. >> reporter: the earthquakes are rattling the countryside in what's known as the fayetteville shale. just since 2005, more than 3,000 gas wells have been drilled here, bringing thousands of jobs and billions in revenue to a dirt poor place. but at what cost? >> it's continuing to produce more and more waste. >> reporter: josh fox is exploring a theory held by many residents that the tremors can be traced to how waste water is handled. >> you see that enormous pit of waste water there? >> reporter: right. >> that's waste water, coming up out of the well and this is what they are injekting back into the ground. >> reporter: the waste water, millions of gallons, is trucked to disposal sites like this. they inject the equivalent of a 30-acre lake, weighing 1 billion pounds, deep into the earth. but the gas companies insist, no scientific evidence links the injection womens to earthquakes. and that some quakes were recorded in the region before the wells were drilled. >> i never been so scared in my life. >> reporter: but nothing like this. >> it just rattled the foundation. >> reporter:

nearly 20 inches of rain has fallen in the last four days in springdale, arkansas, 14 inches in fayetteville and here in poplar bluff, missouri. and the misery's not over yet. more rain is forecast in coming days. >> reporter: this is don teague in vilonia, arkansas, where all across this town of 3,500 people, you'll find homes and businesses ripped apart, cars overturned and stunned residents thankful to be alive. >> my kids are here. >> reporter: richard bass had just finished dinner with his three children when he felt the air pressure change and knew it was time to take cover. he and his family made it into this specially reinforced closet just seconds before the tornado hit. >> i had them in this arm, and i put this foot on the wall and just pulled with everything i had. >> reporter: his home was destroyed but the family survived. still, tornadoes killed four in this town, including two who tried to ride out the storm in the detached trailer of a big rig truck. the governor of arkansas credits early warning with preventing even more loss of life here. residents on this street say they k

a caller's get to from fayetteville, arkansas. this is ellen. caller: my husband worked for the federal government and has always worked for the federal government. he was in the military and now he works for the v.a. system. they have told us absolutely nothing about what is going to happen. my husband is being told that he should just go to work and we're wondering when are -- what exactly we are going to get paid. we will have to pay for gas, they for our food, pay for the mortgage and no one is telling us about when we are going to get paid. i am very concerned about what is going on in this country. i love its values and principles, but what i do not love is this pitting people against each other. and the public employees that we send there to serve us, and this information -- if host: i want to jump in a liquid because i want to talk about your lack of communication. guest: ellen, are you still there? host: i hung up. guest: figure out what part of the veterans affairs your husband works for. if he works for the veteran telban lustration,

daniel in fayetteville, arkansas. bob woodbury, connecticut, gary -- i think you know gary in pennsylvania. jim in winnipeg, manitoba, brian in amityville, new york. rich in green bay, wisconsin, steven in rome, georgia. norville, thank you as always. it's a pleasure to have you in the shop not too long ago in lewisville and dave in brookfield we just got your book signed as well just before we got online here. we have many more books for harold to sign and many others that we're not speaking about here but we thank you all and appreciate you helping independent book dealers. there's so many things to go to and maybe in no particular order, i'm going to go into -- into lbj for a moment because you speak about his putting together during this period putting together his cabinet. i think there's a parallel with lbj who said, and you'll have to pardon me, this is a quote from the president, that why did he bring certain people who are not of his political persuasion into his cabinet? and you said, well, i'd rather have t

host: appreciate the call from fayetteville, north carolina. janet, republican line, colorado springs. caller: good morning, thank you. in the past i have been a republican because we on a small business but i don't understand what the republican party has become. the tea party people think they speak for the whole country but they don't. they don't even speak for all of the republicans. these riders, we can't let them go through. i am an older lady. i fought for years for women's rights and i cannot see where they can hold us hostage. my son in law goes to afghanistan in june, and they are worried about how they will make their payments. i hate being held hostage. and i don't care what everybody thinks -- or the way i talk -- i have been a republican but i am so frustrated with this tea party that i on going to vote democrat this next time. we need to get them out of there because they are going to destroy everything we work for for so many years and i am very upset and my heart goes out to the sport gal who called in. i thought they were goin

here the thoughts of representative anthony wiener, -- nexis fayetteville, n.c., felicia, independent line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i was trying to call earlier and now would have said something different. but i like the caller is previously. i am glad this is over for now. i hope that something can be done. i am a military spouse. i have a college student and two younger children with one income. i am just glad that it is over. i really hope that they can compromise and come to agreements, and i like to say thank you for having me on. host: were you nervous about the possible shutdown? caller: yes, i was. my husband is military. we were very concerned. my oldest is in unc-charlotte. and i sent her some money today. it was very concerned. i had them watching and i just thought you had the harry reid, had to change the channel. i do not think certain things -- we should not take care of as taxpayers including abortion. some things have no place, that should be your personal thing that you should do. and that is my opinion, but, hey, thank you very much. host: we are glad

i am calling from fayetteville, north carolina.ad a question i wanted to ask about -- most of the people you see talking this come on tv act as the this large debt just started when obama went into office. i think the people need to know that this debt has been rising for several presidential terms. it is not just something that came about in the last two years. host: as far as raising the debt ceiling? caller: taking care of the debt we already have in raising the debt ceiling -- we have to raise it, because it has been raised so many times before that -- that is why there is no money now. the spending has been going on for years. host: here is this, and from twitter. van buren, ark., republican line. caller: raising the debt limit is a horrible idea. this has gotten us nothing but trouble. cutting the spending by far is the best means of getting the debt under control. a couple of billion dollars, i do not think it will handle that. we could see really bad debt with inflation. the american people need to learn the mechanics of ou

