i think with jeremy lin and omar asik. i think we'll be in the playoff race and people don't expect that. >> we'll have you back for the world series and possible opportunities. melissa: excellent. you better be careful i have that on tape now. i will save that. gentlemen, thanks so much for coming on. you're a lot of fun. >> thanks. melissa: right now, we are in one of the fastest growing cities in the nation. houston's economy grew at a whopping 8.6% in 2011. can you believe that. that is china type speed. so you can bet the people who live here are without question happy about that. after all, this city's unemployment rate last month was 7%. that is well below the national average of 8.1%. and it gets better for the folks here in houston. the partnership predicts, houston partnership predicts 86,000 jobs will be added this year. why can't this be happening everywhere else? what is the texas government doing to make this happen and to drive business in order to come in and invest here? to find out i'm joined by texas lie

county prosecutors announced that they will not see perjury charges against former jesuit priest jeremy lin took the stand if to testify against a man who assaulted him in 2010. lynch claimed that if leonard molested him more than 30 years ago. he was not able to pursue the top molestations charges because they were after the six year statute of limitations. that in 1988, the catholic churpriest reached a settlement with went for more than $600,000 in connection with the abuse allegations. tonight, we spoke with william lynch about the prosecutor's decision. he said he was disappointed and he spoke about the latest abuse allegations surrounding another jesuit priest. >> it is right on par with my own personal experience with what is happening. the move these guys are around and more children get hurt. hopefully this guy will be brought to justice. for >> these guys are not on lockdown. they are free to go. the church is not doing with the need to do to keep these guys from having access to children. i a.m sure in the coming weeks more victims will come forward. i would not be surprised. >>p

jeremy lin is still sleeping on touches. ly lin asking him to crash on his couch.urniture is being delivered. lin slept on the couch of teammate. save a few bucks, too. >>> it is 41 after the hour. the murder of four americans not a planned terrorist attack. new reports might tell a different story. cia covert operations mike baker is weighing in coming up next. >> an out of control motorcycle slamming into a pole and bursting into a ball of flames. look at that right there. how did that driver of that motorcycle manage to walk away. we will explain. . >> ambassador rice in her comments on every network over the weekend was very clear, very precise about what our initial assessment of what happened is. this was not just her assessment it was also an assessment you heard in comments coming from the intelligence community in comments coming from the white house. >> some intelligence agencies say they were warned. they warned the u.s. of potential violence in egypt. ask our former cia overt operations ambassador of global intelligence and security firm mike baker. tha

it lookks like jeremy lin is still doing that. teammate tweeted this out of lin asking him to crash on his couch because his furniture was not delivered. why not get a hotel? holiday express where you stay. >> steve: that's why we stay at this show. >> brian: not on varney's couch. >> gretchen: we could have stayed on this couch. >> brian: we covered it with a protective covering. >> gretchen: manufacturing is down and pay rolls are speak the economy is growing at a slog pace. are we technically in another recession or do we know it. stewart varney is here and technically it is not. if you being listen to president obama, he said the economy is improve we are going in the right direction. forgive me for saying it. the president is flat out wrongg. millions are out of the work force and income is falling and output of the tion's manufacturing facilities is all down. technically no, we are not in recession and it feels like to the average person we are in a recession. they don't care if it is a technical thing and they care about the

jeremy lin, most famous recently out of harvard. >>> a look at your weather. flooding monsoons. showers, around denver, des moines, minneapolis. pop up showers along the gulf coast. in florida, or lane land laland. >>> 70s in the northern rockies and northern plains. 90s in the sut west. all right. a follow up to aster that we told you about, way back in may. you might remember, tanner the golden retriever and his best bud, blare. tanner is blind. blare lead him around by the leash. >> after the story aired dozens of families across the country volunteered to adopt them. now tanner and blair are together with the sibley family of jenks, oklahoma. >> tanner used to have seizures since becoming buddies with blare, he no longer has them. they're all good. love it. shows you the power of having a friend. a little interaction and love. >> so great they got adopted together. can't separate the two. great stuff. >> nas to have somebody on your side. >> rob is missing all the animal stories. my goodness. probably happy about that. >> he is devastated. >> coming up, 7 inch stilettos, own

i know that scarred your childhood. >> jeremy lin, as a knicks fan. donny, you agree, too?urt. off the court. >> he lit that place up. >> i think he's got maybe a worst decision when it comes to the knicks and new york -- isiah thomas. >> only put us in the wilderness for two decades or so. >> yes. and he's on the verge of being retain again. sfr is that t >> is that the guy every time you think he's dead, he comes in through the back door somehow. >> tell me the motivation for michael jordan. >> michael jordan retires to give baseball a try. you know, there's a lot of speculation on why he sort of left basketball. but it was -- come on, it was a horrible decision. to walk away at the peak of your career for his prime playing days to sort of go and do baseball in birmingham? i don't know how much he loved birmingham but i don't think you'll spend a season and a half there. right? >> luckily, he could come back. >> mike doesn't like that one. >> you got brett favre using the digital world to his disadvantage. >> number eight -- espn hiring rush limbaugh to join the nfl pre-g

we're the miami heat and he is jeremy lin the president said. he was referring to a game in february when the heat shut down the young point guard. >>> as democrats kick off their national convention, it's in charlotte, north carolina, nascar country. the sport has strong ties to republicans. but north carolina is a key swing state in this election. and president obama is slipping among nascar's biggest fan base, the white male voter. we get our report this morning from brianna keilar. >> reporter: charlotte, north carolina, home to the nascar hall of fame, this is the epicenter for the hard-driving engine-revving sport. while nascar consists of a whole lot of left turns, the typical nascar voter steers to the right. winston kelly is the head of the hall of fame, and a nascar radio commentator. this might not always be the most supportive group for him. >> well, nascar has traditionally as you said been a little bit more republican. but north carolina is very much a swing state. >> reporter: so who's your driver? >> probably dale jr. >> reporter

. >> jeremy lin, a dear friend of yours not there anymore. >> he's now in houston, i feel like he willy to the garden that was amazing. >> good luck. we will be watching, caryn stern, the ceo of unicef. thanks. we appreciate it. >>> got to take a break. still ahead, the vatican is adding to doubts jesus was married after a professor found claims she found proof jesus had a wife. with moisturizing lotion. the natural oatmeal formula goes beyond 24-hour moisture. it's clinically proven to improve your skin's health in one day, with significant improvement in 2 weeks. for healthy, beautiful skin that lasts. i found a moisturizer for life. [ female announcer ] aveeno daily moisturizing lotion. also discover daily moisturizing body wash. for healthy skin that starts in the shower. only from aveeno. with the bankamericard cash rewards credit card, we earn more cash back for the things we buy most. 1% cash back everywhere, every time. 2% on groceries. 3% on gas. automatically. no hoops to jump through. no annual fee. that's 1% back on... wow! 2% on my homemade lasagna. 3% back on [ friends ]