outreach officer, i have put on a press conferences, and many special events, four people as well as florida city. five people all the way up to 12,000 people in the north beach and chinatown district. i wanted to lead by example so i started a transportation company as a young adults. i have been the owner of this company for 15 or 16 years. right now, i don't do anything with it. it is running on its own. i trained people who are having difficulties being hired. i train them on how to be in the transportation industry. from there, we tell them where to seek jobs. that is running on its own. that is pretty much it as far as my career is concerned. that is pretty extensive. >> thank you. are there any questions for applicants? have you intended an intimate commission meeting? >> no, i've not attended the entertainment commission. i was the secretary for the environmental justice committee so i'm understand how the system works. >> what is your interest on serving on the entertainment commission in particular? >> i been informed that it needs diversity. so, i am black american as well as native am

hollywood, florida's city budget is $38 million short. lincoln, nebraska needs to find another $9 million by september. and north las vegas has a $9 million budget gap. kasim reed is the mayor of atlanta. >> mr. mayor, welcome to "nightly business report." >> glad to be with you. >> tom: you were recently successful in closing a budget gap, overhauled pension obligations, including a new 401(k) type plan for new employees as opposed to traditional plans. how's that gone over? >> i think it's gone over well. we passed it at the end of the day after a very tough debate with 15 votes, but it's going to yield $270 million in savings over 10 years, $500 million over 30 years. it's freed up between $22 million to $35 million in the budget. we were able to balance our budget and finish it in pretty good fiscal shape. we also put $20 million in reserve. >> tom: how about hiring? is it going to allow you to hire more, or will it hurt hiring because it's not a traditional pension anymore? >> tom, we're seeing the number of applicants who apply for

. >> reporter: from arizona to florida cities, counties and states are banning fireworks.hey may be nice, but it wouldn't take much to spark a fire in the dry brush. >> property and safety risk is just too high. >> reporter: new mexico's governor pleading with the public. >> do not buy them. do not use them. stay away from them. go to the big public events. >> reporter: the 4th of july is usually a festive time for residents and lucrative time for businesses but at this point locals don't even know if they'll be back in their homes. the word now is sunday at the earliest. dang springer, fox news. >> it is the holiday weekend. folks are heading to the beach. they're sticking around to watch fireworks on the 4th. the pressure is on you tonight. >> i think we're okay. he encouraging news tonight. the new stuff comes in and so the july 4th forecast continues to look pretty good. >> good. >> at least it's trending in the right direction. that means we want to keep it as dry as possible. even though we need the rain around here, it's starting to dry out. be careful with any of t

who is going to follow you if your mission is to become the fourth best city in florida? [laughter] eighth best city in america, right? nobody's going to follow you. people follow excellence, and what you find is when you set out a bold agenda like becoming the best city in america, people are drawn to it. resources come to it. businesses start saying, how can we help? individuals start coming forward. and other people hear about this and say, you know, i want to be part of that. sri, the large research and development company, very big, we were recruiting them to florida, and kurt carlson is the head, and he came and met with me, and he said, well, we're thinking about doing here, here and here, what do you have to offer? i said, well, i want to ask you what do you have to offer? how are you going to help us build the best city in america? in his recent book he's about to publish he said that's what got him to st. pete. he wanted to be part of becoming the best city in america. so that has to be your mission, in my opinion be, everybody's. how do you do it? improve the qu

elsewhere across the country, several cities held their fourth of july fireworks display a day early. sparks flew at the annual red, white and blue festival in florida. crowds in kansas city and columbus, ohio, took in an equally awesome spectacle of color. >>> in los angeles, experts were busy setting up what they say will be the fastest firing display in town. the hour-long show at l.a.'s coliseum will light up the sky with 2,000 aerial shows and 8,100 bombardment effects for a truly spectacular pyrotechnics display. >>> thousands of people in seattle took to the streets for an unusual independence day p tradition. the third annual red, white and zombie walk. the grade schoolish gro iorgani the competition by several hundred walking dead. >>> now for a look at the national weather, we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins with a weather channel forecast. i'm speechless. >> goes closer with the fall festival in halloween. >> and the michael jackson video. >> you're allowed to dress like a zombie any time you want to go dancing to "thriller." >>> yesterday some areas did get rained out, e spshly yesterday evening. d.c. we had the horrible thundersto

