we have 82 in des moines, iowa. upper 70s in chicago and st. louis. that's the hot stuff building in the nation's heartland andtrying a slip in our direction. a hint of showers sliding out of the north. a lot of times we get the hot air masses, high pressure wraps around wind in the clockwise fashion. but we can get disturb ands riding over-- disturbances riding over the ridges and we may have to shift the patters are to the -- patterns to the east. still nice for today. we expect relatively dry weather as we go through the weekend. but there may be nuisances along the way, clouds may filter in tomorrow afternoon. showers into the mountains for you in garrett county and we may have a overnight shower. we could be dealing with scattered showers as the humidity builds up. comfortable and warmer at 89 today. tonight back down to 60. still comfortable and mid-60s by the bay. 92 tomorrow, 94 on sunday and again stray showers or thunderstorm possible. 4th of july is fine and mostly dry. a stray shower and muggy for the evening but we are aiming for a high i

des moines, iowa, laid off some 200 workers a while ago. >> reporter: the motto here remains justice for all but in san francisco justice may not be swift. miguel almaguer, nbc news, san francisco. >>> american airlines has placed the largest jet order in the history of the airline business. in all, they are slated to receive a total of 900 new aircraft, meaning over the space of the next five years they are going to go from having one of the oldest fleets in the sky to one of the newest. american is now the third largest u.s. carrier. they will now go from an all boeing fleet to splitting this new order between boeing and airbus of europe. it's such a large order it can actually hurt their competitors by grabbing up the available jets both companies can pump out over the next years. >>> overseas there was an extra ordinary service of parliament about the phone hacking scandal tainting the government and police there. meanwhile, the questioning may not be over yet for the media mogul at the center of this scandal, rupert murdoch. nbc's martin fletcher has the latest from london. >> r

louis is at 80, 38 in des moines iowa. heat is building and in between cluster of showers and storms dive north to south. and we may get some high clouds with the weather pattern shifting off to the east. that's it. we are in dry weather pattern. nice weather continues for today. and check out our future radar. not much going on. a little disturbance tries to slide through overnight saturday and into sunday morning to bring us a little burst of showers. otherwise, we are looking for today a. mostly sunny sky and 89. comfortable just warm. humidity still in check and that allows temperatures tonight to dip back to about 60, mid-60s in the city by the bay and maybe 50th north and west and tomorrow here comes the 90s and a little humidity and maybe a evening or overnight thundershower. the next of the holiday forecast in the next half-hour. here tonya with a traffic. >> reporter: no problems to report on 895 at the harbor tunnel. let's look at the beltway. traveling on the outer loop, there are no problems on liberty road all

ambrose cathedral in des moines, iowa, midday holds special meaning. >> it's gone. and so you have to take a deep breath and you have to trust in the lord. >> reporter: what was gone-- all gone-- says bishop richard pates was more than $680,000 the diocese had just raised to help the homeless and abused women, swiped in a covert attack by hackers. >> why would they do it at a particular time when we had the greatest amount of funds available? >> reporter: the iowa heist is part of the latest wave of cyber crime, account takeover fraud. in it, crime gangs-- many located in eastern europe-- target small towns, community banks and civic organizations which often lack high-tech defenses. earlier this month, the town of pittsford in upstate new york was taken for $139,000. in 2010, this public library in delray beach, florida, got hit for $160,000. a new jersey beach town lost $600,000. the heist begins with a technique known as spear phishing. in it, hackers lure an organization's financial officer with an e-mail, a note that appears to be from a friend or the i.r.s., e

