national guard. an automatic five under million dollars goes into effect in january unless congress changes the law. -- an automatic $500 million goes into effect. michelle obama will be joining president obama on the campaign trail today. we'll have live coverage of today's stop in dubuque, iowa. the president travels to davenport and we will have that live, as well. the republican party has released more details about their convention at the end of august. the first day will be the longest with the convicted gaveling in at 2:00 p.m. eastern and lasting through the evening and wrapping up around 11:00 p.m. we will have live coverage of every minute of the republican and democratic conventions here on c-span. >> now the soviet bear may be gone but there are still wolves in the woods and we saw that when saddam hussein invaded kuwait. the mideast might have become a nuclear powder keg. our energy supplies held hostage. what was necessary. we destroyed a threat, freed a people, and locked a tyrant in t

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> coming up, they look at personal liberties and gun rights. here is a brief look. >> basic liberties barbouare crg all around us. first, he went after restaurants. there are also people whose blood pressure does not spike if they eat too much sodium. people who are allowed to have access to a salt shaker without supervision. who is bloomberg to tell us what to put on our feet anyway? if you are on a major dose of hypertension drug and you make at margarita classes, you are a moron. but being a more honest with a modicum of freedom beats the hell out of letting some know at all to create interest plan act, which is what they're trying to do. >> that was some of the event looking at personal liberties and cut in rates. all that tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> which is more important, wealth or honor? >> honor. >> it is the kind of nation we are. whether we possess the wit and determination to deal with the questions, including economic questions, but not limited

it is the kind of nation we are.'s whether we still possess the weight and determination to deal with economic questions, but certainly not limited to fans. all things do not overwhelm their poverty. i know this firsthand and so do you. all things grow from doing what is right. >> look at what is happening. we have the lowest design rates of unemployment and inflation and home mortgages in 28 years. [cheers and applause] 10 million new jobs, over half of them high wage jobs. getting the raise they deserve with the minimum-wage law. >> c. stennis aired every minute of every major party convention 1994 and now lead the countdown to this years inspirit watch her live gavel to gavel coverage every minute of the republican national conventions. c-span, c-span radio streamed online at c-span.org. all starting monday, august 27. this economical to these afterwords, and their book, who's counting, john fund and confines bukovsky of the heritage foundation is a very serious problems with fraud in the u.s. elections system. >>

we have witnessed the spirit of nationalism give birth to the independence of one dozen nations in the years, and within the last five years, we have seen the enormous revival of rights. now, i do not pretend to you that a rebirth of that. to which lies within the word of america -- spirit which lies within the word america will cure all of our else, but it might resurrect conscience, away from thought. it might make us recall the rights and ideals of our people. it might stimulate a new enterprise in the tens of thousands of our youth who are in fear of the future, seeking refuge in the bureaucracies of industry and government. a revival of the meaning of the word america might insist on a revision of our weekend -- weekend courses. it might give support to our defense of freedom. [applause] because i lament the eagles and the dangers which be set us, the evils and dangers which be set us, i would not have you believe that our nation is in decline or fall. the american people have rallied many times in our history to meet greater test than this, and they can be rallied -- tasks than t

she is now one of the nation's manager dressage competitors, ranked 15th in her class in the nation. she is in great health, and her support is critical to anything i do. 2006 interview. how would you describe her? >> she flew down on the airplane today, as the romney campaign made its way to tampa. her husband is coming in to the moral support as she gets her speech tonight. by all accounts, she is very likable, very warm up. the campaign is try to bring her out to bring a more human story for mitt romney, who's like ability rating is much less than president obama's. she tells a different story. she describes him as a human, as a husband, a father, not as a businessman, and in recent interviews she has talked about trips to costco. discussion about her elm this is what you have seen as a recurring theme in. and number of profiles have been done over the last few days. romney is portrayed as somebody who has never known hardship. extremely wealthy. her illness is something he and all five boys have talked about as being difficult on then. she is in very good shape now, but it was no

