that was what i was brought in to do. >> narrator: previously j.p. morgan had written credit swaps on single companies like exxon. duhon was asked to write swaps on bundles of debt. >> the idea was let's put together a portfolio of credit risk. a portfolio of names. >> narrator: her first trade was a credit default swap on 306 corporate names on j.p. morgan's books. >> and that list of 306 entities, they were very highly rated. they had very low credit risk. >> smith: and the credit default swap was ensuring j.p. morgan against default by those 306 entities. >> that's correct. >> smith: many of them fortune 500 companies or other... >> it would have been your... some of your most well-known household names. and so we were giving investors an opportunity to, in effect, invest in our loan portfolio. >> j.p. morgan did a lot of work, did a lot of due diligence to assemble this portfolio of loans. and you can get it in one easy, bite-size piece. >> narrator: and the bank facilitated this by slicing up the portfolio into different risk levels, or tranches

>> narrator: tonight on frontlininside the worst nuclear disaster of the century. one year later, men who risked their lives to save the fukushima nuclear plant reveal what really happened... >> (translated): we never imagined we'd be sent there. i was praying. >> narrator: ...the life and death decisions... >> (translated): this would affect not just japan, but the world. >> narrator: ...the lives upended by radioactive fallout... >> (translated): i had one ughter left. i had to protect her. >> narrator: ...and the courage. >> (translated): we did it. we did it for everyone. >> narrator: tonight on frontlinthe story of those tense days "inside japan's nuclear meltdown." >> frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major funding is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. and by reva and david logan, committed to investigative journalism as the guardian of the public interest. a

narrator: air pollutants exist as harmful gases, or as aerosols. aerosols are microscopic solid or liquid particles suspended in the air, and these pollutants can have deadly effects. kolb: most of us can only survive a minute or so without a fresh breath of air, and if the air contains substances which are going to really hurt your health, you'd hate to think that you're shortening your life with every breath of air you take. narrator: the worst air-pollution disaster on record occurred in london in december of 1952. at this time, londoners still consumed lots of coal, which led to large amounts of pollutants in the air, including black carbon, or soot particles, and sulfur dioxide. and this toxic mix turned fatal. kolb: the particle loading got so heavy during one episode that the so-called killer fogs actually killed many thousands of people over about a week and a half. narrator: thanks to regulations to reduce these pollutants, events like this are rare today. however, public health officials estimate that 70,000 americans die prematurely each

narrator: without half of its water supply, the city would shut down. for nearly 40 years, new york has been in the process of constructing a solution. man: this project is water tunnel number 3. we started on this project in 1969. i'm a sandhog. i've been a sandhog for 37 years. narrator: sandhogs are the men of local 147, who work deep below the city. they began building the infrastructure of new york in 1872. from the subways to the sewers, the water tunnels to the highway tunnels, new york city thrives because of their work. ryan: you got one little hole in the ground, and nobody knows we're here. see the empire state building, right. that's 1,000 feet. so you figure, you go down 1,000. how high that is -- that's how far we go down. narrator: stretching more than 60 miles under the city, tunnel 3 is taking generations of workers to complete. ryan: i don't even want to imagine what my father had to go through. when we first started, it was a rough job. everything was dynamite. now, they have these machines called "moles." it's like a big drill, and i

narrator: of the 200 volcanoes in ecuador, 30 could erupt again.uagua pichincha has devastated quito, the capital, several times, so scientists monitor emissions of sulfur gas with gat conrn. in 1985, a massive eruption in neighboring colombia melted snowfields, causing mudflows that killed more than 23,000 people. throughout south america, scientists study the tragedy and vow to prevent the next one. they may get their chance here, in ecuador. the ngurahua volcano threatens a town of 17,000 at the base of the mountain. it is called baños. although baños is very near the equator, its elevation in the andes gives it a mild climate. add spectacular scenery and soeothermal hosprings and you have aibrant urist economy. on the surrounding hillsides, adequate rainfall and fertile volcanic soils sustain agriculture. but the same natural forces that sustain the economy are also a source of danger. hoping to avoid a agedy, geographer patty mothes maps and monitors several volcanoes for ecuador's geophysica institute,nclu tungurahua. she is looking for any c