she is about to appear in des moines iowa. the army psychiatrist charged in the fort hood shooting rampage nearly two years ago is finally about to be arraigned for the first time. that is going to happen moments from now. major tphad shinmoedake accuseds accused of killing 13 and wounding 30 others. we are told he could be entering a plea today. according to military law he cannot plead guilty because he does face the death penalty in this case. the incident back on november the 5th of 2009 sent shock waves through the country when news started crossing the wires. witnesses say that what happened was he stood up on a desk and shouted the words, allah akbar, which means god is great in arabic before he began firing off more than a hundred rounds with his semi-automatic pistol. i think there were 50 witnesses to that event. so for a short moment some thought he was out of ammunition and decided to make a break for it. that's when he continued firing. a soldier describes what it was like on that fateful day. >> it was nuts. ther

today, he showed up in des moines, iowa for a conference and republican fund-raiser. hy conservatives who asked him to run. >>> and back in may, some iowa businessmen also tried to convince him to get in. governor christie, either you are keeping alive the rumor or you need to get a new person in your scheduling office. they have a suspicious way of moving you around. 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. morning starts with arthritis pain... that's two pills before the first bell. [ bell rings ] it's time for recess... and more pills. afternoon art starts and so does her knee pain, that's two more pills. almost done, but hang on... her doctor recommended aleve because it can relieve pain all day with just two pills. this is lisa... who switched to aleve and fewer pills for a day free of pain. and get the all day pain

later on today, she'll have a tea party rally she'll be attending in des moines, iowa, at the state capitol, and attending a baseball game for the iowa cubs later on this evening as well. this is a big day. you'll remember, t.j., on monday she kicked off or formally announced her presidential campaign. she came back here to iowa. iowa is a critical state. first in the nation caucuses, and michele bachmann is winning -- >> shannon, i've got to stop you. i'm having a hard time listening to you, seeing the presidential candidate sit behind you eat a waffle five feet behind you. turn around to representative bachmann and tell her that we are live on cnn right now and try to toss a question at her? did she tell you already that she wouldn't take questions? you're live right now. >> reporter: they said they were not, but let's see if we can interrupt her conversation with the kid here, t.j. congresswoman bachmann, we're live right now, actually, what does this mean for you to be here. >> it is so wonderful to be back home in iowa. i was born and raised in waterloo and cedar falls, so we're here i

all right, let's look at how much of the country this is including from des moines, iowa, stretchingeveport and that's whennium we're approaching the 115, 110 degree range. this will stick out and peak out by tomorrow. look at minneapolis. even minneapolis feeling like 97 right now. the west coast the only place that you're having much of a respite. these are the temperatures we're expecting on your thermometer tomorrow. when you add in the humidity, this is what it is going to feel like. 107 in kansas city and 100 in chicago and check out memphis at 111 degrees. we had that quiz for you before the break, if you saw it, what's the number one weather-related phenomenon that causes deaths? well, guess what. last year, 2010, it was heat. 138 people died in the u.s. last year due to heat-related illnesses. the ten-year average, if you look at the yellow bars. you can see they're just behind hurricanes that's because in the last ten years, we had very active hurricane seasons. it is something that you need to take seriously. you need to check on your neighbors and check on your pets and m

excessive heat warnings are covering many states across the plains from des moines, iowa, stretchingll the way down to shreveport, louisiana. this is many metropolitan areas that are going to be dealing with temperatures, according to your body, they're going to be feeling like 100 to 110 degrees. our affiliates, of course, are covering this big time. oklahoma city, you guys have had 100 degrees plus every single day in the month of july so far. people have been sending in their pictures to local affiliate. take a look at that. that is the cracked ground. they're saying it's 8 to 12 inches deep it's so dry and people are also sending in their pictures of their car thermometers. there's one that's 103 degrees. let's show you what's going on in kansas city under heat advisories here. that big warning on there and the salvation operation opening cooling centers. eight of them in kansas city to help people stay safe in these kind of conditions. we also have severe weather going on across parts of the upper midwest. we have been tracking a couple really nasty thunderstorms right along the

