nobody moves more dirt than caterpillar. and we rely on freight rail to move u >>> good morning, washington. the d.c. council will hear from the man at the center of the c.r.a. scandal today. sulaiman brown says that mayor vincent gray pulls a campaign promise him a job and gave him money to attack former mayor adrian fenty. a judge ordered brown to testify after he refused to comply with subpoenas. >>> a driver is in custody after a crash that left three people dead. this happens early yesterday morning on indian head highway in oxon hill. an suv rear ended a mazda, which then crashed into a tree. no charges have been filed esp. >>>-- files yet. >>> a plea deal agreement regarding john edwards broke down over jail time ud was indicted on charges he used campaign funds to cover up an affair. >>> 7 is on your side with in the fight against two deadly forms of cancer. the first breakthrough could help melanoma patients live longer. the second can cut the risk of breast cancer in half for women most at risk. >> researchers conc

nobody moves more dirt than caterpillar. and we rely on freight rail to move us. >>> time a check on traffic and weather every 10 minutes. it feels pretty cool out there. in the 60's. >> if only we could be in the 60's, that would be nice for the next couple days. not the case for the next few days. near a record-breaking heat. a few records will fall by tomorrow evening and thursday. 69 in the district. 69 in quantico, 69 at annapolis,. notice the and the strong complex moving out of ontario. that is moving to the southeast. we will get done and cloud cover blowing over our region, becoming partly cloudy today. high temperatures in the below 90's. -- low 90's. near 100 wednesday and thursday hot and humid. >>> plenty of traffic, but things are quiet sort of southern maryland, about four,228 210. no problems on i-95 through southeast. 95 in allen is good. baltimore-washington parkway is an uneventful. on allalong 270 particularly we have a higher volume near havana and hyattstown. there is a live picture of 95 traffic, still

ag and construction equipment maker caterpillar led the dow industrials with this 2.3% rally. this is the past 90 sessions. caterpillar reported its machinery sales were up 52% over the past three months, but that's a slower growth rate than earlier this year. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> reporter: a $9 billion-a-year industry tries to figure out how to get back to work tomorrow. n.f.l. owners meet to talk about their lack of a labor deal with players as the season is due to start in 11 weeks. tonight's "beyond the scoreboard" looks at how important the n.f.l. is for the local television business. rick horrow is a sports business analyst and c.e.o. of horrow sports ventures. and from urbana, illinois, scott tainsky, professor at the university of illinois. beginning tomorrow. any closer to a compromise. >> one as a lawyer i can tell with confidence when he lawyers vacate the room a deal might be near and two, both sides are now talking about the specific issues they would like to see changed in order for a deal to get done. 11 weeks before the start of the season yo

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look at caterpillar. >> enough? >> tons of it. engines, turbines. >> that's where we can see growth? >> we're seeing it. thatteth-moving equipment from caterpillar is all over china. >> would you like to see more companies like that? >> of course. >> is that one of the solutions? >> yes. >> build more, ship it to where they want it and need it. >> and have it there and do parts back and forth. you have to be part of the global economy. >> short break, jack. when we come back, i want to talk about you as a businessman, your philosophy for business success. you were described as the manager of the century. no pressure. >>> i hired great people. i was never the smartest guy in the room from the first person i hired i was never the smartest guy in the room. and that's a big deal. if you're going to be a leader. if you're a leader and you're the smartest guy in the room you've got real problems. >> one of the examples of business advice jack welch has from the jack welch business institute. you say you aren't the smartest guy in the ro

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caterpillar led the dow with its 3% jump; mcdonald's added 2.5%; alcoa gained more than 2%. speaking of overseas business, that was one of the strengths of nike's latest quarter, which we reported on last night. here's the update on the share price, jumping more than 10%. volume was more than five times its usual pace. this rally takes nike shares back to where they last march before it reported disappointing earnings in its previous quarter. online networking site linkedin received a couple of strong endorsements today. the stock went public in may with its first trade back then was $83 per share. ubs and bank of america merrill lynch both began coverage of the stock, calling it a buy. j.p. morgan rated it overweight. shares jumped 12%. merrill lynch and j.p. morgan both helped manage linkedin's initial stock offering. two other web stocks saw significant buying interest. jobs web site monster worldwide was up almost 10%. an analyst at oppenheimer voiced support for its facebook strategy called be-known and a new search product. chinese online television firm youku popped 3

