a couple thunderstorms in central kansas heading to kansas city later today.ok at this line of thunderstorms in wichita and then connecting up in kansas city. kind of cool to see the outside boundaries lighting up with showers and thunderstorms this morning. then it's heavy rain across central kansas, more heavy rain going up north as well, showers and thunderstorms coming into nebraska and south dakota. this water spout in alaska. this is yesterday. look at the clouds dipping on down. you can see the water reaching into the bay itself. interesting perspective, because number one, it's in alaska, and b, it is -- >> from the air! >> how cool is that, rob? >> pilot, please take a left. >>> remember what happened the last time the governor of south carolina came home from a trip?ñ uh-huh, i think you do. mark sanford just got home from another vacation. this one was not a secret, though. plus, those pesky fender benders in the parking lot could cost you big time. we're going to show you which cars stood up the best, even at three miles an hour. >>> our salute to

you can see kansas into nebraska. now getting closer to kansas city. we'll get rain in for the morning. the rain is safely in towards northern illinois, in chicago as well. now stretching towards michigan, too. the cold front is on the move for today setting up shop over ontario. look at the rain showers coming in close towards toronto. towards rochester. ahead of that it's going to be hot. let me take you live to new york city. here is what it looks like. a little hazy start for you. otherwise a nice morning. thunderstorms developing late this evening towards tonight. your high today in nyc, 90. it's going to feel like all of that. more in just a half hour. >> it looks like 90. >> it looks like august. there you go. >>> we're following our breaking news from overnight. the death of one of the longest-serving senators in u.s. history. we remember ted kennedy this morning. we'll talk about the highlights from his career and reaction from those close to him. i think it's really intriguing to get out this old tape that most of us haven't seen for a long t

toward the kansas city area.atch out for that. we've already seen heavy rainfall across the northern part of missouri, several inches. you're going to get another one to two inches of rainfall across northern missouri, back into augusta, illinois. parts of iowa also getting in on the heavy rainfall. chicago, you've had rainfall already roll through once. we have another batch of rainfall. and kansas city, missouri, that's rolling through, too. for now the heaviest rainfall moves across northern parts of indiana back into the southern parts of michigan. that will move over to detroit eventually. let's go ahead and take you out to san francisco, california where we are looking at this morning. kind of a foggy start to the day. we're going to see temperatures gradually rise up today. going into the 60s, but for the time being, we're dealing with morning fog and that will slow things down at the airport about a half hour. things improving as we go throughout the day, though. >>> looking at -- yeah, not a good monday.

by the way, i was born in topeka, kansas. maybe they want to look at that. >> kansas is a beautiful state, wonderful city. like i said, i don't want to drag you into this, but it is -- you've got some republicans who were kind of cornered, might say ambushed on the hill, and they was asked to say whether they believe the president was born in the united states, and some shrugged off the question or wouldn't answer, and there's a worry, i think, within the moderate parts of the party that these fringe groups might be hurting the resurgence that the republicans are hoping for. >> the concern that i find among kansans in regards to health care and what has happened in regards to the cost, possible rationing, government takeover, et cetera, et cetera, a lot of opposition to the health care bill, the cap and trade bill. there's enough going on in the congress that affects everybody's daily life and pocketbook as opposed to that issue that you mentioned. >> senator, i'm sure most folks will agree with you. certainly their health ca

well, kansas city. >> kansas city is it one for the morning. you've got that right, but more thunderstorms developing today. a cold front and down to the south. we have a tropical air mass that plays from florida to atlanta, so d.c. and atlanta could see an hour delay this afternoon. so far no weather delays this morning. philadelphia, d.c. metro, atlanta. san francisco your typical fog. tropical storm bill, 135-mile-an-hour winds. will it hit the u.s.? we'll keep you updated. >>> we salute our troops today. it's for senior master sergeant tom milnak. he is the father of five. everybody misses him. >> hi, robin. my name is tammy stein, and i'm giving a salute to my fiance. he just left two weeks ago to go to iraq. he is the father of five children, and we love him very much, we miss him a lot. it's been very difficult for me not to see him every day, and i love you very much, tom. come home soon. >> thanks so much. if you have somebody in the service go to cnn.com/robin so we can salute him. >>> two hackers are still at large in that massive cr

