so i love burlington, vermont. i think it's a incredible place. i probably don't a agree with a lot of the business owners in burlington. people can spend their money any way they want, obviously. i'm not going to ostracize a coffee shop owner in burlington because he disagrees with my position on foreign policy or my position on pro-life issues. i'm not going to do that you have the right to do that. it really has, i think, an ostracizing effect on folks for political views on both sides. that's my concern. >> you want to talk about ostracizing, my marriage isn't recognized in most states. at the federal level my marriage isn't recognize the at all. that's because of people like dan cathy who have turned his chicken shop into a political house. >> laura: how is it a political house, how is chick-fil-a now a political house when they hire gays, they serve gays, and from what i can tell, they run a pretty amazing company. whether you agree with his views on this. the way the company has been run. seems to be by all accounts quite exemplary. we don'

i lived on the corner of ninth and burlington. it is still there. the building is still there. mom wanted to be a lawyer. her parents emigrated from poland. they did not think women should go to college her brother was sent to college. i think he went to law school. he never practiced. he was a playboy. he was not interested in that. she regretted it all of her years. when they moved here, she got a job in a department store. she moved up to the drapery department. tavis: candy to drapery. >> she became known, the holly of holly carter hale. i ran into him. he said, is your mother, did she work in the prepared department? i said, yeah. she was legendary. pat nixon worked at the broadway hollywood. tavis: richard nixon's wife. we have two famous people from their past. >> and never met her. momma was tough. she went to night school. she got her aa degree. she was studying law. she was interested. she got me into classical music. she got me into art. there was a story that my father won an award for window dressing in a grocery store in toronto. he got a national award. i always

burlington -- 91. the warm air is coming up and around the top. as we get into the weekend at the high pressure will build to the southeast and pump up the heat and humidity. the circulation under way now on the warm hedge of air moving in our direction. it will be fairly uncomfortable. it will be around 90 degrees. it can feel a couple of degrees warmer them with the thermometer indicates. our satellite radar shows the clouds making a steady advance from west to east. this is one of our local computer models that shows showers developing tomorrow afternoon. we will repeat the process getting lower 90's in some areas. get ready for that. the 90's will continue through most of next week. if you're going to head to the beaches, we're talking mid to upper 80's. water temperatures are comfortable enough that there will be thunderstorms. here in the next seven days. plenty of heat and humidity. a thunderstorm will be strong enough to produce localized flooding. the heat and humidity will continue. >> if we talk basketball, most people are thinking abou

last night we had a few storms go through vermont and the burlington area. near 100 from d.c. to richland and back to st. louis and missouri and kansas, it's a brutally hot day. that's a look at your national forecast. here's a look at the weather outside your window. thorps will bring some relief today, especially some areas in the ohio valley. but we're going to have a threat of strong storms, cleveland, detroit, down into areas of pittsburgh too. so we're going to get some leaf today, lynn, but thunderstorms will be a problem late sneer bill, thanks so much. >>> coming up, big ben boosts stocks, barbie moves business, and a divorced mother of two tries to boost her chances of selling her house. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, this brand is apparently back on the market. >>> coming up return of an ace, revenge at fenway and a mascot hits the skids. you're watching "early today." >> announcer: "early today" is brought to you by caltrate. back to "early today." i'm lynn berry, and here are some of your top headlines this morning. during a re

police in burlington, vermont are being accused of firing bullets at activists protesting a meeting of new england governors and eastern canadian premiers. sunday, police said they took action after a group protesters tried to block a bus picking up conference delegates. video footage posted online shows police shooting least one protester at close range. thousands of people rallied on capitol hill on saturday to protest the gas drilling process known as fracking. organizers of the stop the frack attack rally say they brought together members of communities across the country whose lives are being adversely impacted by the environmental damage of hydraulic fracturing. the rally culminated in a march to the offices of america's natural gas alliance and the american petroleum institute. police in london are being accused of political repression in a mass arrest of cyclists to in the olympics opening ceremony. on friday, at least 132 people on bicycles were arrested while taking part in a critical mass. the cyclists say they were peddled by police and held overnight. one of those arrested

