i'm edie hill. in today for brooke baldwin at the kennedy space center in florida and a very busy day of news, but first straight to brooke, and we're hearing about some possible lightning strikes there. that's got to be of concern there, what's happening? >> reporter: it is most definitely a concern, edie. hello to you, and hello to everyone. look, this is not exactly what we call picture perfect conditions here at kennedy space center. i don't know if you can tell the rain has been pouring behind me sideways. in terms of that possible lightning strike, here's what we know. according to the space shuttle launch team, they are evaluating a possible lightning strike, perhaps as close as a third of a mile away from that site. you're looking at. that is launchpad 39a. so they have to look into that to see if possibly the launchpad was affect. if it was, obviously that would affect the launch time. thus far, it is still a go tomorrow morning, 11:26 a.m., but this is a huge, huge story, as everyone knows

i'm edie hill at cnn headquarters in atlanta. it's t-minus 21 hours and counting down until the last shuttle launch, weather permitting. right now nasa is evaluating whether a possible lightning strike near the launchpad could cause problems to the shuttle or any of its ground equipment. nasty storm is drenching this area today, and that's also hampering the efforts to check for damage. brooke baldwin is at the kennedy space center for that final launch. how exciting that you get to be there. set the scene for us. >> i'll tell you what, edie hill. this is a dream assignment for me. people who watch the show, they know i went to space camp 20 years ago. i always wanted to be an astronaut, to be covering the 135th launch of a space shuttle is just really a dream come true. so many stories to tell down here between the 1 million spectators, you heard me right, 1 million people. the space coast tourism bureau anticipating coming down to attend this launch. the crew of four going up in "atlantis." the weather, as you mentioned and the

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i'm edie hill, the news starts now. murder in the courtroom. desk. the accused shooter, his classmate. >> the real issue is why did he do it? now his trial begins. the gloves are off in the fight over whether to raise america's credit card limit. . >> that's, in fact, what drives them nuts about washington. >> but as the clock ticks, one senator is so fed up, he's making a big threat. republican rand paul joins me live. plus -- >> atlantis begins. >> -- the countdown is on, but the shuttle's final launch may be in jeopardy. and a monster dust cloud wreaks havoc in a major american city. we'll take you inside. >> welcome. i'm edie hill. >> we start this hur with a disturbing new warning on potential terror attacks. what is this new threat against us? >> renewed interest among terrorists in a very chilling tackic. surgically implanting explosives or bomb components in the body of attackers. this could be used to strike commercial aircraft possibly in individual assassination attempts. the official we spoke to says there's fresh intelligence, but

in a statement tonight, they believe ethanol law was broken, no criminal was used edie story was published giving both sides of the hearing. he attacked the way it reported that his youngest son was suffering from cystic fibrosis. the revelation was not legitimate. they left him -- >> in tears. that is done something to be broadcast across the media. sarah and i were upset about his long-term future. >> the story originated from a member whose family also experienced cystic fibrosis. above all, mr. brown accused of news international of having an agenda against him. that one is the bbc and the media regulator off of the reforms. >> all of these papers will be there for people to see. that will show that we stood up to news international. we refused to support the commercial ambitions when we thought they were against the public interest. >> mr. brown has now widened the attack of newspapers within the group. that is being brought home by labour's current leader. they are calling for rupert murdoch to withdraw his bid. they will have the option to say knows to news corp.. if they agreed to

. >> edie falco who won last year for nurse jackie got a nod again.tina fey and amy polar. nominees for best lead actor in a comedy series include steve carell the office alec baldwin and jim parsons. >>> and in the big category best dramas the good wife, here on cbs and four others. >>> we'll be right back. ,, ,, it's really delicious, mom. it's not too well done? nope. but it is a job well done. what are you reading, sweetie? her diary. when you're done, i'd love some feedback. sure. your mom and i read that thing cover-to-cover. loved it. thanks. would you mind if i cut the lawn this weekend? only if you let me talk to your mother on the phone for hours on end. done. [ male announcer ] u-verse brings peace to the family. at&t u-verse lets you record four shows at once from any room and play them back on any tv. get u-verse tv for only $29 a month for 6 months. in the network, everyone can get along. man: everybody knows you should save for retirement, but what happens when you're about to retire? woman: how do you go from saving to spending? fideli

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with the help of teammates like edie falco and bernie williams, we staged an impressive comeback from3. more than $30,000 was raised for cystic fibrosis foundation. so it was a win-win all around. i have to thank the yankees for including me in that special game played from yankee stadium. thank you so much for joining us. we'll have a special show, crunching the numbers of the favorite summer tradition, the summer barbecue. each week keep it right here, where wall street meets main street. have a great weekend, everybody. happy fourth of july. i'll see you next weekend.

by 11:00 p.m., we will have some edie's moving into the mix, a mixture of 70's and 80's, 90's and the red. by 9:00 p.m. a mixture of '60s and '70s. here are your highs for today. >> your seventh day of brings us considerably different weather. it looks like we will cool off to a low 80s inland, upper 60s around the bay and low sixties for the coast. >> it is a pretty cool drive right now, we are not tracking any hot spots, major incidents or unusual delays for your commute. the usual delays on 580 and highway 4, perhaps a lot lighter than usual. here is the bay bridge westbound, like traffic. there are no metering lights activated. for the san mateo bridge, and reconditions, much lighter than usual for the westbound side, that is the right side of your screen. for your commute to the golden gate bridge we have been tracking a lot of fog for the golden gate bridge. that is the extent of the things that you'll have to deal with. there are no delays on 101, the drive time is under 26 minutes out of the bottle from high with 37 down to the toll plaza. on the james lick camera, it is not b

