we are at the atlantis resort on paradise island in nassau, the bahamas.have been here since tuesday, having the time of our lives. >> picture this. you can be in new york in 31-degree weather. 2 1/2 hours later you land in the bahamas with the palm trees and the sand. it's such a quick flight. i think people think of the bahamas as nassau and a couple of other islands. >> right. but there are 700 of them. >> hello! >> and what i didn't realize is there are 50 international airports with their own customs and everything else. so people are flying in from all over the world. guess how they are getting there. >> brace yourself. >> there has been a merger of two major airlines. and it's on the cover of "bloomberg" magazine. this is how they're getting here. ♪ let's get it on >> that's right. that's what we call the friendly skies. >> all right, you guys. we've had so much fun since we arrived here at the atlantis. i mean, so much fun. there are a lot of water activities. >> and water scares you, really. philosophically you don't like water. >> well, i don't l

only the new york city and nassau, new york, school districts have higher average wages for the teacherse national average for public high school teachers, just over $53,000. >>> let's huddle around the water cooler to witness the all-too-rare presidential bear hug. the president stopped in florida during his bus tour through the state. he was greeted at the door by big apple pizza owner scott van duser, a republican who says he voted for obama in 2008 and will do so again this fall. president obama stopped to admire his physique, and then this happened. >> scott, you are, like, the biggest pizza parlor owner you've ever seen, man. >> you have no idea. >> look at these guns. everybody, look at these guns. if i eat your pizza, will i look like that? >> come on, man. >> look at that. >> man, i am so excited. >> man, are you a power lifter or what? >> the man who says he can bench 350 pounds started washing dishes at that pizzeria when he was 16 eventually becoming the owner. the president made a stop to promote blood donation. he said he voted for president obama in 2008, and after that be

neil: at the convention nassau lot of obama adds running six slate -- six /1. but they did seize the early initiative and but wonder if you are sitting on a lot of cash could you do not hedge your bets to flood the swing states with a lot of advertising? >> the obama campaign has been a mobilizing for a while. mitt romney is still in persuasion territory to convince middle-class voters he has a plan. i was no higher this weekend at the obama is already saying start voting. they are farther ahead. neil: they tried to seize the moment may be that is the good idea but what is the strategy lonesome and a vote early? in 1981 that of 30 now it is one out of three or likely to out of three. what is the strategy? >> to make the closing argument were hit voters the hardest as absentee voting begins. the president is stronger they have done a before. couple sides are doing it and pushing extremely hard and tracking it. this is not one side is doing and the other is not. i would tell you the romney campaign has been slowly ramping up the television advertising. i may have

members of his family and current and former astronauts, nassau's chief, they will be there to honor the first man to walk on the moon. he was 82 when he died in cincinnati. >>> an animal psychiatrist has been hired by the zoo. the reason? he is trying improve. lives of animals. also hiding meat for lions to track it down and also bringing in dirt for and the eaters to -- aunt -- and the east -- ant eaters to build with. they are hoping to make life better for the animals at the zoo. >>> and traffic into the valley looks good, i want to mention a stalled big-rig and it is causing some slow traffic coming in off the bridge and so far it has not made a huge problem, we will keep an eye on that. >>> we are continuing follow probably in menlo park. here is a live picture. this is beechwood elementary school. >>> plus new attacks on the american embassies which happened in yemen and cairo egypt, i will have all the day late details of these breaking news stories coming up. [ female announcer ] every day, there's a new reason not to make a home-cooked meal. work, errands, a greasy bag of d

it will now allow nassau's and never going to houston, texas.asa-taking endeavor over several bay area real landmarks. as many as 1,500 ft. over the bay area bridge. and also, at the moffett field research center at 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. there is even a viewing party at the mountain view with film trucks. here are some other places in the bay area. that you could watch at the lower altitude. the space and science center will be open and the berkeley marina is also a good spot, chrisy field with an weather permitting. and of course mt. tam is expected to circle around the golden gate bridge. it should be good feeling. the endeavor will be down the peninsula. nasa is recommending san mateo, they nature preserve and of course the viewing party at moffett field. with this after 27 missions now retired. this is open to the first 5000 people on friday morning the viewing party at moffett. 8:30-10:00 a.m. hopefully, the shuttle passing the golden gate bridge will be beautiful. >> the u.s. has temporarily closed its consulate in indonesia because of the

