the last environmental case was the burlington northern case. unlike the to i just mentioned, the government and business were on opposite sides. burlington northern is the only one of the seven cases i am discussing in which the government lost. this was a case in which the government clean up hazardous sites and sought to recover costs from businesses, the cost of the cleanup. the main issue was the proper test for what is known as a ranger liability. they can be liable when it arranged for the disposal of hazardous substances. the court adopted a fairly restrictive test for it liability requiring that the business take additional steps to dispose of the hazardous material. it found that the defendant in the case, shell oil co. was not a raneger under that standard. the business -- to the decision was 8-1. those are the seven cases in telecom, antitrust, environmental law. if you want a one sentence summary, i guess it is this. business and government were more often than not on the same side, and business and government more often than not wo

he said, "i'm from burlington." i said, "i am, too."ou kind of resembling the drawing of a suspect in a crime in which i'm falsely imprisoned for. did you commit this crime?" and he told me, no, he did not. >> stahl: wait a sec-- you saw him and thought of that composite drawing? >> cotton: uh-huh. >> stahl: his name was bobby poole, and he was in for rape. he started working in the prison kitchen, too. >> cotton: the stewards were calling me "poole" instead of "cotton". >> stahl: they were calling you by his name? >> cotton: yes. >> stahl: in other words, people were mistaking the two of you? >> cotton: yes, exactly. >> stahl: then, a fellow inmate told him that he'd heard bobby poole admit to raping jennifer and the other woman that night. ronald cotton won a new trial, and his lawyers called bobby poole to the stand with jennifer sitting right there. it was the moment ronald cotton had been hoping for. bobby poole is in the courtroom. you look over there. what happens inside you? >> thompson: nothing. >> stahl: nothing? >> thompson:

in my city of burlington, vermont, where i had the honor of being mayor for eight years, we built a -- the largest wood chip burning plant in the state of vermont. this plant has a 50 megawatt capacity that runs on wood chips and wood waste. roughly 60% of the energy

burlington, vermont, also in line for showers. 68 degrees. mostly cloudy skies.d, connecticut could see thunderstorms especially early this afternoon. 78 your daytime high. meanwhile, wilmington, north carolina, looking did. christina, a few areas with repeat performance of showers. we'll talk about that more in the next couple days coming up. >>> thanks, todd. >>> stocks fall, oil tumbles and google does battle with microsoft. your early morning business headlines straight ahead. >>> plus, the skies opening up in london last night couldn't stop the premiere of the latest harry potter flick. >>> one of the most creative goals you'll ever see. 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. the associated press reports a cyber attack that started july 4th has knocked out a handful of government agency web sites, including some aimed at fighting cyber crime. among those that went down, the secret service's site. south korean officials say similar attacks th

possible today from new york city just north of philadelphia, scranton, albany, banton, syracuse, burlington, vermont. damaging winds likely with these storms. nashville, atlanta, tallahassee, charlotte. well, if you're watching us on weyi nbc 25, saginaw, michigan, see the world war i posters that galvanized men, women and resources around the war effort at the saginaw art museum exhibit, red, white, and you! >> thank you, bill. appreciate it. >>> nous here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. how appropriate that mid thit should ruf to be a magical hour for harry potter. it raked in $22 million from opening midnight screenings not only a top this year's biggest hit, the transformers, but broke the all-time midnight screening record set by the dark knight last summer. rest for ryan o'neal and a lana stewart strongly deny allegations, that's including those being made by his estranged son griffin, that the two began a love affair in the final months of farrah fawcett's wife. 72-year-old screen icon robert redford married his long-time companion last weekend in german

burlington, vermont is going to see a beautiful day. nice, cool, crisp morning, but the afternoon will be gorgeous, 76 degrees. wilmington, north carolina, 90 today. down in florida, 94 and warm in ft. myers. well, lynn, we're going to talk a little bit about the lack of any tropical systems when i come back a little later. >> all right. bill, thanks so much. >>> well, a bank actually puts up good numbers. a tech leader leads by example. and one heck of a billing error. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, we have the details that will let you decide whether tony romo had a reason for his nasty breakup with jessica simpson. >>> also, the american lead giveth and the american league taketh away. and could an all-star be headed to philly? you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. and here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> nasa hopes to launch the space shuttle "endeavour" on a mission to the international space station this evening. five pr

