. >> to the north of america's second-largest city, 80 foot flames are facinblazing. a rate of more than two miles per hour. the dense smoke already having claimed two lives. >> two of our fire fighters were in a vehicle and went over the side. both of them suffered life ending injuries. we ask you for your understanding, for your patience, as we move to this difficult time. and please, prayers for their family. >> some buildings have already been destroyed by the fires. wildfires are a feature of the california summer, but it is unusual for them to break out so close to major centers of population. multimillion-dollar homes like this one. >> they said it would burn right to the wall of our house. it will hit it at the last minute. >> firemen from neighboring states are being drafted in. it will join the frantic and currently few tall effort -- futile efforts to control the flames. this is a key driven fire, which means it is a product of scorching summer temperatures. there's no relief in store until the middle of the week. that is the earliest. >> let's give more on

but for the second month in a row, home prices rose in 18 of the nation's 20 largest cities. what do you think accounts for the fact that they're going up for the first time in three years? >> well, i think it's the general recovery of confidence. the stock markets of the world are going up as well. and we have a president that has a new plan, which was announced in february. so we started to think more positively. >> the two stubborn bleak spots are economically depressed detroit and overbuilt las vegas. but on the bright side, seven cities showed prices climbing by a respectable rate. boston, cleveland, minneapolis, denver, san francisco and in san diego where we met up with jim klinge, also known as jim the realtor back this april. >> how about that roof? >> it was just outside the city where he was helping joella thomas who was afraid of the plummeting stock market and saw opportunity in real estate. she was looking for bargains with her builder john harwood to renovate, betting she would win by betting on the housing market while it was still depressed. you're looking to

we're in san juan, the capital and largest city.lthough christopher columbus landed here in 1493, europeans didn't start to settle in puerto rico until 1508. that's when the explorer ponce de leon founded the first settlement. he's the guy who's famous for trying to find the fountain of youth. the san juan cathedral is a favorite stop for tourists. this is where ponce de leon is buried. not only that, but marc anthony got married here to his first wife. puerto rico means "rich port." it was an important stop for spanish ships carrying gold and silver from the new world. and that attracted pirates of the caribbean, as well as european invaders. now, ships of a different kind come here -- puerto rico is a popular port for cruises. in fact, tourism is one of the island's most important industries. to get a taste of san juan's past, all you have to do is just walk around. high on the "must see" list is el morro one of three great fortresses built to protect the island. it's in the part of the city known as "old san juan." to enter el mo

here in allentown, pennsylvania, the state's third largest city and across the nation, about half ofthese mailboxs is have been removed in just the last four years. >> did you notice the mailboxs were disappearing? >> not at first, no. >> reporter: historian joe garrera says the blue mailbox around since 1850 is becoming an antique. >> we don't send letters. we don't write letters like we used to. >> blame e-mail. the postal service certainly does. but garrera says the law is not only in postal revenue. >> historians rely on letters and diarys to reconstruct the past. and one of the things that we bemoan about is the fact that these letters are not going to exist in the future. >> so when they get pulled off, you bring them all here. >> yup, we bring them in here. >> reporter: at allentown's central post office its boiler room is becoming a mailbox morning. boxes that have seen their last collection day are gathering dust, waiting to be scraped. >> same as any other corporation out there or business, we're trying to reduce our costs to better other areas of the postal service. >> rep

. >> reporter: nargis smashed bua's largest city and flooded the deltao the south killing 130,0 burmese. it left some million people meless. in the aftermath, burma state television proclaimed that evything was underontrol and that the gup of generals who rule the countr were lding a welliled relief effort. the primeinister reassured the nation. eyewitnesses saiotherwise. >> translator: aer the stor those victims who survived had nothing to eat o drink for days. there were many who we sitting and waiting for food and died of starvation. >> reporter: this burmese man goes by the alias zoo. he has to hideis real edentity because he practices a trade that is virtually illegal in burma, independe journalism. >>ranslator: they sent in soiers with no food or rations for themselves. the soldiers atette food at was donated to the victims by people in the neighboring areas. while victims were suffering, theoldiers ate theirfood. theyidn't have anything with them, but gunsnd pots. >> che your local listings for "wide angle" and al find it online atpbs.org/we angle and that's "worlocus" for this w

