michigan. when ohio wrote its constitution for statehood in i believe 1803, they suspected that this line due east from the bottom of lake michigan and the ordinance of 1787, keep in mind just because it on paper doesn't mean people know what it really is, but they suspected it would cut off the western river in ohio from its port where it empties into lake erie tolino commesso described the northern border little differently. they describe it as going from the northern end of the day, the top of toledo, to the bottom of the point of lake michigan stopping when it reaches the indianan boundary. that is why ohio has a slightly angled line. congress didn't have -- and what they're doing and recognized ohio made a little shift. they didn't see it as that big of a deal until the 1830's, when this man became the governor of michigan. steven mason was 19-years-old when president jackson appointed him to be the secretary of the territory of michigan. in fact that made him the governor because the gove

the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: i rise to talk about what this crisis means for the businesses that i represent. i grew up in a small town, small 2340er7b town of claire, michigan, where my family ran the automobile dealership, the oldsmobile dealership and my mom was a nurse at the local hospital. my first job was washing the cars on the car lot, mr. president, and it was a time when people believed in america and the full faith and credit of america. i can't imagine, i can't imagine my parents and my grandparents ever believing that it would be possible for america to default on its obligations. but here we are today, and that is a very real possibility. it's outrageous because it does not have to be this way. we have been through a lot in michigan, mr. president, and i know you know that. we've had more people out of work than any other state in this recession, in fact, we've been hit harder, longer, deeper than any other state. we've took the brunt of the recession and people are now just starting to g

inside of michigan.learly, our unemployment rate was attached to that. but for the nation, we have to decide how are we going to be competitive globally? >> let me ask jim cramer about the president's leadership in all of this. to show you how toxic this atmosphere is, peggy noonan wrote in the "wall street journal" this weekend the following about the president has support still, but grim support. she writes, "obama is losing a battle in which he had superior forces, the presidency, the u.s. senate. in the process, he revealed that his foes have given him too much mystique. he is not a devil, an alien, a socialist. he is a loser. and this is america, where nobody loves a loser." pretty strong language. from your vantage point, how is the president led through this? >> i want to talk about what the congressman said about the media, that the media exacerbated or even cause the problem. we were all hopeful in wall street and in main street that the president would come out and say a few things which had co

. >>> michigan's ban on affirmative action gets struck down, but it's nothing to celebrate yet. i'll tell you how the right is stealing the language of civil rights to attack affirmative action. stay with us. new newtons fruit thins. real cranberries and delicious cranberry citrus oat... ♪ or real blueberries... ♪ ...and luscious blueberry brown sugar. the goodness of whole grains... and a thin crispy crunch. new newtons fruit thins, one unique cookie. >>> the shutdown on the minnesota state government is in its fifth day. now minnesota governor mark dayton is sitting down with republicans, but he's warning them, they're going to have to give a little. >> i've said for weeks now, you know, i'm willing to compromise, meet halfway. so, know, hanging tough at the plate of intrance gens is not leadership. >> the issue that they're, quote, hanging tough on is tax cuts for people making over a million a year. in other words, they're shutting down the government to the sake of 7,700 people, just 0.03% of the state. while republicans are protecting the rich, dayton is going to bat for t

who worked with michigan state police. pat says his colleagues agreed he was right to be suspicious. >> i've come into information an unsolved homicide. >> so surely that investigator down in florence county, south carolina, kenny boone, could jump all over what pat had heard. >> i firmly believe i know who committed in homicide. >> but -- >> the detective from florence county would not return any of my calls, and i faxed him requests from my detective bureau. this was solely, 100% as a police officer, a fellow police officer. and he never responded. and fbi, from what i'm told, their protocol is that jurisdiction, the agency that has the jurisdiction has to make the request or they can't get involved. >> he doesn't think there's anything suspicious, forget about it -- you could have done that, why didn't you? >> i firmly believed that tom was a suspect. and while this homicide did not happen in my jurisdiction, i can't walk away. someone's been killed and set on fire, and i might know who did, it i'm going to work on the

