. >> and big brown, if oil goes lower. >> he wants to defend you. >> it's the same thing with the retail space. everyone thought that move ahead of the better numbers too, but it's moving ahead on the economy play. that's what you've seen in joe's space. >> if you're a dow theorist, and -- time for the obama trade. today's better than expected jobs number gives president obama the lift he needs in the polls of an obama comeback. i think i know what this desk thinks. joining us is john harwood to give us insight on that. john, of course, we care about those poll numbers, if obama is going to take credit for this recovery we have seen so far. we care about the poll numbers on the desk, simply because it could give him more currency to get other parts of his agenda accomplished, namely health care and potential taxes in order to race the money for health care. what do you see in terms of his ability to ride this rally? >> well, i do think, melissa, the white house believes the numbers are improving slightly. they've had some good news, the release of the north korean hostages, the approval

which is like a big brown door. and it just closes like this. and so i went to close it like that, and the wind was coming at me. and i didn't have a chance. it blew me back and i landed on my wrist. >> the eastern shore got its fair share of problems yesterday. as the counties face thunderstorms as well as tornado and flash flood warnings, the storms knocked out power to part of south ocean city for a while early sunday morning. chief meteorologist norm lewis joins us now with the first forecast. looking much better today. >> they certainly are, marybeth. around the baltimore area, no precipitation. but maryland's most powerful radar has indicated one little shower. now starting to try to get organized. let me zoom into it. it's down on the lower eastern shore there it is right there. around the salisbury, delmarva area. that shower is moving towards the north at about three miles an hour. you can probably outrun it the way it's going right now. but those little pop-up showers are possible during the summer time. here your forecast for the metr

big strategic victory. he did that in the wake of the iraq invasion probably because in part because of the iraq invasion. and he wanted something in return. i think the brown government would say look, this is not that big of a deal. megrahi was going to die in prison anyway, and we need to engage the libyans. >> but megrahi should've died in prison. gadhafi didn't do the deal over his nuclear weapons because he had suddenly become a trustworthy and terrific guy, right? he did it because he was afraid after iraq about what happened to him if he didn't. and what we saw in the way that they treated gordon brown's request to at least be discreet about this, right, brown did not say -- hasn't said anything about the substance of the decision, even to this day. all he said is he was repulsed by the reception that megrahi received in libya. and what we saw was that you know, libya hasn't changed its spots, right? it'd be nuclear deal because it feared the consequences of not doing it. but here they clearly saw no downside in getting this guy back and then rubbing the british at jason at two and a big embarrassment for gordon brown. still ahead, the nine to end o

he had big jim brown asking him puffball questions.pard: that is what did it for me. >> he rehearsed, practice, and delivered his lines beautifully. shepard: one of the greatest man of character in the nfl had interviewed him a few times. if he is there, you are at least getting good counsel. i'm not surprised that he would do it. i am a little bit surprised that they let him do it. >> this is their choice. they are getting publicity. they're getting publicity for the humane society. what he has to do now is -- he commanded donovan mcnabb. shepard: he was a mighty good man to go to the organization. >> what he has to do now, i suspect -- if i was advising him, i would say no more interviews. you have made your peace. you have given it your shot. you have exonerated yourself publicly. people were going to hate you are going to hate you. now you get ready for some football. shepard: they do not need him at the moment. >> they need to have a zero tolerance policy. if he falls off the wagon, goodbye. they have got to keep this guy on a ver

. >> probably the one guy you don't want to make mad is big man albert haynesworth, and he lines up against jason brown of st. louis, with very interesting comments about big al, stick around, you'll hear more. >>> is that does it for us. >>> and look for us on line or through your mobile phone. have a great evening.  with heson off to college, liturned to target for great deals. like a twen dollar comforteror his bed. a fridge for healthy snacks a readingamp to study by and a cell phonto call home soiz chose target showing off herollege smartabout savings targ. pe more. y ss.

