hearings and has declined to appear before the gulf coast hearing by pleadingly the fifth amendment i.e. that if he does give evidence any evidence he gives may likely incriminate him and people can look this up for themselves and and see the you tube video clip of the united states senate deliberately overturning the request for the gulf coast hearings to be given the power supply in the gulf coast here and have been given the power subpoena it could have not only demanded that bob colusa actually appear before the hearing he could have demanded the bob colusa shares what he knows occurred on that rig immediately prior to the blowout what could possibly be the reason for essentially deliberately spilling millions of barrels of oil into the gulf of mexico what is the purpose of it i believe that the purpose of all of this war it was a population reduction event and we've already seen elements of population reduction in the gulf coast area after katrina where many of the black residents of the area have not returned to new orleans in some cases they had been permitted to return to ne

the power subpoena the gulf coast here and have been given the power subpoena it could have not only demanded the loser actually appear before the hearing he could have demanded that bob colusa shares what he knows occurred on that rig immediately prior to the blowout what could possibly be the reason for essentially deliberately spilling millions of barrels of oil into the gulf of mexico what is the purpose of it i believe that the purpose of all of this war it was a population reduction event and we've already seen elements of cooperation reduction in the gulf coast area after katrina where many of the black residents of the area have not returned to new orleans in some cases they have been permitted to return to new orleans because there's absolutely nowhere for them to go because they're not being permitted to return to their former residence so what you're suggesting is that governments and big business are commuting to cold populations and why would they target the population that lives on the case in the gulf of mexico. because basically they want to turn it into a massive pro

is that when i started writing this book in the gulf, you couldn't get environmentalists in the gulf coast to say anything bad about the oil industry. oil and fish and oil in the gulf is part and partial to being there, and one of the stories i tell in the book is of the fish and petroleum festival enand the king and queen are in my book and they have these crystal crowns and made in crystal is a green oil dearic coming out of the crown and a pink shrimp and that's the relationship between fish and petroleum in the gulf. one of the things we lerched is -- learned that while the gulf is a petro state, it's not. angola is a petro state. iraq is a petro state. this isn't a petro state. it's not. the people who worked in the industry told me by the end is, you know what? we could do without this work. it's not safe. we don't like it. it's dangerous. give us something else to do. we can't do it. we can't organize for it here. we're in the gulf of mexico. it's hard to organize for the alternatives here. we can work on it, but we need your help. you folks who work with green peace and the center

the gulf coast fund had organized in response to katrina and now in response to the oil disaster and they helped bring these community members to london and this was the president of the louisiana oyster association and tracy coons of the louisiana shrimpers association. her husband mike, incredibly powerful speaker. he said in his documents leading up to the meeting that he learned his lesson from the disaster. it was going to go deeper into the deep water and push more into deep water drilling but it had waited risks and was ready to go. so they had come to explain to board and the chairman of the board and a new ceo bob dudley what it means to meet people from the gulf coast experiencing this disaster. we did a bunch of press. the bbc love those. they knew who we were. we showed up. bp would not give any of the gulf coast residents access even though they held legal proxy to get in. i got in because i purchased shares and i didn't know they haven't gotten in. we got separated. i got into the meeting and purchased shares and had a special card that said i couldn't speak inside the

more than a 200,000 per barrel decrease in the gulf coast oil production. that's according to a march, 2011, short-term energy outlook . production from the gulf of mexico is expected to fall by 240,000 -- 240,000 barrels per day in 2011. and further 200,000 barrels per day in 2012, a reduction. 27 billion barrels of oil is under lock and key in alaska. according to a fox news report, the e.p.a.'s refusal to grant production in alaska's outer continental shelf has a limited access to an estimated 27 billion barrels of oil. with alaskan oil production already decreasing by 7% annually, continued delays could force the transalaska pipeline to shut down. what's that going to do to our cost of gasoline, heating oil, natural gas and all of our other energy sources? what's it's going to do to the cost of food? it's all going to skyrocket. more than 40 american energy projects have been stalled by this administration. as the house natural resources committee notes, 10 months after the obama administration's official moratorium on american energy ended, over 40 proj