a lot of places that -- i was in nassau once and went into a starbucks and they didn't serve the marble loaf that i like because they just don't sell it there in the bahamas. >> a lot of indian restaurants offer vegetarian dishes anyway. i bet it's pretty good. i'd like to try. >>> 11 minutes after 5:00 on this -- wednesday. >> veronica johnson is in storm center4. >> that's right, aaron. you have to know who your client is and cater to them. i know who you are. all right. we're in the mid and upper 70s across the area right now. here's a look at your hometown forecast. 76 degrees, 8:30, suitland, maryland, with showers developing. by noontime, 81. showers and stops around the area, anywhere from the mid to upper 80. still wet at 5:00 p.m. still a chance for rain tomorrow with a little heat. danella? >> veronica, still looking good in our area. if you're traveling in the drit, check for accidents. all looks good if you're making your way around d.c. take a look right now if you're traveling route 50 in maryland from annapolis bridge as you make your way to the beltway. travel lanes are

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and after that he wanted to turn around and become a nassau cop. go into the marine corps and serve his country, and that's where it all started from. and he wanted to do it when he was 17, i was against it, so was his mom. but, you know, at the end after the day, this is what he wanted, he was very persistent about it, that he wanted to serve the country and at the end of the day, we signed the papers and he left two months after he graduated high school. >> so he left, he ends up deployed in helmand province, and his task is to train these local afghans to become security guards. my question is, and you're talking to him on the phone, i'm sure as much as you can, what was your first indication from your son that he was and tell me if this is the right word to use, but just nervous. tell me about the run-in with the afghan he was training. >> he was just doing duty at night, and he was standing guard. and he called me the following day, told me that when it started, maybe around 12:00 at night, that all the gentlemen, the afghani officer was torme

embassy and in the nassau, bahamas, area as well. mr.rles edwards is the acting inspector general of the department of homeland security. he has over 20 years of experience in the federal government and has had a leadership position in at several federal agencies, including the tsa and the u.s. postal service and the united states. we now recognize kelly walther for her testimony. >> chairman miller and the ranking members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to highlight our work. we facilitate policy decisions would screening programs from planning to implementation. as the 9/11 commission pointed out, terror is one of the most powerful weapons we have. today, the environment is multifaceted and is imperative and it is imperative that we employ layers of security. identifying the individuals before they may reach the united states. we recognize there is no one-size-fits-all approach to security. our approach includes coordination with counterterrorism, public security authorities, the private sector, and our state, local,

strong police barricade here at wall and broadway, protesters moved else where, went to pine and nassauthey're calling the people's wall, they stood up, made a barricade around the one-block radius of the new york stock exchange. police said if you're standing up you're eligible to be arrested. text message blast led protesters else where. now the part of the day we're getting to, 99 revolution, sit-ins, in the lobbies of corporations and bank branches and if you take a look at the flyer they're handing out today you can see all the various zones that they're planning to sit in, if you will, brown brothers harriman, new york fed, aig, chase manhattan plaza and ironically u.s. bankruptcy court as well as where they're going right now, but police are there before them, i'm told there are clusters of police at 55 water street at standard & poor's and all of these places already. i guess that's the problem when you lay out where you're going is that the police can be there before you but we're hearing the familiar chants, seeing some familiar faces and definitely feels like even if it's jus

of course, the beverage of choice tang predates nassau.laughter] i do not know why to this day prefer doha if your into spinoffs, every couple years nasa comes off with a space probe is beautifully composed and written. there is one that allows deaf people to here. even good groove pavement. nasa figured out that is a good thing to do. why didn't anybody else? they were not motivated to do so. is somebody said i don't want the shuttle skipping down the runway it does not have propulsion on the runway. you want the stuff to stay straight they care about the shuttle going into space that is the important fact pro but then the paragraph carefully composed talking about showing up in your room at night and removing everything that was inspired directly or interact asian directly by space technology. you would wake up. in a deep state of poverty poverty, technological poverty and then you would get rained on without the accurate weather forecast for i claim this is not even the best reason to do it. dare i say science has never caused governmen

