we're looking at houston, texas.ast year michelle obama spoke to the group and president obama when he was running for office was there in 2008 during the campaign. we may dip into that when joe biden comes on. until that happens, to the city of scranton, which has been hit especially hard. uni union workers plan to ask a judge to hold the mayor in contempt of court after he cut the pay of nearly 400 municipal workers to the state's minimum wage. that's $7.25 an hour. let's bring in the mayor of scranton, christopher dougherty. tough times in scranton. you have had to make tough decisions. but the city's union is saying they are caught in a political battle between you and the city council over how to cover that $16.8 million gap in the city's 2012 budget. the question to you, why did you decide to slash the pay for these 400 municipal employees? >> good morning, richard. these are very difficult decisions we e had to make. our employees do a great job and we're very thankful for them. but our council passed a budget

. >>> now to houston, texas. people are dealing with the worst flooding in more than two years. rescue crews scrambled to save dozens of people from the flash floods, including some kids from a baseball day camp. the national weather service has extended some of its flood warnings until tomorrow morning. >>> and it's an incredible story of survival. an autistic man surviving three weeks in the utah desert with just the clothes on his back. coming up, hear from the pilot who helped rescue him. [ male announcer ] this... is the at&t network. a living, breathing intelligence teaching data how to do more for business. [ beeping ] in here, data knows what to do. because the network finds it and tailors it across all the right points, automating all the right actions, to bring all the right results. [ whirring and beeping ] it's the at&t network -- doing more with data to help business do more for customers. ♪ too. >>> independent investigator louis freeh releases a scathing report. might this open up a whole new can of worms? >> yeah. 267 pages, even the janitors knew, fredricka. wil

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. >>> crews are trying to determine what caused this big fire in houston, texas. dozens of boats, campers and rvs went up in flames after a storage unit caught fire. firefighters say there was a huge explosion and flames shot into the night sky. a lack of fire hydrants near the scene made it impossible for crews to contain those flames. firefighters had to haul water to the scene, causing a number of delays. however, no injuries were reported. >>> a brazen criminal was stealing american flags right from the graves in hudson, new york at a cemetery there. at first police assumed it may be kids, they maybe the ones to plame, but they decided to mount cameras in trees to find out. so guess what, they caught the suspect redhanded and it turns out it was a woodchuck. the evidence continued to mount, once again, as they began investigating the woodchuck's home. >> we did deploy a pole camera into one of the holes and found remnants of the flags going down into the hole. >> they're very destructive creatures. >> yeah they are thieves too. next year caregivers at the ceme

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. >> out of the red corner, marlen esparza, houston, texas. york. >> reporter: marlen comes out swinging. then lets christina run. >> come on, christina! >> there you go! >> yes! >> your winner, out of the red corner, marlen esparza, houston, texas. >> you beat her easy, man. easy. easy. >> because i was like, man, i was like, if i lose to the same person in a row, when i've never lost to anybody twice in my life. >> my timing was a little off. towards the later rounds, i was getting tired. she put more pressure on me. this time she waited a little, which i didn't expect. >> reporter: how did it feel? >> it felt really good. i think after she beat me, a lot of people were thinking maybe i'm not the one that's going to win anymore. and i think after that one, it was kind of like, it was just an accident. it was just a mistake. >> anybody checking in to vip? >> welcome to the 2011 usa boxing national championships. >> after i beat christina, i was done. i was like, i won. i kept having to tell myself, marlen, you're still fighting. get with it.

. >> out of the red corner, marlen esparza, houston, texas., christina cruz, new york, new york. >> marlen comes out swinging. then lets christina run. >> come on, christina! >> yes! >> there you go! [ buzzer ] >> yes! yes, marlen! >> your winner, out of the red corner, marlen esparza, houston, texas. >> you beat her easy. easy. easy. >> because i was like, man, i was like, if i lose to the same person in a row, when i've never lost to anybody twice in my life. >> my timing was a bit off. towards the later rounds i was getting tired. she put more pressure on me. this time she waited a little, which i didn't expect. >> how did it feel? >> it felt really good. i think after she beat me, a lot of people were thinking maybe i'm not the one that's going to win anymore. and i think after that one, it was kind of like, it was just an accident. it was just a mistake. >> anybody checking in to vip? >> welcome to the 2011 usa boxing national championships. >> after i beat christina, i was done. i was like, i won. i kept having to tell myself, marlen, yo

vice president joe biden rendering a sunday sermon there in houston, texas. he ended with scripture, he started with thunderous applause and between the two, he hit on everything from the president, as he put it, bailing out the auto industry, saving the banking industry, saying bin laden is dead and america is more secure because of this man. he spent a great deal of time drawing a sharp contrast between what a romney presidency would look like with regards to education, with regards to the supreme court, with regards to energy as well. and you have to wonder if the white house sent joe biden to houston because he may have done a little bit better with that audience. initial thoughts on the vice president's comments, good sir? >> you certainly couldn't do better with our crowd than that. he hit all the points. he even got into talking about racial profiling, which is something if you go back 12 years, george bush campaigned against driving while black. so it reminds people how important it is to have people who have courage who can actually see what's happen