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] is not a first. prior to that it was the person it outside the capital since 1819 after the fire was completed. have a good rest of the day. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., august 7, 2012. i hereby appoint the honorable mac thornberry to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend dr. alan keernan, office of the senate chaplain, washington, d.c. the chaplain: mighty god, our redeemer, protecter, healer, we come today believing that you hear the whispers of our heart and long to see your plans to prosper us and not to harm us. we thank you for the opportunity to serve you and our nation here on capitol hill. during this summer recess, may all the members of this house, their families and staffs be

founding fathers wrote the second amendment it was to protect the nation. rewind back to the early days of america even after the british were beaten back in the revolutionary war there was still tremendous fear that america was vulnerable to attack it could be the spanish coming up from florida louisiana or the french or the british again coming down from canada or anybody coming across the oceans and most of our founding fathers also had an enormous fear of standing armies during times of peace internal problems after all thousands of years of history showed them the great nations that kept a standing army during times of peace were very often taken down by that very same army in a military coup thomas jefferson wrote extensively on this even threatening to blow up the constitutional convention since since the constitution the early version didn't include a protection from standing armies as jefferson wrote to james madison in seven hundred eighty seven i do not like in the new federal constitution the omission of a bill of rights providing clearly protec

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] group >> mitt romney and his vice presidential running mate will hold a town hall meeting tomorrow in new hampshire. this is mitt romney's 100 town hall since running for president and the first time paul ryan has been in new hampshire since 2010. our coverage begins at 10:35 a.m. eastern europhere on c- span. >> every four years the rnc adopt a platform. it is the official statement of the party's position on the issue. they draft recommendations by approval for delegates. let coverage begins tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. eastern. we will have that on c-span. >> tonight, washington post columnist walter pincus talks about his extravagant spending overseas and his criticism of the defense department. >> they have a facility which is about 40 people. it has separate rooms for everybody. if you spend $4 million on an elementary school, it would raise a question. >> more on walter pincus tonight at 8:00. >> with the medicare debate front and center, we will continue this conversation

sprung from many sources, a nation 130 million strong, a nation stretching 3000 miles from east to west. and all the greatest centers of its civilization is a homogenous whole. for not only do we speak one language, not only are the customs and habits over people essentially similar in every part of the country, but we had given repeated proof on many occasions and especially in recent years that we are willing to forgo exceptional advantage were such advantage can only be obtained by one part of the country at the expense of the country as a whole. because the nation shared common belief, common culture and common interests within, some groups would be granted by the president temporary political primacy. others would be legitimately denied their claims on government and other claims could be deferred, while others were deflected. most importantly the roosevelt administration was marked by its enormous efforts of political inclusion. these efforts were most clear in his willingness to offer assistance to the poor, differing sharply from previous practice. roosevelt treated all the poor

or other nations in the world.nd to protect ourselves to protect our seedlings to respond to humid tear crisis and have a missile defense and list goes on and on in various challenges our military has. in my view, requires an annual budget of 4 percent of gdp. right now we're 3.8% of our gdp. total spending is about 20% of the gdp. we're saying the defense budget ought to be 20%. there are a lot of percentage. i apologize for taking that course. i think sometimes we say, gosh, we're spending so much more than any other nation in the world. why should we be sp spending any more on the military? they spend far less than we do. as you go behind the numbers and find they don't report all of their military spending and their cost, for instance, of standing up an army they have con sings, not a paid voluntary arm army. their costs are lower. china is not spending at 10% the level at the united states but something close the level of half the united states. if we were paying with the same, cost, if you will for the variou

if the nationals make it to the playoffs. this tuesday we spoke with fans who were stranded when the nationals game against the braves ended well after midnight. that passed metros closing time. during a recent meeting, the nationals ask the city of d.c. to help with additional police, with street closures, and with concessions stands. d.c. city council member tommy wells says other sports teams like the washington capitals before the extended metro and so should the nationals. >> they pay for the transit. i would expect the nationals to do the same. this should not be any controversy. i don't understand why the nationals don't pay what they need to. >> it would cost $29,500 to keep metro running late. that per hour. >> it is. >> 59 degrees greg. new details in the nude photo scandal involving prince harry. which british >> friday morning. we just got the latest from the national hurricane center on tropical storm isaac. maximum sustained winds at 45 miles an hour. 1,100 miles from tampa, florida. it is tracking to the west a

