but the dupont she heads today is not the dupont of the past. >> dupont has changed dramatically over the last 20 years. we are heavily into biology, biotechnology, in addition to chemistry and material science. so we're... we're a science company really, an advanced material and agriculture company that's changed greatly over the last two decades. >> susie: two or three decades ago, this was the dupont americans knew. >> >> better things for better living through chemistry... >> susie: dupont dropped that very famous motto-- "better-- better things for better living is chemicals a dirty word at dupont these days? >> you know, chemistry itself is a phenomenal science. and chemistry has done so much for the world and will continue to do so. but it really is marrying chemistry with biology and material science to create much better solutions for the world. >> susie: for most of the 20th century, dupont scientists used petro-chemicals to invent products that became household names, like nylon and teflon. >> dupont promised a future thai was stain free, wrinkle-free, stick-free, silk-like

input costs ridesing and dupont is a market leader. they can raise the prices they charge to customers. what i find interesting to dupont is they haven't raised the dividend in four years, but the company is on track for double digit earnings growth. i think they can afford to boost that dif denld. >> tom: penalty up demand. disclosure, do you own any of these? >> i knlt and i do not. >> tom: the link is on our website. word on the street. david peltier with thestreet.com. >> susie: here's what we're watching for tomorrow: the nation's realtors report total existing home sales for june. we'll get an update on mortgage applications and crude oil and gasoline inventories, along with earnings from altria, a.m.r., ebay and intel. and, hilary kramer is our "street critique" guest. email your questions to streetcritique@nbr.com. could the big apple be the new world capital of technology start ups? if new york city mayor michael bloomberg has his way, the answer is yes. he wants to create a world-class science and engineering campus here. u.s

special edition looks at dupont and its c.e.o. ellen kullman. she's recently been named one of the most powerful women in the country by both "fortune" and "forbes" magazines. we talk to kullman about her leadership style and how she's guided the fortune 500 company through the recession. we also look back at dupont's illustrious past and how it's evolving into a green company. join us monday for our special edition: "women in leadership: dupont c.e.o. ellen kullman." you know, tom, there are only 12 women c.e.o.s on the fortune 500, ellen kullman is one of them, she's sharp, strong and an interesting strong leader. >> tom: interesting how she's steered the company through the recession. before we go we want to make a special welcome. station to the n.b.r. family. viewers in central florida can now watch nightly business report weeknights at 6:30, on wucf tv. i'm tom hudson. goodnight, everyone. enjoy your independence day weekend. you, too, susie. >> susie: you as well, tom. i'm susie gharib. have a safe fourth and we'll see all of you again ne

we take a closer look at a company that's been in business for more than 200 years, dupont. it began as a manufacturer of gunpowder in 1802. these days, it's evolved into a fortune 500 science company with $32 billion in revenues. we profile current c.e.o. ellen kullman and ask her what it's like being at the helm. >> i think that we've tackled the problems in the global financial crisis. i think we've come through it very strongly. you know, i get all the credit now, right? i'll get all the blame if it goes the other way as well. >> susie: she also talks about being the company's first female c.e.o., maintaining work-life balance, and the importance of keeping science at dupont's forefront. join us monday for our special edition, "women in leadership: dupont c.e.o. ellen kullman." and tom, before we go, we also wanted to mention, starting tomorrow, viewers in central florida can watch "nightly business report" weeknights at 6:30 on wucf-tv. that's it for us tonight. thanks for watching. i'm susie gharib. tom, have a great night. >> tom: good night, susie. i'm tom hudson. go

things are dry in dupont circle right now. doug is going to tell us where the rain is and who's going to get it. >> still light showers out there right now. a couple of of them came through the around the 8:30, 9:00 hour. forced that one cancellation at tacoma park. into portions of western fairfax county, some sprinkles right now and back along 66, we're going to continue to watch those move out toward the east. over warrenton, towards the manassas area. very, very light rain. that's it. just some shower activity. tomorrow, i'm not expecting any showers. i am expecting, however, the sun to come back out. that's going to lead us to more heat and more humidity. we'll talk about that in just a minute. >>> the storm damage from last night could keep some roads closed in arlington tomorrow. parts of old dominion drive remain closed because of downed trees and wires. dominion, virginia, power crews are working to restore electricity to nearly 2,000 customers in northern virginia. they expect to have most of those customers back up