you know for nigh on benton harbor michigan. and still ahead here on r t foreign minister sergei lavrov here at our taste studios we'll show you his tour around our studios and share what he thinks about u.s. cooperation with russia. and. we are going to break. i think. either one well. we never got as the safe get ready because the freedom. well earlier today russian foreign minister sergei lavrov paid a visit to us here at our take you toward our studios as you can see behind me and he was also interviewed by the radio station voice of russia where he spoke in depth about the u.s. russert russia relations and also about the need for the two countries to work together on missile defense here's a little bit of what he had to say. but the problem is that parallel with those discussions which have not yet reached results barrel with them facts on the ground being created on the basis of american national design of missile defense which was not accepted by us as a reasonable way to respond to what is received as being the purpose o

mill over michigan. the chair: according to the -- pursuant to the rule, the gentlelady and a member opposed each will control five minutes. mrs. miller: fema has spent over half a million dollars on the production of what they call home personified flood insurance commercials. they deticket -- depict actors with roofs over their head talking about the need to obtain flood insurance and the fact that one in four homes are in a high risk flood zone and they pitch to contact fema about the flood program. these commercials between april of 2010 and april of 2011 cost over $7 million in air time to broadcast all across the 50 states and they're slated to be aired for an additional year, at least. $7 million spent on promoting the national flood insurance program which is a federally mandated flood program, which as has been mentioned throughout the day is already almost $18 billion in debt. i would say why not spend that $7 million to pay back the american taxpayers? or better yet to begin paying off the pro

walberg of michigan. the chair will reduce to five minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from tennessee, mrs. blackburn, on which further proceedings were postponed and o on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mrs. blackburn of tennessee. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of represent

it happened yesterday in grand rapids michigan on the western side of the statement john hendren has more. >> reporter: a deadly shooting rampage, a police stand off and high-speed chase puts a michigan city on edge. seven people shot and killed. then the suspect got himself in the middle of a drama in grand rapid. >> while our negotiators were talking to him trying to give him instructions as to how he can turn himself in, we heard agunshot and it turned out to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. >> reporter: 34-year-old roderick danceler shot 9 people killing 7 at two different houses and led police on a high- speed chase through downtown grand rapid. four people were found dead in one home, three victims killed in another house in another neighborhood. two victims were children. >> we believe one was his daughter. one was an ex-girlfriend and the other one was an ex- girlfriend. >> reporter: the ordeal began when he opened fire in two grand rapid homes late thursday afternoon. as local and michigan state police gathered evidence, neighbors and eyewitnesses expressed the

camp of michigan and 15 minutes controlled by mr. levin from michigan. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp. mr. camp: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. i mr. camp: i support the act which cuts out-of-control spending and responsible and necessary plan to avoid a default on our nation's debt. as we know under president obama, we are experiencing our third straight year of deficits in excess of $1 trillion. in four years, president obama's actions and projected budgets will add more than twice to our debt than was added during the previous eight years. all told, the debt will double under president obama's watch and reach a staggering $26 billion by 2021. double the debt in half the time when compared with the previous administration. congress must act to cut spending and get our debt under control and that's what the legislation before us does. first, the bill cuts more than $900 billion in federal spending and meets the expectations of the american people that we cut spending more th

i said he's not going to michigan. they said where is he going? i said he's going to cooperstown. >> reporter: the hall of fame along with the baseball jeter hit today caught in the left field stands by a 23-year-old cell phone salesman who gladly returned it. >> like i said, he earned it. i'm not going to be the person to take it away from him. >> i have the ball. held it. feels like all the rest of them. >> reporter: you can be sure it's worth a lot more -- minimum six figures is what one expert told me that ball might have fetched, but christian lopez was happy to return it for four premium yankee seats to every home game for the rest of the season including the playoffs, and by the way, derek jeter hasn't decided yet what he's going to do with the ball. russ. >> mitchell: tony guida at yankee stadium. thanks a lot. later, americans honor the memory of first lady betty ford who died last night at the age of 93. a charity polo game for prince william in california. and border patrol agents searching the personal comp

