subject property, 40-50 lansing street, protesting the issuance august 24, 2011, to lambert developmentnsing a permit to alter a building, demolish and remove existing wood form work/shoring at north end of building, in order to comply with notice of violation. this matter was heard on november 16, 2011, and is on for further consideration today. it was continued to allow time for the department of building inspection to contest a site visit. again, commissioner lazarus has had an opportunity to review the video and materials for this matter. i think we will begin with inspector dufty. no? >> i am the attorney for 15 guy place, the property owner involved in the suit. i was surprised to see mr. buscovich here. i attempted to contact him in the hallway, was not successful. i was able to reach his daughter, who informed me that mr. buscovich was in a dental chair with emergency board canal surgery this afternoon. based on his absence and emergency, i am asking for continuance on behalf of the property owner. vice president fung: would you always do that to other opponents? >> mr. buscovic

between lansing he doesn't back him up and says i he doesn't back him up and says i know nothing.so he takes the fall for something the chairman had encouraged. >> host: interesting. >> host: interesting. the lower ranking military officer the lower ranking military officer in the gold if you're serving on one of the ships based out of the operations comptroller, you understand the abstract iran is the largest piece of the threat environment no longer the soviet union a russian. not worried about the cheney tip. and the big scheme of things, iran wins the largest as a possible requirement. how does the more junior military personnel, how do they understand u.s. policy? let's just take a snapshot of something fairly recent. do they believe that you're just going to her three years to the gulf region. do you think young military officer see iran as the enemy, or how do you think they are conditioned to understand u.s. policy? i guess it would also hope to -- how often is somebody who is forward deployed in one of the branches of the armed services, how often do they get briefed on u

we are talking about the outside lansing music festival. jeff bush's live in the park where preparations are under way. >> this will be the place to be this weekend, that is if you have a ticket. >> this year has something for anyone. headliners like stevie wonder, metallica and foo fighters. >> it is not just about the music. >> back out here live, the roadie's have wrapped up on stage. they were getting the sound and lighting sorted. tomorrows headliner is neil young. >>catherine: let's talk about the weekend weather. you are booking live at the san francisco skyline. brilliant blue skies, there is not a sign of any clouds. james fletcher is in the weather center. >> this is a good example of what we are expecting over the next three days. clear skies and wonderful weather. if you are going to be in lending rates yourself for the hot weather. >> it looks like we should expect more serious storms did previously predicted. weather experts are revising the forecast. there and say there could be as many as 17 named storms between june and nov

fraudulent returns went undetected a million more were discovered in time in one case a single address in lansing michigan was used to file more than 2,000 tax returns, more than three million dollars in refunds went there. in another case hundreds of returns were deposited in a single bank account. >>> firefighters battling a growing wildfire in shasta county near reading hope to have a handle on the fire by sunday. right now it is 20% contained. 300 firefighters continuing an all-out assault since it broke out wednesday it shutdown the freeway almost 12 hours. flames are threatening 100 homes. investigators the fire has destroyed one building and appears to be human caused. >>> let's check in with mike for a look at the forecast. it is ironic that st. louis has been as hot as phoenix. >> same amount of humidity too. corn not sprouting ears almost like the dust bowl days, for us cooler, more humid this morning you may notice when you step out and a little breezier gas mileage was less driving from east to west into that sea breeze as came into work. as far as conditions now you can see quiet her

manhattan dekalb aurora and lansing all .4 of an inch of rain.ms are shown moving away and here's this bubble of high pressure that will bring us a beautiful day as august begins tomorrow. again warmest summer in 91 years we're averaging 6.3 degrees above the long-term average. so we didn't just beat it. we're blowing it away. the summer of 1921 is the only summer in 142 years of weather records with more rain. and now we go into august which historically has been our wettest month. we had about 3.5 inches of rain in july. which was actually pretty close to normal at o'hare. not in other places obviously the drought is terrible across the country. continuing unabated. but the wettest month on record was back in 1987 and that was in august. a rain event, 17.1 inches fell in that month. looking at some august rainfalls in just the last 10 years since 2000. over 12 inches a foot of rain in a single month in 2001. and last year we had 4 1/2 inches. i wish i could tell you that we saw substantive rains coming but the rain forecasts are truly anemic, j

