. >> the president of the national association of broadcasters, gordon smith. an encore presentation of first ladies. a look at anna harrison, mrs. tyler. and later a discussion about intelligence gathering. span, created by the cable companies in 1979 rout to you as a public service by your television provider. >> this week on "the communicators," gordon smith who is the president of national association of broadcasters. our guest reporter is paul kirby . senator smith, you started at nab nearly four years ago. how has it changed? keep on coming. they tend to be major issues affecting both the radio and television, but it clearly on the radio side the issue of performance rights and performance tax or however you describe at, and ongoing challenge. hopefully, the day will arrive and both the digital platform can't, with a model that actually grows music and works for both. right now, one has an unsustainable business model and the other works for radio. on the other hand, we did to work -- we the to work also. thatu provide a rate simply destroys local radio,

the national association for business economics released a survey today showing that while many economists think that the fed's current policy has been a success, quote, unquote, most don't believe that the fed will start tapering until after the september meeting coming up. only 10% of economists expect

according to the national association of business incubators, the number of incubators have blossomed to more than 1,250 across the country. the association says a start-up success rate is 87 percent after going through the rigorous process. reporting from tampa, florida, i'm jackie keenan, first business news. while many focus on technology, incubators can specialize in everything from the arts to manufacturing. a new test to be taken by some college students will assess them as they leave school. it's in response to employers who've become skeptical of college credentials, inflated grade point averages. and some who flat-out say a high g-p-a is not a barometer for success in the workplace. it's called the collegiate learning assessment, or c-l-a, and will be offered to seniors next spring at about 200 colleges. the exam is being developed by a nonprofit that started in the rand corporation. why consumers are holding back on spending even as gas prices drip down. and later on.why one trader says he's watching the coffee crowd for market clues. thats coming up! consumers are showing s

national basketball association next on the rights docket. any prediction on what happens? >> i think it will good for a lot of money. i think it is one of the last if not the last major leagues that is up for renewal for a long time. i think the big 10 football package is also up. so those two are the next before 2 018. so you've got abc or disney who owns abc and espn. time warner who owns tnt. there are incumbent and people who want to get into the business. fox, the story you just talked about, launching their sports network.

including dan rather, who reported for cbs news and paul delaney, a founding member of the national association of black journalists. >>> plus "the new york times" says espn dropped its partnership with public tv's "front line" when the nfl objected to a documentary about head injuries. does this show the influence sports leagues have over sports journali journalism's biggest player? >>> and are you one of the movie goers that made this the top-grossing film last weekend? >> there he is. what's your name sdm. >> cecil gaines. >> i'm carter wilson, head butler. >> did you know the story of "the butler" began with one reporter's quest for the ultimate white house insider? we'll talk with the "washington post"'s wil haygood about how his reporting helped birth the box office bonanza. i'm eric deggans and this is "reliable sources." on saturday, the national mall hosted thousands commemorating the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. the event, organized in part by activists and msnbc host al sharpton drew intense news coverage as it did 50 years ago, when the reporters on the scene shaped

later, the national governors association closing session with a discussion on cyber security. >> joining us on "newsmakers" is senator patrick leahy. thanks for being with us. >> it is good to the here. >> joining us is mattingly and john bradley. >> thank you for being here. your committee has been at the center of two of the biggest debates this year. as we are heading into the august recess, i would like to know what your personal top priorities are. >> we have several. i've been having a lot of quiet meetings with members of the house, both republicans and democrats. to see if we could have something on the president desk. the way the nsa is scooping up information about americans, i do not think there is enough transparency. i think we can have more with endangering our safety. of they have a better idea how this court works. -- ao wanted to do another number of other new things. if somebody is going to be charged with a crime, whether it is dna evidence or something, does it meet certain standards so we do not have some of the terrible mistakes we have seen in the past? change the

