nuevo laredo is just across the border from laredo, texas. >>> prince albert of monaco is celebratingriage today to charlene woodstock of south africa. >>> because of dry conditions many states are going fireworks free, wow, this holiday. meteorologist karen maginess here to tell us all about it. >> all about about 12 counties in the state of texas are reporting fire bans. in west texas, they desperately need the rainfall there, already in the state of texas, 3.2 million acres have burned. we have heard about the fire right around los alamos, they are saying this is priority one fire in the country. and we have seen this already burn 177 miles square across the gion. but not just fires there, but also into arizona, right along the arizona-new mexico border. but look at these temperatures well into the 90s. it is breezy and it doesn't look like much in the way of fire relief coming up in the next several days. i have got some images to show you. take a look at this, they had a fire right around gulf shores, alabama. they muput the fire out, rite around 1,000 acres. but these alligators

border city which is just across the border of laredo, texas.lans to target americans for robbery, drugs. >> there's news in iowa about a pair of republican hopefuls. michele bachmann is on a multi-city bus tour trying to build on her strong showing in a recent state-wide tour. iowa kicked off the season with the iowa caucus next year, and a shift in the iowa staff for republican herman cain. two top staffers have resigned, and he's downplaying the changes and insists that new hires are coming on board. >>> rhode island has legalized civil unions. it will give same-sex couples new breaks, health couple benefits, but it falls short of marriage. the bill fell through the senate earlier this week despite strong opposition. >>> up next, jaw-dropping testimony from the woman who said she had an affair with casey anthony's father in the weeks after little caylee went missing. >> do you get to know mr. anthony a little better? >> yes. >> did you develop a relationship with mr. anthony? >> yes, sir, i did. >> and was this an intimate relationship? >> ye

. >>> fuga masiva en nuevo laredo, 42 presos escaparon.como ocurrieron las fugas, cinco guardias desaparecidos. gracias por la información. >>> volviendo a los estados unidos, el conflicto en washington por la deuda exterior, aumenta la impaciencia de los estadounidenses. ana vende ropa y dice que su negocio está sufriendo, por eso dice que la irrita la pelea entre republicanos y demócratas. seria mejor que vean por la necesidades de todo el pueblo. no está sola en su furia. no les importa lo que piense el publico, siempre están viendo la manera de ganar ellos. >>> no les importa, ellos no hacen nada por el bienestar de las personas. >>> ellos entienden, pero no lo hacen. >>> el presidente obama dice el tiempo apremia. >>> dice que no llegar a un acuerdo antes del dos de agosto terminaría en un aumento de impuestos para todo el mundo. el presidente dijo que cualquier acuerda tiene que incluir un aumento de impuesto, los republicanos dicen no. >>> aumentan los impuestos se va a congelar todo y no van a poder ocupar más gente y aumentar los

. >> una advertencia para quÉ estadounidenses no viajen a nuevo laredo mexico fue emitida hoy la alertahacia turistas y planeando un aumento de la actividad delictiva. en sÓlo horas hay elecciones por gobernador pero la atenciÓn estÁ concentrada en los comicios del estado de mÉxico, serÍan la antesala de las presidenciales edgar muÑoz de velocidad de mÉxico nos dice a cuÁl de los tres candidatos favorecen las encuestas. >> en las elecciones para gobernador este domingo se juegan las aspiraciones presidenciales de los 3 principales partidos polÍticos en el paÍs. felipe bravo mena del pan, advierte a travÉs de univisiÓn que no firmarÁ un cheque en blanco, teme el gobernador peÑa meta mano. >> como sabemos las costumbres que tienen de oprimir a la gente de intentar comprar el voto, de presionar a los ciudadanos o de obstaculizar el voto. >> alejandro encina adelanta que este domingo se caerÁn a las esas prÁcticas del pri. >> derroche y dispendio de recursos, intervenciÓn del gobierno del estado, la policÍa repartiendo despensas o trasladando personas. >> en todas las encuestas avila del pr

