. >> you betcha, cute little guy. >> "you wouldn't believe what happened." >> he had that look. >> what's coming our way? >> wild weather today. things quieting down. and finally by the time we get into sunday, some quieter weather. we had everything from bill to wild weather outside today. so many heavy rains. fortunately, no reports of any tornadoes. but, boy, there were boiling skil skies. this is rocksville. that was a wild thunderstorm that came by. hope your power's back on. as much lightning as we've seen in any thunderstorm this summer, our temperature outside now, right here in washington, believe it or not, we only had a tenth of an inch of rain officially down in national airport. our fifth 95-degree day. what a difference now. 75. you can see when those storms have moved by, a lot of 60s and 70s. that's a sign of some of our weather to come. there's bill, off the coast. you can see the high clouds. folks who may be heading out to the coast may see some high clouds. no direct influence from bill. we've got another batch of thunderstorms cing through. can see how it's moved out

is now the most powerful position in the republican party. [ laughter ] "the morning drive on wqu-betcha [ laughter ] should be exciting. well, here in new york city, the transit authority announced that they are eliminating 360 jobs. most of them subway station cleaners. because if there's one thing i'm always saying when i'm in a subway station is, "this place is too clean." [ laughter ] "i want to eat off the floor in this subway station." [ laughter ] "i want to touch everything." [ laughter ] a new study shows that using tanning beds before the age of 30 can lead to a 75% increase in the risk of skin cancer. as well as a 90% chance of ending up on "real housewives of new jersey." [ laughter ] that's a fact. that's a fact. any fans of "twilight" here? [ cheers ] nobody? perfect. [ laughter ] bryce dallas howard has just been cast in the third "twilight" movie. she'll be playing the girl who is blocking your view of robert pattinson. [ laughter ] "there he is!" finally, tomorrow, president obama has his big beer summit with professor henry louis gates and sergeant james crowley. yeah,

>> you betcha every right to say they should not have been there, but this was a clerical mistake madey government bureaucrats. it ought to be corrected. it does not go to the larger question as to whether it the things in the stimulus package should be in there. i did not agree but all of the things in the stimulus package. if i were still in congress, i would have voted more for projects that would have put more people to work. neil: this is checks going out and no checking on the check. you have envelops going out to attica. you have envelops going out to san quentin. nobody is catching it. you are right. i am wondering if any program this size we have these number of cases, pray tell what is going to happen when we do something significantly bigger. how are you similarly going to dismiss that >> absolutely not, and this has to be corrected. i do not know what you have to do it to correct this, list all of the federal prisons, correct the problem, do not go crazy about it. neil: man, i must be anut. shame on me. -- i must be a nut. >> this is a small number of clerical mistakes. nei

. >> you betcha. >> mostly beer. >>> coming up next, another health issue for kids who watch too much tv or play too many video games. >>> students at a local elementary school saving the >> it's president obama's 48th birthday and he made a surprise visit to the white house briefing room to congratulate helen thomas who is also celebrating her birthday. >> but he and i also had a common birthday wish, she said they hopes for a real health carereform bill. >> after singing happy birthday, cupcakes were distributed. she turned 89. the two also posed for pictures together. thomas has been a white house correspondent with every president since j.f.k. >>> the spe shuttle discovery is now closer to its upcoming mission to the space stion. this morning the shuttle made its slow move from the assembly building to the launch pad. nasa wanted to move "discovery" last monday, but it was late because of a valve fail order a booster steering system. and it still plans to launch the shuttle in the early morning hours of august 25th. >>> coming up on news 4 at 5:00 respect the cash for clunkers pro

the sad thing is, i'll betcha a dollar, all they show on the news tonight is what happened right there. so what i want all of you to do if you would do me a huge favor, what i would like all of you tonight to do -- i know many of you are on the internet. many of you are blogging. many of you are e-mailing and many of you are communicating with twitter and lots of different things. i really hope that the message goes out after this that by and large, this was a good meeting. by and large, everyone behaved. >> there you go. claire mccaskill making some clarifications. apparently, those two people brought proobama signs. they said they were upset that they were allowed to go in with bring in signs. that's what caused the problem. and that's what caused mccaskill to leave the mike. moments ago. she was asked by a security person, would you like to leave, and she said no, not on my life, i'm staying right here, and continuing the town hall meeting. we've got that bite again? go ahead, chris. hit that, if you got it. >> ma'am? okay. everybody sit down. >> all right, amazing as you watch that