and while the fifth circuit includes the gulf coast states of mississippi, louisiana and texas, two states that comprise substantial gulf coastlines, florida and alabama, are in the 11th circuit and it makes no sense that the residents of these states will have to travel to the fifth circuit to have their cases heard. the affect of this section would be to prevent the district courts in florida and alabama from considering civil cases related to the issuance of leases for energy development production and exploration off the coastlines theefs states. congress has -- these states. congress has no business telling courts within a state that they are prohibited from considering issues involving a lease for energy development, production and exploration that has the potential to cause irreparable environmental and economic damage to the gulf coast area of that state. in addition, requiring these cases to be moved from florida or alabama to a state within the fifth circuit will cause substantial hardship for the parties involved in the litigation, substantial hardship for the witnesses who woul

it comes from a slow-moving storm system that reaches from the gulf coast to the canadian border. >>>r look at this morning's top stories. floodwaters continue to rise in the mississippi delta. today, engineers are expected to open a large spillway in louisiana to protect baton rouge. but, that would flood hundreds of thousands of acres in cajun country. >>> and texas republican ron paul is expected to announce that he is running for president today. it will be paul's third presidential bid. among other things, paul wants to abolish the internal revenue service. >>> gasoline prices are just as high this morning as they were 24 hours ago. and members of the senate finance committee admit they knew making oil company executives take a scolding yesterday would not help change things. but they went through the motions anyway. as nancy cordes reports. >> reporter: the leaders of the five largest private oil companies did not give an inch as senate democrats argued they should give up their tax credits. >> i don't think the american people want shared sacrifice. i think they want shared pro

storms along the gulf coast caused 124 oil spills in the gulf of mexico. hurricane katrina, 233 gallons of oil spill and hurricane rita worsened the damage. if these rigs were in the gulf coast, there would be complete destruction. as we have seen, cleanup for these spills are incapable of removing a small fraction of the oil. in addition, from the bp oil spill, florida has over 284,000 claims with only 117,000 paid with a total of $1 billion for the gulf coast region, 10,000 fishing claims, 122,000 food and lodging claims, retail and sales claims and $1.6 billion paid on even more lost earnings and wages. we cannot afford another disaster in the magnitude with more drilling. we are still living on borrowed time. support the brown amendment. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from alaska. mr. young: i urge my colleagues to vote no and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. all time having expired, the question is on the amendment offered by the lady from florida, th

. >>> visitors on the gulf coast hoping for a profitable holiday weekend.ulf coast destinations suffered big losses last year because of the deepwater horizon oil spill. now many people who work in the region say tourists are back this year. officials in mississippi say 75% of hotel rooms are balked for this weekend. bp has provided money to gulf coast states to help promote tourism. >>> a 300-year-old east 00-year- old piece of history is pulled from the ocean. >> cool, windy weather in the forecast. coming up, the weekend temperatures and what you can expect as we go through memorial day. that was the flagship of the pirate brach beard. researchers found the anchor off the coast of north carolina, where black beard ran his ship aground in 1718. >>> a shipping company in oakland is going green by plugging in. american president lines is now shutting down the diesel engines on its container ships while they are docked. in the past the company used the engines to run generators while in port bu retrofit project, ships are now able to plug into shore power. a

the coast guard men and women who came to our aid after hurricanes katrina and rita, along the gulf coast and rescued 33,000 citizens during the largest search and rescue mission misin the coast guard's history. last year the coast guard was first on the scene to respond to the earthquake in haiti. coordinated the response and cleanup efforts following the explosion of the deepwater horizon rig and subsequent oil spill which was also the largest of its kind in the history of our country. the coast guard gentlemen i served with, is extremely busy in missions along the southern part of our state but all over the united states. the southern part of our country. and all over our country. however the coast guard's ability to fulfill its mission requirements has reached a critical juncture cure to the aging infrastructure and work force gaps. the former commandant, who had a tremendous amount of respect for, said with every passing year our operating capability erodes putting our people at risk and endangering our ability to execute our statutory responsibility. he has been equally candid about

