the air pollution was 0 yesterday and today. all the rain right now for the most part knot of the region. still showers out of virginia right now most of the activity seems to be moving north. up across york county, up towards york, pennsylvania, heavy rain. another little shower going to die out here on the eastern shore. so some folks lucky enough to see some rain. it's been extremely dry this month. we'll look at numbers in the next hour. take a look at temperatures. it's warmed up and gotten pretty humid. dewpoint up as high as it's been in a long time, 69, humidity 60%, barometer 30.07 and just falling a tad. the coolest spot, oakland 73, sunshine and hot, 90 degrees reported in easten, 84 ocean city, 89 washington. the dewpoint feels like summer finally, upper 70s because of the rain. right now we have a north wind. most areas so you recall or south easterly flow. this afternoon and morning we saw a few breaks and sunshine then the clouds building and showers popping up quickly. they move through right like gang busters, r

how can we get along without the state that's 48th in literacy and first in air pollution. there wasa smattering of boos. i like to go into -- no, i mean, these people have a great sense of humor about it, and to arrive in south carolina as i did the day after the sanford story broke, and i actually kind of defended him. not that i'm defending hypocrisy or conservative christian right wing republicans, but, you know, at least sanford was truly in love, and i think he looks very good next to all the other cheating politicians we've seen in recent years. i mean, this guy -- >> i'm with you on that, sir. >> what did we see in his e-mails? what's this? >> i'm with you on that one. especially after what ensign did. he just cashiered this lady and said, you know, i acted on my pleasure and selfishness, you don't exist as a person, where as this guy, you read the poetry of his letters and his e-mail he obviously, whatever you make of it, and mar tal faye dealt is obviously important, but whatever it is, it's the real thing it looks like, and it is what it is, you know. >> right. i mean, whe

was equivalent to 325 cars. you go with the big stuff first. >> reporter: with american cities under tremendous pressure to clean up air pollution, a lot of transit systems are buying compressed natural gas buses. this is one you can tell by the fuel tanks on the roof. in fact, about 12% of america's transit buses are fueled by natural gas. but the energy department stopped funding research on natural gas engines. that would change under senate bill 1408 which extends or expands tax credits for the purchase or manufacture of natural gas vehicles. >> because of near extraction techniques, we have 35% more accessible natural gas than we did two years ago. >> reporter: both democrats and republicans are pushing for adoption of the bill to spur natural gas vehicles. so is t. boone pickens who is betting on wind energy. although as the cost of gasoline has dropped compared to last year, he has had to scale back some of the bigger wind powered projects. john henrehan, fox 5 news. >>> if fema doesn't get a better plan for housing after a catastrophe, the government is. [ inaudible ] they say fema puts too much faith in temporary trailers and no plan to

women with backpacks that work as these back lungs, measuring how much pollution is in the air, figuring out which of these women was exposed to the most pollution. about 700 wore the backpacks around new york for sometime. and what they found was women exposed to the highest levels of pl pollution, when they had babies, the babies whose mothers were exposed to the pollution did have iq points that were slightly lower, about 4 to 5 points lower. not a big difference, but enough of a difference to be significant. i spent some time with the lead author of the study who has been thinking about these things for some time. and really sat down trying to figure out what was she focusing on here. and one is that these are these substances known, what you do need to know about them, they are the substances that are released right as you see there. diesel fumes, and they can cross the placenta and possibly cause the problems that we're talking about. again, john, 4 to 5 points, not a big deal, but this whole idea of pollution causing an overall curve downward was a concern to her. >> if these come from cars, trucks, buses, in

pollution into the air, we did not know any better. it has only been in the last 20, 25 years that there was this dawning awareness broadly shared that there wrong that we were seeing increases in temperature and changes in weather patterns. in our own country, it was not until barack obama became a president that our government said, "you know what? we have got a problem. we have contributed to it, and we need to do something about it." when my husband did the kyoto agreement, it was not even sent to congress because it would not be passed. greta: there is this whole business or economic issue, and let me just jump ahead a little bit. we are here in india. if you are back in the states, why should they care in the states, not on the big moral picture about helping india, a person trying to put food on the table, why should they care? why should peopleç in america care about india? >> well, people in america care about india, number one, because they are a great and growing nation with more and more not just regional but global power, and decisions made in india here are going to affect the bread and butter isswe&"á$p)e important to ameri