dow components alcoa and dupont also experienced heavy selling, both off more than 2.5%. but there was one star of the dow. it was boeing, thanks to solid earnings announced before the start of trading. profits rose 20%, coming in at a much-better-than-expected $1.25 a share. boeing benefited from strong performance at its commercial aircraft unit. boeing shares added 47-cents as the company raised its full-year earnings guidance for the second time. looking at a one-year chart, the stock has declined about 8% in the past three months, but for the year it's still up about 2%. speaking of earnings, after the bell visa posted a 40% jump in fiscal third quarter profits. the credit card payment processor earned 1.26 a share, three cents ahead of analyst estimates. visa also this afternoon announced plans to buy back $1 billion dollars in stock. as you can see here, the stock ended the regular trading session at $87.75-- down $1.26. it moved in after-hours trading. investors were bullish on amazon.com, reacting to those strong second-quarter results we told you about last nigh

at the dupont circle, 19th street and trent. this station is open but riders are frustrated. >> i'm a little concerned about how much time routine maintenance is taking up and now frequently it's happening. >> there's a serious problem in the whole system and it's something that's going to have to be addressed. half of the escalators are out of order half of the time. >> escalators right there just a few of the 79 escalators systemwide that are under repair tonight. >>> well, hopefully everything will be working for the 4th. thousands of people are expected down on the national mall and the national park service is urging you to take metro to get there. metro will be open from 7 a.m. until midnight monday. for security reasons the smithsonian station will be closed most of the day, but you can use it to go home once the fireworks are over. for more details on metro, road closures and where to find the entry points for the mall go, to be with be with and look under hot -- www.myfoxdc.com and look under hot topics. >>> meantime th

items at the dupont today will appear on the board of supervisors agenda on july 26, 2011, unless otherwise stated. supervisor chiu: thank you very much. would you call item no. one please. >> item #one come ordnance amending the administrative code to enforce the minimum wage law by clarifying access to places of employment, required enforcement acting to be completed within one year. impose penalties for failure to pose minimal wage rates. provide for posted notices to employees upon commencement of an investigation and public posting of employer non- compliance with penalties, provide a 32 immediately issued an administrative -- administrative citation of on sufficient evidence of certain violations and require industry- focused our reach materials for employees. supervisor chiu: thank you very much. supervisor campos, would you like to say a few words? supervisor campos: thank you for having this heard during the committee. i want to thank the co-author of this. supervisor mar. he and his staff have been working with my office for some time to make this legislation possible. i do not kn

, millions watched on television, and some held viewing parties around the area, like this one in dupontircle. it's a bona fide american tradition, the concert and fireworks. the kareem family made the drive from chicago. >> i lived in washington ten years ago. just wanted to come back and see it again. >> reporter: for this family from west virginia, it was an all day affair. >> we pack up coolers and food. we've got a tent, which we might need to

they included starbucks, dupont, metlife, and colgate palmolive. >>> pet owners may have a way to keepheir pups happy. we're not talking about dog bones and cat nip. a seattle lab is developing a medical marijuana patch for pets. the purpose is to help ailing animals that suffer everything from arthritis to cancer. developers hope to have the patch ready by the end of the year. what we do for our pets. >>> the nfl trade you'll be talking about today, and a an yelling match erupts at the tigers game. plus an emotional moment for one young red sox fan. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> all the attention is on tropical storm don and how much rain it will bring to texas. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you are just waking up, this is "early today." in sports from ending a four-month lockout the nfl is kicking things off with big name trades. here's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. the season hasn't even started, and the new england patriots are already big winners. they t

