not to be from the big city in kentucky politics. he is not your typical back- slapping, stump orator-type of politician. host: you point out in the book that early in his career he made a couple mistakes. you read that he made his share of mistakes in the first term. he blundered in 1985 by announcing that a large toyota plant was coming to kentucky when he had little to do with the project. it was not a terrific year. it had become painfully clear that he was not ready for the job and it would take considerable time for him to become an effective leader. guest: that is right. martha collins, a democratic who was at that time the governor of kentucky had much more to do with the toyota plans coming then senator mitch mcconnell did. he admits that he did over-reach trying to claim credit for that. he admits he was very much and repaired to become a senator. he had devoted himself nearly exclusively to winning the office and got very little about what being a senator was all about. to his credit, he set about steading that with the sa

carmichael's book store in louisville kentucky hosted this event. it's about 40 minutes. >> i have to wear my sunglasses. i'm sorry. i am not trying to be cool. i just can't see. i want to read about ten minutes from my new book, "something's rising," which i wrote with jason howard, like a lawyer who will read after me. and we spent about two and half years working on this book and it was the most emotionally devastating book i have ever worked on. we traveled all over the region, all over appalachian, met all kinds of people that are not in the book and finally focused on 12 people we've wrote long magazine stuffed and turned over to them and let them do a lot oral history so it was an exercise in capturing people's voices. one of the things we know is being lost in mountaintop removal is the storytelling and people's voices. that is being ground down into the ground the voices of the people so we wanted to make a book that reserved those voices and let the people tell their own story. so, this section on and going to read from is about vana [inau

the steep mountains much like she must have as a little girl growing up and it will send a creek kentucky. her dog a mixed breed with a noble profile is barely able to keep the ball low the seams intend to do so. her steps are wide and she never stops talking eager to introduce us to the place that she loved so much, the place she is terrified of losing. like a young girl, money is conscious of everybody she points out deer tracks, a single red leaf tucker rating of the summer ground, a blue jay feather that has drifted down she runs her hand over the trunk of an oak and glances up at this guy and comments. this woman is one with the mountain and they know and respect each other in is a parent to not only the way may talks about the mountain but the way she moves up with grace and ease stepping lightly to disturb the least amount of perth possible. even though she also says i cannot get appear as fast as i use to which is hard to believe she is a woman who is used to being in motion a medical professional a fiddler and activist record she moves with the determination her arms, her legs in

not to be from the big city in kentucky politics.e is not your typical back- slapping, stump orator-type of politician. host: you point out in the book that early in his career he made a couple mistakes. you read that he made his share of mistakes in the first term. he blundered in 1985 by announcing that a large toyota plant was coming to kentucky when he had little to do with the project. it was not a terrific year. it had become painfully clear that he was not ready for the job and it would take considerable time for him to become an effective leader. guest: that is right. martha collins, a democratic who was at that time the governor of kentucky had much more to do with the toyota plans coming then senator mitch mcconnell did. he admits that he did over-reach trying to claim credit for that. he admits he was very much and repaired to become a senator. he had devoted himself nearly exclusively to winning the office and got very little about what being a senator was all about. to his credit, he set about steading that with the same

in the meantime across kentucky kentucky and tennessee is where they have watches and for us it's going to be quiet and dry for the overnight. a little patchy fog in our western suburbs in the morning but that will burn off quickly and a cold front arrives from the northwest. behind it slightly drier air but warmer temperatures for the upcoming weekend, how about 95-96 degrees come sunday into monday. heat index possibly near 100. so a lot of hot air on the way for the upcoming weepingd. weekend. partly cloudy, temperatures fall to around 70 degrees. look far little bit of patchy fog during the early morning hours and sunshine and temperatures jump with winds out of the west. then for tomorrow afternoon expect a few thunderstorms as the cold front moves across the area. temperatures in the mid to upper 80's so just around 0 degrees. here's the extended outlook. we haven't seen temperatures like this in quite a while. 5 degrees come sunday and into monday and temperatures in the lower 90's on tuesday. so tomorrow another warm day but not quite as hot as we were going to see across the ar