the nation's secon largest city of a place of fire, smoke and ash. >> a massive wildfire is burning out of control to the north of los angeles. it's called the station fire and overnight we learned that two firefighters were killed when their truck rolled down a hill. >> 71 square miles of land has been burned so far and mandatory evacuations are under way as 12,000 homes are now threatened. abc's john hendren has more. >> reporter: the skies darkened over los angeles as rural wildfires turned deadly raining ash down on the city. >> near mt. gleason in the angeles national forest two of our firefighters were in a vehicle and went over the side. both of them suffer ed fatality life-ending injuries. >> reporter: the fire consumed more than 71 square miles destroyed at least 18 structures and is threatening some 12,000 homes. fire officials say it is now endangering emergency communications facilities on nearby mt. wilson. the air quality around pasadena was so quick it grounded tankers that were assaulting the fire with flame restart dances. >> the fires are still totally out of control.

s it he now helping people in the second largest city. >> this the poster child.lth insurance isn't good enough. that's why they're coming here. >> reporter: the care is estimatedality $200,000 a day. lindsey hough has catastrophic health care. doesn't cover health exam. she hasn't had dental to teeth cleaning in years. >> it's like winning the rotary. all of these problems are going to be resolveded. >> reporter: thiscy god sent to people. but the clinic closes down tuesday. mike von fremd, englewood, california. >>> staying with california. firefighters dealing with a dozen wildfires. the fearist is in san francisco, in santa cruz county. 24 people have been evacuated and state of emergency is been declared. laura marquez is in the fire zone. >> reporter: high winds continue to give firefighters trouble as they battle the blaze in the rugged santa cruz mountains that consumed 7,000 acres. >> today is a make it or break it day. we're expecting the wind to change directions. that's going to bring us dry wind. >> reporter: making their job tougher, the steep unforg

world countries but they are running this week's in the world's richest country in the second largest city. >> if you were here all month would you serve everyone who need help? >> no, not a chance. no. we could be here three months and we still wouldn't catch up on the demand for the service. >> reporter: doctors know they can't help everyone. >> you almost feel like you're not doing very much, you are helpless. >> reporter: but today mike and mora walsh made it through the doors. >> this is like a miracle. >> this is this is fantastic. >> reporter: thankful, even though this may not be all the care they need, but it's the only care they can get. the walshes are among the 8,000 people that organizers say they will be able to help by tuesday. le lester? >> miguel almaguer tonight, thank you, miguel. >> reporter: nfl quarterback michael vick was back on the football field today doing practice drills with his new team the philadelphia eagles. was st a couple of days ago it announced vick to a one-year deal after serving time for his role in a dog fighting ring. his first practice did draw a

it's now helping people in america's second largest city. >> this is the poster child to everything that'sn american health care. when you see working americans, people with health insurance coming here because their health insurance isn't good enough. >> reporter: the care is estimated at $200,000 a day. they expect to treat 8,000 desperate patients. lindsey hough has catastrophic health care. it does not cover dental or vision needs and she has not had an eye exam or teeth cleaning in years. >> it's unbelievable. for me it's like winning the lottery. seriously from here i'm going to dental. all these little problems i've been able to slip by and get guy are going to be resolved. >> reporter: this is godsend to these people. but the clinic closes down tuesday. mike von fremd, englewood, california. >>> staying with california. firefighters dealing with nearly a dozen wildfires across the state tonight. the fiercest is in san francisco, in santa cruz county. where 24 people have been evacuated and a state of emergency has been declared. laura marquez is in the fire zone. >> reporter: high

