green on blue attack earlier this week, this one in easterns. soldier was killed and two others were wounded again by a gunman described as wearing afghan army uniforms. nato says there have been 24 green on blue attacks in afghanistan since january which have killed 28 people. today a nato spokesman tried to put that number into perspective. >> however, we must not forget that for the time being, as we speak actually, weise have 500,000 soldiers and policemen working side by side are building trust, building confidence. actually many of them building friendship, fighting together, fighting the insurgency and bringing peace to this country. >> we are approaching the 11th anniversary of the war in afghanistan. starting this fall, we will be starting year 12.

just been overturned would have controlled pollution from power plants in 28 states in the eastern half of the u.s so, this is very significant, what it was recognizing is that pollution can travel. it can go from texas to pennsylvania, or from illinois to virginia, and so, it was an effort to kind of curb the pollution in what you call upwind states so that downwind states are not grappling with the pollution issues. and the court made two conclusions in that's 2-1 ruling. first, that essentially, the epa had overstepped its authority by saying that some of these upwind states had to cut their pollution significantly, even further than to the extent that they were contributing to othe s others, and that also, they should have given the states an opportunity to come up with their own plans for curbing pollution rather than having the federal government step in and directly regulate those power plants on this issue. >> okay. so, what are the impacts or consequences now that this ruling has come out. >> well, there are a couple of different things. for now, what is interesting is that the court has

this happened in eastern afghanistan as a group of u.s. and afghan soldiers ran for cover in an attack. they were returning fire and an afghan soldier fell, accidentally firing his gun. meanwhile, 10 after began soldiers were killed at a check point. >>> a series of earthquakes rattle nerves but not much. a 5.4 aftershock. a tsunami warning was issued for central america and mexico but was later canceled. >>> southern california had 30 earthquakes measuring 3.5 or many. the strongest hit 70 miles east of san diego. it was enough to knock 20 mobile homes off their foundations. >>> the rattle of thunder shook parts of the d.c. region. and some of the storm systems brought more than a few showers. >> this was the scene in maryland on cob island. sure looks like a funnel you can see on the water. the national weather service has not confirmed a tornado or a water spout. but they are looking into reports and could release more details. a lot of people were not in and around yesterday. that's a water spout he said. >> that picture is confirmatio