, there's something about growing up in arkansas, where arkansas ends up being a character in the story. in other words, just growing up in that state, growing up in that region, you talk about this in the book, and growing up in small-town arkansas, and never being on a plane. you talk about your childhood in arkansas. how much does growing up in that state factor into who you are, those surroundings? >> yeah, there's something about it. like the deep south, mississippi, alabama, louisiana, georgia, has a slightly different vibe from arkansas. arkansas had that thing that those states don't have, which is the actual hillbilly thing, which would be arkansas, tennessee, kentucky, west virginia. so it was a little bit different there, and it was always known as a place, it would get joked about in hillbilly terms and all that kind of thing, and i think we always have a chip on our shoulder a little bit. there was a lot of great, magical stuff that came out of there, too, growing up there, some really smart people who were great artists and things like that. i think some of us broke out of

arkansas has a few flash flood watch as if.ht along that line in southeastern arkansas is a flash flood warning for now. this is bringing much-needed moisture to parts of the midsection of the country. they are in a very severe drought from arkansas north and even eastern into the ohio valley, southern illinois included. the leftovers of isaac will bring much-needed rain to them. right now it's not a soaking rain but it could turn into a little much of a good thing for some locations. that's why there are some watches and warnings in effect especially in arkansas. there's a cold front off to our northwest. that will depend on saturday and give us a slight chance of isolated showers on saturday? along with energy that will spin off from the leftovers of isaac. those combined to give us isolated showers mainly in virginia later in the day on sunday. letsonlet's look at the predicted rainfall totals from the leftovers of isaac. this is sunday at 2:00 p.m.. north of st. louis in parts of northeastern missouri, possibly over 6 inche

about to fully cross over into arkansas and the rain has, too. the heavy rain and tornados across mississippi. the big concern, again, river flooding and there is some flooding along the path of this and eventually some of the moisture will be rung out so we're talking about four to six inches. eventually it will be two to four inches but it will be significant. what is guiding the storm system now is an area of high pressure that was right over us yesterday and is in the process of sinking down to the south. as it singes south, this -- sinks south, this comes up like an atmospheric seasaw and the high pressure will guide this into the mid-atlantic late in our labor day weekend. maybe some rain here. sunday afternoon or evening and i will show you the future cast. it looks like it wants to stay mostly wet and through virginia. there is the high the next few days and that will take, again, remnants all the way up, again, a tropical depression, winds of 35 miles an hour and steer it in our direction as we head into the weekend. so, some showers exp

for a businessman of your scale living here or living in arkansas. ok you mentioned i can buy measures. ok i bought national archives i can tell you that same car in moscow two times more expensive i don't know what is the reason for this but it's a reality check and probably the tax tax on i think also their strategy of big brands to sell products in russia most bands of them and some are in marcus saw. structural fewer expenses completely different in arkansas then in moscow for sure . the way a supermarket functions in moscow and in the united states in russia in the states is a completely different or is it more or less the same i mean if it is your business for merely all you have to learn then. new things the business itself is the same where selling. merchandise where selling food and the way how are doing because for sure different and the warm winter is very famous for their everyday low cost and everyday low price strategy and as far as a non non off russian retailer she was destructive is it really is a true you know level of sales and dis

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karen brown, cbs news, arkansas. >>> in wetter news, a tropical depression has formed in the atlanticof the caribbean. forecasters at the national hurricane center in miami say it could strengthen to become a named tropical storm later today. storm watches are posted for the windward islands. including barbados, martinique and others. up next on your thursday morning, your weather forecast and in sports, we'll wrap up wednesday's results at the london olympics. plus, the president's message to u.s. women gymnasts on winning the team gold. the team gold. maybe you can't. when you have migraines with fifteen or more headache days a month, you miss out on your life. you may have chronic migraine. go to mychronicmigraine.com to find a headache specialist. and don't live a maybe life. boost your training routine with an avocado kick. it's a game changer. [ male announcer ] so is the tasty turkey avocado. tender turkey breast and smooth avocado on freshly baked 9 grain wheat bread. just sounds good doesn't it? i'm lapping it up. [ male announcer ] try it in the ultimate veggie. fresh veggie