. >> reporter: he comes from houston, texas, where he was chief middle schools officers of the independent school district. he distinguishes himself as a steady leader with problem solving and human relations skills. at 3 1-rbgs he's the youngest superintendent baltimore county has seen in many years but he doesn't let this sway his focus. >> the conversation has to switch. and what it takes to run an organization. that's leader ship, visionary, and there have been many individual wls mountains of experience who have not been successful but i think you have to look at the skill set of man individual before you look at age or any other criteria. >> reporter: disans is anxious to get into more classrooms to talk with teachers and faculty. he said visiting schools keep him grounded and this school system can become the best. >> it's not one person leading the-- district. we're paul leaders. >> now dr. dance plans to continue his listening tours in september and october and plans to talk to staff, the community and students. he wants to gather their input on the school system. you can find thi

. >> mitt romney took the stage at the naacp annual meeting in houston, texas with a message for black voters. >> if you want a president that will make things better in the african american community you're looking at him. >> about 90% of black voters are expected to support president obama in november. romney says that support has not led to results. he points out that while the u.s. unemployment rate is just over 8%, among blacks it's much higher 14.4%. >> the unemployment rate, the duration of unemployment, average income, media family wealth are all worse in the black community >> romney believes staying focused on the economy can help him win in november. polls show the race is thiethening. thiethening -- tightening. >> a new survey shows romney only 3 points behind. president obama has been working to lock in his support in the battleground states. >> the stakes in this election could not be bigger. . >> he traveled to i -- iowa on tuesday trying to reignite the enthusiasm that led him to victory 4 years ago. >> i'm betting you are going to be as fired up as you were in 2008 bec

mitt romney spoke to the naacp convention in houston, texas today. he delivered a speech short on specifics and long on tepid generalities. >> some may wonder why a republican would campaign in the african-american community and address the naacp. i hope to address every american of every race, creed, and sexual orientation. from the poorest to the richest and everyone in between. >> romney was greeted with polite applause throughout the speech, and even got some encouraging organ music. >> i can't promise you that i'll agree on every issue, but i do promise that your hospitality to me today will be returned. we will know one another. and we will work to common purpose. >> the audience gave romney their attention and a fair hearing. at the end of the speech, the crowd respectfully offered a standing ovation to the candidate. the attendees gave him some credit for showing up. unlike the previous president, george w. bush, who openly shunned any invitations to the naacp convention. but there was one moment where mitt romney delivered an actual policy p

2012, today vice president joe biden is addressing the naacp's annual convention being held in houston, texas. biden got a rousing welcome this morning unlike the reception that republican mitt romney received yesterday. >> when the economy was about to go over the cliff, i watched him make some of the toughest decisions any president has had to make since franklin delano roosevelt. he saved the nation's financial system and in doing so he prevented a worldwide depression. it wasn't a popular decision, but it was a essential decision and he was right. >> yesterday romney was booed by the same crowd when he said that he would eliminate nonessential programs, including president obama's health care reform law. mitt romney did hear polite applause when he spoke about helping the middle class. >>> in 2008 republican presidential candidate john mccain got just 4% of the african-american vote. >>> what's happening with congressman jesse jackson, jr. new information from his office is not putting to rest questions his absence from work. right now he is on medical leave. danielle nottingham reports m

texas is at the very top. why is that? >> yes, jonathan. dallas-ft. worth, houston, topping the ranks of these, and the best backdrop to do business. a couple categories, ten in fact, cnbc ranked this on. texas in terms of where it won. it had the nation's best infrastructure according to the study. we had second place, for texas in terms of technology innovation. it was the third and lowest cost of living in having just come back from texas, i must say that the tex-mex was pretty cheap among other terms, shopping extremely cheap. the workforce improved to seventh best in the country from 14th last year. access to capital was down a little bit, but also worth noting, the economy was extremely strong with a aaa bond rating and a stable outlook of the runners up, of course, were utah and virginia. >> interesting. karen, thanks. >>> still ahead on "way too early," highlights from a baseball blowout in the all-star game last night. we'll have the highlights and break down by everyone was wearing mismatched uniforms. what was up with that? >>> plus -- the drama is buildi