the central kentucky prids's after inmates set fire to it overnight. it took two hours to get control of the center near lexington, kentucky. eight inmates and eight staffers were hurt. >>> iraq's foreign minister predicts bigger and more powerful attacks in baghdad's future. the iraqi government, listen to this, investigators security forces collaborated in wednesday's blast that killed 101 people. the foreign minister says anyone who helped the bombers must be held responsible. >>> another check of our top stories in just 20 minutes. >>> a threatening phone call, impersonating the plishgs the new york attorney general says a group of debt collectors used those tactics and worse. now he's trying to shut them down. mary snow has the report. >> reporter: michelle says she'll never forget the calls she got the same day her daughter was diagnosed with autism. a man posing as a lawyer claim shed owed $4,400 and said her arrest was imminent if she didn't pay up. >> getting very insirchlt and started -- i don't remember all the words, started talking about y

and her father was born as a slave in kentucky. well, it was actually born in kentucky to a white woman, and the next boyfriend. in kentucky, when you are born of a white woman, because you always hear about, you know, mixed children are from a mix slave and a white master. but she was born of a white woman and a free, what we think is a -- >> mulatto. >> yes. but in kentucky you had to go under under the age of five to become a servant. but to prevent her son from becoming an indentured servant, she set it up so that, and mr. thompson told me the story and mrs. odom told me the story, and i spent many hours with mr. thompson getting because it is kind of confusing. but she made sure that her son would not be sold as an indentured servant to the state and then go to his paternal grandfather, who was white. and the court records, she made sure that the paternal grandfather was white on slaves would raise him as part of the family. and that is in the record. so it is complicated. everything isn't as black and white as we think it is.

in kentucky. -- to 20 counties in kentucky.ty to run. i think people do blogger for independence, and when i tell people that i am not going to judge issues as a republican or democrat, they sit up and listen, because a lot of my patients are democrat. neil: you can join an elite group. doctor, thank you. >> thank you for having me. neil: if you do not like health care, congress wants to have you drafted out -- ratted out. to lower your bad cholesterol but your good cholesterol and triglycerides are still out of line? then you may not be seeing the whole picture. ask your doctor about trilipix. if you're at high risk of heart disease and taking a statin to lower bad cholesterol, along with diet, adding trilipix can lower fatty triglycerides and raise good cholesterol to help improve all three cholesterol numbers. trilipix has not been shown to prevent heart attacks or stroke more than a statin alone. trilipix is not for everyone, including people with liver, gallbladder, or severe kidney disease, or nursing women. tell your doc

we ended up in one interesting place in paducah, kentucky, northwestern kentucky just on the illinois border, and had a bit of a town hall meeting. one of the women was formerly a congressional candidate. she was a democratic candidate who ran in the last election and lost but had some very, very strong views on health care. here is a bit of a taste of what she told us. >> my husband and i are two of the 47 million plus that don't have health care. i'm not talking insurance. of course we don't have insurance, but i want health care. my husband has diabetes and had a bout with cancer. what insurance company is going to cover us? there aren't any. if i get sick today, where do you think i'm going? i'm going to the emergency room. who is that costing? that's costing us, the taxpayers. so if they have to tax me more in order to get health care? tax me. tax me, tax me. i am willing to pay. >> i have to tell you, poppy, you can see a larger version of the interview which is worth seeing on cnn money.com. there were people who really didn't agree with that at all. they were saying they'd lik

not to be from the big city in kentucky politics. he is not your typical back- slapping, stump orator-type of politician. host: you point out in the book that early in his career he made a couple mistakes. you read that he made his share of mistakes in the first term. he blundered in 1985 by announcing that a large toyota plant was coming to kentucky when he had little to do with the project. it was not a terrific year. it had become painfully clear that he was not ready for the job and it would take considerable time for him to become an effective leader. become an effective leader. guest: that's right, he had much more to do with the total plant coming to kentucky and senator mcconnell did. he admits that he did overreach in trying to claim credit for that and he admits that he was very much unprepared to become a senator. he had devoted himself almost exclusively to winning the office and have thought very little about what being a center was all about. to his credit, he set about studying that with an incredible discipline and fo

