that's when flint had 80,000 g.m. jobs. today it's 7,500. and when the jobs left, so did the people, leaving this once-proud neighborhood to rot. >> god hoodlums, got crackheads, you got a little bit of everything. >> reporter: alexis helped her mother make these signs to run the riffraff off the block, but the signs alone can't stop the flames that scare her at night when drug gangs set the abandoned homes on fire. >> in the brown house down the street, it was in flames higher than the house next door to us. someone torched it. >> reporter: genesee county treasure dan kildee has a radical idea to make life better for the children of flint. bulldozing 6,000 empty homes and turning those lots into places where they can play. >> it's hard. but i don't see an alternative. and i think the people that we ought to think about are the folks who live on this street who are really trying. >> reporter: whether flint shrunks or grows, the future here will be shaped even more significantly by the kinds of jobs the next generation is qualified for. and t

host: we have taken a camera to flint, michigan. we will show you some of that as we listen to our next telephone call from new york. you are on the air. caller: how were you doing? i was wondering -- with the amount of money that we have spent to bail general motors out and other money that we spent and we have not seen any return on it, can you give us a realistic view of how they are going to bring general motors back and how they are going to pay us back this money? i am talking about numbers. could he give us some numbers? i'm very skeptical that we will ever see that money. hostguest: the administration pt together the general motors package. they talked to a wide range of industry people, a wide range of experts. they went through multiple different scenarios and assumptions about sales and market share and a variety of things like that. they became convinced that there is a reasonable chance that this was going to succeed. by the definition of success, there is an ongoing and a viable entity it could pay the investment that

host: our next telephone call comes from flint, michigan. caller: i have been a lifelong resident of the flint, michigan area. i'm calling in defense of our city. we have a wonderful city. we have fallen on hard times. all of my family were factory workers and union members. this country seems to want to trash the unions. we make good money, yes. we spend it. we always thought a new car. we put our kids through college. we saved money. when we went on vacation, we spend money here and in other places. i do not know how they think that people are going to live like that on $10 an hour. the whole thing is in the name of greed. the cars come back and the foreign cars do not sell any cheaper than ours do. their insurance is paid by their country. we are still alive here. we are trying hard to keep our heads above water. i am so tired of people bashing autoworkers. we put 45 years in there when other people did not want to spend their time standing in a hot, sweaty place in the summer. i'm just tired of people bashing the unions and bashing the c

. >> reporter: a 47-year-old man died in this flint, michigan in april. the first firefighters onscene attempted a rescue, but because of recent cutbacks didn't immediately is a pumper truck to douse the flames. >> if weed that water, potentially we could have made it up the stairs on the first trip. >> reporter: last month in alameda, california a firefighter was injured by cutbacks slowed the response. officials in flint and alameda dispute that budget decisions had a significant impact on the tragic events be. the firefighters unions maintains all across the country they're playing russian roulette by cutting service. >> we're seeing firefighters furloughed, taking cuts in pay, cuts in benefits, stations are being closed, stations are being browned out. >> reporter: if there atlanta, georgia this firehouse is one of five that have been shutterrd. the firefighters union says the city has half the fire personnel it should. >> on any given day, we'll only have 140 firefighters on duty in the city of atlanta to protect the city with day-time population wit

host: looking at pictures of flint, michigan. mr. montgomery. guest: that is simply not true. their productivity rates match those we find in other countries. if you look at recent analysis of the auto firms, when they are competitive as the transplants and the united states. clearly the auto workers made significant concessions to keep general motors and business, and they took lower wages and date of health care. they gave up a variety of different benefits. they sacrifice a lot for the sake of this company. they are constructive part of taking a step forward for the future. host:this is cora, when a general motors retiree. -- a general motors retiress. e. caller: one of the things that was prevented it was the help and care. i was concerned about how they will help us in that respect. guest: it is very clear that the auto workers made significant sacrifices, and the retirees and made significant sacrifices as you just laid out. the loss of health care are significant concessions. bondholders

