president obama travels to iowa city, iowa on thursday to sell the public on health care reform, the bill that passed last night. when the bill becomes law, immediate changes include insurance companies can no longer drop patients who get sick, providers must offer free preventative care. there are no caps on lifetime benefits. that is huge. and this, too. young adults can stay on their parents' policies until the age of 26. then by 2014 all americans must have health insurance or pay a fine. also by 2014 insurance companies will no longer be able to deny adults coverage for pre-existing conditions. the medicare payroll tax for individuals making more than $200,000 a year goes up, a percentage point, a 30% increase. nbc's kelly o'donnell joins us from capitol hill this afternoon. i'm ed schultz filling in for -- who hosts this hour? we've got so many hosts in this hour. tamron hall. tamron hall has taken a day off. i was only on the air 11 hours yesterday. >> reporter: yes. you get a freebie. >> please bear with me if i'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer today. okay? kelly o'donn

robinson is a regular churchgoer at the congregational united church of christ in iowa city, and shesometimes preaches there. she loves the old protestant mainline. >> i think of them as being people who are serious about things that deserve, you know, serious attention, for example, social problems. they are very open to acknowledging the value of other religious traditions and tend very much away from harsh judgments. >> abernethy: robinson has great respect for the 16th century reformer john calvin, who she says was far more compassionate than his stern reputation suggests-- for instance, about forgiveness. >> the assumption is that forgiveness is owed wherever god might want forgiveness to be given, and we don't know, so you err on the side of forgiving. you assume your fallibility, and you also assume that anybody that you encounter is precious to god or is god himself. >> abernethy: so you cannot judge. you have to forgive. but robinson is very critical of the work of the so-called new atheists. >> i think this sort of avalanche of literature we have gotten lately is very secon

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he speaks today in iowa city, iowa where he first campaigned for health care reform three years ago. as the president left washington, his allies on captiol hill were pushing through round two of the health care reform plan. republicans found problems with the so-called fix it bill and they are sending it back to the house for another gop. the gop searched for this hoping to bring it down. >> we fought on behalf of the american people this week and will continue to fight until the bill is repealed. >> reporter: top democrats think it will be on the president's desk in the next couple of days. the heated debate triggered concerns over the safety of lawmakerrers and their staffers. capitol police and the fbi are investigating threats of violence against members of congress who voted for the bill. >> we need to be careful in public life our rhetoric does not turn in to inciteful violence or violence acts. >> reporter: he announced he'd support a voice mail and received threatening calls -- at least four democratic offices have been vandalized and ten lawmakers say they have received thr

tomorrow, the president is hitting the road, he'll try to sell the public on the health care plan in iowa city, iowa. the latest cbs news poll shows he'll face an uphill battle. overall, slightly, more disaprove of the law. president and his aids argue that once the voters learn more, they'll like what they see. in washington, joel brown, wjz- 13 eyewitness news. >>> and the governor will also create a coordinating council to lend the health care to maryland families efficiently. >> and still to come on wjz-13 eyewitness news at noon. a police beating on tape and how the victims are fighting back against chicago. >>> a safety recall on a baby carrier. >> and take another live look outside this noon. we'll be back with the first warning weather forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> two men pleaded not guilty to the murder of five teens. the teens murdered without a trace. after a dispute over missing drugs, the men forced the boys at gunpoint into an abandoned building and then set it on fire to kill them. their bail is $5 million each. >>> two men are claiming to be beaten by two plain clothed offi

we are also presented a person-to-person life programs and panels throughout the country from iowa city to san antonio to san francisco from the adp to be bea and pan american center of world fleeces and so forth but nothing takes away from the value the nbcc places on the awards each year and all the literary quality of the books we read and champion. so we gather to might once again to celebrate the best writing published in english in the u.s. published in the year 2009. first, however, we are conferring to words named after our founding members, ivan dandrof and nona balakian. i'm going to turn it over to scott, the chair of the committee who is when to introduce the winner of the citation for reviewing and scott by the way is a winner himself, scott mackall me. [applause] >> the balakian stations are given by the nbcc board of directors to a member of the organization whose work meets the standards set by one of our founders and expecting the were indeed. it was nona balakian who said the problem with most book reviews is they resembled a press for races except for not being. [laug

