chairman of dnc it would be difficult to hold a balloon drop if an american city was being devastated by the storm. >> so no concert for you tonight. >> no lynyrd skynyrd tonight but some of the other groups are scheduled to go on. >> when the convention gets underway the focus will be on governor romney but also shine a spotlight on rising republican stars. it could be a disciplining board for a lot of political futures. let's talk about it with bob, managing ed for of the hill. romney is the star of the show and a lot of people speaking. how about big of a deal for it like chris christie and marco rubio to be featured? >> it's a big deal. they say conventions don't matter but barack obama incredible speech led him to the presidency. without that speech at democratic convention, he wouldn't be president. the speeches of rubio and paul ryan and christie will be huge. paul ryan obviously is the vp nominee. he is likely possibly going to be the nominee down the road. the next person in line gets to be the candidate, but marco rubio watch his speech. it's so important for them to close t

the spraying just halted over an american city tonight amid new worries about the west nile virus. why was it suddenly stopped as the number of deaths and number of states mount. >>> the big picture, medicare and mom, mitt romney's running mate brings out his running mate, his 78-year-old mom. will this image help convince seniors his plans for medicare of the right ones? >>> and the unexpected message overhead. the great rescue and now the great debate. the dog left by its owner, the climbers who found her nine days later, carrying her down on their back. the dog's owner tonight pleading to get that dog back. >>> and in hot water the brouhaha over the bathtub. did michael phelps break the rules and what's this talk some of his gold medals could be stripped? >>> good evening. on this saturday night, and we do begin with the growing concerns over the west nile virus across so many states now and we learned late today that the spraying in dallas has now been halted tonight because of the weather and just as we learned of this new delay we're getting a clear picture how concerned the

talking with a number of potential developers for having to ship as a stationary attraction in an american city. probably never sail again given current regulations it would just cost way too much to bring her back. also, he looked at her today. she looks enormous. she is three football fields long, 12 stories high, but compared to the days cruise ships she is a quarter of their tonnage. passengers today, all sorts of experiences. in the 50's's people were quite happy to play card games and to eat gourmet meals and watch a movie. today people want to be entertained nonstop. and they also, the duke and duchess of windsor are quite happy. so today people want doug unease. so that is -- i mean, that is the conservancy's up, that she will be turned into a floating attraction. but she goes to scrappers, like most other ocean liners before her. >> something so that we can record this. the conservative -- is the conservancy doing anything to return this digital ship? >> the conservancy has retained a very skilled caretaking operation which basically pumps up the ship whenever -- the pump, they have to

we lived through the horror of 1,800 people dying, an american city nearly wiped off the map. as hurricane isaac beat a path through new orleans last night, once again shaking its soul, flooding its streets, putting the levees and flood walls to the test, so many of us who hold that city and its people dear in our hearts held our breath. >> hell on earth they're calling it, no home, no job, many have no money. >> seven years ago we stood outside the louisiana superdome in slack jawed amazement witnessing failures at every level. we were bewildered by failure at the local level outside the convention center. overcome while standing on the remnants of the 17th street canal by failure at the federal level by what's called the worst engineering disaster since chernobyl and yes, we documented failure at the human level inside a freshly looted circle k gas station, but last night the cable news split stephen of hurricane isaac while reporters cover -- screen of hurricane isaac while reporters covering the republican national convention made one thing clear. people are viewing hurric

talking with a number of potential developers for having the ship as a stationary attraction and an american city. she'll probably never say again. it would just cost way too much to bring her back, and you look at her today can she looks enormous. she is three football fields long, 12 stories high, but compared to today's cruise ships, she is a quarter of their tonnage, and passengers today want all sort office experiences that in the -- in the '50s people were happy to play card games and eat gourmet meals and watch a movie. today people want to be entertained nonstop and want ball coins. the duke and dutchess of winsor was quite happy with portholes. today people want balconies. that's the conservancies hope, she will be turned into a floating attraction, but if the plan not work out she will go the scrappers like oceanliners before her. >> let me get to the mic. >> is the conservancy doing anything to retard the degrading of the physical ship from rust? >> yes. the conservancy has retained a very skilled care taking operation which basically pumps out the ship -- her pumps are not operating s

might add only pays a corporate tax rate of four percent is responsible for poisoning nearly an entire american city where the nine hundred residents of richmond california have now been treated in local hospitals after inhaling toxic smoke from a nearby chevron oil refinery that exploded into flames last week. the fire started last monday but a delayed response by the oil corporation allowed it to burn for more than four hours with enormous flames reaching dozens of feet in the sky a chevron is getting ready to lawyer up as more than one thousand people have stopped by a local law face to file legal claims against the oil giant last week richmond's mayor gale mclaughlin called the fire unacceptable well that's a fairly mild reaction to a city getting poisoned by an oil corporation but he might soon be changing his tune now that there's evidence that this explosion could have been prevented he was caused by a pipe failure in the san francisco chronicle is reporting that chevron officials knew that the pipe had problems last year chevron officials noticed unsafe levels of corrosion within the pipe an