big strategic victory. he did that in the wake of the iraq invasion probably because in part because of the iraq invasion. and he wanted something in return. i think the brown government would say look, this is not that big of a deal. megrahi was going to die in prison anyway, and we need to engage the libyans. >> but megrahi should've died in prison. gadhafi didn't do the deal over his nuclear weapons because he had suddenly become a trustworthy and terrific guy, right? he did it because he was afraid after iraq about what happened to him if he didn't. and what we saw in the way that they treated gordon brown's request to at least be discreet about this, right, brown did not say -- hasn't said anything about the substance of the decision, even to this day. all he said is he was repulsed by the reception that megrahi received in libya. and what we saw was that you know, libya hasn't changed its spots, right? it'd be nuclear deal because it feared the consequences of not doing it. but here they clearly saw no downside in getting this guy back and then rubbing the british at jason at two and a big embarrassment for gordon big embarrassment for gordon brown. t

. >>> on the "cbs money watch" a mixed day for stock markets in asia, and big profits for a major bank. karen brown is here in new york with more. good morning, karen. >> good morning, ross. >>> most asian markets edged higher today boosted by news the u.s. economy is shrinking at a slower pace than expected. hong kong stocks rose about 1%. only japan bukd the trend this morning with the nikkei down just about 1%. wall street is feeling good this morning after its best july in 20 years and its best month since 2002. on friday, the dow closed up 17 points, gaining 8% for the month. the nasdaq was down just about six but up on the month, continuing its longest winning streak in nearly six years. some analysts are warning the markets may be too enthusiastic, and that thered could be a correction coming this fall. >>> and good news for great britain's second largest bank. barclays reported its first half earnings rose 10% on its profits from investment banking. it also says thawing credit markets helped boost its earnings to $3.16 billion. traders also watching closely this morning for earnings reports

. >> brown: another big question, of course, was how many jobs would be created through money like thishow hard is it to even count or figure out where the money goes to what particular job? what have we found? >> it's extremely difficult. the number we keep hearing is the stimulus package will create 3.5 million jobs. and we're about to hit the six-month mark, and pretty soon, unless they change the estimates we're going to be hearing that the stimulus package has created or saved 750,000 jobs. this is based on a little bit of economic guesswork. the counting of the actual jobs is much more difficult. right now we don't know how many jobs have been created. there is-- the best estimate we have has come from a congressional committee and that's in the house of representatives. and they're reporting 48,000 jobs. when our reporters looked at it, they did some truth squadding on it and went back and asked them how many jobs you have actually created, and it was actually somewhere in the neighborhood of 9,000 because they were counting if a construction worker works one week on a paving pro

we got big news from abc2 traffic and kim brown. >> thank you. yes, we are officially twitterrering traffic starting this morning but we're going to look here at route 50 at 97. traffic moving along nicely. no problems to let you know about on northbound 97 to the beltway. you can follow me on twitter, that's maryland traffic, very easy to find. tweet me your traffic updates and if you're out and you see anything let me know and i'll do the same. just a couple of incidents around the area, a disabled vehicle southbound 83 on the on-ramp headed to the inner loop, headed to the shoulder. and a crash in pikesville, reisterstown road and slade avenue. looking at the jfx at 41st street, traffic moving along nicely as you make your way downtown. back to you. >>> we're topping our look at news around the nation -- a fishing boat near newport, oregon, got stuck on the beach. the two crew members on the 50-foot boat were fine but 1,800 gallons of diesel fuel had to be removed from the ship. crews will attempt to refloat the vessel when the tide is a bit h

pamela brown has more. >> a big focus is on the fire hydrants.n firefighters arrived, there was very little water pressure. at one point, the hoses ran dry. we will find out what the city is going to do about it. the fire that swept through the home of peggy cooper cafritz has left neighbors with a lot of what ifs. >> that is ridiculous. >> officials point to a lack of water pressure as the reason for taking nearly two hours to battle the flames. if they did not waste time, could the home have been salvaged? >> it is a definite concern. >> neighbors say they lack of water pressure has been a problem over the last year. it is common in higher elevations. they will work closer -- they willork closely to figure out the problem. >> right now we are in investigation mode. >> the upkeep of fire hydrants has been a concern. the georgetown library erupt in flames because the o closest fire hydrants were broken. wasa says there in the process of replacing the aging fire hydrants. we will hear from officials at 9:00 about details in this investigation. pam