sandals stuck in escalators at foggy bottom, and smoke poured from an escalator on monday at the dupontircle station. riders can see exactly which escalators are not working any time online by going to the website metroforward.com. >>> there is a new risk to your favorite apple devices. hackers discovered a security flaw in apple's operating system for the iphone, ipad and ipod touch. that warning comes from germany's i.t. security agency. the agency claims there is a bug in the software that could let hackers gain control of your devices. apple says it is aware of the problem, but has not released an update to protect against the latest potential threat. >>> one of steve carell's potential replacement for "the office" has signed onto the show but not as the boss of dunder mifflin. james spader has agreed to be a full-time cast member of the nbc show. he'll play robert california, ceo of saber, the parent company of dunder mifflin. the 51-year-old star is replacing kathy bates who was on the show for two seasons. producers for "the office" have not announced who will replace michael sco

lower, but we get significant employment data this morning and pending home sales and earnings from dupont and exxon-mobil. recapping some of the market action yesterday, at at the end of the session, the dow was off 198, 12,302, the worst since june 1. the nasdaq lost 75 to 2764. foreclosure activity has dropped in several areas because banks are no longer taking a move against homeowners falling behind on payments. foreclosure rates fell in 178 areas during the first half of the year. the biggest declines in new york, maryland, florida, jersey, connecticut, massachusetts and illinois. those are all areas where courts play a significant role in signing off on foreclosure documents. the irs is asking airlines to refund taxes to passengers who bought tickets before last weekend but now taking trips. those people may be owed money because congress let the taxes expire. the airlines aren't required to issue refunds, that's probably why you said kind of. the the irs is saying look, you can treat it like when passengers exchange a refundable ticket for those they don't use. >> not required but

they included starbucks, dupont, metlife, and colgate palmolive. >>> pet owners may have a way to keepps happy. we're not talking about dog bones and cat nip. a seattle lab is developing a medical marijuana patch for pets. the purpose is to help ailing animals that suffer everything from arthritis to cancer. developers hope to have the patch ready by the end of the year. boy, do we love our pets. >>> the nfl trades you'll be talking about today, and an eruption at the tigers game. your first look at sports is straight ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. research. and some of the most powerful, yet easy to use trading tools on the planet. it's investing with intelligence and cold hard conviction. e-trade. investing unleashed. he needs some gellin'. yeahhhhhhh. gellin' is like having a teeny tiny foot masseuse in your shoe. you like ? nice ! dr. scholl's massaging gel insoles. outrageous comfort, all-day long. >>> welcome back to "first look." in sports fresh from ending a four-month lockout the nfl is kicking things off with big name trades. here's fred roggin. >>> good mornin

. >> susie: last night, our series "women in leadership" profiled dupont c.e.o. ellen kullman. well, that got tonight's commentator thinking about a small but growing group that includes kullman-- fortune 500 female c.e.o.s. here's sylvia ann hewlett, economist and founding president at the center for work-life policy. >> why are there so few women at the top of organizations on wall street and main street and elsewhere? in 2010, across the economy, only 7% of top earners were women! its no longer a question of qualifications, commitment or track record. there's a ton of high-performing women in the pipeline these days-- fully 34% of the marzipan layer, that rich layer just below the chocolate, is female. rather its a question of sponsorship or, more precisely, lack of sponsorship. my new research shows that women are half as likely as men to have a powerful sponsor who will propel and protect them through the perilous straits of upper management. this is hugely problematic. the data show that those with sponsors are much more likely to get pay increases, and much more likely t

monday, our special edition: "women in leadership: dupont c.e.o. ellen kullman" looks her leadership style and how she's guided the fortune 500 company through the recession. for more financial news, tune in to "nightly business report" weeknights on this public television station.