. >>> and an american born >>> new york city police say that an eviction notice may have prompted a shootingon top of the empire state building. nine bystanders were wounded by police gunfire. the bullets hit flower pots in the area and ricochets. johnson was held last year and held a grudge against a coworker but the pressure to move out may have pushed him over the edge. >>> evidence mounds of more atrocities in syria. syrian activists groups posted video of bodies, reportedly found this weekend in doria a rebel stronghold. the rebels say the murders were carried out over the last few days by so called ghost militias that support the government. the government blames it on rebels. the rebels are appealing for help. >> maybe the outside world pities he says but as of now we see no help. >>> more than 20,000 people have been killed since the uprising in against president assad began in march of last year. >>> in other news of the world tonight, after began officials say the second in command of the hasani network was killed last week. u.s. officials have said there were indications that hagg

they hold event for children in the area with an american support group. in misawa city. more than 10,000 americans live there. most are military personnel and their families who live and around the air base. she he has been in japan for 25 years. he broadcasts radio show for americans about japanese news. after the devastation americans at the base try to help in the crisis area. simon was an interpreter. victims told him their stories. so he had a good understanding of what they are going through. when they received supply he saw how grateful they were. that inspired him to keep on helping. >> of course they cleared it. but now we need to build new houses and new businesses and get people back to work. people care whether it's american or japanese or whatever. people care and we haven't forgotten and we want to continue to help. >> reporter: three months after the disaster, simon organized team misawa that organized children to raise fund and find volunteers. the group planned online auctions. every item is a donation. this cake sold for $225. with generous donation lik

see the face of a child, he lives in a great city, he's black or he's white, he's mexican, italian, polish, none of that matters. what matters, he's an american child. that child, in that great city, is more important than any politician's promise. he is america. he is a poet. he is a scientist. he's a great teacher. he's a proud craftsman. he's everything we ever hoped to be and everything we dare dream to be. he sleeps the sleep of childhood, he dreams the dreams of a child and yet when he awakens he awakens to a living nightmare poverty, neglect, and despair. he fails in school. he ends up on welfare. for him, the american system is one that feeds his stomach and starves his soul. it breaks his heart. and in the end, it may take his life on some distant battlefield. to millions of children in this rich land, this is their prospect for the future but this is only part of what i see in america. i see another child tonight, and he hears the train go by. at night he dreams of faraway places, where he'd like to go seems like an union touchable dream -- untouchable dream. but he is helped on his journey through life, a father who had to go befor

an amateur rib cooking competition. the winner going to the american royal and kansas city. beer and wine garden, fun zone, sponsor displays. it's an amazing event. family friendly, kid friendly. a lot of fun. >> reporter: this year you've added a few tweaks to the big barbecue bash. what's going to be different for them scott? >> we were pleased to brpg on collar broil grill -- bring on char broil grills. they have free samples and interactive games. >> reporter: it smells awfully good. scott walker, thanks. all marylanders loving the barbecue. you want to come and check it out. we'll have much more coming up live from bel air at the barbecue bash straight ahead. >> you had the two -- you said the two words i like to hear -- free barbecue. >>> it is a medicine cabinet staple used to treat aches and pains but could aspirin lower your risk of dying from cancer. >> you bought dorm supplies, but does your college student have the shots they need. >>> in tonight's health alert, a new study shows aspirin can help prevent cancer deaths. daily aspirin use may reduce mortality rates

. >>> in germany, bomb experts detonated an american bomb from world war ii in an explosion heard an seen across the city. a number of nearby buildings briefly caught fire, but no reports of injuries. >>> new spectacular images of mars have been sent back by the curiosity rover showing the view to the southwest from the landing site. it's unbelievable. a second image shows a closer look at mt. sharp, which is the rover's eventual destination on this mission. pretty cool there. >>> all right, now here's an early look at how wall street is going to kick off the day. the dow opens at 13,102 after losing 21 points yesterday. the s&p was down a point, but the nasdaq gained three. overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei inched up 36 points, but in hong kong, the hang hank -- hang seng was down 23. >>> stocks ended little change tuesday on another day of low volume and even lower energy. investors saw little reason to leave the sidelines, ben bernanke is expected to announce new measures to boost growth. mixed economic data didn't help. home prices rose in june for the first time since 2010, but aug