. >> reporter: at the same time the senate passed the bill, president obama was in iowa city, iowa today, rallying support for the overall reform. >> today health insurance is the today, the president responded to republicans who've vowed to run on a platform of repealing the law in the midterm elections. >> this is the reform that some folks in washington are still hollering about, still shouting about. now that they passed it, now that we passed it, they're already promising to repeal it. they're actually going to run on a platform of repeal in november. you've been hearing that. and my attitude is, go for it. ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: protesters were out in force. >> i'm tired of what obama is doing to our country. >> it's trying to take our private property and i'm not okay with that. >> reporter: that anger has caused some to take it a step futher. several democratic lawmakers had rocks and bricks thrown at their local offices. this afternoon, there were reports rep. anthony weiner's office in new york received a letter containing white powder. at least 10 democratic hous

he heads to iowa city where he announced the plan three years ago. in the studio, linda, abc 2 news. >>> pan parents in detroit say they made a mistake. - left behind after his birthday party, it took two days to realize the boy was missing. family and friend say it was all a big misunderstanding sp: eacparent thought the child was with the other. >> i will do anything the get my baby back, i will do anything, i will take classes, i will do it. i lover my baby, i really do. >> while the parents are charged with child endanger. , the little boy is in foster care, while y this fire truck was on the train tracks earlier this month, this is surveillance video of the crashing, the fire was spontaneousing to a car cash, you can see a police car also move off the tracks just before the train hitting the fire truck. several people had to go to the hospital but everybody is going to be okay. >> new, around the world to look at news, a volcano in iceland is erupting. incredible video of the value kay know and forced more than 600 people out of their hems. desp

. >> reporter: even in iowa city, protesters have been out in force. >> we're tired of what obama isr country. >> he's trying to take our private property and i'm not okay with that. >> reporter: the senate has ruled that the bill-making changes to health care reform will have to go back to the house for final approval, something democrats were desperately hoping to avoid. >>> 5:16 right now. what appears to have been intense meetings between the united states and israel over israeli plans to increase settlements apparently got nowhere. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is heading home after a two-day visit saying he feels there was progress, but the u.s. indicates there wasn't. >>> 5:16. we go back in time to yesterday, we had 65 degrees. 70 down towards richmond, virginia. definitely heat abundance and above normal temperatures that have prevailed for the last two weeks across our region. on the 25th day of march, typically we'd be down to 36 in the morning. we average an increase of a degree every two or three days. we're about to get pay back for that through the next couple of d

on thursday he will visit iowa city, iowa, where as a presidential candidate he announced his healthwas signed, attorneys general from 13 states sued the federal government saying the constitution doesn't authorize the federal government to require americans to buy health insurance. all are republicans except james caldwell of louisiana who is a democrat. some states are also looking at other ways to avoid participating in the overhaul. virginia and idaho have passed legislation aimed at blocking the bills insurance requirement from taking effect. and the republican-led legislature in florida is trying to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot to ask voters to exempt the state from the federal laws requirements. the u.s. senate meets at 2:15 p.m. eastern today to begin work on companion legislation to the health care bill signed into law. it contains a number of changes to the law, many added to get democratic support in the house. senate democratic leader harry reid says he has the votes to pass it in his chamber. but republicans plan to offer a number of amendments to slow or

he heads to iowa city where he announced the plan three years ago. abc 2 new. >> >> our opinion bank is open. we want your $0.02 on this issue. one of the more popular question. if i own a small business, what does it mean to our business. we have an entire article about small business owner who is are asking that same question. just log on to abc2news.com and look for the story in the main slide show, read all about it or you can sound off on facebook. we want to hear from you this morning. >> reporter: baltimore has more money to prevent children from getting in trouble at an early age. abc 2 sherrie johnson has more. >> reporter: this is youth violence prevention week, about the issues facing children in baltimore city. last friday police arrested 14- year-old for the murder of a man who was on his way to work. investigators say this teen has a record and killed the man but not before taking just $7 his cell phone. yesterday the city of baltimore received a is $1 million grant, depends on community involvement. >> particularly targets young people

first stop, iowa city, back where it started.hat's sure to dominate headlines in the next 24 hours, so let's bring in democratic strategist tad devine and republican strategist john feehery. tad, it may be obvious but why back to iowa and apparently according to robert gibbs' tweets the ticket sales already 15,000 tickets sold for a field house that seats 3,000. so they're expecting a big crowd in iowa city. >> well, because i think the president wants to build on the momentum that he has right now. politics are a lot like sports. if you get momentum you got to keep it. if you keep the momentum you win the game. i think that's what he's going to try to do in iowa tomorrow. get the grass roots excited. he made the commitment in his campaign. he's kept that promise to the american people and now he wants to expand information about the benefits they'll get out of health care reform. >> john feehery, one of the things very apparent yesterday was that it sounded in both of the speeches, the signing speech, it sounded like campaign sp

