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pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> in other news today, an ant anti-abortion activist was shot and killed in michigan. police have arrested and charged a suspect. the victim was protesting outside a high school in owosso, michigan, when he was gunned down. he was a familiar and polarizing figure around town, and is now part of the national fury over the abortion debate. here's abc's chris bury. >> reporter: in his michigan town, jim powell yan was known for showing pictures of aborted fetuses. he was shot dead in front of the high school where he was protesting. police say the suspect, harlan drake, gunned down a businessman, as well, an planned to kill a third man. >> mr. drake did not believe that children should view the graphic material that was on the signs that mr. poullian carried. >> reporter: today in washington, those opposed to abortion rights asked the justice department to investigate. >> an american sitd seven has been gunned down only 9/11 for exercising their first amendment speech. >> reporter: a justice department official told abc news, quote, we are saddened

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that is part of the opening up of new experiences, new ideas, new stories, new information.nd as these large publications, let's say a newspaper like the l.a. times, goes down, it's not going to be replaced. on the internet. even with all of the downsizing at the l.a. times, 700 people still work in the newsroom. no internet site in l.a. is going to bring in the advertising revenue for those numbers. so i think you are right, and katherine is right, that there will be these almost monastic type sites that will seek hopefully to preserve something of the traditional all of us here care deeply about. so that it will not disappear. but the idea that it can be sustained or mainstreamed i think is in doubt. >> i do think even places like "the new york times," i mean, god willing, will survive as a newsgathering organization long after it survives as a sunday paper that drops on your doorstep. and that you pay a lot of money for. i mean, i don't think the internet can ever exist without the major news organizations to provide the material, but i don't think that we actually need t

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those are new numbers coming from "the new york times."e are almost 15 million people out of work. there's still openings out there. you've just got to work extra hard for it. congress is looking at 13 more weeks of unemployment checks if you live in a state with high unemployment. so far, it passed the house, but not the senate yet. very quick, we're going to do good news in a bad economy. the stock market, up sharply this morning. the dow jones industrial average up more than 100 points. i think it's at more than 100 points, but that's where it was when i sat down. the second piece of good news, gas prices. $2.50. it's probably a lot cheaper than it was a month ago. back to you. >> all right. we like that. thank you so much. >>> listen to this. a clerk in a clothing store was viciously attacked by a robber with a crowbar. the video revealed what the clerk did that maybe made things worse. we'll show you. ring ring. progresso. oh yes hi. can you put my grandma on the phone please? thanks. excuse me a sec. another person calling for her gr

two new studies out.teenagers who have their own cars are more likely to crush those than those that shared use. -- more likely to crash them. one in four. that is compared to one in 10 of those who shared. the also found that when parents had roles, there were less likely to drive when drunk -- when the parents had rules and also less likely to use a cell phone when driving. a second nuclear plant in the works, but he may be losing the support of the two biggest defenders at the united nations. we will go there for details, and investigators are testing the drinking water at thousands of schools across america, and he will not believe what they found. remember the anticipation of hearing the ice cream truck? in poland, cargill borrowed the idea... for something quite different. small polish farms had difficulty getting... affordable feed for their smaller herds of animals. so cargill created a way to bring the feed... directly to them... on musical delivery trucks, selling a few bags per visit. ( dog bar

on wjz eyewitness news. maryland's news station. don't go away. much more ahead on the cbs evening news, including some hope in the fight of the california wildfires. >> smith: to want, firefighters making progress against the biggest of the california wildfires. but the dapger is far from over, and some homeowners still refuse to leave. >> we're going to go down with the ship. we're not going to leave. >> smith: i'm harry smith. also tonight, fighting the flu. the white house bigs out the big guns in the fight against the h1n1 virus. but are we really ready? bernie madoff's money. a court trustee is now going after his sons' millions. >> mr. madoff? >> smith: we will follow the money. and a medical student hunts for a cure for his own cancer. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> smith: good evening, katie is off tonight, and we begin with the battle against those massive wildfires in california. they have already destroyed dozens ofom

