if you chose this week to head down to south florida or the bahamas, unfortunately the weather is not cooperating. if you live in pittsburgh, toledo, cleveland, all the way through louisville, lexington, indianapolis, st. louis, a chancef dition stro stormshi afrnn. tin e tnathatis osyoi to b fm ubck am, cy t and hot again. we're fine in the southwest. as we head into may, we expect a lot of severe weather and thunderstorms and it looks like we're going to have it. >> say it isn't so. bill, thank you. >>> the economy sputters. airfares soar and do we really need another "titanic"? your first look at today's business headlines is straight ahead. >>> an ejection, a remarkable comeback and a playoff performance for thererd oks. you're watcng firstk on nbc. withwiffer duss, a re clean oesn'te r fer dustnder l t re clean oesn'te r if leless yo b ♪ [ male announcer ] virtual wallet can help you be that person who's good with money. see what's free to spend. move money with a slide. save with a shake. feel good about your decisions. >>> welcome back to "first look." i'm veronica did he la cr

my name is paula bahama, and i am here on behalf of mr. ross mirkarimi. i have sat here and listened to everything that everyone had to say on behalf of him, and we as the people when we elective him, we knew exactly the type of person that we were putting in office, which is mr. mirkarimi. my children or all born in the western addition. i have eight children. in all of the years of living in the western addition, i've never seen a mayor or a supervisor or elected official get out on the streets and do what he has done. i think he is the best thing that could have happened to the western addition. i feel that he has gone through enough pain and suffering. he should be allowed to return back to work with pay. to suspend him is one thing, but to suspend him about the date is a total different thing. he has a family. he has a child to support, and one thing i am asking the commission to please do is to have his wife returned and the year to be able to give her testimony, because she is the only person that can actually tell you guys what you want to know wh

if you chose this week to head down to south florida or the bahamas, unfortunately the weather is not cooperating. if you live in pittsburgh, toledo, cleveland, all the way through louisville, lexington, indianapolis, st. louis, a chance of additional strong storms this afternoon. i think the tornado threat is mostly going to be from lubbock, amarillo, oklahoma city to wichita, your biggest threat will be large hail. central plains and ohio valley, threat of strong storms today. no problems at all from d.c. to boston to new york. we're nice in the southeast and hot again. we're fine in the southwest. as we head into may, we expect a lot of severe weather and thunderstorms and it looks like we're going to have it. >> say it isn't so. bill, thank you. >>> the economy sputters. airfares soar and do we really need another "titanic"? your first look at today's business headlines is straight ahead. >>> an ejection, a remarkable comeback and a playoff performance for the record books. you're watching first look on msnbc. [ female announcer ] with swiffer dusters, a great clean doesn't have t

secretary of state has announced that the bahamas is prepared to ease sanctions against burma. >> the man alleged to have masterminded the september 11 attacks, khalid sheikh mohammed, and four of his alleged co-conspirators have been formally sent to trial. inspite of moves toward democracy in burma, there are aldepations of serious abuses against some of the people. one of the groups lives on the eastern border. the human rights groups urged them not to become complacent about the area. our reporter had to enter the area illegally. >> the promise of freedom and democracy in burma are a long way from the parade ground where recruits to the independence army have had their training cut from three to two months to get them to the front line in a hurry. >> burmese army soldiers came into our villegas. they were firing their guns and shooting at old people who couldn't run. they raped our women, raped our women. i am old, 42, but that is why i joined up. >> the burmese army advance has left dozens of burned-out villages, and they left many behind. >> everyone was running, but my mother d

countries like the bahamas and trinidad and investments risen dramatic.s and children's hospital in trinidad. joining us is the co-author of a report on chinese investment in the region. kevin gallagher of boston university, welcome to the program. it's influence in reach and it's trying to buy friends and influence and in a region of the world that is dominated by the united states. is that the assessment? >> yeah. the chinese have come out of nowhere in latin american and the caribbean. in 2005 little or no presence in terms of investment. my authors and i estimate in between 2005 and 2007 that the chinese have invested $75 billion into the region. that's more than the world bank and development bank and u.s. and import bank combined. >> this is a philosophy the chinese have a long time frame for their investments and all of their foreign policy is an investment in their economy. we have seen them doing this all around the world buying up oil fields and doing partnerships and joint ventures and giving money in loans to countries the u.s. won't deal with

the most popular were bermuda, nasa in the bahamas and close to cuba. there the cars would be transferred from these big fat merchant ships into sleek, narrow, especially designed blockade runners, many modelled after the clyde river steamers and so-called clyde steamers. low, fast, sidewheeled or propel ler driven vessels painted gray to blend with the sea at night. once underway from one of these interim ports, they become subject to capture from the moment they left british or spanish waters. every speck on the horizon was a potential foe and blockade runners maneuvered to avoid discovery. they also tried to plan their runners just so they appeared offshore at dusk so they could make that run into the final port at night. thomas taylor, who served as a supercargo, or what was the owner's agent essentially on board, the english-built steel-hull erks dred runner ban recorded his feelings in a diary as he made that run in. he's making the run into wilmington, north carolina in 1863, and he wrote, nothing i have ever experienced can compare with it. hunt