elsewhere across the country, several cities held their fourth of july fireworks displays a day early. sparks flew at the annual red, white and boom festival in florida. while crowds in kansas city and columbus, ohio, took in an equally awesome spectacle of color. and in los angeles, experts were busy setting up what they say will be the fastest firing display in town. the hour-long show at l.a.'s coliseum will light up the sky with 2,000 aerial shells and 8,100 bombardment effects for a truly spectacular pyrotechnics display. >>> and thousands of people in seattle took the streets for an unusual independence day tradition. the third annual red, white and zombie walk. the ghoulish group dressed up in their worst to try their best for the guinness world record for largest gathering of zombies. organizers say they've buried the competition by several hundred walking dead. hmm. now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc's meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. who came up with that? who said it's independence day? >> no idea. >> dress up like zombies and celebrate. >> they'll start dancing to michael jackson.

cities east of the rockies. it's warmer than san antonio, anywhere in florida. the closest to new york city is washington, d.c.w york city has a heat index of 94 to start your morning. that's just, you know, gross, i guess, if you want to call it that. d.c. at 93. so let's get down to it. today's forecast well advertised, record heat possible. d.c. could be as high as 103 today. that includes all the cities in between, the 100-degree heat will spread through the raleigh area, too. st. louis should be near 100 today. we do get a break with thunderstorms in chicago, so good for them. detroit won't be quite as hot as yesterday, either, but still brutal in dallas where today will be the 21st day in a row of 100-degree heat. that, by the way, is the fifth all-time streak. sunday is the day it gets better for a lot of people from the midwest right to the midatlantic. so just got to make it until sunday. >>> bill, thanks so much. just another day in the celebrity tsunami life of lindsay lohan. plus, captain america's mission was to fight the nazis but he has an even tougher mission this weekend at the box office. bea

i was there in lake city, florida, on the night they got him. >> is that right? was chasing him from tallahassee to lake city? >> trying to catch him. >> trying to catch him because we knew that he was in the area, i was working for a station in denver. still tied, last question. son of sam struck terror into young new york city women in the late '70s. >> from 1976 to 1977 serial killer david berk witnesses shooting victims in cars and then resurfacing months later to kill again. >> bill: women scrambled to die their hair in new york city different shades of what color after it was revealed that the son of sam preferred to kill women with a certain color of hair? cards up please. get that card up. and the answer is brunette. okay. so son of sam was after brunettes. we have a tie. is that right. >> tiebreaker who directed the son of sam movie which bombed. >> coppola. >> bill: wrong. he wowd p wouldn't come close t material. >> johnny depp. >> ridiculous. here is a hint. spike lee. both of you win. >> what? i was going to say spic spike . >> bill: pin heads and pa

we do know that the jet made a stop in panama city florida before continuing onto houston texas. it then stopped again this time in prescott arizona and an area known for spas and treatment centers for going to orange county and finally up to san carlos on the penninsula and that is where we find heather holmes tonight standing by live with this possible california connection. >> reporter: we tracked that plane, it's a pc12 similar to the one you see here and it left santa ana yesterday afternoon and arrived hire at san carlos an hour and a half later but it's not clear if anthony was on board. it's still a secret as to where anthony is spending her first day of freedom. this is the last confirmed saying of her. 12:09 sunday mob morning. >> she needs some security some protection at least on a short term. >> reporter: san francisco security expert rick smith said she needs to lay low given the death threats from people angry she was acquitted of killing her daughter. >> i think her attorneys probably told her to get distance from florida, change her appearance. >> reporter: a mem