i'm on the gulf coast. i have a house on the beach or had one recently.'t think someone in new york or new hampshire or iowa has to pay for my flood on the gulf coast. you then went on to say you don't think fema should be there to help out folks who suffer in the tornados, the floods, these natural disasters that wreak havoc and have wreaked havoc along the mississippi and southeast? >> there's no authority for it. >> no authority where? >> there's no constitutional authority. it's bad economics especially. >> no constitutional authority. just so we understand, we'll get to economics in a seconds. no constitutional authority to set up fema is what you're saying? >> that's what i'm saying. let me answer my question. there's no constitution to set up an authority that you take money from one state and give it to somebody else because they've been injured. let me make the important economic point. if you want -- if i want to build my house on the beach and i can't get insurance, why should i get subsidized insurance to build my house in dangerous area. when

and just live under assumed names like we just duct taped florida up against the gulf coast.hter] we try to pass ourselves off as brazil if you know what i mean. [laughter] what are you talking about you moved out a long time ago. >> that won't work. >> stephen: what works? >> look, we should address the budget. >> stephen: okay. >> the debt ceiling not the issue. the issue is the budget. >> stephen: the issue is that you guys are two years in. how come you haven't fixed the economy? you've had two years. two years! >> your killing me. >> stephen: i'm killing you. 9% unemployment. where are the jobs? how come you haven't fixed it yet? five words or less. [laughter] >> do numbers count as words? >> stephen: no. >> 2 had the 1 million -- 2.1 million jobs added in the last 14 months. in the last 14 months. >> stephen: how many jobs? >> 2.1 million. way down here 1929 levels. >> stephen: why don't you keep digging to china and get more money? that's what we must do. let's cut spending. let's not. let's return to tax revenues from high income people who are most like the historic

the storms temporarily knocked out power at some oil refineries along the gulf coast. >>> abc2news is working for you tonight. go to abc2news.com. click on traffic and gas prices. put in your zip code and you can find the cheapest gas prices in your very own neighborhood. >>> come per -- commuters who go through howard county will have to take their food off the -- foot off the pedal. eight speed cameras will be installed by this fall. they're expecting more than a million dollars to be generated from speeders. >>> a maryland teacher gets a national on north. coming up, we'll meet the 2011 teacher of the year. >>> forget about shopping at the mall or even from the computer on your desk. more retailers are working to bring their store to the palm of your hand thanks to your smartphone. >>> it seems people don't like paying as much as $5 to get their money out of the bank. jpmorgan chase is charging customers. it was enough to make people walk a few extra blocks to go toker that own bank. chase is dropping fees back to the $3 that it had been charging. >>> with high gas prices putting a

from the midwest to the gulf coast officials are bracing for massive flooding.ne area of the necessarmississippi river expecd to go up to 48 ft.. despite the threats and harassment this said they are well prepared. >> we see no shortage of manpower, or material. >>nicole: evacuation notices are being posted in memphis and other cities along the mississippi and ohio rivers are under mandatory evacuation. while some are heeding the warning to others are staying put. >> i saw a lot of people leaving and i just laugh, the becoming right back. >>nicole: local state and federal officials are preparing for the worst. if the national guard is help with evacuation, fema is coordinating federal support as the coast guard plans to close a portion of the mississippi river to ship traffic friday. in louisiana it will open this the way to reduce the volume and velocity of the mississippi river. >> for doing everything to mitigate the impact, any additional challenge that will be caused by the opening of these the ways. >>nicole: floods could provide a double whammy for states

the united states shuts itself in whether it's up in alaska or florida or off the gulf coast.ted states is just pulling itself -- john, the whole thing is a paralysis of policy. >> that's why donald trump says he would just take the oil. >> exit question -- will lie gas prices derail the economic recovery? pallet buchanan? >> i hated to say it, but 1.8% growth in the first quarter has already been derailed. >> the economists said it's a stall but they don't believe it's off the tracks. we had terrible weather and we did have the rising oil prices. but i'm not ready to say we're sinking back to where we welcome. >> well, anemic rate is practice threat, and if you exclude inventories, it's only .8% growth rate, and look, these high gas prices are eat into whatever income americans have left in their pockets. and the chairman of wal-mart this week said our customers are actually running out of money much earlier in the month than they used to. this has potential to send this economy back into recession. >> what about that, high energy prices and high food prices? you think it wil

