we're here in clearwater at the us coast guard air station clearwater.ne in the system. having a great time. they've been terrific to us. let's look at your weather today. terrific weather eastern third of the country. the big problem has also been because of all this warm air there's been an explosion in pollen. look at these temperatures. we're talking about afternoon highs, 80s and 70s from the northeast all the way to the mississippi river valley. 50s and 40s back through the rockies. and on into the plains states. the western plains, as far as your weather today, more rain along the pacific northwest coast. we've got the risk of strong storms in the lower mississippi river valley. record highs up and down the east coast. it's going to be warmer in cleveland than it is in los angeles today. chicago is going to get up to about 85. that's what's going on around the country. and that's your latest weather. see you back in new york tomorrow, ladies. >> all right. we miss you al. >> hurry back. >> still to come. >> coming up we've got this diet that we've

coast guard station clearwater, air station clearwater. we'll tell you about that in a little bit. let's get right to it. we've got a lot more heavy rain where natalie just showed you at the top of her newscast. parts of louisiana, big, big upper level low, a cold front. we've got tornado watches in effect now, stretching throughout a good portion of new orleans. all that rain coming down. we're talking basically about anywhere from 3 to 5 more inches of rain, and that's going to cause more massive flooding. >> and that's your latest weather. matt? >> all right, al, thanks very much. we'll see you in a couple of minutes. it's one of the great mysteries, what happened to amelia earhart. now 75 years after her disappearance, secretary of state hillary clinton is lending her support to a new investigation into the mystery surrounding the famed aviator. here's nbc's chris jansing. >> amelia earhart -- >> reporter: in 1937 amelia earhart was one of the most famous women alive. a daredevil aviator. about to attempt an unprecedented around the world flight. joking about leaving her husban

we're here in clearwater at the us coast guard air station clearwater.g problem has also been because of all this warm air there's been an explosion in pollen. look at these temperatures. we're talking about afternoon highs, 80s and 70s from the northeast all the way to the mississippi river valley.70s fr all the way to the mississippi river valley. 50s and 40s back through to the rockies and on into the plain states, the western plains, as far as your weather today, more rain in the pacific northwest coast. the risk of strong storms in the lower mississippi river valley. record highs up and down the east coast. it's going to be warmer in cleveland than it is in los angeles today. chicago is going to get up to about 85. what's that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >>> we'll see highs in the low and mid 70s. most locations upper 70s to the south and west. and mist and fog right now, we could have a few showers later on. a mix of clouds and sunshine today. have some clouds and sun around tomorrow, too

i'm calling from clearwater, florida. my name is dennis and what i would propose is that we limit the number of lawyers in both the house and the senate. because if you think about it, what do lawyers do, they simply argue their point and they're adamant about their position with no give. and that's why i think there's a lack of compromise because too many attorneys, too many lawyers. all they do is fight and argue. that's why things don't get accomplished. thank you. >> yes, my name is gilbert calling from mansfield, texas. the way to make congress work better is to definitely have limited terms. right after you advertise the line, you're having a representative or senator mikulski who has 35 years as a house representative and america needs to quit having a short memory. here's a person who's been there for over three decades and yet we keep voting for the same old-same old. >> your comment, your feed boongs the radio fedback line. we want to hear from you. give us a call. how would you improve the reputation of congres

the owner of this day care center in clearwater, fla., has an arrest for battery. we had an undercover family asked if anyone here had a criminal record. later, i came by. >> do you have any criminal history? none at all? i'm chris hanson with "dateline nbc." >> i think you need to leave. thank you. >> you do have convictions in your past. >> thank you. thank you. bye-bye. let's go. >> domestic violence. by chris hanson has been working on this investigation three months and a random sampling nationwide. thanks for joining us. after seeing this investigation, one question that i have is what you look for when choosing a day care facility. >> you need references. you need to talk to the parents with a good experience that this day care center. you also need to have the ability to stop in any time you wanted take a look. if a day care provider says you have to make an appointment and you cannot come in randomly, that's a warning sign. that's why we decided to do this investigation. we chose by state, got a list of day care providers and we compared that with the data

host: clearwater, fla., on the democratic line. caller: good morning. can get the tax money out?a former nurse, i have not heard anything about having about a health care system where we actually have competition to raise the quality and decrease [unintelligible] insurance should cover alternative medicine. i do not see any real suggestions. i would like a free, open market system. right now it is run by the insurance companies. please, let's see a president, or candidate, can really come up with a real solution. host: tom baxter, a quick reaction? guest: that's one. newt gingrich has tried to stake out, being the candidate who has some innovative, free-market- oriented solutions in health care. unfortunately, that has been drowned out in a lot of the name calling in this campaign. it's amazing to have 20 debates with really so little fundamental working out of the issues in all those debates. host: our guest is tom baxter joining us from atlanta. let's show you how newt gingrich is going after health care in this web ad. [video clip] >> he said he made it obam-ney care. >> this