resort at national harbor. proceeds will benefit the american red cross. if you don't have weekend plans, go check it out. >> it's going to be warm. >> it will be hot. i will be there live tomorrow for the noon show. we will talk about our forecast, the change in temperatures, and the leftovers from isaac. it's going to be another beautiful day today. comfortable this morning. low humidity with bright sunshine. tomorrow, we will crank up the heat. right now we are in the '60s to near 70 downtown. 88 this afternoon for the high temperature with mostly sunny skies. but that the rainfall totals for mississippi and louisiana in orleans almost a foot of rain. in tecameron, louisiana, 19 inches of rain. the slow-moving tropical storm is dumping so much rainfall and causing flooding. it brings much-needed rain to a very drought-stricken midsection of the country and parts of bill hybla valley. by sunday monday, and tuesday it will throw a few showers are way. not a continuous rain or a washout, just areas of rain off

nation nation is something that u.s.ials didn't think should happen or helpful for moon to attend now that he is same u.s. officials are callog the secretary general to have pretty forth right discussions with the iranian regime. >> if he is to go to the very strong and clear on all of the areas of concern that the international community has with iran, this includes obviously its need to abide by the nonproliferation obligation and ongoing support for terrorism and disregard for human rights inside of iran. >>une -- un officials say the secretary general see says this to push for diplomatic solutions to all of the problems between iran and the west, shep. >> johnathon hunt on the stand off with iran. we expected the national hurricane center seven o'clock p.m. update to come in early and it just happened . we'll go to the fox weather center next. stay tuned. (sirens) (train horn) ♪ vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. update now on fox top store stors

this is not who we are as nation. we need to learn this sort of program is a mutual benefit for all of society. we all do better when margaret don't die. if we're going to be the nation our founders envision, we must be held by the decisions we made. this means we each have to have an obligation to contribute building up our society. to do this, merous have each other's back. this is what it means to form a more perfect union. we've taken step towards this vision in the last four years. we have much further to go. all of us participate and contribute according to our ability. with that truth we will know we the people are alive and well. then we would have rereclaimed the soul of our nation. thank you. >> thank you sister. at this time, if there are questions from community members, we would be happy to entertain those questions. anyone? >> thank you so much. it's wonderful to see you. i was taught by the sisters of loretta. the values you enunciated are the democratic party values. thank you so much for being here. o

they built the most powerful nation in the history of the earth. this is a great nation. i love america. we're going to restore american principles. [cheers and applause] [chanting "usa"]. >> this nation... this nation is facing critical challenges because of some choices that have been made, that weren't very good choices. some of those choices were made by republicans, even and a lot by democrats. we spent too much money, we spent money we didn't have. i think it's not just bad economics to do that. i think it is immoral for us to pass on burdens to the next generation. [cheers and applause]. >> and, in this critical time, one of the few that stood up and fought for principles and said, i have ideas to get america back on track is this person, i have chosen to be my running mate... [cheers and applause]. >> his career, his career ambition was not to go to washington. that is not what he wanted to do but he became concerned about what was happening in the country and wanted to get america back on track. and, so he put aside the plans he had for his career and said, i'm g

it is a nation in debt. it is a nation in doubt. it is a nation in decline. or we can choose a better path reapplying those founding principles, reclaim the american idea and get people back to work and get the american idea prosperity and opportunity back on track. and that is exactly what we will do. this is why we need leadership. let me tell you about the man who asked me to join him in this quest. >> you're the man! >> mitt romney -- thank you. [laughter] but me tell you about this man. [cheers and applause] this is a man of faith, a man of honor, in and of family, a man of integrity and achievement -- and a man of family, a man of integrity and achievement. remember the embarrassing scandals? sounds kind of familiar, doesn't it? [laughter] they asked this man in boston to utah and he dropped everything he was doing and served in a dutiful way and he saved us and he made us proud and he revived the olympics in that time. that is leadership. [cheers and applause] it is a man who created literally tens of thousands of jobs. by the way, when people are succ