government forces and rebel groups said to be heavy in the capital city damascus and in the city of aleppo. an americanlomatic vehicle was attacked by mexican federal police outside mexico city today. two u.s. embassy employees were wounded. mexican police officers are being questioned to find out why they opened fire on the american vehicle. >>> and late today, a federal jury in california found samsung guilty of willful violation of some of apple's patents and recommended samsung pay apple more than $1 billion in damages. >>> and the sesame street puppeteer who was the voice of the character count von count, the friendly vampire, has died. his name was jerry nelson. he was 78 years old. the cast and crew said he was a member of their family for more than 40 years. >> that's really sad years. that's incredible. >> yeah, familiar face to many of us who grew up watching him. >> i know, i've been on "sesame street," it's very sad. kyung, appreciate that. >>> a lot of buzz around mitt romney today. and what he said about his birth certificate, was it a joke? we'll play it for you. you can see side for you

. >>> in munich, germany, experts detonated an american bomb from world war ii in an explosion heard across the citya number of nearby buildings briefly caught fire, but there were no reports of any injuries. >>> and look at this. spectacular new high-resolution images of mars have been sent back from the curiosity rover showing the view to the southwest from the landing site. and the second image shows a closer look at mt. sharp which is the rover's eventually destination on this mission. >>> now here's your first look at this morning's dish of "scrambled politics." well, president obama campaigned in colorado yesterday telling college students to register and vote. romney campaign officials complained that violated an unwritten rule about stealing convention thunder, but the gop ticket also claims to campaign during next week's democratic convention. >>> the romney campaign is downplaying any talk of a bump up in the polls after the convention which usually averages about a 5% gain. one aide said, quote, all bets are off about any kind of past performance being a predictor of the future. >>> the s

an anthropologist. they have traveled here from three great american cities. one is from san diego. one is from an exotic country. civility has been an american conception from the earliest times. the rules of civility and rules of behavior in a conversation. but not off your clothes in the presence of others, nor go out of the chamber have addressed. -- half dressed. give way to for him to pass in the doorway. the first rule of civility and is one we agreed upon definition. every action done in the company showing some sign of respect to those that are in prison. the research on stability, there are a bunch of unknowns and disagreements. defining this is not enough. there is a big question -- how important is civility in american democracy? we have never been a particularly apt symbol people. we have been a great success as a country. civility.tabilit is it helpful to is decided? we have four panelists. i will introduce them. i will start to my right with cassandra dahnke, co-founder of the institute for stability in a government based in houston, texas. ten rules that work, which i

been unnecessary expenditure, but it's hard for me to believe and understand of the mayor of an american cityat is the point of that is to secure the homeland, by helping their security forces be secure, and we can't find to a way to bring that money full circle in partnership with state and local governments, and we don't have to rely on people and foundations to do it we should do ourselves, if we identify it and call the nation to focus on it and we say it is important to save the lives of young african-americans, we can and we know it's fixable. but it takes time and resources and money i am proud to say that we have cease-fire in new orleans. it is one of many things, but we have to say it is a national epidemic rate we will do everything we can to fix it. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, mayor. [applause] >> now you know why he is my partner. mayor ashley swearingen. >> mayor, well done. i just want to share a few things with you from our experience in fresno. as was mentioned we are not implementing the cease-fire program that has been presented this morning. from a law en

and the europe, and now one place that an american company has not been so successful is the forbidden city keen of mixing cultural history with an american coffee chain. suzanne. >> thank you, alison. appreciate it. >>> we have reaction of the white house to the special enjoy kofi annan who has brought a peace plan to syria, and he has since stepped down from his post, a nd we will hear reactio from the white house about what is taking place in syria. that is up next. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] gillette. the best a man can get. in here, every powerful collaboration is backed by an equally powerful and secure cloud. that cloud is in the network, so it can deliver all the power of the network itself. bringing people together to develop the best ideas -- and providing the apps and computing power to make new ideas real. it's the cloud from at&t. with new ways to work together, business works better. ♪ to find you a great deal, even if it's not with us. [ ding ] oh, that's helpful! well, our company does that, too. actually, we invented that. it's like a sauna in here. helping you save, even if it