. >> burlington northern the stock traded great. technically. we saw it traded down 67 or so last week. now above $70. probably goes back to $75 off the csx numbers. >> next up profitville, the negotiator recommending railroad stock burlington northern after it beat earnings expectations and declared a quarterly dividend, shares rallied 13%. >> take a look at transocean. .200-day moving average sitting at $66.50. the second half of the year you might see a share buyback. they weathered the selloff in oil. great way to get exposure in energy. >> the liquid dater believing the fundamentals would keep the stock climbing. the shares soared 17%. >> a massive move of this provider of essentially infant formulas in china. the guidance was 40% below expectations. but it does not warrant the stock. >> and the ambassador milking american dairy for all it's worth. shares jumped 37% report after a government report showed milk prices to could start to rise. leaving us with two words to sum it up, "fast money." >>> and now from the best to the worst time for

the guy mentioned you look at burlington northern 70 to 75, you have to take the trade. markets are giving you trading environment, you have to use those trades unless you truly have that warren buffett five years and you can't stare at the market every day. >> there's nothing rosy about this -- >> absolutely. here's another story we're following for you after hours. it was reported before that m mcgraw hill. business week may only fetch a nominal dollar, which would be less than an actual magazine. >> it goes along with them, i guess. >> right, because of the long, long record of debt obligations the company has. would you buy this? i canceled my subscription personally, no offense, businessweek, it was not timely anymore. it's not a timely -- >> they don't feature like a "fast money" recap in businessweek otherwise -- >> the interesting thing about mcgraw-hill, their bond rating business, which is under a little bit of pressure. >> right. textbooks may be looking good. >> under a little bit of pressure, as well. anyway, moving on. >> moving on here. time now for your e

the richest man in burlington, vermont, bob stler. up 123% year to date. activisi. the makers of nintendo's guitar heroes >> the videogame. the brothers balla in albany, new york, are the chest men in town. they started viciousion whh they soldo activision. >>hese are all, u know, just really good ideas. >>well, ideas brilliant executed. so many people sd to me, and the process of this, ideas are a dime a dozen. execution iseverything. >> rand egrt convtion. we so apecte . thank u for traveng all around the country for this. this is something i thinke all could learn sething fr. thank you. randall jo joining us. >>> so do you have wt it takes to be the richest man or woman in town? go to wsjr.cnbc.com for aink that aptitude test. >>> up next on the "wall street journal report" a look at the coming newshis week that will have an impact on yr money. >>> and television watchers in north korea have seen sething they've never seen before. a a commeral interruption. the ld delta skymiles credit c card. from american exexpress. it's thefficial card... of theor's largest ai

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so some standouts are green mountain coffee roasters, the richest man in burlington, vermont, bob filler, up 123% year to date. >> wow. >> activision. the makers of nintendo's guitar hero. the brothers bala in albany, new york, the richest men in town. started vicarious vision which they sold to activision. >> these are all just really good ideas. >> ideas brilliantly computed. so many people said to me in the process of this, ideas ar dime a dozen is execution is everything. >> great conversation, so appreciate it. thank you for traveling all around the country for this. this is something that we all could learn something from. thank you. >> thank you. >> randall jones joining us. do you have what it takes to be the richest man or woman in town? go to our website for a link to the aptitude test. >>> up next on "the wall street journal report," we'll take a look at the news this week that will have an impact on your money as well. >>> television watchers in north korea are seeing something we've never seen beforehis week. a commercial interruption. is to get as far away from it all as po

it went to a factory just outside burlington massachusetts that alongside of it says all i robot, that is it is a real world factory named after the fictional cizik asimov novel and then also great will smith movie in which robots start out by taking on a day-to-day chores and move on to carry out life and death decisions. now, they tell me i couldn't get a speech at any military facility in quoting here at west point unless i did a powerpoint so you will see slides plate.

it went to a factory just outside of burlington, massachusetts and alongside it says i, robot, that is it is a world factory named after the fictional novel, and the not so great movie, in which robots start out by taking on a day-to-day chores, and move on to carrying out life-and-death decisions. now, they told me i couldn't give a speech at any military facility in mufsud hitted powerpoint said you are going to see some slides here. is there anything we can do about the feedback on this? we are going to seasons lights t-rec play, and i'm not going to time these to my exact top. it is just simply to give you a sense of the reality of where this technology is already. everything you see in these images playing behind me are systems already active in iraq or afghanistan right now, or already at the prototype stage. it is nothing you see in these systems is science fiction. nothing is powered by falcon technology. nothing is hollywood magic or fantasy. nothing is poli-- powered by teenage four months. these are systems already here today. to pull back on this, there is something big goi