narrator: and if you don't believe it, ask a local farmer.n: yeah, when i put that driveway in, i had a cat come in he, and he took black dirt out of here at wasasil18toet dp be he hit g. on is it goodi itd whh is whau wa at wasasil18toet dp be he hit g. good soil with good drainage is what grows crops. you also have to have the climate; you also have to have the rainfall; you have to have the infrastructure. so it has everything going for it, this area does. an intense competition for the la has been raging. to see how the pressure developed, we head downtown to the center of chicago. the tallest building in north america-- the sears tower-- rises over downtown chicago. it is the trademark of this city's skyline and a symbol of urban america's vitality. but in 1992, sears fled its downtown home and moved 5,000 employees here-- 30 miles outside the city, into the cornfields. working farm communities surround the chicago area, but to many, this farmland is better suited for growing something other an corn. ses reca soan tirmployees, ke mrg now

narrator: the u.s..n.s., or immigration and naturalization service, recos each apprehension on standard forms, including one entry with hidden lue: it was the migrants'ome towns inexico. that's whabringseograpr chard jones to the.n. it was the migrants'ome towns with a novel research plan. jones knows that economic conditions vary greatly om region region in mexico. he suspects that some places drive ou- or "push"-- manyore migrants to the u.s. than others. his investigation begins ly90s aris hom inanoniotes. jones believes many secrets are stored in i.n.s. files like tse. can ey reveal where most migrants come om? can the answers help both countries keep more ople at home? cjones sampless every tenth record, writing down the area of origin within mexico. back in his office at the university of texas, he enters the values into a map of mexico. jones marks in blue the wnships that sd an above-arage number of migrantso e u.s. jonea pattern emerges that reveals much about thchanng econoce numbed social con

narrator: las vegas is one of the fast-growing areas in the country. it's a relatively new city under constant construction. but because it's in the arid mojave desert, the challenge of las vegas is supply. woman: all the growth and everything that's occurred in southern nevada has been with colorado river water. without it, the west as you know it today couldn't exist. narrator: to sustain their growing community with its limited supply, las vegas learned to be extremely efficient. mulroy: this is a desert, and it has its own beauty, but you have to get beyond what you're used to. as long as people recognize they're moving to the desert and give up this notion that they have to bring eastern vegetation with them and make the necessary adaptations in their own life, desert communities can continue to live. man: the biggest water user in the desert is turf. turf uses a lot of irrigation and uses spray irrigation, so what we've done here is use artificial turf. you're never going to be able to achieve the look of back east or the look of, say, california

narrator: the jews celebrated.ut the arabs were two-thirds of the population and owned more than half the land. they rejected the plan and began fighting. in the war that followed, the jews prevailed, enlarging their territory, but only able to capture the western half of jerusalem. they made their first capital in tel aviv. jerusalem became a divided city. the boundary drawn between west and east jerusalem was called the "green line," and that's what highway number one is still called today. east jerusalem was then part of jordan, and it contained the jews' holiest sites, inuding theiancient temple, destroyed by the romans. once the temple was destroyed, all that remained was the western wall. this place is important for the jewish people worldwide. ross: this is what people prayed to ever since the second temple was destroyed, ever since the jewish people were dispersed. narrator: but because they were in jordanian east jerusalem, the site was off limits to jews until 1967. that year, israel defeated threatening

narrator: the crisis in 1986 washe collap.cycles of boom and bust are a constant threat in africa, south of the sahara, because of its dependence on fluctuating commodities. the economy of côte d'ivoire was badly shaken. becaearningsrom thendence ostabilization fund evaporated. the boomeriod of the 1970s muniled to lots of optimismms. and lotsf borrowingon int. when prices declined in the 1980s, the country found itselfhead withery ttle money toay back its creditors. narrator: in pces ke yamoussoukro, jobsecame scarce. translator: i cachaleard (ctranslatedb): ( mdo you like this work? i'm happy enough since there are no oer possibilities. anyway, if i goes on like this,i'llave toeav. young people can get a job. naator: among afrie d'ivoire benefited greatea from the eerprising spirit of its tradespeople and its sinesswomen, but not whenimesread. ( woman speaking french ) translator: i've got four employees, six apprentices and a secretary. for nearly two yearsow, business has been stagnant fome it's very hard. it's a difficult

narrator: in 1994, dr.hachu was optimistic about future prospects for health care in africa, but in the last eight years, an aids epidemic of extraordinary magnitude has totally changed the landscape of medical concerns. sub-saharan africa is now the site of more than 28 million of the world's 40 million cases of aids. within sub-saharan africa, however, there is g von in the rate of infection. some of the highest rates are in southern africa. a few nations have not been severely affected. kenya falls somewhere in between. as a geographer, i was interested in how aids had spread across kenya. i actually saw an article published in the paper about, um, the rate of new aids infections every year, and i said, "wow, there's all this information. i can... i can map this." narrator: the data veronica mapped documents a process that geographers call "diffusion"-- the spread of a phenomenon over space and time. in 1986, which was before the government began collecting information on aids, there was a zero rate of r