panhandle of west virginia and western maryland, west of hagerstown winchester, another downpour, flint hill, another downpour. otherwise, we have light rain on the backside of the shield here. let's get a wider view. this complex started around 6:00 a.m. in southwestern virginia. there is widespread coverage as it spreads to the northeast. the further it moves north, the more it is to spark a little bit to the east as well. wjla.coathere is even potentiala tornado. the doppler radar indicated a tornado just east of the danville, virginia. you see that on our strong stand? -- on our storm that stand? that is the rotation been detected within the storm system. there is no active tornado warning, but it shows signs of a little bit of rotation. what we're good to watch it later on today -- we aren't going to look to the backside of ohio and pennsylvania, where we will see more development today. some of this development could migrate our way and possibly become severe. the severe thunderstorm watch in effect for nearly the entire region. the ingredients are there. potential exists for seve

in flint hill, virginia, 9 news now and wusa9.com. >>> bob dennis says he has a permit from game andland fisheries to shoot the bear but he hopes he never has to do that. >>> all right. so thieves break in to cars all the time but they usually don't leave notes behind. one thief in fargo, north dakota did just that. after taking cash and credit cards from a vehicle recently he left a little note for the car's owner. >> the note was placed about -- neatly over top of the cds so i was able to notice it right away. using a piece of paper that was clipped right here and a pen that sits on the console. >> and the no te complimented him on his cd collection which he left behind and he also urged him to lock his car the next time. >> oh, my goodness. >>> could the name you give your child land them in jail in the future? a recent study in pennsylvania claims the more unpopular or strange or feminine a boy's first name is the gritter the chance he could end up behind bars and goes as far as to identify the top ten bad boy names. here they are in alphabetical order. so new parents you have be

cities like colorado springs, colorado and flint, michigan, and others. >> we saw your redbank, new jersey fireworks. >> talk to you about on the show including the latest in the michael jackson case. a court hearing set for tomorrow. >> if you think it's just about money, think again. she says she has a more important reason. >> a lot of americans were celebrating 4th of july last night. with a 20-year-old woman. his friend, many say his girlfriend, steve mcnair is a married map but at 36 years years old he is gone. they found a pistol near this 20-year-old woman in the apartment that steve mcnair had rented. this is a mysterious case. we don't know what happened and the wife is not believed to be involved yet. >> you know, it's serious because we don't know if it was a murder, a murder suicide. tennessee and nashville all over this story. apparently shot multiple times in the head sitting in this house which is a rented home there in nashville. >> he rented it with his brother and the woman who was also shot in the head, her name is kisemmi. two days early he was in the car with her. one

the of the storms to the southwest, flint hill. to the weatherbug, the numbers outside, 60's damascus, 69 degrees warrenton, woodbridge 68, 71 in the district. the temperatures have cooled off for the have seen the rain, clear springs 61. they picked up 1 inch of rain. to the map, the official numbers, 85 and 74. the heat down and the south continues. 88 dallas, 90 degrees phoenix. we will be on the cooler side of the system the next couple days as the energy moves to the east, the wind shifts tomorrow, still probably in the mid 80's. sunday, i am thinking low 80's, very comfortable. it looks like a pattern of cool, dry air moving into town, and that will set the stage for a nice weekend. 86 until tomorrow and pleasant. the upper 70's at the jersey shore, 85 on the outer banks. the water temperature in the low seventies. a hit or miss the thunderstorm cannot be ruled out because of the pattern. the moisture tonight will hang off the coast. foss, comfortable, sunny, and pleasant. next week, a couple storm chances, but nothing a typi

now you can run into her at the cheesecake factory at white flint mall. kate gosselin is moving to maryland. the mom in the troubled reality show "jon and kate plus 8" bought a condo in rockville near her bodyguard. the kids will stay at the family home in pennsylvania when jon has the kids. >>> you might be able to get your swine flu shot soon. >> who is first in line for the supplies if they are running low? >>> >>> a new indictment handed up against baltimore mayor sheila dixon. i'm cheryl conner live at city hall. more why these charges bring the case back to square one. two medium cappuccinos, you're ready for the mid-morning rush thanks to a good breakfast. one coffee with room, one large mocha latte. medium macchiato, light hot chocolate hold the whip, and two espressos. make one a double. she's fiber focused! i have two cappuccinos, one coffee with room, one large mocha latte, a medium macchiato, a light hot chocolate, hold the whip, and two espressos, one with a double shot. gonna take more than coffee to stay this focused. stay full and focused