iowa. a must-win state for him. what happened? pawlenty told the editorial board of "the des moines register" this. ek is the first time i've campaigned in earnest in iowa." really? according to "the des moines register" pawlenty campaigned in iowa more than any other candidate besides rick santorum. the real problem is pizzazz or lack trofr. one of his advisers said to michele bachmann, quote, ed sex appeal, a comment pawlenty quickly apologized for. bachmann's response? >> well, listen, i'm 55 years old. i've given birth to five kids and raised 22 foster kids. that sounds like good news to me. >> well handled. >>> to tonight's big number. big cuts over at the white house you could say. white house. the 50-foot-tall iconic elm tree on the north lawn was chopped down after being damaged in a thunderstorm this past sunday. how long had it stood at the white house drooiway? 29 years. a teenage tree when it arrived at the white house. it was planted under ronald reagan back in '82. a big change in landscape at the white house. 29 years of history coming down. tonight's big number. >>> up next, right of

. >> he joins us live this morning from des moines, iowa.g. >> you are -- you're a former senator. you know about how things are going in washington. i have to tell you, christine and i share a view. it's an absolute mess what is going on in washington right now, specifically, with respect to the debt ceiling and failure to reach an agreement is somewhat gorable. my fear is you support what some people are saying a block to the increase to the debt sealing? >> who is blocking what? >> reporter: the republicans are doing that. >> well, no. i think both sides are to blame. the president of the united states is doing anything but leading on this issue. >> that wasn't the question, senator. what would you tell them to do right now? we have to have an i crease in the debt ceiling. would you support it or not? >> well, i would support a responsible increase in the debt ceiling that does something to do something about the basic problem as to why we have a debt ceiling increase which is we are blowing the doors off spending in washington, d.c. and

. >> talk about a wedding gone wild in des moines, iowa, an allegedly intoxicated man wasn't having itle too close to a fellow groomsman. that prompted a powerful push knocking the friend over along with the ceramic column that hit an off-duty cop. that's when things got ugly. police reports say the 31-year-old was later arrested after he punched another officer who was called in to subdue the unruly newlywed. that's one way to spend your wedding night. >> yeah. that's rough. >> meanwhile, let's take a look on this monday, it is wet across portions of the great lake states down through the ohio and tennessee valley. they'll take it. some widely scattered showers in portions of oklahoma and moving through the ozarks at this hour. a little rain this morning in portions of arizona. meanwhile, the current temperatures, not too bad. we got 50's in portions of the new england states and you got 60's and 70's across much of the land. down south, already warming up, though. 85 today right now in dallas. they will have their 24th day of temperatures above 100. so hang on and how hot will it go?

. >> shannon: he said to the "des moines register," iowa an important state that he feels comfortablelled to the position or called to step up and run. does he make you nervous or do you think he has flaws? >> i think he has flaws. i worked for mark warner for a while before working for nancy pelosi. i like governors. i think hay have great executive abilities. they know how to get stuff done. look at rick perry's record and i see he has more uninsured workers in his state than any other state. he has a great deal of education cuts he will have to run with. he has still 8% unemployment. he has a job surge, but he has done it also by borrowing money. he has borrowed at a higher rate than president obama has solving the recovery. >> shannon: ford, will he be able to explain moves at governor? >> i think he can. he is showing that he is the longest serving governor of history of texas. when you have been there that long and you can stay in there, you show the staying power of an executive to make the tough decisions. that combined with the jobs record makes him a powerful candidate. >> s

iowa city. she'll speak in des moines tonight for a three-week bus tour of the iowa tea party is wrapping up. tonight the republican feels it's expected to expand. michigan congressman, that theus mccotter expected to launch his bid. he will make the announcement in whitmore lake, michigan. >>> the government shutdown continues with no new talks expected until tuesday. state parks, camp grounds, as well as state offices and highway rest stops remain closed. 20,000 state workers sxk the shutdown happened after the legislature and the democratic governor could not agree on closing a two-year $5 billion deficit. >>> more than 1,600 florida state employees got their pink slips friday. they were laid off in an effort to cast a $4 million hole. they're only a small fraction of the government work force. another $562,000 began paying into their pension plans for the first time in 37 years. sfwlirchlgts judgment day for casey anthony is closing in. the prosecution wrapped up its rebuttal case friday against the 25-year-old mother accused of murdering her 2-year-old daughter, caylee, back in 2008. the