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. >> she played a mob wife on the sopranos, actress edie falco is 48. series law & order criminal intent just ended. she's a member of lady antebellum, haywood is 29. oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are those great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a superhero? ♪ kinda. [ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize of all. ♪ >>> good morning and welcome back to 9news now. 5:46 on this tuesday morning. it is a little bit more bearable. out last night watching fireworks, people were still talking about the storms that devastated parts of arlington and alexandria. >> also loudoun county, viewer sent me some pictures. had about 20 trees knocked down. big trees. sunday afternoon and sunday evening. >> more storms today? >> isolated chance. i don't think today's storms will bother that many people but then the storm threat will be a little bit more to

edy when he said the lack of action discloses a remarkable state of affairs at news international?no. >> mr. murdoch, a judge found a chief reporter guilty of blackmail. it was widely reported. he says it was a remarkable -- >> why didn't he put him in jail? >> because it was a civil case. were you aware that news international commissioned an investigation into news international e-mails by lewis? >> was i -- >> aware that news international commissioned an investigation into news international e-mails by the solicitor's firm? >> yes. i didn't appoint them but i was told of it happening. >> you claimed in the "wall street journal" that they had made a major mistake. can i ask what mistake you were referring to? >> i think maybe that's a question, again, for james, but there was certainly -- when we examined it -- reexamined that, we found things which we immediately went to counsel with to get advice on how to present it to the police. >> in their written response to this committee's questions, are you aware that news international stated that both john chapman and daniel cloak re

last august you wrote an op edy" ad and the headline was,eres w "welcome to the recovery." >> that was not our headline. it was the "new york times"'stoe headline. >> let's put it up on the you d screen, if we can.on what you did say is "we are on a path back to growth." and those were your words. do you stand by that?>> cis: >> absolutely. is at that point when i wrote. that op-ed it grew 3%. m >> were you talking about that%. week? wk? >> no, it was absolutely r right. y >> let's look cash cash if i les may, sir, let's look at the record. the nat since president obama took lost athe natio net of 2.5 million jobs and j the unem play meant has gone to 9.2% and the nation gained 8 -- 18,000 jobs in june. and goldman sachs says by the end of 2012, the unemployment a rate will be 8 and three quarters percent. the question, that's your idea of the path to growth? a >> chris, the american economy is suffering undeniably from the tragic after affects of aft- the crisis this president inherited, but we are growing. it is faster and more than the last two recoveries. las things are healing. it

speaker, i brought back the picture of edy and stephanie. their father and lieutenant colonel palmer, died, and that continues to haunt me. and the way they died continues to haunt me. that's the reason i wanted to bring this picture down here again. they were given the task to train afghans to be policemen. the two were shot and murdered by one of the trainees. what really haunts me is the email sergeant baldwin sent to his wife the day before he was shot and killed. i quote the email, i don't trust them. i don't trust them. for anything. not for anything at all. why in the world do we continue to send our young men and women overseas to get theirselves blown up, shot, and murdered by people they are trying to train? these little girls are standing at their daddy's funeral at arlington cemetery. mr. speaker, that brings me to the last email i received from a retired general, marine general. i called him about 20 months ago and i said, i made a mistake on iraq. i don't want to make one on afghanistan. will you advise me. he said, yes, i will

." >>> nominees for lead actress in a comedy series are -- edie falco, "nurse jackie," tina fey, "30leblanc "episodes," and jim parsons, "the big bang theory." >> let's complete the announcements by bringing back john schaffner to announce the final category. >> hello again. the nominations in the comedy series category are -- "the big bang theory," "glee," "modern family," "the office," "parks and recreation," and "30 rock." melissa, the academy congratulates you on your nomination. and, joshua, thank you so much again for helping us with this. >> my pleasure. >> there is a complete list of all the emmy nominees on our website at emmys.com. please tune in to the fox network on sunday, september 18th, for the live telecast of the 63rd primetime emmys, finding out who is going to take home the emmy. have a great day, everybody. [ applause ] >> wow, very exciting. and the emmys, of course, hosted by jayne lynch. and right now, chris connelly joins us from hollywood. chris, biggest surprise for you? >> well, i think the melissa mccarthy nomination for lead actress in a comedy series was

. >> the nomnys for lead actress in a comedy series are edie falco, nurse jackie.ura linney, melissa mccarthy, mike and molly. >> oh, my gosh. >> martha plimpton, raising hope. and amy poehler, parks and recreation. >> okay. keep it together. the nomnys for lead actor in a comedy series are alec baldwin, 30 rock. lieu advice c.k., steve carell, johnny good laekky, the big bang theory, matt la blanc, and jim parsonss. >> in melissa, let's complete the announcements by bringing back john to announce the final category. >> hello again. the nominations in the comedy series category are the big bang theory, glee, modern family, the office, parks and recreation, and 30 rock. melissa, the academy con grat lates you on your nomination and josh washing thank you so much again for helping us with this. >> my pleasure. >> there's a complete list of all the emmy nominees 00 our website at emmys.com. please tune into the fox network on sunday, september 18th, for the live telecast of the 63rd prime time emmys finding out who will take home the emmy. have a great day, everybody.