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." >>> closer to home in flint hill, virginia a man woke up this morning to a bear inside of his houseb dennis says he was barely awake when he got up because his dog was barking. he went in the kitchen and he saw the bear was eating cat food on the counter. he believes the young black bear was hungry and climbed through a doggy door and a window to get inside of dennis ' house. >> what i did is get out of his way. and yelled at him. he didn't like that. he got out the window and got out on the porch and he couldn't get out the porch door the way he came in so he to out the screen. >> reporter: dennis says he bear was not trying to attack him when the bear left claw marks and clothes shredded. he believes the bear was trying to get past him to get out of the house. >>> history was made this afternoon when the crew from "endeavor" and the crew from the international space station met in space. it was the first time 13 astronauts were in orbit at one time. thank you for showing up. earlier, shuttle commander mark -- guided the craft through a back flip so that station astronauts could ta

early in the morning hours, parts of the 75 corridor from detroit and flint to louisville.ater on, we could see more of the storms begin to focus in parts of say the rest of ohio, into west virginia and maybe even into kentucky before all is said and done. on the other side of the frontal boundary, we could see big storms develop in parts of montana before the day is out. possibly large hail with those storms. as we make our way to the southern plains, big story not in terms of rainfall but plenty of heat, especially in parts of texas. look at high temperatures for dallas. going up to 101. same deal farther south into austin. cincinna san antonio could get triple digits. 104 in phoenix. 64 in san francisco. washington, d.c. and new york mainly into the 80s and 90s. boston with ambassad84. tampa with 91. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. approximate. >>> reality tv may have a bunch of new stars in the making. the so-called octomom has a contract for a tv show. it's going to pay off for her kids, each one of them. >>> the mother of octuplets has signed a contract to star in a realit

. >> it happened in the middle of the night inside his kitchen in a flint hill, virginia. courtney robinson spoke with the man. >> i knew it was a bear and i knew i was going to get him out here. >> bob dennissaid seeing the bear is no big deal on his farm. he has seen them before. early last friday morning, a black bear made it inside, into his kitchen, for a late-night snack. >> dried cat food is all he got. >> the bair got in through a window that his wife left open for his cat. his dog was barking and there was the bear. >> he was trying to get out. i was in his way. >> dennis does not remember much of what happened next. when he came to, he saw his jamas were shredded, his leg bleeding, and claw marks on his chest. >> i think if he was after me, i would not be talking to you now. about the bair tried to go through the screen door and try to get out, but cannot get out. tennis is concerned he will try to come back, and next time he will be prepared. >> i am trying to get a permit to shoot a bear at of season, and if it comes in my house, i might shoot it. i do not want

caller: my first time calling, and i'm calling from flint. my question is the fact that flint is probably the highest unemployment rate in the whole country, along with the state of michigan. i own a small business and i'm a disabled vet ran also. and so i have a right to make sure that the people who have an obligation, to make sure that the people who i am hiring are legal and that i'm not hiring anyone who was illegally in this country. and i don't understand, if someone is here illegally, they have no rights. if i go to canada ile legally, to mexico illegally and try to work somewhere, then if i don't get a job then i don't have any right to go to that country and say you're wrong for not giving me a job because i'm here illegally and i should be working. guest: i would say that we don't support the hiring of illegal workers. that's not what we're about. what we're about is having a system that people can go through to work legally versus go around. and right now our system's broken and there's no way for people to come here and work lega

see a cell moving down toward flint and over toward sabill asville. coming down toward the corridor to frederick. carroll county and northern baltimore county. again, another strong cell. that is what we're dealing with. they've all popped up. very concentrated. and as a result, there is a severe thunderstorm warning in effect for carol -- i'm sorry, for hagerstown, washington county and frederick county, until 6:45. we'll continue to keep you posted. this is one of those storms that could generate a severe thunderstorm warning as it moves on across the state as of right now. concentrated within those two counties. so we'll keep you posted. as of right now, we've coming down from a daytime high of 85 degrees. 88, the average high from this date. didn't quite make it to 97. temperatures are ranging from about 74 to 82 in ocean city. around the immediate metro area, we're seeing 79 in westminster. 82 in columbia. 82 on kent island. 80 in bel air. >>> winds from the southwest bringing us warmer air. that's going to be with us right on through until tomor