. >> reporter: even in iowa city, where the president ll celebrate passage of health care reform later today, protesters have been out in force. >> i'm tired of what obama is doing to our country. >> trying to take our private property. and i'm not okay with that. >> reporter: the senate proletarian will havto go back to the house of representatives for final approval. that's something top democrats were desperately trying to avoid. jeremy and vinita? >> an unexpected turn of event there's. t.j. winick, thank you. >>> the u.s. and israel have failed to heal their deepest dispute in decades. netanyahu had postponed leaving washington twice because he wanted peace talks to move forward. >>> the u.s. has been able to reach a breakthrough agreement with russia over nuclear arsenals. the treaty has cut the long-range nuclear weapons to about 1,500. it raises hopes for further disarmament in years ahead. the president is expected to sign the treaty in a trip to the czech republic in two weeks. >>> the obama administration will announce plans to make it harder to throw someone out of the mili

a democrat running for reelection, i would keep -- take a good look at the president's speech in iowa city. he made the case for the bill in terms that -- of what immediately happens this year, things that will happen. what it will be difficult to take those things off the board. >> but look at the latest nbc-" wall street journal" poll -- americans memo to congress, you stink. i don't see how anybody can take comfort from this, unless this is such a huge danger that democrats can ride to victory in november. -- such a huge game changer that democrats can ride to victory in november. >> somebody has to take a position. >> health-care support right now is about 10 points behind opposition. it has been constant ever since -- >> that is not true. >> if you aggregate all the polls. what is so interesting is that between now and november, i am not sure if it's going to change. the implementation is very slow. the uninsured is not quite happen until 2014. even the cancellation of pre- existing conditions, that does not kick in until four years -- >> it does for -- >> it will not have the same im

. -- president is in iowa city today. the want to take something away from that. >> mike allen, always good to see you. >>> your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. >> we do have sunshine this morning. we will see high clouds continue to build in. it will be a warm day. the wind will be out of the south today. what it will do, it will warm things up. we will look for a warm afternoon. there have been some light showers off to the west. most of the rain should hold off until tonight. we do have 30's off to the west. 48 in lexington park. 49 in king george. we're averaging in the 40's. let's look at the storm scan. the storm scan is interesting because it does show the moisture is approaching. we have breaks in the clouds. i do think we could have sunshine here and there across the area this morning. the storm system will move and from the storm west. breezy and milder. temperatures will climb. colder air will sink back again. the cherry blossom festival will be tried but on the chilly side. big changes ahead. of

the president visited iowa city, iowa just yesterday, a place where he had launched his plans for healthform. today, the white house unveiled new action to rescue families facing foreclosure. under the program, people who owe more than their home is worth could have part of their principle erased to get a lower payment. incentives are being expanded to lenders and at-risk homeowners could refinance through the federal housing administration. these steps are being taken because the original program has fallen short of his goal to help 4 million troubled homeowners. rick newman, when we're looking at this new plan, will it work? >> who knows. it's really hard to tell. this is now the third effort to try to solve this problem. the first didn't go anywhere. obama came in and said, we're going to try a new approach. that hasn't worked. an now, we're hearing a third effort. what's different this time is they're now talking about reducing the principle amount that some owe. it's like saying we're going to give you free real estate, in a sense. that's what people think it's going to take to fix

he'll return to iowa city, iowa, thursday. the place where he unveiled his health care plan while running for president. >> what the president promised that day and what the president will sign tomorrow, very much the promise of affordable, accessible health care. >> reporter: the president has his work cut out for him. a new cbs news poll shows less than half the people surveyed actually understand how the new law will change health care and health insurance. >> i think i'm still going to get the care i've always had but i'm afraid it might cost me more. >> has it been explained to you? >> no. i don't understand it completely. >> reporter: as early as tuesday the senate will take up the so-called fix-it bill that was also passed by the house late sunday. that bill offers tax credits to middle class families and bigger subsidies for the people eligible for federal help buying insurance. if senators approve it without any changes it will go to president obama for his signature. but republicans plan to offer a number of amendmen