in one case, -- a single address in lansing, michigan was accused to file more than 2,000 returns.re than three million dollars in refunds were sent there in another case, hundreds of tax refunds were deposited into a single florida bank account, a red flag that investigators look for in searching for identity thieves. >>> 5:50 on this friday morning. weekend almost here. >> as is some cooler, misty weather. >>> definitely, thunderstorms i talked about possible in the sierra, there's a fire weather watch tomorrow through sunday up around tahoe because of the lightning that could spark fires there. interesting storms could make for beautiful pictures send them to us post them on my facebook page. love to see them if you are up there. mount tamalpais, clouds thick, i haven't had reports of drizzle, very dry on live doppler clouds probably going to create flight arrival delays into sfo, slower sunshine and cooler this afternoon. mountain view 60, santa rosa 52. the rest of us mid to upper 50s. low to mid 50s cloudy around the monterey bay. with slower sunshine and cooler breezes today

. >>> a united airlines jet made an emergency lansing -- landing in new jersey after passengers saw flames coming out of engines. the fbi says a tire on the plane blue aspirit flew into the engine. united said it was mechanical issue and the faa is investigating. none of the 1 70 people on wrd were hurt. >> a massive wildfire and heavy smoke have forced people to evacuate in idaho. that town and the commune of pine are in the path of a fire that has burned 130 square miles since it broke out two weeks ago. >>> in california several large wildfires have kept crews busy from shasta and has send -- lassen counties in the n and san diego county. >> new military technology is helping fight wildfires in san diego. infrared cameras mounted on spotting planes can pinpoint exactly where crews should attack fires. eventually software will provide commanders with a real time picture of the fire and the sim will show them the locations of their crews and fire engines. >>> all the dry weather is bat for firefighters but great news for vintners. wine grapes love an arid clto get tin is necessary to gem

. >>> a united airlines jet made an emergency lansing -- landing in new jersey after passengers saw flames coming out of engines. the fbi says a tire on the plane blue aspirit flew into the engine. united said it was mechanical issue and the faa is investigating. none of the 1 70 people on wrd were hurt. >> a massive wildfire and heavy smoke have forced people to evacuate in idaho. that town and the commune of pine are in the path of a fire that has burned 130 square miles since it broke out two weeks ago. >>> in california several large wildfires have kept crews busy from shasta and has send -- lassen counties in the north. and san diego county. >> new military technology is helping fight wildfires in san diego. infrared cameras mounted on spotting planes can pinpoint exactly where crews should attack fires. eventually software will provide commanders with a real time picture of the fire and the sim will show them the locations of their crews and fire engines. >>> all the dry weather is bat for firefighters but great news for vintners. wine grapes love an arid climate. rain is necessary t

rainfall amounts over the next 24 hours anywhere from one to three inches but locally from lansing, michigan all the way down to charlotte and charleston. we could see anywhere from two to five. >> team usa. >> that's what's going on around the country -- >> good morning. showers and thunderstorms will be likely to start the day today. and that's your latest weather. savannah. >> al, thanks. i'm not sure who has had a better time at these games, us or the british royal family. the world is seeing them in a whole new light. ben fogle has more on that. good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah. even when she and without her prince, the duchess of cambridge is a star in her own right. in the last few days the crowds and the athletes have been appreciating her enthusiastic support. she may just bring good luck, cheering on the first final in women's boxing. and a win, even if the boxer didn't know she was there. >> absolutely amazing. i didn't even realize she was there. i think it's great we have so many people coming out for women's boxing. >> reporter: earlier she watched synchronized sw

she wasn't free lansing i don't think. i think she was giving a defense that reveals the contradictions in mitt romney's career and candidacy. >> seems like ta they were caught flatfooted and didn't have the proper response because it's such a true story. this is not a political shot. this is what happened to a guy who lost his job and what happened to his family. >> right. it was been interesting response by the romney camp because as i say, it reveals the contradictions in his candidacy and in mitt romney's career. which is he? is he the guy who at one point made a commitment to seeing that everybody in massachusetts had access to health care, or is he the guy that wants to get rid of obama care which is essentially the same thing. conservatives are upset and the left is paying notice. >> great to have you with us and thanks so much. remember to answer the question and share your thoughts on twitter and facebook. we want to know what you think. sandra introduces the president. sandra joins us to talk about the election,