we have gary to thank for kathleen moving to kansas. went to the university of kansas and received a master's degree. in 1986 she ran for public office and was elected to serve at the kansas house of representatives. she served in the house for eight years and in 1994 she was elected insurance commissioner for kansas. that election was remarkable because she beat an incumbent and was the first democrat to hold that office and 100 years. she is to say -- she used to say they have always done it this way. when she was commissioner, she focused quite quickly on consumer issues and gravitated immediately to issues of health. healthcare has been a passion of hers. she served as the chair of the health committee for the national association of health commissioners. during her second term, she took a move that was first in the nation in terms of denying the acquisition of kansas's bluecross blueshield. the reason she denied that was because of the increase of rates would have been a significant on individuals. in 2002 she was elected governor.

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kansas city is most important but want hem to be the best player he can be at kansas city.r: expecting of kansas city. looks like the chiefs high price starting quarterback castle could miss the season opener here in baltimore. details on that. highlights of the orioles and yankees in our play of the week count down. all coming up on sports unlimited tonight. back to you. >> bruce thank you very much. back to maryland state fair with philip michael thomas from miami visa. >> request in the studio for a funnel cake. >> yes. looks like i have to bring one back. fabulous out here. a lot of good fabulous food that you can get and a lot of good rides and fun out here a.lot of people out here for a monday afternoon evening but i think it is because the weather is so nice and we will 10 to hold on to nice conditions for the next several days. let's go to the graphic talking about the temperatures. temperatures in the 70's across the area right now. we'll continue to see the temperatures leveling out through the overnight. looks like we will stay dry and will feel pretty good. the

kansas which is even better news. but i am delighted to be here with two fellow jayhawks and as i say we go back a long way and have a long history together. i know you have a real champion and her with the leader of the agency on aging. i also want to acknowledge a senior medical control volunteers who are here today. i know there are 10 of you who will be honored tomorrow please accept my congratulations in advance. i have to tell you with the approaching year, i find protection of medicare more and more important on a personal basis. i am getting up close to the qualifying age and i want to make sure we are solvent well into the future so i personally thank you for the good work you're doing on behalf of $0.07 across the country. we have some terrific partners in agencies across government to fight medicare fraud and i know those agencies are represented here today and will be part of this conference for the next couple of days but announcing the department could tackle the challenge on our own. it is definitely a

i was a little kid in fourth grade at fort leavenworth kansas just before i went over there and saw captain chuck yeager flying the secret shooting star at an air show and i knew what i wanted to do and i got there -- current chief of naval operations and a slew of other people and when things got rough in hanoi my mind what flash back to those days where i was learning by military transit stuff from the brits and we had the privilege that will sergeants that told everything were the naval academy where even if you couldn't do something you did it any way. if you are told to do something you did it, period. i am sitting here next to tim.

let's meet the first lucky lady, shall w >> her name is maria, she is 69 years old and she is from kansas. she was born in greece.

leavenworth has kansas officials in an uproar. >> transferring terror suspects here places a bull's-eye on this community. >> this is a bad idea. on an artificial, hurry-up timeline. >> reporter: administration officials say ft. leavenworth and the maximum security prison in standish, michigan, are being considered as possible multi-purpose destinations for detainees that could contain courtrooms for both federal criminal trials and military commissions, and house, in one place, detainees now being sorted into three groups. those being held for trial, those being indefinitely detained, and those cleared for release but without a country to take them. in standish, michigan, where the unemployment rate stands at 24%, the maximum security prison is slated for closure. some local officials support using it as a detainee facility to preserve jobs. but michigan congressman pete hoekstra disagrees, saying turning michigan into a