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back up to average, but below normal, around buffalo, burlington.le, cooler, showers, >> i'll have your back-to-work forecast in the second half hour, kate? >> okay, thanks. >>> and there are new leads this morning in the investigation of into murder of a pensacola, florida, couple who had 16 children, including 12 adopted or foster kids. investigators have questioned two people in connection with the killings and are piecing together new clues at the crime scene. here's abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: police outside pensacola have found the red van used in the murder of bud and melanie billings. the van and three people were seen on surveillance video, entering and leaving the home at the time of the murders. investigators described the criminals as experienced, but have yet to make an arrest. >> we currently now are interviewing two persons of interest that began the investigation at this point that have been tied to the van that are in question. >> reporter: the couple had 16 children. 12 of them were adopted. many of them had developmental di

as a matter of fact, there is a severe thunderstorm watch out until 7:00 right now burlington, vermontat the line moving through boston right now. concord, new hampshire, it had heavy thunderstorms, boston right now, the temperature is 63 degrees. with nasty thunderstorms. look at framingham, massachusetts. west of boston. winds gusting to 23 miles per hour the current temperature, 62. we will stay here. fallschurch, 87 degrees with the nice comfortable air. overtonight tonight, once again, those storms up in new england move off. high pressure settles in on us. little weather front. i think those clouds that we had out there will break up enough to give it seeing the international space station tonight. i will show new a second. we will be in the southern sky rather than the northern sky. folks did see it. as we get into thursday, some of that humidity begins coming our way. but not tomorrow. mid 80s. so for this evening, very, very nice. we have some clouds out there. ility will be breaking up. sunset is at 8:36. nice to get the late sunsets. as we go through the evening, skies by to

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the last environmental case was the burlington northern case. unlike the to i just mentioned, the government and business were on opposite sides. burlington northern is the only one of the seven cases i am discussing in which the government lost. this was a case in which the government clean up hazardous sites and sought to recover costs from businesses, the cost of the cleanup. the main issue was the proper test for what is known as a ranger liability. they can be liable when it arranged for the disposal of hazardous substances. the court adopted a fairly restrictive test for it liability requiring that the business take additional steps to dispose of the hazardous material. it found that the defendant in the case, shell oil co. was not a ranger under that standard. the business -- to the decision was 8-1. those are the seven cases in telecom, antitrust, environmental law. if you want a one sentence summary, i guess it is this. business and government were more often than not on the same side, and business and government more often than not won

burlington, vermont, to new york city, down to washington, d.c., be on the lookout for strong storms this afternoon. back to you. >> good to know. thanks, janice. we'll see you later. >>> let's head over to the news desk for more of this morning's headlines. we say hello to cnbc's melissa francis. good morning. >> hey, jenna, hey, carl. good morning, everyone. exiled president of honduras continues to camp out, demanding to be reinstated as president of honduras. joining us from the border with more, kerry sanders. >> reporter: coming back to the border here again today. on saturday, he came to the border with hundreds of supporters, who are urging him to regain his presidency in honduras. he was deposed at gun point june 28th, leaving the country in pajamas. he did not make it across the border on saturday like he did on friday, he says he's symbolically showing the world he will not give up. the fact that the government in honduras says they will nack down and that he was legally removed from office when he tried to extend his term. left leaning governments like hugo chavez in vene

. >> enjoy a beautiful day in burlington, sir. we'll see you again. thank you both, gentleman. >>> ahead, take you to newark, new jersey, where a young mayor says it's time to give his city a second look. but not nearly as important as outer beauty. ♪ that's why i use covergirl's simply ageless makeup with olay regenerist serum. a department store brand can glob up in lines and wrinkles and actually make you look older. simply ageless stays suspended over lines and makes you look amazing. simply ageless from olay and easy, breezy, beautiful covergirl. ♪ and try new simply ageless sculpting blush to bring out your cheekbones. >>> in this next week cnn will air "black in america ii" life with an african-american in the united states. our american dispatch on just that theme. we went to newark, new jersey, 53%, more of the population the city's african-american. unemployment rate heading up 13.5%. a glim or of hope, the population is hiding up. people are moving back to newark. 40-year-old african-american mayor elected three years ago on a promise of ho