. >> reporter: this woman didn't have to travel at all and lives near dupont school and ten years agoe a tibetan buddhist nun. >> rejecting ordinary conventions like hair and jewelry and dancing. >> reporter: for the dalai lama, this will be his first visit to the united states since he stepped down as political leader of the tibetan government in exile earlier this year. some worry his visit will upset the chinese who believe the dalai lama wants independents for tibet. organizers insist it will be about prayer and meditation. >> this is purely a religious event, nothing political. i'm sure you won't even see or hear anyone talking about tibet's struggle. >> reporter: while here the dalai lama will also be celebrating his 76th birthday. he'll be meeting with some top lawmakers on capitol hill, though at this point it is not known whether he'll be meeting with president obama at the white house. from northwest, craig melvin, news 4. back to you. >> thank you, craig. >> the rain may have washed them out yesterday, but tonight fireworks lit up the sky in tacoma park. hundreds watched a

deposits the smallest comfortable and the reflection of this conflict ability is the day nomic of dupont. it's of both households and companies in the banks they grow in rather fast. yes this year two thousand and eleven it's not so fast as the falls and it's because people begin to spend money you know buying goods and services they're not so much afraid about the future as in the previous crisis time you said that your aim. is seven percent inflation and the idea that the. in the first six months of the year or so the inflation has already reached five percent so are you sure that in the that in the remaining five months or so it will be two . now more than before because five know it's brilliant it's a very good result i'm a so forth it could be around five point two. you see that is seasonal very much seasonal phenomena so normally in the russian economy first model for the year generally get your own thirty percent of all the yield inflation really what happened because people celebrate the new year what because of two friends first all the tariffs for for electricity gas water supp

and sandals stuck in escalators at foggy bottom, and spook board from one escalator monday at the dupont metro station. the committee will deliver its report to the board at 9:00 this morning. riders can see exactly which escalators are not working daily online at the website metroforward.com. >>> also today, met re's board will hear suggestions for simpler station names. the transit agency wants names to reflect the areas where trains stop, including u-street card ozo african-american civil war memorial station. instead of all that it would be u-street cardoza. national mall might get added to it to make the station more familiar to occasional riders including tourists. changing station names would require 2600 new signs and 5,000 new maps. >> they could sell naming rights. the stadium does it. >> we heard about that, too. >> how confusing it would be if you were trying to get somewhere and it said joe krebs. >> or a certain hot dog street. >> nathan hot dog. >> where are you going? >> to maithens, then to m&t bank. >> stay with us.

dupont said we want every worker today, starting with a line worker to be present. to be paying attention because that worker may have an insight that can drive enormous productivity or new products. my favorite interview in that chapter was with general martin dempsey. he just became the chairman of the joint chiefs. when we interviewed him, he was head of the army education core and he told a remarkable story. he was our commander who took baghdad from saddam hussein in 2003. he later went on to be sent, -- centcomm commander. he later went on to be the centcom commander. he was visiting an outpost in the far reaches of afghanistan. he sat down to interview capt. there. at the end of the interview, he realized that capt. in that isolated outpost in afghanistan, because of this hyper connectivity had access to more intelligence and more firepower than martin dempsey did when he took baghdad from saddam hussein. that has driven his whole education of the army system. at the camp, they give every new recouped and iphone and you download the application and teach the

dupont said we want every worker today, starting with a line worker to be present. to be paying attention because that worker may have an insight that can drive enormous productivity or new products. my favorite interview in that chapter was with general martin dempsey. he just became the chairman of the joint chiefs. when we interviewed him, he was head of the army education core and he told a remarkable story. he was our commander who took baghdad from saddam hussein in 2003. he later went on to be sent, commander. he later went on to be the cent com commander. he was visiting an outpost in the far reaches of afghanistan. he sat down to interview capt. there. at the end of the interview, he realized that capt. in that isolated outpost in afghanistan, because of this hyper connectivity had access to more intelligence and more firepower than martin dempsey did when he took baghdad from saddam hussein. that has driven his whole education of the army system. at the camp, they give every new recouped and iphone and you download the application and teach the class. when

at dupont circle, we found another nonworking escalator. at one point, we were told all were out of service. at this station, it can be a long walk up. >> i take the elevator. >> reporter: according to this report prepared for the metro board of directors, in may, about 100 escalators were out of service on any given day. that is worse than in previous mo. do is thank our customers for their patience as we rebuild. this is work that should rob done a long time ago, investments that should have been made a long time ago. >> reporter: the agency spokesman says metro is rebuilding its entire system of escalators exposed to the elements year round. it's long-term $150 million project. >> under these types of conditions with this much traffic, these escalators have a useful life of about 0rbgs maybe 25 years if they're properly maintained. maybe 30 if you're lucky and we're well beyond that at this point. >> bob barnard, fox news. >> metro says four of the seven escalator manufacturers that were used during the creation of the subway system just