well, led by nbc news and the "new york times" the left wing media went news and ultimately scooter libby, a top advisor to vice president cheney was convicted of a crime. now we have a situation far worse and the left wing media is silent. a group calling itself john adams project affiliated with the aclu is secretly photographing cia agents and showing the pictures to suspected terrorists at guantanamo bay, among other people. it's hard to believe, i know, but it's going on. activist lawyers joshua dratel nina ginsburg edward mcmahon three members of the group putting cia members in danger. factor producer caught up with ms. ginsburg. >> ms. ginsburg hi, i'm with the fox news channel. you are putting cia lives in danger. >> you need to talk to the people at the john adams project. that's not at all true. >> cia agents put a lot of people in danger. they put the country in danger. they put american soldiers overseas in danger. >> you are showing pictures of cia agents to terrorists, al qaeda terrorists. that's just despicable. >> that's not true. >> what are you doing then? what is the j

but this is a new day, a new era.oud to say that the united states has done more to prote clean energy in the last eight months than at any other time in our history. we are making our government's largest ever at renewable energy. an investment aimed at doubling the generated capacity from wind and other renewable resources. across america we are constructing wind turbines with the help of loan guarantees and tax credits, projects creating new jobs and industries. we are investing billions. helping american families save money on energy bills in the process. we proposed the very first national policy aimed at increasing fuel economy and reducing greenhouse gas pollution for all new cars and trucks. a standard that will save consumers money and our nation oil. we are moving forward with our nation's first offshore energy projects. carbon capture to clean up the coal plants. just this week we announced that for the first time ever we will begin tracking how much greenhouse gas pollution is being emitted to route the co

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great new pitcher. it will be fantastic. >> speaking of the win column, the redskins got one in the win column, but a big controversy this week about the booing of the fans. even though the team won, some say they shouldn't have been booing. what do you say to that? would you have boo'd? were you there? >> i personally wouldn't have booed. i'm not a booer. i think you encourage your home team. what can you say? people pay for their tickets. it's a tradition, not just in d.c. you can't disparage people. if that's how they want to do it, it's their right. >> clinton portis says you spend $700 to take your family to see the game and there's entertainment when they're not playing well. >> well, clearly you cannot play games like you played sunday and expect to make it to the playoffs. they're going to have to put points on the board. i think they will. i think still -- what, second year of new coach, third, fourth year new quarterback. we'll get it turned around. >> okay. i think a lot of folks are hoping f

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and new york. current temperature right now, at bwi thurgood marshall airport, checking in at 66 degrees. the winds currently calm. and humidity is up from the rain showers throughout the work week. but that will slowly go down as we head through the overnight hours, as the cold front pushes through our area overnight tonight. state temperatures right now. 72 in baltimore. 70 in d.c. but a 55 degrees in oakland maryland. and temperatures will be dropping down into the upper 50s. but then tomorrow night. saturday night. that's when we tap into really cool air. some of the coolest air we have seen in the last couple of weeks. thanks to the area of high pressure that is on top of us. for the next 48 hours. bringing in beautiful weather. so tomorrow on by 1:00, ample amount of sunshine. and blue skies. if you have out plans, this is the weekend you are in luck for today -- or for tomorrow on. and on sunday. nice conditions. but low pressure system is organizing itself, in the ohio valley. by the end of

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indigene kirby, bbc news, paris. >> this is "world news today" from bbc world news. i'm george alagiah. the main headlines -- a nato operation to rescue a poor reporter -- a reporter in afghanistan has killed a british soldier and an afghan journalist. african leaders have called for an end to sanctions against zimbabwe. more now on our top story and the death of an afghan journalist following a nato special forces operation which freed a british journalist working for "the new york times." what are the parameters for reporting in a country like afghanistan? stephen farrell, the journalist who was freed, had travelled to kunduz in the aftermath of the nato airstrike. i am joined by events from the paris organization, reporters without borders. thank you for being with us. should soldiers be committed to mounting this kind of rescue operation when there is a war going on? >> i mean, i guess the decision to prepare this operation came from the top level of the government, so i think first of all we should pay tribute to the british soldier and the journalist who died t