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catching up to do on the old railroad, maria, but we're going to hear from unp, union pacific, and burlington northern on the 23rd. they're the two biggest. and norfolk southern on the 28th of july. sought first of the big four u.s. railroads is out with stronger than expected results. back to you. >> i know it was wilbur roth i believe on this program a couple weeks ago who said the railroads are a place you really want to be exploring. he's looking for great growth out of that group. csx is just the start of a big earnings week, of course. and we are going to continue following all of the earnings this week. goldman sachs, google, johnson & johnson, general electric, all releasing their second quarter numbers in what will likely be a crucial earnings period since the beginning of the recession. for a preview right now i'm joined by kamal kumar. and chars nortel. gentlemen, good to have you on the program. >> thanks for having me on. >> good to be here, maria. >> let me kick this off with you. what are you expecting out of this earnings period? arguably one of the most important earnings per

best case scenario, these blacks the new burlington northern pines former insurance and that helped bring about major military victory and a turn the tide of public opinion so that he is reelected. worse case scenario the lincoln loses the election but thousands more blacks are brought into freedom. now, frederick douglass when someone who had been a close friend of john brown. he was a revolutionary, douglass was on a post to conspiring against the u.s. if he felt it could lead to an immediate end to slavery and now lincoln is urging hammer, requesting him to embark upon a john brown's team after the second meeting. he said that he never understood how much lincoln hated slavery at that moment. another example how an event as lincoln and send controlled them, events transform themselves and held them to transform themselves and their nation. lincoln was not a revolutionary but finds himself presiding over a cultural and social revolution in douglass is a revolutionary and is thrilled with the solution that will lead to the idea of universal freedom for everyone. their third meeting is th

burlington, like other cities around the country, could capture that waste heat and use it to provide heating and cooling to multiple buildings downtown. mr. president, according to a 2008 department of energy report, imiepped hea combined hr systems, particularly in coordination with district energy systems, could make a huge impact in meeting our energy needs while lowering greenhouse gas emissions. approximately 40% of our energy consumption in the united states is for heating and cooling of our buildings as well as industrial process heat. combined heat and power represents roughly 9% of our electric power capacity today. if we can move to 20% combined heat and power by 2020, we could, according to the d.o.e., create more than 1 million new jobs and avoid more than 800 million metric tron tons of carn dioxide emissions. this would avoid more than 60% of the projected growth in carbon dioxide emissions between now and 2030. in other words, mr. president, as you well know, this is a big deal. mr. president, we are talking about real technology that is deployable today. not 50 years

. >> host: thomas, watching us in burlington, vermont. hello, thomas. >> caller: my question is, in the continental congress, when they were trying to persuade france to join the war, was there talk of maybe letting france have quebec, prince edward island and nova scotia back as colony and -- that is me question. >> host: thank you. >> guest: no. the -- the envoys who were sent to france were instructed to -- not to give that away if it was at all possible. obviously, they wanted france into the war, that was the big thing they needed france in order to gain victory. and, what by now was clear as going to be a long war, and once the negotiations began, it became clear that the french were not interested in retaking canada and in the treaty itself, because of what the french dead, not because of any pressure put on them by the united states, the french renowned canada and in fact years and years after the revolutionary war when the archives were opened, what historians learned was that france hopped that great britain would retain canada

the last environmental case was the burlington northern case. in this case, unlike the two i just mentioned, entergy and alaska, the government and business were on opposite sides and government lost. burlington northern is the only one of the seven cases i'm discussing in which the government lost. this was a surplus case, in which the government cleaned up hazardous sites and sought to recover costs of the cleanup from businesses. the main issue was the proper test for what's known as a ranger linalt. a business can be liable under surplice when it arranged for the disposal of the waste. the court has a fairly narrow test for arranger liability. it found that the defendant in the case, shell oil, was not an arranger. this was the only one of the five environmental cases with a lob sided vote. the decision was 8-1 with justice stevens writing the majority opinion. those are the seven cases in telecom antitrust and environmental law. if you want a one-sentence summary, i guess it's this -- business and government were more often than not on the