facilities that maintain the national associations, like the ones we will hear from later today, also have access to this information. it is unaffiliated with outliers that dot our nation's landscape of concern. many of these facilities operate in areas where the responders are volunteers do not have the access to specialized training that are necessary to respond to the explosions. i am troubled by the prospect of thousands or maybe tens of thousands of these facilities operated under the radar screen in there used to be a sense of urgency on this issue at all levels. it is essential between osha and dhs and the coast guard and state regulators and there has to be enough information available to identify those facilities that could pose a risk. that information needs to be shared. the next challenge is to ensure that dhs analyzes the facilities that provide information and gao has told us that when it comes to assessing and assigning risk, arguably the most essential aspect of the program is neither reliable or consistent. to that point the blue rhino facility exploded scented fireba

we appreciate your work on behalf of the national governor's association. -- you lead us a great year of productivity and working on many important issues for our nation tps. been a great success. we are glad to be join by our fellow colleagues that joined us here. thank you for coming this morning. i know, i certainly am going take valuable lessons from you, jack, as we continue to move the nga along and have the opportunity this sunday we have a change of relationship. -- leadership. i want to take a moment to thank governorwalker and his wife for a wonderful weekend. we had a great time last night we have some of the colleagues that went down the slide on the burlap sacks. i didn't try it. i had to be prepared to speak this morning. i heard it was a graft great time had at the baseball stadium and certainly a beautiful stadium. absolutely remarkable. the food was great. i think everybody had some hot dogs and french fries and brats and other things that maybe not on our health diet. it was fun to have that kind of food. we are excited to be here in milwaukee. we know we have a trem

according to the national association of realtors what percentage of homes sold within one month nationallyidea. >> 45 percent. seattle has one and a half months of inventory. the average is five. if there is no homes to sell, you're not going to have home sales. >> let's talk about something else. forget about tesla, too because we talked way too much about that stock. let's talk about what john mccain said. if you are thinking about from a market positive, forget the economic data but when the oil attacks is when you probably start to attack this thing. >> have outside kind bar. now that we discussed what happened today let's look at what is coming up tomorrow. sales force.com essentially flat. will they get a boost tomorrow? >> it's going to be huge and volatile. the valuation suggests the stock should go straight down. that's why it has a short interest that's astronomical. if they come in anywhere in line which i think there is a chance that they do, this stock will rally significantly. i don't want to sort of give it away but this becomes a very interesting trade from the long side to

in a few moments on "the communicators" the president of the national association of broadcasters gordon>> host: this week on "the communicators" gordon smith communicators gordon smith who is president and ceo of the national association of broadcasters our guest reporter paul kirby of telecommunications report. senator smith you started at n.a.b. four years ago. how have these issues changed in the four years? >> guest: it seems like the issues just keep on coming and they tend to be very major issues affecting both radio and television but clearly on the radio side the whole issue of performanperforman ce rights, performance tax whatever you want to describe it as is an ongoing challenge and hopefully the day will arrive when both the digital and the -- platform role ,-com,-com ma but the model that works for both. but right now one has an unsustainable business model and the other one works for radio but on the other hand we need it to work or the performance too. if you provide a rate that simply destroys local radio that is a bad thing. we can't stand idly by for that. but a lot of

the national association of realtors reports that the seasonally adjusted annual rate is $5.39 millionnd up 17% from july of last year. on wall street, stocks moved lower on news that the federal reserve is considering an end to its massive bond buying program. the nasdaq fell 13 today. >>> new scrutiny for uc berkeley after female students told state lawmakers that their reports of sexual assault have been buried or rebuffed by university staff. ken wayne -- ken pritchett is live with what these women told lawmakers. ken? >> reporter: these students claim that uc berkeley on numerous occasions failed to properly handle or investigate their claims of sexual assault. uc berkeley students found themselves at the capitol today. a day that ended in celebration. but not before painful and emotional testimony. >> in february 2012, i was sexually assaulted by a student here, who also assaulted three other women. >> reporter: the students say when they reported the sexual assaults to administrators, the university failed to investigate or punish assailants. >> we were discouraged from reportin