iowa city. minnesota congresswoman will speak in des moines tonight for a three-week bus tour by the iowa tea party wrapping up. >>> then tonight the republican deal is expected to expand. michigan congressman thaddeus mccotter expected it launch his presidential bid. he will make the announcement in witmore lake, michigan. >>> this morning in president obama's weekly address, he took a shot at the gop and said tax loophole that is about an fit the wealthiest americans must go. >> it would be nice if we could keep every tax break, but we can't afford to. because if we choose to keep those tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires, or for hedge fund managers or corporate jet owners or for oil and gas companies pulling in huge profits without our help, then we'll have to make even deeper cuts somewhere else. sfwoo nbc's mike gutierrez at the white house for us. good morning, mike. we have the president at the front and center of this debate. the negotiation wills look like what going forward? >> it's amazing. you could probably put although soberologists and political scientists in a room together

. >> i will plug des moines register, their databases as iowa gets closer, caucuses and straw polls,r. >> they're going to be a good net paper, aren't they? that's okay. all right. it's a good type of plug. thank you all. that's it for this edition of ""the daily rundown." tomorrow, on the show. senator s claire mccaskill and kate hutchinson. [ male announcer ] this is lisa, who tries to stay ahead of her class. morning starts with arthritis pain... that's two pills before the first bell. [ bell rings ] it's time for recess... and more pills. afternoon art starts and so does her knee pain, that's two more pills. almost done, but hang on... her doctor recommended aleve because it can relieve pain all day with just two pills. this is lisa... who switched to aleve and fewer pills for a day free of pain. and get the all day pain relief of aleve in liquid gels. for a day free of pain. somewhere in america, a city comes to life. it moves effortlessly, breathes easily. it flows with clean water. it makes its skyline greener and its population healthier. all to become the kind of city people

in an interview with "the des moines register," the big newspaper in iowa.t he told them. "i'm not ready to tell you that i'm ready to announce that i'm in but i'm getting more and more comfortable every day that this is what i've been called to do, this is what america needs." that's pretty strong signals from rick perry, the texas govern governor, this he's probably going to be jump nog the race for the white house. >> a lot of people calling for smrven else to be in there. he'd certainly be a very big name. he took over as governor after george bush left as governor to become president. paul, always a pleasure to talk to you, my friend. here are three things that you have to put on your radar for today. for this week. tomorrow, news corporation owner rupert murdock and his son james are scheduled to appear before british politicians to answer questions over the widening phone-hacking scandal. thursday the shuttle "atlantis" crew is due to land. we'll bring it to you live but i'm going to talk to them live on wednesday morning. also thursday, it will be th

come and listen to what people have to say here in iowa and then take that message back to washington, d.c. >> shannon joins me now live from des moineshello, shannon, michele bachmann is surging now in a recent iowa poll. >> reporter: it's really hard to hear you right now. there's a band playing behind me, so i can't quite hear that question. let me set the stage about what's going on and why we're here. michele bachmann is a feature speaker, she's the reason why all of these people are assem e assembling. an earlier stop in iowa city, it's one of five stops she has today in iowa. she basically kicked off her bus tour in iowa today. so this is going to be a big deal for her and her supporters who are here. and later she's going to be going to an iowa cubs baseball game and talk to supporters and voters there as well. >> so she's on a bus tour, is it all iowa all the time this weekend? where is she going? apparently shannon can't hear me, we'll get back to shannon travis, he's reporteding for us live in iowa. >>> a political note for you, the presidential seal fell off the white house limousine this weekend while he was on his way to