kansas. she was born in greece. she moved to canada when she was 31 years old. she's been married to harry for over 20 years. she has three daughters and six grandchildren. she dyes her own hair with a home coloring kit and the only time she ever does anything to pamper herself is when your daughter forces her to. now her 70th birthday is coming up and she wanted a new look. so let's listen to what she had to say. >> you are doing the we've got picked dance. this is your third time here. >> yes. >> why do you want her to have a big makeover? >> because she's hitting the big 70. we wanted her to look hot, cool and not like a grandma. she's a wonderful woman, best friend and a wonderful mom. >> oh. >> i love her. >> i know you're crying now but we're going to take good care of you. are you ready to go? >> yes! >> maria is so ready. >> her family is ready to with the ping and red blindfolds off. >> the little one. >> no, he doesn't want it. >> okay, you don't have to have it. you get what you want,

leavenworth, kansas.tor brownback of kansas anticipates bipartisan opposition. >> the leadership in the congress about what the leader options are, because it may have been a unanimous vote of the united states senate not to move the detainees unless you work with the local community. bret: we have new details tonight on what the u.s. commander in afghanistan will ask for later this month when he delivers his status report to the defense secretary. national security correspondent jennifer griffin reports it comes during a very difficult period for allied forces fighting the taliban. >> its was the deadliest month in afghanistan for u.s. troops since the start of the war. 74 nato troops killed in july. 43 of them were americans. all eyes now are on general stan mccrystal, who was given 60 days to review the situation on the ground in afghanistan after taking over as the top u.s. commander there. defense secretary robert gates and admiral mike mullen asked mcchrystal to meet them for a sec ket face to face

leavenworth kansas or at a michigan prison that is about to shut down. the revelation comes a day after a yemeni detainee apparently committed suicide inside the psychiatric ward at guantanamo bay. >>> a massachusetts woman who posted her son's baby pictures on her family's blog got a surprising lesson in why that's not such a good idea. and you may think twice about posting your kids' pictures online after you see this report from sean kelly from affiliate wcbb. >> reporter: 7-month-old jacob brennan was busy tasting toys when his mother, jenny, got a suspicious e-mail. >> out of the blue, some girl e-mailed us and said i think you should know that someone is using jake's picture in an adoption scam. >> reporter: it sounded hard to believe, brennan did some investigating and found this ad on craig list about a cute baby boy available for adoption, but no picture, so brennan e-mailed the listed yahoo! address and got this in her inbox. >> the picture was a picture of

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ali is with us in kansas city, missouri. he has been driving all over this week on the cnn express, talking with people just like you to get america's pulse on health care reform. we're responding to your concerns, we're answering your questions. no outrage, no yelling, no screaming, just inform. andrew rubin and the legislative director for aarp, david, i want to start with you first. what the president said this week about the aarp's position on health reform as it stands. >> another myth that we've been hearing about is this notion that somehow we're going to be cutting your medicare benefits. we are not. the aarp would not be endorsing a bill if it was undermining medicare. okay? so i just want seniors to be clear about this. >> david, shortly after that, the record was set straight, saying you had not endorsed any particular plan. what will it take to get a blanket endorsement of health care reform, any of these plans from the aarp? what is it that you'd like? >> well, first let me just go back and say we do agree with

coming out of the kansas city area.zoom in toward these radar pictures, out of nebraska and in towards northern missouri. a big complex overhead. more on that in a bit. take you down live towards atlanta. fog out there. temperatures about 93 with a haze there for the morning. for this afternoon, a slight chance of a thunderstorm. more details in a half hour. >> thank you. all right. >>> a big name has come out against president obama's supreme court pick, and it's someone that he got to know very well last fall. >>> plus, a former president is negotiating in north korea to free to u.s. journalists imprisoned there. why bill clinton was picked for the mission over some of the white house's other choices. >>> good morning. we always pause, salute our troops. our salute to the troops goes t? lance corporal randy conover. ith from his mom, and he just got married and everyone, especially mom, can't wait until he comes home. >> good morning. my name is rena mcdaniel from kentucky and i want to say hello to my son, randy stev