now they have made the way to the nation's second largest city. >> there really is no difference. this could be guatemala. there is no difference. >> you did it. >> reporter: for the lucky ones who were treated today the hopeful ones who will return tomorrow, and the volunteers who treat them all, these days at the l.a. forum are a stark illustration that for many americans, free health care is the only health care they can afford. this massive mobile hospital will remain anchored here at the l.a. forum until tuesday. but organizers say if it were here all month it probably still would not meet the need of this city alone. ann. >>> thank you so much tonight. >>> the debate over health care has been so heated lately, the white house today sent out its own viral e-mail, one that it hopes will spread. to counter what it sees as l walks of life.ricans from e er tonight, nbc's chief science correspondent robert bazell examines how small businesses are faring as part of our effort at "making sense of it all." >> reporter: cupcake royale, a chain of three coffee shops and bakeries in sea

this is an extraordinary move, aimed at closing a crippling budget gap in the nation's third largest cityc's diana alvear reports. >> reporter: while people line lakeshore drive for the annual an e aginrb lthisg rein garbage is lining the streets. piling up and left there to sit while city workers take monday off. the first of three forced furlough days, thanks to a budget in the red. sanitation trucks will be idled. libraries, health clinics, even city hall will be closed. but emergency workers, including police officers, firefighters and 911 operators will report to work as usual. mayor richard daley expects to save $8.3 million with the three planned furlough days. recently, he urged president obama to take unpaid days as well, in solidarity with his hometown. >> i believe it would have an enormous impact upon america. in other words, you are telling the taxpayer that everybody is suffering and you're suffering. >> reporter: chicago's not the only american city that's forcing furlough days upon its workers. in fact, some local and state governments are incorporating them on a regular b

arizona's second largest city is rest link with its own crime problem. >> five years ago a home invasions something you hardly ever heard of and now there is more and more. >>> home invasion, robbery, kidnapping and missing people. >> oliver: the sergeant heads up the home invasion and kidnapping unit in tucson, 70 miles from the mexican border. war stories rode along with his team. >> we really specialize in the more sophisticated types of people that commit home invasion robberies in more of an organized fashion. >> oliver: they investigate anywhere 150 cases at a time. >> whether it fits the description. >> and. to pick up a perimeter. >> oliver: while the sergeant and detectives continue to follow leads on other home invasions the tucson pd's narcotic alliance gets drugs off the city streets. the sergeant prepares for a buy bust. >> you're going to be right in this area. >> in this is a mcdonald's right over here. >> his undercover officer is given $15,000 in cash to make a buy. >> he is just a guy we made contact with and officers have been buying cocaine for him and he has been buy

arizona's second largest city is rest link with its own crime problem. >> five years ago a home invasionissing people. >> oliver: the sergeant heads up the home invasion and kidnapping unit in tucson, 70 miles from the mexican border. war stories rode along with his team. >> we really specialize in the more sophisticated types of people that commit home invasion robberies in more of an organized fashion. >> oliver: they investigate anywhere 150 cases at a time. >> whether it fits the description. >> and. to pick up a perimeter. >> oliver: while the sergeant and detectives continue to follow leads on other home invasions the tucson pd's narcotic alliance gets drugs off the city streets. the sergeant prepares for a buy bust. >> you're going to be right in this area. >> in this is a mcdonald's right over here. >> his undercover officer is given $15,000 in cash to make a buy. >> he is just a guy we made contact with and officers have been buying cocaine for him and he has been buying from him and upping the amount. >> backing up the narcotics guy because of the past history of him being arme

