. >> they raise tough girls in charlotte, north carolina. >> this one was not at a casino, and you see a man wearing a pretty nasty mask. >> is it a monster? >> a clown demon head? >> don't you want to be conspicuous. he had an object he kind of poked her with. he wanted hundred, she handed other some cash, and police are still working with him. >> what does it mean? >>> a huge ice storm hit parts of canada and videos started popping up everywhere. take a look at this damage created by the storm. this is from southern ontario. this is the bay, and the winds are so strong, the ice is so thick, and the wind can't carry it out of the bay, and it's just building as the hail is continuing to fall. >> that's how thick the ice is down there, it's almost a cube of ice. >> if a giant had a refrigerator with ice that came out the front door, that's what it would look like. and you know what? it looks miserable. >> look at this, this is a tree coated in ice that gave way under the weight of the ice. look how thick the ice is on the truck of that tree. >> it is miserable. >> that tree is awfully c

>> when out this cell phone footage in charlotte north carolina, it is a man trying to hammer off a boothat's been put on his car. this guy was not a shopper, therefore a toeing company put a boot on his car. the guy behind the camera is james miller, he works for the toeing. he grabbed this guys cell phone camera, and look what happened. >> looks like it got tossed. >> this is a woman who also had a boot, and she is refusing to get out of the towing company truck. >> you have trespassing, alleged assault. >> none of it takes place if you don't park there. >> according to reports, this guy trying to knock the boot off paid the $50 to get the boot removed, but james miller went to the courthouse to press charges. you guys, cue up your this is an elephant calf. but chef was orphaned. when she was found in a national park in kenya, she still had an umbilical cord attached. they took her in, gave her a bottle, they have no idea what happened to her mother. >> usually in the animal kingdom, moms are so protective of her kids. >> they're flying her where to be taken care of. >> they're tieing

you've got it, charlotte, north carolina. >> what? >> yes!te places, actually. >> lovely. >> exciting. >> the first to guess and win. >> really? >> sue, way to go. >> i'm buying a lottery ticket. do i get the house? >> now, which of these two houses -- you have to decide which one represents the better value, given the location in the market right there. >> what do you think? >> based on we already guessed where the house is so what do you think is a better house valuewise? >> i think valuewise, the $950,000 in highland park is probably a better value than a million in charlotte. >> sioux? >> you know, it comes down to lifestyle. i would pick charlotte, i think, because the lifestyle down there is really lovely. >> you're both right. they're both great houses, great locations, great lifestyles, but at the end of the day, you really have to look at price appreciation. without question, the better bet in that case is chicago. >> all right. >> one out of two. >> better employment prospects, a lot more going on for it, and very close to a big met

. >>> president obama is expected to dominate mayor anthony fox of charlotte, north carolina, as his new transportation secretary. if confirmed, fox would take over for outgoing secretary ray lahood. >>> and friday's congressional vote to stop the furloughs was made official this weekend ending a weeklong headache of understaffed airports and delayed flights across the country. >>> one competition in germany got a little hairy, shall we say. around 100 men brought their "a" game to the international beard championship. awards were delivered in 18 different categories including prizes for the prettiest and most obscure style. dylan, you like any of those? >> i'm trying to figure out prettiest. >> yeah, what does that mean? >>> this guy in china is a norwegian acrobat. nearly 1,000 feet over a gorge. the thrill seeker also did tricks suspended from a hot air balloon. better ways to spend the day, i think. i don't know if i'd do that. >> i can't do a handstand, so i definitely wouldn't be doing that. >>> time now for a look ahead and a look back. a debate in south carolina for a house s