then it -- still going to be in northern arkansas. then it begins to accelerate into missouri to the east on saturday and making a turn to the ohio valley, but the silver lining is much needed rainfall for much of the midwest. our own scott broom joins us now live from moth point, mississippi. they're still having rescues even at this hour, correct, scott? >> reporter: yeah, you're right, topper. moth point is real close to pascagoula and thank goodness it finally quit raining. i so was glad to see the radar of this storm. pascagoula and this east side of the storm just caught huge amounts of rainfall, 20 inches of rain fell in this town and it has finally stopped. i'm telling you nobody here imagined that a category 1 hurricane coming ashore 160 miles away from here in another state would have created flooding like this. 20 inches of rain from a storm that simply will not leave. >> i was really concerned about getting her out of there because i don't want nothing to happen to her. >> reporter: this was approximately the 200th rescue

isaac continues to slowly pull away through louisiana and then arkansas. then it will make the turn through the midwest and some of that moisture could be here as we head into the day on sunday, monday. today no problems. another really nice day across the region. your bus stop forecast mainly clear, very pleasant. low 60s to low 70s at the bus stop. 6:36 on the sunrise. some of the places in the mountains even upper 50s. day planner, you like it sunny without humidity? we've got another one for you. 81 by 1 success. by 1:00 -- by 11:00. by 1:0085 degrees. i think at 4:00 we'll top out at 89. locally we're in the low 60s in many areas from laurel to bowie this morning. upper barl -- upper marlboro is 634. hey -- 64. haymarket 53. pretty sky here. about 23 minutes or so before the sunrise. the humidity levels are at 73%. not too bad and the calm winds. we have a shot of heat tomorrow. forecast today 89. tonight back in the 70s in town. low 70s with 60s north and west. 95 tomorrow. still not too humid. by saturday 91. there's a slight chance of an afternoon

we have more from a hard hit cattle farmer in arkansas. >> he's been raising his cattle with love and. >> every day, it's like a grandchild basically. >> which is why it's breaking his heart to see them go. >> you used to have how many? >> 234. >> 234. and how many do you have left? >> i've got 112. >> the drought has killed the grass and forced pruitt to start using up expensive winter hay. so he's selling off cattle. >> it's just a hard feeling. but you know that they'll be better off down the road where there's going to be plenty of grass for them. >> at the arkansas cattle auction, it's a buyer's market. owner randy goodman is selling more than twice as many cows as usual. and they're going for a third less than the normal price. >> a lot of the cattle has twoent slaughter. that's sad. >> the lucky ones find homes in other states. gerald knapp drove 260 miles from oklahoma. when he waves his card, it means he's bidding. >> did you just buy a cow? >> yes. >> did you get a good price? >> yes. >> knapp had to sell off his own herd during last year's drought. now he's rebuilding. >> a

it will move over new orleans today and then head into arkansas. more than 200,000 people along the gulf coast are without power right now. that will only get worse. the storm is striking on the seventh anniversary of hurricane katrina. this is no katrina. that storm devastated areas like plaquemines pairish. the parish president says isaac has already left a two-foot hole in his own roof. >> the same kind of damage we received on katrina. i'm just blown away that that kind of damage from this supposedly category one storm. >> it's about ten -- in about ten minutes we'll go live to the national hurricane center in miami to get the latest on isaac's strength and where it is heading next. >>> there's new evidence out in the beating after d.c. man on capitol hill near eastern market. he remains in a coma this morning. d.c. police say surveillance video taken at a gas station on pennsylvania avenue shows the suspects moments after they attacked 29-year-old thomas maslin. he was headed home after a night out with friends on august 18 when he was savagel

looks like arkansas, missouri, possibly illinois and indiana. we're going to see some benefits from what at this point has been a destrength uv storm. >> if you're watching us on 12 news in phoenix, arizona, discover how artists use paper as a canvas as paper at the art museum. and that's your "early today" event of the day, lynn. >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. well, lindsay lohan's problems keep piling up. when will it end. >> you can stop reporting. >> i have no choice. yesterday lohan was banned by her favorite hollywood hotel for allegedly failing to pay a $4000 bill. tmz reports lohan thought the producers of her liz taylor lifetime movie were covering the bill. >> a misunderstanding. >> the bill itself shows some interesting charges. $686 for cigarettes and over $3,000 for the mini bar. >>> all right. after a ten-episode summer rung, fx has ordered another 90 episodes of charlie sheen's comedy "anger management." >> i taped the first two. >> kicking off the first leg of her summer tour in phi