narrator: corey is a junior in college majoring in psychology. he played basketball in high school, but as ushers has changed his vision, he now prefers a less-competitive game-- solo or one-on-one. translator: my visual field is about this big. i can see about this much in the center. over here, though, i can't see anything at all. i have some residual islands of vision where i can see a little bit back over here and here, but my best vision is right here in the center. off to the side, there's nothing here at all. even though the individual is experiencing night blindness, they still have good daytime vision, but when the peripheral field starts to close in, then that leads to the next hit--driving. narrator: driving a car is the hallmark of american adolescence, but for ryan, now in his third year of college studying computer science, that dream was shattered during a routine visit to the eye doctor. translator: well, i rembmber going into the doctor's office. i was having a visual field test where they measure how much vision is left. i went

narrator: large amounts of rainwater can cause flooding. engineers developed two approaches to stormwater infrastructure to transport water away from the urban environment. one approach was to carry waste and stormwater through the same pipe. this combined system was less expensive than building two individual pipe networks. and stormwater was seen as a way to flush out the sewers. through the 19th century, the combined system was considered state-of-the-art throughout the world, and is still in use in many cities today. but cities constructed these systems before treatment was the standard. and even today's largest treatment plant doesn't have the capacity to treat the sudden volumes of water rushing through a combined system during rain. the plant is overloaded, and the excess rainwater, mixed with untreated raw sewage, is diverted straight into local waterways, creating a combined sewer overflow, or cso. there are over 700 communities in the united states with combined sewer systems. the other approach was to separate wastewater from sto

narrator: for now, diversification and omanization continue.ater private sector employment of omanis is critical as large numbers of young people reach working age. drysdale: about 44% of all omanis are under the age of 15. almost 70% are under the age of 25. so you've got an extraordinarily young population-- every year 25,000 people graduating from secondary schools. and there's simply a huge challenge for the government to find jobs for all those people. after the 1993 census, the government officially adopted what's called a birth spacing program. that received the full explicit support of the sultan, which was essential, otherwise the whole notion of family planning would be met with a lot of concern. in oman today, any woman who visits a clinic is exposed to family planning advice-- you can't avoid it, in fact. and that seems to have had some results in terms of bringing down the fertility rate. woman: i'm working, uh... at receptionist, answering the phone, typing and, uh, greet the visitors. i want to do something else, like maybe an ac

. >> narrator: a new life begins. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> narrator: out of her mother's womb, rachel murphy is now surrounded by a new world filled with countless germs. modern medicine will do what it can to protect her. >> just a tiny little stick. >> narrator: barely an hour old, rachel gets her first shot against hepatitis b. this is the first of up to 35 inoculations she will get in the next six years of her life to fight 14 diseases. >> it's all right. it's okay, princess. >> narrator: public health doctors celebrate vaccines as one of medicine's shining achievements. >> that's all. you're okay. >> they've increased our life span by 30 years. hib would cause 20,000 to 25,000 cases a year: gone! i mean, polio would paralyze, you know, tens of thousands of children every year: gone! i mean, diphtheria was the most common killer of... of teenagers in the 1920s: gone! i mean, you know, vaccines... the benefit of vaccines is clear. >> well, there's now 16 diseases that are preventable by vaccination for children. 14 of those are diseases that we vaccinate infants and yo

narrator: and today, it's a matter of simply turning on the tap. so often, we forget about the value of water. water is a commodity that is essential to life. 100 years ago, it would have been hard to imagine turning on the tap water. and now, it's an expectation. narrator: over 300 million people live in the united states. and each person uses an average of 100 gallons of water every day. man: what it takes to actually make clean water is somewhat a mystery to most customers. woman: so how does water get from the river into your house, or here at school? woman: somebody has to bring that water to us, and somebody has to take it away when we're finished with it. man: the water infrastructure is vital for disease protection, fire protection, basic sanitation, economic development, and for our quality of life. man: you just can't visualize all the assets that are under our feet. we have about two million miles of pipe in this nation. if you're walking around in an urban area, you're probably stepping on a pipe. man: our grandparents paid for, and put