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it's jefferson county in alabama which includes the state's largest city of birmingham. it has a $4 billion debt at the moment. it's already slashed one quarter of its work force as part of an effort to cut back. a judge has now cleared the way to slash millions from the sheriff's budget. if that happens, the sheriff says he wants alabama's governor to either way his deputy's -- his deputies' salaries or send the national guard in to maintain order. jonathan serrie has been dispatched to birmingham tonight. jonathan, any response from the governor there? >> well, staffers tell us the governor bob riley is examining a legislative proposal that would authorize jefferson county to reinstate some sort of occupational tax. it was losing that tax earlier this year that helped get them in this budget conundrum. if the proposals sounding they call for a special legislative session early next week. but no comment from the governor on the national guard proposal. nevertheless, the sheriff says it's not out of the question. >> governor riley has always had a heart for the folks in

shirley represents the largest city housing pract. she spoke to us shortly after being released from the hospital earlier today. >> reporter: the bullet went straight into her living room. she spoke to wjz from the same sofa where she was struck. >> i remember hearing the explosion. i remember when i went down, hearing three or mur more gunshots. and i remember hearing that i had been hit. and after that, pain. i have been in shock trauma half the night. and the police station the other halftime of the morning. so i'm tired. >> reporter: as a person who is active in the community, does it disappoint you? >> it disappoints me. but it won't stop me. >> reporter: she calls the ordeal unbelievable. it could have been anyone. she lives next to two schools. police presence will now be pumped up in cherry hill. >> what's disturbing is the woman is a very active community person in that area. sor so thank god it wasn't worse. >> it's very frustrating. things have been going very well in the cherry hill area. >>> as far as you know, you weren'

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there in the nation's largest city, how are you seeing this health care fight and what do you expect to ultimately emerge? >> well, i can tell you in a city where we have more uninsured people than any other city in america, where there are so many families that go without health care, i think congress has missed the mark. the fact of the matter is health care is a right not a privilege. the only issue should be how we get there. the idea that so many members of congress whether we should provide health care for 47 million uninsured at a time when we spend more on health care in absolute numbers and per capita than any other nation in the world boggles the mind. we need to get away from this debate, pass this legislation and move forward. >> mayor villaraigosa, i want to talk to you about the economy, a number of cities, including yours, are still struggling with high unemployment numbers. there's been talk on and off in the president's administration and cabinet about whether a second stimulus is needed. there's a major piece out intime magazine calling on the possibility of a secon

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in the 1980's overwhelmingly high skilled high-paying than people in buffalo the state's second-largest city who became a nation of bedle managers of bankers and bureaucrats of adjusters, counters and waitpersons and drug dealers. from the importer to the distributor to the gone on the quarter. peter reuter the maryland professor who helped me with my original article has made a career out of examining economics of illegal businesses. one of his most startling observations is the coke trade indeed the entire drug trade is essentially a service industry because the street price of a dose of cocaine is many times higher than the cost of manufacturing at. as with any real good some of the excess covers the seller's profit. some covers what accountants call transportation cost but much more goes to reducing the risk of product seizure and in plenty of rest the principle perils of providing illegal service. those perils became less significant the more the south florida coast industry became entrenched as cocaine's prices fell throughout the decade it became available to consumers of more moderat

there are quality proble even in pharmacies, lke this one wetopped by, in mbodia's second largest city. i ssked for malaria medicaons. so this is an acquired drug, it's on the shelf. a customer stopp by colaining of diarra, she' followed one antibioc pill, there's no guarantee she'll return f the rest of what ould be a three-pill regimen. >> she justcame and to one pill. maybe they take one time, and then when they don't feel betr they come back. >> reporter: the maria rasite first bame rist tab in the70s,then ather micine. now the are at least nine resistance tohe most effect cuently on the market. >> we have to think what our next stepill be. >> reporter he co-authored one study he's with the u.s. my, one of several international ageies working on renewed effort to contain the problem here. it's sponsored largely by the bill and mlinda gates foundation. the foundation is alson underwrit of the news hou >> in very few instances tho pasites do appear to return, and they appear to return despite the fact tt there are aequate blood levels of anti-malarial in the ood. we're ncerned that t

we'll have the latest developments where the nation's second largest city is a place of fire, smoke and ash. this morning a massive wildfire turned deadly outside of l.a. mandatory evacuations are underway. as john hendrin tells us the fire burns out of control and is racing toward vital communication towers. >> reporter: the skies darkened over los angeles as rural wildfires turned deadly raining ash on the city. >> near mount gleason in the angeles national forest two of our firefighters were in a vehicle and went over the side. both of them suffered fatality, life-ending injuries. >> reporter: the fire consumed more than 71 square miles, destroyed at least 18 structures and is threatening some 12,000 homes. fire officials say it's now endangering emergency communications facilities on nearby mount wilson. the air quality around pasadena was so thick it grounded dc 10 tankers that assaulting the fire with flame retardants. >> the fire is totally out of control. i will, you know, the emergency declaration will help to cut through the red tape and free up additional resources. >> report