left from not ready for primetime punchline territory to tied with the front-runner in iowa in the last des moines register poll. but the viability of bachmann as a candidate looks a bit like the continuation of the denamic we saw last year when the republican party establishment was unable to play the vetting role that the parties usually play, so we got christine o'donnell, i am not a witch as the party candidate in delaware, the aforementioned joe miller as the republican nominee for senate in alaska his supporters marching in the streets carrying assault rifles. we even had sharron angle in. running against harry reid. candidates like those did get chosen by the republican party last year but they could not win an election, even in a jackpot republican year like 2010 was. before they were picked as senate candidates, though, at least joe miller and sharron angle and christine o'donnell at least were unknowns. they were all but totally anonymous to the general public in their states before these elections in which they failed so disastrously. so part of the excuse for the republican party picki

poll numbers show that more and more people know who he is, and he snagged third place en an iowa des moinesegistered poll and he's not just the former head of godfather's pizza, he was here several weeks ago talking about his white house bid and, is speaking again today and peter doocy has the latest. he is focusing on the economy. >> reporter: he is, and he said he thinks we can turn the economy around by giving small businesses a break and he's a beman and he said his career what's been about problem solving, not politics and lowering taxes on the small businesses is the only way to get the economy restarted. >> the engine to our economic growth is the business sector. this administration has put nothing in the engine and everything in the caboose. we are never going to grow until we lower those tax rates and remove that capital gains barrier and suspend taxes on repatriated profits and that is why the economy is stuck install. >> reporter: the former ceo of godfather's pizza spoke about a controversy he injected himself into, support of some en a tennessee communities trying to stop a mo

presidential candidate michele bachmann is on the road in iowa this weekend and she's stopping in restaurants and on the way to a tea party in des moines. the straw poll is august 13th. bachmann is win one point of mitt romney in the iowa race and romney, by the way s not campaigning there. >>> elsewhere, herman cape spent part of -- herman cane spent part of friday in cleveland. heel to the audience that america needs to find more energy within its own borders. the former ceo of the pizza chain wants to run the government more like a business and cut back on federal regulations. he said he would not necessarily get rid of the e.p.a., but he would want a regulatory commission to look into the agency. here's more. and all of the people that will be appointed to that division will be people who have been previously abused by the e.p.a. in one way or another. one of my guided principles said if you want to know the solution to a problem, go to the people focused on the problem. the -- who have been abused by the e.p.a. are the ones that will put on that commission. >> herman cane is fifth in a recent gallop poll of the official republican

. >>> now the iowa tea party bus tour makes its final stop in des moines tomorrow, and michele bachmann. bachmann's had the best week ever after officially launching her campaign in iowa monday. she's already closing in on front-runner mitt romney. the grass roots director of the tea party express, launches another bus tour in august. let's ask you this, do you see bachmann going all the way here? >> well, you know, we're really excited. i mean, michele bachmann has shined for a long time within the tea party movement. she's been a loud voice on the front lines. so we're glad she's in. but quite honestly we think there's more players to get on the field so we're not ready to throw support by independeehind. we want to see the cream rise to the top. we want to hear how they feel about the principles and values of the tea party movement which i know she's strong on, but so is herman cain. fiscal responsibility, limited government, free markets, but we want to hear from these candidates on who has the ideas and solutions to turn this economy around, get job growth going again. >> does she

is it the iowa straw poll coming up next month, to test whether you're actually a viable candidate? >> well, the "des moinesin sixth or seventh place. in the next 60 days, we need to show significance progress. i'm confident in the iowa straw poll that we will. as my record gets out, i think we'll have a campaign that's prevailing not just in the iowa straw poll, but in the caucuses and beyond. >> let me ask you about your main challenger, front-runner at the moment, mitt romney, and his position on health care. in massachusetts, he passed new universal health care coverage. this is what you said back in june on fox news about him. >> i don't think we can have a nominee that was involved in the development and construction of obama care and then continues to defend it. >> so, let's be clear here, straight talk, governor. are you saying he cannot be the nominee, unelectable as the nominee of the party because of his position on health care? >> i think if you're going to prosecute the political case against president obama in one of the top three or four issues, it's going to be the direction of the country a