narrator: e factory is sti in theamily day,bigger an.ias saoau grew around it,ed and rthe neighborhoodecameave. an important part of the city's mainstream. but the italians did not have bixiga to themselves for long. (drmi sea afteslavery was abolished in brazil in 1888, freed slaves moved into the city. they were attractoixigaby i i. their afro-brazilian legacy is the neighborhood sambachool.,() anslator fothe black culture, the scols part ofe ighborhood. represents the neighborhood, . the neighborod is not ; it has blacks, aicans, anvai-vai is aexession of at. ( samba-style drumming ) speaking portuguese ) translator: the city absorbed the different waves of immigras, but each group had troubleinteg, because it was so diverse. soach group created its owlittle world. you can't say the city s one identity today; eachroup ilt(iwild cheering.) narrator: although they bega arriving in 1908 eachroup japanese immigration to brazil accelerated llowing world war ii. the devastation suffered by japan sent a wave of immigrants looking for new opp

narrator: atlanta is a rapidly growing urban area. its primary source of drinking water is the chattahoochee river, which also provides water to many downstream communities. but its infrastructure is dangerously old, without outdated facilities and combined sewer overflows polluting the watershed. the city faces strict consent decrees and lawsuits, along with a severe lack of funding. man: when i started working for the city of atlanta in the late '70s, we were approaching that point in time where a lot was going to be needed, in terms of rehabilitation and upkeep. most of the very large pipes were at least 80 years old. we had needs that were identified in the '50s and in the '60s and in the '70s that were deferred. woman: we are urging that we all try to find a way to overcome the obstacles and limitations that might exist. woman: when i was running for office, i met someone who knew mayor hartsfield, who, in the late 1960s, said, "i don't know who the next mayor will be, "but i know they'll have to fix the water and sewer infrastru

[narrator] >> those are the specifics of age discrimination legislation.he question, of course, is do they apply in the case of ernest costello? >> this is a classic case of age discrimination. mr. costello was a successful executive with 35 years of experience. new management comes in and suddenly older executives begin to leave, the company hints to mr. costello that he retire, and begins inventing problems with his job performance. >> mr. costello's problem has nothing to do with age. the new management has worked closely with him for six months to try to get him to adapt. he has not responded well to constructive criticism, nor does he seem willing to try new ways of doing things. the very purpose of the new management's taking over the company was to manage it more efficiently. mr. costello seems unable to do that. >> if the company's criticism is that mr. costello was unable to get any younger, we agree with that. working closely with mr. costello consisted only of trying to convince him to retire. the company could point to no problems with respect

narrator: technology is rapidly changing the way we all live our lives. so, too, medical research is changing the way we view and treat disease. with all this progress, what does the future hold for those who have usher syndrome? this is going to be a very gradual process. we're going to be able to slow it first because that's the easiest thing to do. ultimately, we'll be able to stop the progression of the rp, and finally, we're going to be able to reverse it and give back some of the vision that people have lost. now, this isn't going to happen tomorrow, and it will come in short, little spurts. there'll be a this, that will maybe help a little bit, then something else that will help a little bit. it's going to be just like cancer research, just little pieces, and little parts of the therapy come at different times, and each one has a small effect, but ultimately, ultimately, we're going to be able to fix this disorder. now you understand the personal challenges that we are faced with living with usher syndrome, but it's important to understand that liv

(narrator) independent films often need specialized marketing.top-grossing list and remained there for over 30 weeks, using an innovative grass-roots marketing strategy developed by kjm-3, a company of african-american film professionals. their approach included direct distribution flyers and asking ministers to mention the film in their sermons. (narrator) "laws of gravity," directed by nick gomez illustrates how many filmmakers faced with low budgets turn a lack of money into a creative challenge. the films i want to make are films that speak honestly about people who live in this country. (nick gomez) maybe with a point of view, maybe even a little bite. we worked out of our apartments about a year-and-a-half ago, and it's a hassle working out of your apartment. there's no separation between work and life. so we decided to create a place for those without money. (larry meistrich) the shooting gallery is a home for independent filmmaking within two floors here, about 10,000 square feet of anything you could think of having to do with making fil