in burlington, vermont blistering 93° farmers scrambled to save crops.what people are thinking about the price of food down the road. adding to the worry many rivers are at their lowest level in years. the mississippi was 23 feet higher in baton rouge this time last year. the lack of water is posing a threat to crucial shipping routes. rob nelson, abc news, new york. >>> of course we are unusually cool the way it goes. >>> absolutely as least we don't have drizzle. good morning. another cooler than average day around the bay area we'll get our warmth over the weekend. a couple of days to look forward for that. from sutro tower hazy, marine layer trying to reestablish itself pushing clouds back in not organized or thick now. doppler is showing how clear of a start you are going to have for your morning commute, drizzle is gone. as you step out 49 in santa rosa, 60 in mountain view and san jose the rest of us in the 50s. monterey bay mid to upper 50s inland to gilroy, 61 in salinas. this afternoon biggest jump in temperatures inland especially north bay th

. >> reporter: in burlington, vermont, where the heat wave brought a 93-degree day, farmers scrambled to save the crops they could even though the customers stayed away. >> it was so hot, people aren't going out to the market, or they're not thinking about getting vegetables. >> reporter: but what people are thinking about is the price of food down the road as corn withers on the stalk. adding to the worry, many rivers are at their lowest level in years. the mighty mississippi was 23 feet higher in baton rouge this time last year, and the lack of water is posing a threat to crucial shipping routes. >> when you start reducing the capacity of the tow by 50%, you have an extreme effect on the economics of being able to move those barges efficiently. >> reporter: with the first half of 2012 already in the record books, it seems the only relief from the heat wave this summer is delivered by powerful cold fronts that trigger violent storms, and, once again, forecasters are warning people from the midwest up to new england that more rough weather is on the way. and after the storms move thro

they tell signs, chanted outside burlington coat factory at city place mall. the store is below bain capital, several minimum wage workers from toys r us, dunkin' donuts and other area bain- owned businesses told their story of reduced hours and pay cuts under the ownership. >> i get paid 7.50 for 15 years, never go up, never get raises, anything. so i'm here right now. the minimum wage is at least got to be $11 or $10 because we deserve. >> nonprofit, our d.c., organized today's protests. >>> it's going to cost more to travel this fall. we'll tell you which airlines are raising their fares and there maybe some storms on the way. >> yes, another day, another threat for storms. we were lucky today, but maybe tomorrow afternoon could feature strong potentially severe storms. i'll show you the futurecast and let you know where they may be firing up. full forecast ahead. >> check out the rundown. be right back. >> this is fox 5 news edge at 11:00.  >>> thousands of people are in the district for the international aids conference this week.

burlington coat factory paying 1.5 million against allegation that they sold clothing withdraw strings at the neck. >>> we are expected to learn more about the drama surrounding the jackson family. katherine jackson's attorney is supposed to speak to reporters today. a judge gave a temporary custody of michael's three children to another relative after katherine went more than a week without talking to her grandchildren at all. and first lady michelle obama is in london for the olympic game opening ceremonies. she met with members of team usa earlier this morning. and they went for a reception at buckingham palace hosted by the queen. and listen up ford is recalling half a million escape suvs to fix problems with sticking gas pedals. that recall covers model years 2001 through 04 and it marks the third recall for the escape in just two weeks. >>> and a new report warns that the drought crippling 2/3 of the u.s. is getting worse and shows no sign of getting better. u.s. drought monitor says 20% of the nation now in the worst stages of the drought and once again going nowhere fast. break

they held signs and chanted outside burlington coat factory at city place mall. several minimum wage workers from businesses in the area owned by bain capital told their stories of reduced hours and pay cuts under the company's ownership. >> i get paid $7.50 for 15 years. never get raises, anything. i am here right now. the minimum wage has got to be at least $11 or $10 because we deserve. >> the nonprofit our d.c. organized today's protest. >>> a massive beef recall to tell you about. coming up next, we'll tell you if you should be worried about beef in your freezer. >> a warning for parents. your child care provider may be committing something you don't know about and it may force you to make new arrangements. >>> we have some important information for virginia parents. your child care provider might not be licensedded to watch as men children as they -- licensed to watch as many children as they do. recently, the state notified providers they need to check with their county about their license. that was the first time many of them learned there was a differenc

