the majority are on brownsville road. he is a co-chair on the great falls association. he and others wonder why more attention was not paid earlier on. >> if you have tree assets as prominent as in great falls -- >> nobody complains about the trees until there is a problem. when storms come -- or if someone gets killed, it would not be an issue. >> the work will take place monday through saturday. during the tree removal to both lanes of traffic may be closed up to 15 minutes at a time. >> we had a nice break from the heat. but is it here to stay? let's talk to steve ruden. >> what a beautiful evening. no problems at all. look at the temperatures. 84 degrees in the 70's from winchester -- scouting the skies. live super doppler radar. nothing in the form of rain. here is the forecast. temperatures will feelgo to the 70's. we will have some rain on the way. >> coming up here an update on the earthquake in iran and the number of people with no homes. and the bizarre story out of pennsylvania. what this woman did for her boyfriend's attention. a chimp that escaped in july >

reporter: the work will take about three weeks. 25 trees will come down along river bend road, 15 on brownsville road, seven on beach mill road, six on georgetown pike, four on walker road. there are 22 million trees in fairfax county, too dawning for them to keep track of all of them they have to rely on residents to alert them of decaying trees. >>> a 1-year-old man is behind bars this morning. travis everett hoskins shot oliver davis at their capital heights apartment. officers found davis' body saturday afternoon about a call -- after a call about a shooting. >>> vandals struck a chick-fil- a restaurant in frederick, maryland. stickers promoting marriage equality and a gay pride flag were plastered on the windows. several homemade signs were also left at the restaurant. chick-fil-a has been at the center of controversy since the owner publicly announced he opposes gay marriage. the restaurant also received a boost in business from people who support the owner's position. >>> it has been almost three years since morgan harrington was abducted, raped and murdered. her killer still has not been

will get back to hurricane status as this makes a second landfall status moving west at 11 from brownsville, texas. ernesto a double and fall -- lnld fall -- land falling hurricane. let's check the seven-day forecast. the better chance for showers, slight chance tomorrow night but a better chance friday night into early slat day. some of those showers will linger. we'll see what happens. temperatures not so bad for the dog days of august. >> dog days. puppy days. >> sort of small dog, yes, small breed. >> all right. democracy 2012. i'm telling you right now, getting nasty out there. yesterday the romney campaign blasted the obama administration for what it calls the end of the welfare to work program. today the white house is firing back. tory dunnan joins us from washington oar all this started with a white house memo from back in july. here's what it said. basically what it's saying it's let individual states experiment with their welfare to work programs. the real intent is to allow those states to find better ways to get people back to work. here's what mitt romney had to say at a campa

this is from the nbc affiliate in brownsville, texas.hose name i won't pronounce came back from a commercial and got tripped up on the date. >> good morning, i'm natasha sendway with the update. today is august 8th -- tuesday -- pardon me, wednesday -- 2008 -- 2012. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> jimmy: she was distracted by the apostrophe in her name. something very odd going on in saudi arabia right now. apparently, they're planning to build a new city that will be reserved exclusively for women to work. a whole city wit women only. we have woman-only city here in america, too, and called "th] you know, they're doing this because women make up 16% of the saudi arabia workforce because of the extensive restrictions they have to deal with over there. women in saudi arabia need a male guardian's consent to get married. they need consent to get divorced. they need permission to travel and they need a male chaperone if they want to work in the mixed workplace. they're a little bit behind medieval times. the challenge is number one getting wom

residents said it is a long time coming. 25 will be taken down on riverbend road, 15 on brownsville road west of difficult run, 7 on beach mill road, 6 on georgetown pike, four on walker road and two on utterback store road. we know that v-dot told us they expect crews to get started sometime after 9:00 this is morning. we believe that that's going to be over on the riverbend road area. we drove past there earlier this morning. a lot of those trees have been marked. that may cause traffic disruptions. v-dot says it doesn't routinely survey the health of trees along its rights of way and are asking residents to report unsafe trees. >> thank you. >>> the wife of a maryland man who was abducted in pakistan one year ago is pleading for her husband's return. elaine weinstein is releasing a statement on the one-year anniversary of warren weinstein's kidnapping. she says he is in poor health and is missed by his grandchildren who ask for him every day. the 71-year-old is an aide worker from rockville. gunmen broke into his home in pakistan last august and abducted him. he is 71 years old. >>> f