you should expect delays. >>> new clothes, new notebooks and calculators and new challenges. the first day of school for many maryland children. here in baltimore the leaders in education were on hand and in the classrooms to welcome students back. mike hellgren was up bright and early when the first bell rang. >> 3, 2, 1! >> reporter: dunbar high underwent the biggest transformation, a $28 million renovation that made it a show place for those interested in a medical career. >> you have greatness inside of you. [ music ] >> reporter: it was cause for celebration. >> that progress will be even greater the sooner we come out of this downturn. >> reporter: the head of the department said baltimore is benefiting from the renovations. >> doing reform with us, not to us, as opposed to what we see around the country. >> reporter: the school's ceo says his goals are getting students into the classroom and getting their test scores up. >> we want to engage, make sure that parents participate in decisions in schools even more than in the past. >> reporter: the focus is on students, mo

news on fox news channel. and 8.3 magnitude earthquake is reported to have hit on in american samoa. some of you may be reading around on the internet, getting conflicting numbers on this, and i'm with you, but the reuters news agency and others are still reporting 7.9, but we are relying on the pacific tsunami warning center. that is our source on the quake in the pacific being upgraded to a magnitude 8.3. they are our authorities on this matter, and we are relying on them at this moment. might that number change? it might, but it is somewhat irrelevant at this point because the damage has been done. sea level readings indicate a tsunami was generated in the pacific. the agency earlier issued a tsunami warning for new zealand, american samoa, and other small pacific islands. it is our reporting now that american samoa has been hit by a tsunami, and our guest from the agency that monitors such things said it was approximately three or four meters high as they gage did with their instruments. the epicenter is 1

new york city said no he tried to pitch a tent in englewood, new jersey, the governor of new jersey came out and had a news conference and rally and said we don't want mr. gadhafi here it appears he rented this space from the trump organization and donald trump and started erecting this tent for gadhafi perhaps to stay. late yesterday, the town of bedford officials went in there and said, hold on a minute, we are issuing a stop-work order because you don't have the proper permits to set up a temporary residence. so you mentioned that bedford is threatening legal action, criminal sanctions. that's if they go back and see that work on the tent continued, but if they stop work it appears this will all just go away, but just again, neighbors walking by here saying we don't want mr. gadhafi in this town. one man told us's terrorist who doesn't belong in this country, let alone in bedford, new york, we are about an hour from the city. so it appears whether gadhafi was going to sleep there or whether he was going to have party there is, as some reports say turks is not happening. >> so do we ha

years of legal battles between with the developer, larry silver steen and the new york/new jersey port authority. a private leaf laying ceremony will honor victims and families. in pennsylvania, former secretary of state colin powell will lead the memorial service for united flight 93. passengers are credited for bringing the plane down in the remote field soon to become a permanent national memorial. at the u.s. capitol wednesday, lawmakers unveiled a bronze plaque honoring flight 93 victims for preventing the terrorists from clashing the plane. >> first lines of defense against terror. >> reporter: back in lower manhattan, workers have been testing the tributed light memorial which will light up the night sxi symbolize where the twin towers once stood. michelle franzen, nbc news, new york. >> and we will never forget. >>> although the white house has accepted the apology from representative joe wilson for shouting, you lie, at president obama during his address to congress on tuesday, the echo of his words are still bouncing around washington. house majority whip says he will push fo

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in a new report.rsight group says gm and chrysler's bailouts raise some serious questions. among them potential conflicts of interest when the government owns a large stake in a company. how will taxpayer dollars be repaid? treasury secretary timothy geithner will testify before the committee tomorrow. >> we are following a developing story out of afghanistan this morning. a new york times reporter being held by the taliban has been freed. stephen farrell and his interpreter were captured saturday. they had been interviewing witnesses in the aftermath of last week's nato air strikes on two fuel tankers. earlier farrell was freed during a commando raid. his interpreter was killed during the rescues effort. their capture had been kept secret because of safety concerns. >> back here at home, justice today in an important case involving campaign finance reform. after taking her oath of office, sotomayor and chief justice john roberts descended the court steps together, as is tradition for a new justice. >