we have the water temperature that's mild across the gulf coast down through destin. water temperature is comfortable. chance of precipitation both days and we're seeing that today with isolated thunderstorm rolling across florida. let's head up the coast to georgia. temperature is 89 in savannah. decent chance of precipitation there as well as in hilton head, south carolina. water temperature in the 70s. as we continue our journey for the holiday weekend, virginia beach looks good. water temperatures cold. the jersey shore, atlantic city, looking at 81 degrees. chance of precipitation and cape cod, massachusetts. i lived in upper new england. a slow start to summer there. we have 70 for a high. water temperatures in upper 50s. cold out there off the waters of long island and cape cod but we'll get there. we'll get there. >> the water will feel good there by labor day. >> just in time. >> i like that bath water temperature stuff going on in the gulf coast. i like that. thanks so much, bonnie. >>> you have tried reducing your carbs to lose weight, what about giving up

. >> historic flooding forced thousands of gulf coast residents from their homes, but tonight, evacuations has been postponed at the mississippi is at a slow rise. >>> cloudy and breezier weather in the bay area but warmer temperatures ahead. leigh glaser is coming up. >> mike: the sharks are back in their series with vancouver as they win last night and now trail the canucks 2-1. game four is on sunday and ♪ ♪ ♪ free access to chase atm's wherever you are. that's a step forward. chase customers can avoid atm fees with over 16,000 nationwide. take a step forward and chase what matters. >> alan: the jeopardy winning computer, watson, could soon be called dr. watson. the supercomputer is now getting into the medical profession. >> familiarity is said to breed this. watson. >> what is contempt. >> alan: ibm computer is best known for defeats the world's top jeopardy players. it's taking training questions from medical students. ibm says watson could be diagnosissing patients and suggesting treatments in the next couple of years. >>> the mississippi river continues to swell as it approaches ba

i'm on the gulf coast. i have a house on the beach or had one recently.on't think someone in new york or new hampshire or iowa has to pay for my flood on the gulf coast. you then went on to say you don't think fema should be there to help out folks who suffer in the tornados, the floods, these natural disasters that wreak havoc and have reek wreaked hav along the mississippi and southeast? >> there's no authority for it. >> no authority where? >> there's no constitutional authority. it's bad economics especially. >> no constitutional authority. just so we understand, we'll get to economics in a seconds. no constitutional authority to set up fema is what you're saying? >> that's what i'm saying. let me answer my question. there's no constitution to set up an authority that you take money from one state and give it to somebody else because they've been injured. let me make the important economic point. if you want -- if i want to build my house on the beach and i can't get insurance, why should i get subsidized insurance to build my house in dangerous area.

it was the motiva refinery, down in the gulf coast. significant capacity there. joint venture between u.s. and international companies. but over the last several year, we've seen a decline in need for u.s. refinery capacity. while we were concerned about not having enough, that has rebated. it has come down and we've seen some -- you know, both actual and announced retirements. at to point in time, we're not expecting that we'll need a significant amount of additional u.s. refinery capacity. one the reasons is that the growth in u.s. demand for liquids to run transportation has flattened out significantly. if you look at our longer term projections, we're not expecting the demand for liquid fuels to increase a lot. in fact, the demand for the petroleum part of that, we expect to be basically flat. any need for increase demand for gasoline and diesel fuel is likely to be met by biofuels. we do not see a significant need for additional refining capacity in the united states. >> this is another graphic from the u.s. energy information administration, based on 2009.