. >> announcer: "nightline" continues from new york city with cynthia mcfadden. >>> americans spend an estimated $50 billion, that's right, $50 billion a year on weight loss products. but what if much of that cash is being spent in the wrong ways. well, that's what one doctor says. claiming that food can be as addictive as heroin. and he claims the only way to break free is diet rehab. so, we put his 28-day solution to the test with the mother desperate to lose weight. here is abc's juju chang with an encore presentation. >> when i look at myself. when i look at my body, i am not happy. i just don't want to be big anymore. i don't want to feel uncomfortable in my own skin. >> reporter: khalia moss says she is an addict, a food addict. >> i feel like i abuse it. >> reporter: in one day she can eat an entire box of pasta. a typical meal includes huge portions of white rice and beans. >> feeling stuffed but still hungry kind of. it is weird. >> reporter: she is constantly snacking. what kind of foods would you mindlessly eat? >> chips. my favorite, onion rings. i would sit there and not r

an epidemic in one of america's biggest cities. manuel bojorquez is there. an afghan in an army uniform guns down three american marines. david martin reports it's happening more and more. and steve hartman "on the road." if you paint it, they will come. >> look at that mob! captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> schieffer: good evening, scott is off tonight, i'm bob schieffer. hardly a day passes that we don't show you pictures of the great drought of 2012. but the government put out a report today that brings home just how severe it really is, and it's not just farmers and stockmen who are affected. it's going to mean higher priceses for everyone. nearly one quarter of the country is now in extreme or exceptional drought. today for the second month in a row the agriculture department said that means corn and soybean production will be down again. corn down 13%, soybean production down 12%. beef production will also be down 4%. what this means, of course, is that as food production goes down, food prices go up. anthony mason is covering this story. >> reporter: the worst drough

american mayor in that city. the city council is a biracial city council. the police chief is an african- american. selma is a different place today. it is a better place today. >> what happened to you after you were beat season where'd you go? >> on that sunday afternoon i was beaten and 47 years later i don't recall how i made it back to the little church that we had left from, but apparently someone literally carried me back to the church. i felt like i was going die. i do recall, i thought i saw death. i really thought i was going to die. but i do remember being back in that church. the little brown chapel a.m.e. church in downtown sell match. the church was fill told capacity. more than 2,000 people trying to get in to talk about what happened on the bridge. they said i don't understand it, how president johnson can send troops to vietnam and cannot send troops to sell marks alabama to protect people whose only desire is to register to vote. before i knew it, people had been transferred to the local hospital in selma, the good samaritan hospital, that was omitted by a group of nuns and those w

an american talent, it is undeniable. controversial. yes. >> the book was the city and the pillar. >>> downpour to say something about him? >> i knew him very slightly. i agree with what pat said. he was a dazzling intellect and dazzling conversationalist. he was a very special man in terms of what he was able to contribute to the american public dialogue and he will be missed. >> he was a magnificent writer and i must say, watching that clip, it is hard to understand. they talked over each other,. >> like we do. >> a couple of words you could pick up on. >> a couple of words here and there i got. >> gore vidal say don't interrupt me. >> vidal called buckley a cryptic tow nazi. buckley called vidal a queer, right? >> said he was going to plaster his head against that wall and it will stay plastered. >> they didn't exchange body blows, it was all verbal, we can relate to that. >> in the room afterwards, vidal said well we certainly gave them their money's worth, didn't we? he was right. > >> buckley was steaming. >> gore video dale never let it go. when bill died he

today, feature jesse owens, an exceptional american. it's 5:00 in new york city. this is "the five." ♪ ♪ >> eric: senate majority harry reid yelled "fire" in a crowded room with this speculation. >> so, the word is out he hasn't paid any taxes for ten years. let him prove that he has paid taxes, because he hasn't. >> eric: word is out, senator, is it or it that you are making stuff up to divert etension from the 42 months in a row of above 8% unemployment under president obama? whatever. mitt romney wasn't taking the claim lying down, suggesting reid put up or shut up, but it was the rnc chairman reince priebus who got really fired up. >> i am not going to respond a dirty liar who hasn't filed a single pay of tax returns himself. >> you said you are not going to respond, but you called him a dirty liar. you think harry reid is a dirty liar? >> i just said. >> eric: then nancy pelosi landed the final blow to the g.o.p. with proof that mitt was cheating on his taxes. she offered this amazing legal argument. he is said harry reid made a statement, that is true. someb