with the brits or with through what's laredo off or start another arms race internationally speaking internationally speaking it's not that i'm against americans it has nothing to do with it i feel the same and if a u.s. army scored arrives we'll learn english drink a beer with them and play a little soccer for not much to object to about american soldiers. the military here. this is what happened come hides. the thought out if the food just in case. the body nobody else am looking for mushrooms something's coming. maybe just curious about where the radar is not going to be. at the spot height about seven hundred eighteen meters it's a place where like i said the radar is not going to be. asked. it's just. it's a high place in this military zone which would be a good vantage point for. you following the radar debates. on the radar for the defense yeah. it's just it's just just it's. government radar spokesman for. the obama government spokesman my name is called hello i know you do follow the radar debate sure but it's nothing short of the general it's a regime in the radars for noth

. >>> americans planned to travel to the mexican border city of nuevo laredo.uthorities have information that a mexican drug cartel plans to target americans in nuevo laredo for kidnappings and carjacking. >>> kvitov upsets maria sharpova. . >>> prince william and princess katherine are on their first official tour of canada and they just arrived at their next stop, montreal. our max foster is there. max, what will the duke and duchess be doing today? >> reporter: some live pictures for you, you can see katherine speaking to various dignitaries from quebec as she just got off the plane at the airport and they're ready to set off to a children's hospital. you can hear behind me. and we have got pro monarchy fans, basically, of katherine and william. we have also got some anti-monarchy campaigners. you can hear them booming and shouting, they're competing with each other. most people here actually don't want the royal family. but a lot of people like william and katherine as well. they're going to go to a children's hospital and it's going to be a very emotional

citizens in nuevo laredo for robbery, extortion or carjackings. and wildfires in texas are cutting into fourth of july fun. the texas forest service is reporting a record setting 235 counties under burn bans prior to this holiday weekend. in many areas, that translates into a ban on fire work. >>> attorneys for tucson shooting suspect jared lee loughner are appealing a judge's decision to forcibly medicate him. prison doctors say loughner needs to be on anti-psychotic drugs to control his schizophrenia. loughner is accused of shooting congresswoman gabrielle giffords and 18 others back in january. >>> in florida, the murder trial that has captured headlines is now nearing an end. closing arguments in the casey anthony murder trial are expected to begin tomorrow. anthony is accused of killing her young daughter three years ago. she is charged with first-degree murder, child abuse and misleading police. >>> a 71-year-old seattle grandfather has been arrested for child murder that happened more than five decades ago. police say jack daniel mccullough

>>> texas authorities are urging americans to stay away from the mexican border city of new a oh laredoget americans for robbery, extortion, and carjackings. nuevo la raid so across the border from laredo, texas. >>> help may object the way for fatigued air traffic controllers. the faa is out with new rules that should help them stop falling asleep on the job. there must be at least nine hours between shifts. during overnight hours, controllers can read or listen to the radio, but only when there is not a lot of air traffic. they can also take sick days if they're too tired to work. the controllers still can't nap on breaks. >>> rhode island has legalized civil unions. governor lincoln chafee signed the bill into law today. it will give same-sex couples a bunch of new state tax breaks, health care benefits, and legal perks, but falls short of marriage rights. >>> three marines in california are accused of a marriage scheme that bilked the government out of $75,000. the female marine at the center of the case admits she is married, she married a straight marine at camp pendleton to recei

that's a maybe and over to laredo. there's the forecast path.nstead of going up here like this, we need it to head up to corpus christi and go to the middle of texas. unfortunately it's going to head to mexico to the high mountains, which will tear it apart. the forecast for the west, everything is relatively calm, although we did have a pretty good batch of showers and storms rolling through southern new mexico and southern arizona, there's still a fau showers left. a lot of them have dried up. up in the rim countries outside the cities of arizona, there are some showers, possibly driving from prescott to flagstaff, beautiful country there, you may get a few raindrops. we'll do it again with more showers and storms later today. 107 in phoenix. a beautiful day in some areas, a little toasty in thunderstorm a. nice day in san diego, nice to be rid of the clouds, nice afternoon. it's been a quiet west forecast during the week, weekend, coming up. >>> stocks sag on the debt debate. high pump prices boost profit, and a new way to get your pet to mel