we begin in grand rapids, michigan this morning. the city was paralyzed for hours thursday, a murder shooting spree led to a wild chase say the original seven victims -- ended with 34 rodrick dantzler taking his life. >> at the end of the life the suspect chose to put the gun to his head and fired one shot. >> reporter: four people were found dead in one home and three others in this house across town. two of the victims were children. at one point police shut down an interstate. they say dantzler fired during the chase. >> started firing out the window towards our car and kind of ducked down and the police continued chasing him. >> reporter: two people were hit, they were not seriously injured. police cordoned off the neighborhood near a small lake. >> actually saw him down by the lake behind the apartment complex and they were chasing him back that way. >> reporter: the three hostages were not harmed in the standoff. dantzler previously served time for felony assault, released from michigan's prison system in 2005. this morning gr

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from the federal level on down feeling the pressure one of the states we mentioned the state of michiganis in such a grand position that it is giving up a prized asset to find a way out of its economic woes and decided democracy may be just too expensive an elected financial managers have taken the place of elected officials and have been given a free hand to make decisions go unchecked party correspondent kareen a fortnight into deeper work at the extreme measures being taken here in the shitter. the american state known for its great lakes had seen the middle class state and automotive industry crumble in michigan for city benton harbor more than a quarter citizens are unemployed and elected officials have lost almost already to government as an unprecedented democratic collapse plays out we believe that this is illegal immoral and unconstitutional no one person in this country have on their story to prove the united states in that had a majority in the face of massive public opposition michigan lawmakers recently reshaped democracy by giving unilateral authority to officials known as

camp of michigan and 15 minutes controlled by mr. levin from michigan. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp. mr. camp: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. i mr. camp: i support the act which cuts out-of-control spending and responsible and necessary plan to avoid a default on our nation's debt. as we know under president obama, we are experiencing our third straight year of deficits in excess of $1 trillion. in four years, president obama's actions and projected budgets will add more than twice to our debt than was added during the previous eight years. all told, the debt will double under president obama's watch and reach a staggering $26 billion by 2021. double the debt in half the time when compared with the previous administration. congress must act to cut spending and get our debt under control and that's what the legislation before us does. first, the bill cuts more than $900 billion in federal spending and meets the expectations of the american people that we cut spending more th

in michigan, it's international. >> no.t them. we went to japan. they provided one component. i went to korea, got lg chem to come to michigan. it's very exciting. there's a whole industry that we have created because we have the right policy in place. >> now, correct me if i'm wrong, you were just in china. what did you learn there. >> yes. oh, my gosh. i went with a group securing america's energy. in china, they have very aggressive policies to create policies in energy. so we met with a lot of chinese officials. one comes up to me during a meeting and says, so when is the united states going to get a national energy policy? and i said, you know, partisanship in washington, i don't know. and this is what he did. he goes like this. he goes, take your time. why? because china has leapfrogged over the u.s. in attracting private sector investment in clean energy. they have pulled a huge number of factories away from the united states because their policy is right. it's not just about wages. it is about policy. and so the fru

the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin. mr. levin: it is now my pleasure to yield two minutes to the gentleman who is a member of our committee and the chair of our caucus. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from connecticut for two minutes. mr. larson: thank you, mr. speaker, thank you, mr. levin. at this very moment the whole world is watching in on the united states congress. it is a sad day for the united states congress. we in america, the preeminent military, economic and cultural leaders in the world are governing like we're a thirled world country -- third world country. t.s.a. sad time for this body -- it is a sad time for this body that we cannot come together. sad is the american public who looks in at this and recognizes that it's theater, except that it's become the theater of the absurd. in a frail recovery where americans are already overburdened, what we have in front of us is a manufactured ideological crisis. 18 times the debt ceiling was raised for ronald reagan. eight times for george bush. because they