the dalai lama and entourage is staying at dupont hyatt hotel and he plans to meet with several members of congress during his visit. >>> another spiritual leader. the reveered hugging saint is down at the hyatt regency. born into the hindu faith. her hugs consist of very long, tender compassionate em probations. it is estimated she has hugged more than 30 million people in her life. that is some hugging. >> we could use a hug. >> we could use a hug around here. >> yes. >>> still ahead. outrage in great britain. politicians, celebrities and citizens call for a thorough investigation into the phone hacking scandal involving a british tabloid. matt? >>> recent increase on online videos showing police to use force to lock people up raises the question is it legal to videotape police during an arrest? we will have the answer. beth! hi. looking good! you've lost some weight. thanks! you noticed! you know these clothes are too big now, so i'm donating them. not going back there again. good for you! how'd you do it? eating right, whole grain. whole grain? whole grain. [ female announcer ] peop

. >> we're staying at the dupont circle. >> reporter: so you've listened to the reports?. >> yes, i do. >> i used to live here about 16 years and i came back from texas to bring friends to visit and they wanted to see fireworks for the fourth. >> reporter: any lows so far? >> other than all the walking and it being so hot, not really. >> reporter: if you managed to slip past with any alcohol, you had to dump it. what you didn't bring with you, you were probably able to buy from vendors. food and beverages sold fast. >> do you need some water? >> yeah, that's why we're in line here. >> reporter: a lot of concern about heat out here, but we found one way people are staying cool, an air vent. are you guys having fun? yeah! >>reporter: what do you think the highlights will be or do i need to ask? >> probably the hour-long fireworks. >> reporter: 20 minutes, sorry. >> 20? >> reporter: it's not just about the fireworks for this wounded and medically discharged veteran of iraq and afghanistan. >> it's great to be with my family and i still think of my friends overseas not able to

his holiness, the dalai lama arrived to a ceremony at the hotel in dupont earlier today. a crowd of supporters traveled from all over the nation and the world to attend the 11 day spiritual festival, which we're told cost about $45 a day or close to $500 for the whole event. >> it's very special for us and you know, it meant a lot to us, because the dalai lama is a religious political figure. >> why? >> because it is a very special occasion to hear more about buddhism, especially teachings that the dalai lama gives. >> even nonbuddhists can take a lot away from this event. it's about being kind to your neighbor. the dalai lama preaches being faithful to your own religion. he does welcome everyone to come to check out this and be a part of this event. this, of course, is the dalai lama's first u.s. visit since he stepped down as tibet's head of state in march. this is a paid event here at the verison center. however there will be a free event saturday morning on the west lawn of the capital. back to you, lesli. >> thanks for that. the federal aviation administration is in

dupont said we want every worker today, starting with a line worker to be present. to be paying attention because that worker may have an insight that can drive enormous productivity or new products. my favorite interview in that chapter wa with general martin dempsey. he just became the chairman of the joint chiefs. when we interviewed him, he was head of the army education core and he told a remarkable story. he was our commander who took baghdad from saddam hussein in 2003. he later went on to be sent, commander. he later went on to be the cent com commander. he was visiting an outpost in the far reaches of afghanistan. he sat down to interview capt. there. at the end of the interview, he realized that capt. in that isolated outpost in afghanistan, because of this hyper connectivity had access to more intelligence and more firepower than martin dempsey did when he took baghdad from saddam hussein. that has driven his whole education of the army system. at the camp, they give every new recouped and iphone and you download the application and teach the class. when