so he goes to iowa city, iowa. why there? because that's where back in 2007 he began the campaign, during the campaign began his campaign for health care reform, so he goes back to the beginning and once again goes out to talk with americans about how this bill should work. >> jill dougherty at the white house, jill, thanks so much. as expected, the health care reform law is headed to court. 14 states have now filed lawsuits trying to challenge it. attorneys general from south dakota to south carolina say it's unconstitutional because congress is mandating that people buy health insurance. legal experts say the lawsuit has little chance of succeeding because under the constitution federal laws trump state laws. >>> senator ted kennedy spent decades fighting for health care reform, and he was not forgotten when the overhaul was finally signed into law. kennedy's youngest son, patrick, left this note by his grave at arlingt arlington national cemetery. "dad, the unfinished business is done." kennedy died of cancer in august. pr

well, this morning, president obama is heading to iowa city, iowa where he's going to be not campaigningor 2012. he's not selling himself as a candidate anymore. he will be there selling his health care reform plan to the public. meanwhile the house and senate will be here on the hill sorting ought out the technicalities in the package a. back to you. virginia's attorney general is proceeding with a lawsuit against the health care reform law. ken cuccinelli says it is unconstitutional to force people to purchase health insurance. he says voters elected him to defend the constitution, and that's exactly what he is doing. now state democrats say they will file a freedom of information request to determine how much the suit will cost virginia taxpayers. >> to give you an idea of the grass root support behind this efforts, the democratic party of virginia launched an on-line petition this morning and in under three hours, almost 4,000 people, as of this moment have signed up petitioning support. >> reporter: democrats also charge attorney general ken cuccinelli with using his office for a po

the president is going to test that theory out tomorrow when he heads for a campaign of sorts in iowa city, iowa. back to you. >> we are hearing that some members of congress are asking for security after threats and acts of vandalism. one that we detailed just before coming into your piece. >> yeah, you know, capital police is in charge of the security for the members of congress and they say they are taking the threats seriously. they held security briefings for each of the members today, if they ask for one, if they had been threatened. we were told that the fbi is going to be taking a lead role in the investigation. >> all right, more to come. thanks for that, joel. >>> a slew of amendments to the healthcare bill are being considered tonight and one of them deals with same sex marriages in the district. utah republican senator wants dc residents to be able to vote on the measure in november. same sex marriages began two weeks ago in the district. >> virginia governor, bob mcdonald found legislation challenging the healthcare reform law. the move comes a day after the attorney general f

. >> reporter: president obama merged celebration and nostalgia in iowa city today reaching back to his campaign appearance that launched his first big domestic policy initiative, universal health care. >> my plan begins by covering every american. >> reporter: candidate obama ran into the realities of governing. the law he signs this week falls short of some of those promises. the new law leaves 20 flee million and undock -- 23 million undocumented workers without coverage. the original plan carried a 10 year price tag of no more than 650 billion. candidate obama promised to pay by appealing bush tax cuts for the wealthy. law as for with it medicare and taxes. history they say written by the victors mr. obama took a lap with other presidents especially truman who asked congress for universal coverage in 1945. >> when came here three years ago i towed the story of when johnson stood with truman and signed medicare into law that wasn't perfect either. i'm sure there was somebody who was dissatisfied with it at the time. >> reporter: two giants said they are bracing for combined costs to

he's going to go out starting tomorrow, in iowa city, and all next week when he goes out to sell thisbarrassing piece of legislation. he's going to say, where are all the [ unintelligible ] >> greta: najibullah joins us live. good evening. -- newt gingrich joins us live. why does the president now have to sell it? >> because they've lost their mine. -- their minds. the country cares about jobs, economy, the deficit. 79% of the country yesterday said they think the economy could collapse. the country would like the president and washington to get on to something which relates to their daily lives. but the president has decided and his team has decided that they have to go out and they have to win the argument on health care. i don't think they can win this argument. i think when people start looking at the underlying details. when you realize that the mayo clinic in arizona will no longer take medicare. when you watch major institutions like a major drugstore say they will no longer take medicine kay. when you see the system beginning to break down. when you look at the cost in massach

he travels to iowa city where in 2007 he pushed the idea of health care reform while he was a candidate. during the night meanwhile, senate republicans found some glitches in the health care fix-it bill. glitches that will force the measure back to the house. >>> meantime, the fbi is investigating threats made against at least ten members of congress after democrats passed health care reform. the windows at some congressional offices were apparently broken and threats were left on some answering machines. >>> a new report is suggesting the vatican was warned in the 1990s about a wisconsin priest who may have molested as many as 200 deaf boys. according to the "new york times," american bishops sent repeated warns about the priest to top vatican officials, including the future pope benedict. the paper says disciplinary proceedings against the priest were halted after the priest said he had repented. that priest later died in 1998. >>> it is going to be more difficult for the u.s. military to discharge service members for being openly gay. defense secretary robert gates is issuing new gui