. >> president obama will nominate charlotte, north carolina mayor, as the new transportation secretary. if confirmed by the senate, he replaces outgoing secretary ray lahood, the first black nominee among the new cabinet members appointed for the second term. the president faced criticism this year for lack of diversity among his nominees. >> the tennessee firearms association is thumbing its nose at white house gun control efforts by giving away an ar15 semi-automatic rifle fell called "in your face insensitive" after the newtown school shooting with 10,000 vying for the prize. this month, the senate voted down a proposal for expanded background checks that was supported by 90 percent of members. >> coming up, heavy reading could come to your mailbox. the controversial project that could fill up the box with thousands of bay area voters. >> if you are flying this memorial day holiday you will like the latest prediction on >> there is an extra thick voting pamphlet containing up to 500 pages because the november 5th ballot contains a referendum measure on the height of the washington c

north carolina. specifically charlotte, north carolina. enator obama addressed a screaming crowd of 25,000 people in charlotte that night. but where he was even more specifically than just being in charlotte is that he was at the university of north carolina at charlotte, because then candidate barack obama knew if he was going to win north carolina the next day, part of what he was going to do, part of what he was going to need in order to do it was the college vote. >> i know this, north carolina, the time for change has come. we've got a righteous wind at our backs. if in these final hours you will knock on some doors with me, make some calls for me, if you will stand with me, if you'll fight by my side, if you'll cast your ballot for me, then i promise you this, we will not just win north carolina, we will win this general election, you and i together. >> the next day, barack obama did win new york by the slimmest of margins. he won the state by a little more than 14,000 votes. the thing that helped power him to victory there, the thing

he is mayor anthony fox of charlotte, north carolina. ray lahood. this comes at a time when members of the president's own party have criticized him for what they say is a lack of diversity. mayor foxx is an attorney whose work in the federal government. he was first elected mayor in 2009. he turns 42 tomorrow. this is a heck of a birthday present. the "new york times" says foxx was raised by a single mom and his grandparents. peter alexander joins us live with more. >> we will be seeing anthony foxx joining the president inside the white house for this announcement to be made today. this is significant for a variety of reasons not the least of which is that this is an

impressive leader to carry on his work of the department of transportation, the mayor of charlotte, my friend from north carolina, mr. anthony foxx. [applause] anthony's life reflects the values he learned in west charlotte, when he was raised his single mom and grandparents. i should add his grandmother is here, and she informed me she worked in the white house in the truman administration. she is just coming back for a visit. [applause] and so the values they have instilled in them, take pride in hard work, take responsibility for your actions, to take care of your community, and over the past year some of those values helped anthony become one of the most effective mayors that charlotte has ever seen. when he became mayor in 2009, charlotte was going through a bruising economic crisis, but the city has managed to turn things around. the economy is growing, there are more jobs and opportunity, and if hasked anthonw that happened, he will tell you charlotte made one of the largest investments in transportation in the city's history. since he took office, they have broken ground on a new street car project, they

the mayor of charlotte, north carolina, could become the next transportation secretary. monday, president obama named anthony fox as his choice to replace ray lahood. lahood is choosing to step down after serving a term, and will remain on the job until a successor is confirmed by the senate. fox has no specific experience as a transportation executive, but led the expansion of an additional runway at the charlotte douglas international airport, and is interested in investing in infrastructure as a way to create jobs. a staggering drop in earnings at chrysler group - 65% in the first quarter. ceo sergio marchionne labeled it "not so glorious." the car-maker's earnings took a hit in large part because of an agressive schedule of new vehicle launches. kelsey mays of cars.com says those new vehicles will be critical to chrysler's results going forward. "you're comparing it to a quarter that was very very successful a year ago, and because of that, we're probably not going to see profits hit that again until q3, q4 as chrysler advises, because that's when there's going to be

. >>> and the mayor of charlotte, north carolina, anthony foxx, is expected to become the next secretary of transportation. he's expected to be nominated today. he will replace ray lahood. foxx has been major since 2009. >>> and supreme court justice steven breyer is recovering from surgery following a bicycle accident. breyer injured his right shoulder in a fall over the weekend near the korean war veterans memorial. on the national mall. he broke his collarbone in 2011 in an accident. >>> now overseas to bangladesh, where the owner of an illegally constructed building that collapsed last wednesday was arrested. he was taken into custody over the weekend while trying to flee to neighboring india. at least 380 people, mostly garment workers were killed when the building fell. this morning, authorities say they don't expect to find any more survivors in the rubble. >>> a bombshell about the cia's activities in afghanistan. "the new york times" says for over a decade, the cia has delivered tens of millions of dollars off the books, in american cash, to the office of afghan president hamid