you betcha. we have good people in government. they are working hard.they are trying to do the right things. so are you. let's just all stay in the same boat so we can reap the reward that the american people deserve. thank you and god bless you. [applause] thank you. >> british voters are expected to go to the polls in national elections next spring. this weekend, the conservative party leader will talk on how the tory government will change current domestic policies. british politics, sunday night, on c-span. [no audio] >>"washington journal" is next. we will take your calls lot. arlen specter at 11:00 and his democratic primary challenger will give remarks to the netroots nation conference. also today from netroots, ralph nader on the supreme court. later in the day, we will hear from republican pat twomey who is running for senator specter's senate seat. live coverage begins at 7:40 p.m. eastern, here on c-span. coming up shortly, a look at some new health care ads being aired around the country. next hour, we will talk to eric eric andson of red

. >> i'm proud of the united states, you betcha. >> reporter: so is roland, whose heartaches for theen and women dying overseas. he voted for mr. obama and is confident he will handle both wars well. >> he is my commander in chief and i'm proud of him. >> reporter: white house spokesman robert gibbs says while the president will thank u.s. troops he's not planning to get into specifics about afghanistan because the commanding general is still conducting a review there. each the mccain voters told me they respect the commander in chief and they want to give him more time to get it right. don. >> all right, very good, ed henry, thank you. beautiful backdrop, the mountains behind you, very nice. we look forward to your reports from there. >>> we're keeping our eye on the gulf coast for you. tropical storm claudette about to make landfall tonight. jacqui jeras is in the cnn hurricane headquarters. the mayor of milwaukee, beaten in the head with a metal pipe. what happened? and how is he doing? plus -- >> the one place i never worried about was church. i never worried about them being at

. >> the horse and buggy variety, you betcha. i'm sure he was. let's head out and take a look and see how we're doing. horse and bug guys, tractor trailers and automobiles. no worries. hard pressed to find any really bad traffic at this hour. and that's good. that's a good thing. 95 northbound and southbound where we typically have the road work this time of day between newington and lorden. don't see much going on at the moment, of course, always subject to change. right now you're good to go. headed for downtown along 395 northbound, across the inbound 14th street bridge we're looking good. southbound 395, also moving without delay on this beautiful monday morning. barbara and keith, back to you. >> thanks, jerry. >> thanks, jerry. >>> right now president obama is at george mason university. he is delivering remarks to commemorate the post-9/11 g.i. bill that went into effect saturday. under this new bill many veterans who served in the military after the terrorist attacks of september 11th, 2001, are eligible for full tuition and fees for four

. >> you betcha. >> for the first time in several months, more than a year, actually, we saw the unemployment rate actually drop. my question to you is, number one, does the white house take credit for that? is this white house policies in action? number two, if that's the case, how do you square that with the fact that you still expect unemployment to top 10%? >> well, savannah, we think that the report today is obviously the least bad report that we've had since this year started. and when you combine that with the gdp moving in the right direction from last week, we do think there are some encouraging signs in the economy. obviously, that's little comfort to the 250,000 americans that lost their jobs. but the president believes that the recovery plan has had an impact and has gotten people back to work, has kept some people in their jobs. and has moved economic growth in the right direction. but keep in mind, that we've only spent out about one-third of the money in the recovery plan and about two-thirds of that money is still left to be spent. so we do think that though it's encouraging,

you betcha. if they were not, can you imagine how boring life would be?here is a lawsuit here at all. her comedy act is protected by the first amendment and the mother needs to get a bit thicker skin. megyn: if anybody could sue, can you imagine how overflowing our core systems would be? >> i looked at the complaint. there is a defamation complaint. onstage, she is different. her blogs are malicious. my mother-in-law, she is a racist. there are really crazy barbs on the blog that try to out her inlaws. maybe she does not mention them by name, but the in-laws in the complaint said that they received these blogs climbing -- i think the n-word something that she wrote. these are outrageous comments. that is what they have come forward and said, this might be funny, but enough is enough. by the way, you are making loads of money on my back. megyn: it might be outrageous to say it. isn't it opinion? if you say your mother-in-law is a racist, is that an opinion that would be protected by the first amendment? >> exactly. i do not think this lawsuit is worth any