donald lawson of lansing, michigan, has the winning ticket. the father of two says after he found out he won, he quit his job and he told several family members to retire. so what was his winning strategy? >> i tell you what, i walk into the station and usually there isn't anybody up there, but there's a long line. five, six people in front of me. so some above. i do have to credit. someone told me to pick my own numbers. i didn't really pick them, my hand just went. so that's what i did. then i waited in line to play them. >> lawson opted to take the lump sum payment. sounds nice, huh? he says he's not sure what he's going to do with the money, but he plans to travel and continue living a simple life. >>> hope simple doesn't become complicated with all that money. >> it seems like that's what would happen. i don't know. i just dream. i'm dreaming what i would be doing. >> it's fun to dream. >> all right, let's talk about the forecast. another hot day out there today. >> yeah, it's fun to dream of a nice labor day weekend, too, gary. >> rememb

teammates, friends, and fans of jordyn wieber packed a movie theater in lansing, michigan. many of them are from the gym she grew up in, tri. stars and cheered her on as team. one gold for the first time in nearly two decades. what sweet victory. these young women just showed so much grace and composure and skill. and when a ali raisman, the tears flowed. >>>en 11 minutes after the hour. live look outside this morning where some of us are dealing with a few rain drops and temperatures in the lower 70s. or lower. johnson is here for tom. >> that's right. not too bad out there right now. but it could get a little stormy this afternoon with some downpours and lightning. it is muggy. mt. lanier at 71 degrees right now. 68 in herndon and fairfax county. 68 in kensington, maryland. radar, showers, you can see where the blobs are. from leesburg, north and east to baltimore. moving away from the area. light showers and then down to the south and headed towards maryland's eastern shore, ocean city. heavier rain by noontime today. 84, 89. your high temperatures today against showers

. >>> plus our eyes on a news conference in lansing, michigan.just a few minutes we get to find out who the newest multimillionaire is. the only winner from that $337 million powerball jack pot. are you related to him? >>> what do you mean shut up? okay. i thought it was just because somebody had the stupid idea of trying tris in downtown new york city. maybe that was it. >> clint east wood's appearance at the republican national convention last night was a surprise and something you might say of a show stopper. msnbc's richard liu has been following it on twitter. he's been quite the topic on twitter today. >> there's ab lot to talk about in terms of clint eastwood and what he did with that chair. the social media fe nom is being called eastwooding, taking pictures the of a chair. eastwoods chair. but the most attention has come from this parody twitter handle called invisible obama with over 40,000 followers right now. also last night who got some attention was senator marco rubio. and while he is not all the talk today, he was during his speec

at one address, one residential address in lansing, michigan, 2,137 tax returns were filed from justt over $3 million in refunds to that particular address. again, in chicago, another address, 765 returns. under $1 million sent to just that one address in potentially bogus refund payments. take a look at where this is happening across the country and you see that florida seems to be the hotbed here. tampa, florida, 88,724 potential bogus tax returns filed just from that one city and the irs issued a whopping $468 million plus in potentially bogus refunds. you can also see there miami, florida, a hotbed and atlanta, georgia, is where this is happening as well. the treasury inspector general called all of this disheartening. >> if they use the identity of someone who does not have a filing obligation or someone who's a minor or even someone who's deceased, it will take the irs a very long time to catch up with them. and so once the money is out the door, it's almost impossible for the irs to recover it. >> now, sue, in its defense, the irs says they have instituted some reforms just si

investigators found a single address in lansing, michigan, used the file, get this, 2,137 tax returnse irs issued $3 million in the returns to the same address. >> one hus, 2,137 fraudulent tax returns and the irs paid $21 billion. a third of what they say the buffett rule brings in every year. just saying. >> more than junk mail. "atlanta journal-constitution" chick-fil-a set a single day sales record on the so-called appreciation day backed by mike huckabee, thousands of diners poured in to the chain's locations nationwide. the event in support of company president dan cathy's comments of same-sex marriage. >> i wonder if the ceo of mcdonald's comes out to drive sales. "seattle times." a website yelp manipulates how reviews appear online for $300 to $800 monthly fee of advertising. they claim they were told bad reviews go away if they bought advertising. san francisco-based company says it doesn't do business that way. >> you know who doesn't do business that way either? mike allen. >> no, he does not. >> he's here with us now this morning and it's your favorite day, mike. tell us.