iowa. she met with families at an evangelical church in waukee. she spoke about 20 minutes. the des moiness she didn't mention the word "republican" once. fellow republican presidential candidate hermain cain was also on the train trail in winterset, iowa. 65-year-old met voters and detailed his plan to revive the nation's economy, including a plan to replace the tax code with the fair tax or a national sales tax. cain also told voters he is gaining ground in the polls because voters are no longer lynning to the media. >>> the meds estimate that $17 billion in unemployment benefits were doled out last year to people drawing those checks illegally. official are the us department of labor says about 30% of the incorrect payments went to people who had returned to work, but still kept receiving unemployment checks. the feds are now asking states to submit plans by the end of september to show steps that they are planning to take to cutdown on illegal and fraudulent claims. >>> a new survey shows employee shoplifting is on the rise. the national remodel federation reports retailers lost $37 bi

iowa earlier this week. bachmann will speak in des moines tonight where a bus tour is wrapping up.o tonight, one more will join the republican field. michigan congressman mccotter is scheduled to launch his bid. >>> early fireworks in washington, d.c. this weekend. this morning in his weekly address, president obama took a shot at the gop and said tax loopholes that benefit the wealthiest americans must go. >> it would be nice if we could keep every tax break, but we can't afford that because if we choose to keep those tax breaks for millionaires an billionaires or hedge fund managers and corporate jet owners or for oil and gas companies pulling in huge profits without our help, then we'll have to make even deeper cuts somewhere else. >> mike viqueira is live at the white house. gop also hitting back today, right? >> absolutely. we're at july 2nd. one month away from what the administration and many economists are saying could be an economic catastrophe that would not be confined to this coun country, but would have ripple effects throughout the global economy. of course, the issue

moines is a wonderful place to be now. although traveling around the state of iowa as i have, we are on a 50 city tour over the next coupleimony any in iowa over what is going on in washington. people are not happy we don't have leadership from the president and the republicans people to be all over the map and not delivering a clear message to the american people. >> greta: in other words you are glad to be in iowa, at least tonight? >> that's why i'm running not for the senate because i think we need leadership. that's been the problem. we've had a president who hasn't told the truth to the american people about the gravity of the problem. he's been hiding the ball. not putting forward a plan. still haven't put forward any concrete plan. it has put the republicans in a difficult position. john boehner has a tough job. i think both the house and senate republicans have done a poor job in articulating what we want to accomplish. we have to outline principles to the american public. we are for a balanced budget and limited government. >> greta: you may disagree with some of them. they are within each party there are severa

iowa today. he will speak at an educational conference in des moines and headline a political fundraiser for congressman steve king. >>> the hotel maid who has accused dominique strauss-kahn of sexually assaulting her is breaking her silence for the first time. in an emotional interview with news week magazine, she swears she's telling the truth and wants the ex-imf head to go to prison for what he has done. she says, "i want him to go to jail. i want him to know there are some places you cannot use your power, you cannot use your money." joining us is former sex crimes prosecutor and criminal defense attorney ricky clayman. nice to see you. nice to have you in studio. we rarely see an accuser come forth before a da has decided what to do about charges. what are the risks here? >> well, first of all, it's almost unheard of in any situation. this whole thing is what one of the lawyers, william taylor, says is good street theater. it is designed to put pressure on the d.a.'s office to go forward and not drop this case. the dangers, the risks, pretty clear. now you have yet another story for the defense at