lynn jenkins is a newly-elected congresswoman from kansas. >> republicans are struggling right now to find the great white hope. >> the spokeswoman apologized for the word chase saying there may be some misunderstanding when they talked about the great white hope. since the phrase great white hope was coined during the search for a white boxer to take the heavyweight crown back from jack johnson in 1910, there really isn't a lot to misunderstand here. worse -- the california congressman and the clown who thinks this was satire. oh, there's tape of this now. >> i'm a proud right wing terrorist. >> amen, god bless you. there's a great american. >> turns out the guy's also a birther, still congressman herger defends him. congress ma you maybe you should introduce this paranoid to congresswoman great white hope introduce this paranoid to congresswoman great white hope over here? all that and more now on "countdown." >> amen, god bless you. >>> tonight at the jfk library in boston, the crowds having waited for hours to pay their respects to edward m. kennedy, the man they sent to the senat

at bellville, kansas, right at the north part of kansas. this tractor was used at a local co-op. they pulled some kind of a fertilizing unit with it, that farmers could rent this tractor, and fertilize for a few hours or a day putting their fertilizer on. it's got under 3,000 hours on it, which is very unique, and it's got a four-post roms top on it which is very rare. most of them either had a two- post or a cab. i would say most of them probably had a cab with air conditioning back then. this is a 1468 which they put a v8 in. they got the engine from the truck division, a dv550, a very unique-sounding engine and pretty solid v8. they made 'em for about four or five days. the other day i pulled myself, the skid roeder out of the pond, but things like that. other than i went and got the biggest tractor because i was stuck pretty bad. this is my favorite tractor. it has got all the bells and whistles and large tractor. it's about 150-horsepower. and does a very good job. >> this engine, the dv550, made by the ha international harvester truck

we have gary to thank for kathleen moving to kansas. after that she went to the university of kansas and received a master's degree. in 1986 she ran for public office and was elected to serve at the kansas house of representatives. she served in the house for eight years and in 1994 she was elected insurance commissioner for kansas. that election was remarkable because she beat an incumbent and was the first democrat to hold that office and 100 years. she is to say -- she used to say they have always done it this way. when she was commissioner, she focused quite quickly on consumer issues and gravitated immediately to issues of health. healthcare has been a passion of hers. she served as the chair of the health committee for the national association of health commissioners. during her second term, she took a move that was first in the nation in terms of denying the acquisition of kansas's bluecross blueshield. the reason she denied that was because of the increase of rates would have been a significant on individuals. in 2002 she was el

plus, both teams had nine men on the field last night in kansas city. the surprise addition did not help out the home team. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> thursday weather, cooler conditions from the northwest to the northern plains and even now new england. your regional forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, last night was a bittersweet one for the new york mets. they managed to pummel the st. louis cardinals but they also managed to add two more players to their already swollen list of injured players. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. you could argue that the new york mets are more of a mass unit than a baseball team. yesterday they lost two more players to injuries. rookie pitcher jonathon niese hurt his right leg while covering first base on a double play. it looked painful. while making matters worse, he collapsed to the ground. diagnosis, a completely torn hamstring. h

was from kansas. i'm from kansas. stu and his mother is from kansas and his father is from kenya. his parents are from kenya and kansas. i don't she said the. >> i know it. she said the united states of america has elected a person from kenya and kansas to resident. there are a few interesting things. we also played her in the opening of the show talking about fidel castro, the communist leader people can't get enough of. here's congresswoman watson while al-hadi here i would like to weigh in on something. leaders i have ever met. tomatoes people locked in jail for fighting for freedom and hoping for human rights. he is such a great leader people tried to get him tried trying to get into miami. message at a town hall meeting. this is supposed to be a healthcare meeting. a town hall meeting where people are able to ask questions about their concerns about healthcare, and she was loving the universal health-care coverage in cuba, and fidel castro and she didn't mention of course that there is a scourge

a day after the kansas abortion dr. george tiller wars assassinated mr. terry gave a press conference calling dr. tiller a mass murderer saying he reaped what he sow. shortly thereafter one of the handful of doctors in the u.s. who still does abortions gave a speech in denver, he said in august 1993, randall terry on the national christian radio broadcast invited listeners to assassinate. since no longer with that group, they sent out a fund-raising appeal celebrating the fact dr. tiller's clinic has been closed and they're calling for action this weekend against another doctor who does abortions. his nape is dr. leroy carhardt and he practices in nebraska. a fund-raising appeal showing a pick che of dr. carhardt and a picture of his clinic, operation rescue says this is leroy carhardt who plans to take tiller are's place as the number one abortionist in america. with your help we can stop him. now that george tiller's mill is closed forever, leroy carhardt plans to take his place, open a new butchering mill he already operates in nebraska. kniss is where