we do know that the jet made a stop in panama city florida before continuing onto houston texas. it then stopped again this time in prescott arizona and an area known for spas and treatment centers for going to orange county and finally up to san carlos on the penninsula and that is where we find heather holmes tonight standing by live with this possible california connection. >> reporter: we tracked that plane, it's a pc12 similar to the one you see here and it left santa ana yesterday afternoon and arrived hire at san carlos an hour and a half later but it's not clear if anthony was on board. it's still a secret as to where anthony is spending her first day of freedom. this is the last confirmed saying of her. 12:09 sunday mob morning. >> she needs some security some protection at least on a short term. >> reporter: san francisco security expert rick smith said she needs to lay low given the death threats from people angry she was acquitted of killing her daughter. >> i think her attorneys probably told her to get distance from florida, change her appearance. >> reporter: a mem

florida. >>> noster city may not be able to -- foster city may not be able to afford another 4th of july celebration. the city spent almost 70,000 for the festival and has received only 3,000 in donation and another 14,000 from the lions club which operated a parking operation. the city solicited help from sponsors but so far no response. >>> coming up -- we'll go to london where hundreds of fans are up the spell of harry potter. >>> an shopping habits and how banks and credit card companies have pown a new way to make money. have found a new way to make money. p r ♪ [ folksy whistling ] [ man ] quitting is a fight you can't let yourself lose. it can take many tries. but keep trying, you will beat smoking. honey, you okay? yeah, i'm fine. ♪ [ ukulele ] >>> stocks rising after data showed an improvement mountain labor market a's of the monthly payroll -- ahead of the monthly payroll report. right now, the dow is currently up 9. nasdaq is up 33. -- 89. nasdaq is 733. >>> bank an other companies have a new way to get money. those company that know what stores you shopped, they will sell that informatio

cities from boston all the way down to d.c. it was very sticky overnight. temperatures are in the 70s. florida in the 80s. wet weather wise, the only travel trouble this morning for rain or thunderstorms is here especially in kansas. i know kansas city, you're dry now, but we've got rain heading your way. tampa, we're dry by i-95 all the way to georgia and maine. it will be later today we'll have to deal with some of the storms. here's a look at the radar in kansas. you've got about a hundred miles here. in wichita, the rain is beginning to topi ta. and in wichita it looks like scattered showers also starting. give it another hour or two and the rain looks like it's going to head your way. it shouldn't be thunderstorms. light cool rain. actually refreshing earlier today. here's your forecast. i had to put a disclaimer on the top of my weather map. if you look at the icon it looks a lot worse than it is, these are the typical afternoon thunderstorms. they're going to be isolated. not everyone's going to get hit. in philly and new york and d.c., all areas down in florida, again, we showed you that rain for k

city police. we go to florida where closing arguments were heard today in the casey anthony trial. the prosecution and defense have their last opportunity to convince the jury before deliberations begin. we have the latest from orlando. >> the attorneys will now present their final arguments. >> the final day began with a montage of pictures of caylee anthony. the prosecutors outlined what he called a web of lies that led to her death. >> casey anthony maintain her lies until they cannot be maintained any more. >> he methodically laid out the state's day-by-day narrative. >> she knew that night she would be in the arms of her boyfriend and that caylee would be dead. >> casey anthony first shook her head and then turned away and cried as pictures of caylee's remains were shown to the jury and the prosecution described the scene. >> this is the bag she was found in. i guess you could say this was her coffin. >> after a little over an hour, jose baez got his chance to refute the state's case. >> the strategy is if you hate her and think she is a lying slut, you will start to look at t

florida, nevada. today look which cities are luring them in -- raleigh, boise and colorado springs. so let's review.y want affordability, a chance to keep learning, and a little something for the soul. ♪ go knock 'em down guess who else wants all that? their 20-year-old grandchildren. it sounds like almost, you know, you're having a renaissance of your youth. >> actually, in some case, it's better. to me this is the best time. >> reporter: and, diane, one of the biggest questions we heard is, how do i afford this? in a couple of nights, we're going to tackle that. go through it step by step, and show you how we have some surprising advice. >> and tomorrow night, you were saying to me, married boomers have found a way to -- >> live together apart. provocative. >> together apart. watch tomorrow night. thanks, claire. great series. >>> and this will be a milestone for anyone but for nelson mandela who spent 27 years in prison because of his fight against apartheid, it is a wonder. madiba, as he is known, celebrated his 93rd birthday with his family. 12 million children across south africa sang to him.