host: houston, texas and dallas, texas is on ballista as well as austin, texas which is number 7. next call is green bay, wisconsin on a republican line. caller: hello? i am more concerned not so much as what they are using their surveillance for but the precedent we are setting. if we go to these extremes after 9/11 and the current wars, what happens when the next biggest and happened to our country? what rights will we be losing then? we're setting a precedent that we will take people's civil liberties and our right to privacy in this country away due to incidents that happened and occurred in old complex. it is impressive that we will allow that to be done by our government. our government is an avid of continuing to do that. eventually, what rights will we lose? guest: i have heard the expression before, be careful if you choose their enemies because you will be like them. in the taliban, we have a dark -- very difficult enemy that is devoted to social repression of women and individual rights. if a group cents terrorists to attack our country and we become more like them, tha

what do you think his motivation of yesterday in houston, texas?> again, i think that he wanted to be able to say that he's unafraid to make an appeal to the african-american community. and even offer an alternative, if you will. but also he wanted to show his base that he's bold enough to speak truth to power, his own truth and with stand the abuse to resolidify his base and also for those folks who might be disillusioned a bit to give them an alternate choice. if i become president it's not the worse thing in the world, i'm on your side. he's not on anybody's side. he's on the side of wealthy, corporate interest and big business. >> congressman, thank you. >> thank you, sir. >> coming up new comments from reverend jesse jackson about his son's mysterious medical leave of accident. congressman jesse jackson will reveal what's been called so far a mood disorder. first a whole lot going on today and just a few things we thought you should know. first the body of rfk jr.'s estranged wife has been dug up and moved away from the kennedy plot. he wanted

the texas coast, beaumont, port arthur through galveston and an few showers near houston popped up. a few areas this morning a rough drive. otherwise, a quiet weather map the entire northern half kuch country. a warm weather map and not the incredible heat wave we've seen over the last the two weeks and hoping to get rain. arkansas one of the worst drought spots in the country along with colorado. the potential, especially eastern half of arkansas, a little rain. showers and thunderstorms hit-and-miss throughout the south east and a warm typical summerlike day for rest of us. enjoy. >> thanks, bill. >>> revising downward on wall street. americans city going bust, and which of the united states is the best for doing business? your "first look" at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >>> coming up, griffin strikes is rich, an all-star blowout and what fans know the rest of us don't. you're watching "first look" on nbc. ♪ [ acoustic guitar: slow ] [ barks ] ♪ [ upbeat ] [ barks ] beneful playful life is made with energy-packed wholesome grains... and real beef and egg.

in the 2010 elections, at african-american neighborhoods in houston, texas, a group called a black democratic trust of texas distributed fliers that a straight ticket vote for democratic party would not count. as you pointed out, the 2010 elections in maryland where the automated calls were made by the republican candidate, but not identified that way, saying this was a call from the democratic candidate for governor after barack obama, there is no need to vote because the election had been one. you are correct, that person was prosecuted under state law. prosecuted and the conviction was had. we want to make sure that in federal elections, we have the protection that these types of fraudulent deceptive communications will not be tolerated. this legislation is carefully drafted to comply with the first amendment of the constitution. it is carefully timed. it gives the department of justice the tools they need to ensure the integrity of our election process and to make it clear the we won't tolerate that type of communication in a federal election, which is aimed at disenfranchising minority v

. >>> houston, we got a problem in the locker room of a millionaire boy's club in houston, texas. >> do you want to fight, yes or no? >> no, i'm in the going to fight. >> pow! >> whoa. >> that's an assault right there. >> oh, no. >> oh! >> i always wanted to see the locker room of a strip club, but not like this. >> these ladies of entertainment are getting attention for not their moves on stage but their moves behind the scenes. >> get up! >> [ bleep ]! >> i mean, she gave her the opportunity to take the boots off, but then still went at her. >> which his a risk. now the girl has the boots she could use as a weapon. >> she does take the boots off and the fight continues. >> oh, boy! it is a strip club. >> they're used to this, obviously. >> this is what they get for $1 million? that's what they're paying for? >> no one is paying to see this because they're in the locker room. we're getting to see it because someone was there filming it. >> that's the big question. why is someone filming in the locker room? >> the deejay is basically encouraging the fighting. police are investigating