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strasburg is going to be another sensational like alexander ovechkin or a heath shuler or kwame brown, two other big sign things that didn't pan out so well. as pat collins marine minded me in the newsroom earlier today, one thing we know for sure. he is going to be rich. reporting live from nats stadium, keith garvin, news4. now back to you. >> you got that right. i'm with austin, though. lot of money. i think austin is about 55 years old. thank you, keith. >> reporter: pretty smart kid. >>> the thunderstorms now necessitate ad severe thunderstorm warning for you folks in anne arundel county until 6:30. you can see a lot of lightning moving through severna park, annapolis area. here are some of the spots in the path of that. other severe thunderstorm warnings around lutherville. all of this is moving to the northeast. rain showers will be coming through washington. again, for you folks in northern parts of anne arundel county, severe thunderstorm warning until 6:ndayit u and >>> we are making amazing progress today in our backpacks for kids drive. >> news4 and corporate sponsors have been out all d

trace: brand new information on three big stories. steve brown, what happens when a city shut down?overnment has decided to take the day off. a fire and emerge as a personnel are the only -- fire and emergency personnel are the only one working today after federal employee furlough days. it is a step in the right direction, is not enough yet to get in the black. trace: health care for senior citizens. >> there is a debate brewing over medicare advantage. the president wants to cut the program because he says it is too expensive and he could save $150 billion over the next 10 years, but some senior citizens say that they would not be alive without the personalized care and in home nursing visits. some california cantor survivors felt so strongly about it, they went to washington to lobby lawmakers. they say they will go back as many times as they need to. trace: now to phoenix where mike emanuel is with the president. he was there for the vfw convention. >> president obama received a polite reception here in phoenix. he thanked the veterans and praised u.s. troops for their service.

add another $2 billion into the cash for clunkers program. >> pamela brown has more on the busy agenda. >> senate leaders have two bigtems to tackle. the outcome of one of those votes could be history in the making. the first hispanic to ever joined the u.s. supreme court is driving towards a near certain confirmation. some say sonia sotomayor could bring bias to the court, but at least seven others say they will vote in favor of her. >> there has been no significant finding against her. i do not believe e constitution tells me i should refuse to support her merely because i disagree with her on some cases. >> hundreds of leaders and even some democratic lawmakers rallied on capitol hill, hoping to give sotomayor a boost today. >> i am proud to support her nomination and i believe she will make an excellent justice. >> another big item -- pouring $2 billion in the popular cash for clunkers program. senate leaders did reach a deal last night to keep this program going through labor day. it's a big relief f those who thought this program could be suspended. >> thank you. >>> president obama says he is determined to ove

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jim: again, the lineup tonight on cbs, michael vick, the interview with james brown coming up next. big, there goes the neighborhood and cold case. a most unpredictable year has come to a mind-numbing close. y.e. yang overtakes tiger woods and has won the year's final major championship lifting a whole nation of golfers over his head and taking the wanamaker trophy back home to south korea. so long from hazeltine. yang is the winner here in minnesota. captioning funded by cbs and ford-- built for the road ahead. >> i thought it was cool, i thought it was fine, it was exciting, in fact. it led me to land in prison. >> tonight in his first interview since going to prison, michael vick explains what he did, why he did it, and how he says he's changed. >> the operation, michael, that you pleaded guilty, engaged in bar barous treatment of animals, beating them, shooting them, electrocuting them, drowning them. horrific things, michael. >> so this is the repro over here? >> this is it. >> most people know them as drones, the air force calls them unmanned aerial vehicles and right now there ar

i had, like, you know, tight, curly brown hair and, like, big eyes and i was, like, friendly. >> jimmyur manager right now? >> yeah. >> jimmy: that's pretty cool. >> yeah. >> jimmy: that's awesome. you have a really interesting family. you come from a lot of infomercial gods out of your family. arnold morris is your grandfather. this is the ginsu knife guy. look at him. [ laughter ] that's your grandpa. >> that's my grandpa. >> jimmy: he has the ginsu knife. and he would cut through cans and all that stuff. >> yeah, yeah. [ laughter ] he's the ginsu knife man. >> jimmy: and this is -- true, too. he is your uncle? >> no, no, cousin. >> jimmy: he's your cousin. >> yeah, from my grandpa. >> jimmy: ron popeil. >> ron popeil. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: isn't that insane? wait, what was your thanksgiving like? [ laughter ] like, set it and forget it. >> set it and forget it. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: and then you just slice the whole thing in half with this knife. was it wild? do you have a lot of gadgets in your house? >> yeah, i do, i have a lot of utensils. i actually just don't know how to cook