city, des moines, minneapolis and green bay. showers and thunderstorms from the carolinas down to florida and along the gulf coast. monsoon storms from albuquerque to salt lake city. >> 86 in boise and 90 in sacramento. another triple-digit day in dallas and phoenix. 87 in the twin cities. 90 in chicago. new york and boston climb to the 80s. 90s from baltimore to new orleans. >>> and coming up after the break, let the coffee wars begin. a starbucks competitor is ready to launch a major expansion. >>> then what would you do? quick-thinking parents on the moment their toddler toppled over a 70-foot cliff. >>> and thousands of post offices now on the chopping block, even ben franklin's. >>> overseas markets are mixed on the lack of progress with the nation's debt crisis. tokyo nikkei average was off 51 points today. hong kong's hang seng is gaining and in london the ftse opened higher. on wall street the dow lost 91 1/2 points yesterday. meanwhile, the nasdaq index fell 3. >>> home prices are up again in major u.s. cities for the second straight month, but no one is impressed. there are always more sales in the spring

city. in florida tonight, and what is the latest on conditions there? >> well, the conditions here are pretty rut. it's getting soaked. we had thunderstorms earlier today. now, it's raining and the forecast for tomorrow, there is more rain z nasa says that the chance of acceptable weather conditions is only 30%. >> after nine months of training three men, one woman making preparations to take their place in history. leading the 135th, and final, shuttle mission. if all goes to plan, they're scheduled to lift off at 11:26. >> there would be showers. >> the crew may have to wait to get their 12 day mission underway. >> if things don't work out so we can do that, we've got plenty of options to take a look at saturday and sunday. >> atlantis will carry spare parts to the international space station. the crew will test tools and technologies to refuel satellites and space craft. it began 30 years ago. >> this expanded our capabilities as a nation and world. >> when it's over, i think i speak again for everyone. i say there will be proud to put the right hand

city. attention florida drivers: the sunshine safety is selling your personal information for tens of millions didn't tell you? they don't have to. a number of florida news outlets reporting the state made $60 million over the last year selling driver's names and addresses and birthdates and more. a spokesman for the state department of highway safety can motor vehicle says the practice is legal and that social security numbers and driver's license numbers are not for sale. and now the prosecutor and the criminal defense attorney. really? you can just sell that stuff? it is not like you couldn't find that online with most people, but ... >> it is all on there online. what is the big uproar? >>shepard: if that is the case why would pay $60 million for that? >>guest: when the government is involved i have a problem. in the 60's and 70's people fought for freedom and government officials, lawyers, citizens, and then we started giving it away, and we are complacent with losing your life, and now we are giving information away on facebook, et cetera, and now the government? this is another extensio

and a formula one frenzy in the heart of moscow here in florida me machines at the annual city racing show accelerate. some more. well more revelations in artsy sports later as chance and biden returns to moscow three years before the city gets its first formula one grand prix so with that. hello and welcome to your r.t. business sport and i match reza good to have you with us european banks are starting the week on the back foot most to relieve that passing the e.u. stress test but there are still wide open to sarver in shock from a bad dad in the united states in europe investment it out though think that could open doors for russian lenders the german banks and particularly were exposed to toxic assets if united states. the german banks for example were exposed to iceland they had nineteen billion dollars of exposure to iceland. of the irish banks the english banks are also not feeling very well. the. u.s. banks are still suffering from their exposure to toxic assets so within this area within the euro asian market the russian banks which has gone through the crisis relatively well

the global resources of abc news, with cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, and terry moran in orlando, florida,his is "nightline," july 5th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran, live here tonight in well, not guilty. that is what the jury decided today in casey anthony's murder trial. stunning verdict. and while the young florida woman was convicted on minor charges in the death of her 2-year-old daughter caylee, really, this was just a total victory for her. it means she's escaped a potential death sentence and might be free in days. the reverberations are only begins to be felt. this evening, a member of the prosecution team announced he would retire at the end of the week, after a 30-year career. and an attttney for the parents, george and cindy anthony, meanwhile, he tells abc news tonight thth the family has received death threats in the wake of this verdict. as if they haven't suffered enough. here's abc's ashleigh banfield. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen of the jury. have you reached a verdict? >> reporter: it was a swift and shocking end to a courtroom drama that's transfix