michigan's attorney general says he will appeal that court ruling. >>> also in michigan, the state governmentg the way some some 4th of july holiday plans. this is minnesota, not michigan. excuse me there. this is costing minnesota as much as $1 million from closed state parks. more than 20,000 state employees are laid off. it is the second time in years minnesota government has shutdown over stalled budget talks. >>> 21 reported salmonella cases in five states prompting a company to recall alfalfa sprouts. four ounce and 16 ounce bags of sprouts from evergreen fresh sprouts are between june 22nd and july 14th. no deaths have been reported. >>> and final arguments will likely begin tomorrow in the casey anthony trial. she is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter two years ago. the courtroom drama started 30 days ago with what prosecutors call a lie about a nanny. here now are david mattingly. >> reporter: for the anthony family, deep pain for all to see. her mother, cindy. her father, george. >> i need to get through this. >> reporter: her brother, lee. >> they didn't want to include me.

hemingway went to france and about michigan. he wrote about his son past that he wanted to recover in his art. definitely a love affair. >> when they were in paris in the 1920s there was a great political upheavals in the continent of europe as well seeing the rise of marxism. how did that affect the backdrop in which they were living? >> hemingway was there as a reporter. unlike the other literary types in paris, he was working for a living, writing for the toronto star and weekly features. he interviewed missile the. he went --mussolini. he went to the greco turkish war. he had a sense of turmoil and things falling apart, the rise of fascism and also linda put it well, rejecting the america of big business and suburban home and that type of morality of prohibition and rejecting and america that turned its back, rest of the world. it was unconscious of what was happening in europe and what it might mean for all of us. >> san francisco, welcome to our discussion. >> a question related to the last comment made. what did hemingway

wait until you catch these numbers, especially in michigan. you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. >>> hey there. here's what's happening. the congressional budget office is confirming a reworked version of the republican budget plan now cost the deficit by more than it raises the debt ceiling. ongoing debt ceiling debate weighing heavily on the stock market today along with the report from the federal reserve with slowing economic growth in most parts of the country. >>> overseas, the u.n. brought in the first of ten food shipments for children in drought stricken somalia. >>> a mayor of kandahar who worked as an accountant in northern virginia before returning to help rebuild his town. >>> tropical storm dawn formed in the gulf of mexico. if it stays on course it could reach the texas coast by friday. let's get you back it "hardball." >>> here's a big story. president obama's approval numbers may be holding nationally, but a few battleground polls may cause concern. michael feldman and jean feehery are here with me. i guess we can all ar

and i was a kid in michigan michigan was the only state and i think it was the sixty eight primary that where the democrats went for george mcgovern urged wallace rather and the reason why is because we had open primaries in michigan and the republicans said to their own people go vote in the democrats the republican primary was solid they said go vote the democratic primary for george wallace to embarrass the democrats and wallace actually won the state so are you concerned that the republicans might actually get enough of their own people out to vote for these republicans who are masquerading you know in drag as democrats that they might actually be the ones who are running against the republicans who are being recalled . well it is not beyond the realm of possibility i don't think it will happen because democrats and and a lot of independents are very very passionate about what is happening some of these districts turnout is actually pretty good at a substantially higher level than you would expect for a july election summertime isn't used the vote was constant but i do have that fea

in lake michigan last week. i believe i've got to do everything in my power as a representative of not only michigan but of that entire region to stop that carp from getting into the great lakes system which would destroy our fishing industry. i urge your help. mr. simpson: yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from michigan. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. mr. clarke: recorded vote. the chair: the amendment is not agreed to. mr. clarke: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: the gentleman from michigan. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18 further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from michigan will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts rise? >> mr. speaker, i rise to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. markey: mr. speaker, in the underlying bill the majority has underfund

camp of michigan and 15 minutes controlled by mr. levin from michigan. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp. mr. camp: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. i mr. camp: i support the act which cuts out-of-control spending and responsiblend necessary plan to avoid a default on our nation's debt. as we know under president obama, we are experiencing our third straight year of deficits in excess of $1 trillion. in four years, president obama's actions and projected budgets will add more than twice to our debt than was added during the previous eight years. all told, the debt will double under president obama's watch and reach a staggering $26 billion by 2021. doble the debt in half the time when compared with the previous administration. congress must act to cut spending and get our debt under control and that's what the legislation before us does. first, the bill cuts more than $900 billion in federal spending and meets the expectations of the american people that we cut spending more than