brown, cbs news, washington. >>> congress is setting its sights on big banking bonuses. the house has voted to restrict compensation packages. up to nine banks who took billions of dollars in federal bailout money pay thousands of employees millions dollars in bonuses. >>> which week we expect to get answers behind the fire that destroyed the home of peggy cooper. firefighters were helpless to do anything but watch as her house on chain bridge road burned to the ground. the reason, low water pressure meant less water from nearby fire hydrants. fire department investigators are trying to figure out why the pressure was so low and they should issue a report this week. >>> well, president obama is in northern virginia to mark the start of the new g.i. bill. it's the largest expansion of education benefits for veterans since world war ii. this morning, sara -- ceremony takes place at george washington university. the veterans affairs department began to distribute payments to schools participating in the program. $78billion is expected to be paid out. >>> the family of a mis

really know how to build them and if we had to build them, there was going to be big -- >> i think i'd point to tva. brownsthree. what we did, it was called a rebuild, but that was -- the plant was never finished. we finished ahead of schedule and under budget a year ago. on a four-year project, about $3 billion. so that wasn't a new plant, but it was actually more difficult than a new plant because, you know, it had a lot of reconstruction to do. they've been building nuclear power plants for 20 years. just not in the united states. >> got it. okay. >> one thing of interest, you talked about natural gas a little bit. >> yeah. >> uae, saudi, jordan, egypt are now looking forward to, again, doing nuclear programs in their country. so if they're telling you now -- >> oil countries? >> -- they're going to go to nuclear, it might tell you what is the most environmentally friendly, least-cost fuel in their opinion going forward. >> now, am i putting too much emphasis on nuclear? you have other businesses. >> the infrastructure business in particular is doing well because of the stimulus plan. >> right. >> we've

brown. >> hi, everybody. those are the big questions tonight. we are going to start as we always do with the matchup. our look at the stories making an impact right now the moment you may have missed today. we are watching it all so you don't have to. we are now less than three hours away from the start of voting in afghanistan. the taliban tonight on a mission to sabotage the election. in afghanistan taliban insurgents are doing all they can to turn a high-stakes election into a bloody chaos. polls there open in just a few hours. and the u.s. marines are hunting down the taliban hoping to clear the way for voters. this is what life is like. fighting where way from taliban strongholds. their mission right now is to help some of the 615,000 registered voters get to the polls. in spite of taliban's threats. >> candidates travel by helicopter to avoid roadside bombs. remote areas ballots are delivered by donkey. >> election workers say that in some parts of the province, they heard of armed men going house to house, warning people not to vote. >> t

campbell brown off today. those are our big questions.ut we start with our look at the stories making an impact right now and the moments you might have missed. we're watching it all, so you don't have to. the media bracing for a bat nell big sky country, but president obama fielded mostly softballs at his montana town hall meeting. none of the faresome protests we've seen erupting across the country. the toughest question from this guy, an nra member named randy. check it out. >> max baucus, our senator, has been locked up in a dark room for months now, trying to come up with money to pay for these programs and we keep getting the bull. that's all we get, is bull. you cannot tell us how you're going to pay for this. you're saving here, saving over there, take a little money here, take a little money there. but have you no money. the only way you'll get that money is to raise our taxes. you said you wouldn't. >> with that, randy's 15 minutes of fame started ticking down. >> well, i drove several hundred miles. slept on a sidewalk to get i

and lopez and then come the big guys, braun, prince fielder who worn out the nats. and browng a great year. .318 average. it is a tall task for jd martin making his 7th start. lopez a mixed reaction from the nats fans as he is announced to lead off the game. he has done okay for milwaukee boughting .333. 28 games, 26 starts. this he have undergone some interesting changes since the nats last saw them. the first pitch fastball hitter. he pops a little ground ball. 88 degrees. rob ras the scouting report. >> rob: who wants to be a millionaire. we saw stephen strasburg. if you want to make a the who of money. solidify your spot. a 111 batting average and runners in scoring position. last three, much better against right-handed hitters. 200 average. 290. lefty though, 404, 424 on base percentage. not that good. >> bob: strike 1 to counsell. with jj hardy demoted on august 12th. counsell goes to short. he was one of the corner stone players. om the same day they designated hall for assignment. that was a very interesting day in the recent history of the brewers who let their manag