. >>> today president obama is expected to nominate the mayor of charlotte, north carolina. anthony fox will be the new transportation secretary. fox would replace ray lahood. fox would be the president's first african-american among new cabinet members nominated for his second term. >>> overseas, heavy fighting is reported in the syrian capital of damascus. the syrian army is trying to drive rebel troops from the main areas of the capital. last week's news that syrian troops probably used chemical weapons has the white house scrambling for a response and the white house calling for action. susan mcginnis is in washington this morning. good morning, susan. >> good morning, vinita. there is more violence reported today nier tear the capital of damascus. a state-run television agency says the prime minister has escape add bomb that was an assassination attempt. now the u.s. response militarily so far has been minimal, but the republicans on capitol hill want the u.s. to do more. they don't agree on exactly what, but they say inaction on the part of the u.s. is dangerous. rebel

sporadic delays were also reported monday in charlotte, north carolina, and jacksonville, florida.y lahood says there was no other choice. >> we eliminated contracts. we cut contracts. we eliminated temporary employees. we looked everywhere possible to avoid the kind of furloughs that are now taking place. >> reporter: not everyone agrees. nick represents the airline industry which is suing to stop the furloughs. >> the faa has a budget of $15.6 billion. in a budget that big surely they can find the money to not furlough the air traffic controllers and have this kind of rolling impact on the u.s. economy. it's going to cost a lot more. >> reporter: critics argue president obama wants the public to feel the effects of sequester to create pressure so that there are changes in it. >> we have looked after passengers for 4 1/2 years. the last thing we want to do is disadvantage the flying public. >> cheryl attkisson, cbs news, washington. >>> disgraced former new york congressman anthony weiner has a new twitter account. weiner resigned two years ago after being caught posting lewd phot

. >>> and later today, president obama will nominate charlotte north carolina mayor anthony fox to be the next transportation department. >>> leave it to partyers in key west to find a way to poke fun at mandatory federal budget cuts. well, this ship that you see right there dubbed the "sea quester" took the place of coast guard at the conch independent republican celebration. it is the first time for 30 years would the guard, all because of funding rollbacks. >>> and the white house now has a tumbler page. officials say they will post the best quotes and photos from president obama and of course, jives. >>> and that is your dish of scrambled politics. >>> coming up, what to expect when you arrive at the airport this week. we have some good news for you. plus, afternoon delight, the golden arches hints at big changes that could be coming to a menu near you. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. i've always had to keep my eye on her... but, i didn't always watch out for myself. with so much noise about health care... i tuned it all out. with unitedhealthcare, i get information that ma

here is a frightening moment at a drag race near charlotte, north carolina.ine exploding in a funny car saturday sending the fiberglass up into the air and right into the stands. two fans were treated for minor injuries. taking a look now at what's ahead on wall street. it is a make or break week for the stock market. around 170 s&p 500 and ten dow companies will be reporting their earnings. we are going to hear from apple, caterpillar, exxon, an unusually high number missed their estimates. we'll get a read on the gross domestic product for the first three months of the year. many analysts predict a sharp slowdown because of the millions in the federal spending cuts. and then how about a cool $2.5 million for a nickel. it is a rare liberty head nickel. it was mistakenly minted in 1913. it is expected to get at least that much at auction this week. it is one of only five known to exist. >>> well, that is a wrapup of this special sunday morning edition of "weekend with alex wit witt." up next "your business" with j.j. ramberg. more on the investigation into th

cbs news learned this president obama will nominate charlotte, north carolina mayor anthony foxx to be secretary of transportation. foxx has served as mayor since 2009 and has led efforts to improve the city's transit system. if confirmed he would succeed outgoing secretary ray lahood. a mississippi man has a court date tomorrow to face charges he sent poison letters to the president and others. james dutschke who is 41 is accused of sending ricin laced letters to the president, u.s. senator roger wicker of mississippi and judge sadie holland. dutschke was arrested saturday at his home in tupelo. new york city's medical examiners office plans to resume everyone searching for human remains in lower manhattan on tuesday. last week workers two blocks from ground zero discovered a rusted piece of landing gear wedged between two buildings. boeing confirms the áu;ted wreckage is from a 767, the type of plane used in the attacks. fingers are still crossed in fargo, north dakota tonight. but it appears the surging red river will crest this week at a lower level than expected. though still 19-f