. >> this was the largest single city paired kidney exchange on record. a historic transplant brings 14 people together. >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington," with doug mckelway, alison arling, meteorologist brian van de graaff, weather, and lisa baden, traffic. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> welcome back. in our top stories, freed reporters laura ling and euna lee are speaking a bit about their ordeal in north korea. they said they were kept separated and they were often fed meals with rice with rocks. there were apartment on tuesday erilaftl b clinton helped win their release. the gunmen who shot up a pittsburgh health care had deep bitterness towards women. george sodini wrote in a diary he was ignored by women and referred to an exit plan. he killed three women on tuesday before taking his own life. 64 years ago today american forces dropped the first atomic bomb on the japanese city of hiroshima. an estimated 140,000 people were killed. at a ceremony early today, the mayor urged world leaders to abolish nuclear

jane: violent clashes breaking out in the largest city in south america.near sao paulo, brazil, are trying to evacuate in legal residents. police fired teargas to disperse crowds, and they shot back with rockets and homemade bombs. one person was hurt, which is pretty incredible. the three protesters were taken into custody. jon: michigan police are searching for a suspect in the murder of this man, dennis mccarthy. police say that an intruder stormed into his home sunday and there was a struggle. but there is a twist. he had just been released from jail after serving time. police did not consider this random violence. they think that somebody had a grudge against crampon mccarthy. jane: christianity is being attacked on the internet. we have the latest. >> yes, packers are trying to target christians by pulling some juvenile stunts on facebook. there are reports of obscene pictures and racist messages being posted on people's pages that make the user to look like they sent out these crude status updates or made nasty, insensitive comments on their friend'

city. the largest fishing tournament in the world, white marlin opens up this morning.getting out there with prize values close to $1 million. last year's winning white marlin fish, 81 pounds. the blue marlin came in at almost a thousand pounds and brought in $500,000. that was yesterday. they had storms at the beach. we can calm down today, 76 ocean city. good morning for the anglers. 71 in town. we're looking for temperatures getting back up to 89 for the two-degree guarantee. isolated thundershower popping up this afternoon. >>> let's see what's happening on the roads with kim brown. >> thank you. we have a clean ride around the outer loop right now between whitemarsh boulevard and providence road. however, an object in the roadway, try not to hit it, between 695 and loch raven boulevard. reports of an object in the roadway there. and bedford road between grenada and clover hill, in pasadena, downed power lines. use grenada as an alternate. and cecil county, route 7 at crestwell avenue, the creek flooded and that has the road closed there. downtown, west fayette at s

. >> yeah, the largest city in metropolitan local. >> oh, you are a city within the louisville metropolitanere is a home depot or a lowe's nearby. >> within a quarter of a mile, we have a home depot, a lowe's, a target and another hardware store. >> is there anything you do specifically to -- as a result of their presence, or would you be doing what you do anyway? >> we -- we love competition. but the more competition you have, the better you sharpen your tools, the more we can outmanage them. we just -- we see and thrive on competition in our market. we don't run away from it or are scared of it. >> how? >> how do you outmanage home depot? >> how do you outmanage? you go back to the principles of management. most business owners don't understand management. you would get 100% of something, once you spend 100%, if you want to stay in business, you don't go above it. if your advertising budget is 2%, and you raise it to 5%, you better find a place to get that 3% or you're not going to be there next year. home depot, lowe's, they're looking for a way to survive tomorrow to make their stock lo