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i think there are many aspects that the president will talk about not only tomorrow in iowa city, but spend some time talking about in all honesty the next several years. >> you said several days. >> i think i said the next few days. i think it's in the next few days. i don't have a schedule in front of me that would say which day that is. >> back to star for a second. >> i'm saying the next few days. i won't guess on which day. >> back to star, how would you characterize the russians' negotiating style? would you characterize it as respectful and when this is signed, do you hope to use it as a new sense of symbolism for other aspects of this important relationship? >> i think that ever since the two leaders got together in london, i think last march or april or early april, i forget the exact date, we have been focused on a new type of dialogue, a partnership where the two countries can address the issues that -- the issues of mutual agreement. we have worked with them on our next steps on iran. we have worked with them in different avenues relating to north korea. i have said severa

today, president obama heads to iowa city did where he first unveiled his health care reform plan in he hopes to build support for that plan now that key parts of it have become law. but there is growing evidence that among certain parts of the american public, opposition has only bun to heat up. after a weekend that saw democratic lawmakers verbally abused and spat upon there have been a string of new incidents. shattered glass at the offices of arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords. death threats directed at congressman bart stupak. >> you turn coat son of a [ bleep ]. i hope you die. >> reporter: attacks on local democratic party offices in wichita kansas and monroe county, new york. more than ten house democrats have reported threats or attacks. compelling capitol police and the fbi to beef up security in the halls of congress and beyond. democrats suggest overheated republican rhetoric may be to blame. >> when people start talking in the rhetoric of putting people on firing lines or put a target on their faces with crosshairs. >> reporter: house republican leader john boehner

thursday that president will visit iowa city, where he outlined the grassroots health care reform plan in 2007 and have a chance to talk about what this legislation means for the small businesses that i was taught in about, for families with children who are labeled by insurance companies to suffer from a preexisting condition or to talk about what this means for seniors who will finally get help with covering their cost of their prescription drugs if they happen to fall into what is commonly known as the doughnut hole in medicare. >> is this going to be the one health care event he does outside of washington or will he be doing a series of events out light of washington? >> the president is a very busy schedule coming up, a whole host of issues. i assume the president will talk about health care for a long time. but, the president has over the course of the past many weeks even as the legislative agenda has been focused on getting health care done, which we did last night, the president is also as you will see over the next couple of weeks working on a number of other issues that are

thursday the president will visit iowa city, where he outlined the grassroots health care reform plan and 2007 and he will have a chance to talk about what this legislation means for the small businesses that i was talking about, for families, children who are labeled by insurance companies to suffer from a pre-existing condition, and to talk about what this means for seniors who will finally -- finally get help covering the cost of the power grid -- the prescription drug that happens to fall into what is commonly known as the down not alld -- donut hole. the president has a very busy schedule coming up. a whole host of issues. i assume the president will talk about health care for a long time. but the president has over the course of the past few weeks, even as the legislative agenda has been focused on health care, you will see that he has been working on a number of other issues that are at the forefront and we will have an opportunity to talk about it. >> a lot of democrats switch their votes -- politically dangerous but for themselves. what kind of support are they receiving from

he'll be in iowa city tomorrow. >>> look who's planning to skip a major gathering of possible republicandential contenders next month, that would be minnesota governor mike pawlenty. his spokesman tells cnn pawlenty will instead attend a ceremony welcoming back u.s. troops from iraq. he had been scheduled to take part in the southern republican leadership conference in new orleans along with sarah palin and other possible white house hopefuls. >>> and, remember, for the latest political news at any time, you can check out cnnpolitics.com. >>> he's president obama's top choice to head the transportation security administration. and he has a whole new plan for trying to keep you safe when you fly. kate bolduan's here in "the situation room" with the details. what is going on? >> well, wolf, you know this. israeli airport security is considered some of the toughest in the world, and moving toward the israeli model is part of the strategy president obama's nominee to lead the transportation security administration says he wants to implement in u.s. airports. retired army major general robert