president obama today nominated mayor anthony fox of charlotte, north carolina, to be the next yecretary of transportation succeeding ray lahood. the president noted the improvements to charlotte's transportation since fox became mayor in '09. fox's proud grandmother mary who worked in the truman white house hs in the room for the nomination and the announcement. in damascus today, someone tried o assassinate the syrian prime minister. a bomb went off near his convoy but he was not hurt. s likks like this are happening every day now in the capital. killedsyrians have been killed since a popular uprising broke out against the assad dictatorship two years ago. we asked barry pederson to show us how some families are surviving as the capital city crumbles around them. te reporter: the sounds of war are such a part of this city's new normal... ( gunfire ) people hardly notice. e.is couple and his wave and teen-aged triplets have lived waere all their lives. >> reporter: they know that >> r every time they venture outside, they are at risk from mortar or sniper fire. what do you fear for your

charlotte, north carolina, where democrats have their convention. he's african-american. president obama has gotten criticized for having a cabinet that is too white. he is somebody who does not have deep experience in transportation but he promoted light rail in the city of charlotte. he went to davidson college. north carolina is a target state for democrats going forward. and now rounding out his cabi t cabinet. two more this week. she has been a fundraiser for obama. the heiress to hotel fortune. he went to elementary school with president obama. and i would expect that we will gret the other two nominations in the next week. >> is this a big deal, picking a candidate from the host city of the dnc? >> the reason the democratic convention is hosted there in the first place is because they are popular in that state. he is somebody who has shawn a lot of potential. >> let's talk more about this. what do you think of this nomination? >> we have got a guy with some track of balancing a budget and doing his hard work. it's a huge improvement. i'm really encouraged. >> encou

president obama is expected to announce his choice of charlotte north carolina out mayor anthony fox to be his? transportation secretary to replace the outgoing secretary rate load. we will have a personnel announcement live from the white house at 2:10 eastern on cspan 3. now your phone calls from today's washington journal about the neck steps for the u.s. in stopping the circassian the civil war. you can read all about the syrian air defense system in today's "wall street journal." we are taking your thoughts on the subjects to -- we are taking your calls and tweets this first segment. we will go first to preston, in baton rouge, louisiana. about the u.s. response in syria? this is democratic clare mccaskill. [video clip] >> i don't think you want to rule it out because i think this has really deteriorated. that is not really added to pinpoint. i don't think you ever want to say absolutely not. we don't want to do that unless it is absolutely necessary. host: are taking your calls and getting your thoughts on this subject the phone lines are on the screen for you. we also want to

this is all up folding in union county, southeast of charlotte, just outside of charlotte, north carolina, on old charlotte highway. four people have been taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries, but what a mess this has made. we watched the train about seven or eight minutes ago from the scene. so traffic from the intersection will be able to flow right through there soon. but once again, the traffic is flowing again. >>> and a jury to resume deliberations tomorrow in the trial of a man charged in a high profile assault. prosecutors say the man nearly beat a father to death in the eastern market area last year. pat collins is at d.c. superior court right now where the victim's wife testified today, pat? >> reporter: jim, there is a lot at stake here. if tommy branch is convicted of all the charges against him, he could face a maximum penalty of more than 100 years in jail. the two key pieces of evidence in this trial? testimony from one of the robbery suspects involved in the incident. and surveillance video from a gas station showing the suspects trying to use t.c. masli

the mayor of charlotte, my friend from north carolina, mr. anthony foxx. [ applause ] anthony's life reflects the values he learned growing up in west charlotte where he was raised by his single mom and grandparents. his grandmother is here and she informed me that she worked here in the white house in the truman administration. so she is just coming back for a visit. and so the values that they instilled in them was to take pride in hard work, to take responsibility for your actions, to take care of your community. and over the past 3 1/2 years those values have helped anthony become one of the most effective mayors that charlotte has seen. when anthony became mayor in 2009 charlotte was going through a bruising economic crisis but the city's managed to turn things around. the economy is growing. there are more jobs, more opportunity. if you ask anthony how that happened he will tell you one of the reasons is that charlotte made one of the largest investments in transportation in the city's history. since anthony took office they have broken