more storms from new york to boston to albany, to burlington. even into portland, maine, today.n in the deep south. from east texas to south florida. the heaviest rain has been in >>> another great day today. already a lot of sunshine, becoming cloudy this afternoon become for liberty-wise. -- comfortable temperature-wise. 73 downtown, 73 rockville prebirth back -- 73 rockville. we cannot rule out a brief shower far north of the metro area. tomorrow is cooler, less humid e more of america's weather in the next half hour. diane? >> okay, sam. thanks. >>> we talked "around the watercooler" about michael jackson's perfectionism in his work, where he felt most himself. we thought we'd look back at what he said through the years about th. in fact, once he wrote this the most important thing was to give people a break from their problems. to lighten their load, when he took to the stage. it's what he lived for. >> i don't sing it if i don't mean it. >> what are your interests? >> in sports? i go swimming all the time. like swimming. and play basketball. ♪ with a friend to call my own

burlington, 82. portland at 76. boston, you're at 74. the heat's been roaring in the deep south.s again today. phoenix is back upward around 114 degrees by the time we get to the weekend. dallas, you will stay right at the 101, 102 area. there's five states with heat advisories out today. it will feel like it's between 105 and 110. the combination of heat and humidity, and the strong to severe storms are rolling through the northern plains, up towards the great lakes area. iccholagand, you're part o 82 dl feel like yesterday. we do not have the intense humidity that is typical this time of year. increased humidity this weekend and some all that weather was brought to you by mastercard. we're hanging out in the park. but now, it's back to -- >> robin. >> i'm coming out there, sam. i'm going to join you in a hot second. >>> coming up next, financial advice from a financial giant. warren buffett's tips toel h you survive this tough economy. grab a cup of coffee. come on back. (announcer) one pair of pleated slacks: i don't think so a pair of capri pants: never in a million years one

burlington, 65. lots of little league games rained out yesterday afternoon through rhode island.oping to see a change in better weather. we have seen this high pressure system begin to go roll on in. hopefully, we'll be dry throughout new england today with rare exception. the southeast is going to see some rain. record-setting rain in charleston yesterday around east bay street. you doubled your record rain for the day, just incredible. and through portions of the upper midwest today, you're going to see severe weather. it's high heat in texas and portions of the southern and central plains. >> certainly summer-like weather as you head to the central and southern plains, everyone. that's a quick look at your weather picture. maggie and harry, over to you. >> dave, thank you. >>> up next, there may be a danger lurking at the bottom of your local pool. with rheumatoid arthritis, it seems like my life is split in two. there's the life i live. and the life i want to live. fortunately, there's enbrel. enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, fatigue, and stop joint damage. because en

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cedar rapids right along parts of the interstate just north of des moines and back over towards burlington. that is rough stuff and we could see through part of the afternoon and the reason for that, that p's pretty similar t what we've seen over the last few days. this western half of the great lakes these things will continue to move their way off to the east and affecting places like detroit, cincinnati before the day is out. what you're going to be seeing underneath the clouds, obviously, some rain and cooler temperatures. i know from parts of texas they'd love to have a cool down and 104 expected in dallas and 97 in houston and take a look at what they had yesterday. austin with 104 and mcallen, texas, take a look at this. they had six days in a row of record temperatures in that part of the world. so, hopefully, they'll get a break as they move into the weekend. what we're seeing no break in the action from the scattered showers and shuttle launch expected for tomorrow evening. i wouldn't say it is all that but a chance of rain in the forecast, only 40% chance of a liftoff. here is a

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burlington, 65. lots of little league games rained out yesterday afternoon through rhode island.oping to see a change in better weather. we have seen this high pressure system begin to go roll on in. hopefully, we'll be dry throughout new england today with rare exception. the southeast is going to see some rain. record-setting rain in charleston yesterday around east bay street. you doubled your record rain for the day, just incredible. and through portions of the upper midwest today, you're going to see severe weather. it's high heat in texas and portions of the southern and central plains. >>> it is a gorgeous day start. let's go ahead and take a look. 82 degrees the high this day. upper 60s now. sunny skies. just a couple of shade clouds. tonight mainly clear. 62 is your low. tomorrow another sunny day. just a mention raff spotty thundershower. find your sunglasses. don't worry about finding an umbrella. look at that five-day, great stuff, 82, 85, 834, 86, 86, >> certainly summer-like weather as you head to the central and southern plains, everyone. that's a quick look at you

. >> host: at burlington vermont? >> caller: in the continental congress when they were trying to persuade france to join the war, was there talk of maybe letting france have being quebec and nova scotia back as colonies? >> guest: no. the envoys' that were sent to france were instructed not to give that away if all possible. of is they wanted france into the war that was the big thing that they needed in order to gain victory which by now clearly was going to be a lot more. once the negotiations began, it became clear the french were not interested in retaking canada. in the treaty itself because of what the french said, not put on a pressure by the united states, the french renounced given up. and fact years and years later after the archives were opened, france hoped that great britain would retain canada because if british canada sat on america's northern border, then the united states would have to remain tied to france for protection and the french were hoping the united states would be a client state to go into

