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looks like raleigh, durham, and the triangle area, clouty. it's cooler weather. and i think most of the rain will be dry. a chance of a shower will be here or there. temperatures still cool. normal high around 80. most locations will be in the 70s today. middle of the country, we remain very cool and very gorgeous. this is dry weather. but 84 and sunny in kansas city. low humidity, perfect. the big problem over the weekend was the fires out west. they're still burning in many spots. it will be warm again. montana in 93. the firefighters in idaho are probably seeing the worst of it. a quiet monday, brian. we're not looking at big issues throughout the next week. maybe by next weekend, the tropics would get interesting. >> people in st. louis coming home from the game last night, weather not too bad. 19 innings. >> we're going to do the story right now. did you read the rundown? >> yeah, i cheated. >>> you know the story. to sports, the pirates and the cardinals needed over six hours to find a winner. let's pick it up in the 16th inning. garrity jones, a grounder t

. >> reporter: vice president joe biden got in on the act in durham, north carolina, mocking republicans for calling ryan's budget plan "gutsy." >> now, look, what's gutsy about giving millionaires another tax break? (cheers and applause) what's gutsy about gutting medicare, medicaid, education? >> reporter: the obama campaign is rushing to define ryan now because many undecided voters like don christian son are learning about the congressman for the first time what do you know about paul ryan? >> nothing much other than what you hear on t.v. 14 years he's been in the business of running the government. some title or some... whatever. (laughs) >> reporter: jean o'neil, a retired nurse and obama supporter in council bluffs was thrilled with the pick. >> i think he's a good choice for democrats is what i think because i think there's a lot of seniors that are not going to vote for a romney/ryan plan. >> reporter: touring iowa's parched missouri valley, mr. obama suggested ryan was working against a bill that could provide relief to struggling farmers and ranchers. >> so if you happen to se

so, you know, you have to be safe and day in durham. chape l hill, okay, raleigh, sort of. so anyway i went through whey wept through with you. it's crucially important -- even here in washington, we know that places really important about poverty. when we talk about ward seven and eight the issues there and what we have to do. it's so much nor complicated because we have to attack all of these things and deal with the es of peoples' where they will live and deal with the question of looking at jobs as something in the regional economy but it's also something that much manufacture en-- engages people locally around the country than these things that are matter of federal legislation. we should all be behind being having the best national policy we can have about income and jobs. but the fact is that if we're going do to scare do something about poverty and place, it needs to have local commitment from within the neighborhood, it needs have civic responsibility, it gets much manufacture into the question of personal responsibility, the existence of community development fina

and joe biden stunts in durham, north carolina. >>> well, talk about a traffic accident.ge after the guided missile destroyer collide with the japanese oil tanker. it happened early sunday near the strait of hormuz. no one was injured. >>> and look at this incredible view of the a bus accident as it happens caught on video. it shows the moment of impact. look at that. when the kansas city transit authority bus swerved to avoid a car careen down an i'm baenkment and rolled over. 13 people were injured. they will use the tape in their investigation. >>> and democrats wasted no time in trying to frame congressman paul ryan as a part of the far right fringe. even using his own controversial budget plan in a new ad. >> the paul ryan budget which cuts aid to the addition abled, which cuts aid to immigrants' children, which cuts aid to the elderly. >> and that is a web ad video clips of ryan and mitt romney are throughout the ad endorsing the proposal who privatizes social security. they went on "60 minutes." >> got real problems, domestically you have 23 million americans out o

vice president biden has a campaign event in durham, north carolina. and ryan will make his first solo appearance as romney's running mate at the iowa state fair in des moines. while romney makes two stops in the state of florida. all of that brings us to jim acosta, joining us from saint augustine. good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning, soledad. i had a chance to talk to a couple of advisers and they do like the response to the romney/ryan ticket. they had some of the biggest crowds at the campaign as seen over the last 48 hours in states like virginia, north carolina and wisconsin. and they do recognize that the ryan budget plan you just mentioned has stoked some controversy but they emphasize mitt romney is at the top of the ticket. they also like the visuals coming out of this team. paul ryan as they like to point out, first generation x vice presidential candidate in this country's history. he's got a young wife and family that they had out there on the campaign trail as well. but these two men have gone their separate ways. paul ryan off t