. >> you betcha.lways enjoy having you on. >> a quick break. >> how the mighty have fallen. >> ruth madoff's tight budget on the other side of the break. announcer: some people buy a car based on the deal they get. - others buy the car of their dreams. - ( beeps ) during the lexus golden opportunity sales event, you can do both. it's an opportunity today. it's a lexus forever. special lease offers now available on the 2009 es 350. ruth madoff was sued for $40 million trying to recover more funds from his wife. she reached a settlement now where by she will have to tell the judge in this case and what all of her expenses are over $100. >> they will be busy. almost everything is over $100. >> in new york city for pete's sake. you go to the grocery store, you have to tell them. >> how the mighty have fallen. gosh. she is finally getting her hair colored for $500 every two weeks. >> $100 and she has to declare it. >> that are will cause a lot of red tape. >> we will see. we will see if the markets continu

you betcha. are you ready to go? >> yes!to get the red beyond one of the cones. guys, one, two, three! [ whistle blows ] >> it's nip and tuck here. looks like team two may be ahead in the lead. it's getting close. we have a -- oh, it's so close. it's inches, inches away. [ whistle blows ] >> we have a winner right here. we're going to weather right now. good job, guys. here's what it looks like out there. >>> we are seeing a cold front push off the eastern seaboard. a much nicer day today for the northeast than what you had on your day sunday. big time storms for the midsection of the country from chicago to st. louis. the west coast looks beautiful. southwest is, guess what, hot snp as you look at your day tomorrow, we're going to be >> 95 years the police athletic league here in new york city has been doing things just like this to keep kids active and out of trouble during the summer. mags, over to you. >> we've got another way to keep kids active and strong, give them plenty of vitamin d. a new study says that 7 out of 1

>> you betcha.aid we can't cost cut your way to prosperity. we are taking care of our  guests. the adventure card is a fun new promotion for us. >> build points on the side. yesterday brinker was talking about the fact that chili's tried smaller portions for smaller prices and people weren't happy with that. they liked big portions. we are in america. >> we have a great variety from the salads and we think americans want variety. >> cost control, right? at what int r point do you see a return to robust growth? >> what we are going to do is grow. not only through the internalor beganic growth, but build more next year through the kraft frozen pizzas and international growth. we have a lot of leverage to pull us through. it is a tough time for sure. >> i took my kids to cpk last week and enjoyed. had a salad with shrimp and the pizza crust. here's my point. we are talking about jobs today. minimum wage went up a couple of weeks ago. wages may be 35 to 40% of the cost of your doing business. how is

you betcha. are you ready to go? >> yes! red beyond one of the cones. guys, one, two, three! [ whistle blows ] >> it's nip and tuck here. looks like team two may be ahead in the lead. it's getting close. we have a -- oh, it's so close. it's inches, inches away. [ whistle blows ] >> we have a winner right here. we're going to weather right now. good job, guys. here's what it looks like out there. >>> we are seeing a cold front push off the eastern seaboard. a much nicer day today for the northeast than what you had on your day sunday. big time storms for the midsection of the country from chicago to st. louis. the west coast looks beautiful. southwest is guess what hot snp as you look at your day tomorrow we're going to be >>> all right. good morning, let's look at the forecast through the day. we're in the low to mid 707s now, a little humid. sun is starting to come out. busting up clouds, getting rid of the fog. seasonal conditions, high of 88, standard garden variety, 15, 20 per cents chance of an evening widely scattered