specifically as you make your way into parts of oklahoma back into kansas. we're going to see severe storms possible as we go throughout the day today. we've already seen severe weather this morning across parts of the heartland. you can see the showers and thunderstorms down toward the oklahoma city area back to the north of town. you've seen another round of showers and thunderstorms. see what happened. this is from another roupd of showers on saturday and sunday. this is a high school near the area. we saw damage as a result of a half of foot of rainfall, gusty winds associated with those storms and knocked down buildings around a school and pieces of a roof were blown off and limbs were scattered around the parking lot. we could see more damage like that as we go through the day today. showers and thunderstorms pressing into parts of arkansas. these storms are weakening but we could see stronger showers and thunderstorms again later on today with another round. back across kansas you see showers and thunderstorms continuing to press up toward the hutchin

kansas.one thunderstorm warning out of that, too. new video from taiwan, too. look at the damage from the deadly typhoon. floodwaters of over seven feet. we saw eight feet of rainfall in taiwan over the weekend. 14 people so far have died unfortunately. taiw taiwan's government says about 1.5 million people are without electricity and 1 million people are displaced by the one storm. they actually evacuated a million people on the china coastline, too, as that slow-moving heavy rain maker churns. unbelievable, rob. >> yeah, concern it's a bigger story. >> unfortunately. >> you are talking about a million people displaced already. >> right. evacuated on the china side, too. >> thanks. >> unbelievable. >>> the canine ka companion may be smarter than you think. most can count to five and recognize 165 words and gestures meaning that the average pooch is smarter than a 2-year-old toddler. what are the smartest breeds? this is just what this group, this research said. border collies, poodles, retri

riley, kansas. off to war again. soldiers and familiar lives the first infantry division take another turn in the army cycle of families praying. this is the "stast union" report for sunday, august 23rd. >>> karzai and his top challenge rer claiming victory in last week's election. it could be weeks or more before the official results are certified. it is an uncertain military situation as well with fighting between u.s. forces and the taliban intensifying. and fresh indications president obama could soon be asked to commit more american troops. here to talk about this and other global challenges is the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff admiral mike mullen and carl ike enberry. there are complaints, escalating complaints this sunday about fraud in the election. so the threshold question of will this balloting be credible, what is your answer? >> well, right now we're waiting for the results of this election to come in. the electoral -- the independent electoral commission, they're waiting for the tallies to be co

kansas, denver, kansas city, memphis. we have the coolness from the lakes east. this warmth will spread east. it is thanks to a big storm system in the northwest. temperatures in boise in the 60s thanks to this low spinning here with the showers and thunderstorms around in to montana, as well. but that storm system at the same time will kick that heat. in think southern part of the country east and northeast. we will be joining that in a couple of days. right now high pressure, southern ohio in to west virginia. as the high pulls away the winds turn around and temperatures come up. 85 today. 70s to the north w-9 0s south. tonight in the 60s. upper 60s downtown and 50s north and west. tomorrow, yeah, we are pushing 90. comfortable buffalo over to boston. look at sunday. temperatures shoot up to the mid, maybe even the upper 90s. going to raleigh, 100, norfolk 96 and even richmond well in the 90s. only boston stays in the 70s. 85 beautiful degrees this afternoon. we have 90 tomorrow. 95 at at least on sunday and monday and by thursday, maybe we will cool down in th

plus, both teams had nine men on the field last night in kansas city. the surprise addition did not help out the home team. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> thursday weather, cooler conditions from the northwest to the northern plains and even now new england. your regional forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, everyone. i'm barbara harrison. >> i'm keith garvin. straight ahead on "news 4 today," some police officers in northern virginia under investigation. what they're accused of doing on the job that could land them behind bars. >> plus, an online scam that could be putting your home in jeopardy. the warning from police about criminal activity on a popular website. >> and the results are in from the latest bumper crash tests. find out if your ride is making e. >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, last night was a bittersweet one for the new york mets. they managed to pummel the st. louis cardinals but they also managed to add two more players to thei