do thiend the aument at augusta national? >> you know, yes, i actually think this does take it off the table. it certainly you could imagine the conversation about when will there be the next female member of augusta national? when they get to ten, when will there be more black members? there's five, six, seven now. you about i the fact that you have the first is... it means everything. from the standpoint of what augusta national has done today in a public way, unprecedented, i think they are making a huge statent at they ge it. th know theyebeen very slow, incredibly slow in getting this done. they know they've been out of step with the nation. they also know the golf industry has been clamoring for this because women are the growth industry of the sport. as long as you have the stop sign out saying you cannot come into this sport from the most visible of all clubs, that was a huge problem on the economic side. so for free enterprise alone this was a great day for the golf industry to welcome women in. i just think for the

i think it's a great step for augusta national. i think it speaks volumes about the need to have more women not only in the game of golf, which is not exactly, you know, the biggest issue in the nation, but also in the corridors of power which is really what we're talking about when we're talking about augusta national. >> suarez: do we know what precipitated this decision? was augusta national's policy hurting the club or its role as the home of the masters? >> certainly what happened in april with the story of the i.b.m. ceo ginny roam ity not becoming a member of the club at that point, the furor that that created i think stunned augusta national and stunned its chairman billy payne who was the man in charge of the 1996 that olympics which were previously known as the women's olympics. billy payne is a much more moderate leader of augusta national than the other men who have come before him. he was just peppered, blistered with questions. from everyone. and i think it took them by surprise. they realized they had to do something

house of representatives since our nation's founding. without a doubt, she has accomplished many feats and continues to fight for our shared principal values and beliefs. i would like to speak to the other titles, the titles that in my humble opinion speak to the leaders character and patriotism. first and foremost, she's a mother, daughter, grandmother, life, and friend to many. in addition, she's also a role model and mentor to countless men and women throughout her district, calif., our country and at our world. regardless of her complicated and hectic schedule, she still finds time to reach back, to give back, and support young women coming up behind her. she is personal, approachable, and down-to-earth than generous. she says what she means and she means but she says. she is a woman of her word. nancy pelosi has ascended the ranks, attained political power and used it to do good for others. this is what politics is supposed to be about and this is what she is about. she is a true inspiration, a real american hero, and a san francisc

also the solitaire he pushes for foreign nations thing to beat in syria to protect civilians as a person refuses to allow taking action beyond the do our security council. in syria is one of the topics intrude on our songs as a place to interview the whistleblower thomas is no wiki leaks revelations and claims the media's been manipulated over what's happening that. international news live for most go this is all see was me. thanks for joining us the multi-billion trial that heard accusations of greed and desire to stay as well as an occasions of threats signed by dr evil will come to an end in london called in a few hours russian businessman from on the brim of it the billionaire chelsea football club owner and south exiled russian tycoon barry's very self living in the u.k. well here today. is that in london for us this verdict will bring to an end a case that opened up the secret world of the oligarchs with all it entails unimaginable sums of money offshore bank accounts illicit payments luxury cruises and deals done with only a handshake in five star hotels and ski resorts brought to

four-to national's lead. right now it is 6-2 nationals in the seventh inning. a perfect game against the tampa bay raise. 27 up and 27 down. they beat the rays 1-0. the first perfect game in the mariners' history. maryland's starting quarterback c.j. brown has torn his a see l. he will miss the entire season. this is a massive blow to the football program since diet -- danny o'brien left. he started five games last year when he took over for danny o'brien. he rushed for five touchdowns and 574 yards last year. he injured his knee at practice last night running a sweep. the knee just gave away. when i spoke with the head coach he tell me how much brown means to the team. >> c.j. is a young man who is tremendously respected. he is a guy that earns the respect because of the way he works and the way he prepares. the way that he handles himself. >> the redskins were back on the field today and the running back is still not able to play because of a sore achilles tendon. i am told he will miss saturday's's game against the bears. >> it looks like we will see a lot m