mayor chuck reed of san jose, california, the third largest city in the golden state, the tenth largest in the country. it is home to over 1 million residents. 250,000 of them employed at technology firms, including cisco, ibm, and ebay. also with us today, mayor allen mcgraw of round rock, texas, the second fastest growing city in america. with a population of over 92,000, round rock is best known as the home of dell, but they also have employers like cyprus semiconductor, farmers insurance, and cisco food service. mayors, thank you for joining us this morning, sirs. mayor reed, what are you doing to grow jobs in san jose right now? >> we've got to make sure our tech companies that have sprouted here stay here and grow here. we have to be the best place in the world to start and grow a business. we have to work at the speed of business to make sure, when these companies get the opportunity to expand, they do it right here in san jose. >> how do you do that? with tax cuts, incentives? zb >> we don't have a lot to work with for incentives and tax cuts. it is california. these companies w

the s&p case-shiller measure the top 10 and 20 market composite index in the 10 largest and 20 largest cities in america but that's any home sale not just fannie and freddie. so these numbers are always a little bit more conservative on the fhfa number, but they are still seeing prices decline quarter over quarter as the case shhill is er saw increase for t first time quarter over quarter, again, you're measuring different things but the important thing is to note is home prices are still falling nationwide, year over year and and on the lower end of the market, which is this is measuring, they're still falling quarter to quarter, so hope it's not too confusing buts that the data from the government. >> thank you very much, diana olick. let's get back to michael pento, who we sbruptded mid-vent. let me put your feet to the fire here about a gold standard which mark didn't get into the sales. the government can only print as much money as it backed by its gold. can which we discovered in the '30s have a dramatic impact on strangling an economy. >> no, no, the inflation in the mine supply of go

the police commissioner for the city of boston described today's funeral as the single largest security event in that city's recent history. >>> people are also remembering another life lost. the king of pop, michael jackson, would have been 51 years old today. his death has now officially been ruled a homicide, according to a cocktail of anesthetics. his doctor, dr. conrad murray has not been charged at this time. but this ruling raises new questions about the involvement he may have had in the pop star's death. >>> an elkridge teenager is clinging to life after he was struck while riding his bike. 16-year-old benjamin wardman is still in critical condition at this hour. police say he was hit by a car, early friday morning when he was riding along route 108. police have arrested a driver in this case. 26-year-old aaron lorstein. he has been charged with dui and possession of heroin. >>> nearly two dozen dogs found trapped in a trailer in really bad shape, are not being treated tonight at the snag anne arundel county animal shelter. suzanne collins is live to explain that charges may be

> 100 artists and publicity vens gathered in north east washington today to paint the capital city's largestmural. participants painted a wall in the edgewood community at the rhode island avenue shopping center. the finished product is larger than a football field. >> a couple of months ago this concept was introduced to us by staff, actually, to further engage in our summer youth employment program so we decided that the best way to engage youth were not only to place them in 16 of our nonprofit arts organizations but to also have them partake n inprar aoj t rehein ward 5. >>the newly installed mural is called from edgewood to the edge of the world. look at how colorful that is. >> extremely cool. amazing how you can work up close like that and get it right and you have to step back to see what it really looks like. >> picture perfect also today. >> beautiful day. >> minus the humidity and some other things. but, hey, it is summer. >> it is summer in dc. the tropics have even come alive. two tropical storm. anna and bill. when the conditions are right everything starts to go at the same ti

we had the opportunity to sit down with two boys temporarily looked after by the army in swat's largest city. the boys were 13 or 14, but some of the others who are held in a nearby taliban training camp were as young as nine years old. for security, their faces are covered and no names were given. >> they drafted me when i was working, they told me that i had to go for jihad against the security forces. >> they told us to carry out jihad against the pakistan army because they are not muslims. this is because they're friends with the united states army, who kills a lot of muslims, and you will go to heaven for killing them, even if you have to kill yourself. >> the taliban told us don't listen to anyone, not your father, not your brother, fot your sister. if they get in your way of fighting jihad, it's okay to kill them. . >> these two boys were some of the lucky ones. they escaped. >> myself and two other boys at the camp talked about escaping, i was very squared as the taliban said if we tried to escape they would slaughter us when i had the chance i ran away. >> the u.n. children's agency