i was down in north carolina the last three days and you want to be safe when you stay in durham, the capitol hill, rowley sort of. anyway, so i went through what i just went through with you and of course is crucially important. when you're here in washington, we know the place is really important about poverty. what the issues they are and what we have to do and it's so much more complicated because we have to attack all of these things and deal with the people's choices about where they live and work in a job for something in the regional economy. but it's also something that's much more engages people locally around the country than the things that are matters of federal legislation. we should all be behind having the best national policy that we can have about income and jobs. but the fact is that if were going to do something about poverty in place, and needs to have local commitment within the neighborhood. and needs to have civic responsibility. it gets much more and the question of personal responsibility. the existence of community development financing institution entering

joining me on the phone is the division chief with cal fire, todd durham, thank you for being with us this morning. can you hear me? >> yes. good morning. >> todd, i understand about 300 firefighters are working these fires right now. i mentioned those evacuation orders. the question is there relief in sight in terms of containment? >> clearly we have more resources on order for today's shift. as you mentioned we have over 300 people assigned to both of these fires in lake county and parts of western colusa county. the weather is still a problem for us with the high temperat e temperatures, coupled with many of these firefighters have been on numerous fires throughout this week. so, there's not a lot of relief in those areas. however, once we get additional resources and we have one of our cal fire incident management teams, that will be assigned, that will bring more relief to us as far as our resources. >> and then i also understand that you have made some ground -- some headway in terms of containment. can you talk about that in terms of percentage? >> yes. the the wye fire which i

. >> holman: still, in durham, north carolina, vice-president joe biden made it clear the budget issue be front and center for democrats. >> no distinction between what the republican congress has been proposing the last two years-- actually, the last four years-- and what governor romney wants to do. so let's cut through all this-- we're running against... or they're running on what the republican congress has been proposing for the past four years. >> holman: and in council bluffs, iowa, president obama charged ryan and other republicans have blocked congressional action on a number of fronts, including drought relief for farmers. >> i'm told governor romney's new running mate, paul ryan, might be around iowa these next few days. and he's one of those leaders of congress standing in the way. so if you happen to see congressman ryan, tell him how important this farm bill is to iowa and our rural communities. we've got to put politics aside >> holman: indeed, ryan was in iowa today, making his first solo appearance at the state fair in des moines. he deflected the president's criticism

morning, i think the good soldier monoiccer applied, two fundraisers in the manchester area, one in durhamf the fundraisers, alex, he was joined by tag romney, who is mitt romney's oldest son. nbc news reported last night that tag romney may have been his father's em sarry passing information to people who are not selected that they this not been selected for his father's ticket. so we noticed that tag was at these fundraisers, this was before the reporting that tag may have been acting as emisary, but we found it curious. then it drama played out at the end of the second fundraiser where pawlenty stayed in the restaurant for an unusually long time. just as he pulled out this long drive back to manchester began and the reports started coming in that an announcement would be made the next morning. >> great nugget of information. i appreciate that. we'll jump from there back to the guests in the studio with me. when you hear what jamie just reported about that he was being used as a em sary compare that to a report that you're not going to be the one? >> i understand they were very close. th

day coaches from jacksonville, buses from spartanburg; they came from durham in the tidewater area of virginia. into new york they came and they changed the city. we were unprepared for them, the city was unprepared. the city didn't even know what was happening. congressional people on agriculture committees didn't know what was happening. nobody knew what was happening. it was a huge movement, and it happened without any public notice. into new york they came. where else would you go if you were chased off a farm? where else would you go -- to knoxville or to atlanta or to boise, idaho, or casper, wyoming? you'd go to new york! where else would you come? and they came. this was a city that had a reputation of feeding and clothing anybody who couldn't make his own way, but it never was prepared for this. then at the same time you had into new york from san juan, they came on the so-called chicory lights. it came in late night flights from san juan, loaded to the gunwales. they landed -- the airport then was called idlewild, not even kennedy. the cold wind would blow across the tarmac