hornberger here today, president and founder of the future of freedom foundation, born and raised in laredo, texas and received his ba in economics from virginia military institute and law degree from the university of texas. i know we have some other university texas people will be here telling you what he does not believe in the bush doctrines. and then we also have, to my direct left, bob kaufman, a professor at the school of public policy at pepperdine university. it's reverts including henry m. jackson immoderately with the book in defense of the bush doctrine, which he thought at the time it made him a spot in witness protection program. our debate format today is each of our two debaters will, then give a 10 minute introduction and then followed by a five-minute rebuttal and then open it up to questions from all of you in the audience. there's a microphone in front of me, dryclean front of me, trickling from them in another microphone over here. so when we get to the question-and-answer portion i ask you can link really quickly and keep the questions concise and we appreciate that. w

the only relief is laredo to brownsville. the forecast in the hurricane center has it making landfall right around midnight tonight. again, this is not bringing the relief we were hoping for. here's the forecast. let me explain this for everyone. if you're cloudy and rainy, you'll be cooler. 80s, maybe around 90. washington, d.c., your heat index will be 110. so if you're cloudy and raining, be happy because if the temperature comes out, your temperature will sky rocket in a hurry, it will bb 103 in raleigh, still 100 in d.c., thunderstorms in the great lakes. and taking you through your weekend, saturday everyone dries out in the northeast and mid-atlantic, humidity levels begin to come down a little bit. as we take a look at sunday's forecast, much of the country looks to be summer like, but nothing too brutal. so we have our weather lesson of the day. we're good now? >> appreciate the clouds. that should be the name of your memoir. appreciate the clouds. it will be muggy, though, with that rain. >> it's very muggy. but you

law enforcement says a drug cartel is targeting american tourists in the border town of nuevo laredo.ns died in mexico last year. mexican authorities call these claims ridiculous and misinformed. ♪ [ music ] >>> good morning to you, giving you a live look. just patches of showers. we're not expecting that sea breeze to be with us later today. most of us sitting in the low 60s. even 70s out there for the foothills. as you get outside very mild. heat advisory noon time until 9:00. our temperatures are expected to get to near 100, even slightly above in a few areas. so this for today, a slight cooling expected for tomorrow. if it's just a little too hot for you, hold on, we've got some relief in sight. upper 50s san francisco. 61 in oakland. 63 hayward. mid-60s stepping out your door in concord. the winds coming from the northwest today, and helping to keep that marine layer off the coastline. clear out there. by tomorrow morning, we begin to see a little bit of a switch. we are expecting patchy fog along the coastline, maybe for some of our bay area locations. it does pull back in the a

. >> texas authorities are earning americans to stay away from laredo this weekend.y, extortion, and car jackings. >>> there's news from iowa about a pair of republican presidential hopefuls. congress woman michele bachmann is on a multicity bus tour, trying to build on her strong showing in a recent state-wide poll. iowa kicks off with the iowa caucuses earlier next year, and a shift in the iowa staff for republican herman kane. two top iowa staffers have resigned. the cain campaign downplays the changes and insists new players are coming onboard. >> iowa has legalized civil unions. it will give same-sex couples a lot of tax breaks, health care benefits, and legal perks but it falls short of same-sex marriage. the bill sales through the state. the senate earlier this week despite strong opposition, and before we go, have you heard about this presidential sell-off? the side of the white house limousine, limousine of the white house limousine. this week as president obama headed to the philadelphia airport, even though the president's car is one of a kind, the seal is

americans planning to travel to the mexican border of nuevo laredo are being urged to cancel their planstexans warn they have information that a cartel plans to target citizens there for robbery xrk torsion or carjackings. >>> and former imf director dominique strauss-kahn is out of house arrest. his attorneys said prosecutors did the right thing by acknowledging his sexual assault accuser told, quote, substantial lies about her own background and the details of the case. bottom line, something in her history is so sphere the prosecution thinks no jury would actually believe her. >>> and there is a new women's champ at wimbledon. petra kvitova sealed the deal with upsetting sharapova. she is only the third czech woman to ever take wimbledon singles crown. >>> scaled down fourth of july celebrations in minnesota this week. state parks, the state zoo, even race tracks are all closed. a budget state mate shuts down almost all minnesota state business. closed signs went up early after budget talks broken down between republican lawmakers and the democratic governor. the sticking point, taxes