steve handelsman, nbc news, new york. >>> in what will mark another historic first, president obama will chair meeting of the u.n. security council, the first time a u.s. president has done so. leaders of the 15-nation panel will gather later this morning where the subject wi be nuclear proliferation. the council is expected to unanimously adopt a u.s. drafted resolution that puses for further efforts towards nuclear disarmament. the as the u.n. mmit winds down, the g-20 summit picks up in pittsburgh. leaders there will turn their focus on the global economy. officials from wealthy and developing nations wl meet t discuss economic recovery. climatehange is also on the agenda. a big topicfor protesters who unfurled a giant banner ross the downwn bridge wednesday. mewhile, thousands of police officers have been mobilized, some in riot gear, with at least 15 arrestscoming yesterday. now here's a look at some other stories making news "early toda in america. in arizo, a highway traffic camera captur deadly head-on collision. take a look. in the video you see a car swerve across the road and

time for the top of the news.t kicks off an aggressive push for health care reform, a new poll indicates many americans are still against his plan. according to the latest fox news opinion dynamics poll 48% oppose reform, down just 1 percentage point from last month. 38% of americans say they are in favor of some sort of legislation. this comes just one day after the senate finance committee released its version of the health care bill. one with no visible support from republicans. and not really from very many democrats. carl cameron is live on capitol hill. what's happened to support from the president's own party, carcinoma? >> you almost just answered the question itself, shep, with those polls that show there is this eroding public support. the president today was out on the road. gave a big campaign style rally at the university of maryland. he says he supports the so-called government option, the government health insurance alternative that would be entered into the marketplace. and, with him out there talk

also tonight, more flu news. the first batches of h1n1 vaccine are on their way, but where schools are already closed it feels late. who's going to administer all those shots? gross misconduct uncovered at the u.s.'m be any kabul. but allegations reached government investigators two years ago. why was nothing done? and driven to distraction. the government takes on a deadly problem. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> smith: good evening, katie is on assignment. it was a monitor of an earthquake, officially magnitude 8.0 and it touched off a tsunami. a wall of water as high as to feet slammed into some tiny south pacific islands. the quick struck midway between samoa and american samoa, a u.s. territory about the size of washington, d.c. population 65,000. many snow wans tried to run for higher ground as the tsunami swept as far as a half mile inland. at least one town was flattened and first reports say there are deaths. bill whitaker has the latest. >> reporter: acco

the sources tell abc news news that he's trying to convince the governor that he did not win next year. >> first of all, wonderful man, the governor of the great state of new york, david paterson's in the house. >> reporter: he was downright gung ho for attorney generjenged andrew cuomo. >> your shy and returning attorney general andrew cuomo is in the house. >> reporter: republicans pounced on this democratic discord. >> i found that to be stunning that the white house would send word to one of only two black governors in the country not to run for re-election. >> reporter: but white house sources say this hag nothing to do with race and everything to do with math. 76% of new york voters disapprove of paterson's job performance. 69% approve of cuomo's anticipating a rough election year in 2010, from pennsylvania to colorado, the president is aggressively backing democrats he thinks can win in a general election. >> democrats are poised to take a beating in the 2010 midterm elections. the white house knows it so they're trying to put their best foot forward in the places they should wi

charles blows, the "new york times" visual op ed columnist, joins us from new york. charles, tell me what you think about david brooks said that racism is largery beside the point. agree? >> well, i agree with another part of his column, which is that there's no way to know. that's the biggest problem with racism and discussions of racism is that we use them as political tools and therefore, we render them kind of trite. and therefore, we kind of lower the intellectual discourse of what racism means. i think that in one way, you can say that race always matters, particularly if you have a president who is black. in another way, we all know that, you know, no one can really measure this. there was a great poll done a year and a half ago, january, 2008, that showed that most whites say that they underestimate the amount of racism against black and most blacks agree that they overestimate the amount of racism against black. we don't even know where the line is, therefore, we can't even start to measure what may be out there. >> well, charles, let's assume you're right,