and it was because of the pollution that was coming out of the factory. 400,000 people a year die in china because of air pollution. and at some point, based on china's long history, they have these uprisings among the people. the government squelches and tries to fix the problem. if you have 400,000 people a year dying in china, at some point they were go to go want clean air. i say this, let china sleep for a couple of years. let us get ahead of the curve and make these investments and then produce these products and finally, we can export products to china that they're going to want because their people are demanding it. i wanted to come down and join this chorus because i think this is an opportunity for youngstown, ohio, northeast ohio where we have a manufacturing base, to finally export things. 8,000 component parts to a windmill. 400 tons of steel. solar panels have these complex components. we can do this. this is opportunity. let's see it like it is. and i tell folks back in our district, and we have a general motors plant that is going to make this new car, chevy cruise. where are they buildin

pollution while pregnant have children with lower i.q. scores than women who breathe cleaner air. the gap in i.q. was about 4 to 5 points.ne environmental specialists says that more research is needed. >>> breaking news. we have new details on a confession from the lone surviving gunman in the mumbai terror attacks. today's confession stunned prosecutors and the judge. the 21-year-old suspect had denied guilt for months. he's one of ten pakistani nationals who police say took over three hotels and a jewish center for the three days last november. more than 160 people were killed in last year's attacks including at least five americans. >>> a new jersey woman has come up with a sweet solution to save her home from foreclosure. she's baking apple cakes for 40 bucks a pop. she has until sunday to come up with her mortgage. her fiance says her cakes are delicious. >> i just know that you have to eat these cakes and drive, because the moment you go mmm you'll hit something. >> that goes along with something else we've been saying today about driving and eating is dangerous. logan has gotten requests from all over, and she has

was found early and it's treatable. all of the boys' tour dates have been canceled. >>> studies shown that the air we breathe can hurt us, for the first time researchers linked air pollution to brain damage in the womb. it may lead to lower iq scores for kids. living in the city, she worries her unborn baby is exposed to pollutants. >> reporter: she should be concerned because air pollution could cause a threat to unborn children. >> it's a mixture harmful for the early-dropping brain. >> reporter: 250 moms in new york with a backpack with an air monitor. >> the to be comes over the shoulder and collected in the breathing zone of the women. >> reporter: they gave them iq tests and the kids exposed to the highest pollutions scored 4 points lower. >> i think we can say it's relevant. the most common sources, emissions found in all cities. when a mom breathes them in, they can reach the baby. >> doctors say the study suggests that pollution may have the same effect on the developing brain as exposure to lead. they will monitor the kids to see if their school performance is effected. this mom says she will pay attention to what she's breathing in the city. >>> further researc

coming from a region where i have been told you could not tell if it was midnight or noon based on the amount of pollution in the air now, certainly, the world did not come to an end, but we've lost a lot of jobs that were shipped overseas to countries that did not follow any regulations. but now me want to be a leader. those buried in london to practices are being used in china and india, and they are not sustainable. we need to be in a position where we are exporting that technology. host: next phone call, alabama. tina, good morning. guest: i disagree with what you have said. al gore is a hedge fund manager. the 150 acres that you are talking about in your community, will you get that by eminent domain, or do you own it? guest: is owned by the company who purchased the land. the county is in current ownership. host: anything else? caller: no, we're just praying for our nation. host: next phone call. caller: c-span seems to know pretty good about what we are trying to drill. every time they started to drill, the environmentalists came in with an injunction. being familiar with the coal business -- i spent 35 years