this guy is suing the state of michigan, though michigan state prisons allow porn. it's the macomb county jail. but he's not suing the county. >> isn't michigan a [bleep] state? >> mark it down on the paper there. >> it is going to be gone. don't talk about it. >> as the detroit news note this, guy filed a serious series of complaints and judges can dismiss the case because he has had other cases thrown out for being frivolous. this isn't going anywhere. >> you took the fun out of that. >> i sure did. >> and for the county. the county's problem. >> he should sue the county if he's suing anybody. i'm done. >> thank you. see you soon. go away. >> there i am. i'm adorable. coming up, do white people smell? we discuss sherrod's new book, white people do smell -- >> like money. [laughter] >> check out the brand-new fox news ipad app. get fox news alert, streamline video and watch the latest red eye clips for free. download t. comprehend >> it was boring yet adorable at the same time. but president obama's twitter town hall at the white house on wednesday. the event was b

ted rowlands for us in grand rapids, michigan., thank you. >>> human rights watch says libyan rebels have been beating civilians and looting their homes and businesses over the past month. cnn's senior international correspondent ben wedeman went to one of the four villages named in the report to investigate, but during the coverage, weidman and his crew got caught in the middle of a five-hour long fire fight in the village of gawalish. that's in today's sound effect. watch what happened. >> you guys, wait. wait. [ gunfire ] >> wait, wait, wait! >> okay. just calm down. [ bleep ]. >> down. >> frightening moments, but we are happy to report that ben wedeman and his crew are safe and sound. >>> checking other top stories that we're following, a mistrial was declared today in the perjury trial of former major league baseball player roger clemens. the move by judge reggie walton came after prosecutors showed to jurors a videotape of the 2008 congressional hearings on performance-enhancing drug use. part of the tape included evidence t

nb's kevin tibbles with us from michigan avenue in chicago tonight. kevin, good evening. >> reporter: brian, tonight, 42 states are dealing with 90-degree plus temperatures, temperatures that have already been blamed for at least seven deaths and the thermometer keeps going up. today, h-e-a-t is a four-letter word, especially for those working in it. >> it's terrible. i can't believe it. >> reporter: much of the nation has been turned into a convection oven, basting at the beach, cooling off in the water. just remember to keep everyone hydrated and that includes fido. there are heat advisories and warnings in 18 states, from texas to michigan. this month, heat records have been tied or broken a thousand times. >> i'm meteorologist eric fischer in minneapolis where the heat index, combination of the temperature and humidity reached 115 degrees. central and southern parts of the state remain under an excessive heat warning through wednesday. >> reporter: violent summer storms blamed for two drownings after a sailboat capsized in the annual chicago to ma

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our in-house model suggests it may come down here in parts of lower michigan.rms moving in and lincoln park. it is 79 at o'hare. a 170 degree icould be one of the hotter days in years tomorrow. here is the dome of feet which expands and is its year and then it backs up again for us and that brings some moderated in it hit 108 and 96 in omaha. here are the current reading is still 91, 77 green bay but this is the dome of heat that spreads into our area during the day tomorrow, we are eight degrees warmer than 24 hours ago. moderate mold spores here you see the winds were it is yellow and red they're blowing and this is the flow that blast that warmth in here tomorrow and here is a front vessels across the area saturday in the afternoon as we keep the atmosphere to market will be such a thick layer of warmth we turn off the rain production as the front comes and we can pop that cap on saturday and develop some storms in the afternoon. partly cloudy. move will 67 shoreline, 73 england. tamara mostly sunny and windy and intensely hot 98 tamara with storms perhaps l