campbell brown is off tonight. those are our big questions. but we start, as always with, the mashup. our look at the stories making an impact right now in the moments that you might have missed we're watching it all so you don't have to. >>> breaking news into cnn on saturday's mid air collision over the hudson river, nine people killed when a small plane and a helicopter collided. there is a just-released statement from the faa saying the air traffic controller handling the flight was involved, apparently in, an inappropriate conversation on the telephone at the time of the accident. meanwhile, stunning new pictures of the collision. you're looking at exclusive amateur video obtained by nbc news when the small plane clipped the helicopter. the federal aviation administration and the national transportation safety board going over this tape frame by frame. nine people died in that disaster. stay with cnn with more on this developing story. >>> in washington, the white house struggling to counter punch on health care. counter program against t

big in toronto. brett favre unretired, again. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm christina brown. and here are some of your top headlines this morning. president obama held a rare face-to-face meeting with former president bill clinton at the white house tuesday. the two men huddled for over an hour to discuss clinton's recent visit to north korea. the white house says president obama wanted to thank president clinton in person for securing the release of two american journalists. >>> veteran political columnists robert novak died tuesday after a long battle with brain cancer. in recent years he was perhaps best known for being the first to publish the name of cia operative valerie plame. >>> california authorities now believe a wildfire that has burned more than 88,000 acres in santa barbara county was started in a marijuana field with possible ties to mexican drug cartels. investigators say they located about 30,000 marijuana plants and an ak-47 assault rifle near the origin of the blaze. >>> and in england, two villages were evacuated to safely explode a 500-pound bomb from wo

big blue curbside mailbox. it exploded in a mailbox located near brown middle school in northeast washington.s temporarily shut down several streets an forced neighbors to evacuate. fob was hurt. damaging or destroying a mailbox is a federal offense. >>> today, police will continue to look if the remains of shaquita bell, the d.c. woman missing for 13 years. yesterday, there was a possible break in the case. police unericed a shoe that bell's family thinks may belong to shaquita. authorities are looking in a wooded area in fort washington. bell's ex-boyfriend pointed to murdering her and pointed police to the area where he says the body is buried. >>> elderly women tied up, robbeddened attacked inside their home. a judge sentenced jose garcia polara to live without parole followed by three consecutive life sentences. a jury convicted him in may. one of the women died in the attack. >> anything less would have put us all in swrep did i at a later ted date and other dated people too. he is the kind of individual fa, he would have gotten out, feel certain he would have come back on us as retalia

the browns easily dispeas -- dispose of the lyons. >>> once again, dave feldman all over the big storyeat the steelers 17-13. jason campbell not a strong outing. one of seven for 10 yards. clinton portis, five carries, 26-yard, chase daniel, of course, the two big touchdowns that you're seeing here. running to a second interception in as many games. hope hopefully cole will get it together. there might be competition at the number-three spot. many thanks to dave feldman at fedex. marco mitchell joined him live. rich dunn and travis ths

bigs. and the yankees know how to win again. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm christina brown. and here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> russia's navy has launched a search for a ship that miss fear yous went missing last month. the vessel called the arctic sea was last heard of off portugal waters. the captain indicated it had been raided by men claiming to be police officers but had been released. >>> a new report says after a decade on the decline, activity among right winged militia groups is up again. these groups angered by the election of president obama as the first u.s. african-american president are experiencing their most significant growth in 10 to 12 years. >>> according to this morning's "washington post," former vice president dick cheney is expressing disappointment with george w. bush as cheney reflects on his relationship in his memoirs. he said he felt bush had been moving away from him in his second term and even hardened against his advice. >>> in california, a great gain that rain is the world's tallest dog has lost his battle with brain c