from a region that, i've been told that you couldn't tell if it was midnight or noon based on the amount of soot and pollution in the air. now that that's certainly not the case, the world didn't come to an end we didn't lose thousands of jobs after the fact. we lost jobs because it was shipped overseas and -- to countries that didn't follow any kind of guidance or rules or regulations and we want to be a leder -- a leader now because those environmental practices the caller talked about are being used in china and india and those are not sustainable. we need to get in front of that and be able to be in a position to export that technology. host: last couple of calls here, cropwell, alabama, republican line, tee nasm hey, there. caller: mr. fetterman, thank you. i disagree with you on a lot of things, i see al gore being a hedge fund manager, he's trying to raise money. the 150 acres in your county, will you get that by eminent domain? guest: it's in the possession of the county. it was bought. host: and from the republican line. caller: c-span knows better than most people about our trying to drill on the leases now av

i was reading an article the other day, in china 400,000 people a year die from air pollution. and if you look at the history of china, you'll see that they have periods where there is a very tumultuous uprising within the country, and if you can read the tea leaves here, you will see that at some point china and the people of china will demand for clean air. there's no question about it. and they're using dirty coal. i mean, it's dirty. and those of us who have been there recognize, with the olympics especially, how many months ahead of time they had to stop letting people drive cars into the city and everything else. so the point that the gentleman from virginia was making is that this is an opportunity for us, and some people say well, china and india aren't going to do this so why are we going to do it? let them not do it. let us jump ahead. my goodness gracious it would be like saying the soviet union is not going to continue their space program back in the 1960's. great. we'll jump ahead of you. that's basically what we have here and we have an opportunity to seize this m

was severely beaten at the time but escaped. money raised goes to the family foundation. >>> in medical news, new evidence that smog may harm developing banks. for the first time researchers have linked air pollutionh lower i.q. scores in childhood. the findings suggest there may be more dangers from urban air pollution than previously thought. >>> finally, "american idol" may have voted paula abdul out of the judge's box. her new manager tells the "los angeles times" that the show has not made an offer for abdul's return to the ninth season which begins auditions next month. and that is the news. 8:05. time for the weather and sam champion. sam? >> good mornin kate. i'm not sure -- i'm not sure she's thought like an important ingredient. okay, let me take the temperature here of the folks. paula abdul on idea american idol" what do you think? >> yeah, we need her. on it, of course. >> big cheer for paula abdul then? by the way, diane showed us the it's not the original one but the partridge family party bus and you rent this out. it's like got all the hip stuff -- good morning, donny, the way. >> all right, wait a minute. this like can be taken out for -- wow, this is great in here. so can you ta

air, all of these polluting companies -- tax them a little bit. spread it around. that makes sense. instead of just sodas with aspartame. donald rums felt washe ceo when aspartame was approved by the fda. 30 years ago i thought this, if a woman will be on welfare, if you have another child, she would sign an affidavit agreeing to have her tubes tied. have the best doctors paid for by the government. that has been abused. host: thank you for your call this month. she basically proposes that the industries that make us and help the should pay their fair share for health care. guest: which industries are those? in the industry you point out to make us and help the in some way. should automobiles it pay for this? you're out there driving, have an accident. automobile companies obviously encourage us to drive. a couple of things that the reader brought up. with regard to michael moore's movie -- it was an elegant piece of propaganda. he shot himself in the foot when he went to cuba and run around showing how great the health care system was in cuba. one of the things the listener brought up, and wish i had gotten the chance to ask of this -- i w

air. . there was a very disturbing report on tv this morning. you know, children who are conceived and born in areas that have high levels of pollution, high levels of hydrocarbons or phh's, if they're in the womb and exposed to that, their i.q. rates are four or five points less than children who are conceived an born in areas that do not have that pollution. so you can argue about global warming to the -- until the cows come home. we know it's real but even if you think it isn't, pollution is not a fiction. and as john mccain mentioned and as we know in new york and my great colleague's about to speak from upstate new york, as i had rain was a problem, congressman tonko, that bedeviled certainly the lakes in upstate new york and they were dead. the lakes were dead and that was caused by pollution from sulfur dioxide and we now now because cap and trade -- and we now know because the cap and trade, in half the time projected to clean up is now very successful and those lakes are again alive. referring to upstate new york, it's a privilege and honor to welcome our colleague from the great state of new york, a real leader on the issue of energy an