oil prices fell more than $2 a barrel on concerns mississippi river flooding could disrupt gulf coast crude production. however the prospect of lower gas prices lifted shares of jetblue and american airlines. more fallout from the nation's financial crisis. new york's attorney general has been quietly requesting information from bank of america, goldman sachs and morgan stanley in what appears to be a new investigation into the bank's lending practices leading up to the country's mortgage related meltdown. >>> just hours after a federal appeals court turned them down, cameron and tyler winklevoss say they'll let the supreme court make the final decision whether to reopen their case alleging facebook founder mark zuckerberg stole their idea for the social networking site. and speaking of facebook, an israeli couple has reportedly named their newborn baby book like. and appropriately dozens of thumbs up signs appeared on the proud papa's page where he announced the arrival of baby like. poor kid. >>> well, one of the worst pitching performances ever. and some college kids find a creativ

the united states shuts itself in whether it's up in alaska or florida or off the gulf coast. united states is just pulling itself -- john, the whole thing is a paralysis of policy. >> that's why donald trump says he would just take the oil. >> exit question -- will lie gas prices derail the economic recovery? pallet buchanan? >> i hated to say it, but 1.8% growth in the first quarter has already been derailed. >> the economists said it's a stall but they don't believe it's off the tracks. we had terrible weather and we did have the rising oil prices. but i'm not ready to say we're sinking back to where we welcome. >> well, anemic rate is practice threat, and if you exclude inventories, it's only .8% growth rate, and look, these high gas prices are eat into whatever income americans have left in their pockets. and the chairman of wal-mart this week said our customers are actually running out of money much earlier in the month than they used to. this has potential to send this economy back into recession. >> what about that, high energy prices and high food prices? you think it

anywhere you see the red from the central gulf coast all the way up to the northeast including much of pennsylvania and new york, we have a great chance of seeing weather, hail, damaging winds, and isolated tornadoes. the forecast for friday, the red, that's the greatest chance for seeing the damaging winds, the hail, and the chance for tornadoes. now, as we head into saturday and sunday, brian, wi will still have scattered storms around. however, the later we get into the weekend, the better chance we see for the eastern part of the country to get hotter and drier. >> you think of the metropolitan area that encompasses, it's absolutely unbelievable. chis warren, thanks as always. >>> now we turn to a close call in the skies over colorado, when the pilot of a small plane became suddenly incapacitated and his front seat passenger, who just happened to be his wife, was forced to take over the controls. tonight, you'll hear the tapes of what it sounded like as this unfolded. our report from tom costello. >> reporter: the dramatic moments for a private pilot and his wife started with the p

the bright white clouds of the way down to atlanta and the gulf coast, that is the front of the east. the skies clear up nicely. even though it will cool off, the sky will clear a little tonight. there you see the front way off the coast. probably temperatures dropping into the low 40's tomorrow night. a fast-moving weaker system roles in with another round of showers on friday. a small craft advisory with three-foot waves, only 47 for the high tomorrow. occasional rain showers lingering. who have read the august plenary into the atmosphere. the seven-day forecast, sunny skies on thursday. 67 in the afternoon. scattered showers friday at into saturday night. >> baseball gets the first no- hitter of the season. they will gladly settle for the decision. >> the first number tonight is 36, 1, 16, 15, the final is 29. the one who matches all six numbers, $65 million. numbers, $65 million. [ alarm buzzing ] another victim of frequent flyer red tape. [ tires screech ] seat restrictions got him stuck in a vicious circle. it's just not right! i keep earning miles, but it seems like i can never

. >>> hundreds of thousands of people have evacuated from communities along the gulf coast. from a flood gate is getting closer to homes. the federal emergency management agency has expanded assistance to louisiana and its parishes being threatened by the mississippi river. 22 parishes are eligible for reimbursement of 75% of the cost of flood damage. opening the spill way is meant to ease pressure on levies around heavily populated new orleans and baton rouge. >>> let's talk to leigh glaser and a little rain on the way. >> a lot of rain on the way. this is how it looks from the high definition sutro cam. the bay area is seeing some clear patches and also some cloudiness. we are also picking up a little light rain that has redeveloped mainly north of the bay bridge. you can see a bulk has moved on. let's go in a little closer and a little light rain berkeley toward hayward. we have been getting reports of moderate rain there. just in the last 15 to 20 minutes. you can see this band of moisture heading toward novato boulevard here. so throughout the course of the evening we w