with a criminal organization i infiltrated that was based out of ecuador and partially based in the bahamas as well. our second book is going to deal with that criminal organization but i do hope in the future i will get to that issue about policies we have in place. we have a lot of retired folks that have the experience. not only those that are retired. individuals within the service have spent years working on this issue and have a lot to contribute. i hope as a nation we address this issue in the near future. >> host: how good is the cooperation between the united states and mexico over border issues? >> host: >> guest: one are the director in mexico city and fulfilled a diplomatic role we had a tremendous, very good working relationship on this particular issue. if you look at the history when i was in mexico city we ran an operation called operation crossroads international where i was able to get 12 countries to collaborate on one 20 day operation where we interdicted 7,091 emigrants that were destined for the united states to enter our country. because of that cooperation none of th

i enjoyed hearing some of the bahamas will tackle the issue of overtime, particularly the mta. i appreciate their work on this issue. we had two items that we heard. we have also heard public comment. i spoke to supervisor avalos, and i would like to entertain a motion to file both items three and four. ok, we have a motion to file both items, and we will do that without objection. thank you very much. [applause] ok. can recall items 5, 6, 7, 8, and nine together? >> item number 5, ordinance de- appropriating $8.5 million consisting of $5 million in salaries and $3.5 million in fringe benefits and the fire department operating budget and reappropriating $8.5 million to overtime in order to support the department projected increases in overtime. item six, de-appropriating $3 million in fringe benefits and the police department's operating budget and re this is a breeding $3 million to over time. item seven, ordinance de- appropriating $320,000 consisting of two hundred $50,000 in salaries and the public utilities commission clean water department operating budget and rea breedin

saint george bermuda, nassau, bahamas, and havana, north coast of cuba. there the cargos would be transferred from the big fat merchant ships into sleek, narrow, specially designed blockade runners. many modeled after the clyde river steamers. so-called, so-called, clyde steamers. low, fast, side wheeled or propeller driven vessels painted gray to blend with the sea at night. once under way from one of these interim ports, they become subject to capture from the moment they left british or spanish waters. every spec on the horizon was a potential foe. blockade runners moved to avoid discovery. they also tried to time their voyages so they appeared just over the horizon offshore at dusk. so they could make that run into the final port at night. thomas taylor, served as a super cargo or what was the owner's agent on board the english built steel hulled blockade runner banshee, which i think i showed you earlier and have a picture here. this is it. he is making the run into wilmington, north carolina, he wrote "nothing i have ever experienced can compare wit

that tax cuts on the great harm job creators if you believe that and i know a great ski lodge of the bahamas the should go visit democrats who consistently make the point that they would only repeal the bush tax cuts on households making over a quarter of a million dollars that amount quarter million only two percent of all american households actually make that and twenty ten analysis from a nonpartisan research organization shows that less than three percent of small businesses would be affected by rolling back bush's tax rebate so i don't think i sound a great deal small business to me but if the tax cuts are to stay trillions will be added to the debt over the next ten years and you would pay if the proposed house republican budget is any indication it would be the most vulnerable income bracket by the way that spends a higher percentage of its money than the wealthy making them more likely to create jobs than bush's two percent because all the habits die hard and bush find it necessary to shill for the super rich again and because he wishes the tax cuts that racked up the deficit just d

. >>> book extra time if you travel to the bahamas the next few weeks.eds of immigration and customs officers are on stroke and won't be going back to work until at least may 7 when the country has a general election. >> go now and stay until may 8. >>> the secret service recalling a dozen agents providing security for president obama. on top of that, five members of the u.s. military are accused of wreak breaking the rules. at least one secret service agent was suspected to be involved with prostitution. president obama's security has not been comp missied. >>> the next guest participated in hearings on the secret service after a tv couple crashed a white house state dinner. peter king is from new york and chairman of the house homeland security committee. good to have you with us. let me get your reaction to what we're hearing out of colombia. >> two things. i've been talking with the secret service. if everything turns out the way it was reported t11 agents with women in the hotel room compromising themself and the president's security. the agents are

perry ellis, which is a manufacturer and tommy bahama, they came out and raised the expectations in terms of unit growth. i think it's a great time. it's a little beaten down. hasn't performed as well. >> so you're willing to go with some of the laggards? >> when we look at this, the first half of the year is gravy. not a lot of expectations for upside on the first half. what we're going to see in february and march is going to drive the upside. when cotton tries prices come down, all those pieces together really drive a strong back half of the retail segment. >> stacy, who do you like here? where would you invest money in the retail? >> i'm a bit in the other camp. so right now i would look at some of the players that have been a little more consistent, like the limited, like macy's's, certainly the team space, the inventories are cleaner but it's a still a very fickle space and still highly promotional. so i'm not sure i'm ready to look at that space quite yet. and finally the gap had traditional numbers. march looked pretty good. there have been a couple of upgrades and international t