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iowa, the site of the first presidential caucus. real clear politics say she will appear in des moines in september. she made headlines with her campaign style bus tour. she says she will decide to run for president early next month or in september. >>> and the warning the dmv is considering posting tonight after a student driver crashed into a dmv office. >>> plus, pictures to show you, a couple of people were trying to stop this element right there. up next, not only did he not get the bike, he also left something valuable behind. >>> and the situation with several muni buses, and what will bring in half a million . >>> take a look at this youtube video posted by the san francisco communications company, wcg. right in the middle of the screen, you are about to see two people take down a bike thief. christina bell thought it was her bike, one came out to help, the thief jumped off and walked away. the thief also dropped his key to his bike. the security guards say they would be happy for him to come get the bike any time. >>> and the san francisco board of supervisors yesterday narrowly approved an

the "des moines register" poll, a credible poll in iowa had us in sixth or seventh place.ogress and i'm confident we will when my message of cutting taxes, doing health care reform, public employee pension and compensation reform when my record of results gets out in minnesota we will do better and you will see that in the poll numbers. the point is i'm actually the one person in the race who's actually done all of these things. and there will be other candidates, one of the strengths i bring to it, i just don't talk about these things i did them. >> governor pawlenty, good to see you. thanks for coming in. >> my pleasure. >>> 17 minutes past the hour. time to check in with rob marciano for an update on the forecast. hey, rob. >> good morning again, soledad. another gorgeous day across the northeast. low levels of humidity, warmer than it was yesterday, enjoy that, you know, this time of year, the heat and humidity typically builds back in. building across the southwest, or i should say the southern plains and towards the northern plains where today we've got some severe t

i mentioned a moment ago, including a tea party rally in des moines at the state capital, as well as throwing out the first pitch at an iowa later this evening, it t.j. the first stop as you mentioned is right here at the blue bird diner in iowa city. patrons who are gathered right now, drinking coffees, chatting. i've been chatting with a few of them, anticipating michele bachmann coming in. we expect her in about ten minutes or so and just so happens, t.j., to have three diners right here with me, one an independent, the other two are republicans. we've got peggy wright, who is the independent, bruce and bob. and i just wanted to -- we were talking a moment ago, peggy, about why you're here and hope to hear from michele bachmann. >> i'm curious as to what she has to say about the current political situation. learn a little bit more about her. >> and bruce, you were saying that you -- even though you're a republican, that you're still open-minded, trying to hear all the ideas from the different candidates? >> absolutely. you know, being in iowa, we get to see everybody come through here. it's really an opportunity for us

news is that as paw lenty told the des moines register his poll numbers in the state are lagging because this week is the first time i've campaigned in earnest in iowa. okay. meanwhile, acting the front-runn front-runner, mitt romney met with british prime minister yesterday at 10 downing street during his fund raising trip to the uk. romney tweeted this picture of the two together. we'll see how that plays with some republicans that were concerned when mitt romney talked about social security protection in new hampshire. >>> let's go to this jobs number. a surprisingly bad june jobs report, raising questions about whether the recovery has basically ground to a halt. 9.2% unemployment, hiring slowed to a trickle. just 18,000 jobs were added. some analysts had expected four or five times that many. more than 14 million people are out of work right now. the president will discuss all of this at 10:30. in the meantime, i'm joined by mark zandi, chief economist with moody's analytics. mark, what happened? >> it was stunning. youmentioned some of the statistics, but there was absolutely nothing redeeming in the report. it was a very, very bad month. no o

iowa. >> jan crawford in washington this morning, thanks. >>> joining us from des moines to talk about hisantorum. good to have you with us this morning, sir. >> thank you, erica, that's a pretty good lead-in. we think being at the back of the pack is not a bad place to be in iowa. working hard is what you need to do here. >> there you go. you and jan already worked out one of my questions. we've got that one out of the way. >> yeah, appreciate it. >> let's look at the issues facing americans. the obama administration saying there needs to be a deal here by july 22nd on raising the debt limit. this will require a compromise on both sides. put yourself in those shoes. if you are president, and you were dealing with this right now, what would you be asking for in terms of a compromise from both your own party and from the democrats? how do you bring them together? >> i think we need a short-term solution and a long-term solution. the short-term is we've got to come together on spending reductions. look, the bottom line is that we're spending over 50% more than normal on government as far as