that kind of optimism helped out dow component caterpillar. it rose almost 1%. while not spectacular, it was the best among dow stocks. as economic growth concerns have crept in over the past month, cat shares are down about 11% of this high. while we're talking about machines that dig and help build things, hill international is a construction and property manager. shares rocketed higher by 59%. volume soared, up 100%. it received a $1.5 billion contract to manage and supply a big housing development in iraq. the consumer has been in focus with the stock market sell-off, high gas prices and weak housing market, and consumer staple stocks were the weakest sector, lead lower by supermarket supervalu. s.v.u. fell more than 4.5%. volume almost tripled. the firm has been trying to turn itself around, but shares continue trending lower. still, shoppers were spending in may, especially at saks. same store sales shot up better than three times what was expected. shares rose a little over 1%, but volume was heavier than usual. coming up, suzanne pratt sits down with the

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when the riots were dispersed in the persian caterpillar to believe think it's a few weeks ago it's crazy around the international community present but if it speaks of bringing a weapon about the lock with the security but the thing is the witness with the years of experience both by his police operation against largely peaceful protests the even more disturbing we're going finding out that in the aftermath they've been tales of aggression behind bars of people going if they will think big concerns among their friends and their relatives he really was a member of an opposition group he was arrested as part of the crackdown on opposition three days the pool the protest take place she hasn't seen or heard from him since and has no idea where he is now. i was told he was at one police station so i went there but they said he had been moved to a police station in another region and i went to that one they said he wasn't there either so now he's missing i don't know why and she's not the only one with questions in the days leading up to the protest during and after many people had been arrest

. >> a caterpillar. >> reporter: and if she can do this, maybe that's possible too.quijano, cbs news, new york. >> mitchell: and that is the "cbs evening news", later on cbs, "60 minutes." thanks for joining us this sunday evening, i'm russ mitchell. cbs news in new york. the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley begins right here tomorrow night. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org cw

>> a caterpillar. >> reporter: and if she can do this, maybe that's possible too.quijano, cbs news, new york. >> mitchell: and that is the "cbs evening news", later on cbs, "60 minutes." thanks for joining us this sunday evening, i'm russ mitchell. cbs news in new york. the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley begins right here tomorrow night. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org memorial outside a san francisco fire h >>> i'm linda yi. a family is gunned down in this neighborhood. their 3-month-old baby shot and killed. >>> paying tribute to falling firefighters. the growing memorial outside a firehouse in morning. >> it gives me a whole new view on humanity. >> and keeping their cause alive 30 years after the first aids diagnosis. thousands of cyclists raise money for awareness. cbs news is next. ,,,,

. >> a caterpillar. >> reporter: and if she can do this, maybe that's possible too.quijano, cbs news, new york. >> mitchell: and that is the "cbs evening news", later on cbs, "60 minutes." thanks for joining us this sunday evening, i'm russ mitchell. cbs news in new york. the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley begins right here tomorrow night. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> coming up on wjz eyewitness news, something fishy on east village. we'll tell you what's causing the kill. >>> and i'm gigi barnett in hamden. >>> going airborne, an extremely frightening day at extremely frightening day at the playground ,, x8x9x!x(

caterpillar is set to open a new plant next year.0 applicants for just under 400 jobs. steven douglas was one of those in attendance. >> if you can live till next year in 2012 when the building's built, then maybe you might gate job, but 90% of the people going over there is not going to get the job. we want to work, but it seems like the only people working is politicians. >> reporter: douglas says he's not giving up. he's going back to school to get a degree in business administration, but the truth is in this economy, even with that degree, there's no guarantee he'll find a job. >> chip reid for us this morning. thank you. >>> also in durham this morning, austan goolsbee who chairs the president's council of economic advisers. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> in a few hours you'll be joining the president to discuss ways to stimulate job growth. take me inside that meeting. what are you going to say to the president that hasn't been said already? >> well, it's his jobs council which is a collection of 25 or so outside busi