national association of realtors said the numbers increased 6.5% to an annualized rate of 5.3 million units. adam: u.s. consumer protection bureau found new problems with mortgage servicing at banks and other financial firms. it said in some cases launched investigations that could lead to enforcement actions. liz: you bf raising their investment target. the firm expected higher gross margins estimates for the lower-priced iphone coming out expected to be called the iphone 5c. the slump follows disappointing earnings be it sales came in lower than sales estimates and the company cut its forecast. liz: white house is deeply concerned on reports from syria. hundreds of people have been killed in a chemical weapons attack by apparently government sources. syrian rebels say 1300 people were killed. adam: and reviewing what happened after a computer glitch at goldman sachs disrupted trading at multiple exchanges yesterday. wall street sources so that glitch could cost goldman $100 million. "after the bell" starts right now. ♪ liz: we were saying earlier as soon as the fed minutes came out,

we have the chief economist from the national association of manufacturers.d, thanks for being with us. obviously a lot of the goods that eric will sell, some of them are not made in america. so the drop in durable goods is not just a reflection on manufacturing, and this is an industry that has shown remarkable strength at times as this economic recovery has been going on. so give me your sense of this. >> we have seen a renaissance in manufacturing since the end of the recession. we have added about 500,000 workers. i mean just last week we had a study that said that u.s. manufacturing is going to be much more competitive over the next decade, and that's definitely one of those trends that you continue to hear more about. >> but competitiveness can be a code word for meaning you can make more stuff per hour worked. so a manufacturing resurgence has not meant a manufacturing job return. >> as i said we have added 500,000 workers in the sector over all, and you are continuing to see much more investment in the u.s. in terms of dollars, but also as a result of

data from the national association of realtors shows housing affordability fell for the fifth straight month also higher interest rates. if you get a call from somebody saying that they are a cut or tax collector. usa today reports and a growing scandal that callers are pretending to be police and threatening people with arrest if they do not pay their debt. >> that is the latest in business. >>what a treat. he has sold millions of albums. tomorrow catch him at north halstead. >>thank you for being here. >>we are so honored to having you here. so good to have you back. you were the youngest solo artist to have 4 top 40 hits. >>i went and played with musicians and stuff. >>did you realize the enormity? >>initially it was like 7 years that went into it. all fo a sudden it hit me. >>this is crazy i have 3 albums out i have done 5 tours and i'm 12. >>the new ep we are going to hear right now. a whole new album coming next year. >>thank you for being here. [music] [music] small planes struck at least one house. this happened just before 1130 east coast time. witnesses say a woman who lived

board, ladies and gentlemen, i am amos brown, president of the san francisco branch of the national association for the advancement of colored people. for us colored comes in all colors. naacp is an all-inclusive civil rights advocacy organization. madam chair, i wish to thank you from the bottom of my heart for permitting me to come and address the board this evening. i stand within the portals of the observance of the 50th anniversary of the march on washington which took place august 28th, 1963. i was there in the crowd, leading a delegation of over 50 students from my alma mater, morehouse college when i was a student there. martin luther king, jr., was my mentor and jail mate. he taught only one class in his lifetime, and that was at morehouse the semesters of 1961, '62, a seminar in social philosophy. when sat at his feet, one thing that impressed me most about his lectures was one concept that was advanced by dr. black man at boston university, of personalism. that idea that all persons in this crusted earth are important, are endued with worth and dignity. and in a government of civil s

according to zillow, 30 year fixed rate is averaging 4.52 percent with new numbers today from the national association of realtors are expected to show home sales were up in july. the dow jones industrial average dropped agains thering seven points but stocked ended up with s&p rising. >> david beckham is doing the second best thing, model in his underwear, the former soccer star will be part of a new ad campaign for h&m. >> covering santa clara, san francisco, east bay and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> 4:40. a mild morning out there, low fire danger this morning, but it will pick up again later on this afternoon and mike will also tell you how it is look outside and when the red flag danger will end. >> new details this morning involving james dimaggio the man accused kid kidnapping a san diego teen the dimaggio family is requesting d.n.a. samples from 16-year-old hannah anderson. they think dimaggio killed her mother and brother and set the bodies and home on fire before taking off for the wilderness with hannah and died in a shootout with the f.b.i. she was returnd to her father. a spokes