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satelliteorp. 2012] blacks here the forum, at the site of the republican -- >> here at the forum, it the site at republican national convention. rnc officials said their priority is safety. although the convention will convene on monday, it will be immediately recessed until tuesday afternoon. vice president biden issued a statement to is expected to be in orlando on tuesday. he believed the statement saying that he heard they will ensure a merchant operations and focus -- emergency operations will focus on those affected by the storm. keynote address will be by chris christie and john painter. mitt romney will cap off the convention. the 1956 republican convention was the first to be held on the west coast. dwight eisenhower was nominated by acclamation as was his vice president richard nixon. here is his acceptance speech in august 1956. >> i should first thank you but i have no words

i'm the national president of the college democrats of america. i can say our home is in the democratic party. i want to speak briefly on the dream act portion of the platform. i want to say that i get to travel across the country and meet with college students and the young people i meet who are dre possess such strong passion, talent and love for this country that it astonishes me each time. i'm about to start law school and the first phone call i received is from a fellow latina student who told me working as a migrant worker to support her family and her dream to be an immigration attorney and support young people like herself. i'm proud to stand with a party that stands with her and proud to continue to organize young americans to support our president and young latinas across the country. thank you. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> it is my pleasure to bring my can he chairwoman to talk aboo- n he chairwoman to talk abo hec world, safer and more secure at home. we are ready to address he final section, so the chair will recognize speake

we can either stay on the current path that we are on, a nation in debt, a nation in doubt, a nationspair, a nation with high unemployment, where we are giving our children a diminished future or we can change this thing and get this country back on the right track. now, historians often point to the key characteristics of a great leader, of a statesman, of the kind of leaders that have changed things around. a person must have a bedrock of principles a moral compass, a vision for their country and an ability to put that vision into place. the man who best embodies those things, the man who has the experience to be that kind of leader we need at this moment is the man standing next to me, his name is mitt romney, and he is going to be the next president of the united states. [ cheers and applause ] you know why? we know who we are. we know what we believe in. we know the principles that built this country and we are going to reapply those principles and get this country back on the right track and leave our kids a better future. [ applause ] when you look at the life this man has led

from the national guard.n "newsmakers," john cornyn talks about where he thinks republicans can pick up senate seats and which vice- presidential candidates and which person he likes for mitt romney. he sees the senate candidates interacting with the romney campaign. you can see the entire interview on sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on c-span. it is also available online at c-span.org. >> do you see some states where it would benefit your candidate to run with mitt romney? >> there would have to be some coordination in terms of voter id and get out the vote efforts. it will benefit the romney campaign and other senate candidates. it is too early to tell about tv advertisements, which you mentioned earlier. that is something i have not heard much about. it is too bad early to tell. >> what advice would you give the romney campaign? many say he is not doing enough to tell his story. what advice would you give to the republican candidate and his campaign? >> governor romney must be doing something right beca

they shed blood in the war for the nation. they have a right to citizenship your and that becomes a very important parallel in the civil rights movement and the right to vote. but fdr didn't ever, as far as i know, there's no evidence that he was at all interested in extending the suffrage. >> i was just curious, because fdr -- >> i don't think he was relatively wealthy. >> the guy was rich. i always kind of wanted to know, a lot of people of his class actually started hating them for the fact -- >> of his class. >> the poor. and what exactly triggered the idea? because he simply could have not cared in a sense. >> sure. >> a lot of other rich american at the time didn't have this humanitarian -- i was always kind of curious what really brought him to be the man he essentially, before he became the greatest of all time really, how did he become this man who was looking, like i said before, the -- >> there are two answers. i'm not a psychologist, i'm a political scientist. one answer a lot of biographers go is there was a combi

as you look around the world to try to understand why some nations are high-growth and some nations are loathe road on a continuum, not just year by year but over 20 or 25 years stands. what you find is that the distinguishing characteristic of bottom versus top poor tile countries and you can see it in the middle quartiles as well, is if you invest in people through education, more primary and secondary and more tertiary, if you invest in research and development and more capital goods, better machines and better tools for the people to work with, there is a perfect correlation between the level of investment in people, machines and knowledge and the growth rate of the country. so the growth does not destroy jobs. it creates rising incomes. in the cyclical setting, how do you ask how do we manage to get out of our current problems? that is a tough one because we have got this horrible european environment of recession that is going to be a drag on us and then howard and i disagree on how rapidly we should take the cure. i am very fearful if we have a 4% of gdp, and we are talking about