. >> street caterpillars have been diking here all night.up here. >> linda johnson runs the home at home shop and lives upstairs. >> the thing is, there's nothing we can do about it. and once you get over the shock loft situation, you just pick up your feet and you move on. >> she's packed up everything she can and is hitting the road. >> this is the edge of the evacuation zone. that side of the street has been ordered to evacuate. this side of seventh avenue, residents plan to stay and fight this flood using a home made dike and sand bags. >> even though you're just outside the evacuation zone, you know this is a risky proposition. >> yeah. but we have all of our stuff that we need to grab if we need to get out of here in a hurry. >> a gamble that they'll be on the right side of the road when the water comes. >> jim spellman joining me now from minot. jim, i understand the river crest will come sooner and might be higher than expected. what are emergency officials looking for in the way of numbers? >> yeah. it's expected now, fred, to crest

this from the early stages of this health care plan, we got it from at&t, mcdonald's, verizon, caterpillarng basically business is a business, we're going to run our numbers and see if it makes sense for us to continue to provide this kind of care and now these are shocking numbers from mckenzie & company. david, what's your take? >> this is what we expected. obama set up this plan, and all the waivers and everything they've given to protect their friends, but the goal has always been to get more people under omabacare, under a centralized government health care program. they want to see the same failures, and we will, rather, see the same failures as we did with romneycare in massachusetts. the fact is, this is their goal, employers, you're right, have nothing but the bottom line to look at, and if it's cheaper to pay the fine, than it is to pay for the health care program, this will continue to grow and more people will go on to it. also, we'll see a lessening of health care access, more doctors dropping out, more hospitals dropping out, medicare payments going down as they did in massac

secretary ray lahood is traveling to flint and bay city, michigan, this week and he will visit the caterpillar plant outside of the income ohio. larry, democrats' line. caller: good morning. guest: good morning. caller: i got to say that i was really on edge when all of this negotiation was going on with the auto industry in congress and all i could see was the republicans and downs out fighting the obama administration about this money going to the auto industry because they were heavily invested in the auto industry down south, and the northern auto industry would have collapsed, they would have had it all in their laps. the last caller made a statement he was not a union member. that is too bad because union members were protected because we had somebody to negotiate for us. but we did lose our dental and eye care coverage under this renegotiation of the auto companies. it was not all rosy. we do have the health care benefits. but i have to say my hat goes off to the obama administration for negotiating the deal that they did for the auto industry. how much money did the auto industry pay b

secretary ray lahood is traveling to flint and bay city, michigan, this week and he will visit the caterpillar plant outside of the income ohio. larry, democrats' line. caller: good morning. guest: good morning. caller: i got to say that i was really on edge when all of this negotiation was going on with the auto industry in congress and all i could see was the republicans and downs out fighting the obama administration about this money going to the auto industry because they were heavily invested in the auto industry down south, and the northern auto industry would have collapsed, they would have had it all in their laps. the last caller made a statement he was not a union member. that is too bad because union members were protected because we had somebody to negotiate for us. but we did lose our dental and eye care coverage under this renegotiation of the auto companies. it was not all rosy. we do have the health care benefits. but i have to say my hat goes off to the obama administration for negotiating the deal that they did for the auto industry. how much money did the auto industry pay b

estimates reveal caterpillar could save 70% on health care costs by eliminating coverage and paying the penalties, and the list goes on and on. prior to its passage, the congressional budget office predicted 7% of employers would drop their coverage. now studies in business logic are challenging that estimate. this may mean that the c.b.o.'s projected cost of health care is too low. that's right, the $2.6 trillion cost estimate is too low, if you can imagine that. the president promised the bill would lift the burden off the middle class. it hasn't. unfortunately, time is predicting -- confirming what we predicted all along. the case for repeal of the health care law is stronger day by day. i will do everything i can to overturn these negative consequences. i believe americans deserve better. one thing they deserve, that promises made be promises kept. madam president, i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. tester: madam president, thank you. i want to talk a little bit about the flooding going on in montana. it has been going