. >> you're from clearwater.a game for businessmen who found basketball too vigorous? i love this. tennis, soccer, volleyball or baseball? >> volleyball. >> neither of you know. admit it. >> volleyball. >> no, you do know it! >> she's right. all right. so is basketball too tough for you? play volleyball, they say. >> it's interesting that both volleyball and basketball were both invented in the 1890s. both invented in massachusetts. and both invented by directors of the ymca. the difference was that volleyball was specifically oriented towards businessmen who couldn't cut it playing basketball at noontime. >> okay. all right. time for one more. kath, one more. >> gentleman from chicago. when mattel introduced barbie in 1959 parental outrage focused on which of the following? her blond hair, sexy figure, white skin or her name? >> her sexy figure. >> you bad boy! >> all right. so barbie's figure too much? >> it was very much too much. it caused quite a controversy. it was interesting the mattel toy company was abl

. >> reporter: the bird's owner is melissa van clee who runs a center in clearwater, florida.has had numerous violations over the last decade but is considered general until good standing. our undercover family asks her if anyone working here has a criminal record. >> no, uh-uh. >> nothing. >> no. i mean some people have arrest record. one because she didn't have a license for her dog. that's not going to disqualify you from working in a preschool. >> reporter: she makes it sound like there's been just a few trivial complaints but her answer is misleading. in fact, she herself has had three arrests for driving while intoxicated. one of them a felony conviction. she's also pleaded no contest to resisting arrest and to possession of marijuana. not only that, she's been charged with a violent crime, battery. facts she wasn't revealing to our undercover family. a few weeks later, we returned, and this time i go along as a family friend. i ask her how carefully she screens potential employees. how often do you come across somebody who has got a criminal conviction in their history?

. >>> there's a rather unusual resort about to open off the coast of clearwater, florida, and at leastwn there just as soon as we can. it is called fisherman's paradise. at one time it was a barge used for building a natural gas pipeline. now it's a five-story floating hotel. it's located in the gulf of mexico about 15 miles off the coast. 14 guest cabins that run only $250 a night, can't beat that with a stick. there are also some vip suites. visitors who are not interested in fishing can enjoy a lounging pool, two gyms, a sauna. getting there could be a challenge but they have their own helicopter and some shuttle

. >> here's daniel kelly, a 45-year-old businessman who drove three hours from clearwater on florida'sast. >> hi. >> hi. >> how are you? >> you are in the middle of nowhere, huh? >> it's freezing. let me grab my stuff. >> online, kelly used the screen name jpeterdk2000 to chat with a decoy named amber who said she was 13. early in the chat kelly compliments the girl and makes small talk, but later in the chat kelly asks -- >> have you gone all the way with anyone? >> no. >> when you do, it will be special for sure. >> and when she says she's going to log off and take a shower -- >> i know you need someone there to wash your back for you, right? washing the back would lead to washing the back of your legs to the front of your legs to the front of your stomach and who knows where it would lead? >> then he talks about making out with the girl and about the nicknames he gives his penis. he clearly seems to know it's illegal to have sex with her. >> you realize that we could get into a lot of trouble if we did? at least i could. >> but kelly keeps talking and eventually writes -- >> i want

anti-abortion legislation in the state since the republicans took over so many state ledge slach clearwaternd governorships in 2010. here is dwen. here's what happens last year after all of those republican victories in 2010, anti-abortion legislation. according to the gutten macer institute you there, were 1600 anti-abortion measures introduced last year, 600. out of those 6 hunted, more than 90 new anti-abortion laws were enacted by republican-led state governments. this is unprecedented. nothing like this has ever happened in the entire time that abortion has been legal in this country. and this year, we are apparently on pace do it again. already, the folks at the gut macer institute tell us there are 430 anti-abortion measures peppeding in state legislatures around the country and it's only march. republicans in washington may be divided on whether or not abortion and contraception ought to be at the center of what republicans prioritize in governing but republicans in state where they are actually in charge they are pretty unified on this, that this is what they want to do at the top

. >> clearwater, florida. good morning. democrats line. >> good morning.f we could ever get off that pac money out, i see our election system being very corrupted and as a former nurse, i haven't heard anything about having a free market open health care system. where we actually have competition to raise the quality and decrease the cost. with being a pen tur, ho -- with being a -- i want -- right now the system is strangled by pharmaceutical companies, the insurance, the a.m.a. please, let's see if any president, presidential candidate really comes up with some real solutions. >> sherry, thanks for the call. tom baxter, quick reaction. >> you know, that's one area that newt gingrich has tried to stake out as being the candidate who has some innovative and free market or solutions in health care. and, you know, unfortunately that's been drowned out in a lot of the name calling in this campaign. it's amazing to have 20 debates with really so little fundamental working out of the issues in all those debates. >> our guest is tom baxter. he's joining us from