back at home, the nation's staggering drought crisis is spreading. on wednesday, more than 200 counties were added to a list of disaster areas covering massive parts of the u.s. and the fallout from weeks of hot, dry weather is going well beyond the farm fields, as nbc's ann thompson reports, it could bring one disaster on top of another. >> reporter: this is america, land of the dry. reservoirs evaporating, rivers barely moving. farmland cracked and poarched b a persistent drought. the u.s. department of agriculture reports almost half of the nation's counties have been declared disasters because of the drought. much of the west, midwest and southeast bathed in red, having endured severe droughts this year. the fear in colorado county texas is potential wildfires, fuelled by the trees killed in last year's drought. >> we very well in rural lands may have lost between 105 million trees. >> it's been so hot in minnesota, even its famous lakes provide little relief. >> we had temperatures pushing 90 degrees in some of our shallow lakes. >> causing fish

the first full day of the republican national convention kicked off on tuesday. house speaker john boehner announced the delegate count. >> i am prepared to announce the results of the roll call. the honorable mitt romney of the state of massachusetts has received 2061 votes. [applause] more than a majority of those votes in title to be cast at this convention. >> controversy erupted on the convention floor when a dispute broke out over whether to seek the delegates of ron paul, with the delegation stormed off the stage, threatening to strip away half of his delegates. supporters also hollered their objections, angered by new rules that they say will make it harder for grassroots candidates to stand a chance in future elections. a dozen activist with code pink were barred from entering a private event tuesday night featuring former secretary of state condoleezza rice. the activists were carrying handcuffs in an attempt to bring up war crimes. john huston has fired two officials who voted to extend early voting in underage county. he had announced all counties wou

we can be a great nation.> dte do what he needed to do? >> i think he delivered an amazing speech. it was exciting to listen to. it was one of the best speeches in 20 years. >> what did you hear tonight? >> everything we hoped to hear. optimism, of plan, religious commitment to freedom in this country going back to the constitution, really going back to the foundation on which this country is built and how to in terms of how we are going to get there. >> finally, will mitt romney get out of tampa, florida? >> i hope so if the news media helps. i do not know why they have turned it around, because what has happened is so positive. it has been so positive, so constructive. i wish the media would report that. >> thank you for joining us. >> here is a brief video clips from governor romney's speech tonight. >> let me make this clear. unlike president obama, i will not raise taxes on the middle class of america. [applause] as president, i will protect the sanctity of life. i will honor the institution of marriage,

could bypass the council to implement the idea western nations are already discussing the future of syria without its current leadership brings us the details from new york. security council remains very much divided over how to deal with the syrian crisis the high level meeting that was taking place in new york focused on the humanitarian circumstances in syria right now and how they continue to exacerbate according to u.n. officials at least two hundred twenty nine thousand syrians have fled the country in the past eighteen months spilling over to neighboring countries turkey has asked the security council to consider setting up refugee camps inside of syria that outside countries would safeguard this is a suggestion that the syrian government say they are very much against russia and china also opposed it saying that it could only create more conflict and violence so clearly you have a very complicated situation here but we did hear western countries address the security council their representatives calling once again for syrian president bashar al assad to step down britain and

and that gave virginia governor bab mcdonnell's national profile a national profile that scuttled any chances he had of being picked as mitt romney's vice president. a washington post column back in february talking about how he fell off the short list for vice president because of the ultrasound fight he got himself into in virginia. assuming that the republican presidential candidate is mitt romney, it would be much harder for him now to tap governor bob mcdonnell as a running mate. they would have to devote time to defending the ultrasound bill. the ultrasound controversy was probably very unhelpful to the calculus that romney will make at the convention. bob mcdonnell in virginia made the mistake of becoming nationally famous for his stance on his state's ultrasound bill. that made him politically untouchable and toxic on the national stage. do you want to know who co-sponsored the national version of the bob mcdonnell forced ultrasound bill? congressman paul ryan of wisconsin. republicans tried this forced ultrasound thing in a lot of states. the only reason it didn't end up goin

this is the 29th national annual national night out. community members come together with police to speak out against drugs and violence. there was a gathering at mondawmin mall. community members gathered to encourage others against a life in crime. >> criminals, when they do not see you, you are looking at them. this is bringing people together and making sure i know these people and they know me and we can work together. >> it is a yearlong event happening in communities all over the country. the 29th national night out happened last night and more events are planned for today. reporting live, jennifer franciotti. back to you. >> thank you. five new speed cameras are going up today and they're all near schools. here is a list of the new cameras. there is one near southwest academy. another near loch raven high school. wise avenue near patapsco high school. >> a former university of maryland pleads guilty. charges against alexander song include a disturbing the peace. he posted online that a plan to kill enough people to make it to na