more down around virginia and kentucky. another batch out to the west. the good news is, by saturday night, this front should be just offshore, less humid air starts moving in for sunday afternoon. monday and tuesday look very nice with low humidity and nice weather conditions. now, not so nice, of course, with bill this is puerto rico. bill, the eye, clearly showed earlier this afternoon, then it becomes a little more ragged. it did drop from a category 3 to a category 2. it's kind of hard to see that. that little spot is bermuda. there's bill right now. it's going to head up to the northwest eventually by saturday afternoon off the carolina coast about 450 miecialtion then makes a right turn up toward the north- northeast. south winds here 10 to 15 knots, bay temperature at 8 # 2. we'll be dealing with heavy surf along the coast. showers, maybe a heavy thunderstorm, 7 # 2 overnight. tomorrow more the same, high of 84, could be some flooding rains in some spots. the next five days, we're looking at 884, 84, 84 #, but drying out, warming up, maybe a scat

kentucky -- kentucky a few showers here and we will watch as this front comes in the warm air mass. it bubbles up this afternoon and as we look at microcast nine we are okay in the early afternoon but the latter part of the day things develop and should be with us through tomorrow, at least in southern maryland. get the seven-day forecast where temperatures will be on the toasty side to say the at least by the second half of the week. not bad through friday, watch for storms today and tonight and serious heat on sunday, monday and tuesday. stepping in with traffic is angie goff. >> that i am. it is wednesday, good morning. wake up, wake up. we will have a great day. we have made it through the middle of the week. begin with 95 northbound live from dale city. no major delays to report at this time. we have an accident investigation going on in woodbridge. we will take it to the maps and show it is closed between u.s. 1 and smoke court. over to 395, heading northbound. no problems to report past edsall road past the pentagon and 14th street bridge. on inbound new york avenue drivers a

a few showers in eastern kentucky. those could make their way our way after the cold front passes through. we have a chance for a passing thundershower. otherwise, warm and humid with highs in the upper 80s am 40% chance for a shower this afternoon. could have a shower this time tomorrow morning and especially south and east of washington during the day tomorrow. otherwise, partly sunny and lower humidity moving in as the day progresses on thursday. highs tomorrow, mid-80s. a look at friday and the weekend in ten minutes. jerry, how is traffic? >>> good morning, everyone. we'll head out to the american legion bridge. the outer loop of the beltway, the work on the outer loop has been wrapped up from the 270 spur down to tyson's corner. lanes are open. elsewhere, headed into the northeast, very quiet along new york avenue, rhode island avenue, nothing to worry about. all the bridges are doing fine so far. barbara and keith, back to you. >>> our time now is 12 minutes after 5:00. the temperature is 74 degrees. still ahead

. >> the kentucky derby is under water tonight. >> also, the u.s. marines is putting a stop to social networking on the job. facebook, myspace, and took care. >> bill clinton goes to north korea and get a pardon for the two american journalists who were imprisoned. the story is coming up next. >> some howard county parents are taking a second look at their back-to-school calendars. i will tell you why for some, b. >> former president bill clinton is in north korea on a surprise trip and he has been successful on his main mission. the north koreans have said they will pardon that two american journalists who were imprisoned. >> the journalists were part in just hours after bill clinton arrived in north korea. the white house will still not call it official. whether a clinton, the secretary of state, has been demanding that north korea released the journalists sentenced by the north koreans in june to 12 years for illegal entry. freeing the two were bill clinton's main mission, but the talks were ride -- were wide- ranging. when clinton was president,

a prison in central kentucky. see all those fires. prisoners actually set fire to several buildings in the medium security north point training center in bergan last night. they had to use tear gas to gain control. no officers were hurt. some inmates suffered minor injuries. the fire caused so much damage that some inmates are being housed in other prisons now. prison has been lock down on tuesday after an inmate assault. >> tragedy in ohio where a small plane crashes near a high school. a high school football scrimmage going on at the time. the plane narrowly missing the players and crowd as onlookers looked on. the pilot and his girlfriend killed after their single-engine