we're getting the beneficial rains up through arkansas this morning. we can see localized flooding, but beneficial because of the drought in the area. the path of the storm in the next five days will slowly rain itself out. the heavier rain in arizona, central portions of illinois. here is a look at the current drought status across the country. and it is very dry. this bright red, this is kansas, missouri and illinois. this is the hardest hit drought areas. no relief through nebraska or oklahoma. what is next? this is the heart of our tropical season. september is actually the busier month, we have two hurricanes and a tropical storm. the hurricanes, fish storms well off the east coast, never approaching land. so lynn it looks like we should get through the holiday weekend. and no threats to the u.s., we get a break. >> let's hope so all right, bill, thank you so much. >>> well, big ben finally speaks. >>> sears gets a bounce. >>> and the billionaire who gives to others on his birthday. your business report, straight ahead. >>> coming up, the time tab

the chair recognizes the gentleman from arkansas. mr. crawford: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. crawford: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. crawford: because of the geographic area in which they live, many americans don't have many transportation options as others. as a result, these people are more directly impacted by highway and bridge tolls and -- than others who have other transportation options. state and local governments have the ability to offer discounted rates for residents in specific geographic areas. they can mitigate the impact on tolls for those who have fewer transportation options. i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting the legislation, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the g

more mountains and hills and that causes flash flooding toward arkansas. that is going to be a concern further inland, the threat for flash flooding. here is what will happen precipitation-wise. it could be another 2" or 3" but tonight and tomorrow it pulls toward arkansas, and missouri, iowa, and spreads further to the east. there is a lot of drought going on, people want moisture here, they will get too much, quickly and it will cause spreading. for the crops, they all dry. so, it will bring rain but no help to this year's season for the crops but any rain this is going to be good. too much coming too soon. where you are, shep, tomorrow morning, a big improvement with sunshine tomorrow. >>shepard: folks in southeast louisiana will be glad to hear that. rick, from the fox extreme weather center. the biggest problem is flooding overrode ways. people are having a hard time figuring out when you can go where. this morning our advanced crews left the hotel in new orleans to go scout locations for us to do like shots in south mississippi. along the way they re

today suck arkansas comes in at number one. the town used to be a popular drinking location for boaters on the arkansas river and the neighbors said people would actually stay there sucking on a bottle until they swelled up like a big today. here they are. climax,gogo, hooker, oklahoma and of course a maryland town, asawoman bay. i'm having ha hard time getting over today suck, arkansas. >> i would be like i'm turning around. i'm not going tlchlt here at home we're not going to be dealing with any type of todays out there. that's disgusting. but right now lots of humidity and temperatures above average. look at this 70 in manchester. 67 in rockersville. 70 in frederick. we see more 70s across the eastern shore as we come off of 70 degrees. this is what it looks like outside. right now we're starting to see that sun begin to show itself but we're also seeing some clouds out there as well. we speeng of the clouds and here we are as we take a look at the satellite part. the radar part not picking up on a whole lot of rain. one lit

what is now tropical depression isaac really hammering northwestern mississippi, southeastern arkansas, another 4 to 8 inches from this storm now winds are 35, that's really not the factor. it's the rain we have to talk about, and all that moisture will be wrapping you through st. louis cincinnati, and it will eventually get here, but i think it will not be until the end of the weekend. we will be looking at rain chances, but i don't think it will -- veronica, of course, will have the latest when she sees you in just a little while. >>> a former lacrosse player murdered his one-time girlfriend yeardley love. jack jill benson has more.

areas of arkansas to missouri or illinois and indiana.will throw more colors on the map and look at what happens here. these colors here, that's all precipitation. it cuts right across arkansas and then in through missouri and indiana. at least for part of where we have drought we are going to get some rain. we have significant drought off toward the west, and with that said even though we might see some four to eight-inch rainfall totals across arkansas, that will not bus this drought. it will certainly help. the problem is it will fall so quickly we will get a lot of flooding across this area. that answers that question. want to show you one other thing. this is the latest radar image here. you can see the yellows and reds right there. right there very heavy toward new orleans. you just had a guest on, a storm chase neither gulf port, mississippi, and he was talking about storm surge. he said the winds are heading toward the west that's exactly it. with that circulation he is not getting the piling up of the waves in gulf port. all of i