just said i got to convince a lady to go with me i said here is your first tip go to the caribbean, bahamase cold, where the boat turns upside down we will talk more later we have links to all the websites myfoxdc.com we will have more fox 5 morning news when we come back matt. i was saying stop it stop it stop it i can't stand thesese spots. those spots are actually leftover food and detergent residue that can redeposit on your dishware during the rinse cycle. gross. jet-dry rinse agent helps wash them away so the only thing left behind is the shine. jet-dry rinses away residues for a sparkling shine. >> time for thence tore today's trivia question, we asked what mammal can starve to death despite a plentiful supply of food the sloth. >> geez. >> they need daily what? there is a blank word no word they need daily what? sunshine? >> well, they need. >> katie. >> sunshine. >> to raise their body -- the show is finishing like it started to raise their body temperature so bacteria in the stomach is warm enough to break down the leaves it eats it takes up to 100 hours to digest a stomach full o

and this is affecting much of the caribbean, parts of jamaica, up into cuba, up into the bahamas in theantic we're getting all this rain and we are looking at flood advisories in effect, including you in ft. lauderdale. the ft. lauderdale air show had to be cancelled today because of the wet conditions. good call but kind of a bummer. things are calming down but we do think things are going to continue to fire up tonight and tomorrow. storms in parts of colorado and new mexico. this is the general area for severe weather tonight. many of the same areas that got hit this weekend, up towards kansas city and up toward st. louis. that frontal boundary remains parsed so you're going to remain hot and sticky in the south and near record in atlanta and sultry in new orleans. >>> a crime alert on the university of south alabama, their website, you can see there, there's an armed individual, there's been reports of somebody on campus who has a weapon, last seen in the housing area, anybody on campus is asked to remain inside, we're told they're giving more notice, all students are asked to take

it's deploying its equipment in the bahamas right now, and expects to begin onsiteting of cargo in thew is this possible? friday the 13th and it finally happened. brad and angelina are engaged. pitt's manager confirmed the news saying, is a promise for the future and their kids are very happy. there's no date set at this time. brad designed the ring, the couple confirmed the news after this picture them looking at an art exhibit with their son was released. eagle eye viewers may notice the ring on angelina's ring finger. it took a year from conception to finish. our number tonight 270 million, that's how much in dollars brad and angelina are worth, according to celebrity net worth.com. individually, brad's worth about $150 million. angelina is worth $120 million. in addition to movies, both have done endorsements for companies like louis vuitton and heineken. ♪ [ male announcer ] you plant. you mow. you grow. you dream. meet the new definition of durability: the john deere select series. with endless possibilities, what will you create? ♪ learn more about the new select series x310 wit

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since they tied the knot in the bahamas. they chose another romantic spot for their renewal. just before the big moment. nick practicing. mariah tweeting tonight was an incredible night. >> i dig those two. no, i do. they're great. >> good people. happy fourth anniversary. in case you missed that. >>> it seems molly king will never become a queen. >> what? >> the daily mail reporting that prince harry has already moved on. while there was not enough discretion used after the pair was spotted singing karaoke. she tweeted that the two were friends. the price reportedly felt that that was too much. >> twitter, that's the line. >> you think the queen weighed in on that one? >> i don't know, george. >> broke the follow-up rule again. >> follow-up free zone. >> follow-up free. >> sam leaves us laughing as he goes outside. >>> lady gaga's meat dress a memory. now this dress is hairy. wearing what looks like a giant purple wig, gaga made an entrance when she landed -- can we get a full shot of it. it looks likes cousin it. she was on her way to the hong kong leg of her tour. >> wait,

that is because you have a little bank account in the bahamas and use the swiss bank.nk on this one, mr. romney is really vulnerable. >> and it's not illegal. ellen is right. it's not illegal to own a foreign car but if you are president in the united states you don't drive a foreign car. >> get rid of the loopholes and do the buffet law. this is a fairness issue. >> nobody wants to get rid of the loopholes. >> so the guy says get rid of the loopholes. >> i know a lot of democrats don't want to get rid of the loopholes. >> it's a dirty little secret. >> democrats and republicans, newt gingrich his campaign millions of dollars in debt. a new report claiming that he is now loaning his campaign thousands of dollars to stay on the campaign trail. also atry beauties to the former speaker's money problems to lavish lifestyle, not willing to give that up. >> when i ran for the senate, after i lost, people offered to buy my donor list. that is what you do when you are really desperate. every one of those donors are so mad at you. >> heather: tell me, by renting out his donor l

a brazen 19-year-old who stole a plane, boats, cars and eventually escaped to the bahamas.o years later, we're finally getting the true story behind his escape and dramatic showdown with police. >> steve: here with the inside scoop is the author of the book "the barefoot bandit," mr. bob friel joins us from seattle. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: i know that in the beginning when you heard the first broad outlines of the story, you thought he's probably a meth head, stealing things to fuel his addiction. but as it turned out, he was a really smart kid with an awful personal life. >> yeah. he had a really tough upbringing and he grew up on an island south of why i live -- where i live. when he escaped from a juvenile halfway house in 2008, he chose to come to the island where i was living and start this big international crime spree. that was where he stole his first plane, we landed two more of the planes. he fell in love, lucky for us, with our island. so we started having this bizarre crime wave. >> gretchen: it totally changed the way you lived your life