joining me now, genevieve shaw-brown, senior travel editor for travelocity.com. >> airfares are down bigational flights. this is good news for travelers. you might think no one is traveling. that's not the case. people are taking advantage of these deals. what's different for the airlines is that there is a lack of business. travelers are how airlines make their money. >> if you don't mind setting in the back of the plane where are the good deals? >> airfares are down as much as 30% in some destinations, even overseas, very popular destinations like paris, london, rome. you can get there 30% off what it was last year. right here in the states, boston, down over 20%. san diego down over 20%. lots of great deals. >> any red flags to look out for when you try and book these flights? you going to get caught up in something and you don't get to take advantage of the great deals? >> here's the thing. people don't really know what a deal is. we hear a lot about there are deals out there. what is the deal, right? $300 round trip is the average flight price for a domestic flight. if you're seeing

big albert haynesworth. he is 6'6" and been called out by jason brown.'m he so glad we're playing washington early in the year because it will be hot out there. we'll be running offense and he will get fatigued. i'm not sure if you watched full. before but when he gets fatigued, he taps out. he just falls down to the ground. oh, my gosh, is he hurt? is something wrong with him. he is just giving the guy on the sideline enough time to mosey on out there so can he get up, go to the sideline be catch a breather, get something to drink and he comes right back out. people are like oh, i thought he was hurt. no, he got tired. >> found sound like fighting words to me. the skins chose to take the high road. >> you know, trash talking go here. he got to learn like we did. he will get humbled. >> we're in the their first game. >> the hmo opper. >> i don't think he said it to make albert angry. i think he was just making a comment. it was one man's an opinion of what we do. maybe he has exposed some dramatic secrets to the rams. i don't know. >> somebody else who t

brown, fox news. bret: one thing all government programs have in common is paperwork. lots of it. to tell you how big a burden that can be as only he can, here is james rosen. >> cash for clunkers, a successful program with tons of paper work. we came to a dealership to check it out. let's go do some paperwork. come on. i mean, come on. this is a large stack of paper. >> this right here is a disposal certification form. >> there are procedures on how to disable the car. >> we had one rejected. >> the automobile business is a tough business. >> it is a tough business. >> executives say each car treated in lancelets more than two dozen forms on them to fill out. >> how do you get through your days with the sheer boredom? ♪ >> hey. >> let's go. they're waiting for you. >> this is where automobiles go to die. everything must go. come on down. we are overloaded. every car has somebody's name on it. everybody falls in love some time. that is amore. the first step is getting the crucial for sloan. they get to that fight in place, the small business administration. bridget is the director of the washington m

big sigh of relief when it's all said and done. and i never will forget, because that was the year the cleveland browns were coming back. >> we got there from buffalo and the great fans here from new york. but i want to give you your official welcome to the dawg town. >> ozzie talked about sacrifice. i can say this, as a general manager for the baltimore ravens and as a former player, it is an honor and a privilege to be a part of what ozzie newsom has put on the field. he's definitely put a lot of hard work and sacrifice into making sure that the best players are fit for the baltimore ravens. >> thanks so much. coming up, no doubt some other valadictorians, the ravens broadcasting, gerry and stan, they're taking the game straight ahead.   >>> from tape, to a live lo at ed reed. he's ready to go tonight. ed reed will take the field. last year probably should have been nfl defensive player of the year, instead he wasn't. welcome back to "ravens kick- off." you'll get your takes on the game, coming up in a little bit. gerry and stan, what do you guys think about tonight? >> you're lacking at the area that serves a

big stories. in the top box, steve brown is traveling with the president in indiana. >> the president announced $2.4lion of federal stimulus money to try to beef up manufacturing of something to the plea made in china. that would be electric engines. -- something typically made in china. the administration is trying to be stuck uef that up. back to you. trace: to capitol hill and new developments in health care. james rosenthal. >> the latest battleground in the controversy over health care reform is not how best to keep costs down or whether or not there should be a government run health insurance program, but rather abortion. there are provisions that could see taxpayer funds used to cover the insurance for the procedure. republicans say that if it makes it into the final product, bipartisanship will be difficult to come by. trace: off to new mexico and chris appea. the border control has a new weapon. >> it is called a fob. it allows agents to respond more quickly to the u.s.-mexico o border. it used to take up to two hours to respond from the closest asian. -- and the closest station tree that w