. >> today, president obama will nominate charlotte north carolina mayor fox as the new transportationecretary. if confirmed by the senate, he would replace outgoing secretary ray lahood. he is the first black nomination among the new captain members. the president faced chris civil for a lack diversity. >> starbuck coffee deals this week and the boston marathon bombings leading to speculation about growth in the surveillance video business. >> we are over to the morning stock exchange this morning. >> good morning, industry research company saying global sales of video surveillance video equipment could exceed previous forecasts, with researchers further boosting estimates again beyond what they had been looking for in terms of becoming a $20 billion year industry globally by 2016 as the video surveillance market transitioned from old fashioned analog monitoring system. >> the dow is fairly flat but we have gaines for the s&p and the nasdaq with a report showing consumer spending more than expected. look at the bloomberg business report silicon valley index, shares of apple although h

he is the young dynamic mayor of charlotte north carolina. fox who did such a great job with the democratic national convention down there in 2012. and here at home, nba's jason collins has become the first male professional athlete to come out of the closet. all of that and more coming up right here on current tv. "carbon tax"? >> with an open mind... >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> ...and a distinctly satirical point of view. >> but you mentioned "great leadership" so i want to talk about donald rumsfeld. >> (laughter). >> watch the show. >> only on current tv. you know who is coming on to me now? you know the kind of guys that do reverse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me sa

beaten out three other million-dollar homes in new england, connecticut, york, parks, and charlotte, north carolina painted lady tries to make it four for four. goes up against another million-dollar home in a mystery location. cnbc's diana olick is back with the painted lady now up against a home called the english manor, shown by cnbc's julia boorstin. only dolly knows where it's located and we're going to find out after we take this look at it. >> this three-story, 1890s victorian sits on about a third of an acre with lake access, mature landscaping, a hot tub on the back deck, and a three-car garage. its unique facade is known as a painted lady. >> this two-story english garden style house built in 2007 sits on just over a tenth of an acre. it has an attached two-car carjack, a land skaipd yard, and a wrought-iron front door and balcony. >> this wide-open floor plan boasts 3,700 completely renovated square feet plus a finished basement. it has a back staircase, stained glass throughout, and one of five fireplaces right here in the kitchen. >> at the heart of this 4,400 square foot home is a gou

the president expected to nominate the mayor of charlotte, north carolina to be secretary of transportation. a white house official telling us mayor anthony fox has successfully seen a rapid growth in the city infrastructure sense becoming mayor in 2009. he would take over for current transportation secretary ray lahood. >>> a display of military might by israel over the gaza strip. it began after the a series of rockets fired from the gaza strip landed in southern israel. israeli war planes quickly retaliated. they claim a hamas training install las vegas were targeted. no injuries were reported. rocket attacks from gaza into israel have been declining but sporadic violence across the border remains a threat. >>> a violent face-off between the government in libya and about 200 armed protesters. remember the united states role in a no fly and all that libya has been to and now we fast forward to instability suddenly in the country. the protesters have surrounded the tripoli foreign minister building with a number of trucks some mounded with machine guns. demanding reforms within the ministr

. >>> search crews near charlotte, north carolina, are desperately looking for two small children at a residential construction site. they apparently fell into a hole and were buried under the dirt. several fire departments sent crews with heavy equipment and climbing gear. but after all of their efforts it appears they were unable to save the 6-year-old girl and 7-year-old boy. >>> roger ebert is being remembered later today at a memorial service in chicago. the movie critic died last week after a long battle with cancer. the service at a downtown cathedral is open to the public. another tribute scheduled for thursday. ebert was 70 years old. >>> fashion world and especially the women of the sunbelt are mourning the loss of a clothing designer who put her stamp on a time and place. lily pulitzer died at age 81. david muir has a look back. >> reporter: lily pulitzer's tropical print dresses splashed on the scene in 1960, married into the pulitzers, the newspaper family, it had to do with something practical, she ran a juice stand. spilled so much juice on herself, she asked the seams