the survey conducted by the national association of economics finds that nearly half the experts surveyed cited budget gaps expected in the 2020s and the 2030s as the top financial program compared with 37%, who said the projected deficits over the next ten years are more of a concern. >>> another possible challenge to the economy, fears about a slowdown in the housing recovery. during the worst of the foreclosure crisis investors, many of them big money hedge funds swooped in to buy up thousands of properties, which pushed prices higher than anyone expected. that helped jump start the housing turnaround. now there are signs that those same investors may be pulling back. diana olick explains what that may mean for the housing market. >> when we visited atlanta based american home earlier this year, the ceo was buying and rehabbing foreclosures at a fast clip. >> we own 2500 homes in atlanta, charlotte, nashville, orlando and tampa. >> today he says he's still buying, but he admits some investors are pulling back. undergoing a digest onperiod after exponential growth. >> that means maybe a

new numbers out from the national association of realtors are expected to show home sales were up in july. the dow dropped fifth straight day losing 7 points. the nasdaq and s&p both rose. >>> a new electric car creating a lot of buzz because of safety features. it earned a rare perfect score from the national highway traffic safety administration. get this the roof was so strong it broke the test machine. >>> and now that he's retired from soccer david beckham is modeling underwear. he will be part of an an ad campaign of h&m. that's america's money. make if t a great day. >>> as you get ready to head back to school, consider helping those who might need a little bit for the school year. abc2 has teamed up with the preston mitch up school drive. it wraps up on the 22nd. we've got a number of donation sites in nearly every neighborhood so check out where you can help and where you can drop off school supplies and show your generosity. head to abc2.com/schoolsupplies. [ man ] launch sequence initiated. [ beep ] 15 seconds and counting. [ male announcer ] at kfc we have one mission. an

the national association of realtors says home sales since july of last year are up more than 17%.and according to online residential real estate site, trulia, home prices in that time have gone up an average of 7%.---partly because developers have not been able to match the spike in demand. "new construction is a long lead-time thing. you can't have instant demand met by instant housing. you have to get lending, then land, then build. it takes a little while." further fueling the home sales spike, rents have increased in the past year 3.9% nationwide. five and a half percent in boston, one of the least affordable rental markets in the country along with new york, miami, l-a and san francisco. developers seeking to capitalize on the hot rental market and potential for condo conversions are building for both. "what we're seeing are rentals that are'condoliscious,' my word for nice finishes that are easy to make the switch over." in seattle, the rental market's so hot developers will have built 12-thousand new rental units by the end of the year. in portland, oregon, 4,000 by year's end

and the national association of realtors say that's a 17% increase from the same month last year.e fed believes the housing market is the primary reason the economy will grow later this year. >>> and google could kick off a new era on the internet. the web giant has been meeting with nfl officials and may be talking about taking over the league's sunday ticket which gives fans access to out of market games. directv currently has rights to the subscription service but their deal ends in 2014. anne-marie? >> should be interesting. marlie hall here in new york. thank you, marlie. >>> straight ahead, your thursday morning weather, and the 600 pound fish on the end of this fisherman's hook can cause acid erosion. uice...tom. the enamel starts to wear down. and you can't grow your enamel back. my dentist recommended that i use pronamel. because it helps to strengthen the enamel that you have. and i believe it's doing a good job. with diabetes, it's tough to keep life balanced. i don't always have time to eat like i should. and the more i focus on everything else, the less time i have to

in phoenix, home prices are up 21% compared to a year ago.ken fears an economist at the national association of realtors says the issue this time could be a case of "phantom demand" "what we saw between 2003 and 2006 was a credit bubble. people buying who didn't necessarily or couldn't sustain those mortgages, so that was the source of phantom demand. now the concern is are the investors creating phantom demand? and will they, in the next 3 to 5 years, start selling?" nationwide, home prices rose 12% compared to last year. the housing recovery helped home depot pound out one of it's most profitable quarters...the home improvement chain reported earnings and outlook that topped wall street's view of the ongoing surge in home sales...despite nailing its earnings report the stock fell ---best buy also topped estimates the stock soared 13% jcp reported another big loss-- but it was not as bad as investors had feared. that stock rallied----closing a penny above 14-dollars. the chairman of book seller barnes and noble is withdrawing his plan to buy the chain. leonard riggio first mentioned plans t