>> a hurricane did hurricane damage to the gulf coast but what almost killed new orleans was not a hurricane. when it passed by new orleans, this was on a category one or a weak category two, it was a catastrophic failure of the hurricane system. it took them four and a half decades to almost complete the project and it failed in more than 50 places under storm surge conditions that were less severe than was supposed to withstand. it was a catastrophic situation. people talk about the government and all of that. unless you have read these reports by the investigations, you don't know why those people suffered, why those people drowned. >> i heard you say that it took four and a half decades to almost complete. >> it was not completed. >> i have heard of government bureaucracy, how does any entity work on a project for four and a half decades and it still not completed? >> in its original budget a timeframe for construction, completion was about 8 years. the short answer to what the core of the engineers does and the way that they do it is that they live in a good tune of community. -- a coco

six years after katrina, many gulf coast residents are still living in fema trailers.ble trailers have an alabama town in an uproar. april 27th they lost most of their buildings including city hall. while many residents are still camped out in tents, the mayor has placed a ban on single wide mobile homes, saying he doesn't want to see run down trailers a few years down the road. angry residents are now circulating a petition to remove that mayor from office. >>> stress does not lead to multiple sclerosis, that finding contradicts past research. after accounting for age, ethnicity and smoking, researchers found stress did not increase the risk for multiple sker los is in side members, even those who reported severe abuse. experts say this new finding allows them to look at other factors that may play a role in the development of ms. >>> while the american academy of pediatrics has taken a firm stand against energy drinks for kids. the doctors group even has something to say about sports drinks like gatorade. are they really necessary for young athletes? nbc's erica edwa

where some heavy showers and thunderstorms are rumbling up through the ohio valley and down to the gulf coast. all of that is going to slowly work in our direction by late tuesday and into wednesday. around here today, temperatures were a little bit warmer than what you would expect on the second day of may. this is the birthday of the year that the normal high hit 70. the pollen count has had a tough season and continues to run in a high range, especially for tree pollen. 66 on the beach at ocean city right now. it is going to be a mild morning. look for partly cloudy skies to start the day and temperatures 57-64 degrees. an unseasonably warm third day of may. this war front is working up the coast. it will be a one-day warm up because the next cold front is already moving in. a little warm-up and then that front gets in here and produces some showers and thunderstorms tomorrow night into wednesday morning. a little bit of sunshine during the day will help to warm things up and set the stage for some thunderstorms tomorrow night from baltimore north into pennsylvania. on wednesday, rain is l

and down into the gulf coast states. we will watch that edge in our direction. future radar highlighting showers that will erupt in the mid to late afternoon. and typically this type of setup keeps it west of the area. but annapolis listen up. we have barbeques planned in the afternoon and evening. and rumbles of thunder. watch the slow moving frontal bondry keeping the rain the yellow shading into the afternoon hours. looks like this may linger a little longer and get out and bring cooldown behind it. but tomorrow, that could tush out to be-- turn out to be a wet and cooler day at 60. beyond that, the low 40s overnight and check out forecast 66 thursday looking fine. 67 late showers friday. and 70 to start the weekend and locks like maybe more rain on yet another sunday. kim. >> reporter: justin, if you are traveling on the i-70 corridor between route 29 and the beltway, you will find a little bit more involve making your way heading out west. but aside from that traffic is also off to a pretty good start. look live at the beltway, -- looking live at the beltwa