factories such as caterpillar, general motors, and john deere will be beginning to impacted as well.uch as michigan will feel the slowdown along with the rest of us. there are other items to be identified, but this is the biggest example to describe. we understand that precious lives were lost and environmental disaster that was some years in the making should not be ignored. however, there was a governmental agency that had a hand to play with this along with the others. environmentally, the american government and several administration over the past 60 years have ignored our environmental needs in this region. the louisiana coast, marshes, and wetlands are disappears at astonishing rate. they have ignored more governmental issues, including macondo, more than anyone else. mr. brown claims to be affected by the moratorium, he doesn't understand many people are offended by the actions or lack of actions by the government and agencies. the administration, government, agencies, media and the press have done a good job of ep

factories such as caterpillar, general motors and john deere who produce our engines and replacement parts will guilty plea to be impacted as well. therefore, states such as michigan, illinois will be feeling this slowdown along with the rest of us. there could be a different items that could be identified but this is the biggest example that i could describe. we understand that precious lives were lost and that an environmental disaster that was some years in the making should not be ignored. however, there was a governmental agency along with this and others. environmentally the american government and several administrations over the past 60 years have ignored our environmental needs in this region. the louisiana coast, marshes and wetlands are disappearing at astonishing rates so our government has ignored more environmental issues including macondo including anyone else. mr. bromwich claims to be offended by the term permit torium. but he doesn't understand that millions of people are offended by the actions or lack of actions of this administration the government and its agenci

. >> they are playing with parents crazy caterpillar bowling set made by manhattan toy.mes made a lot of kids and parents excited when they brought back the retro. >> so you just put the ice cube up here. you hold this down. and out comes the ice. you can add fruit juice or the flavor aid package to give it nice flavor and enjoy an icy treat on a hot day. fun to make and eat. >> perfect. >> enjoy, kids. >> hi, honey. >> hey. >> what do we have here? >> we have this made by fat brain toys. >> fat brain toys. what's great is if you soak this in u/0water, all the water slin off. so this is one to keep in the car, bring it to the park, the pool, the beach. kids will have a blast and be cooled off. >> that's $11. >> that's easy. nice and affordable. >> this is the pumpaneater. it's not summer without a water balloon fight. kids don't have to come inside and use the faucet or garden hose. you use that to fill up the balloons. when you're done, everything goes back in so you are ready the minute a fight breaks out. >> what is this thing? >> this is the y pike. he love this. he

fans of this caterpillar will recognize the motif on the tunnel and the tent from pacific play thingsool for obvious reasons. let me step over here. >> the nice thing about this is it can be put awaway. you can do indoor and outdoor. >> next thing. this is super cute. >> what i love about this grill cafe from step 2 is it's decidedly gender free and lightweight. so you can take it outside when the family is grilling. the kids can be busy playing on your side. >> should you worry about the smaller pieces? >> yes. everything is age range 3 and up. there's a lot of play food in this that i wouldn't recommend for younger kids. they can pretend to make their own food. >> this is cool looking. >> this is the pee wee bike. >> it's a bike? >> yeah, it's a ride-on toy for older toddlers. jake is on his. it's sturdy. most of the ride-on toys don't steer which is ridiculous but jake can go anywhere on this. >> he is doing great on this bike. >> take your kids to try them on because long legs, short legs, you want to make sure that it fits your child. >> i love this bike. next is -- >> classic to

factors such as caterpillar, general motors, and john deere will begin to feel the impact. therefore, states such as michigan and illinois will be feeling the slowdown as well as the rest of us. there are a variety of different items that could be identified, but this is the best example i could describe. we understand that precious lives were lost and an environmental disaster should not be ignored. however, there was a governmental agency. environmentally, the american government banned several administrations of the past 60 years have been ignored our environmental needs in this region. the louisiana coast from marshes, and wetlands are disappearing at astonishing rates, so our government has ignored more environmental issues including the macondo well. he claims to be offended by the term "permatorium." the administration, the government, its agencies, the media, and the press have done a good job of separating american people by creating political boundaries to satisfy political agendas. the truth of the matter is that america is more interwoven than what is being give