the first is from houston, texas, as a convenience store. we see two suspects talking to 43-year-old clerk mutaza. they jump through the manager's window, follow this guy to the manager's office where they order him to open the safe. then they shot the guy through his arm and into his stomach. e clerk was able to tual left. he was taken to a hospital where he will make a full recovery. >> well, it's a good thing they were dumb criminals. number one, they didn't pay attention to the fact there were cameras everywhere, and number two they put their fingerprints everywhere so there's proof in the pudding as to who was responsible. >>> two guys bust into the palms internet cafe in florida. one of them has a gun, another one has a bat. you'll never believe who comes to the rescue. a patron at the internet cafe, samuel williams, all 71 years of him, starts shooting at both of these guys. you see them running. he shot both of them. they trip over each other on the way out. samuel williams will obviously not face charges. he did have a permit to car

. >> reporter: mitt romney took the stage at the naacp's annual meeting in houston, texas with a message for black voters. >> if you want a president who will make things better in the african-american community, you are looking at him. >> reporter: about 90% of black voters are expected to support president obama in november, but romney says that support has not led to results. he points out while the u.s. unemployment rate is just over 8%, among blacks it's much higher, 14.4%. >> unemployment rate, the duration of unemployment, average income, median family wealth are all worse in the black community. >> reporter: romney believes staying focused on the economy can help him win in november and polls show the race is tightening. a new survey of voters nationwide shows romney just three points behind 46-43 -- 46% to 43%. president obama has been working to lock in his support in the battleground states. >> the stakes in this election could not be bigger. >> reporter: he traveled to iowa on tuesday trying to reignite the enthusiasm that led him to victory four years ago. >> i'm betting tha

and houston, texas, takes the top honor, as the coolest city in the country. forbes defiance coolest havingol plentyes of entertainment, green space, sports teams, and, oh, i can't, good jobs. those are -- oh, yeah, those arr very important. and we are a cooler city! >> certainly, and we hope we will continue that trend. we may need to get out, but ver cool list, i'm glad to hear what the definition of cool is.is i agree with forbes.es we want you to see as we look live, we are rain-free, there could be a spotty shower in the overnight hours. and there could be some fog, but let's get straight to the headlines so you can see what we're expecting heading into the workweek. tuesday's fog to be a lot likelo -- goingt to be a lot like todd only difference might be one or two more thunderstorms floatingu aroundnd in the afternoon. i so n we'll watch that. there could be a little fog overnight. so with those storms around, nothing is expected to be severe, but we will stay humid, so thiaminases any storms mayes have a the potential of droppinf good rain on your area

they are holding their annual meeting in houston, texas.going to be a tough sell. 95% of african-americans voted for president obama in 2008. let me bring in "new york times" columnist charles blow and joe watkins, a mitt romney surrogate and former aid to president george h.w. bush. gentlemen, good morning. >> good morning, chris. >> mitt romney is expected to stick to his economy script as part of his prepared remarks which were just released before the speech. he said, if equal opportunity in america were an accomplished fact, then a chronically bad economy would be equally bad for everyone. instead, it's worse for african-americans in almost every way. the african-american jobless rate, 14.4%. does he have a winning message here, charles? >> well, how you define winning in this case. >> could he win over some african-american voters who have been largely, obviously, voting for barack obama? >> well, african-americans have been largely voting for democrats. since '80, '84, the republicans have not won -- >> but it's gone up to like 10% 1

republican presidential nominee mitt romney made an appeal to african-american voters yesterday in houston texas. he spoke to the naacp national convention and mr. romney asked for support explained why he thinks he is the better candidate. the crowd was receptive to the massachusetts governor's message until he addressed repealing the president's health care reform law. to that the crowd responded less than favorably -- >> i'm going to eliminate every nonessential expensive program i can find. that includes obamacare and i'm going tutwork reform and save -- to work to reform and safe -- [ booing ] >> mitt romney knows he does have a problem with african- american voters. polls show they prefer president barack obama overwhelmingly. he's committed to competing in the african-american community. >>> jesse jackson jr. is being treated for a mood disorder. an unidentified doctor was quoted in the statement saying that yak season is expected -- jackson is expected to make full recovery. he has been away from congress since late may. he was taking a leave of absence due to a medical condition which h

. >>> the folks at the zoo in houston, texas, have sent out this photo of a precocious monkey they say might be in on the joke. they grabbed this photo off a camera set up to secretly record wildlife in borneo, but it certainly appears the monkey seems to know exactly what is going on here. one twitter user speculated, it was posting for a new profile photo on match.com. >>> when we come back here tonight, our report from south africa as nelson mandela marks a big birthday. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday to you >> a joyful day in johannesburg. across south africa for that matter including this group of children. a small part of the estimated 12 million kids who were organized to sing happy birthday to nelson mandela. one of the towering figures of our modern world turned 94 today. yesterday he met with former president bill clinton who said mandela appeared to be in good spirits, was looking well though he is frail these days and unable to walk. it is another milestone for a man who remains a powerful influence over his country. especially the young people there. many of them