. >>> mexican federal police opened fire on an american diplomatic vehicle. just south of mexico city.s. government official tells cnn that two u.s. citizens working at the u.s. embassy were taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening wounds. the federal police officers were being questioned by authorities and they might be prosecuted. >>> it's been 365 days since the u.s. lost its top credit rating. what are we doing to get it back? it's a good day for stocks. the dow gained 100 points it the s&p 500 rose by 9. our third "outfront" story tonight, gunfire. right here on the streets of manhattan. amateur video of a chaotic and frightening scene. you can see the shooter on the ground. police had just shot him moments before. johnson had pulled out a handgun and he shot a former colleague dead outside the empire state building. eight other people were injured. caught in the cross fire. >> he killed one person and at least nine other people were shot. and some may have been shot accidentally by police officers, who responded immediately. and while confronting the suspect and fatally sh

american citizens than anglos. it is an african-american town. the audience was filled with african-americans. the city itself was a site of a famous civil rights demonstrations in 1963 that drew liewrt liewrt. that drew martin luther king. the vice-president said, they are going to put y'all back in chains. he didn't say all of us, he was pointing to the republicans saying, they. he said, y' all, he's from delaware. please! they don't say y' all. they may say that in southern alabama. but when you say y' all you are pulling out people in the rowd and talking to them. he didn't say we. he point to the audience which was substantially african-american and said y' all and will be back in chains. there is no doubt in my mind that this was a racially tinged remark. and governor wilder, the first black governor in the south since reconstruction hit it on the head. this was a racially insensitive remark, an attempt to play the race card and the vice-president of the united states should be embarrassed. jay carney didn't answer the question. he didn't deal with the substance. he says, everyone knows he was ta

an off, 60,000 people, that's like a city. -- an organization of 60,000 people, you're always going to have crime. i'm not saying we're different than any other group of americans. i'm saying we're exactly like any other group of americans. we will hold them accountable when they do something wrong. >> in recent months we've heard everything from tsa agents being accused of stealing laptops to accepting bribes and drinking on duty. >>> the u.s. postal service is hours from defaulting on a $5.5 billion bill. it would be the burst time the agency defaults on a -- pus time the agency defaults on a payment -- first time the agency defaults on a payment to the u.s. treasury but it won't be the last. >>> in the face of billions of dollars in cuts, the defense department is hoping congress can head off its plans for sequestration. if the mandatory cuts take effect, they could add up to hundreds of thousands of jobs in our area and more than a million nationwide. >> the problems are determining how to deal with our deficit, how to address it, what to cut, what revenue to raise, are so serious and there's so much difference that we can, in fact, go through even somethin

today, feature jesse owens, an exceptional american. it's 5:00 in new york city. ♪ >> eric: senate majority harry reid yelled "fire" in a crowded room with this speculation. >> so, the word is out he hasn't paid any taxes for ten years. let him prove that he has paid taxes, because he hasn't. >> eric: word is out, senator, is it or it that you are making stuff up to divert etension from the 42 months in a row of above 8% unemployment under president obama? whatever. mitt romney wasn't taking the claim lying down, suggesting reid put up or shut up, but it was the rnc chairman reince priebus who got really fired up. >> i am not going to respond a dirty liar who hasn't filed a single pay of tax returns himself. >> you said you are not going to respond, but you called him a dirty liar. you think harry reid is a dirty liar? >> i just said. >> eric: then nancy pelosi landed the final blow to the g.o.p. with proof that mitt was cheating on his taxes. she offered this amazing legal argument. he is said harry reid made a statement, that is true. somebody told him. it's a f

american dream. >> from mexico city. my dream is to be an urban planner. >> reporter: in chicago, and houston, and l.a., the lines have been growing all day. the new program has many critics, who call it an end-run around congress. >> it is no coincidence that this sweeping policy change was announced less than five months before a presidential election. >> reporter: but for sophia campos, it's a god send. she graduated with honors from ucla. now, she hopes to go to m.i.t. for grad school. this is going to be as important as your diploma. >> more. up to this point, we hang our diploma, you know, in our rooms and we say, "what now?" >> reporter: now, she can put her education to use. david wright, abc news, los angeles. >>> and there were other long lines out there today, of a very different kind, stretching all the way to the horizon. we were struck by these images, people lining up for the powerball jackpot, which now has reached $323 million, the fourth-largest jackpot in history. we were wondering, what are your real chances of winning an

heroic scale highways and universities, suburbs and factories, great cities and grand alliances, the strong foundations of an american century. now the question comes to the sons and daughters of this achievement, what is asked of us? this is a remarkable moment in the life of our nation. never has the promise of prosperity been so vivid. but times of plenty like times of crises are tests of american character. prosperity can be a tool in our hands, used to build and better our country. or it can be a drug in our system, dulling our sense of urgency, of empathy. of duty. our opportunities are too great, our lives, too short to waste this moment. so tonight, we vow to our nation, we will seize this moment of american promise. we will use these good times for great goals. >> [applause] >> we will confront the hard issues, threats to our national security, threats to our health and retirement security, before the challenges of our time become crises for our children. and we will extend the promise of prosperity to every forgotten corner of this country, to every man and woman, a chance to succeed. to every child, a chan