the four armed suspects are believed to have entered the jewelers, dust, with from the burlington coat factory. >>pam: this is video from more than six weeks ago. he conceded crews working. the special crews that had a hazardous materials had to be calling to clean up all of human waste. we went back to civic center to see of things have come along. >> bart is chipping away at the problem. half of the broken escalators have been fixed. to all of your many of us lawyers that are broken at the civic center station. the work is scheduled to be finished soon but the problem of human waste is expected to continue. >> it is not a crime to be homeless. >> many people suckle with stairs. >> one idea of bart is kicking around is attaching a cover that would go over the entire escalator system. half sphere tests >>pam: bart says there are now nine escalators out of service and most of those are in seventh as though. when >>pam: ignacio delafuente announced today that he will run for the out large council seats in the november election. he will go up against rebecca kaplan. he says he wants this

name is happy -- with her tuesday while playing with her brother and sister near their home in the burlingtonrea. now, the snake looks just like this. the other one, the family owns. her mother says happy slithered off while the kids had a picnic. >> ava took happy out of the bag and wanted him to join in their picnic and put him on the grass and looked away for a minute and forgot just for a minute and happy was so fast. >> okay. >> pythons can grow to be four feet long. the riggs hung up a poster in their neighborhood hoping someone will find the pet and give them a call. what do you do if you find a python? >> that mom seems calm and cheerful for somebody who lost a baby python. and i didn't realize a 6-year-old wanted a pet like that. >> my 4-year-old niece has a pet millipede. things are different these days. >> if i saw a python, i'd be running away. it's 4:55, 70 degrees. >>> coming up, the story that brings new meaning to a phrase the one that got away. >>> but first, the latest major retailer that's looking to steal a piece of the smartphone market. >>> and talk about a winning strea

fire activity along burlington road. you may find some lane closures.rn boulevard, an accident in essex still wrapping up. close is on light street between baltimore and lombard. -- eastbound 70 looks pretty good in towards the beltway. here's a quick live look at traffic. this is the key bridge street e . 29 at 108 moving very well at this hour. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> things are pretty quiet right now but that will change this afternoon. scattered thunderstorms may develop this afternoon. high temperature into the mid 90's. there will be cold front that slams into the air mass. we could see some severe weather. at least a slight chance for some large hail and some heavy downpours. right now there's nothing going on in maryland. we can see some scattered showers in indiana and wisconsin and back into illinois. if all that holds together, a teacher decker it takes it west of baltimore later today. we will see how that develops as we head into the afternoon. it is warm and muggy but we did not expect any problems for the morning commut

then we go to burlington vermont where over this past weekend hundreds of activists demonstrated against the keystone keystone oil pipeline and again the police response looked like this. thank you. so let's face of the freedom of speech the freedom of assembly there under under assault but what happens next for political dissent in america joining me to discuss this is jane hamsher founder of firedoglake dot com and joining us from oakley is glenn greenwald salon columnist and author of the book would literally liberty and justice for some how the law is used to destroy equality and protect the powerful now i want to thank both of you for joining me tonight and jane i'm just going to start with you too since you're right here in the studio i want to talk about some of these events individually we will in a moment but overall just when you look at the police response you look at the way the protesters have been treated increasingly in this country do you think that is it is it becoming more of a dangerous time or a violent time for political dissent or is it just more visual now we see i

burlington, vermont, is going to get some of the heavy rain. a few rain showers and thunderstorms. but much different. who knelse had a lot of rain? phoenix. the monsoon flow has changed over. i want to show you exactly what's happened here. places like phoenix up to denver that's where the moisture is going to wrap, it's going to be another stormy day. seven states in the plains do have heat advisories and warnings. 106 in oklahoma city. heat and humidity are going to make it close to dangerous heat. that's the big picture. let's get a check a little closer to home. >> time for some beautiful facebook photos. this first one, jeff's wife said you got to send photos in all the time. second photo i have to show you, this is around chicagoland yet. ice crystals up there. they start to flow and the wind starts to pick up. >> i'm still bitter. i submitted a picture once to ginger and she didn't use it. >> the double rainbow. >> not that i hold a grudge. you won't be on the next half-hour. >>> this shocker from the olympics. we'll have more on michael phelps. we're joined by summer sande