city. much-needed heavy rain from florida up to south carolina and scattered thunderstorms from texas to tennessee. monsoon rains again in the desert southwest and showers in the pacific northwest. >> and that means just 67 in seattle. 88 in salt lake city, triple digits in phoenix and dallas. 80s from kansas city to detroit. atlanta heats up to 96 and miami, 90. >>> well, coming up on this thursday, an exciting new development in the fight against aids. >>> and then desperate measures. should severely obese children be taken away from their parents? a new debate raging this morning. >>> and it's not even in theaters yet, but it's already setting some pretty amazing records. muggles, are you ready? ccccccccc >>> there is encououging news from the nation's top banker. ben bernanke says that the fed is ready to act if the economy gets weaker, but he told a house committee he does expect the economy to get stronger, and no fed moves are imminent. bernanke admits one speed bump for recovery is the housing market still. >>> the foreclosure rate did fall 30% in the first half of the year compared to a y

florida. one of the astronauts were born in redwood city and grew up in san carlos. he talked about the last flight of atlantis. >> main thing, we are bringing a year's supplies up to the space station. we need to get it stocked up to give the providers time to get their vehicles to go and resupply the space station. >>> liftoff is scheduled for 8:26 on friday morning. as we mentioned this will be the final space shuttle mission. >> coming up, genetics versus environment. bay area researchers make a major discovery that could radically change autism is treated. >> and new prediction about when a huge see sea of debris from the japanese tsunami will reach california. >> and the race against the weather trying to clean up an oil spill threatening one of the nation owes most pristine waterways. a wipe is a wipe unless it's also a scrub. lysol complete clean dual action wipes have 2 sides that go beyond ordinary wipes. you can feel the difference. one side for everyday touchups. and one to scrub tough messes. all while killing 99.9% of germs. for tips on a healthy home v

the global resources of abc news, with cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, a and terry mn in orlando, florida, this is "nightline," july 6th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran with a special edition of "nightline" here in orlando, florida, where a little more than 24 hours ago, casey anthony was found not guilty of murdering her young daughter caylee. and we want to start right away here with a new angle on this story, just hours ago. one of the jurors in this trial, jennifer ford, a 32-year-old nurse in training, the only juror to have spoken to the media so far, sat down with me for an extensive, scloou exclus interview to shed light on what happened inside that deliberation room. here's what she told me. why did you and the other jurors acquit casey anthony of murdering her daughter? >> there wasn't enough evidence, there wasn't anything strong enough to say -- i don't think anyone in america could tell us exactly how she died. if you put even just the 12 jurors in one room with a piece of paper, write down how caylee died, nobody knows. >> reporter: s sit's cause of death that was a

burger king started selling beer at so-called water bars in miami and kansas city and two sonic restaurants in south florida will start selling beer and wine, so now betty it's burgers, fries and a beer but that's only when it's a fancy date. >> that's right, you spend a little extra on that one, ashley, joining us live here in new york, thank you for that. >>> the government is beefing up airport security this holiday weekend and this follows the arrest of a nigerian man who managed to board a plane and fly cross-country without proper identification, due in los angeles federal court today. bob orr has the story. >> reporter: virginia america flight 415 had taken off from new york and already in the area and headed for los angeles when a flight attendant found something strange on board, a man in 3e, a seat that was supposed to be empty, when asked for his papers the man pulled out a day old boarding pass issued for a different cross-country flight the previous day and the name on the boarding pass did not mass a university of michigan i.d. bearing his real name. nwebe made no threats, carrying no weapons

florida. hispanic communities extremely heavy, then you go around the cities and the point and homes is important. but the white community lost 20,000 dollars per family, john. and i know that's a smaller amount, but everybody is being hammered, and i think clarence is right you ought to try to do policies for everyone. >> more time from this -- can recall [everyone talking at once] >> here's something for your column, clarence. national urban league policy institute respectable institute. >> very much so. >> the black middle-class has been set back 30 years by this economic crisis today. >> in terms of how -- >> 30 years! >> that's arguable. >> now do you recover from that? >> we recovered from worse, actually. i'm optimistic and so are black points. the new book, end of anger, talks about w for the first time black information, are more optimistic about the long- term future in america than white folks are. >> who wrote the book? >> ellis koze who wrote a book years ago. but sherm we're all in trouble. >> the housing crisis is not limited to any particular community. during the great depression