and it was whirlie-birding its way down the river, brown smoke out of the back. and made a loud, big splash when it hit. and couple second later we saw the helicopter with debris kind of flying off of it. almost fluttering. and then that hit, the crash in the water as well. and afterwards we did see debris just kind of landing and falling in hoboken right up the street from us. >> it is not uncommon, you live in the area, not uncommon on the weekend to see some of the tourist aircraft in the area. something a lot of people partake in to get a chance to see the new york city area, tricity area in ape very different way. >> right. >> we understand that the helicopter did belong to liberty helicopter sightseeing tours. and according to the new york port authority we are also getting information that a small plane did land at the teeterboro burrow in teaneck, new jersey, not far from where you are, picked up a customer, or maybe, even two, and then took off again at about 11. 54. it's unclear whether that is indeed the aircraft that collided with this helicopter. >> just look you said. w

big. >>> making headlines this morning, a judge has delayed the sentencing of singer chris brown.playeded guilty to money assault charges in the tax on ex-girlfriend rihanna back in february. he is expected to get five years probation and six months of community library irwhich he wants to do in his home state of virginia. the judge moved the sentencing to august 27th because she has not yet heard back from anybody in virginia. >>> aerosmith front man steven tyler is at a hospital in south dakota after falling at a concert. he tumbled off the stage. the incident happened in sturgis, south dakota. >>> you might want to make friends with eli manning. he is now the highest paid player in the nfl. it translet's to about $15.5 million a year. $35million of that is guaranteed. the deal would keep manning with the giants through the year 2015. >> what a lovely and fortunate young man. well, injuries keeping some guys on the sidelines at redskins park this morning. >> let's get out live to dave ross if ashburn and find out what is happening out there. >> you know, it is -- i lot of tv sho

big eat tiny price menu. only at pizza hut. >>> a new twist in the chris brown-rihanna saga. a judge has delayed sentencing chris brown on assault charges in the attack on his ex- girlfriend. back in february brown pleaded guilty to felony assault in june. he's expected to ve five years probation, six months community labor which he wants to do in his home state of virginia. the judge moved the sentencing to august 27 because she hasn't yet heard back from virginia. >>> this 53-year-old man has been charged with trying to stalk miley cyrus. he told police he was secretly engaged to the teen star arrested after he returned to the set of her latest movie weeks after he was warned to stay away. police say he was picked up after disney security officers reported he was trying to find the actress who is filming a movie near savannah. >>> an american idol shocker. paula abdul is o. she dropped the bombshell last night via twitter twittering with sadness in my heart i have decided not to return to idol. i will miss nurturing all the new talent but most of all i will miss the show i

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big screen, the ravens are showing madagascar. they can bring their friends and parents. one of which is cindy browning. >> kids don't like to sit still. if they can run around and watch a movie, it's a night out. >> reporter: so it's not about the kids at all. >> it's like a date. it's almost a date night. >> reporter: you can hang out and where can they go? >> they can run around. >> reporter: why aren't you tagging us? did i mention that you can run around on the field at the 50. so not only is the movie up on the big screen, the audio is going to be pump the through the massive speakers through the stadium. >> you have to be a rookies member. you have to buy a ticket. it's $6. we're accepting people saturday before the event. but the lines will be long. >> reporter: where else can you run the field and race kids and dive into the end zone? i dove into the end zone and i didn't hurt myself. it's pretty soft down there, actually. >> it's not too bad. >> reporter: this is marcus. how did i do? >> you did pretty good. >> reporter: you expect 2,000 people. do you have to be a member pf ravens rookies to

it happened near brown middle school on on need street about -- meed street about an hour ago. it appears someone put some kind of bomb in a big blue postal service mailbox. no one was hurt. no arrests have been made but damaging or destroying a mailbox is a federal offense. >>> news edge taking a closer look at the fine print on the travel deal everybody is talking about these days. jet blue got an all you can fly pass. $599 fly as many times as you want for one month. you have to buy the pass by next trip. it's good between september 8 and october 8. watch out for the fees. it will cost you $100 to make changes to your flight less than three days out. if you don't show up, $100 fee for that, too, and they'll suspend your pass. and you'll have to pay extra for international flights and puerto rico. go to myfoxdc.com for all the specifics. >>> tired of getting stuck in all the road construction? consider it your stimulus dollars at work. d.c., maryland and virginia are getting a combined $167 million for transportation projects. fox 5's money reporter melanie alnwick tracking the stimulus and how it's affecting you. >> reporte