it joints the flint stones who were tomin -- nominated in 1931. and house is among the nominees for best drama. and you can see the nominees online at myfoxdc.com and look for the link on our home page. and i have to admit, have never seen an episode of 30 rock. >> oh, it's funny. >> it had 22 nominations. >> is that julie wright making some of the announcements there. that's a good call. and in one box, it was metro traffic. >> that's funny. >>> all right. thanks so much, holly. >> it's time for the water cooler. and this is a sad story. kate jackson, one of charlie's angels, beautiful right there, we all know her, she was the brainy one. >> yeah. she was. >> and that does not look like her. she looks like she changed her appearance. >> she looks like she had i mething tightened up there. t don'remember her eyes being that slanted. >> holly is right out there with that. >> i like the julie chan look. >> so kind of sad news about her. s doe are reports -- this tabloid thursday, this comes from the star, but it's kind of ringing true, it sounds lik

michael flint has the story. >> i welcome this. >> reporter: marion barry reacting to news that the city will conduct an independent investigation between the contract between him and his ex-girlfriend. she's wearing pink in this file video with barry. vincent gray announced the probe. >> i believe the an independent review is the logical first step. >> i cooperate fully. i know what's going to happen. there's no question about the propriety of this contract. >> news 4 was first to obtain barry's arrest report in july 4. the former mayor was driving erradicly. on the wrong side of the road when park police pulled him over in ancosa park. she said barry was harassing her and continuing to threaten he would use his powers of influence to have her ex-husband arrested. they dropped the stalking on thursday. >> barry defended himself against the announcement, david qahtaniya walked out saying he had enough. >> there's noallyg behind marion. when he stepped forward at that press conference and attempted to portray himself as a victim, it's more than many of us could take. >> you look at the do

. >> reporter: a 47-year-old man died in this flint, michigan fire in april. first firefighters on scene attempted a rescue but because of recent cutbacks, didn't immediately have a pumper truck to douse the flames. >> if we had the water, potentially we could have made it up the stairs on the first trip. >> reporter: last month in alameda, california, a firefighter was injured, colleagues say, because cutbacks slowed the response. officials in both flint and alameda dispute that budget decisions had a significant impact on these tragic events, but the firefighters union maintains the communities all across the country are playing russian roulette by cutting fire services. >> we're seeing firefighters furloughed, laid off, taken cuts in pay, cuts in benefits, stations are being closed, stations are being browned out. >> reporter: in atlanta, georgia, this fire house is one of five that have been shuttered. the firefighters union says the city has half the fire personnel it should. >> on any given day, we'll only have 140 firefighters on duty in the city of atl

. >> general flint stone. he will kill anybody. that doesn't count. >> i will march to hound you >> the problem is civilians want to go to war. you don't want to be there unless you absolutely have to. it's like france. >> charlie: i'm pleased to have armando iannucci here for the first time. welcome. >> pleasure to be here. >> charlie: this is politics suggesting that young 23 year olds play a larger than life role and dictate in many ways the way the world works. >> yes, yes. in the film, you see that a lot of them, the state department functions off the energy of 22 and 23 year olds and that's, as i was, as we were writing the film, i spent sometime during research. i met a 22-year-old who is sent out to baghdad to help draw up the constitution. there was a 24-year-old who came up with a paper on america's funding of central america and his boss was busy, his boss' boss was busy so he was put in charge of central america. >> charlie: what else should we come away from in this film. >> well, we should come away with, i think an u

larry the legend flint is here exclusive as cnbc gets ready to debut a brand-new documentary, porn, the business of pleasure. bill gates changed the world, now, he wants to change the weather. we have a big show tonight. it all starts right now. this is "cnbc reports" on wednesday, july the 15th. >> good evening, i'm dennis kneale, nice rally today, can i get a hallelujah? i have been telling you for three weeks now, this recession is over. the balance of fear,ien and yang of the market is beginning to level off. that follows a painful year, in which fear, like a fat ban in a bathtub overwhelmed all else. now, a new fear may emerge, the fear of getting left out. let's look at it in the real deal with dennis kneale. the dow is now up 6% in three days. that is extraordinary. tech led this nice 3% lift in stocks today, about time. nasdaq rising 115 points in six days, the best six day run since last october. one key factor in this nice spurt, maybe earnings won't be so bad after all.. i predicted this days ago, alcoa reported earnings were less bleak than expected. the big question arises