kansas city through st. louis towards chicago late today. i think most will fall to the south, but notice some rare offshore to the carolinas. it will bleed back in today. look at the fog. that's what's developing right here. this gray shade as it expandzs, atlanta hartfield jackson will get the big delays with poor visibility first thing in the morning. look at that thunderstorm complex around oklahoma city. zero in towards your action. most of it right overhead. it's a loud start for oklahoma city. that falls apart later this afternoon. more thunderstorms late today. we have more on that in a half hour. good to see you on this monday morning. >> thank you. >> it's like we were just here. >> yes. >> summertime heat for you. >> you're tired of seeing me bob? >> no. baking my brain with the heat is all. >>> time is ticking for a lot of people collecting unemployment, but it may be a while before jobs bounce back. what the white house wants to do to keep the lifelines from drying up. >>> a salute for the troops is from a newlywed. her husband

here it is on the radar scope across parts of kansas city heading into the st. louis area, and as that -- pretty good line ahead of st. louis and also through covington if you're traveling through cincinnati, be aware of that. here's the latest live picture from st. louis, not too shabby, that thunderstorm activity looks like it's moving to the north of you, but still, you are under a severe thunderstorm watch here for the nebraska little bit. 10 degrees in expected in dallas, heat building up across parts of not only texas, but the southwest, phoenix, your hottest july on record and doesn't seem to want to stop. that monsoon that typically keeps you warmer this time of year isn't cranking up the way it should. 80 degrees expected in new york city, and 93 degrees in atlanta, georgia. and the next half hour, heidi, pacific, this is a tropical storm enrique, shouldn't bother anybody too much, but there's percolating in the atlantic. and it's been a very quiet year of hurricane season, that may change in the coming weeks. >> very good, rob, thank you. >>> health ca

an area of concern across parts of the midwest to kansas city.ouple of severe thunderstorm watches are posted until 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. local time, mostly for winds that could gust to 60 or so miles an hour and certainly some hail. right now, kansas city is under the gun. if you're traveling in that area, be aware. thunderstorms are rough at the moment. also, if you're traveling through kansas city, cincinnati, kofington airport, thunderstorms rolling through that area too. these will build and expand as the day rolls along. parts of texas will be up and over 100 degrees. hot spots there. phoenix -- if you're heading out that way, bring the light clothes. they have experienced their hottest july on record and it will continue. 94 degrees in memphis. it will be 87 degrees in new york. one other note, enrique, tropical storm enrique. hawaii, the storm heading to the pacific. right now, winds of 40 miles per hour. it could become strong enough possibly to be hurt. in the pacific, atlantic, as you know, continues to be quiet. >> thank goodness f

we worked together in kansas city. i haven't seen her in forever.i saw her pop up, maria, what are you doing? in front of my favorite barbecue in the world. >> we wanted to fight off the people who wanted to say happy birthday. of course hi to get you a little something. peter, do you have it? >> it's coming out now. >> oh, my gosh, my wife is here, too. a double whammy. >> you're always singing. we wanted to give someone else a chance to sing. >> get on out here. come around. >> hi, tanya. >> it's too early. the dogs will start barking. >> there's my beautiful wife, tanya, who is a beautiful star. >> and what did you tell me, you got his favorite cake which is what what? >> costco. >> which is why you went there the other day. did you see the maria video? >> and she had another little something special to say to you. take a look. >> one of my favorite jeremy hubbard stories is after work he's at a bar relaxing with a buddy, photojournalist kurt ryerson. they see a bunch of emergency equipment racing by a bunch of fire trucks. they wonder what's goi