. >> eric: we have a "fox news alert." we are hearing reports that north korean leader kim jong-il is ordering his military leaders to conduct the country's third nuclear test. this time, using enriched uranium, they've conducted nuke tests with mroem, and this as iran, this morning, says it will not negotiate with the u.s. about its nuclear program, i'm eric sean and welcome to the latest edition of america's news show. >> jamie: good to have you with us for these two hours, i'm jamie colby and the latest developments come a week that he have rogue nation said it found a way to make nuclear weapons with enriched uranium. >> eric: north korea tested the two nukes with mroem and experts think they have enough to make at least half a dozen nuclear bombs. just what can the world do to stop them, in a few minutes we'll be joined by the former at bafr to the u.n. and fox news contributor john bolten. >> jamie: another "fox news alert," following the case closely, investigators have seized, they say, possible evidence in the cas

hammer in new york. bad news for jen.not going to like. her brand new movie "love happens" was a bona fide flop when it opened over the weekend. have no fear, because "showbiz tonight" has been digging deep all day looking for answers why this happened to poor jen. you will not believe what we uncovered. also new, tyra banks made a shocking claim on television saying that she was a victim of racism. you have got to hear why tyra is making the claim. joining me is a publicist and brand strategist and a contributing editor for life and style weekly. the bad news for jennifer aniston. her new movie really just tanked over the weekend at the box office. look at how everything stacked up. "cloudy with a chance of meatballs" $30 million. matt damon's film $10 million. jennifer's movie at four, only made $8 million. that's despite a bunch of publicity. "showbiz tonight" has bad news for jennifer aniston. we asked on air and on line in our question of the day, this. jennifer aniston's movie flops, are you surprised and look at th

the studio with dominic carter, political anchor at new york one here in new york.morning to you. >> good morning to you, alex. >> what are you hearing about how new yorkers feel about david paterson? >> well, obviously, any municipality, any state, any county, any government would not want any involvement from another branch of government, but the fact of the matter is, alex, all the white house has done realistically here is, in terms of paterson, there's no other way around this. his approval numbers are at 17%. and so, all the white house has done is publicly expressed, or to him, the will of the people in terms of, even new yorkers feel that governor paterson cannot win at this point. >> okay. haven't thoenz numbers dipped further since prior to this firestorm? >> yes. >> this hasn't helped him. >> no, not at all. it has been wounds that have been self-inflicted by governor paterson. he's played the race card, he's brought up every other issue, but the fact of the matter is, alex, there's no way around the fact that the caroline kennedy senate situation did not

trace: we're live inside the fox news room. this is where the news begins. this is what is behind the news. then you go over to the foreign desk. they are covering the globe. along the media desk is where all the new pictures come into fox news channel. on "the live desk," those breaking stories will always be in the right-hand side of the screen. we have information on three brand new terror plots. first in dallas where a 19-year- old jordanian man tried to blow up a 60 story office building because he said it reminded him of the world trade center. he parked a van in the underground garage and tried to detonate it with a cell phone. the bomb turned out to be a decoy planted by the fbi. in the middle box, an american man who converted to islam tried to use a truck bomb to blow up the courthouse in springfield illinois. police arrested him as soon as he tried to detonate what he also thought was a real bomb. he told police he wanted to attack u.s. targets because the nation is at war with islam. frightening charges against this man, daniel boyd. police say h

>> and now, bbc world news. >> this is world news today. a call for unity from morocco, but he insists his plan for health care reform -- from barack obama, but he insists his plan for health-care reform is workable. >> now is when we must bring the best ideas of both parties together and show the american eagle that we can still do what we were sent here to do. now on health care. >> hamid karzai's main rival in the afghan elections accuses the president of manipulating the vote. five girls killed, 30 injured in a stampede. fighting over religion, controversy within the israeli army over the rise of right-wing military rabbis. it is midday here in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington. that is where barack obama has called for an end to partisan bickering in a bid to push through his plan to reform health care in america. in a speech to congress, he called for a system that benefited those with insurance and without. has the speech reignited his flagging presidency? has he done enough to sway lawmakers of the need for reform. first, this from ou

>>> from the first local station with news in high definition, this is 9 news now. >>> hello. welcome to 9 news now at noon. i'm j.c. hayward. a group of six lawmakers spent weeks huddled behind closed doors working on a health care reform compromise and now there's word they are days away from unveiling the finished product. they have lowered the price tag and they leftout the government- run insurance option. they are trying to gain enough republican support to get the bill passed, but they are running the risk of upsetting leading democrats. joel brown explains. >> reporter: the latest version of the health care reform bill is almost ready. a group of six moderate senators from both sides of the aisle have been working for months on a compromise. the lawmaker leading the group, democratic senator max baucus says it addressed some of the biggest concerns. it will likely leave out the government option, which is government funded insurance. that is necessary to win some gop support but it will upset some democrats like house speaker nancy pelosi. >> we will again improve qual