we have again a situation where the economy seems to be in a bull durham. now, the world is interconnected. 7 billion people. nothing can happen anywhere without something happening elsewhere. we have all the tools of instant communication, right? the tools that calvin coolidge used were prehistoric, compared to the tools we use today. why is it, then, that that president was able to do these things, and we are struggling? this is the question the foundation thought we would try to answer. that is the question we post to the panel that i am about to introduce you to today. that is just to frame the topic of the panel. i am going to introduce this panel from my far right, down. we start with professor matthew slaughter. he is associate dean of the n.b.a. program and a professor of management. he is also currently a research associate at the national bureau of economic research, the senior fellow at the council of foreign relations, a member of the advisory board of the international tax policy forum, a member of the u.s. department advisory body on internati

and vice president biden is in durham, north carolina. two stops in florida. that is where we find cnn's national political correspondent, jim acosta, joining us live from saint augustine where a reenergied mitt romney will take the stand in a little while. >> reporter: that is something we saw all weekend long. basically there was a change in mitt romney that we saw almost immediately after he made the selection of paul ryan. he was looser with reporters and chatting with us on the campaign plane crisscrossing into north carolina on saturday. then i think what the campaign has been saying, what mitt romney and paul ryan have been saying, they like the way they changed what the debate is about. they've been talking about personal attacks on mitt romney's business experience, now they feel they have a campaign that will be on issues, even some of the issues and proposals from paul ryan are somewhat controversial, this talk of partially privatizing medicare and now they hav adopted some kind of version of that proposal as their own. it is s

now to durham, north carolina, where vice president bide zen speaking on the campaign trail. >> one of the president's favorite mayors, and i hope that helps you and doesn't hurt you. but he was complaining in the back saying that he brought you up to the state of the union and recognized you and forgot him. i am only kidding. he recognized you and he didn't forget. he didn't forget the congressman. and i understand that floyd is here sh here, the state senator floyd mckisic. good to see you. floyd helped me last time. floyd helped me last time. i want to el the you what, i am sure glad that eric is here, a t-shirt manufacturer, because literally, as i was drinking coffee, and drinking coffee as we pulled into the area where they have you shelter and you know, get you in and put you in, and we hit a bump and i got coffee on my shirt here, and so from here on out, i will be wearing one of your t-shirts that you gave me. thank you. >> and by the way, listen to the congressman, because he talks about voter registration. we are for voter registration, and not voter suppression. this is goi

the comforts of athena or eustis or athenian imperialism just as one may listen to mozart or admire durhamny nostalgia for feudalism, monarchism and -- the whole concept may partly consist in discriminating between these things, religion to the opposite and to preserve the ancient dread of prohibition. it is very often argued that religion must have some sort of potency and relevance since it occurs so strongly at all times and in all places. many insist that religion is so much a part of our human or animal nature -- animal nature that it is actually in a rather couple. we are unlikely to cease making gods are inventing ceremonies for as long as we are afraid of death and for as long as we exist himself centrism. that could be a lengthy stretch of time. however it is just as certain that we shall continue to cast a skeptical and ironic and even witty eye on what we ourselves have invented. if religion is -- then so is our doubt in their contempt for our own weakness. [applause] >> i am frances collins and it's an honor to be part of this remembrance. writing to a fellow author in 1889, an

and we have lucilla ervin doctor durham, north carolina, 105.to play jokes. onawa, iowa, 100 years old. a practical joker. he likes to play it on people younger. with him anybody is younger than him. >> willard, thank you. still looking dapper. >>> up next, last minute labor day travel deals. first this is "today" on nbc. >>> back now at 8:37. this morning on today's travel, labor day deals. if you're looking for one last summer getaway, there's still a chance to book a deal. travel and leisure. you mean ittish it's not too late? labor day is this weekend? >> we have last minute deals under $200. everyone needs to recharge their relaxation battery now and get some deals. >> your first one outdoors and adventure, oregon. >> this is in the high plains of central oregon. this is a brand-new resort taken over by this property, they do hospitality right. they are being hospitable offering 41% off on junior suites rate, plus their outdoor activities. i've done a lot of outdoor activities. this is a place with an outdoor paradise, 300 days of sun, tons