steve brown is in kansas city with that story tonight. steve?> would congress after months of debate study take a mulligan and retee up health care? what would be the motivation? after all in the u.s. senate, the democrats there even after ted kennedy's death have 5 the votes. that's an overwomenning majority that's one short of being filibuster eye proof. illinois senate illinois dick durbin said today he was not sure he has got all 59 of those democrats on board with health care reform in the first place. >> we need a bipartisan bill. we are working with three republican senators now to try to bring them in to make this bipartisan. >> well, three republican senators holding an invitation health care here in kansas city today say the way to get a bipartisan health care bill done is to have the republicans involved from go. for the republican leader in the senate, that means starting over. >> we ought to step back, start over, and target the individual problems that we know we have related to cost and access. and drop the notion of putting the g

and that is the kansas center.they say that moving the detainees to them simply won't work. >> i would say that this is to mr. obama. listen to the american people. and will and now, don't move the detainees to kansas. it's working where we have them now. >> the obama administration continues to struggle with their promise to close the u.s. navy prison. that is by next january. while laying fears about holding terror suspects on u.s. soil. >>> the cbs evening news, they are less than an hour away. katie couric is joining us live with a preview. hi katie. >> hey. coming up, you needed the best medical care possible after losing both of his legs in iraq. but when the va could not help this wounded warrior, he set out to find healthcare on his own. we'll have that story and of course much more tonight, only on the cbs evening news, right after nine news now. leslie, back to you. >> all right, katie, we'll see you then. thanks. >>> also coming up, bringing back a classic tv game show. and how to make your frequent flie

and i had to look and find out where the deepest part of inland was, and it was in kansas.ect place to set a book about magical children in the united states, right in the heartland of america. >> you're not in kansas anymore. treasure, what's your question? >> my question is, why did like what inspired you to write this book? >> the first thing i thought of was i wanted to write a book about magical children and never use the word "magic" because i wanted everyone to feel and to know that this american quality that we have of perseverance and talents belongs to everybody, anybody can access that. >> it's all within side of you. >> it's all inside of us. >> spencer, you look very relaxed. we like that. have you a question? >> yeah. my question is why did you choose for them to get their savvy at age 13? >> age 13. well, i chose 13 because it's the first year you're a teenager. so it's the transition from being a child to a teen, and there's all kinds of changes involved in this book, and change can be hard. and so i wanted to use the first teen year to make it big and impor

out of kansas state. every man a wildcat. [applause] i was immediately called to active duty, and i do not think it was patriotism. they called me and said they wanted me, and i reported to a little place in texas. i thought it was only for six months, but well into my six months, i received word that it was for the duration. >> i was just out of high school, and going to the post office. i saw signs that said negro soldiers to enlist. just out of high school, you could not find a job. he would make about 50 cents a day, so for five of us got together and went down to recruit. we tell them we wanted to reenlist. at that time, you had to get your mother's permission to reenlist. we had just turned 18 years old, so we went down and they sent us to fort leavenworth to reenlist. we got to fort leavenworth, kan., and they had a quota, and the quota was filled. they said the next best thing you can do is to go to fort riley, kan., and they will accept you. so we went to fort riley, kansas. they welcomed us with open arms, so we wer

i guess they rode their train to kansas city -- kansas city. did not know to do with himself there is a river he would run from the missouri senate or a governor or even he would run for president in 1956 he was the last president eligible to serve more than two terms for colleges occurs to me that republicans pass back why did they grandfather him and? but none of these ideas are far-fetched because the fact is harry truman had to do something. he needed and come but he did not have been the specialized training. he had nothing more than a high-school diploma the last president without a post secondary degree his only income was army pension of $111 after taxes. that was for his service in world war i as an officer in the army he did not receive credit for his almost eight years as commander in chief which to meet seems a little unfair. but that is how the are recalculated his pension so he has $112 per month and he needed money because being an ex-president he quickly found was very expensive. he received 1,000 letters per day when he first l