and, of course, the new school year, brings new challenges. including how to deal with the expected return of the h1n1 virus. joel d smith has the report tonight. >> used to be the biggest worry for parents was getting the kids out of the bed on the first day of school. >> how many times did your mom have to try to wake you up? >> this year, schools open with uncertainty of the h1n1 virus. >> we're expecting a much broader rate of infection from the h1n1 virus. mindful that the virus could change, and become more deadly than it has been in the past. >> governor o'malley said federal funding and cooperation are necessary to properly fight the pandemic. unlike last year, week long closures of schools are unlikely. instead, expect classrooms to stay open, as individuals students are kept away. if parents do not do it first. >> as soon as you see any symptoms on a child you let us know. those things are important. >> wash your hands more than ever before. if you do feel yourself becoming sick, stay home. >> school officials preach prevention, scie

in jersey city, new jersey, drew levinson, wjz eyewitness news. >> george w. bush, whose presidency was defined greatly by the 9/11 attacks made no public appearances, saying he wanted to stay at home and pay his respects to the victims in private. >>> there were tributes to the victims of the september 11th attacks throughout maryland today. complete coverage continues with sally thorner, live in the newsroom. sally? >> reporter: denise, from downtown baltimore to anne arundel county, it's a somber day, particularly for law enforcement. a moment of silence was held for anne arundel county, in millersville today. firefighters, emts came together to remember all. those killed in the attacks and those who perished trying to save them. meanwhile, mayor dixon and others reached out to members of the community and helped make some repairs. today's work is part of the national day's service to coincide with the 9/11 anniversary. back to you. >> eyewitness news will have much more on the local services and memorials on the september 11th anniversary, coming up all ne

but there is good news. between circle drive and elingham avenue that is shut down, there is good news. take a look down here. you can see the sediment left behind here, there is a clear line and it shows just how far this water has receded. and in fact, i can tell you in the last ten minutes, when we were first going over and noticing this line of sediment here, it's really gone down another foot or so. so it's moving quickly. however not that quickly. the road is still going to be closed and there is still a huge puddle. at the worst it was about 10 inches deep and as we said, it is starting to recede. you can see some bits of grass at this point, so that is some good news. a lot of neighbors say their very used to this. this happens at least once a year we're told. and it's not the worst that they have seen. however it is still bad enough that crews have shut down this road. they have shut down this road starting at this end, elingham avenue, and then the opposite end at circle drive. there is a problem w

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. >>> good news in the district. we have been telling you about an accident at inbound new york avenue at south dakota. it has been pushed to the side. traffic is moving well in that area. let's check the outer loop in maryland. a little volume is building but moving well between 95 and georgia. 270 southbound, 109 to 121 also moving well. little slow. not too fast but that is going well as well as 66 eastbound, 50 to 123 no incidents or accidents to report there. >> thank you. >>> on the rundown at 6:01, the push for health care reform. a committee vote could come next week from a plan from senator baucus. he unveiled the plan yesterday. it could create co-ops to sell insurance instead of the federal government. insurance companies would have to sell insurance to anyone even those with preexisting conditions and it would lower prices for low-income families and cover preventive dental and mental health care. while he has no republicans on his side now, he is hoping for gop support. >> at the enof the day we all shar

we want to show you this brand new fox news poll. americans seem to be divided down the middle when it comes to the afghanistan war. 46% of people supporting the effort. 45% oppose the effort. martha: let's get to some of the big foreign policy moves that we expect to see ahead of the u.n. general assembly meeting this week in julnew york. ahmadinejad said president obama is wrong about his country's nuclear program. then you have president obama's decision to shelve a plan to missile shield in poland and the czech republic. steve centanni is live in washington with more on this. how much will iran's nuclear ambitions figure into this upcoming meeting at tinge u.n.? >> a lot of people are worried about it. there is no meeting scheduled between the u.s. and in the iranian diplomats at these meetings. that will come later. it is a nagging problem for the united states. even though the iranian supreme leader insisted that western powers are misreading the situation. he says president obama is following the old u.s. policy of the brand i