that's when i knew i didn't want to collect garbage. [ narrator ] just a few months after his graduation from high school, edgar villamarin left his native colombia... for the united states. i wanted to see if i could make it financially, independently of my family, and i also wanted to venture out... in doing some things that i wanted to do. [ narrator ] the day he arrived, edgar enrolled in a class to learn english and began looking for work. "i am looking for a job." i learned that very early in my english as a second language classes. and about 20 blocks down, a famous hamburger franchise said, "yes, we need somebody. we'll call you." and sure enough, they called me the same day, and i started the following day. with that little money i was able to do some things, such as go to school and save for college, which was my dream and my goal at the time. [ narrator ] for the next few years, edgar was a full-time psychology student and a full-time employee, with little time for anything else. i had the great fortune to find a job in the same city... in a mental health agency... in a place

people who can make some difference ing them together and say, "let's do something about this." [ narrator ] the city council makes the laws that govern the city. they represent the legislative branch of government similar to congress on a national level. i'm having some concern, not feeling comfortable about... what our long-range plan is at the sewer plant. what we'd like the opportunity to do is to review the report, have the different departments look at it and come back with the council in the second week of february. [ narrator ] in this city, like many others a city manager administers the services the city provides. i work for the mayor and city council. they're the elected representatives. and they hire me to operate the city on a day-to-day basis providing services to the citizen. all the way from water, sewer, electric, police, fire public works, all the different city services. [ narrator ] the judicial branch of government is also represented at the local level. courts of justice handle both criminal and civil cases that are brought to trial. the success of government by the p

and then we had eachther. [ narrator ] it tk more than ten ars fomrs. munoz... to earn the come necessary to bring her daughters to the united states. e problems we had, or whatever we went through-- th's not pleasant. it wasn't pleasa for me. i'm su it wasn't for her eith. but i'm gl i'm where i am now and gues twas the only wayo get where i am, i'm glad she did it. just a minute. be right there. henry, have you rentedhat tuxedo for the dance yet ? no. good. iaw a place near he that h a special price for new custers. thanks, but i dot need a tuxedo. formal dances are for losers. m planning somethipecial for that night-- ride in a hot air balloon , sounds very romantic. -howoes sara feel about that ? haven't told her yet, but i know she'll go r it. atutll thek e's doing toecorat e gym ? - doyou think she'll nt to be at the dance ? - ro has a point. - when iell her abt the balloon ride, she'll flip out. - maybe not like you think. have you decided yet ? t quite. - how's the na - veryood. made fresh ery day. i don't know. i'm not really in a mood for fish. - w's t

welcome to the narrating disaster panel. before we start make introduction, the festival folks ask that i read a couple of things to you, please turn off your crrn cell phones and any other devices that might make a noise or interrupt. we'll -- there will be a signing after the panel at book signing following the session located the assigning area seven, area noted on the festival map in the center of the event program. personal recording of this session is not allowed. you'll see these two mikes here. we'll have a q and a session at the end. we encourage you to perhaps. that's where you come up to the mikeses if you want to ask any questions. that's it. that's the rules. welcome, again, let me introduce myself. i'm barry segal. the former national respond for the los angeles "los angeles times." i think we're all former corp. dents. i'm presently on the faculty where i direct a degree program in literary journalist. i'm the author of six books, both fiction and nonfiction. the latest was about a plane crash and the rise of

(explosion) >> radiation levels are extremely high. >> narrator: what went wrong? and will it cripple japan's nuclear program? (speaking japanese) >> pretty soon japan will have essentially no reactors operating. >> narrator: the aftershocks of the meltdown are reverberating around the world. >> the germans are very much afraid of nuclear power. they don't want it. they hate it. >> shut down before the meltdown! >> indian point is right here. >> miles o'brien: right on the fault line. >> narrator: correspondent miles o'brien investigates if america is prepared for a nuclear disaster. >> the likelihood of a fukushima accident happening here is very, very low, but we know it's not impossible. >> narrator: tonight on frontlin"nuclear aftershocks." >> if it can happen to japan, it can happen anywhere. >> frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major funding is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant,

[woman narrator] it's your finances. you want to go to the experts.on tv] cut your payments by 50. we've got all these credit card bills. we've got to find a way to get out from under this debt. we can help. [woman narrator] the national foundation for credit counseling is a non profit organization that has been helping people for sixty years. visit debtadvice.org. >> it's a hobby popular with celebs like dakota fanning, cameron diaz, julia roberts, and even russell crowe. and as emily reports, it's catching on with teens, as well. >> i'm here at lion brand yarn studio where i'll try my hand at a craft that dates back to ancient egypt. let's go inside. it's an explosion of color and an endless supply of inspiration. knitting is where the nimble put their needles and their creativity to the test. what are you working on today? >> today i'm working on a sweater. >> right now i'm working on leg warmers. >> a headband. >> knitting's not just for grandma anymore. >> and what i love about you teen knitters so much is -- is your imagination. i am -- i'm blow