. >> another day of clean-up today in louisville, kentucky, two days after the city was swamped by rapidly rising floodwaters. as homeowners pumped water logged basements and towed damaged cars, university of louisville reopens classes today.

jauron injured in kentucky. he took an over the counter diet supplement he bought at his local pharmacy. we are not talking about a bad kid here. the on the contrary he's very smart. graduated early and was actually set to work on his second degree while studying abroad in until the redskins picked him up in the third round of the supplemental draft. now jaur mondrmon is turning he ash bun. he may be the biggest surprise so far. >> in the back of my mind i'm looking forward to the future but wane to play now. i want to play this year. so from the go, as soon as they gave me the playbook, i was just in it. and understanding what guys were doing around me, safeties were doing, trying to understand the key fences as best as possible. i'm going out here every day and making very few mistakes as far as lining up and things like that. i have the mental aspect of it down. i'm getting lined up. once i get the mental aspect of it down, it is football. it is coming off the ball and just being an athlete and making plays a

joining us now is congressman john yarmuth of kentucky. congressman, thank you for taking out time on your sunday today. let me start asking you how are things going within the democratic party? we heard so much made of the divisions with blue dogs and the liberal wings. what is the latest? >> as you know, the energy commerce committee reported a bill out late friday that means all three committees working on the legislation and the house acted. will now put those various pieces of legislation together. they're largely similar, but there differences. i think right now, the caucus is pretty unified. the blue dogs, the more

in louisville, kentucky. today, i want to point out one thing. number one, we belong at 65 in the morning, 87 in the afternoon. the mornings have been warmer than normal, low 70s. the afternoons close to normal. record is 1930, second day in a row on a heat wave that goes back to that year and very hot decade that still shows up in many records in the almanac. 1930s. we're acting now on high humidity, 71 degrees. it's a little sticky out there, a little steamy and a little bit of fog especially north and northeast where they had that shower up in hartford and -- harford and cecil county yesterday afternoon. overall we're generally looking and sounding the allclear despite the little bit of patchy fog. we got that warm flow pumping in more heat and humidity. frontal boundary back to the west. storms not as active as yesterday morning but storms will refire among the boundary and should reach us this afternoon. fom the timeline at 2:00 p.m. from north of philadelphia and west of hagerstown, we'll find the showers and line that should fill in by the

and in kentucky and indiana. so i think we'll get some of the leftovers, perhaps an afternoon shower or thundershower as this comes through. and in back of it as we get into thursday, a little bit less humid. there are some of those thunderstorms that might be lingering in to parts of thursday off the coast. but not tonight. this evening temperatures still summer like into the low to mid-80s with the humidity not too bad. tomorrow when you get up, i think there will be some clouds around. this morning we had a lot of sunshine. winds as we know this time of year are rather light, but out at the beaches, it's been a great week for vacations. 74 degrees in town. any shower, thundershowers i think that we see build up will be late tomorrow afternoon around washington. that is 1:00, 4:00, in the afternoon. aar olierutut toward the blue ridge. then as we get in to later in the week, temperatures near average. but the humidity will really be coming back after another chance of some afternoon thunderstorms on saturday. t

it's already down to right on the tennessee-kentucky border. and that system is going to be making its way on towards the east. the majority of the rain will make its way into the carolinas. but that system will cause us some shower and thunderstorm activity here during the day tomorrow. and it is going to be pop-up, very isolated heavy showers. right now we're not seeing any precipitation around the baltimore area. but earlier this afternoon, we had some showers form up right here just north of the white marsh area, make their way up 95. they're in the process of falling apart there are sporadic showers around. some on the eastern shore, over in the southern portions of delaware getting a few scattered showers. that's basically the way the evening is going to be going. in eld dersburg 86. 87 in bowie. brandywine 86. carney is 88 degrees. havre de grace 82. rock hall 88 degrees. but most places are feeling like it's 90 degrees because of the high humidity. as far as our forecasts, for the overnight period, a few scattered showers. basically, to

this is what it looked like in louisville, kentucky today.e already showed you some of the action that they were having. unbelievable amounts of rainfall in an extremely short period of time, just turned roadways into rivers. almost instantaneously. the downtown -- well, there is downtown louisville. can you imagine that? downtown baltimore? just boom, all at once. those folks are having some real problems. well, as far as what is going to be going on over the next couple of days, we'll talk about our forecast. and as you can see, there is no precipitation around the region. this is just the heat of the day, radiating back out into space. by tomorrow we will be tracking some showers. right now in moncton 72. edgemere right now at 79 degrees. here is the forecast. that precipitation out in the ohio valley, the heavy stuff is going to run down into the carolinas. but during the day tomorrow, we'll start out with sunshine. but during the afternoon shower and thunderstorm activity giving us some rainfall. and then on thursday, another little shot