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in 1998, in arkansas again, the republican u.s. senate candidate running against blanche lincoln, a man named fay boozman was reported in a local arkansas paper to have told a crowd at a political gathering that there was no need for a rape victims' exception to making abortion criminal because of something he described as god's little shield. he later denied using the exact phrase god's little shield, but he did explain further that based on anecdotal information he had collected as an opthalmologist, he knew that real rape victims could not get pregnant from a rape biologically speaking. in 1999, the former president of the national right to life committee published an article that anti-abortion activists still link to online today. it says the same thing all those republican men had been saying for years that woman don't get pregnant when they're raped. these guys in the anti-abortion movement and in the anti-abortion movement side of politics keep arguing, making this case in public because it has important policy consequences

tomorrow evening probably an area of low pressure getting ready to cross into arkansas. it's probably going to bring a tremendous amount of rain in there. we know 7 to 14 inches easily with some isolated 25-inch amounts in the gulf coast and i would say this track is a little bit slower. that last position over ohio is monday. that would have winds of 15 miles an hour. so definitely weaker, but it's really not about the wind, but about the rain this thing has been producing. speaking of the rain, we can give you the estimates here. while we see the heaviest rain from new orleans to biloxi down through southeastern louisiana into mobile, these have definitely been approaching continue inches and i'm would the sure those will go up. we'll have -- quite sure those will go up. we'll have much more in our weekend and local forecast in a few minutes. >>> soon we'll go live to new orleans and a look at how the storm has impacted gas prizes. >>> one day after nominating mitt romney several top republican figures are showing their support for him at the national convention in tam

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parts of arkansas and the ozarks are getting rain.at is left of isaac is pushing north and then to the east. that will take several days. we're all right to start with. over the next three or four days or so. it will kind of game in our direction. let's check the situation outside across the state. ocean city, 72. 64 in parkton. in far50's and the 60's western maryland. you can see the dry air over us right now. notice the rain from georgia, florida, into the core of the storm. that is the tropical moisture protecting us from the time being. that has held the storm to the south and soaking louisiana. there is a cool front off to the northwest. ains ening, those rein approaching iowa. high pressure is still with us. what is left of isaac will bump into the cool front and begin to change the aspects of our weather. lots of sunshine and maybe a cloud or two. sunrise this morning at 6:35. west winds at 12 miles per hour. major airports for destinations, connect points. the southeast looks wet with rain. most of the rest of the country is

the track of the storm takes it up into northern louisiana today and tomorrow into arkansas and then into missouri on saturday and sunday into illinois and indiana. then late on sunday, perhaps into monday morning, starting to come close to our metro area, and out ahead of that, we'll get increasing moisture and maybe some tropical showers, but not today. clear, dry, high pressure over us now. just a few passing clouds coming through with that full moon. i winked at the moon for neil armstrong this morning. and we will have that full moon in our western sky through the morning hours and lots of areas where it's down into the 50s. quite a chilly start. cumberland's only 55 right now, while in montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties, most of those locations in just the low and mid-60s. for the morning commute, 6:00 a.m., cool and calm, we'll be in the 60s through much of the area by 6:00 a.m. then by noontime, for your lunch hour, we'll be in the low to mid-80s, so quite a rapid warm-up, but we'll have low humidity and lots of sunshine. during the rest of the afternoon

out there, that when that cold front runs into that humid air down into kentucky, tennessee, and arkansas, we'll get strong storms. they will make their way into the drought zone including areas from arkansas to memphis, much of missouri, no rain in the forecast for you in kansas. in the east, a few storms in the northeast, but it will not be all that widespread. it looks like for even in new england area it will be very stormy. >> we'll check in now with the olympics in london now where misty may-treanor and kerri walsh submitted their title of the best beach volleyball players. they claimed the title in what was likely the pair's last match together. they finished with a perfect record of 21-0. congratulations to them. the dream team punched their ticket to the semifinals over australia. kobe bryant had 240 points in the second half, and lebron james had a triple double. so to the track now where allison got a gold medal by winning the 200 meter final last night. that runner conceded her spot so she moved on. she won in the previous olympics before breaking through for gold this time ar