, kansas, and we had a conversation with him. we've had differences of opinion all along in the week, and we still continue to. but the tenor of those conversations tends to be very civil and respectful, and we're encouraging more of that. so if anybody's here at the iowa state fair, come see us, the cnn express is right outside at the grand stand. tweet me, we can keep talking about this. the more we talk to people, the more we understand what their concerns are about health care and the questions they want answered. so we can bring them here to cnn and hopefully the people that have the answers can share with our viewers. >> 46 million americans uninsured. it seems a lot of people agree something needs to be done but they just don't want it rushed through the halls of congress. >> reporter: that's definitely a theme that we've picked up on. now, i think there are two perspectives on that. if you're one every time uninsured, under insured or newly unemployed who has to pay for c.o.b.r.a., the urgency of this matter is there. the

number 12, may 7, 2007, greensburg, kansas, leveled by a tornado and the state's then governor notes more in sorrow than in anger that the redeployment of the kansas national guard and equipment to iraq may cripple the soldier's ability to respond if another disaster hits kansas. >> what we're really mising is equipment. and that sputing a strain on recoveries like this one. >> the next day, the authorities announce arrests in a far-fetched plan to attack soldiers at ft. dix in new jersey. the terrorists plan to gain access to the base by posing as pizza deliverymen. it is not a suicide mission. they state clearly they intend to kill personnel and then retreat to safety even though they were going to attack a closed compound full of trained soldiers with weapons. and though the plan is branded sophisticated, its perpetrators are not sophisticated enough to not have handed over the videotape of themselves training with weapons to a circuit city store in order tore transferred to dvd. the ft. dix plot not only he races for most news coverage the disaster ready us in but obscures the ne

. >> if i want to know how tough times are, go to kansas city, kansas, where 3,000 people showed up for a school supply give-away. or nashville, where the local humane society is in such bad shape, it can't afford to take in more animals. president obama is hoping the latest economic numbers are a reason to be optimistic. >> the in the last few months the economy has done better than expected. >> he promises that will eventually mean more jobs. >> that's when it will feel like recovery to the american people. >> the auto industry is enjoying a boon thanks to washington's cash-for-clunkers program. the sudden surge in business caught congress off gathered and the $1 -- off guard, and the $1 billion budget was blown in days. the senate will try to seal another deal before heading home for the august recess. the republicans are again asking whether the nation can afford the president's ambitious agenda. >> the democrats have been racking up debt at an unprecedented race. >> g.o.p. members are hoping to turn attention to the bottom line and taking it from capitol hill back to their own dist

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it starts september 13 against kansas city. the first half the season, what grabs your attention? >> stan: the first thing is the san diego and having to go to nuked play a new england team with tom brady who lit it up. >> gerry: they will see brett favre when they go to minnesota. it's victory formation now for the ravens. it starts on the flood cleveland november and it's a chilly second half. pittsburgh coming to baltimore on november 29. at green bay on december 7. you have to hope the adrenaline is flowing. it's going to be chilly there. >> stan: i played in green bay in december and it's not nice. you with pittsburgh after christmas. >> gerry: john harbaugh has to hope that the playoff scenario is set positively because you don't like to make a west coast trip with the playoffs on the line. in the victory formation taking a knee. the panthers cannot stop the clock. for a third straight week john harbaugh when his ravens will celebrate a win. the pre-season doesn't mean anything to anybody but i can't help reflect on the fact that the last time the ravens started 3-0, you wer

we spoke with a senator from kansas who said flat out, kansas does not want those jobs.t about in michigan you? spoke in your press release today about the importance of creating jobs. will michigan take the gitmo detainees that the federal government is going to send to michigan and give you a lot of money to hire guards and build a facility here? >> i think i have to hear a lot more from the department of homeland security about the risks associated with taking on people who are convicted of terrorism. we want to create jobs, there is no doubt about. we want to make sure our citizens are safe and that is what i have to hear from the department of homeland security and the department of defense first. >> but aren't the citizens of michigan already safe given the existing prison population? i mean, michigan has some very hard-core murderers and horrible people in michigan. looks like it does a pretty good job of holding them. why shouldn't they be able to hold gitmo detainees especially when they could really use the job of holding them? >> well, i'm not saying at all we

i'm in a suburb of kansas city. i'm on the kansas side. on the missouri side, there is a ford plant that makes ford hybrid escapes there. ford announced that because in part of cash for clunkers and because people are buying some of the cars, they're going to up production of the ford escape d