. -- while thildly they seem to jm year to year. 100 offenses in the past year. looking at the business and professional, possession of open container goes from 300 to 530500, then 5000, down to 2300. can you explain those an enormous fluctuations? >> i do not know how they were doing the counting on in 2006 when they started. understand, these numbers are not reflective of every single citation. some of these sites go directly to the hall of justice. i do not believe that we are extracting those numbers. these are the ones that the officers are turning in and are going through lieutenants, being passed on through the department. why they fluctuate so much, i couldn't tell you. supervisor chiu: ok. the one thing i would appreciate it is -- could you send me these statistics so that we can take a deeper look at this along with contact information for your analysts? >> i will. also, i wanted to point out to you on this sheet of paper, an e-mail sent to me by john murray, on the back page i have for you the park to crimes as they were compiled. i highlighted for you

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the jm stakes a big dip into the southeast. 26 in atlanta. 32 in orlando. as kerry showed you. and here's the departures from the average highs. 18 degrees below normal in tampa and miami. also in columbia, macon, 15 below normal. pittsburgh, 15 below normal. here's what we're expecting as far as highs are concerned today. only 62, miami. orlando, 58. green bay, 12. we don't see a change in this until about friday when the pattern of the jet stream now moves a little further to the north, and that allows things to warm up by friday. miami, 74, orlando, 70. green bay, 22. minneapolis, 23. but chicago, downright balmy, a temperature of 27. matt? >> all right, al. thank you very much. >>> president obama's tax cut deal appears headed for the final approval in the senate today. this as another spending bill creates a brand-new controversy in congress. nbc's capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell has the latest on this. hi, kelly. >> reporter: hi, matt. the big issue today is your tax money. how much of it you get to keep and how much lawmakers want to spend on those pet project