the national association of realtors say it is the second straight month.fell for a third straight week. community involvement and even who is better dressed, all factors considered by some employers. that is the latest from the fox business network. giving you the power to prosper. ♪ connell: walmart announcing it will extend health insurance benefits to domestic partners. that will begin in 2014. it will offer the change in all 50 states. it will offer the change lagarde list. the announcement part of the change updated. walmart 7258. the roads will be a bit more pack for this weekend. 2.6% increase from where we were last year. highest in four years. over 34 billion people will travel 50 miles or more from home. 8% will fly. 7% bus or boat. the others will drive. that is our cue to bring jeff flock in. jeff: toyota has always been low profile on the u.s. market. not anymore. fort taking them on in a big way. i am driving. does it look like i am on the wrong side? this car is sold in japan, largely. all of the 22 different hybrids, vans, suvs, all differe

i'm with the national school boards association. words are important.strikes me around common core, i hear a lot of confusion really about standards and curriculum. a lot of people use these terms interchangeably and we know that's not right. i am really struck by the results. the public asked about the elements in the common core and it suggests that words are a problem there so why would be interested in your reaction and if i could just sort of take that same thought and change subjects just a little bit, i wonder what the results are on charter schools, to what extent the public really understands what charter schools are and with that level of comfort about how they operate in how they are funded and so forth. >> a quick comment on the charter school one. i found a really interesting. there was one finding that they believe the quality of education in a charter school is higher than the quality of education and regular public schools and i really thought about that last night. did it feet off the question before that talked about the question that

financial institutions and the tax code so in response we see fred bakker jr president of the national association of federal credit unions and he said regarding this attempt to remove their tax exemption he said the tax exemption is crucial to credit unions which by law can't raise capital through public stock offerings the way that banks can the have to convert to banks which is what the banks want then they'd have for lack of a better term a monopoly right up you know since teddy roosevelt's day of course they have something called the federal reserve bank the federal reserve bank there's ben bernanke. the federal reserve bank so then j.p. morgan the federal reserve bank ramey institution places and think they merged and oh oh my god there went the credit union oh my god there once somebody is home oh my god there was somebody whose job there was the american economy oh my god you mean the cold product you made. a lot of you know you just prove it all day long that's true isn't fact i'm no good. so now they want to remove they want to create basically a trust you have to participate in the trus

financial institutions in the tax code so in response we see fred bakker jr president of the national association of federal credit unions and he said regarding this attempt to remove their tax exemption he said the tax exemption is crucial to credit unions which by law can't raise capital through public stock offerings the way that banks can they'll have to convert to banks which is what the banks want then they'd have for lack of a better term a monopoly up you know since teddy roosevelt's day of course they have something called the federal reserve bank the federal reserve bank years ben bernanke. the federal reserve bank so then j.p. morgan the federal reserve bank which is usually less efficient because they merged and. oh oh my god there went the credit union oh my god there once somebody is home oh my god there was somebody whose job there was the american economy oh my god you moved goal prolog you made. a lot of you may just prove it all day long that's true . isn't fer no good. so now they want to remove they want to create basically a trust you have to participate in the trust especial

joining us w with his helicon the broader economy the chief economist for the national association of manufacturers. u.s. has been in the news lately with better than expected gdp on second quarter showing a surprisingly strong upward revision because of growing exports. ionize signal for u.s. manufacturers. can you expand? >> in general they have had a disappointing year with industrial production is not what we wted it to be or hiring is not the same. exports manufacturers talk about the demand of overall sales that we had good numbers in june for exports really helped with the gdp numbers yesterday that was a largeart why i was not 1.seven growth a 2.seven. lori: what industries are demanding this? >> anything with the durable-goods drive during on dash machinery driving overall goods and airspace but the fact u.s. seeing canada is really helping to drive investment in theest especially in areas like chemicals and fertilizer we have already seen the enormous investment already taking place that will pay dividends down the line. >> will this growth lead to a new job creation? >> the