that's the good news. from 13% of the state being under exceptional drought to all of the way down to about three and change. that's good news for those folks. what are we looking at for the rest of the south? tomorrow we're going to push this farther to the east. it is expansive. generally speaking we'll see a bit of improvement there. daytime highs held down because of the rainfall in dallas. 76 in memphis. flash flood warnings posted for some western counties in tennessee right now so that's where heaviest rain is. 78 degrees in atlanta. 67 degrees in new york. some scattered showers in new york city area but i think bigger story will be cool air. cool in boston. temperatures warming up pretty nice weekend for folks in new york city area. did you not take pictures of the torrential downpour in your neighborhood yesterday? >> i did not. i was saying i should have brought a picture in of him. he was pathetic. >> we have seen some of the worst rain i have ever seen in atlanta in six years living here. we d

dan harris, abc news, new york. >>> the head of the u.s. central command, general david petraeus said today that both he and admiral mike mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff endorse the assessment of the top commander in the afghanistan war that the mission could fail without additional sources. the president called for a review of the war strategy before he decide wlts more troops should be sent. >>> next up the flu news. the maker of tamiflu today said there is a shortage of the children's version of the drug, used to treat both the h1n1 swine flu and the seasonal flu. not good news when the number of cases among young people is soaring. abc's ryan owens is in austin, texas, tonight, a city where extraordinary measures are being taken to deal with that. >> reporter: two triage tents -- the kind you'd usually see at a disaster or at war -- sit outside the doors of the emergency room at dell children's hospital in austin. >> this is the flu treatment tent. >> reporter: with school back in session, doctor ares here are seeing m

you can watch it tonight after 9 news now at 11:00. >>> massachusetts could soon have a new u.s. senator by the end of the week. the massachusetts senate is expected to debate a bill tomorrow, allowing the governor to appoint an interim replacement for the seat left vacant by edward kennedy's death. the house gave it initial approval last week. >>> a federal judge denied william jefferson's request for a new trial. the former louisiana congressman is fighting last month's conviction for influence peddling. he used his pull as a approximately tition to broker business deals in africa. federal agents found thousands of dollars stashed in jefferson's freezer and he has since filed for chapter 11 bruns. >>> a prince george's county man is recovering from gunshot wounds to his face and arm tonight. after being shot by hyattsville police last night. police say they shot 24-year- old juan floores after he tried to run over them in an effort to escape arrest. they say floores was involved in a brawl near the mall at prince george's county. and the victim's relatives and friends who were

york television on fox 5 news.ough man to make a tender forecast. >> ( bleep). >> hard to know exactly what he's saying. he's trying to turn a phrase. it's supposed to say "plucking that chicken." you got to catch the priceless glimpse of his co-anchor. >> i didn't even know he said it until i saw her face. that is the face of terror. do i cover? bring it back up? >> i'm so glad it's not me. >> he seemed oblivious. >> he's not anymore. he went on the airwaves to issue an apology. >> i misspoke on last night's newscast. i apologize to anyone i may have offended. >> there's a history of this in new york television. a while back on nbc, sue simmons had a similar slip of the tongue. >> at 11 paying more at the grocery but getting less. we'll tell you how to get the most. what the (bleep) are you doing? >> she's talking to her co-anchor. >> not a nice way to talk to him. >> keep those f bombs off the air. >> what would we talk about in the "skinny"? to no cost to you. stay tuned for this important medicare benefit infor

news right now. iran's nuclear chief says his countries will allow the nuclear agency to inspect its newly revealed uranium enrichment facility, but didn't specific exactly when investigators would be allowed into the plant which they say is still not finished. coalition force ins afghanistan have captured a taliban commander who is believed to be the head of the group's financial operations in the region. 35-year-old zada was captured when he ran away from a safe house where he was hiding. and santa ana wind are dying down, and welcome news to witnesses who witnessed a 27 mile wildfire. the blaze now 85% contained is expected to be fully contained later today. well, it's been a busy week for the fbi as agents have foiled at least five suspected terror plots. and investigations ranging from dallas to illinois and new york. and in one case, it turns out. local police officers were a lot closer to the action than they might have realized. from fox affiliate in dallas, a report. >> two weeks before the