. >>> well, cleanup efforts continue in kentucky after heavy flood two weeks ago. as water damaged is repaired at the kentucky derby museum, staff removed 85 historic trophies from their display cases. the prized possessions were carried with white gloves through the courtyard and into the churchill downs vault for safekeeping. >>> meanwhile, in colorado a young entrepreneur is hoping for sweet success. the 8-year-old founded his own candy company with a sugary twist with sushi. miles has his own website and 200 orders already in the books. >>> a group in pennsylvania is sifting through famous junk. they are ping through 600 boxes of andy warhol's possessions. the late pop artist carried around the boxes and would send them to himself once they were fall. discoveries include the mundane like chocolate and fan mail to extraordinary finds like drawings, $17,000 in cash, and personal polaroids of the rich and famous. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist todd santos with the weather channel forecast. good morning, todd. tha

life at the art museum at the university of kentucky. that's your eastern event of the day. >> all right, bill, thanks. now an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. for the first time since the death of his wife natasha richardson, liam neeson walked the red carpet. in it he plays a former irish paramilitary haunted by memories of murder. brad pitt and an lean know jolie brought hollywood to a stand still for the tinseltown premier of "inglourious basterds." jennifer hudson has given birth to her first child, a boy named david. brooks and dunn are calling it quits. simon cowell's new three-year deal with "american idol" with pay him $45 million a year. peewee herman is back at least temporarily. he will be reviving it for a 10-day theater run. that takes me back to the '80 opening statement, peewee's play house. >> we loved his character but maybe not the man so much. a love/hate. >> it will be interesting to see. >>> well, this comes from wnbc new york where one traffic cop is putting a whole new spin on the daily com

a prison riot happened in kentucky. you're seeing pictures of fires that officials say were started by the inmates after things got a bit out of control there, obviously. let's turn to jessica moore, with our affiliate wlex. first and foremost, jessica, do officials believe they are now back in complete control of this prison? >> reporter: t.j., we have just spoken with kentucky state police within the last 30 minutes and they say that they are, in fact, in complete control. in fact in the last five minutes we've learned that transportation officials plan to start bussing all of these prisoners out of the facility on to other prisons around the state because, as you can imagine, this riot and subsequent fire destroyed much of the facility. let's look at the video. i can tell you about 12 hours ago the scene here at north point was utter chaos. a massive riot broke out involving 1200 inmates. the prison in fact was on lockdown since tuesday after a fight broke out between inmates. when the warden told the prisoners they

in kentucky, yes, for the u.s. senate. glenn: right. i have to tell you, you may be one of the only politicians that i shut off the microphone and went i think i agree with him, and i strangely trust him, so either my gut has gone all crazy or maybe you're the real deal. it's good to talk to you. >> it's funny. on the way home, i was reading a little book called "common sense" on the plane, and i thought it sounded like something i might have written. glenn: oh, stop it, rand! i would like you to come on the show at some point and talk, because you are not your father. i don't mean that as a slam to your father, but you have different views from your father and i would like to explore some of those, but anyway, tell me about -- am i wrong in saying, without any inflammatory speech here -- don't call them death panels. let's just call them what they are. you have a certain amount of money and a certain amount of people. you can't give everything to everybody. isn't it inevitable that you have to make tough choices?

kentucky not quite as much guerilla warfare but that's a keynote of kentucky where you have within theate confederates and unionists fighting each other. >> by the way, jones county -- newton knight was not the only unionist in jones county. the men who served with him in the swamps, 53 other men made their way to new orleans to enlist in the union army in new orleans. 53. i mean, jones county was little. it wasn't huge. 53 men. that's significant. that right there tells you that there were unionist sentiment in the county. >> thank you very much. [inaudible] [applause] [inaudible conversations] sally jenkins is a journalist for "the washington post." she's the author of numerous books including the real americans and it's not about the bike cowritten with lance armstrong. john stauffer is the chair and a professor in history in harvard. among his numerous books, the black hearts of men which was the cowinner of the 2002 frederick douglass prize and runner-up for the lincoln prize. harvard bookstore in cambridge, massachusetts, hosted this event. for more information visit harvard.com.