. >> that name, mark, may not be familiar with the many consumers, but i'll betcha you know their products. teva sandals, and if you've got a teenage girl in your house, ugh boots. not necessarily teenage, either. they have made this company millions in profits, and now the question is, how will they fight off imitators and competitors? >> teva is the heritage brand. >> it's the brand that invented the sports sandal. >> i call mine the jesus sandal, because it looks like something jesus would have worn -- >> when he was river rafting. >> or walking on the water. >> companies in footwear, in fashion, can sometimes get very, very hot, and your company is hot. how do you stay hot? >> you have to keep pushing forward to excite the consumer. who now has an understanding of your brand. >> in the early '90s, teva's became popular on college campuses and with the outdoorsy crowd. but the company stock price took a hit when rebook, k-swiss and merrill all developed their own sports sandals. nike executives even vowed to squash dekkers with their sports sandals. >> so nike doesn't scare you or reboc

you betcha. >> he's tied for the lead, with moore. >> two-time defending champions, day one of the cupthe hole, win by a stroke. paula creamer for birdie. they won the hole. became the highest-scoring american player in the event's history. peterson, second shot on ten, not good. >> little league world series.lc staten island new york. top third, new york up, 1-0, he hits it to deep right. the two-run homer. 3-0, new york. top fourth, 4-0. and two on.g him ors he flyball to right-center. the gap. they score on the triple. went 2-4. and new york wins, 10-2,. yesterda >> georgia against iowa, warner robbins georgia won two years ago, here in the third inning,h jones, a solo-homerun, just thet beginning of a big day for him.a ties it at 2.threw, in the fourth, trey maddux, solo-homerun. 5-2 georgia.l georgia scored six times. florid jones, again, second homerun of. the day, second run shot, and warner robbins georgia wins,so s 11-3,. >> it was a massacre, squaring off. and up 2-0, bases-loaded, and a grandslam. up 6-0. and 8-0. bases-loaded again. single into leftfield. and two runs score

steve: you betcha. did you know. this is big news. the recession is over.leading economists are saying. so, what do you think? should ben bernanke stay in the job? we're going to talk about that. then, town halls on health care getting testy. >> we are tired of this. this is why everybody in this room is so ticked off. i don't want this country turning into russia, turning into a socialized country. steve: that woman and her husband join us live in the next hour of "fox & friends" for the 12th day of august. that's a-- tiny netbook. yeah, it's-- good-looking, lightweight. generally awesome. and you could just-- go online, video-chat with my cousin. this is un-- under $200. are you some kind of-- mind reader, visionary ? no, i have them. huh. the new lightweight hp mini netbook with windows and america's largest and most-reliable 3g network built in. only 199.99 with mobile broadband plans from 39.99 i am-- speechless, envious. wanna be me right now. getting one. dari: good morning. it's wednesday, august 12th. town halls getting a bit testy. >> going to do

you you betcha. paddy harrington shot a season best 64. leads by two strokes. on a calm day, 40 players were at par or better. paul casey, the number three player with drew midway through the first round with a rib injury. a week ago a, tigers with a tied at 5th. this time he's tied for eighth. >> i had some good shots on the back nine. it was nice. some of the things that i was working on monday, tuesday at home put it together for a little bit in stretches today. i hit it good on the front nine in stretches. starting out i hit a couple of bad shots there in the middle part of the round. got it back. started hitting it good again. hit it a little scratchy coming in. it was kind of in spurts today. kind of the way it's been this year. even though, you know, i don't know. i've done all right this year, i think. you know, four times. people thought i was done after the players and should fire hank. i've had a pretty good season, i think. >> this is tiger's tenth bridgestone. he's shot 68 or better all ten times. he won the event in each of his last three starts.

you betcha. >> well, who are you? i think that was former governor sarah palin. we are going to talk about what she's been up to because today marks seven days since she left office, resigned from the governorship and the gubernatorialship up there in alaska and her supporters want her to tweet. want her op facebook, everything. she's gone on radio silence. you should read some tweets from supporters. saying, how, we want you to talk to us. >> jn than jonathan wihoenig will be here to tell you the top 1% are paying more taxes than the bottom 95%. what message does that send to those hoping to cash in on the american dream? >> there's a funny, a cute viral video making its way around. it's called auto tune the newsment we are going to show you how they put different politicians voices and statements to a very catchy tunement listen to it. >> jobs, johns, jobs and jobs, let's vote for jobs, jobs, don't forget about jobs ♪ ♪ oh, no . >> it's so good. >> i think they could make fun of the news with music. >> we'll talk to