florida, nevada. today, look which cities are luring them in. raleigh, boise, colorado springs. so let's review.chance to keep learning, and a little something for the soul. ♪ >> reporter: guess who else wants all that?w3 their 20-year-old grandchildren. sounds like almost you're having a renaissance.e. >> yes. >> reporter: of your youth. >> actually, in some cases it's better. to me, this is the best time. >> reporter: one of the biggest questions, of course, how do i afford this? later this week we're going to take out our calculators and green eyeshades and walk you through it step by step. we have some surprising advice. $p%!u provocative new theme, living together apart. some boomers are making it work. claire shipman, abc news, new york. >> i think we like the idedeof no income tax. that sounds appealing. >>>>men to that. we have the seven new hot retirement spots where people are retiring to. seven santa fe, six minneapolis, five milwaukee, and then boston came in at fourth. >> both you and i are thinking, boston? >> cold weather. >> tough winters there. let's read three through one. port

cities. celebration, florida, coming in at 93 degrees. n't even know what to say.rts. it's called "4." the first track from it, she's about to sing now "1 plus 1." say it with me, beyonce. ♪ ♪ if i ain't got nothing i got you ♪ ♪ if i ain't got something i don't give a damn cause i got it with you ♪ ♪ i don't know much about algebra ♪ ♪ but i know one plus one equals two ♪ ♪ and it's me and you that's all we'll have when the world is through cause baby ♪ ♪ we ain't got nothing without love ♪ ♪ darling you got enough for the both of us so come on baby ♪ ♪ make love to me when my days look low ♪ ♪ pull me in close and don't let me go make love to me ♪ ♪ so when the world's at war that our love will heal us all right right now baby ♪ ♪ make love to me me me me me oh make love to me ♪ ♪ me me me me ♪ hey i don't know much about guns but i i've been shot by you hey ♪ ♪ and i don't know when i'm gonna die but i hope ♪ ♪ that i'm gonna die by you hey ♪ ♪ and i don't know much about fighting but i know i will fight for you hey ♪ ♪ and just when i ball up my fists i realize

let's go to panama city, florida.aller: it is interesting that the lady is talking about the republicans destroying america, considering that the president we have now has been the closest thing to a dictator that america has seen. he passed a health care against the popular vote, and he is also trying to ram everything else down the public's throat. if it passes the house and it passes the senate who represent us, then he should not veto it. obviously. i mean, that is the majority of the people who have been represented. just because he does not get his way, he is going to throw a tantrum and veto it. host: from twitter. we're talking about two different plans laid out yesterday, one by john boehner, republican of ohio. the other by senate majority leader harry reid, a democrat of nevada. arizona, democratic caller, your next. caller: this is been driving me crazy. everyone on one side is trying to paint obama as demanding his own way. president obama has not pulled any cuts out. he welcomes any talk of cut, even say

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city north wards through new england. as far as afternoon thunderstorms go, the ohio valley, watch out, detroit, cleveland, buffalo, pittsburgh, and down to the southeast in floridae had morning storms off west palm beach. let's go through your holiday forecast. sunday, tomorrow, now those showers and thunderstorms from new york city to d.c. north wards, those will be hit and miss during the late afternoon. s it's not going to be a washout by any mean. most of the day will be dry. the rest of the country looks good. a few isolated storms around kansas city, maybe around areas like st. louis. fourth of july, the only location i'm kind of concerned with the fireworks shows, say atlanta to upstate south carolina, charlotte area, maybe raleigh, back through tennessee. that's where you will be ducking in and out of the thunderstorms, hoping it will be done with by the time the fireworks go off, usually by 9:00 local time. the middle of the country is just fine. you know, alex, it's already getting old with the heat and the drought, and i just don't see it changing for a long time. i mean, 117 in arizona. that's crazy. >> i have no idea what people are doing there toda