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we're just about to rent a car and drive to raleigh/durham. it looked like on the tail a piece was cracked out, almost like a piece of a tin can had just been torn up. it was kind of weird looking. >> both planes are out of commission while they get repaired. all of thepassengers got to their final destinations on other planes. >>> just two days before the 2012 games come to a close. the u.s. had plenty of chances to add to its medal lead over china. tracy potts has a look at today where the u.s. could bring home the gold. >> the u.s. women's relay team starts this afternoon's 4x400 meter final in first place and not feeling the pressure. >> what an exciting race. these young ladies, a pleasure to run with. >> half an hour later the men's shorter relay looked for team usa in lane seven. >> we trust each other, i trust these guys. we can stick around and turn it up a couple notches, we're ready to go. >> flower power could power alicia mon tanno to the medal stand and the hottest ticket in london. three americans take on britain's favorite. >>

we're going to republican in durham, north carolina. good morning.ler: good morning, i am very pleased that paul ryan was chosen. i hope this will change the conversation from things like birth control and all the things the democrats want to talk about and talk about the serious possibility that our country will be going over a financial cliff must produce something about it. -- unless we do something about it. i am disgusted with the number of democrats who want to say that he is going to gut social security. that is not what he is going to do. this plan is to save it. a democrat that came on here essentially has talked about what they want from the government rather than talking about what this country needs. i am pleased with this choice. host: here is a piece from cnn politics filed early this morning at 4:00. here is more biographical information from the paul ryan web page. los angeles, calif., democrats line, good morning. caller: now that the republicans have obama care to talk about, congressman ryan wants to put everybody on a voucher syst

again -- a lot of the key swing votes are suburban women outside of places like denver, raleigh, durham, philadelphia, those are the people mitt romney needs to connect with. and condoleezza rice may be able to help him. >> i don't know about derek you know, we talk about social media and the blogosphere, but in the past you say people talk about the nondiverse audience. main stream media are talking about placement of where they put someone -- a person -- a person of color even, american samoa or whatever. and then people are tweeting when they see a person of color. it's almost they make a joke out of it. finally i saw michelle malkin say republicans will do that at the dnc. and when they spot a taxpayer, they're going to tweet about it. >> reporter: i guess they will. look, the reality in the country is that our parties have become quite polarized racially as well as among many other dimensions. you've got in republicans a party that is almost entirely dependent on turnout and preferences of white voters. with democrats their key is minorities, women especially younger, single women

it will be 90 in raleigh durham and 90 in cleveland, ohio as well.tampa, where we are heading to the convention in a couple weeks, it will be 87. that's your fox travel cast. >> now to a potentially devastating collision averted at the dc national airport with just seconds to spare. we are live outs terminal at the reagan airport and we have more. >> well, talk about a close call. we had one plane that was landing, two planes that were taking off, and at the last second that plane that was landin turned, avoiding a midair collision. this information is coming from the washington post this morning. it happened tuesday around 2:00 in the afternoon and involved three us airways commuter jets. regional air-traffic control center in the area wanted to change the landing direction at the airport because of shifting winds. apparently that information did not reach everyone in the control tower at the airport. as two planes were taking off, another plane was cleared to land from the wrong direction. based on the speed of those planes they came within 12 seco

and we have lucilla ervin doctor durham, north carolina, 105. he likes to play jokes. onawa, iowa, 100 years old. a practical joker. he likes to play it on people younger. with him anybody is younger him. >> willard, thank you. still looking dapper. >>> up next, last minute labor day travel deals. first this is "today" on nbc. i'm barack obama and i approve this message now mitt romney's attacking the president on medicare? the nonpartisan a-a-r-p says obamacare "cracks down on medicare fraud, waste, and abuse and strengthens guaranteed benefits." and the ryan plan? a-a-r-p says it would undermine medicare and could lead to higher costs for seniors... and experts say ryan's voucher plan could raise future retirees costs more than six thousand dollars. get the facts. >>> back now at 8:37. this morning on today's travel, labor day deals. if you're looking for one last summer getaway, there's still a chance to book a deal. travel and leisure. you mean ittish it's not too late? labor day is this weekend? >> we have last minute deals under $200. ever

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