normally wallet is 91 degrees up in burlington at this hour, it is only 72 degrees in asheville and 82 in atlanta. the he has pretty much gone to the north or west, where more sunshine is showing up this afternoon. we will see some cloudy this overnight but we are not anticipating rain. 65 in the suburbs, 72 in downtown baltimore for the overnight low. sunset this evening at 8:34. we are stuck in a weather pattern that is not changing very dramatically. the map looked almost like this yesterday. the front is still stalled out to the south. in between we just pick up the high clouds coming off those storms to the south of us. as we get into saturday, a little more this humid air sneaks up into the mid atlantic, trooper -- triggering a couple afternoon storms. on saturday, some scattered storms pop up, and the same thing on sunday. that will carry us into the first part of next week. 85-90, son up at 5:51, setting at 8:33. waves around 1 foot and the bay water temperatures holding steady around 83 degrees. in the mountains, partly cloudy skies and maybe a shower. we saw that rain coming

burlington, vermont, is going to get some of the heavy rain. a few rain showers and thunderstorms, but much different. you know who else had a lot of rain? phoenix. the monsoon flow has changed over. i want to show you exactly what's happened here. places like phoenix all the way up to denver that's where the moisture is going to wrap, it's going to be another stormy day. seven states in the plains do have heat advisories and warnings. 106 for dallas today. 106 in oklahoma city. one of those days that you need to take it easy if you're >> good morning, washington, a searing the hot day yesterday, 97 at reagan national airport, big changes in store. temperatures now are 75 degrees downtown and 73 degrees at dulles and the dew point is down the 60's. you'll like it out there. the high temperature will be 87- with comfortable humidity levels and tomorrow 87-91 and long,ek >> time for some beautiful facebook photos. and this first one, jeff's wife said you got to send photos in, ginger asks for them all the time. second photo i have to show you, th

burlington, vermont, is going to get some of the heavy rain. that's only up to an inch or so. a few rain showers and thunderstorms, but much different. you know who else had a lot of rain? phoenix. that's right, phoenix, arizona, picking up rainfall with the monsoon. the monsoon flow has changed over. i want to show you exactly what's happened here. places like phoenix all the way up to denver that's where the moisture is going to wrap, it's going to be another stormy day. one other threat, seven states in the plains do have heat advisories and warnings. 106 for dallas today. 106 in oklahoma city. it's going to be one of those days that you need to take it easy if you're outside. heat and humidity are going to make it close to dangerous heat. that's the big picture. >> time for some beautiful facebook photos. and this first one, jeff's wife said you got to send photos in, ginger asks for them all the time. he said i guess my wife is right because you picked mine. that's right, listen to your wife. this is along chicagoland yesterday. cirrus clouds, ice crystals that start to f

it happened at this jewelry store directly behind me which is near the burlington coat factory insidehe mall. >> it sounded like a lot of glass crashing, something falling, we did not necessarily know what it was. call >> it was a very big noise. >> one guy was breaking the countertop, one guy had begun but i could only see the gun. the third guy was just stani am assuming costs day he was holding someone down. >> it is a family mall. who would think something like that can happen here but that he sees someone running. the initial noise was the shattering of glass. what was going to my mind was maybe the roofs caving in or window falling, that is what it sounded like. >> police say the thieves ran through the j.c. penney after robbing this jewelry store and got things to different getaway cars, a white mercedes and a black actor or black lexus, they are not sure at this point. the subscription -- the description of the suspects is vague. for black males and adderroll wearing hedy's. >>pam: in oakland it has happened again, the emergency radio system used by the police department faile

. >> today at the intersection of burlington and gilbert, there's a truck headed straight toward him,t. >> we both had green lights. i was probably going 25 or 30 miles an hour. just going through the intersection. >> what josh doesn't know is that an approaching police car is recording the whole thing. >> officer eric lippold was proceeding towards us or southbound on gilbert street. the pickup turned directly in front of josh. josh, on his scooter, impacted the right front corner area of the pickup, and josh was thrown from his scooter. >> the moped is knocked out from under him and josh is flying headlong. >> it was last second, i just saw it right as he hit me. i remember just seeing the truck there, and i think i kind of braced myself. i didn't even hit the brakes. i didn't have time to. >> as he watches the crash in horror, the police officer turns on his camera and automatically saves the previous 30 seconds of video. >> because of the way our system is set up, it's recording constantly, it just doesn't save it until it's turned on and then we have a 30-second capture. so every