once in lansing, michigan, and then over in ann arbor, michigan, at a neo nazi protest rally celebration rock 'n' roll festival for the confederate hammer skins. i remember briefly meeting him. he was with leaders of different groups. at that point, all different factions of different groups, skinheads, skin members, anti-government militias come there. he was with one of the bands. he was setting up the instruments. he seemed to be a very likable person because of the people that hung out with him. so that was my extent of seeing him. and so -- >> let's talk about those bands. you say one of the ways hate groups appeal to young people is actually through the music. the sikh temple gunman was involved in far right punk bands. according to "the new york times," one of those times was definite hate. so let's listen to this excerpt from one of their songs. ♪ what has happened to america ♪ that was once so white and free ♪ >> boy, that's really difficult to listen to. how do those songs affect young people who may be easily swayed by these messages of hate? >> well, that brings back memories

regular schedule -- i just did what a couple weeks ago where we had a white -- a wide audience in lansing, the state capital. we had state legislators at four locations across michigan. the experience is great. we have displays up so people can see one another. you literally get the impression of people being there, and the feedback has been great. you were lucky to do one location. simultaneously we're doing five locations, on a regular basis. then there are people picking up the screen from that. we have news media picking up. it has been really exciting. we have done a number of these. they are a great format and we will keep going with them. >> do you find these to be spontaneous events, norah? you want to have some control of what you are trying to do, or are these wild west spontaneous events where you are not necessarily in as much control of the events as you want to be? >> and that is not a goal. i like to give a first person impression from the capital, but the other thing is i want their questions. that's how i get feedback on what we are doing from my customers. i look at it a

host: lansing, michigan, curtis is on our independent line. caller: good morning. thanks for taking my call. my question is dealing with the r.s. signal for the airlines versus the cable industry. how vigorous are you checking out the signal which would affect air traffic controllers? guest: the signals that are used, the radiofrequency spectrum that is used for air traffic control, is guarded very aggressively by international organizations. that has been well protected, but there's a large band of spectrum that is in great demand. part of the modernization of the system that is going on the world will move it to a new digital baseline that will make some of that spectrum available. right now there's no one pulling spectrum away from airlines that could affect safety. host: now to a republican on the line. caller: thanks for taking my call. i wonder if you could speak to the current situation of the economics of the airline industry. you touched on personnel and shortages. i am not completely up on things. i understand there is higher time requirements for the fir

the lady i talked to said the offices are open in lansing, michigan, waiting for the winner to call. >> sean, exciting day there. thank you very much. >> i really enjoyed you giving the lottery numbers there and the powerball. >> and the little wheel is this fun. >> exactly. let's check the other top stories, cameron is in for natalie at the newsdesk. >> good morning. and overnight emergency for a plane carrying 266 people from new york to moscow. an anonymous bomb threat was phoned into the airlines prompting the flight to land this morning in iceland. all passengers have been safely evacuated. the worst outbreak of west nile virus in years has spread to more than 30 states. janice is in delineatioallas, t where they have declared a state of emergency. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is the epicenter of the epidemic. a third of the cases in dallas, county, something they haven't done since the 1960s, spraying pesticides from small plains. in dallas county, the west nile virus led to a full-fledged state of emergency. >> 6% of the west nile virus case is in america woul

they found one particular residential address in lansing, michigan, that was the source of 2,137 tax $3,316,000 in refunds. another address in chicago, 765 returns coming from just that one residential address. and again, in belle glade, florida. where is the crime most rampant. tampa, florida, 88,000 potentially fraudulent tax returns, refunds issued of over $468 million. again in miami, and atlanta, georgia, that's where this is all happening. now the treasury inspector-general called all of this disheartening. >> once the money is out the door, it's almost impossible to get it back. the bad guys know that the irs is unable. given the limited number of staff it has to address every single allegation of tax fraud. >> now melissa, in its response to this report, the irs says that they have put changes in place since the tax year that they studied here. and they think that the allegation that up to $21 billion could be misspent is overestimated. simon, back to you. >> staggering numbers, good stuff there, aman jobbers, mary thompson with a market flash now. >> hi, we're taking a look