blue ridge with a bit of lift out there, once again, rappahannock county, up into chester gap and flint hill and up to front royal and look -- far western maryland, upper -- around pittsburgh. there is the cool rains now to the west of pittsburgh. so many spots have gotten some rain. notclarksburg. parts of montgomery county. boy, it is getting dry. the other hand, st. mary's city, st. mary's county, well over an inch of rain and fredericksburg, too, spots not in the really almost desperately dry shape we are here in washington. 89 there. here in washington, 65 in cincinnati. we have a bit of humidity, too. couple of things happening in the atmosphere. one, there is a little weak weather front. that will be getting close to -- last. there's little bit of storminess off the coast. i'm afraid that will be taking much of the moistur and tomorrow, just a chance of getting some needed showers o thundershowers but once again, primarily more to the west of washington. for the remainder of the evening, we have the isolated hit and miss variety showers. out to our west primarily. temperatures st

bob dennis says a black bear made his way into his flint hill kitchen for a late-night snack.lesed by cat food, the bear entered through an open window. his dog alerted him to a problem and he wound up face to face with the bear. he says he doesn't remember much, but has cuts to his legs and his chest. a food fight of sorts is underway in montgomery county. some fruit and vegetable stands along river road may be forced to close. it has owners and customers ripe with anger. >> julie brown has shopped at her local fruit stand longer than her daughter has been alive. >> i think it's really important. i don't want the day to come where i have to shop in a grocery store. >> from bethesda to potomac, these stands are as popular as ever, not just because they sell fresh food, but because they support local farmers at a time when the state needs all the help it can get. >> with the economy like it is, we don't need to be out of work. we need jobs. and this creates jobs. >> but now the state is cracking down. it says several stands are too close to the road and potentially dangerous to

if you have any friends up around flint and saginaw, this is the coolest july on record. and maybe one of the coolest summers on record, too. as far as to the south, we showed you what happened there in port orange just south of daytona beach. we also have a lot of storms heading from pensacola to panama city. those are going to move to apalachicola. the beautiful beaches in north florida, a lot of lightning and rain throughout your morning. the rest of the forecast, relatively quiet. hot and dry, in fact, the drought continues. we're also watching the heat building in the west. and the one thing i liked about my job is even when there's no weather, it's interesting. we've not had a tropical named system yet. we're at the end of july. >> you're right! . >> we still haven't had our "a" named storm. going back to look at all the records and only three times in the last 20 years has it taken us this long to get our "a" named storm. one of those, 1992, hurricane andrew. just because we haven't had one doesn't mean -- >> you know what nick just said, he just jinxed it. >> i kn

stories on a very upbeat and happy no, saying now they are living in milwaukee or now they are living in flint, and they have jobs and they are eating well and like is that wonderful for them. and come in some cases i was able in the archives to find a press release is written by the to his social service agencies and say that they were printed verbatim in the local newspaper, so you see in a sense a direct connection between the jewish communal organization wanting that story out there in the newspapers picking up on it. yes, robert. you have to stand up. >> i am just curious, were there celebrities or others, who publicly identified with events or activities? >> absolutely, you tipped off to a very important ones, eddie cantor, so be tucker, all of them were out raising money. and, like using their not in considerable fame to protest over policies that they found, in terms of when jews were still in db camps to protest. eddie cantor at one point to got a full ad in the new york times when an american general, who had some oversight on the displaced persons camps in germany, made what sounded

pick city of the day happens to be flint, michigan. nbc 25. scattered afternoon thunderstorms.as we take a look at the weekend, sizzling out west. we'v'v >> we are going to reach a high of about 84 degrees. slight chance of showers and storms this afternoon. variably cloudy for the most part. and as sky conditions, but it will be hazy, hot, and humid. that's your layest weather. you still feeling that urge, meredith? >> you stop it, al. i'm here with ashley who is a fan of katy perry. like everybody else here. take us to break. >> still to come, secrets for the health of your skin. up next, suze orman on where you should be stashing your savings. first we add the baking soda, then we put the vinegar. scientific explorations in the kitchen? bring it. it started bubbling. new bounty is thick and absorbent. it cleans the mess with less. then you know what, daddy? it exploded! pssshhh! it hit the ceiling! in lab tests, bounty absorbs twice as much... as the bargain brand. and it's more durable it was really cool. why use more when you can use less? new bounty. the thick quicker pic