show "the cycle" and in washington, political correspondent sam steinen and burlington, vermont, former. howard dean. so,

burlington coat factory, bain takes over and they lay everybody off. see that report throughout the country. you see workers complaining about burlington laying people off and nobody can work. romney supports wages -- they pay minimum wage jobs. they will not give us full-time work. there is no health care. i hope this is elevated within the campaign season. guest: i think it speaks to a shift in the country's opinion about wall street since he ran last time. he was running in 2007 well before we got into the great recession and before the subprime crisis happened, well hed thethe crisis and mashenmes economy. there are much less favorable views when romney ran for president last time. that is part of why the attack by the obama campaign has taken off. host: byron on the republican line, good morning. caller: we were bought out by kkr, a leveraged-buyout company and they turned our company around. the stock went from $15 to $122 in a relative short time. think bain capital does a good job. you alluded to the jeff immelt. he is the jobs czar that was ap

burlington city. you're making plans right now.r on. how about mountain snow? is that possible? it is when you look at the mountains east of the seattle area. at about 6500 feet in those mountains, snow flakes today. i love that sign. >> and how could you not proclaim it north carolina day in times square with them all here? right now it's back to -- >> all: lara. >> love it. thank you, ladies. >>> here's a look at what's coming up on our "gma" morning me menu. emily gets her happy ending. she's here live. >>> and the beauty treatment that gives you an alleged instant facelift for $25. >>> and buckle up. we're taking you on a wild ride on one of the world's flashiest machines ever. that's all coming up. the wife. hey, babe. got the jetta. i wiped the floor with the guy! not really. i would've been fine with 0% for 36 months, but i demanded 60. no...i didn't do that. it was like taking candy from a baby. you're a grown man. alright, see you at home. [ male announcer ] the volkswagen autobahn for all event. we good? we're good. [ mal

from buffalo, to burlington, portland, look at this.is, des moines, kansas city and points agrouround the t lakes. i feel alone here. josh, come here, stay on the red carpet. it's here. >>> ever, ever. >> you like that better? >> all that weather is brought to you by volkswagen. >> oh, lara. >> oh, thank you so much, sam. coming up he's going against . >>> i'm out here in times square with zach galifianakis, a/k/a, marty huggins. trying to outseat will farrell. we want to show you the minute he is told he's going be a candidate. >> they want you to run for office. >> dad, that is like the greatest -- this is like the greatest news i've ever heard. i can't believe it. all of these years i've been begging you to let me get into politics. and here it is. i'll tell you this, i'll make you proud. i will. >> i would say there's mathematically zero chance of that happening. your brother, trip is a bull's-eye, you look like richard simmons -- >> zach joins us now. that's something you came up with a long time ago, right? >> that character is a

burlington, new york city. yeah. you're making plans now, right?ere will be storms around later this afternoon. into the northwest. how about mountain snow? do you think that's possible? it is when you look at the mountains east of the seattle area. in those mountains at about 6,500 feet we're beginning to find snowflakes today. temperatures will warm up into tomorrow. that's the weather around >> and how could you not proclaim it north carolina day here at times square with the entire state here. right now it's back to -- >> all: lara. >> love it. thank you, ladies. >>> here's a look at what's coming up on our "gma" morning menu. emily gets her happy ending. "the bachelorette" is with us live this morning. oh, yeah, and the new fiance. >>> and the beauty treatment that gives you an alleged instant facelift for $25. we will explain. >>> and buckle up. we're taking you on a wild ride on one of the world's flashiest new scream machines ever. that's all coming up. on "good morning america." [ cheers and applause ] the wife. hey, babe. got the jetta. i

growers in burlington, vermont, grabbing heads of lettuce out of the ground so they can still sell them. they say the heat is not just affecting crops though. they are keeping folks at home in the air-conditioning and out of the stores where they can buy some of that lettuce. jon: we're talking about the historic drought affecting much. ground. the crops, and farmers how it will affect all of them. how it will affect the price of food we eat. it is hurting commercial traffic on the mississippi river. the drought is causing some areas to dry up making it too shallow for barges and tugboats to float on parts of the river. in mississippi the river is down to six feet. it is expected to go lower. this time the river was 22 feet deeper. jenna: takes a lot to do that. there is more heat on the way for some of us but others will get some relief. the trouble when you mix those two things together you can get some very big storms. meteorologist janice dean live in the extreme weather center with more. jd. >> have good news, jenna? the complaint box is full the that's what i heard one of the loca