thursday the president will visit iowa city, where he outlined the grassroots health care reform plannd 2007 and he will have a chance to talk about what this legislation means for the small businesses that i was talking about, for families, children who are labeled by insurance companies to suffer from a pre-existing condition, and to talk about what this means for seniors who will finally -- finally get help covering the cost of the power grid -- the prescription drug that happens to fall into what is commonly known as the down not alld -- donut hole. the president has a very busy schedule coming up. a whole host of issues. i assume the president will talk about health care for a long time. but the president has over the course of the past few weeks, even as the legislative agenda has been focused on health care, you will see that he has been working on a number of other issues that are at the forefront and we will have an opportunity to talk about it. >> a lot of democrats switch their votes -- politically dangerous but for themselves. what kind of support are they receiving from t

you had president obama out in iowa city yesterday saying, essentially to republicans, bring it on. > these congressmen in washington want to come here in iowa and tell small business owners that they plan to take away their tax credits and essentially raise their taxes, be my guest. if they want to look lauren gallagher in the eye and tell her they plan to take away her father's health insurance, that's their right. they want to make darlene neff pay more money for her checkups, her mammograms, they can run on that platform. >> so, clearly, that's a conversation the democrats want to have. here's another one -- financial regulation reform. wall street is exceptionally unpopular. all the polls show it. nancy pelosi came out in her news conference yesterday to take credit for health care but also pivot to financial regulation reform and say we're happy to have that fight, too. >> bipartisanship is nice, but it cannot be a substitute for action, not having it cannot prevent us from going forward. so, if they don't want to regulate wall street, we do and we will. >> but here's where the

. >>> president obama in the midst of a victory lap, tomorrow heads to iowa city to convince americans the struggling health care system. but republicans feel very differently. they stood united in opposition to the legislation. not a single republican vote. they are now promising to repeal the law. how well is is this strategy working. former bush speechwriter david frum and leslie sanchez. good to see both of you. we have different poibts of view on this. david you wrote an interesting column called "waterloo" it's the republicans waterloo, not democrats, talking about missed opportunities and you say it's back fired. causing a little bit of a stir in washington. explain why you feel the republicans missed an opportunity and actually botched the health care debate? >> it should cause a stir. we need an accountability moment inside the republican party of the we gambled on a political approach to health care. with the top priority became defeating the president to pick up seats in november f that had worked maybe it would be justify ibl it didn't work. it will raise taxes more than it

he goes out on the road tomorrow to sell health care in iowa city. campaign trail heats up.trail. >> you mentioned netanyahu a minute ago. what was going on last night? this was overshadowed by the signing of the bill. no camera, no microphone. apparently he called for a second meeting, i want to talk to the president again, did netanyahu. what was going on? >> they have their hour and a half meeting. he came at about 5:30. the meeting between president and netanyahu ended at 7:00. netanyahu stayed, had meeting with other folks. i don't know exactly who but i know -- i wouldn't be surprised if it was general jones or rahm emanuel, folks involved in and out of the middle east peace process. apparently about 8:30, 9:00, netanyahu said he wanted to meet with the president again. and the president was over in the residence with his family and he came back over and they met for another, approximately, 45 minutes. knowing the israelis we should hear something sooner rather than later. they're usually a lot quicker to talk about their meetings with the u.s. government officials tha

the new york times showing is president obama making a surprise visit to a local bookstore in iowa city karl rove. "the washington post" plans to announce aggressive steps to fight foreclosures eliminating monthly mortgage payments for many borrowers currently unemployed. >> better late and that never. >> san francisco conical" personal income in california fell last year for the first time since the great depression. works out to 1500 fewer dollars for every man, woman, and child in that state. some good news in the houston chronicle". employers in the area added more that be 10,000 jobs in january dropping the city's jobless rate to 8.5%. the u.s. "today" sbret taxes continue to be a gold rush for states. this year utah and new mexico raised their cigarette tax and a half dozen other states considering new increases. legalize marijuana? i'm waiting. cigarette consumption drops by 3 to 4% among adults and double that among youth when you jack the cigarette tax up 10%. >> i think that's great. >> it causes you to be dead. >> it does. >> exactly. >> eventually it does. >> it's an issue.