. >> that was the flint, michigan, fire department, hosing me dn on the tarmac. of the rare moments i was on the ground, the cleanest i was all month. >> you're afraid of flying, by the way. >> i was afraid of flying. one third of all americans are afraid. and airtran let me live on an airplane. i slept there. had to wash myself every morning with baby wipes. i stayed on for an entire month. >> that sounds look a lot of fun. >> yeah. >> were there particular days there were more flights and less flights? what was the worst experience? >> i did about four flights up to 12 flights a day. 14 hours a day of flying. i got used to it. i got over my fear very quickly. and the thing that was the hardest was having to sleep on the plane alone at night, which was kind of odd and -- >> i saw you trying to get into the overhead bin there. must be a comfortable experience. >> it is like living in a japanese hotel. it worked for me. but the -- >> a hyperbaric chamber of some sort. >> it was. the thing that got me through it, my wife christine and the airtran people. they have

. >> the buick open near flint michigan. tiger loves it here.he's played now nine times and never finished lower than 11th. he's won it twice. he hasn't played here in three years. how well did he start in birdie, birdie, eagle, birdie, birdie, par, birdie. that's pretty good. that's how you get a 63. i said 66. he carded a 63 today. up next on espnews, much more on the shocker from baseball's trade deadline. jake peavy to the white sox? >> espnews brought to you by budweiser. reach for the perfect combination of flavor and refreshment. budweiser, the great american ♪ ah, that hits the spot. it's drinkability. it means bud light is good where ever you are. if you're at a party. or, playing golf. like those guys. or, in a bar. [ old timey western bar music ] draw another door. don't say draw. never filling, always refreshing. bud light. the difference is drinkability. seven aces. test >> steve bunin back with mark morgan on espnews. there were a fleury of deals on the trade deadline. jared washburn earlier in the afternoon from sat toll detroit.

past has held the rights and privileges of everything from neo-fascist, nazi party, and even larry flintyet, i heard that she had denied a bridge, completely shut down the case concerning the school system here in connecticut. being very familiar with that case, i think this is a point of great concern. host: here is a message from twitter. center than 2 gram, a republican from south carolina sits on that committee. here is part of his opening statement. >> unless you have a complete meltdown you will get confirmed. [laughter] and i do not think you will, but the drama being treated here is interesting. my republican colleagues who vote against you, i assure you could vote for is manifor a hisc nominee, but they feel unnerved by your speeches, some things you have said, and some of your cases. having said that, i do not know what i will do yet, but i do know that you as an advocate for the puerto rican defense fund, that you took on some cases that i would have loved to have been on the other side. that your organization advocated taxpayer-funded abortion and said in a brief that to deny

flint, michigan hasn't had a new school in 30 years. but they are also in trouble. out how to build a new school or fix your school when you're just trying to fill the hole. so, look, we're going be unraveling this money for years. we have never spent this money so quickly. so we're all -- we'll all be very busy on this. >> meanwhile, time for romans numeral. this is a number we bring you every day on the program that's driving the story about your money today. what is your new numeral this hour? >> 2.3 million. 2,300,000. this is about the job. are we seeing a job. 2.3 million is the number of jobs lost since the day it was passed. the white house will tell you the pace is slowing. since they passed it, that's the number lost. the administration said we saved 150,000 jobs. we're on track to save 750,000 jobs. that puts in perspective how many jobs have been lost. how do they know? how do they know? it's a formula. it's a formula that says every $92,000 goes out the door in stimulus spending, it's the jobs created. it's a formula, not an exact. >> is there a delay i