we walked from our dorm across campus to michigan stadium. at least that's my first clear memory of her. we didn't start dating until basketball season. but our bond was formed out of a mutual love of the maize and blue. my romance with college football action goes back for the with my father teaching me how to sing hail to the victors as a boy. in our home when we talk about the carter era, we weren't talking about a troubled presence in the 1970s. we are talking about a time when anthony carter were a winged helmet and scored touchdowns. when i attended my football games at michigan as a student, along with my future bride and more than 100,000 of our closest friends, it dawned on me that these games are not just pieces of pure entertainment, they are actually coming there more than athletic competitions. they are cultural events of deep significance. they can't ignite a diverse campus of english majors in engineering students. they can bring a state together. alumni and not alumni. black and white. white-collar engineers and union lunchbuc

durbin: the senator from michigan is correct. and those who say they want to bring this to a vote will have an opportunity to join us in doing so by producing at least 60 votes when we vote at 1:00 in the morning. mr. levin: and finally would the senator from illinois agree that if tonight republicans refuse to bring this debate to a halt and to allow a vote on the reid motion, would you not agree that there will be a strong negative public reaction to a filibuster on a measure in the face of an economic calamity which would avoid that calamity? mr. durbin: i would agree with the senator from michigan, time is of the essence. any delay at this point jeopardizes any possibility of a compromise to avert this economic crisis. mr. levin: i thank my friend. mr. durbin: i yield the floor. mr. leahy: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: mr. president, i would just add to what senator reid and senator durbin and senator levin have said. the 60 votes is a filibuster, is to block this. now, we speak of

after another service in michigan, she will be buried next to her husband at the gerald ford presidentialmuseum in grand rapids. >>> well, it is described as nearly perfect. the first day in space, for the last mission of space shuttle atlantis. and the one problem that cropped up that has the crew on the ground chuckling. >>> and royal recreation in southern california. celebrities among the hundreds watching prince william play for charity in a polo match. in e near >>> well, chances of drizzle along the coast increasing, fog and cooler temperatures. i have the full pinpoint forecast coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, maryland -- where president of the >>> two f-15 fighter jets intercepted a small plane near camp david in maryland where president obama is spending part of the weekend. the north american aerospace defense command says the plane was out of radio communication. the fighter jets directed it out of the camp david air space. the plane landed without incident. a similar incident was reported last saturday. >>> near record time. that's how quickly nasa officials say space shuttle a

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the michigan connection with hemingway, would you?> want to take that? >> well, hemingway spent his summers as a boy in michigan. and it was a very important part of his life in that natural world that he grew up in and the fishing and his family had a cottage in michigan around horton's bay and increasingly, hemingway would go there with his mother, his father, stayed back home in oak park and was doing his doctoring there, but it was an intimate family life there if you accept the portrait of it that's painted in a memoir that one of hemingway's sisters wrote about it. it was almost an idyllic world, pre20th century in a way. do you want to add more on that? >> his michigan stories are i think, in a way, his most beautiful, i think it's important to remember, though, first his sense of a childhood eden, a rural idol. there was something else going on that we tend to forget. that is that michigan during those years was the subject of what i could only call a holocaust in american forestry. between 80-90% of the state was clear-cut. a

betty ford, a former dancer, stay-at-home mom of four, and wife of a michigan congressman, never could have imaged the strange circumstances that in 1974 would land her and her husband, gerald ford, into the white house, but for a role she was unprepared for, first lady of the united states, she made a lot of it and changed thousands if not millions of lives in the process. betty ford died last night in california at the age of 93. she was known for speaking her mind, even when it didn't jive with her husband's political agenda, but she is best remembered for putting a public face to some awfully personal struggles and inspiring americans, particularly women, in ways no other first lady had. at the ford museum in grand rapids, michigan, her childhood home, betty ford was remembered today as a beloved first lady and an outspoken and inspiring figure to millions of women. >> i liked her openness, her vulnerability, and her honesty. >> reporter: recalling her public battles with breast cancer and alcohol, former president george w. bush said that because of her leadership, many lives were