host: clearwater, fla., on the democratic line. caller: good morning. can get the tax money out? as a former nurse, i have not heard anything about having about a health care system where we actually have competition to raise the quality and decrease [unintelligible] insurance should cover alternative medicine. i do not see any real suggestions. i would like a free, open market system. right now it is run by the insurance companies. president,'s see a or candidate, can really come up with a real solution. host: tom baxter, a quick reaction? guest: that's one. newt gingrich has tried to stake out, being the candidate who has some innovative, free- market-oriented solutions in health care. unfortunately, that has been drowned out in a lot of the name calling in this campaign. it's amazing to have 20 debates with really so little fundamental working out of the issues in all those debates. host: our guest is tom baxter joining us from atlanta. let's show you how newt gingrich is going after health care in this web ad. [video clip] >> he said he made it obam-ney care. >> this is the s

very clearwater. you can see all the sharks in there.rk attacks, actually. this is from perth, australia. we're told a higher than normal tuna population triggered this shark frenzy. experts say this happens once every couple years. >>> back here in austin, thank goodness, no sharks. just awesome music, amazing barbecue. we've been working, working, working here at the cnn grill for you. we're going to premier south/southwest for you. you have film, you have great food, you have music here in austin. it involves skateboarding, by the way, and some pretty cool apps. but first, watch this. >>> a teenager is on his way home from buying candy when, for some reason, police say a neighborhood watchman whipped out a gun and pulled the trigger. >> i'm hoping that one night, one day he's going to walk through the door and this is going to be a nightmare. >> now as racial tensions heat up, his family wants answers. >>> a high school loses a popular teacher for his risque past as a gay porn star. >>> how his music could change television and the we

host: clearwater, fla., on the democratic line. caller: good morning. can get the tax money out? as a former nurse, i have not heard anything about having about a health care system where we actually have competition to raise the quality and decrease [unintelligible] insurance should cover alternative medicine. i do not see any real suggestions. i would like a free, open market system. right now it is run by the insurance companies. please, let's see a president, or candidate, can really come up with a real solution. host: tom baxter, a quick reaction? guest: that's one. newt gingrich has tried to stake out, being the candidate who has some innovative, free-market- oriented solutions in health care. unfortunately, that has been drowned out in a lot of the name calling in this campaign. it's amazing to have 20 debates with really so little fundamental working out of the issues in all those debates. host: our guest is tom baxter joining us from atlanta. let's show you how newt gingrich is going after health care in this web bad. -- web ad. [video clip] >> he said he made it obamney

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you get down to clearwater beach, st. petersburg beach, lo and behold, they had a devastating dropoff of tourists that didn't come to those hotels and those restaurants and all of those ancillary businesses. and part of what we've been doing with the b.p. money is trying to make people whole for all of the income they lost. that ought to be reason enough. but there's another reason. and this is where people often are so surprised when i tell them, the gulf of mexico off of florida is the largest testing and training area for the united states military in the world. and this senator from florida has two letters from two successive secretaries of state. by the way, both republican. secretary rumsfeld and secretary gates, that says you can't put oil drilling and oil-related activities in the gulf of mexico off of florida in the test and training range, which in effect is the gulf of mexico off of florida. and so i just wanted to bolster the senator's statements about why we have got to vote this vitter amendment down. mrs. b

host: clearwater, florida. geraldine, good morning. you are on the air with the senator.ler: i would like to see more common people as representatives. never mind dr. -- how about having nurses and patients -- never mind doctors. the elite de not understand what it feels like. if 20% of the people have medical debt, there is something wrong. why is it all these other countries can have a national health care plan? are they smarter? we need healthy competition in health care. including acupuncture. these have been around for thousands of years. guest: there is going to be a great debate on health care. i and a proud supporter of the affordable care act, the health care reform bill -- i am a proud supporter of the affordable care back. at long last we say health care is a right and not a privilege. it has done good things as far as expanded coverage for prevention and wellness and giving us a glidepath to reduce health-care costs. but i want to develop an american system. i know a lot of people talk about other countries. we can certainly learn from them. but we should have

the owner of this day-care center in clearwater, florida, melissa van cleeve, has an arrest for batteryrcover family ask her whether anyone working at the center has a criminal record. >> no, no. >> nothing? >> uh-uh. >> reporter: later, i came by. do you have any criminal history? >> no. >> reporter: none at all? >> no. >> reporter: there is something you need to know. i'm chris hansen with "dateline nbc." >> i think you need to go. i have a business to run. thank you very much. thank you. >> reporter: you do have convictions in your past. >> thank you. >> reporter: let me show you. >> no. thank you. bye-bye. >> reporter: dui, battery, domestic violence. >> bye-bye. >> reporter: debra giles runs a day-care center in orlando, florida, never told our family about her background. in 1995 you were accused of aggravated battery -- >> oh, yeah, i forgot about that. >> reporter: you forgot. >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: she's one of several day-care operators who wasn't happy to bring up the past. >> you're the evil one. you're the demon. i have watched your shows. "to catch a predator" and all