ats already 89 degrees reagan national airport. for drier looking air, western maryland, oakland, low 70's. doppler radar is quiet and to drive right now. way as wemain that move through the afternoon. here's your travel forecast. no delays expected up and down the east coast. clear skies in dallas. plenty of sunshine in miami. the extended outlook does have some thunderstorms. details in a few minutes. nearly 100 d.c. teachers are today after doing on impacting valuations. the program links teacher pay security with classroom performance and student achievement. the evaluation has drawn criticism. but officials say it has improved. the battle for virginia continues. obama will speak before 8:00 tonight at loudoun county high school. there was a big demand for tickets as they became available earlier this week. rolling street closures are school all around a at 2:30 this afternoon. around the same time president will speak in orlando, the republicans are making rounds. senator marco rubio this stumped for mitt romney. he is rumored

wear strong nation. we're a populous nation. but there are 200 million americans and tw billion people that liven the free world. and i say the time has come for other nations in the free world to bear their fair share of the burden of defending peace and freedom around the world. what i call for is not a new isolationism, it is in which america enlists the allies and friends around the world and those struggles in which their interest is asreat as ours. now to the leaders of the communist world we say, after rear of confrontations, the time has an era of negotiations. superpowers are concerned, there is no acceptable alternative to peaceful negotiations. because this will be a period of negotiations, we shall restore the strength of america so we shall always negotiate from strength and never from weakness. and as we speak peace through negotiations, let our goals be made clear, we do not seek nomination over any other country. we believe deeply in our ideas but we believe they should travel on their own power and in the on the

nationals lose 7-4. lost a 1,000 yard but made a huge with a receiver. lives up to seasons with a touchdown. fiddle to ing second indianapolis. they at tricks. learned in the process is helping him now. >> i try to get the ball. that's part of my game and part of the plan. i just want to get as much yards as i can because i never know going to get the ball again. it my all when i do and be satisfied when it's over. the former team, the overall pick showed why he was the first overall pick. there to donald brown, who the way in. 63 yards. don't even touches him. 7-0 colts. is in the end zone. -yard touchdown. colts' fans were lighting up twitter. colts win. troubles keep piling on for the miami dolphins. wide receiver chad johnson was following his arrest weekend. watching it on "hard knocks" on hbo." knew there was trouble in paradise. is taking a on real-life role. we'll share the news with you coming up. and angelina didn't get but jennifer aniston and her boy friend are making it official. engaged. aniston lic says her proposal. they have been an item

and once things got going, the nationals took off. ian desmond got a first hit, and it was a big one, his 18th home run of the year and the nationals up 4-1. but jordan zimmerman who had the best e.r.a. in the bigs could not hold the lead. jason heyward taking him deep, a two-run shot that ties the game at four. zimmerman went five innings, giving up eight hits. this went all the way to the 13th. chad tracy with runners at the corners, hits one to dan uggla who baubles the ball. danny espinoza scores the game-winning run and the nationals win it 5-4. they now lead the braves by six games in the national league east standings. after the game, tracy talking about that play. >> you know, just being on the bases, it makes people panic. and you know, it seems like ugg didn't get a good handle on it, and once you don't get a good handle on it with a guy like espi running at third, it's no shot. >> i saw him dive, a tough play for him to get up and try to throw me out. but i thought i had a good chance once i saw him dive, i thought i could