there are 75 international students who took a bus this morning down to the laredo campus, because they didn't have friends or family to stay with. thomas, the beach today, not bad t . the water temperatures are around 80, and it is going to be a quick hit and then out of the way. we are watching another system that may impact the islands by the first of the week. that may be the next storm on the rundown this season. back to you. >> you revealed where you will be later tonight to all of us, didn't you? at that seafood buffet? >> hey, you and i, no secret, you from baltimore and i'm from maryland, and it is all about the seafood, baby. >> okay. have a good time, mike seidel in south padre. >>> and disturbing new details of the lawsuit filed by the father of three little girls killed in the crash. >>> and two women make a shocking discovery inside of the apartment and guess what they thought were smoke alarms turned out to be hidden cameras. ooh. ! [ female announcer ] ...so the freshness you see is what you taste. ♪ it doesn't get better than this ♪ that's not how successful investing i

officials say many of the prisoners are connected to local drug cartels in the area near laredo, texas. >>> a new videogame based on mexico's drug war goes on sale tomorrow. it has already maidenmies in the bay area. >> reporter: the drug war in mexico that left more than 40,000 people dead seen increasingly gruesome executions, and strained relations with the u.s., now has its own videogame. it's entitled, call of juarez, the cartel. it has plenty of violence, sex, blood, and even more violence. you can play as one of the cops or as one of the many thugs from a mexican drug cartel. >> i was disdusted! >> reporter: marcella heads the mexican heritage corporation. part of their mission is to combat negative media about latinos. >> it was a celebration of evil, period. do i want to pay somebody to portray the celebration of evil and give it to my kid? i don't think so. >> reporter: the san jose-based group is calling for a boycott. congressional leaders in the state of chihauhau, where juarez is located, have asked their federal government to ban the game. the game maker issued a stateme

. >> in terms of the impact on laredo and the consequences your city is facing, which of the three plansould be the best for the people who live there? >> well, i think it's got to be room for compromise but i think what the president is trying to do, he's trying to do his very best. as a mayor of the city, i'm seeing poverty. we live in one of the poorest areas along the border but i think what we have to do is to make sure that we come to some kind of agreement. i think working together, i think there has to be more dialogue but i think the bottom line is that we have 12 days to go. we need to take care of business right now, because this is going to have a negative impact across america and we need to take care of business. but the bottom line is there's got to be concessions, give and take. i support the president strongly. we're trying to do the right thing. we're trying to do the right thing. but i think with unity, that's where the strength lies. >> mayor, we continue to watch and see whether anything does get done in washington, d.c. thank you so much for your time today. >>> i j

here's where the heat is now, midland, laredo, jackson, new orleans, you feel like these numbers arebove normal. you're right. >>> boston, 92, minneapolis, 85. the heat is on. there's several pockets of strong to severe storms that will happen but storms just about anyplace possible, any place you see the moisture or to degrees and on our way degrees with considerable cloud cover any to isolated showers southwest of the metro by middaywill clear another round of scattered storms is expected this >> all that weather was brought to you by california tourism. elizabeth? >> all right, sam, thanks so much. guess who is going to california? will and kate. they're puckering up during their big adventure up north in canada. how the royal couple is scoring big up there and here perhaps. good morning! ♪ [ female announcer ] nutri-grain -- one good decision... ♪ ...can lead to another. ♪ ♪ with real fruit, more of the whole grains your body needs, and a good source of fiber. nutri-grain can help you eat better all day. whose long day starts with arthritis pain... and a choice. take tylenol arth