iowa city today. she's going to make six stops in the state where she's one point behind mitt romney. later today, she'll be in in des moines. tonight, the republican field is expected to expand. mccotter is scheduled to launch his bid in lake michigan. >>> in washington, there is gridlock over the debt crisis. while republicans continue to reject increases, president obama is standing firmly with the democrats today. in his weekly address, the president says not bringing in more money from taxes would mean cuts to education, medical verge and new technology. >> it would be nice if we could keep every tax break, but we can't afford that. because if we choose to keep those tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires or hedge fund managers and corporate jet owners or oil and gas companies pulling in huge profits without our help, then we'll have to make even deeper cuts somewhere else. >> mike viqueira is live at the white house for us. good saturday morning, my friend. we have the specific opposing demands from each side. where do you see the next step being and what role the president's going to play? >> there doesn't seem

. >>> sarah palin heading to iowa over the labor day weekend among other things, she'll be the keynote speaker at a tea party rally in the des moines by a 100-0 vote the senate approved a two-year extension for the term of the fbi director robert mueller. >>> and ervin santana no-hit the cleveland indians. in the end santana threw only 105 pitches, 76 strikes. congratulations. >>> tonight we're hearing lots about compromise, potential compromise, but it isn't coming from lawmakers who are tea party favorites. we'll ask freshmen members of the house and senate, will that be changing? [ barks ] ♪ [ cat meows ] ♪ [ whistles ] ♪ [ cat meows ] ♪ [ ting! ] [ male announcer ] travelers can help you protect the things you care about and save money with multi-policy discounts. are you getting the coverage you need and the discounts you deserve? for an agent or quote, call 800-my-coverage or visit travelers.com. a living, breathing intelligence that's helping drive the future of business. in here, inventory can be taught to learn. ♪ machines have a voice. ♪ medical history follows you. it's the at&t network -- a network of possibilities... c

iowa poll. if you look at the percentages among the des moines register voters. top tiered cant.oll was taken a couple weeks ago. what does he have to do to break into the upper echelon. >> he's got to break into the threshold. where is he at, do you think in the straw poll? who looks good to you. michelle bachmann got in late. she's got tremendous fire and energy. >> i think you are right. michelle bachmann has steam going into it. there's an interesting post looking at tim pawlenty saying his old colleagues don't really recognize him in a sense, they don't think he's gotten his sea legs back or used to the national stage. it's different than the more beloved reputation he had in his home state. he's got to find what is going to appeal to the iowa voters. bachmann latched on to it. >> pat, tracing its origins, rumors about a possible replacement for vice president biden on the 2012 ticket. where did it start and what are we talking about? >> it started in the new york post alluding to the fact that cuomo would replace biden. we have heard hillary clinton replacing biden. the rea

, the aims iowa straw poll will reveal which candidate should be viewed as the next candidate go into the caucus, and last week candy sat down with the former minnesota governor in des moinesabout your new ad that you have out there, using the "do you believe in miracles" from the famous american hockey team that won. >> prove the experts wrong. i am tim pawlenty. >> the concession i think from you is you are running an underdog race, and the question is why? >> for starters, i am not somebody known very well, and we have to do it the old-fashioned way, hard work, 700 miles in an rv, and dubbed the road to results, not just giving speeches or talking and we had enough of that with president obama, but getting things done in minnesota in areas like spending and taxes and conservative court appointments. when people in iowa and people across the country see what i did as a leader, the numbers will move to the positive. >> we have a poll out recently that still shows you 2%, 3%, 4%, around in there. you are not a household name in iowa or in those states, neither in herman cain or michele bachmann, and have caught fire. >> i am a student like you are, and the campaigns and hi