. >>> in houston, texas, people are dealing with the worst flooding in more than two years. rescue crews scrambled to save dozens of people from the flash floods including some kids at a baseball camp. much more straight ahead with poppy harlow. first, dr. sanjay gupta with a special report from cambodia. >>> hello. welcome. i'm reporting from cambodia. you know, i came here to investigate this medical mystery. and by way of background, this is the part of world that gave us sars, the deadly h5n1 bird flu. almost every deadly strain of bird flu over the years. we started hearing warnings that a deadly new disease, we paid attention. it all started with this dill general doctor noticing something unusual. young patients were coming into his hospital and dying very quickly. within 24 hours. he wrote a letter of warning describing a terrifying picture, a disease that he had never seen before that was nearly 100% lethal. we decided to go to the hospital. it is in the center of the city. >> with the majority have these cases under the age of 3, were seriously ill and many of them

houston, texas was hit by storms overnight which caused massive flooding. now the cypress creek has flooded out and many resident have been suffering from power outages. there are reports 12 cent meters of rain fell in the metropolitan areas. this is in sharp contrast from last year. and nearly 20 people died after a record amount of rain and thousands of people have been evacuated in those areas and more heavy rain is expected. and in many parts of china, they have been hit by direct rain causing flooding and property damage across the country. thousands of passengers have been left stranded. and roads blocked by landslides. let's return to our top story. the reports that one of the possible worst massacres since the uprising began in syria began months ago. there are reports of 200 people killed in a farm village in hamah province. both the government and opposition blame one another. a syrian activist based in ha ma. from your point of view, can you tell us what's snapped we have reports of heavy bombardment. >> i tell you today. today people who stayed

host: mike from houston, texas. caller: good morning.hink the ceo of freddie mac and freddiefannie mae got a prey good deal for a government- sponsored enterprise. of all know the details this between 1999 and 2002. it puzzles me that the democrats make a claim against romney, how was it when obama answers a question about his past about what he was doing in the 1990's, or the man he bought the house from, none of these ever making throughout the press a second day, ever. to the almost as if obama was born in 2004 -- it is almost as if obama was born in 2004. guest: franklin isn't running for president. i think some of those stories about president obama have gone traction in the press. the reason around bain such a powerful issue is because this is his argument for running for president. this is the experience he frequently cites. talks about his work at bain, more so than as governor. so this is a pretty powerful thing for the obama campaign. host: what would stop the story? guest: i do not know how you stop the story. he will make a f

. >>> today erik hold will deliver remarks at the naacp national convention in houston texas focusings. >>> and the key players including governor o'malley are meeting in northern virginia to assess the progress of the cleanup of the chesapeake bay. we expect an update on how they are doing in efforts to bring back the bay after years of neglect. >>> tomorrow the city public school c etch o will release the maryland school assessment results. we will have a briefing on student products. >>> o's limped into the all star break after an ologyly -- ugly trip to anaheim. angels put on a home run clinic beating them 6-0. it was the second consecutive game the orioles failed to score any runs. in fact they have in the crossed the plate in 22 innings. now as for the all star break and a chance for the o's to regroup and find magic they have lost. >>> after months of image collection nasa says it has two new images of mars' surface. >> the full circle combines 817 images takeen with panoramic camera. >> the image shows the terrain surrounding the rover while it was stationary for four months.

campaign 2012, today vice president joe biden is scheduled to address the naacp convention in houston, texas. yesterday g.o.p. presidential candidate mitt romney addressed the convention. it was a tough crowd for him. they booed him after he told the delegates president obama had failed to improve the economy. >> i'm going to eliminate every nonessential expensive program i can find. that includes obama care and i'm going to work to reform and save -- [ crowd booing ] >> most members of the civil rights group support president obama, so governor romney had his work cut out for him going into yesterday's speech. he believes staying focused on the economy can help him win in november. polls show the race is tightening. a new survey of voters nationwide suggests romney is just three points behind the president. 46-43% but within the statistical margin of error. >>> illinois congressman jesse jackson, jr. is receiving what his office calls intensive medical treatment for a mood disorder. the congressman went on leave june 10. at the time his office said he was being treated for exhaustion. they

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