nassau is a wonderful, wonderful person who works for a wonderful principal named dr.other one, mr. spelker, how much can i get in? [ kissing ] we can't buy stocks, but i can suck up to the public school. so you'll be doing this someday. >> i'll start next tuesday. >> it's not beneath you? >> absolutely not. >> to do something like that. >> we'll be talking a lot of teachers names on the air. >> good luck. i think he's watching. >> way to go, scotty. >>> up next, former pennsylvania governor ed rendell is live from the dnc. >>> as we mentioned, september is here, it's time to get back to business, time to get back to school. we'll talk about what you need to watch this week, including a big ecb meeting. mark grant of southwest securities joins us in a moment. stay right here. "squawk" will be right back. >>> comments? questions? send them to @squawkcnbc on twitter. follow the show and look for updates from andrew, becky, joe and the "squawk" staff. "squawk box" on cnbc and on twitter. you won't just find us online, you'll also find us in person, with dedicated support

the center of nassau county, which would've been over there where the roosevelt mall is was known asempstead plains, and hempstead plains was the only naturally occurring prairie east of the alleghenies your it was flat, there were no trees, there were few farms, the grass was soft and spongy. the undercarriages of the planes at those times were very delicate. you landed on that and you know you had to be able to bounce up and down a little otherwise you break and crash. and so, in 1926-1927 when this story takes place there were three airfields which were right next to each other on hempstead plains. there was curtiss field, mitchell field, and roosevelt field. mitchell and curtis were not really available to private flyers to roosevelt was the best kept, the longest and one work even though that's not worth all of them were birthed, that's for all of them took off. this is renÉ fonck. in 1926, renÉ fonck came over from france and said he was going to be the winner in the orteig prize. he was the greatest living face from world war i. he had 75 official kills to his name. remember,

previously worked as special assistant to the assistant secretary of state for consular affairs, in nassau, bahamas and warsaw and poland as well. quharls edwards is the acting inspector general, he has over 20 years experience in the federal government. held leadership positions at several agencies including the transportation security administration, u.s. postal service office of inspector general, and the united states postal service. the chair would recognize miss walter for her opening testimony. >> chairman miller, ranking member cuellar, and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to highlight our work on preventing terrorist travel. i head the screening coordination office where we facilitate -- we are the destination point for screening initiatives as well. as the 9/11 commission pointed out, targeting terrorist travel is one of the most powerful weapons we have to counter terrorist operations. today's environment is complex and multifaceted so it is imperative we employ layers of security throughout the travel continuum, to identify individuals th

the center of nassau county which would have been where roosevelt is was known as the hempstead plains and was the only naturally occurring prairie east of the alleghenies. it was flat, there were no trees, there were few farms, the grass was soft and spongy, the undercarriages of the plans of the times were very delicate, you landed on them and you have to be able to bounce up and down a little bit or the the debris into the crash and in 1926, 1927 when the story takes place there are their fields next to each other there was curtis guild, mitchell field can roosevelt field. mitchell and curtis were not really available to private fliers. roosevelt was the best kept, the longest and the one even though it isn't aware of what burst occurs where they took off. run a cable from france and said he was going to be the winner in the prioress he was the greatest living a set from world war i. he had 75 officials to his name. the red baron had more but he hadn't survived and he was known as the ace of aces and came over to the pulitzer races for to help their he can cause the american consort

indefinite suspension -- it is that indefinite time horizon that would enable people from the non-nassau so they could plan -- term utilization program. being open about the date that we close the station is important. if you look at it, your pants are doing a better job of utilizing the station -- europeans are doing a better job station.rthe they have planned for the long term. they have developed stable long- term communities that looke at the issues. they have basic science research as as well as engineering gone forward. changes eviscerated our community in that field. that happened about 2005 or 2006. we recommend you rebuild that community. nasa has made a good-faith effort to do so. they have created an office in with their limited resources they are trying to rebuild a community that has lost faith that the station will be there for them. that is why the ngo is needed for them to make it easy for them to participate. the long horizon is necessary for them to be secure. the funding that that office has is far less than the funding we used to have. a requirement for the u.s. is fo