. >> and in kentucky, overnight storms stranded vehicles and destroyed roads. several bridges were washed away by the high water. overnight storms in southeast kentucky were responsible for the damage. >>> wow. >> that's unbelievable. >> it really is. you were talking yesterday about the power of the water. >> some places got 80 inches. that's two years of rain fall for us. we had a lot of e-mails about the difference between a typhoon and a hurricane. go to our website and check out my blog. >>> all right, as far as we are concerned, we held in the 80s today. vast improvement. here's your forecast first. we are going to stay in the 80s. pretty good chance of showers and thunderstorms at any time tomorrow both morning and afternoon. and then on friday and saturday, we have the chance in, mid 80s on friday. upper 80s on saturday. they will be few and far between. for tonight, scattered showers and thunderstorms. not as muggy, though. winds northeasterly at 5 to 10. here's the big picture. satellite picture, radar combined. heaviest activity is along the coast. w

to the kentucky derby, looking more like a marina. the main library is under three and a half feet of standing water. some residents are stranded in their homes and thousands have lost power. >>> president obama celebrated his 48th birthday in washington, d.c. but he didn't party alone. the commander in chief surprised veteran white house reporter helen thomas with a birthday cake. celebrating her 89th birthday, the long-time white house reporter has covered ever president since john f. kennedy. >> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the cl channel forecast. he will be singing happy birthday to the president and to helen thomas. take it away. >> marilyn monroe did it very well. >> we'll leave it to that. >> let's talk about your forecast after today. good morning. that rain in louisville was so impressive. we had four inches in two hours. just too much rain in too short a time. a one in 500 year event there in the louisville area. this morning you're cloudy, light showers aro

let's take a look at this light to moderate rain that is moving through kentucky and west virginia. there are a few sprinkles software soft -- south and west and have dissipated in the shenandoah valley. it is not just a batch of showers that i'm watching. it is really the triggering mechanism associated with them. it is what is causing brain that i am keeping an eye on. there is an upper level energy that will continue to push eastward. that could help trigger our showers and thunderstorms later today. we have had the sunshine this morning through the midday. that is destabilizing our atmosphere. then we will have something to trigger the storms and it looks like the energy will likely be the culprit later today. in the evening hours through the night and possibly into the early morning hours tomorrow, that will happen. you will see another feature and that is a cold front. 69 degrees in pittsburgh. behind the front, it is only near 70 degrees. ahead of it, we are well into the 80's. that will continue to drift our way. by tomorrow, it will move to the midday hours, dropping our hu

. >>> a police chase in kentucky took a wrong turn for law enforcement. while responding to the pursuit of a suspect on foot, a sheriff in an suv crashed into a metro police officer's squad car. the collision sent the sheriff's suv into a fish store, knocking out the front en trance. both law enforcement officials went to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. >>> meanwhile, firefighters in louisiana battled a three-alarm fire which they determined was the result of arson. fire crews fought the blaze at the local arts center for hours. investigators say seven separate fires sparked the inferno. >>> an ohio man brought more than his resume to apply for a job. security cameras outside a school board building captured the man hiding a handgun in a planter. before walking into the government building for a job application, a pedestrian actually claimed seeing the man bury the gun and called police, who then arrested him for carrying a concealed weapon. >>> for one man in illinois, work ethics certainly isn't a question. take a look. joe taylor has wo