. >>> some drivers along florida's gulf coast are getting cheap fills thanks to two gas stations engaged in a price war to. celebrate the grand opening the murphy express promised the cheapest gas in town. tom thumb decide not to let that happen. every time murphy dropped prices, tom thumb does the same thing. and at one point, tom thumb employee was heading out to change the numbers saw a murphy express lose lowered the price and they had to get -- lowered the price and had to get new numbers. the grand opened lasted until midnight on saturday so the low prices are expected to stick around until then. we know you want cheap or free gas. we are working to help you save money watching "good morning maryland starting at 4:30 starting on monday, you can wayne $100 gas card. text the code word to 46988 or enter online at wmar.com. the contest runs through may 25th. for complete rules go to abc2news.com. >>> and if you are look for cheap gas prices in the area, head to the abc2news.com and click on traffic and gas prices. we have got an interactive map. put in your zip code and find the cheap

from the midwest to the gulf coast, officials are bracing for massive flooding. one area of the mississippi river near memphis expected to crest at 48 feet this weekend. 14 feet above flood stage. despite the threat, the mayor of memphis says they are well prepared. >> we see no shortage of manpower or material. >> i saw a lot of people leaving. i just laughed. >> local, state and federal officials, however, are preparing for the worst. the national guard is helping with evacuations, fema is coordinating federal support as the coast guard plans to close a portion of the mississippi river to ship traffic friday. in louisiana, u.s. army corps of engineers will open a spillway to reduce the volume and velocity of the mississippi river. >> we're doing everything we can to mitigate the impact, any additional challenges that will be caused by the opening of these spillways. >> the floods could also present a double whammy for states like alabama, georgia and tennessee, recently hit by a slew of devastating tornados. in washington, i'm nicole collins. >>> it is the one-

shifts east, bringing gusty winds, flash flooding and hail and showers and thunderstorms along the gulf coast from new orleans to tallahassee and up to a foot of snow in the utah and montana rockies. rain from seattle to redding, california. >>> 88 in albuquerque and shy of 100 in phoenix. 5 in chicago, 65 in the twin cities and 70 in omaha. 80 frs dallas to atlanta. 90 in baltimore and 83 here in new york. >>> coming up after the break, does the credit card company know first that a marriage is bound to fail? >> how about that? new crash test results also released overnight. which cars with good fuel economy are also the safest? >>> also, nine years after her kidnapping, elizabeth smart confronts the man who took her. what she told him in her own words. >>> there have been a flurry of foreclosure this is year. realty trak sense 1 in 4 homes sold in the first quarter of this year were foreclosures and since they usually sell at a discount that drives down prices for other homes. >>> and overseas markets are rebounding on higher oil prices. tokyo's nikkei average was up 1.5% today. hong kong's

this is an issue which we worked closely with the gulf coast council and states will continue that but this is a very fragile moment as you said and we'll do everything we can to encourage movement in the direction of a peaceful transition. there's a lot at stake here in yemen. >> congratulations. >> thank you >> thank you, senator rubio. i will be relinquishing my gavel to senator menendez, who's our next questioner. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ambassador, thank you for your service to our country. and i appreciate what you've done over a long period of time. let me start off by saying something positive on the state department. i've been one of those who have been pressing really hard about our sanctions regime on iran. and i'm very pleased to see that the department has listed about 7 different companies that who are engaged in activities related to the supply of refined petroleum products to iran, including the supply of gasoline, and they come from various countries. so that is a very good step forward and i'm thrilled to see it. yesterday i've authored legislation with several se

and longer life pressure to consider potential areas for development in south atlantic and the gulf. coast. programs and i just over to have a nice time tonight in fact here on out. that may lack the luxury resort so palm strewn beaches but on top that has frozen barren lands are still a hot spot for the next report from the southern most tip of the earth sean thomas meets those spending thousands of dollars to swap five star frost. the guests on board this cruise ship get ready to come ashore to experience something magical an arctic a is an area to visit a young imagination i mean you can read books look at t.v. shows and try to be prepared but the experience every trip again once we take people down here they are only way by the set up of nature of the landscape and weather and whatever is out here in this environment so it's it's a voyage beyond imagination tourism in antarctica is a major business but because of the antarctic treaty system an international agreement that limits exploitation of the continent don't expect to see any luxury hotels down here any time soon excursions are m