. >> host: thomas is watching in burlington vermont. hello, thomas. >> caller: hello. my question is in the continental congress when they were trying to persuade france to join the war was there talk of maybe letting france have quebec and nova scotia and back as colonies? >> guest: no, the on foynes ascent what to france were instructed not to give that away if it was at all possible. obviously they wanted france and to the board. that was the big thing they needed france in order to gain victory and by now it was clear it was going to be a long war and once the negotiations began, it became clear the french were not interested in retaking canada and in the treaty itself because what the french said, not to any pressure put on them by the united states, the french renounced canada, and in fact and years and years after the revolutionary war in the archives were opened what historians learned was that france hoped great britain would retain canada because if british canada sat on america's northern border in the united states would have to remain tied what france for

stewart eisenstat currently heads the international practice at covington and burlington. the reason we are so happy to have him here was he was a domestic policy adviser to jimmy carter. he has gone on to serve in the clinton white house and a variety of capacity including ambassador to the european union. he remains engaged in holocaust era related issues and has written a much praised book coming out of those activities, and perfect justice slave labor, and the unfinished business of world war ii. we also have with us for this session, bruce reed, currently the president of the democratic leadership council. he is here because during the eight years of the clinton presidency, he was first deputy director and then assistant to the president and chief policy adviser to president clinton, famously associated with the landmark clinton administration welfare reform act of 1996. prior to that, deputy campaign manager for policy in the clinton gore campaign in 1992. prior to that, chief speechwriter for senator al gore. we are also happy to have with us jim pinkerton. he is kn

pulse upstate new york heading to the adirondacks, could be gone in burlington vermont.of thunderstorms south of dallas, north of new orleans. this is where a front has been hanging around the past couple of days. it was as far south as central florida. the national map for today. start to mig rate up. humidity and heat back in this part of the country later this week. denver could get into the upper 90s before long. so obligatory animal video. baby elephant bornd in the sidney zoo. 250 pounder. don't have a name yet. born to the mother rescued from a thailand logging camp. this is a major species. pretty big deal. two more on the way here. believe it or not, elena and kiran, guestation period for that animal is 22 months. so you think you guys got it bad. 22 months. >> not a nine-month pregnancy. >> we think we have it rough. imagine giving birth to something 250 pounds. >> so stop your complaining already. >> hey, we didn't complain. >> just kidding. >> coming after us on monday. >> that elephant was adorable. >>> coming up, talking to two lucky winners. you know how m

down to the south we're looking at showers around burlington, iowa. things are looking pretty good. seeing temperatures in the upper 60s. warming up in st. louis to right around 80 degrees by tomorrow. a fwrit tea good chance of showers and thunderstorms as we head throughout the day today by midday you'll need the umbrella. >> thank you. hello to our viewers there. >>> something apparently hit planet jupiter and and look at these pictures, astron mers got this picture from hawaii and an amateur tipped off nasa about the finding. the discovery comes 15 years after jupiter was hit previously by pieces of a comet. >>> just in time for your vacation, we have a list of the top germiest spots. >>> why some people who fell on hard times will be less likely to get help because of a fire. >>> the salute is to a 19-year-old soldier in baghdad. this is a shot out from his home town in texas. >> my name is jessica and i wanted to second a salute out to cameron hernandez. and we're all thinking of you and we just want to honor your bravery and courage and tell you that what you're doing over th

host: the burlington free press had been a " on the state budget -- vermont looks to save $30 million. with more bad budget news looming, legislators lot separate plans monday to scour for savings and ran in spending. the administration revealed a plan to restrict this year's spending by withholding an average of 2% for many departments budgets until the financial picture is clearer. were you successful in doing that? guest: well, we are going to put those strategies into effect very soon. we need to get greater efficiency out of the operation of our state programs. deploring what are called tiger teams, individuals from some agencies looking at operations of others to offer ideas on how we can tighten up and reduce our level of spending. the allotment process to which you referred suggests that we will not give each agency 1/12 of its annual appropriation each month during the fiscal year but give them a little less because we expect that revenues will continue -- the whole is about 2.5% of our general fund. quite substantial after downgrade's we already experienced. so we have to ti

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