in kentucky you get catastrophic care and basic care for one fifth of the cost.ou bring it across the state lines it would bring down the price dramatically. >> with no statesman date. >> you need to get rid of the government regulations. >> all we have to do is that? >> what convinces that the insurers want competition. they are fat and happy right now running their defective system with their faceless bureaucrats. you talk about having a government system, screening socialism like they can't handle the competition. don't let them compete with the government, they're too efficient. >> and rationing as well, choose your poison, you want a bureaucrat deciding for you to basically cut all your coverage. we have to address this, the real issue is medicare. costs are skyrocketing. it was not built to handle the costs of mris, c.a.t. scans and all the what we're seeing. that is the real issue. those technologies are driving it up. >> is competition literally a one word fix? >> competition is a one word fix if you include the competition that neil was talking about and

this happened at the northpoint training center in kentucky there. immediate security lockup. just south of lexington. officials say prisoners set fires to the building. the riot police threw tear gas. officials say they're back into control and prisoners were taken to other facilities while they investigate what sparked this disturban disturbance. >> right noi we're happy to report that you that the facility is secure, the inmates are accounted for, minimal injury, still being assessed, to the inmates and as far as we know right now, minimal, if any, injuries at all to any staff or department of corrections personnel. >>> well, president obama is hitting back at health care reform critics today saying people who talk about death panels and mandatory public coverage of guilty of outright distortion. >> never been easy moving this nation forward. there are always those who oppose it, and those who use fear to block change. but what has always distinguished america is that when all the arguments have been heard and all the concerns have been voiced and the time comes to do what

this is in louisville kentucky where parts of i 65 were actually shut down from heavy torrential rainfallcame down. look at the heavy water that moved into their area. they saw anywhere from 5 to 7 inches of rainfall in a short period of time with very strong thovrments in fact look at the line of strong thunderstorm activity moving through louisville, kentucky. you can see they got pummelled with heavy rain. that's not the only place. folks up in indianapolis gusty winds and to cincinnati and date on, on, ohio and a lot of activity with the system moving in. the bigger picture you can see all the heavy rain that is moving over parts of ohio river valley down into the tennessee valley. most of the energy is south but we are affected by this activity as we get into tomorrow afternoon with potential for thunderstorms. we had a pop up shower and thunderstorms over in harper county moving into cecil county fallen apart. still a chance for slight chance for pop up shower or thunderstorm as we go through the overnight because of all the heating out there with the warm temperatures as we look at

well after driving through georgia, tennessee, kentucky and illinois, crossed into missouri. now the discussion has been about health care all week. there has been interest in this idea that some prominent economists have said this recession is over. >> you can't get some of the stories unless you go to them. when they say this recession is over do you feel that? >> i don't feel like it is over at all. >> my personal recession is not over. >> let's talk about 46, 50 million number of peep not insured. what is your thought? >> it is a mess. >> not hearing a lot of meat and potatoes. >> i can't believe you are saying people don't deserve health care if they can't afford it. >> we are all afraid we are going to lose something. >> health care is a problem and something needs to be done. just a lot of confusion about what this thing really is. >> it's written in a confusing manner. >> this is a very complex issue. our health care is 16% of our gdp. >> how are we going to do it? >> people are not informed. >> you hear the rumors. >> i think they're pushing too much change on unat o

when we stopped in paducah, kentucky, i had a very civilized, very normal conversation with some folks about their fears and hopes for health care reform, christine. have a listen to this. >> reporter: we are hearing different things from people wherever we're going but i haven't found too many people around here who are opposed to reforming health care. >> i'm for the idea but i don't think that congress and the president have done a good job of disseminating information. i'm just hearing a lot of talk. >> reporter: what about you? >> i think right now we have a lack of choice. i mean, health care is expensive. the average cost of the coverage i found more often than not are more expensive than the actual care. i would think any viable choice would be better than what we've got now. >> reporter: what do you think? >> my understanding, there is about 48 million people that's not covered. those people need to be covered. >> my husband and i are two of the 47 million-plus that don't have health care. and i'm not talking insurance, of course we don't have insurance, but i want health care