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it was the mayor of one of the country's largest cities, milwaukee.this story for us. how's the mayor, tom barrett, doing? >> reporter: well, the mayor was released from the hospital here just a short time ago. as you mentioned, he was badly beaten while trying to be a good samaritan. i talked to the grandmother today. she is scared for her life. she wanted to come say thank you. she told us to relay the message she is so thankful and so grateful to the mayor. >> well, we were grateful that she's okay and the baby's okay. that was one of those things that we were very, very glad. >> reporter: a grandmother and her baby granddaughter are okay today because of this man, who happens to be the mayor of milwaukee, tom barrett. i caught up with the mayor's brother, john, outside the hospital where the mayor is being treated. how is she doing? >> scary stuff. she was actually out of town. it's just very scary. >> reporter: the mayor and his family had been walking to his car after the state fair when they heard this. >> they get to their parking spot, they e

city. the largest white marlin since 1980. great conditions down there. they've had some fog yesterday, big crowds. erupting during the afternoon. then off the beach, 75 degrees, at rehoboth, looks like the early walkers on the boardwalk itself. maybe they should call it the board jog. 75, a little sticky. here in town, sunny to partly cloudy skies. 76. and a bit foggy once you get outside the beltway and in some of the locations north and west. today, steamy, 85 with storms develop. most likely after 2:00, 3:00 and that could go through this evening and into tonight. low 70s. 83 tomorrow. chance of showers, especially near baltimore, south and east rolling through the day. we get drier air in here on friday at 84. we're pushing into the upper 80s saturday and afternoon storms. that's right storms on in through early next week, steamy with temperatures in the lower 90s again. >>> in the washington area for work, 95 southbound through howard county at route 32, traffic flowing nicely, no problems towards the capitol beltway this morning. however, if you ar

we have got a situation here in anchorage, the largest city in this state, where you have only 13 out of 75 doctors who will see new medicare beneficiaries. this is an issue that -- without discussion, it comes to mean more often than anyone else. they tell me, my mother cannot get in to see a doctor. i do not know where to go. i brought my parents up from outside. i cannot get a doctor for them. at the health care meeting we had an affair banks last week, i had a woman stand up and -- in fairbanks last week, a woman stood up and said her mother as a great doctor, but this woman is talking about moving down to anchorage, and her doctor in fairbanks said, don't do it. you will not be able to get doctor to see your mother. this is a huge, huge problem for us when we talk about access. the next light on the back there -- slide on the back there it talks about medicaid and medicaid costs. the projection from the government says that here in the state of alaska, we spend a billion dollars on the medicaid currently. under this proposal, if we pass that version, medicaid would be expanded. t

because arizona, in particular phoenix, the fifth largest city in the united states.ot only an important element for recovery but also the future of the country. host: let us take some calls. first up, on the democrats' line, from columbia, tennessee. you are on with mayor phil lorton of the phoenix. caller: good morning to all of you. i appreciate what c-span is doing. i would like to ask him a question that i am sure he can help us with a related to what is going on in tennessee. i am sure he works for the governor, too, getting plans for the stimulus package they are receiving. this sludge field from tva happening, we have news they will pass that on to taxpayers. through our electric bills. i was wondering if phil as may be enlightenment on what the government can do as far as the stimulus package. i don't know why the mayor and the governor of tennessee can't say, we've got the government's stimulus package coming in and that may give the tva relief to that may give the tva relief to help them clean up the guest: first of all, the environment i think it's such an