. >> el departamento de estado advirtiÓ a los estadounidenses evitar viaje a nuevo laredo en el feriadouÉntanos de tu sueÑo asÍ breve para que francis te de una interpretaciÓn. >> yo he tenido, no uno si no varios si no que anteriormente he soÑado con Ángeles como que yo estoy durmiendo me levantan de la cama y el Ángel era rubio, blanco, bello, hermoso, veo frente de mi como si yo tuviera al seÑor al frente de mi y pero que no se le ve ya la cara y lo veÍa fÓsforosenoe. >> tambiÉn con aviones de guerra y estÁn en el aire y por montones y miro al cielo y digo que es esto. he soÑado anteriormente con otros aviones que me me estrellado y como lo de las torres gemelas como el aviÓn que se cayo en nueva york, y han pasado. >> angÉlica mira, interesante porque nos diste varios sueÑos, que yo sÉ que muchas personas estarÁ diciendo, si, estabamos hablando incluso a atrÁs de cÁmara sobre las torres gemelas, hay diferente tipos de sueÑos vamos a comenzar diciendo que este es un tema maravilloso y ademÁs fascinante porque cuanto sueÑo tienen ustedes en su casa. >> estamos hablando directamente pa

san diego, tucson, laredo, all those cities in eastern texas, there is a lot of population there, a lotcommerce, and a lot of people living there. this is a pretty populous area. the idea and the fact that these crime rates were as they were down there, we just thought it was something very important to throw in. do understand when we went into this project, it was not with any sort of promise. the way i pitched this thing and with the editors agreed to it was that it was a question. we did not know what the reality was. we heard extremes on both sides of the debate and what we realized is that there is data available to fill in that gap and it was only after we ran all the numbers by statisticians and tried to figure out what the response will way of doing this was that it came back showing what it showed. had the numbers been higher, that is what we would have reported. if they were right on there with the national and state averages, that would have been the story. it just so happens is this has how the story came out. host: and the story is available online on usatoday.com. from aus

really only the heavy rain will fall from brownsville to laredo.not enough to make a dent in what is a historic drought. around the country, thunderstorms in the lower great lakes. watch out this afternoon. later today from philadelphia, northward to new york city into boston, very hot and dawn to raleigh, hottest day in about a week. saturday, still hot around the country, but just more warm. we're not seeing the extreme heat. could end that 100-degree streak in dallas. sunday, the weather map comes down. from minneapolis down to the gulf. another warm weekend, another summer scorcher in spots. you're watching "morning joe," brewed by starbucks. [ melody ] the bar is raised for everybody in an ap class, from the teachers to the students. i had a student the other day that said... "miss stacy, this class is changing the way that i look at things." sparking that interest and showing them that math and science are exciting... it's why i teach. ♪ i know they can, even when they think they can't. that's how it is with alzheimer's disease. she needs hel

today kansas city, 95, 105 in waco, laredo, 102. big area of high pressure dominating.k right now in the south. but as we move on toward the end of the week it builds back into the east. that means the mid atlantic and northeast will be under the gun again for more record-breaking heat. here's what's lapping in your neck of the woods. >> good morning to you. we've got a nice day shaping up. temperatures below the seasonal averages. we're going to see a lot of fog for first part of the day. it will clear out making way to mostly sunny sky. 6 three in san francisco, 79 in fremont. 77 in san jose. we warm up each day this week all the way through the weekend. this weekend it's going to look hotter. as we head throughout the next couple days we climb. today not too bad. 80 degrees. >> and that's your latest weather. >>> now to the harsh scrutiny being placed on the dna evidence used to convict american college student amanda knox of murder. keith miller is in perugia, italy with the latest on this story. >> good morning, ann. this is the beginning of the end of amanda knox'

other border towns such as nuevo laredo are dangerous for honest persons. violence in mexico affects the u.s. border towns with cross-border crime. including reports of americans with spanish surnames being kidnapped and held for ransom. failure to realize that crime in death city and other mexican border towns is real and expanding is to live like alice in wonderland and that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from the mariana islands rise? mr. sablan: i ask to address the house for one minute, i reserve the balance of my time i reserve the balance of my time -- revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. sablan: mr. speaker, 50 years ago president kennedy observes the delightful arts, far from being an interpretation, a distraction, in the life of a nation is very close to the nature -- to the center of a nation's purpose season is a test of the quality of the nation's civilization. i ask you to join me today in recognizing an artist in the northern