record in medieval times, two periods of extremely dry climate in at least, the california and nevada region - fit occurred today would totally reset the way we all sort of think about,hydrology, i think. [inaudible] no. your not listening to what the models are telling us. they are telling us there still is the range of natural variability in precipitation eventhough temperature is changing remarkably. evidently that did not get through. but that's what happens. the characterization of precipitation is not unlike today. not rain verses snow, but the total water volume is still looking a lot like the modern climate. >> let me take a crack at this. it's a great question. its the barrier that a lot of water managers face. on the,pa leo climate, side the the past will help me deal with floods and droughts properly deal with them. if we had a better since of this from tree rings in the 1920s we would probably make different assumptions on the colorado rivers. maybe we would not but it was information we did not have about climate that would have changed potentially a decision that water manager'

the four corner region. nevada is nice. on the warm side in arizona and much of california. the radar, isn't a lot of rain on here. boise had showers overnight. moving down 84 around twin falls, a chance of showers and also idaho falls. forecast for today, it's going to be cool start. in the 40s now. that means later this afternoon, it's not going to be all that warm. especially if we don't get a lot of sunshine. only upper 50s to low 60s today from seattle southwards down the sound into the portland area. look like california, this is the return air from the warm side of the high. that looks like nice in vegas, phoenix, paul spring, sacramento all the way into san francisco should enjoy a gr coast. interior areas easily into the upper 70s and 80s. >>> look at your tuesday forecast coming up. >> all right, bill. we look forward to it. thanks. >>> traders await the next step from the fed. the dollar feels the heat, and at what age do people get grumpy? your early morning business helines are straight ahead. >>> plus, did katherine heigl's new romantic comedy live up to the bo

a tough region where nevada is number one in bankruptcicies in the country, number one in unemployment and number one in a lot of economic indicators that are certainly not good. and harry reid being a long-standing member of the senate i have to say what is a ferocious anti-incumbent. the president has had huge rallies along the way in seattle and portland yesterday on the campus of the university of southern california, some 3,700 we are told by campus police there. the number given to us by the democratic national committee. they are eager to let us know how bad the crowd are by details. >> he's talking on college campuses and is building a fire wall. patty murray is in serious trouble. ditto for barbara boxer and harry reid here. if they can keep the three seats, keep the democratic control because they are going to lose a lot of other seats around the country. republicans need a net gain of 10 to win control of the senate. the house at this point is pretty far gone. the president does continue now to minnesota where he'll campaign for the gubernatorial candidate mark dayton later

regional basis. every person in nevada shares those problems. the work community comes from a latin word which means "shared by all." i think we need to focus on solving problems. that is why i put forward a plan the size of a small novel on the economy, on jobs, on education. my plan will make our state better for anyone no matter where they live. >> be believe clark county pays a disproportionate share of taxes? >> one of the things we need to consider is fairness. we will look at that. >> mr. sandoval? >> that is something we have to look at. we have to be fair. i have had the opportunity to do visit -- to visit communities due out nevada. we have to do something. nine counties lead the united states in unemployment. the next governor has to focus on helping each and every nevada citizen get a job. we need to bring renewable products to the state of nevada. we need to bring technology and manufacturing to the state of nevada. i will continue as governor to work every day to bring jobs to the state. >> it is interesting. we talked to dick regi

>> the first thing we need to recognize, nevada has different regions. the north, we have the south, urban and rural. the problems are the same. you can't have a quality life if you don't have a job. there are way too many foreclosures. our education system is woefully inadequate. we can't address those problems on a regional basis. now that it is a community. that word comes from a latin word that means "shared by all." rather than pick a region and talk about how that region may be prejudiced to another, i think we need to focus on solving problems, which is why i put forward plans that are the size of a small novel on the economy, jobs, education, and those plants will make our state better for anyone wherever they live. >> you don't believe clark county pays a disproportionate amount of taxes? >> i think the thing we need to focus on is a solution to the problem. >> if there is a disproportionate funding paid by clark county, then yes, that is something we have to look at. we have to be fair. i have had the opportunity to look at many places in nevad

. >> reporter: to be sure, there are still vast regional differences in the housing market. if you live in florida, nevada, arizona and parts of california, experts say you could be waiting years for a recovery. suzanne pratt, "nightly business report," new york. >> susie: here are the stories in tonight's n.b.r. newswheel: a weak dollar helped stocks move higher. the dow rose 31 points, the nasdaq added 11 and the s&p 500 up 2.5. trading volume picked up, with over a billion shares moving here at the big board and 1.7 billion on the nasdaq. the obama administration unveiled the first-ever fuel efficiency standards for big trucks. the new standard isn't miles per gallon, but cutting greenhouse gas emissions. the rules affect every kind of truck, from delivery vans to tractor trailers. and the new head of b.p. blames the media, lawmakers and even rival oil companies for escalating the oil spill crisis in the gulf of mexico. c.e.o. bob dudley said "some in our industry" joined the clamor against b.p. before the facts came out of any investigation. >> susie: still ahead, ikea. the blue and yellow retailer is

regional basis. every nevadan shares those problems. nevada is a community. the word "community" comes from a latin word that means shared by all. we have to share those problems, so rather than pick a region and talk about how that region might be presentlied as to another, i think we need to focus on solving problems which is why i put forward plans that are the size of a small marble on the economy, on jobs, on education, and those plans will make our state better for anyone wherever they live. >> so real quickly, you don't believe that clark county pay as disproportionate share of taxes? >> i think that the thing we need to focus on, mitch, is solutions to problem. and one of the things we need to consider is fairness and we'll look at that. >> mr. sandoval? >> if there's a disproportionate funding that is paid by clark county, then yes, that's something we have to look at. we have to be fair. we have a great state and i've had an opportunity to visit communities throughout nevada. win macha, eli, eureka, sparks, reno, smith valley, very to do something --