host: flint, mich., david. caller: good morning, c-span. i am a very happy for the latinos in the country because they finally have a representative that can speak their part. i am happy that the president chose her. i think we need a mixture on the court. i think it will help our country and help get an understanding of other people's views. i know getting our president elected, it made me feel so much more prouder to be an american. i know how they must feel. i think it is very good. i think it represents more women on the court. i think the woman should have a part in it. i just wish we had -- as a black man, i feel like we do not have any representation on the court with clarence thomas because he does not really represent us. you represents conservatives. i'm happy for the latinos. i think it's nice. i think it will bring balance and make our country more open. host: another story in the news from "politico." here's a picture of senator harry reid and his son. harry reid's startling local ratings are a matter of considerable concerns,

officials in both flint and alameda dispute that budget decisions had a significant impact on tragic events. but the firefighters union maintains communities all across the country are playing russian roulette by cutting fire services. >> we're seeing firefighters furloughed laid off, taking cuts in pay, cuts in benefits. stations are being closed. stations are being browned out. >> reporter: in atlanta, georgia, this firehouse is one of five that have been shuttered. the firefighter's union said the city had half the personnel. >> we'll only have 140 firefighters on duty in the city of atlanta with a population over a million and a half, which is a national scandal. >> reporter: a survey in january indicated 6% of cities have cut emergency services. though the numbers have grown experts say emergency services are almost the always the last thing on the chopping block. >> you're seeing cities around the country making these cuts is evidence of the recession. >> maryland. >> we have been fiscally responsible to do the job, provide services we can provide the best we can with the resou

countries and the secretaries schedule and those countries and kenya as i mentioned it will be attending flintfour am speaking and to the ministerial opening ceremony. she also contends it was she is in kenya to meet with president prime minister who i love, she will encourage both of those leaders who of foreign with their efforts to rewrite the country's constitution and to prevent the return to the kind of violence that erupted in that country in january and february of 2007 following the very difficult fun at presidential alexians there. from king and the secretary will move on to south africa offers you zero have been never to any to me the leadership of south africa's new government. if you will meet with the president and to also meet with south africa's new foreign minister of. and this will give us an opportunity to talk with south african leaders about issues such as zimbabwe and hiv/aids. the united states and south africa have much in common. the secretary will use this to strengthen an important relationship in south africa with a country which is the engine when of the region's

pick city of the day happens to be flint, michigan. nbc 25. scattered afternoon thunderstorms.ekend, sizzling out west. we've got some strong storms back through the upper high river valley. we're also looking at sunshine along the eastern sea board. Ñ1Ñ1Ñ1Ñ1Ñ1Ñ1Ñ1Ñ1Ñ1Ñ1Ñ1Ñ1Ñ1Ñ1Ñ1Ñ1 >>> a good friday morning. the sun is shining oveow dntown washington as you look at the lincoln memorial in downtown. beautiful morning under way, temperatures climbing up into the low 70s in washington and also in fairfax county, near 70 in frederick, maryland and hagerstown, maryland. mid 60s across the mountains of west virginia. highs mid to upper 80s with a 60% chce of thunderstorms today. so keep your umbrellas ready to go. that's your layest weather. you still feeling that urge, meredith? >> you stop it, al. i'm here with ashley who is a fan of katy perry. like everybody else here. take us to brea >> still to come, secrets for the health of your skin. up next, o ormanrm on where you should be stashing your savings. first we add the baking soda, then we put the vinegar. scientific exploration

in flint, michigan, 22 firefighters were laid off. proposals in columbus, ohio include laying off 238 firefighters. warren, ohio, 17 firefighters. orlando, florida, 46 firefighters. spokane, washington, up to 15 positions, fire fighting positions, could be eliminated. and there is also a serious problem about funding the equipment that our firefighters need. so we have got a real problem there. and it seems to me that at this moment, this is a priority for this nation, and that it is something that we should be addressing. this amendment is supported by the volunteer firefighters of america, and i would like to bring a letter into the record on that. it's the national volunteer fire council, who are strongly supporting this amendment, and they represent thousands of volunteer firefighters throughout this country. madam president, i'll be speaking about this at a later time, but i just wanted to let my colleagues know that this issue is an issue of great concern all over this country. it's a concern to the fire fighting community. it i