from brownsville and matamoros on the gulf of mexico, the border runs along the rio grande river to intersect with the continental divide. where it turns toward tijuana and san diego on the pacific ocean. 1,969 miles snaking through desert and desolation, dividing towns and cities marked now by stretches of steel and concrete fence, with infrared cameras and sensors, national guardsmen, and border patrol agents. well over 100 million people cross this border every year, one way or another. one day in may eleven years ago, 26 mexican men set out across the murderous stretch of desert known as the devil's highway, heading for arizona. and hopefully, for work. 12 of them made it. 14 were scorched alive by the torrid sun. their story became a stunning work by the author, luis alberto urrea. no one writes more tragically or intimately about border culture than this son of a mexican father and anglo mother. born in tijuana and raised in san diego, he grew up in both worlds, and they appear and reappear in his acclaimed novels, essays and poems -- 14 books in all, including his most recent, "queen o

. >> he's from brownsville. >> rose: having everything thrown at you. >> he's from brounsesville new york. i mean brooklyn, new york. all the guys he grew up with are dead or in jail. in prison. >> rose: what do you think the lesson he learned was. >> i cannot answer that for mike. >> rose: is it in the play. >> yes, it's in the play. but tt's a very specific question. i think the answer-- . >> rose: what is the most important answer you've learned in this fascinating life you have lived. >> me. >> rose: yeah, you. >> oh. we're switching up here. >> rose: i'm just keeping you on your toes. >> you always do that, baby. and i thank you for that and my wife thanks you too. she thank you too. the most important thing i have learned is that you have to be happy. dharl charlie, we could read "the wall street journal," the daily news, new york news, "new york times", "u.s.a. today". someone has a ton of money that blew their brains out, overdose, whatever they did, got a ton of money in the bank. and they ended their life. >> rose: well that and, you know. >> and, look, we all want to be co

host: the next call comes from renee in brownsville, texas, on the independent line.aller: i have a question. right now provided the given circumstances in the economy and tensions in the middle east, can you relate this to any other presidential election that we can compare the 2012 election to? guest: you think back to the 1930's. i think back to 1936. franklin roosevelt was going for his second term. at the democratic national convention, he went all out assault on his conservative opponents. he called them economic royalists. he set up the democratic party as the party of the people. he said republicans were the party of the big businessmen and bankers. he was emotional and strident in his attack in a way president obama could not be in the present-day because he would lose political support among moderates and independents. it was a similar situation or even worse. in 1936, the unemployment rate was higher than it is now. the economic indicators were much lower. in a bad economy, you see real hard-edge debate between parties. even inside the parties. on the repub

from brownsville. never run, never will.ng to brown. >> i really do think that when you see the play, you can see how mike tyson has changed. you can see that he is a really smart guy. you see that. you see the humanity in him. >> yes. >> for so long people were afraid. you see him very differently. you agree? >> that's my man. i agree. i agree. >> before we go, quickly. you mentioned brooklyn. brooklyn nets, new season? >> no way. orange and blue. >> the war in new york begins? >> it's going to be fun. in brooklyn, three blocks away from the barkley center. >> are you throwing food at the arena. >> you will be there opening night i will bet. you will be there -- >> i will go to many games there but i'm a knick fan. >>> good to see you. congratulations. mike tie sond and red hook summer. >>> we'll show you the favor moments from this week when we come back. you're watching "cbs this morning." ♪ >>> it's friday, gayle. did we mention that at all in. >> yeah. a couple of times. >> tomorrow on "cbs this morning saturday," one o

from brownsville, never run, never will. brooklyn, new york, arrested 30 times before he was 12.ly do think that when you see the play you can see how mike tyson has changed. you can see that he is a really smart guy. you see that, and you see the humanity in him. >> yes. >> for so long people were afraid, but you see him very differently. do you agree? >> that's my man. i agree. i agree. >> before we go, quickly you mentioned brooklyn. brooklyn nets, new season. >> no way. orange and blue! >> the war in new york begins? >> it's going to be fun. my office is three blocks away from the barclay center. >> are you throwing food at the -- >> i got love. >> spike, you will be there opening night, i bet? you will be there opening night. >> i go to mini games, but i'm a knicks fan. >> spike lee, good to see you. congratulations. >> thank you. >> mike tyson and "red hook summer." >> thanks. >> we'll show you our favorite moments from this morning. when we come back, you're watching "cbs this morning." ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ♪ >>> it's friday, e. >>> it's friday, gayle. did we mention that at a