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heads northwest but becoming probably a tropical depression by tomorrow as it moves over arkans arkansas. and then saturday and sunday moving into missouri, illinois, indiana, picking up speed. and some of the tropical remnants of isaac may be coming our way by the end of our holiday weekend, unfortunately, for labor day. right now, though, we're off to a clear start. we had just a few clouds south and east of washington. those are beginning to drift away, and temperatures under a mostly clear sky, fresh and cool, low humidity. it's only around 60 degrees in montgomery county, much of fairfax county, arlington county only the low 60s as well as prince george's county, near 70 in washington, 50s shenandoah valley and into the mountains. hour by hour today. well, by 7578, we'll be in the mid-60s, near 70 in the metro area, cool and calm with a mostly clear sky and mostly sunny the rest of the day with low humidity. noontime, lunchtime, it will be in the low to mid-80s. upper 80s, near 90 by 3:00. by 6:00 p.m., back down into the mid-80s. i'll be back in ten minutes with a hometown forecast

again, big times tonight and tomorrow for arkansas and then into missouri. heavy rain for saint louse. it starts turning right and goes through indiana and illinois and eventually into ohio and maybe, just maybe, a light shower for us hit-or-miss on saturday. most of sunday morning is okay. and cloudy. there is the rain to the south and west go&we think it will fill in into the labor day holiday. monday might be wetter and let me show you the fox 5 accuweather seven-day forecast. we have a new partnership with accuweather and we'll tell but that down the road. it will be to your benefit, especially if you're mobile. meanwhile, tomorrow o seven-day forecast, take a second to absorb it, everyone. 94 degrees and that is looking like we'll be in the 90' on saturday and -- 90s on saturday. if we get the rains now, it will be cooler for sunday and monday, temperatures in the 80s and notice it's unsettled into the first part of next week. there is some multiple frontal boundaries, september leak coming through and bogging down or giving us -- september-like coming

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then michigan and arkansas will have a chance of those storms. eventually as we go throughout our forecast for friday the storms and events will arrive through the appalachians and possibly through the mid-atlantic. >> if you're watch uing us on ky3 missouri see how laundry and dishes can inspire beautiful art at playing house at the springfield art museum. that's your "early today" event of the day. >> i did dishes for like a half hour last night. i've got dish pan hands. i don't want to hear it. >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. elvis presley fans are marking the 35th death of the king in memph memphis. they did this last night and got a special surprise. his ex-wife priscilla and their only daughter marie stunned thousands of greeting fans holding a candlelight vigil at graceland. >>> else where chris brown and drake are being sued for $16 million over a bottle-throwing brawl at a club in june. >>> more than a decade after he left to fight parkinson disease, michael j. fox is reportedly plans a retu

the intensity extended in hard- hit missouri, arkansas and a number of planes. if that seems early, you are right. usda tells us the earliest published corn harvest in the database is august 30th 1987. >>> and that will be nearly three weeks ahead of its earliest report on record. as a typically they don't start publishing the harvest data until 35% of the corn crop is rated as mature. >>> and the it department says it will provide additional assistance for livestock and crop producers. it will also increase the capacity for lending two small businesses including farmers by credit unions in drought stricken areas. end of the us department of transportation says it will weigh certain requirements contracts allowing for heavier loads of grain. >>> when we come back, ma gold and greg hunt are here to wrap up a very busy week in the markets. we will be right back. >> roundtable guests this week, we have great hunt from archer financial services and mark gold to talk third egg marketing. we had an enormous report friday and everyone has been waiting all year for this

the good news for arkansas is, boy, do they need the rain. the drought has been hurting the mid section of the country. mitt romney will make history tonight h. e's the first mormon to accept the nomination for president. this four years and two days after barack obama became the first african-american to accept a major party nomination for president. in a new u.s. msnbc documentary chris matthews looks at prident obama's campaign and his first years in the white house. here's a clip. >> despite personal attacks from the far right, obama was more widely seen as an american success story. >> ready? [ blows whistle ] >> the sight of the first family in the white house partly built with the work and sweat of slaves is a reminder of what the presidency means to history. >> you see the shot of the president, the first lady and the two first daughters walking across the white house lawn, a scene you have seen a thousand times before but now you are seeing it with an african-american family. it expands our library, our mental library of what's possi