region. and interacting with that humid air from the pacific we are going to find our severe thunderstorms, large hail and perhaps tornado breakouts. if you are in the area such as utah, arizona, nevada and southern california, you should keep updated with your local weather reports. rather chillyn the southeast. 19 degrees. but it will be mild again in denver and also up near winnipeg. the weather has made its way into central portions. strong winds really affecting germany today. lots of heavy rain and thunderstorms expected to affect the alpine region and italy. that system will be heading into the balkans as well. quite stormy up towards norway. windy conditions and that rain is likely to linger over the next few days and the british isles, too, contending with wet and windy weather but hopefully that heavy rain will start to weaken off on tuesday although the winds will stay rather on the strong side. 18 degrees in london with light rain. light rain also for paris, looking quite mild in berlin. 17 degrees for your daytime high. now here is your extended forecast. >>> taking a look at our top story once again. naoto kan and wen jiabao have agreed to mend bilateral ties that deter

region there. normally the monsoonal type flow is over by now. this is extended up to lake mede and nevada pretty good showers there, and there were even thunderstorm watches for a time. a week ago, it was 113 in los angeles. today, it was 65 and raining. that 113 was the hottest temperature they ever saw. note the rains east and west of us in the big open area in between with a dozen states, and that includes much of the chicago area away from the lake under frost advisories tonight, as you can see here. areas closest to the lake can expect enough air movement mixing not to see any frost formation, but you can see how clear it is and, of course, that clear sky allows the heat to radiate out into space. onto heat and acts like a blanket. we don't have that tonight. this is an omega block, so called because the orientation of the jet stream is a big wavy jet stream, sets up the physics in the atmosphere to keep everything moving kind of slowly. so you have a cool wet pool of air over eastern us, one out west. this could dump up to 10 inches of snow in california and the east coast doesn't n

in places like nevada, colorado, ohio, michigan, florida, it's going to make a big difference in statewide elections. wars and you're looking at a very fine range map of america, not region wide or statewide,. >> exactly, we look at the county level. when we look at the county level what we see from the begining is these places we call boom towns, kind of explosive growth at the beginning of the last decade really got hammered first. when they got hit the economy fell apart. those places have not seen any relief. they're mad, they want it fixed. they don't know how it's going to be fixed but they're angry. and it's bleeding in many areas now, you think of lower middle income, suburbs, that is a whole new area of trouble and if it bleeds into those areas, those areas were very strong for barack obama in 2008, if those places start to feel that same kind of anger, and i do think we just be at the beginning of that kind of cycle of anger in the electorate, you're going to be looking at a very -- two years is not going to fix this problem. we're going to be back here in 2012 with the same angry electorate. >> suarez: you've been out in these communities during the campaign s

region. we will have covered about 9:00 eastern from nevada. he returns to the white house tomorrow night. each night on c-span we are showing debates from key races around the country. live at 7:00 eastern, the segment final televised debate between pennsylvania's u.s. senate, republican pat to me omey andblican pat to democrat joe six-pack. estak. six finally, the third and final debate between wisconsin senate candidates. >> this weekend on booktv. -- on afterwards, denish desouza believes president obama poses an existential threat to the u.s. because of his father's anti colonialist ideology. on poisoning the press, mark feldstein examines the feud between president nixon and investigative journalist jack anderson. look for the entire "booktv" schedule online at booktv.org. >> saturdays, a landmark supreme court cases on c-span radio. >> decided it would where small black armbands to spread certain views which they had with regard to the war in vietnam. >> the principal suspended them, which led to tinker obverses the moinesdes independent community school district. saturday on c-span

region. still though the rain showers across portions of the northeast and another system in the western states is producing cloud cover across the mountain states and some rain in western portions of nevada. here is a look at the five-day forecast. today is breezy, ms., highs of 73 degrees. yeah, tomorrow 75 and mostly sunny skies. and saturday, let's add on to that, warm 79 and sunny. sunday beautiful. monday ms. and 72, a holiday, column because day. that is a look at the weather. that's a nice looking weather. >> that's a little better. no fence, better than last week. >> i'm just telling you. i don't create it. >>> julie wright, what is going on. she said she doesn't create any problems on the roads. she's just the messenger. >> that's when i'm not driving. >> that's true. >> all right. well unfortunately we have our hands full this morning. two separate accidents on the beltway. the outer loop congested out of bethesda. inner loop slow out of silver spring northbound on 95. now the crew in sky fox with us once again. another crash in bethesda near 355 at commerce street near 410, receiving word of an accident possibly involving another pedestrian. maybe even a small child. so the in

regionally. democrats are gaining on the east coast and the west coast. republicans are sweeping in the south and the midwest. >> let's take a look at nevada first.ader harry reid by two points, 42 to 40, well within the margin of error. also the tea party-backed candidate, scott ashjian 7%. 10% polled none of the above. >> why is harry reid so unpopular in his home state? >> the truth is that lately, and i don't quite understand this, lately over the last ten years or so, that in the senate they have -- both sides have gone after the majority leader on the other side. harry reid hammered mcconnell, put in millions of dollars to try to upset mcconnell. they didn't get close but made mcconnell's life miserable. before that, the republicans went after daschle. horrible ads in the race against daschle. now that republicans are returning the favor. i don't know why they do this. it seems to be just another partisan breakdown in the snatd which i think has become really essentially a dysfunctional organization. the house passed 400 bills that didn't even get taken up in the senate. >>> missouri senate race, republican roy blunt ahead of democrat robin