people in grand rapid, michigan are trying to make sense of a terrible tragedy that happened. now a gunman is accused of killing 7 people including his own children. an 8-hour manhunt end when the suspect killed themself. this morning, john hendren has more. >> reporter: a tedly shooting rampage. -- deadly shooting rampage, high-speed chase put a michigan city on edge. seven people were shot and killed and the suspect got himself in the middle of a tragic drama. >> while our negotiators were talking to him and giving instrucks as to turning himself in and surrender, we heard a gunshot and it turn out to be a self-inflicked gunshot wound to the head. >> reporter: 35-year-old roderick danceler shot 9 people killing 7 and led police on ahigh-speed chase through grand rapids. four people founded in one home three victims in another house in another neighborhood. two victims were children. >> we believe one of them was his daughter and one was an ex- girlfriend. the other one was an ex- girlfriend. >> reporter: the ordeal began when i opened fire in two homes late thursday afternoo

. >> reporter: i'm diane eastabrook in orion township, michigan. still ahead, i'll tell you how general motors plans to make money selling this small car with help from the u.a.w. >> susie: can you say $1,630 an ounce? that's the new record for gold prices set today, before the precious metals encountered selling. in new york trading, gold futures lost $2 to settle at $1,617 an ounce. but, as suzanne pratt reports, gold prices could continue to shine on. >> reporter: at morningstar's jewelers and pawnbrokers in hollywood, florida, business is sparkling. but, it's business from customers looking to sell or pawn their gold. far fewer want to buy it, at least not the wearable kind. owner louis morningstar says the surging price of precious metals is a big temptation. >> they come to us as a bank. the banks aren't loaning money-- especially small loans. people come in here with their gold and their silver and walk out with several hundred or several thousand dollars. whether in florida or here in manhattan's famed jewelry district, people are looking t

people in grand rapids, michigan, are trying to make sense of a tragedy this morning. a gunman is accused of seven people including his own children. >> it ended when the suspect killed himself. john hendren has more details. >> reporter: good morning. after several shootings police had hope the standoff without another death. the gunman went from talking surrender to asking police to shoot him. in the end he shot himself. the deadly shooting rampage, a police standoff and a high speed chase put a city on edge. seven people were shot and killed. then the suspect got himself in the middle of a tragic drama in grand rapids. >> our negotiators were talking to him, trying to give him instructions as to how he could go about turning himself in and surrender. but we heard a gunshot and turned out to be self-inflicted. >> reporter: roderick shonte dantzler led police on a high-speed chase. four were fnd dead in one home. three were killed in another house in another neighborhood. two victims were children. >> we believe one was his daughter. one was an ex-girlfriend. the othe

a condolence book is set up at the gerald ford library in grand rapids, michigan. ford is remembered for her outspoken views on women's rights and the drug and alcohol treatment center she founded. her family says a memorial service will be held in palm desert tuesday. betty ford will be buried in grand rapids, michigan, thursday, next to her husband, after a service wednesday night. >>> president obama is spending the night at camp david before tomorrow's high stakes deficit reduction talks. the rare sunday meeting with congressional leaders is aimed at reaching a deal to raise the nation's debt limit before august 2nd. we're just getting word that republicans have now dropped their plan for $4 trillion in cuts and are now seeking a $2 trillion deal. >> demonstrators opposed to nato military action in libya protested at powell and market streets in san francisco today. >> we say no! >> the group, act now to end war and racism, is calling for an end to u.s. participation in the bombing campaign against moammar gadhafi. protestors argue the money spent on the bombin

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ted rowlands for us there in michigan. thank you. >>> we should let you know that this is just in to cnn. good news for women's soccer fans. we have just gotten word the u.s. has beaten france. final score on today's match was 3-1. they will be moving on to the finals. very good news. >>> every day on this show we do a segment called the big "i." it's about big ideas, big innovations and solutions to problems. we all have problems with this, pile-ups and the traffic that results. right now eyes are the only things to prevent fender bend irs. there could be an app for that. researchers in italy have created an app with an automatic accident detection system that could potentially reduce the number of pile-ups by 40%. say there's an accident. the first car involved in the accident triggers an alarm. the car nearby picks up on the alert with an acceleration sensor. your car further down the road finds out about it in realtime from the car just ahead of you. essentially, the app allows cars to talk to one another and then give

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