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it had a big impact, especially across kentucky and tennessee. tomorrow's weather, this frontal system still out well to the west, it just cleared the chicago area, that will be coming in our direction. that's why we will have a ance of showers and thunderstorms. but that big batch will miss us. 89 in the district. dulles 88. where we have seen it raining, especially across kentucky, temperatures are in the 60s there. but let's go ahead and show you the max hd air quality. i want to talk about the fact that today was a code orange day. we had few of those. unhealthy for sensitive groups, children and seniors, anyone with a respiratory disease, limit the outdoor activity. in the future, we are not expecting one tomorrow, but a great way to help the atmosphere and use mass transit, fuel up the car after dusk and avoid gas power mowers. max hd futurecast shows showers and storms scattered about the area by 5:00 tomorrow afternoon. they will be around into wednesday night and maybe the first part of thursday morning before things drift more to the so

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we ended up in an interesting place, northwestern kentucky on the illinois border. we had a bit of a town hall meeting. one was a democratic candidate who ran in the last election and lost. she had very, very strong views on health care. here is a bit of a taste of what she told us. >> well, my husband and i are two of the 47 million plus that don't have health care. i'm not talking insurance. i want health care. my husband had diabetes and a bout with cancer. what insurance company is going to cover us. if i get sick, i'm going to the emergency room. who is that costing? it's costing us, the taxpayers. if they have to tax me more to get health care, tax me. tax me, tax me, tax me. i'm willing to pay. >> reporter: i have to tell you, you can see a larger version of that interview that's worth seeing, there were people who didn't agree with that at all. they were saying they would like to fix health care, but the last thing they want is more health care. there's a heated debate going on in the country. i would liblg like to think the people we are talking to are havi

violent line of storms pushing through southern illinois, indiana, kentucky and then also portions of western tennessee. this activity is going to continue to push south. for us relatively quiet conditions. we had pop-up showers earlier today. but we can see the temperatures across the area. 81 in baltimore downtown on. 79 in d.c. 79 in hagerstown. and nice warm up tomorrow with the temperatures getting into the lower 90s. but tomorrow afternoon, looking at the thunderstorms firing up across the area. we could get severe weather to watch out for. by mid afternoon. so we keep an eye to the sky. but looks like a break from some of the heat. as we get into thursday. i will have a closer look at it and the weekend outlook coming up in the seven-day forecast in a few moments. >> all right. vytas, thank you. >> despite opposition the governor is throwing his support behind the proposed red line. the new light rail line would link east and west baltimore. canton residents feared the line will disrupt traffic along boston street. but today the governor endorsed it anyway. >> number two cost e

you're looking at the kentucky, central kentucky prison. inmates rioted and set two buildings on fire last night. several police emergency and fire agencies were around the area arrived on scene to help get that situation under control. no prison guards were hurt. >>> and heavy rains and rising water are causing evacuations in vermont. thunderstorms dropped more than an inch of rain and the past two days people have been closing down shop at several businesses and restaurants, and many homes have also been cleared out. >>> not nearly as bad but we're getting our own rainfall here. >> absolutely. and it's going to be most of the evening and well, not so much near overnight house but until midnight things will be touch and go. definitely on the wet side i'd say. so let's look at what is happening outside. did you see it's very gray, very ominous looking. right now we're at 75 degrees. humidity 94%. wind west at 6 miles an hour. we have watches and warnings galore, pretty much everyone in the state affected. the green, counties in green, that'

throughout the evening those heavy thunderstorms that came through kentucky passed all the way down to around the memphis area early this morning at 5:50. around the area a few light clouds and breaks in the overcast. a few showers are starting to generate down to the south of us. it all moves on towards the east. we're going to -- there's baltimore right there. we'll be right on the northern edge of the system as it passes over portions of virginia and down through the carolinas. we could see a brief shower later on tonight but looks like any shower activity if we got anything will be far and few between. right now nothing showing up on maryland's most powerful radar. nice scan. just didn't have a lot of heat today to build things up. no real triggers in the atmosphere but again we'll keep an eye on it. 81 at carney. emmitsburg 79. 79 in olney. over on the eastern shore rock hall at 84. 84 in easton and cambridge also at 84 degrees. as far as the forecast for tonight, the showers that are down to the southwest of us will basically maintain that track southwest of our region. there's a