"news nation" following g, breaking news. embattled congressman todd akin is not leaving his race for the u.s. senate in missouri despite heated calls from so many within his own party for him to bow out. akin announcing his decision hours before the 5:00 p.m. central deadline which he could have exited the race without penalty. akin's gone on to the mike huckabee radio show. huckabee endorses him early on. this going down in last half hour to make it clear to everyone listening, he's staying put. >> i want to make things absolutely clear and that is, we're going to continue with this race for the u.s. senate. we've given it a lot of thought and the first thing we felt we had to do was we had offended some people and we tried to respond to that and let people know that we didn't mean anybody or to take it anyway, rape, anything less than very, very seriously. >> also this morning, his campaign released an ad called "forgiveness." >> rape is an evil act. i used the wrong words in the wrong way and for that i apologize. >> and

how did that work with the legal nations george. whether the league of nations didn't work because the leading powers in england and france were simply not strong enough to. impose their world order you have a germany and the soviet union were pretty much out of the league of nations and england and france by themselves and the united states was also out of it england france was really too weak to impose a world order but you know. if you don't have a leader then you're not going to get concerted action and you're going to get chaos that's why you need a leader you might not like the united states but you have what you have you know in syria what you. order then disorder georgia when you reply there is yes i agree that there should be order but the only way that you can have all the is by a consensus of the great powers and therefore respecting the rights of the great powers and not to do things that clearly untag and eyes of them and ensure that they will always be in opposition they were united. in order policy go ahead ryan jump

representatives from 42 nations will be at the c inuding u.s. ambassador to japan, john os he tir pson in his position to attend the nagasi aa city near pukuim daiichi will be at the ceremony. sakura ka i a peace ambassador. she spoke about her community since the start of the nuclear crisis. >>ralar:ucarris is not over and the affected areas are sllei devastated. please learn what is happening in fukushima and help us reil >> takano later stood in front ofnasa's mn tintation to collect stu for a petition calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons. she's take that petition to ne,swzeanat this month when she visits the united nations european headquarters withthigscol ambassadors. >>> children born to sou re survivors of the hiroshima and nagasakitoc bombings are joining a new genec sty. itill investigate whether their illnesses are linked to their pant riation exposure. a group of survor o sin is working with a team led by taisei nomura, professor emeritus at osaka ivsi. e studty will analyze blood samples from bomburvo knn hibakusha and the

it's forced a massive national rescue to take place. a national guard rescue in plaquemines parish. this is a live look in st. bernard of another rescue that's taking place there. just look at the water that's amassed there on the street level. damage is visible all over and around the gulf. nearly 500,000 customers are currently without power. now if that wasn't bad enough, forecasters say it could be friday before this storm is truly gone. and there's another tropical storm on the horizon. now for the very latest on the storm track, we want to check in with wnbc meteorologist raphael miranda. explain what we're seeing, where this storm is going to be going because, obviously, the gulf, it's already battered already and doesn't look like it's going anywhere any time soon. >> that's right, thomas. it's all about the slow forward movement of hurricane isaac. again, still a category 1 hurricane. and the storm, as you can see on the radar here, the eye wall has been fighting off the dry air. that's allowed this rain machine to keep going. the engine pulling in all of that tropical mois

there is a larger national register district.dings at that site that are protected and regulated under article 10. those are the three buildings that are under the jurisdiction of this body and historic preservation commission. a certificate of appropriateness is the entitlement required before the issuance of the building permits. the hpc reviewed the proposal to rehabilitate richardson hall, landmark 257, for senior housing and senior services. when issuing a certificate of appropriateness, they must find that the proposed work is compatible with the structure and will protect the character defining features associated with the landmark building. in this case, the landmark designation includes the exterior of the to the buildings and also select interior features. there are two very significant murals on the interior of two of the buildings. after reviewing all the documents on file with planning department, hearing public testimony, and reviewing the final eir, the hpc approved a certificate for the proposed project, determini

as a nation, we liked voting with, or at least we were embarrassed to admit otherwise. that was the consensus. but that was then, now in 2012, that consensus is falling apart. now it's time for "the last wor. now in 2012 that could sense us is falling apart. "first look" is up next. >>> poll position. our new survey shows where the presidential candidates stand as we head to the conventions. >> point of impact. a fatal train collision in utah. and what happens in vegas -- you know the rest. shocking photos as prince harry bares all. good morning. i'm lynn berry. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> we're going to begin this morning with a 4-point lead. with less than a week to go to the start of the political conventions, our new nbc/wall street journal shows president obama holding on to his advantage. if the election were held today, 48% of voters say they would vote for the president while 44% say they would vote for mitt romney. the president beats mitt romney when it comes to who is more likable. by comparison 54% say president obama opinions are in the mainstream. t