it's been a year since we watched the horror in the gulf coast. we found that the agencies who oversea -- oversee offshore drilling and the oil companies engaged in it were not prepared for the disasters and americans will be paying for that for years. the administration has taken a number of steps to prevent future spills. unfortunately, these bills undermine that progress making drilling less safe. instead of pretending as one of these terrible environmental disasters just never happened, congress should implement the recommendations of the oil spill commission. and we should be pursuing legislation that will reduce our dependence on oil by investing in things that give american commuters choices in terms of more efficient vehicles, transportation alternatives, alternative fuels. this bill, fortunately, will never be enacted into law, but i'm disappointed that the rules committee did not make in order any of the amendments to repeal unnecessary tax subsidies to the oil industry. at a time of record profits, it's adding insult to injury that bill

the cold front, you can see it moving up the satellite imagery, from new england to the gulf coast. clears out nicely, but it is chilly here. the rain is off the coast tomorrow afternoon and the sky will begin to clear. temperatures tomorrow night will drop into the 40's. setting this up for a nice thursday. it should be a beautiful day on thursday before the next system quickly moves in the. itwere in the 80's today, will fill chillier with the northwest wind at 10 or 20 miles per hour. on the bay, a small craft advisory. seven-day forecast, nice weather returning thursday and a chance for showers on friday. saturday looks mostly dry, but in the evening, some showers. >> once on the brink of collapse, chrysler is back in the black. rising sales help it turn a profit in the first quarter. it made $116 million -- the company predicts 2011 profit. the news is not so good for workers at the giant food chain. the company has announced about 200 people will be -- will lose their jobs. the affected employees will be offered buyouts and jobs in other parts of the company. the 200 workers r

sunday, more sunshine through the gulf coast.exas into oklahoma where we are expecting more showers in the pacific northwest. sunny in florida. clouds and showers in the >>> good morning to you. low pressure is bringing about a little bit of cloud cover this morning. no big changes from yesterday, except for a cooling trend. we'll be cooler today and see a few more dlouds, onshore flow will take hold of our weather pattern as we head through tomorrow. we're expecting the fog to push inland, so a mostly cloudy start for saturday morning, might sleep through it. 75 in san jose, we'll drop off even more so for mom's day down to 70 degrees. hope you have a great one. >>> that's your latest weather. hey, rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat. >> thank you very much, al. >> works every time. >> in honor of mother's day up next the style lessons moms ps f th eir daughters after this. if you wear dentures, taking care of your oral health should be a top priority - and that means getting rid of odor-causing bacteria and plaque. try

a wet day from the gulf coast up to northern new england. heaviest rain and flooding from nashville to louisville. cincinnati and cleveland. light snow in the kas aides to showers in seattle, another day of record highs now the l.a. >> and it's about 80 in sacramento. 90 degrees in phoenix. 60s for minneapolis to kansas city. 51 in chicago. and 71 in dallas. miami climbs to 85. atlanta 75. and boston sitting at 65. >>> coffee, tea, or killer kick? that's exactly what one chinese airline is serving up these days. >> yeah look out if you are going to be flying. a new right in taendants at hong kong airlines are required to get martial arts training to deal with unruly passengers. they've been learning wing chung, a form of kung fu used in close-range combat. >> watch out. the instructors say the self-defense technique is designed by women. so out of control passengers may now be getting a little bit -- a lot more maybe they bargained for. >> most flaechight attendants s the biggest outburst is from alcohol. a few cocktails on the plane. >> you

the rest of the country, we are looking at sunshine through the gulf coast.ates, temperatures will be toasty, up near 90 for washington, d.c. clouds in the pacific northwest. sunny through southern california, but cooler than usual. plenty of sunshine western great lake >>> well, we are seeing a nice, clear day. the calm before the storm arrives tomorrow. this is going to bring us some pretty significant rain in the north bay. looking at a tenth or less for the peninsula and the south bay. east bay may not see anything. the front is expected to break apart before crossing through the entire bay area. 72 in gilroy today. timing of the rain looks like this. starting tomorrow 4:00 a.m. the front drops through, clearing, though, by about noon and then sunshine for thursday. >>> and that's your latest weather. meredith? >> al, thank you very much. up next, teens and plastic surgery. to save them from being bullied, is it a good idea? right after this. cash back with my credit card? love the idea. no hoops to jump through to get it? even better. not a big fan of ho