if the wind doesn't allow it it could come in around brownsville. this is nine days from now.it. >> too soon. thank you so much for that. >>> this is a very serious story. acid attacks, poison water and the daily threat of school violence keeps schoolgirls fearing for their lives. terrorist try to prevent girls from receiving an education. this week's cnn hero has been fearlessly giving them one. >> most of the girls have no voice. they are used as property of the family. the picture is very grim. my name is razia jan and i'm the founder of a girl's school in afghanistan. when we opened the school in 2008, 90% of them could not write their name. today, 100% of them are educated. they can read. they can write. i lived in the u.s. for over 38 years. i was really affected by 9/11. i really wanted to prove that muslims are not terrorists. i came back here in 2010. girls have been the most oppressed. i thought i have to do something. it was a struggle in the beginning. i would sit with these men and i would tell them don't marry them when they're 14 years old. they want to learn. >

host: the next call comes from renee in brownsville, texas, on the independent line. caller: i have a question. right now provided the given circumstances in the economy and tensions in the middle east, can you relate this to any other presidential election that we can compare the 2012 election to? guest: you think back to the 1930's. i think back to 1936. franklin roosevelt was going for his second term. at the democratic national convention, he went all out assault on his conservative opponents. he called them economic royalists. he set up the democratic party as the party of the people. he said republicans were the party of the big businessmen and bankers. he was emotional and strident in his attack in a way president obama could not be in the present-day because he would lose political support among moderates and independentss. it was a similar situation or even worse. in 1936, the unemployment rate was higher than it is now. the economic indicators were much lower. in a bad economy, you see real hard-edge debate between parties. even inside the parties. on the re

joey, brownsville, texas. go right ahead. caller: i have heard a lot about the ships coming from panama and what they are building. i wondered how the others in florida are getting ready to prepare for these giant ships that they are supposed to be working in the next couple of years. we are on the scene, giving you a view of what it looks like. richard, go ahead. caller: that is my favorite question so far. i was born and raised in panama and spent 20 years working there. before i left, i had a role in helping to move the expansion forward. you are exactly right, they are building a third lane. there will be not only a tremendous capacity to the system with containerships three times as large as the ones that can go through. the current ships going through can handle more than about 4400 of what we call 20 foot equivalent unit containers. the newer ships, the bigger ones from 2015, 2016, those ships will be able to carry as many as 12,000. they are very large. all over the east coast and the gulf, boston, many ports are prep

that's almost a 1500-mile maritime border for a large extent and the border between san diego and brownsvilled that's something that people don't appreciate. that we really have our goal, everything that we do in the coast guard on the great lakes is really watermarked by canada. we really have that type of relationship and i think if i were to tell you the three things that we really want to focus on what comes to the safety and security and stewardship of the great lakes, it really comes down to a shared awareness, synchronize priorities and seamless operations. to just give you an example of each one of those, we just had the groundbreaking of the maritime security operations center in niagara which is unlike unlikely to coastal maritime security operations which are run by tsd. this one is run by the royal canadian mounted police. we are full partners and in than in fact we were invited to participate in the groundbreaking of the new building. we have a coast guard down there and we do that kind of work to try to achieve some degree of maritime domain awareness for the great lakes, workin

of course it could go to brownsville. it could miss altogether. this is all said and done.to seven days away. the computers go all the way from bermuda all the way down here well south -- that's the grand cayman islands right there. as you get farther and farther away, the computers begin to obviously differ in their agreement where this is going to go. >> i know people in tampa are worried about it as they should be. and there's contingency plans for the republican convention. but why would this be of such specific concern for the convention, tampa? tell us about that? >> well, what you have in tampa is you have a basin that can fill up with water. and you talk about mcdill air force base, the convention center where the port ships come in, the cruise ships, like the carnival cruise ships, that's where they dock. they would fill all up with water and at 10,000 to 15,000 feet it would bein undated. you know the people of tampa can get away, but you don't want to put 50,000 more people in the way that have to eventually get in the way. it's the whole, don't want to put more

that's almost a 1500-mile maritime border for a large extent and the border between san diego and brownsvilleand that's something that people don't appreciate. that we really have our goal, everything that we do in the coast guard on the great lakes is really watermarked by canada. we really have that type of relationship and i think if i were to tell you the three things that we really want to focus on what comes to the safety and security and stewardship of the great lakes, it really comes down to a shared awareness, synchronize priorities and seamless operations. to just give you an example of each one of those, we just had the groundbreaking of the maritime security operations center in niagara which is unlike unlikely to coastal maritime security operations which are run by tsd. this one is run by the royal canadian mounted police. we are full partners and in than in fact we were invited to participate in the groundbreaking of the new building. we have a coast guard down there and we do that kind of work to try to achieve some degree of maritime domain awareness for the great lakes, work