president obama has picked the mayor of charlotte, north carolina to be the next secretary of transportationfox and the president introduced him at the white house today. he's the first african american nominee in mr. obama second term cabinet. president called on the senate to confirm fox quickly so america could get to work rebuilding roads and bridges. fox will replace ray la hood one of the few republicans in the obama administration. >> well voting first research shows the rate of african american voter turn out surpas surpassed that of white during the 2012 election. according to new bit of analysis of the election results and the census data black voted more than white in 2008 as well. the ratio of black voters who took to the poll compared with white who stayed home was so significant that they say if the turn out demographic the same as in 2004 romney would be president rate now. >> fda is investigating food with added caffeine and the potential impact on the help of children. nouns thement is in response to caffeinateded gum introduced this week by wrigley called alert energy gum.

. >>> the mayor of charlotte, north carolina, anthony fox is expected to become the next secretary of transportation. president obama officially nominates fox to replace outgoing secretary ray lahood. the first african-american nominee during the president's second term. fox has been mayor since 2009. >>> here is evidence you always have to be careful at a baseball stadium especially during batting practice. check out this photo. that's tampa bay rays reporter kelly nash. took that of herself on saturday before the rays' game against the red sox. on top of the fenway park green monster. take a close look, notice what is behind her. when a player hit a ball too close for comfort. there it comes. nash though luckily was not struck by the ball. >> incredible. >> sure is. >>> now, here is the reason for a nearly hour-long delay to saturday night's pro soccer game in columbus, ohio. wow, a fire broke out in the stadium's scoreboard during warm-ups. fans were moved out so it could be distinguished. no one was hurt. investigators on the scene today to figure out what caused the flames. >> ma

. >>> president obama is reportedly nominating the mayor of charlotte, north carolina, to be his nextry of transportation. mayor anthony fox, who sat the forefront of last year's democratic national conversation is president obama's first african-american nominee among his second term cabinet. if nominate head would replace ray lahood who announced in january he would be leaving the post. >>> new evidence suggests most people have remained thrifty even though they're better off than they were during the stock market crash and recession. >> reporter: grocery shoppers here reduce spending during the economic downturns still aren't showing any interest in going back to brand names. >> i like the store brand because it's cheaper. it is cheaper. but it tastes all the same to me. >> reporter: deloitte consulting annual american pantry survey again shows fewer consumers willing to stay loyal to their favorite brands. >> the recession created a frugality among consumers. >> reporter: a frugality that deloitte's rich nands says has endured with buyers buying brand names only when a coupon is i

a recovery effort is under way right now just northwest of charlotte, north carolina.oung children, a boy and a girl, ajsz 6 and 8, were trapped under several feet of dirt. officials say they weren't able to reach the kids after the wall of the basement that was under construction collapsed. >>> president obama heads to connecticut tomorrow to push for tougher gun control measures. >>> and gas prices are down six cents in the past two weeks to an average of $3.65 a gallon. now back to "msnbc undercover." >>> cook county wants criminals to understand that busts like these are not just about rescuing the occasional woman or tagging the random john. >> our investigations are on the street, on the phone, in cyberspace. >> special prosecutor jack blakey's message -- if you're selling women in chicago, beware. >> wiretapping changes the game. it allows us to hear the traffickers and find out who's in charge and work our way up the chain of command. >> blakey helped write the illinois safe children's act, a law that gives local police the ability to track pimps and gang membe

president obama has nominated the mayor of charlotte, north carolina, to be the next secretary of transportation. anthony foxx is the first african american nominee to be tapped for a cabinet slot in the president's second term. the 41-year-old democrat pledged today to work with congress and state and local governments to boost public works spending and create jobs. >> there's no such thing as a democratic or republican road, bridge, port, airfield, or rail system. we must work together across party lines to enhance this nation's infrastructure. >> sreenivasan: if confirmed by the senate, foxx will succeed ray lahood, the outgoing secretary. lahood was one of a handful of republicans serving in the obama administration. state funding for pre-school education fell last year by the most since recordkeeping began. rutgers university researchers reported today that most cuts were due to lingering budget problems caused by the recession. they also said half a million students are now enrolled in pre-kindergarten programs that do not meet federa in economic news, consumer spending and personal income