across the northern plains -- across the northern tier states should say from salt lake city to denver, through iowa, and illinois, over to virginia will be dropping below freezing tonight. cold as skies clear. next 48 hours, there is your clear skies. early tomorrow morning, sunshine, winds set well high pressure over us. saturday, late, off the coast. here is those high clouds already moving in. the first drops of rain from the western system comes in during the afternoon. this is 8:00 p.m., the best chance of rain and then probably sunday night. and throughout the day on monday. it will be move up the coast. some wind too on monday with wet weather around. below freezing here close it that raleigh, north carolina, and to the areas west. we'll see temperatures fall here through the evening, back down to the mid-30s as we clear out. by morning, sunshine, 7:01. 25 and 30 degrees. your high temperature tomorrow, chilly and feels more like early march, between 47 and 51 degrees. it is a split weekend for us. the best day out of the weekend is saturday. monday, up to 60. wet. and a bit breezy too. suns

city. >>> a little bit of rain out there in the middle of the country. some of that rain will head to iowas city looking >> good morning. we are in the 30's. here is a look at >>> that's a look at your weekend forecast. amy? >> thank you, bill. >>> this morning on "today" investigates a despicable scam that targets grandparents. it's true that most grandparents will do just about anything for their grandchildren and the crooks know this. and they've come up with a scam to pull at their heart strings. >> reporter: it was a desperate cry for help. >> hello? >> grand ma? >> yeah, michael? >> yeah. >> what's the matter. >> i didn't know who else to call. >> on the phone, beverly blum's grandson, michael, or so she thought. >> it just sounded like michael. >> so you thought it must be him? >> okay, what's the matter, honey, are you in some kind of trouble? >> yeah, i got pulled over and they had some stuff in the car, i didn't want to call anybody else, grandma. >> now he was in jail and needed bail none. >> if my bail's not too high, grandma, will you help me? >> well, we're going to have to t

host: sioux city, iowa, go ahead caller: i am glad you accepted my call. i love your show. if someone purchases of a house and you assume they purchase it because they like the house and if they sign in knowing they can afford the loan, they should not sign if they cannot afford the loan, it is inconsequential if the value of the property goes down. we purchased our, 1977. we bought a little above arab means, or so we thought the house payment was $387 per month. the house has been paid for for many years. we are solvent and we live within our means. we certainly knew what the amount of money was when we purchased the home. if the price goes down, who cares? we like the house. my second comment is that we own a second home in florida that we inherited from my father when he passed away a couple of years ago. the home had plummeted in value it happens to be in one of the worst real estate markets in southwest florida. the condominium was paid for and we could afford to make the monthly payments to keep it, so we did. if we had had to sell it because there were still remain p

it would just cost much more to get medical treatment in new york city than it does in iowa, for example johnson city, tennessee, on the republican line. caller: senator. this is a dj in johnson city of tennessee. when the man that road reconciliation bid, mr. byrd, says he does not think it should be used in this way, i don't see how the democrats can do that. and also, i am 100% service connected vietnam marine corps veteran. i'm on social security disability. we did not get a cola or a raise at all, but is it not true that the senate and the congress, if you don't bring up your cola raise and vote on it, you automatically get it? i will take my answer off. thank you. a host of the first point on senator robert byrd, -- host: the first point on senator robert byrd. putting health reform legislation freight trains through congress is an outrage that ought to be resisted. guest: issing putting it on a freight train should be resisted -- i think putting it on a freight train should be resisted. senator byrd of voted as part of the 60 votes to pass the health care bill. no one is suggestin

iowa and up to illinois. >>> if you are flying today, expect airport delays in denver, kansas city and dallas. and in the east, from boston to washington. >>> well, the administration's plan to help struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure is a bust, according to a watchdog group's new report. >> and an abc news poll shows 69% said the big bailed out banks aren't doing enough to help the middle class. >> david muir spoke to a whistleblower who says he can't bare what the banks are doing to dmers. >> you know, we're raised to do the right thing. and you know, we're treated like a number. >> reporter: what about all this talk from washington that after the bailout, the major banks would help homeowners. >> it's just not happening. >> reporter: his bank alone holds tens of millions in deposits. in the last year, how many loan modifications have you seen in your particular bank? >> completed? fully completed? zero. >> reporter: and mortgages, he says, are just the tip of the iceberg. angered about what he says are exploding penalties and fees. the top four banks pulling in $40 billion in fees in ju

iowa is out. i'll never have to say that name again. d.c. united against the kansas city wizards. >>> let's talk about this weather one last time before we go. >> cold overnight and as we get into the day tomorrow, clouds and showers on sunday lingering into monday. >>> we're back tonight at 10:00. for the "news edge" at 11:00. we hope you are too. see you then. 