community members and airports are working on the city's largest public art muriel. wall is located in the edgewood neighborhood in northeast behind the rhode island avenue shopping center. it is bigger than a football field. check out all of the bright colors. more than 1 had been -- 100 people are expected to add their own touch to the wall as well. >> that's a good activity on a sunday. >>> well it's right around the corner, kids will soon head back to school and this will be particularly tough for some. districts are being hit with a growing number of homeless students. a look at how kids, parents and schools are coping with this. >>> and the skins try to learn from thursday's shutout loss to the ravens. today two pact ises -- practis are on the slate. we hear from coach jim zorn.  >>> today is the second year of what is called life day. more than 10,000 book bags will be given to at-risk kids attending school in the d.c. area. it's at the life center in camp springs maryland and the am blatto care center. fox news talked with organizers about how they are ste

denying responsibility for that bombing that killed dozens of people in southern afghanistan's largest cityon in the city of kandahar left at least 43 people dead. the interior ministry says the blast was triggered by remote control. eric? eric: wasn't just the victim of bernie madoff. cheryl says she was his mistress. she saft down earlier with us on "fox & friends" where she shared her feelings of remorse, for losing her family's savings with the same man she was having an affair with. >> a lot of guilt it was my responsibility for the family to invest our money and to take care of it i felt very responsible and very guilty. eric: she added that after the affair ended the two remained friends. brian: students returning to class in houston, texas are being warned no sexting. the distribution of indecent photos or videos sent via text message. aware of the problem, authorities adopted a ban before the beginning of the school year. recent study conducted by the national campaign to prevent teen and unplanned pregnancy found 22% of teen girls, 18% of boys have sent sexually suggestive text me

because arizona, in particular phoenix, the fifth largest city in the united states. only an important element for recovery but also the future of the country. host: let us take some calls. first up, on the democrats' line, from columbia, tennessee. you are on with mayor phil lorton of the phoenix. caller: good morning to all of you. i appreciate what c-span is doing. i would like to ask him a question that i am sure he can help us with a related to what is going on in tennessee. i am sure he works for the governor, too, getting plans for the stimulus package they are receiving. this sludge field from tva happening, we have news they will pass that on to taxpayers. through our electric bills. i was wondering if phil as may be enlightenment on what the government can do as far as the stimulus package. i don't know why the mayor and the governor of tennessee can't say, we've got the government's stimulus package coming in and that may give the tva relief to help them clean up the mess as that of pushing it on to the poor consumers. host: mr. mayor? guest: first of all,

we have got a situation here in anchorage, the largest city in this state, where you have only 13 outof 75 doctors who will see new medicare beneficiaries. this is an issue that -- without discussion, it comes to mean more often than anyone else. they tell me, my mother cannot get in to see a doctor. i do not know where to go. i brought my parents up from outside. i cannot get a doctor for them. at the health care meeting we had an affair banks last week, i had a woman stand up and -- in fairbanks last week, a woman stood up and said her mother as a great doctor, but this woman is talking about moving down to anchorage, and her doctor in fairbanks said, don't do it. you will not be able to get doctor to see your mother. this is a huge, huge problem for us when we talk about access. the next light on the back there -- slide on the back there it talks about medicaid and medicaid costs. the projection from the government says that here in the state of alaska, we spend a billion dollars on the medicaid currently. under this proposal, if we pass that version, medicaid would be expanded. th

these are the options action traders at the desk at the home of the world's third largest market in the windy city of chicago and city of brotherly love, philadelphia. stocks closing off their lows but still break an eight-day winning streak, this despite upbeat news out of intel and dell. temporary rest stop or perhaps start of a correction. let's get in the money now to find out. the dash for trash started with citigroup and aig, we could have extensive garbage as aig is joined by fannie and freddie, all up 200% this month alone as the shorts continue to get squeezed. but in options trading, saner heads are prevailing, energy stocks and home builders start to move sharply. this does seem good news for the stock market to see this rally broadening out. >> i think that's true. two things i'm looking at i think are encouraging. the first is seeing bets that volatility will come in. we saw that in the form of somebody who came in and paid for 25 puts and bet volatility will decline. that's a good thing. when volatility comes out of the market, encourages more participation and will encourage a broad