he's chosen charlotte, north carolina, mayor anthony fox as his nominee to become the nation's next transportationangela, a principal at the impact strategies group, angela, thanks very much for coming in. so what's your take on thissugg has not been diverse enough in his selections for his second term cabinet? >> well, wolf, i think as the president has mentioned in several other interviews, this is just the beginning. anthony foxx is certainly a great start in the right direction with his background serving as a mayor of a major metropolitan area and even serving as one of the primary reasons why the dratic national convention went so well i think it's certainly a step in the right direction. >> so you expect more of this to take place? when you say a step in the right direction, what are you anticipating? >> i anticipate that the president will continue to appoint diverse officials. we saw this in his first cabinet with secretary -- i'm sorry, attorney general holder, epa administrator lisa jackson and others. he'd made susan rice and ron kirk cabinet level positions, i certainly expect he will

he selected the mayor of charlotte, north carolina, democrat anthony fox to serve as transportation secretary mayor fox is the first african-american president obama nominated for new cabinet. this all comes just days after lawmakers reached a deal to end staffing cuts for air traffic controllers linked to the spending sequester in d.c. analysts blame the staffing decrease for painful delays at the airports cost to coast last week. in some cases passengers had to wait at the gate for several extra hours. ed henry is live for us at the white house tonight. tell us about mayor fox of chearlts. >> well, shep, certainly diversity is a factor because the president has faced criticism as you noted for not having enough of that in his cabinet that being an important factor for him. secondly, charlotte, of course, hosted the democratic national convention back in the summer. so that certainly did not hurt his chances but anthony fox also has serious credentials as a mayor who has seen firsthand how crumbling infrastructure could hurt local economy and the president really highlighted that today. >> s

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her husband is michael, and they're both from charlotte, north carolina. technically discharged today. he had lacerations and severe burns from what i was told. but he has been discharged. so i'm sure he's by nicole's side, along with my aunt carol, and my uncle skip downing as well. >> your aunt was, what, running in the marathon, is that right? >> yeah. my aunt carol was running in the marathon. she's been running the marathon for years. as has nicole and recently erica has started running in the last two years. but this particular trip, erica and nicole just went up to support her. so they were, from what we know, they were on the sidelines. obviously pretty near one of the blasts. and it seems the two girls, nicole and erica, were a little closer together, where michael was a little further away from them, because he had, like i said, burns in his trachea, and on his body. so he had a different experience, outcome than the girls. >> joslyn wood-garrish, please send along our best, our love to all of those loved ones who have been so seriously injured i

leader to carry on his great work at the department of transportation, the mayor of charlotte, my friend, from north carolinay foxx. [applause] anthony's life reflects the values he learned growing up in west charlotte where he was raised by his single mom and his grandparents. i should add, by the way his grandmother is here and she informed me she worked here in the white house in the truly man administration. so, she is just coming back to, just coming back for a visit. [applause] and, so the values that they instilled in them was to take pride in hard work, take responsibility for your actions, to take care of your community and over the past 3 1/2 years those values helped anthony become one of the most effective mayors that charlotte's ever seen. when anthony became mayor in 2009, charlotte, like the rest of the country was going through a bruising economic crisis but the city's managed to turn things around. the copy is growing. there are more jobs, more opportunity and if you ask anthony how that happened, he will tell you one of the reasons is that charlotte made one of the largest investments in tr

president obama will be nominating charlotte, north carolina maran thoepb fox.time today. honda is recalling 46,000 honda fit vehicles. 2012 and 2013 models affected. it is an issue with the electronics stability control system. this morning we are talking with two ceos about eup vesting in america. basfceo. and phillips electronics north america. gentlemen, thank you for joining us. we have been trying to get a feel for something we talk about all the time, investing here in america. why companies from overseas try to invest here, what they would want to get out of it. tell us how you see this whole thing. >> for phillips and many multinationals, the environment remains attractive to other countries. for us being in the medical business, the aging population presents another opportunity. we have a predictable intellectual property system that went through revisions last year. they all create a favorable environment for growth, which is what we're focused on relative to other parts of the world. >> we spend a lot of time talking about the problems here in the un