big difference to farm policy influence. it reinforces but influence of foreign ministers. this is something tony blair was able to enjoy it while gordon brown was destroying that renaissance. it reduced britain from second to 12th place in the international league of competitors, according to the world economic order the diminishing our economic power, and its effectiveness, and sets in -- and such additional short- term decline is exacerbate -- exasperated because it is so unnecessary. the size of the european economy relative to the rest of the world looks set to shrink dramatically. the european commission's own projections have shown europe's share of the world economy declining from 18% now to 10% by the end of the century, and even the united states is not immune from the effects. this diminished economic plight will have a major impact on the ability of western nations to achieve their farm policy goals. for instance, we're used to the idea of calling for economic sanctions against nations whose human-rights records we find unacceptable. south africa under apartheid as a celebrated example. and now we have applied them to recalcitran

. >> brown: even more than interest rates, this time, observers were watching to see if the fed would take action on some of those bigrograms they put in place last fall to help with the economic crisis, and they did take some action. tell us what they did. >> that's right, there was a program announced in march to buy $300 billion of u.s. treasury bonds and that has been kind of controversial -- the idea was to lower interest rates to make it cheaper for companies that wish to expand or cheaper for people trying to buy a house, so the goal was to buy these bonds and thereby lower interest rates. some of the controversy has come about because it feels a lot to people like they're printing money to buy government debt, they're printing money to finance the budget deficit, so it became a very controversial program given that autosmaller than some of the other initiatives the fed has undertaken, what they said today is that program is going to go away, they're going to do the 300 billion they announced but not extend or expand the program past october. one program has been taken out of the arsenal for the federal reserv

brown, john roberts. >>> hi, everybody. thanks for joining us. campbell is off tonight. those are our big questions. we start, as always w the mash up. our look at all of the stories making impact and the moments you might have missed. we are watching it all so you don't have to. proof today that nothing revs up american consumers like the promise of money for nothing. >> reporter: with a nickname so catchy it is not hard to see why cash for clunkers captured so much attention. >> cash for clunkers burned through $1 billion. >> too many clunkers, not enough cash. huge demand for a program to clear the nation's air. >> many dealers did 250 cash for clunkers deals, 20 times what the government was expecting. >> there is a line this long trying to get in the door. >> cash incentives for purchases of fuel-efficient cars were excepted to last through september and yesterday it wasn't clear if it would last through the weekend. >> the house just approved $2 billion more to fund it. >> today they were pitching like old pros. ♪ if you want a better buy go see cal ♪ >> a bill i sponsored called cash for clun

it had brown smoke coming out of the back of it and made a loud and big splash when it hit.ybe a couple seconds later we saw the helicopter with debris kind of flying off of it. almost fluttering and then that crashed into the water, as well. after we did see debris landing and falling in hoboken up the street from us. >> it's not uncommon, you live in the area, not uncommon especially on the weekend to see some of these tourist aircraft in the area. it certainly is something a lot of people partake in to get a chance to see the new york city area, tri-city area in a different way. the helicopter belonged to liberty helicopter sight-seeing tours. according to the new york port authority, we are getting information a small plane did land at the teterboro airport near where you are and picked up a customer or maybe two and picked off about 11:54. it's unclear whether that is the aircraft that collided with this helicopter. give me an idea how common a sight it is to see a small aircraft as well as helicopters in the area? >> we were right across the river from all the new york

brown" opened, and i saw it nine times. it would play here or there. i would go to see how it was playing. i sit down next to a gal, and there is a big section with the money exchange from three different points of view. the audience doesn't know at first what's happening. then you see two more things. the sequence was over and i turn to her and say, "did you get that?" she said, "yeah." i say, "did you understand it?" she says, you don't know what's going on until you know what's going on. tavis: compare and contrast the quirkiness of this project. >> this is in line whh the same things. i like a novelistic structure for many things i've done. breaking it up into chapters. each of them are independent but they build a accumulate rather than getting behind certain characters. i go back and forth and it is a slgihlight overlap. in capter fou--hapter four or five, they t together. for me, one thing we lost in america, used to be -- compared to europe. storytelling is what hollywood did better, anow we are the -- and now we are the worst. they set up the situation in 20 minutes andhat is what you see. the rest of the movie lives up to t