some weary city officials out in davenport, iowa this afternoon.hey have been under siege for 24 hours over an idea to rename good friday quote "spring holiday." the other one was too gaudy. so how did the whole good friday controversy get started? >> reporter: it emerged out of an official closure notice a week before the holiday telling folks who work more the city and do business with the city, this building will be closed. but instead of noting april 2, good friday, the city will be closed for business, it said spring holiday. people said what's going on here and the controversy sprang from there. megyn: my understanding is this was the brain child one person and not a single person had complained about the name good friday, is that correct? report * the original -- >> reporter: the original idea came from the city rights commission. they did recommend a year ago that they change the name, not necessarily the date, just a name that could be all inclusive and wouldn't raise questions about separation of church and state. but when the whole thing

iowa right here in the middle of detroit. >> right here. >> reporter: this man seeing small urban villages connected by bike paths. >> we could be the greenest city in the country, because of the land we have. >> reporter: the details, a work in progress. success could revitalize this one great city, the consequences of failure are bleak. chris bury, abc news, detroit. >>> and it was quite a night out west. 5,000 travelers, stranded at the denver airport overnight, thanks to a major snowstorm. some denver suburbs are buried under two feet of snow, while the city itself got about nine inches. >>> and still ahead on "world news," american troops using so many prescription pills. is it a new crisis? >>> those popular osteoporosis drugs back in the headlines. dr. richard besser has been scouring a major new study. >>> and food fight. teenage rebellion, but not the kind you'd think. ♪ [ smack! ] [ smack! smack! ] [ smack! smack! ] [ smack! smack! ] [ smack! ] [ smack! smack! ] [ horn honking, car alarm blaring ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works fast

a little light rain around kansas city stretching into central iowa.o the pacific northwest we had a cold front zoom through seattle yesterday, a little light rain and cloud cover right now. the morning commute might be a little wet for you right around the puget sound area. another big storm rolling through the deep south, savannah, georgia, huge st. patrick's day festivities, a little wet but i don't think they care. more on that in just a little bit. i know i wouldn't. when i was there, i wouldn't care. >>> are you running just a little bit late to work this morning? it turns out you're definitely not alone. what a new study says about tardiness at work and some of the best excuses people have given. >>> and then a big surprise from a police chase that we showed you live yesterday. what else police in arizona found in a home after they found multiple, a number of people in the bed of this truck. >>> time for our salute to the troops. today's salute is from amanda scarlet to her husband, staff sergeant alan scarlet who recently left for afghanistan f

city's main courthouse. washington is the sixth place in the nation where gay marriage is now legal. it joins connecticut, iowa, massachusetts, new hampshire and vermont. the american cancer society is now urging doctors to tell male patients more about the risks of prostate cancer screening. new guidelines released today warned the p.s.a. blood test can detect false positives and lead to unnecessary treatments. millions of american men now get the blood test. those are some of the day's main stories. i'll be back at the end of the program with a preview of what you'll find tonight on the "newshour's" web site. but for now, back to gwen. >> ifill: now, a look at two big political stories from two of the country's largest states. we start in new york. new york politics suffered two body blows this week. one occurred in washington, where longtime congressman charles rangel was forced to temporarily step aside from his influential post as chairman of the house ways and means committee. >> in order to avoid my colleagues having to defend me during their elections, i have this morning sent a letter to speaker pelos

the country and we fully support that and are working very hard with the folks in the quad cities and on into iowai might add and we will follow-up with your staff on the depot situation in any projects that might be available. >> thank you. >> miss edwards. >> thank you, mr. chairman and all of you for your patience. i have a couple areas of inquiry because i agree with mr. herron with so many on this committee. infrastructure we have long-term major infrastructure needs, water and sewer, transportation. there's not a dime that would be spent on infrastructure that wouldn't pay off jobs right now in true economic growth for the future so it seems like a no-brainer. i don't even know why we are wrestling with what we need to do here but we are we. but i do have some concerns looking at the buy america provisions and particularly mr. hooks, i wonder if you can respond. i know that the epa issued 25 regional leaders. there was a nationwide waiver that was announced for june and an updated in august and i wonder if you can tell me what that means in terms of dollars gone and jobs for the waivers issu