rick is joining us from charlotte, north carolina, our line for democrats. good morning.aller: good morning. good morning, america. we are in the same situation again. -- here we are with the same situation, republican still do not want to help the president -- the country is changing. we also have to look at the supreme court. the country is changing. the supreme court must see that. mr. john boehner must also change. what is it about these taxes? this country is so great, it should be able to take care of so much discourage people when things are bad. from thanks for the call north carolina. a lot of you weighing in on our facebook page. you can join us at facebook.com/c-span. this from barbara -- darlene is joining us, independent line, cleveland, ohio. the president outlining his budget plan. it does include some proposed entitlement cuts, tax increases for wealthier americans. what do you think? i have a couple of points. -- caller: i have a couple of points. i wish obama would promote this country including its stocks and investments and its people. in ohio, we have

charlotte, north carolina, half-hour delays, sequesters being blamed.is blamed there as well as sequester. charles has an update on a disaster, take the disaster first. charles: one hour delay at newark is called monday. the disasters, you are right, your gut feeling is right on the ambulance chasers. they came up amazing numbers on friday, the stock was absolutely devastated you cannot even tell right now. it took a huge hit. stuart: have you abandoned us? >> i didn't want to take as much of a hit. stuart: how about the winter you want to attract? charles: i have done on the channel sometimes this year, we did at february 2 it fell, i would take that here, the pullback continued all the way back to $40. stuart: we hear you. you're an honest man. an unintended consequence of obamacare, the brother of chicago mayor and former obama chief of staff rahm emanuel is a doctrinadoctor and has this to t the law. >> the first year is filled with uncertainty. nobody including the insurers, federal government knows how many people will come in, will there be a bro

i am a builder, developer from charlotte, north carolina. h-p chairman of the board.the senate bill takes many steps -- medieval steps towards comprehensive immigration reform. we appreciate the work to include a fair and workable implement verification system that honors the direct employer-employee relationship in the current liability standard. americans and an iran workers working alongside each other is not new development in the industry. the inflow of foreign-born labor into construction coincides with the overall housing activity. their share was rising rapidly during the housing boom years. however, even during the severe housing downturn, the construction labor force continue to recruit new immigrants to replace native and foreign born workers leaving the industry. according to a 2011 american community services survey for in-born workers account for 22% of the construction labor force nationally. this does not -- it does vary from state to state. states with a larger share of foreign labour are more likely to experience difficulties in filling out construct

anthony fox, the mayor of charlotte, north carolina, is in line to replace ray la hood as secretary ofation. >>> still to come, italy is tapping the markets for 6 billion and 5 on a ten-year issue. we'll talk about the results of that and lit be a baptism of fire for the me premier? where cutting taxes for families and businesses is our business. we've reduced taxes and lowered costs to save businesses more than two billion dollars to grow jobs, cut middle class income taxes to the lowest rate in sixty years, and we're creating tax free zones for business startups. the new new york is working creating tens of thousands of new businesses, and we're just getting started. to grow or start your business visit thenewny.com >>> all right. we have results out in the eye toolan auctions. the five-year, 2018 btp yield 2.84 versus 3.65 on march the 27th as well. just looking to see if they've done the -- if they've raised the amount -- they were looking for 6 billion in total. indeed, they did raise tamt they wanted. let's get some reaction with marcus. yields continue to fall. >> they do, indee

he is naming the mayor of charlotte, north carolina, a beautiful town, as his pick to be the next secretarynsportation. a white house official tells fox that anthony fox was tapped for the job in part because he has successfully overseen a rapid growth in his city's infrastructure since becoming mayor in 2009. if you would like to, you can watch that teaming live on foxnews.com. your other news source >>> on capitol hill, republicans senators say they can save taxpayers $30 billion by cutting what they call waste and fraud from the food stamp program. they want to block the reported purchases of things like cigarettes, liquor, and ipads to which some democrats are now accusing the gop of wanting to, quote, hurt our kids. mike emmanuel has more. mike? >> hi. the republican lawmakers behind this legislation want to take a closer look at the explosion in the number of people receiving food stamps, nearly 16 million people added in recent years and the growth and the amount of spending on the program. they are argue if you cut waste, fraud and abuse, it will preserve the assistance for those wo