show "the cycle" and in washington, political correspondent sam steinen and burlington, vermont, former chairman of the democratic national committee, dr. howard dean. so, gang, it turns out that mitt romney decided to take on the job of clarifying this whole penalty tax thing that eric fernstrum created a problem with and did an interview with cbs to clear it up. let's see how he cleared it up. >> the the supreme court has the final word and their final word is, that obama care is a tax so it's a tax. it's -- they decided it was constitutional so it is a tax and consugsal. that's the final word. that's what it is. >> have you changed your views on this? do you now believe that it is a tax at the federal level that the supreme court said it's a tax so it is a tax? >> i said that i agreed with the dissent and the dissent made it clear that they felt it was unconstitutional but the dissent lost, it's in the minority. the supreme court has spoken. there's no way around that. you can say you wish they decided a different way but they didn't. >> does that mean the mandate in the state of mas

. >> reporter: in burlington, vermont, where the heat wave brought a 93 degree day, farmers scrambledthough the customers stayed away. >> it's hot because people are not going to a market or not thinking about getting vegetables. >> reporter: what people are thinking about is the price of food as corn withers on the stalk. and adding to the worry, rivers at their lowest levels. mississippi was 23 feet higher in baton rouge last year and it is posing a threat to crucial shipping routes. >> when you reduce the capacity of the tow by 50%, you have an extreme effect on economics of moving barges efficiently. >> reporter: with the first half of 2012 already in the record books, seems the only relief from the heat wave is delivered by a cold front that triggered violent storms. and once again, forecasters are warning people from the midwest to new england that more rough weather is on the way. >> the price we pay to break the heat and we get violent storms. what a messy summer so far. >> terrible. >>> here's the rest of your wednesday weather. those afternoon storms could bring near hurrica

we'll get a sense what's happening with some of his biggest businesses including burlington northern there's bugs flying all over me, i think they lick the lights, they're ail little attracted to what's happening here. big grasshoppers, i'll try to catch them. ooh it's a moth. hold on a second, almost got him. almost got him. wait. anyway, warren buffett is going to be joining us and talking to us about what he's seeing with businesses in the economy right now, and then we get the chance to talk about the huge fiscal cliff with the two most important gentlemen over the last several years who have been in this debate and who have actually come up with solutions that haven't been taken to this point. we're talking of course about erskine bowles and alan simpson who put together what was thought to be an impossible task getting 11 members of thes fiscal commission to agree to it. of course nothing's happened to the proposal since that time so we'll get some time to talk to them about simpson and bowles redux, if there say possibility of making this happen, and obviously, guys, we have a

let's go to ron, in burlington, vt., a democratic color. caller: don't you believe this is more about continuity of news throughout the world? if you take a lot of the major players, they are just repeating the same points over and over. i think this is more of an agenda -- a un one-world government type of thing. what are your thoughts? guest: i do not subscribe to a one-world government kind of thing, but at any of that what is involved in media in general as we have moved towards the 500-channel universe and the multimillion url universe is that we no longer have the same standards of broadcast journalism that we had when i grew up. when i joined nbc news in the 1970's and went on to work for abc news, we had essentials three networks. our mission was to create a product that would encompass the largest possible tent. we had to satisfy every possible your because all the viewers only had three or four joyces. as we move into the 1990's, we had a situation where we had cable television, we had the internet, and we had this proliferation o

i've never been quite able to make that flight in a commuter plane from burlington, vermont, to new york city. but they refuel in midair. everybody, whether on vacation or not, showed up at the vermont guard. our mechanics, flight administrators, pilots, of course, and kept those planes going around the clocks for weeks. they didn't miss a single minute of their mission, with all the calibration of weapons, radar and everything else. it was a remarkable scene, and i'm glad to see them recognized this morning. as a vermonter, i'm extraordinarily proud of our vermont national guard, both our army guard and our air guard. they do all the people of our state proud. mr. president, on another matter -- and i'd ask as in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: small businesses and working families throughout vermont and the rest of the country are facing incredibly challenging times. these problems are especially acute in my state where we rely so heavily on small businesses to create jobs for our citizens to make vermont the desirable place to live and to visit t