host: from twitter -- fayetteville, ark., co-head, james on the democrat line. caller: how would like to call to a return for social utility on wall street. they are paid more money than nearly anyone in america. supposedly they know have allocate capital better than anyone else. but the recent mortgage crisis shows that they do not know how to do their job. they are -- this is regardless to glass-stegal. in the 1980's, it was the same problem. the invested money they should not have. we need of liquidation of these people on wall street. we need to take them, force them to be held accountable, and the only way is to stop bailing them out and let them fail. host: there is a profile of a doctor here to work in a hospital choosing not to open a private practice. it talks about how it plays into the overall role of health care and health care provision, an interesting story as you might read for yourself online or in the paper. long island, new york, the republican line. go-ahead. caller: it seems like we are all in a big mess and both parties -- listen. our politi

it is still very much a business decision host: julie, a democrat in fayetteville, n.c., you are nextller: i do not think many people would be upset if they do not know where they were at and they were not familiar with the area. i do not think they would be so upset if it saves their lives. it is protecting individuals that are using a throwaway phone, and say there are a terrorist, or protecting that arelis committing a crime. it is protecting people. we use it on our land line for 911 purposes. it is protecting individuals, why are we upset? we use the online alliance for years. -- land lines for years guest: it is a good point. there is a lot of benefit of the services. it is great if you are lost to be able to use the service to figure out where you are, but the question that needs to be asked this who else needs to know where you are? in other words, the gps needs to provide the customer the service, not somebody you do not know, possibly a stranger, and that contributes to the sensitivity of this information. host: a "the washington times" editorial this morning -- guest: this

now we have the pleasure of welcoming someone home, back to fayetteville.ygus is currently associate professor clinical science at jupiter she has her b.a. and m.a. from the department of clinical signs here, and then went to stanford to get a ph.d. she is the co-author of a book entitled the hard count, social and clinical challenges of the 2000 census. and co-author with todd shields, there he is again, of a book called wage issues in political campaigns. that book won the prize for the best book in political psychology a year it was published. from 2003-2009 she was the associate professor of government at harvard, and the founding director of their program, and survey research. sunshine, welcome home. >> thank you so much for giving me the excuse to come back to the university of arkansas. i should just point out although you can't see it i have a razorback necklace on. would be happy to entertain questions not only about the bush presidency, but also about ryan's draft prospects, if that's of more interest to the audience. has done has pointed out, my

i am calling from fayetteville, north carolina.ion i wanted to ask about -- most of the people you see talking this come on tv act as the this large debt just started when obama went into office. i think the people need to know that this debt has been rising for several presidential terms. it is not just something that came about in the last two years. host: as far as raising the debt ceiling? caller: taking care of the debt we already have in raising the debt ceiling -- we have to raise it, because it has been raised so many times before that -- that is why there is no money now. the spending has been going on for years. host: here is this, and from twitter. van buren, ark., republican line. caller: raising the debt limit is a horrible idea. this has gotten us nothing but trouble. cutting the spending by far is the best means of getting the debt under control. a couple of billion dollars, i do not think it will handle that. we could see really bad debt with inflation. the american people need to learn the mechanics of our money. d

louis is from fayetteville, arkansas. he's 106 years olds. eldest member of the local mall walkers. marysville, washington is 100. served on the election board for over 50 years. dosh jackson, sr. is 100 and enjoys gadgets and plays the violin at church on sunday. that's all. back to good old new york. >> i love willard. thank you very much. >> just ahead, ben stiller stops by studio 1a. hello, ben. first your local news and weather. >>> good morning to you. it is 8:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. president obama touches down in the bay area today, his first stop will be facebook headquarters for a town hall event. we're live in palo alto with how the president plans to leverage social media today. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. right now about six hours away until the president is expected here at facebook headquarters in time for a 1:45 town hall meeting. that will be streamed live on facebook. it's going to be an historic aol vent, the first time a sitting president uses the internet to host such an event. the the president evented more than 19 million facebook friends to

professional golfer, stacey lewis, of the woodlands, texas, and of late the university of arkansas at fayetteville. she won her first lpga golf tournament yesterday in california. the craft, nabisco championship, a major event on the lpga tour. mr. speaker, my purpose today is not necessarily to bring attention to a sporting achievement, but rather to acknong the hardship in this young lady's life that makes this accomplishment incredible. mr. womack: she suffered from scleosis as a child and spent her teen years in a back brace. only because of her drive and determination did she reach the pinnacle of women's professional sports. add to that she dominated the field the very week her grandfather passed away. i'm proud of stacey lewis, i admire her grit. literally and figuratively. she has a spine of steel. i join her parents and the razorback nation in saluting her for what we all hope is the first of many championship trophies. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? mr. cohen: to address the house for a stretch of one minute. mr

let's go to andre in fayetteville, north carolina. andre, one of our c span viewers. welcome to the exchange from iowa public radio. >> hello. i appreciate you giving me time. a few comments this afternoon. i don't think mike huckabee will run for president in 2012. i think he is doing great with his talk show on the other network, an and the republican field seems weak. i know it's early and the primary is a month away but it just seems very weak to me when a guy like donald trump, a businessman can do so well in the polls and so is michelle bachmann -- this is just my opinion -- is so far to the right is can do so well in the polls. it just seems split at this point. >> donald trump and michele bachmann are they indicators with their views that that is a weak republican field or not? >> it depends on what you mean by weak. some people think weak in the sense that there is nobody that strong candidate. i would look at it a little bit differently at this point in that it is weak in the sense that we don't have a strong frontrunner, that four years ago, and particularl