new numbers out today from the national association of realtors are expected to show that home sales were up in july. >>> meantime, the news hasn't been positive this week on wall street. the dow dropped for the fifth-straight day tuesday. at the start of the month, the dow hit an all-time high. now, it is down 4% from its peak. >>> a new electric car generating quite a buzz over its perfect safety record. tesla says its model s has earned the highest crash test rating ever tested by federal regulators. believe it or not, the car's roof was so strong, it broke the test machine. >>> and sony will release its new playstation 4 on november 15th. the price tag on the game console will be $399. the company says it's already sold more than 1 million ps-4s during a presale. there will be over 30 games available to play on it before the end of the holiday season. >>> and attention, ladies. and david beckham is out with a brand-new ad campaign. the now-retired soccer star is in a locker room, modeling boxers, briefs and some other clothing. it's all part of a new promotional campaign for beck

of a carbon tax, and there are a lot of good studies out there, but again i go back to the national association of manufacturers, very respected national organization, people that stand up for american jobs, the report they did, titled economic outcomes of the u.s. carbon tax, are devastating. and clearly the administration wants to do this but if it's such a good idea, bring the idea to congress. bring it through the house. bring it through the senate. they could get their floor leaders in the senate to bring it up tomorrow. but they don't want this kind of scrutiny. just the other day the president was in tennessee brappinging about all these new jobs -- brag being all these new jobs plans he has and while he was doing it ironically, in another state, his new e.p.a. administrator was talking about climate change and in fact she called climate change the opportunity of a lifetime. that was her quote. and the e.p.a. would continue to impose regulations, despite what we think here in congress. that's not the way the legislative process works. that's not the system of government our great founder

the national association of realtors will exist -- release home sale numbers for july. ey are expected to increase. june.ales fell in existing homes have diggers show completed transit -- figures show completed transactions on single-family homes, townhomes, and condominiums. >> now your insta weather plus forecast with meteorologist tony pann. >> our weather pattern has changed and that means the jet pattern has moved. you can see cooler temperatures across the upper midwest. you have warmer temperatures in the eastern half of the country, under a bridge in the jstream -- range in the jetstream. this will stay with us through the weekend. we will then get rid of the humidity and some of the heat. it will get under. -- better. 83 at the airport. 82 in westminster. the way it feels -- the reason it feels oppressive is because the dew points have jumped close to 70. it is 75 in annapolis, 73 in westminster, and you are starting to see cloud cover develop in that humidity. so far, there has been no precipitation around baltimore. that might change. you can already see acti

john verga, president-elect of the national association of government communicators. starting with carolyn, let's see what you have to say about the subject. >> i want to tell you about a couple surveys i conducted this year and the previous year that are relevant to that topic. reporters to cover all federal agencies in washington. respondents for margin of error of about 7%. i surveyed current and former members of the national association of government communicators. i bet 150 four responses with a margin of error of about 4.3%. 154 responses, with a margin of error about 4.3%. focused on the interview process. i want to talk about preapproval and routing. believe they have a better idea than reporters about who in their agency would be the best person to give an interview on a given topic. three quarters of journalists reported that they had to get approval before they could interview an agency employee. out of 10 reporters say that their requests for interviews were forwarded to pao's. that is the interviewing process. half reporters said that they were prohibite

home prices ought not so largest gain in seven and a ha years at from a new report of the national association of realtors but the sharp jump of sales will level also where are we headed? so now into the direction of the housing market the ceo of quicken those that is the third biggest lender in the country in the biggest on-line lender. great to have you here. write-offs about where are the rates headed? you said it would site now we have seen that so where do ty go from here? >> it is a great question i wish i knew definitively but it has made statements causing rates to go up a little bit based on e tapering measures. if it continues to buy the bond i thought it could still be -- stabilise as part of the ethics dray. there will be a little volatility by unc those rates may be they edged up over the next x nths. gerri: did the fed paul gold the taper talk? >> it is hard to say that. any time it telegraphs what they might do it will cause the market place that could be irrational react. the process keeps rates artificially low so if they start stepping away from that it would cause them to be