at the dupont circle station, two escalators are not working. metro says smoke poured from them monday afternoon. metro's monthly update called vital signs report says 485 of the 588 escalators were operating in may, 2011. this represents a significant decrease from april, with 22 less escalators in operation for the month. this is a result of large increase in maintenance, for inspection repairs, and unscheduled service calls. >> part of the challenge about rebuilding he is laters or even repairing escalators on the rail system is that of the seven manufacturers of escalators, four of them don't exist anymore. so when we find there is a part that needs to be replaced, sometimes we have to build that part from scratch. >> reporter: metro says it will be several years before it's massive escalator replacement program is complete. at the foggy bottom gwu metro station, this is chris gordon, news4. >> metro riders can find out which escalators and stations are affected by checking online at metro forward.com. maintenance schedules are updated daily

head of a washington law firm, the guy who ran in an outsourcing firm, a blue-collar, chairman of dupont, and the head of the biggest green collar employer in america, major- general martin dempsey, now promoted to chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. i will just leave you with this thought. what all four of them said, it was striking how much they had in common, and what they all said was that we need workers who can do critical thinking and problem solving to get an interview. that gets to the last chapter, which is called "average is over." whatever you do, you better find your extra. the more the world gets hyper connected has just moved up. my mother-in-law was chairman of the board at a liberal arts college in the middle of iowa. last year, one out of 10 applications there were to china. -- were from china. of those 250 applications, one- half had 800 on the math portion. whole global curb is moving up. what you find out from employers, and this was the most interesting thing -- head of the washington law firm, i said to him, what has happened to your of law firm with the subprim

dupont tech cam finished plat despite better than expected earnings and an improved outlook.sprint nextel, pror subscriber defections than predicted. starbucks stock is soaring based on bottom line results. >>> and weekly jobless claims fell below the key 400,000 level fir the first time since early april. i'm veronica de la cruz and now, back to "hardball." >>> back to "hardball." what a night it is. the house of representatives is expected to vote on jane baohn boehner's deal. the vote is delayed. no word when it will take place and the best guess, no, he doesn't have the votes he needs to pass the bill and send it to the senate. msnbc will, of course, bring you the vote when it happens or bring you the speeches before the vote. in his debt ceiling vote, president obama angered republicans being unwilling to compromise. how has president obama fared in the fight? michael steele is here not exactly as a judge but a commentator. and msnbc contributor, and ron reagan's here. the youthful, forever youthful ron reagan, stressed in youthful attire wearing the threads of youth. >>

steel and dupont.we're going to lobby for our -- what we're owed from the warth and we're lobbyists, we're not protestors, we're lobbyists. and will rogers, one of the first to pick up on this. he said, yes, they are, these guys are legitimate. what's happening in the course of the summer, very quickly is the huge, sort of almost carnival, almost a world's fair of poverty comes into place. there are 21 camps throughout the city. in anacostia there are guys who get paid, you can give them money and they'll bury themselves alive. you can look down in the coffin. there are flagpole sitters. and it's becoming an attraction. more and more people are pouring in every day. at least 45,000 people were here at that time. and it becomes -- they all start to lobby. one of their main desires to get the bonus, the actual legislation passed. and -- >> their lobbying gets to be sort of sophisticated. one of the things that amazed me in going over the, we accumulated about 400 photographs taken at various times during

and it's very reminiscent of something that happened in the dupont circle part of washington, d.c., and the video that i'll show you here on my ipad. first of all, these are mannequins, so they're not going to move, but take a look at the movement inside of this store. again, just this past april 19 teenagers rushing the g star raw store overwhelming customers and employees. they ended up stealing more than $20,000 in merchandise. and it's not just in d.c. just last month in if upper darby, pa, that's outside of philly, 15 teenagers descending on a sears store going in and stealing a ton of merchandise from there. prosecutors have decided to up the charges against those kids outside of philly as a way to have -- of trying to convince other kids not to pull the same thing. but these flash robberies and mobs seem to be a growing trend as more and be more kids go on social networks to meet up and not always do nice stuff. back to you. jon: so it's basically shoplifting by committee, huh? >> >> reporter: and mass should have lifting -- shoplifting in order to overwhelm the store. jon: rick