(narrator) never has a woman been more beautifully brutal.'m sorry i can't ask you to come up, but i share my apartment with another girl. a chance encounter becomes a tale of lust, betrayal, and murder. it's only blackmail, baby, when you're dumb enough to get caught. (knocking on door) you will see it all on "scarlet street," universal's terrific suspense drama. if i weren't a gentleman ... "scarlet street" will shock you. it will show you things that you never knew existed. paint me, chris. you've got a date on "scarlet street." they'll be masterpieces. "scarlet street" is a film directed by fritz lang. it's about a middle-aged ... mild-mannered, honest bank clerk. his only pleasure is that on sundays he likes to paint. this life is interrupted by his meeting abruptly with a young woman, kitty, whom he falls in love with. she has this kind of boyfriend/pimp character who encourages her to kind of dry hustle edward g. robinson, to encourage him to think that she's a struggling actress who needs support. edward g. robinson starts stealing th

i killed the animal >> narration: so why did he do it? >> afan: because they give me some soap, some salt and some petrol - because i don't have any - that's why i killed it. >> daljit: afan was paid the equivalent of 40 us dollars- a fortune to him but a measly sum compared to the profit made by the middleman who, in turn, sells the tusks to the traffickers for 25 times that amount. >> joseph: he's given the gun, he goes to kill the elephants; he's given a share so he won't testify against them. >>daljit: and, it's hunters like afan who are generally more easily caught than either the "middlemen" or the other professional traffickers. now afan faces both a fine way beyond his means, and a prison sentence of 3-6 months. when asked if he felt guilty about killing an elephant, it seems there's little room for sentimentality when it's a question of survival. >> afan: it's just that the people asked me to do it, you understand? - that's how i came to do it. >> daljit: but, this time, afan won't pay the price alone. the man suspected of being

(narrator) in january 1973, with box office earnings of over $81 million, "the godfather" became the biggest grossing film of all time. francis and george lucas and steven spielberg did become the dominant force in hollywood for a number of years. and still are the dominant force in hollywood within one way or another. it was a generation that had its finger on some very specific pulse. but i'd differentiate francis from lucas and spielberg who really were just kind of tapped into the american psyche. with spielberg, you see, it was a different thing. he comes from television. and we met in the early 70s. but he was a very different kind of person. when i turned 19, i made a movie in 35-millimeter called, "amblin." and that movie was seen by the then-head of t.v. at universal studios, sid sheinberg, who is now head of the studio. he saw the film, was impressed, asked me to come to his office. and he sort of bedazzled me by offering me this seven-year term contract and attempted to put me to work directing professional television shows. bill, step back this much. (steven spielberg) if

the voice of that narrator doing the voice over there, that was very nice.oice these ads have. what do you make of that, chris? she nicely told us this guy is one of the 1%. >> well, i would say, chris, i don't want it get too in the weeds but i would say it is interesting given what we know about the gender gap, a female narrate or narrator. >> i think it is interesting. >> yeah. >> it is usually a tough sarcastic male voice. >> the one thing i would say about that ad is if the obama team has its way, and if we wined up saying that barack obama got re-elected, it will be because they made that picture, that whole ad just has one single picture from mitt romney's years as bain capital just replayed over and over again. it will be because they made that one picture synonymous with mitt romney in the same way the bush campaign in '04 made the john kerry, the famous picture of him wind surfing synonymous as john kerry. if is synonymous that if he wins, we lose, it is not about who raises your taxes 0r lowers your taxes. it is usually an argument that democrats

more than 400,000 questions >> narrator >> narrato -- forms will be handed out. the information is critical and help the agency address growth needs. >>> those tornados that tore through texas last week came with a very hefty price tag. state emergency management officials say the twisters cost public agencies $17 million so far. that includes damage to roads, bridges and public buildings. that number does not, however, include any private property damage, factor that in and there have been more than $300 million worth of claims filed since the storm. >>> well, we had a brisk afternoon, but is there a warm-up in the works? >> let's hope so. meterologist veronica johnson has the first forecast, what about it? >> yeah, it's looking good for us the next couple days. that does include the weekend, but take a look at this morning, just how low the temperatures were, up to the north in the 30s, frederick county, maryland, howard county, montgomery county starting out at 36 to 34 degrees, frederick down to gaithersburg, 30s, mid and upper 30s to the west. leesburg at 37