conrad of north dakota voted for $50 million of abstinence only funding, which president obama had removedhis budget proposal earlier this year. senators lincoln and conrad were not alone in their conservativeness this week. confirmed yesterday that he's completely opposed to using budget reconciliation rules. a simple 50-plus one majority to pass health reform, sam stein of the huffington post has reported that ben nelson supported the use of reconciliation to pass one, about now two of president's bush's tax cut packages. senator nelson also told -- not just a simple majority of 51 votes, or even a supermajority, filibuster proof 60 votes, but he said it should have a due per duper majority of 65 votes in the senate in order for him to consider it legitimate. greg sergeant of plumline reports that senator nelson's most acclaimed legislative accomplishments, the one for which he pats himself on the back most regularly is the stimulus bill. hiss efforts helped target the bill more on job creation and tax relief to turn the nation's troubled economy around. that bill that nelson was so prou

when you get to north dakota, to south dakota as well, robin.ore details on that in about a half hour. >> i thank you. so what's going viral on the internet? a german invasion of her country in this video. some people are so talented. more than 1 million views on this one. we dug it up for you on youtube. a mom reported her 14-year-old son missing only to find out he was on a cross-country flight. you have to hear the high-tech way police tracked him down. ♪ on a nice day ♪ on a nice day >>> so what a story here. a 14-year-old boy made it through airport security with a ticket with his mom's name on it. his mom says that he used her credit card to book an airport shuttle and a one-way flight to chicago. when security questioned him he said his name was virginia and let him pass. other passengers were surprised. >> i think there needs to be more security. >> i think there should probably be some type of i.d. required for that. if you don't have that proof, how can they prove it's you? >> people under 18 do not the need an i.d. to board a plane. t

north dakota south dakota, nebraska, utah, virginia, montana, wyoming are all the states with the lowest unemployment rates right now. and it's a fairly long list of states that have below average unemployment rates. >> some idea of consumer confidence. i think it is so easy, dr. hall, for us to say that the sky is falling. and if we say the sky is falling, it has a tendency to make people believe the sky is falling. and i think it has a tendency to add to the problems. that is, i don't think we should be over opted mystic but i think we need to call it like it is. if we are moving in the right direction, we need to say that to the american people will be clear on that. but we also need to keep in mind as ms. klobuchar has eloquently stated when we have come from. and i think it's fair to say that we have come a pretty long way, haven't we? >> yes we have. >> why do you say that? >> well, we really have moved into, at least right now, we have moved into a period where the job loss again as i said, somewhat like a normal recession. we really did have a six-month period of job loss that wa

. >> the family in north dakota hopes they can get a measure on him big enough to get him into the guinness book of world records. boomer stands three feet tall at the shoulder and then measures seven feet long from the -- like his nose to his tail. his owner, karen webber says it will take at least a month before she hears back from the guinness book for the results. >> way to go. >> that isa big dog. >>> we're going to have a little look at the weather and then start the 6:00. >> sounds good to me. justin? >> 5:56. we are looking at temperatures that are going to be going up for the next couple of days and then sliding down over the weekend. 71 today, we start with sun, going partly cloudy in the afternoon. it could be showers by tomorro morning. and then a break midday, 79. to a thunderstorm tomorrow evening. then showers could linger saturday morning but the afternoon should be clearing. 70. back to 65 with more rain rolling in on sunday. stick around if you're just rolling out of bed because we'll be right back with the second hour of "good morning maryland." i thought it was crazy fee

i don't think you'll see it switch over to snow like you did across north dakota this morning and wyoming and montana yesterday. rain showers moving away from the missouri area out of st. louis and in towards illinois. go to the north a little farther, chicago had light rain and wind begin to pick up and that will slow you down at the airport. airport delays, richard, in just about 20 minutes. >> thank you and happy birthday. what is that like the eighth time today? >> i totally forgot until you reminded me. >> what are you 37? >> yeah. >> he's also celebrating another date. >>> now kate gosselin says her estranged husband is stealing from her, plus, a judge is about to find out what it is like to be a defendant. he is accused of having sex with inmates who came into his courtroom. >>> we're learning the top u.s. commander in the middle east was treated for cancer, that's what the office of general david petraeus is saying. he was diagnosed with early prostate cancer in february. the radiation treatment is considered successful and his office saying it did not affect his work schedule muc

central north dakota, that's what you're tealing with. thunderstorm watch box, lightnings. no warnings, good news. waich for winds, heavy rain and lightning and small hail. rain showers moving all the way through missouri towards st. louis metro. here's the st. louis radar. you had it breeze right on by 15 minutes ago. rain still out there, but the thunderstorm is passing mississippi moving to the east. up to the north a little farther, northern illinois, light rain getting into chicago, heavier in wisconsin. you pull the picture out a little farther, we are going to see the severe weather refire this afternoon in the vicinity of this cold front as it braces past dallas toward houston, memphis, maybe nashville tonight. rain will make it to the mid-atlantic. live to washington, d.c. here's the capitol. a decent day, 72 degrees. rain won't affect you until after midnight tonight. clouds will increase especially this afternoon as that cold front barrels to the east. a quick mover. talk about that in a little bit. where is the severe weather going? eastward. more in about a hal

it hits north dakota and stretches down into south dakota but the rainfall totals from yesterday have been pretty impressive. here's the way it looks. paynesville, minnesota, 2.91 inches of rain. the rain continues to fall today. no flash floods or warnings but an area that will be waterlogged this afternoon. high pressure over the rocky mountains brings real cool air so if you're traveling to the rockies today cool start, temperatures approaching the average numbers, though, but right now you're in a freeze warning, denver, with your temperature hanging in there about 28 degrees. so below freezing for you. we'll have details coming up in a little bit. natasha, getaway friday. >> yes it is. thank goodness. it was like 20 degrees. my gosh. >> it was cool. >> thanks. >>> so is internet access as important as highways and railroads? one need ya study shows what they have to say about the use of broadband. also ahead -- >> he'll be counting the days until he can get on a pair of skis. >> a teenager came a long way to get his brand new leg. hear about the accident that changed his life. >>

the back side of that, all snow in lower parts of north dakota. more on that in a bit. let me show you live atlanta. finally some good weather out of the major city. looking very nice today. it's going to be warm today. 80 degrees. mostly sunny. by tomorrow 85 and hot so there you go. not quite into fall yet across the deep southeast. more on that in about a half hour. >> bring on the heat. >> yeah. >> better than snow. >> i think so. >> gag. i was just reading a story about levi johnston. >> our favorite. >> yeah. you've got to wait for this one, okay? >>> also, you may have to wait and wait and wait for your next flight to arrive. we're hearing why more flights delayed may be ahead. >>> and just look at this kitty cat. its owners say it is potty trained. poor little guy, could he get any privacy? there's a down side, though, to his little trick that they taught him. >>> you've got to hear about a controversial report about children and violence. the justice department says that more than 60% of u.s. kids were exposed to violence last year either directly or indirectly

on the flip side the most rested state is north dakota.followed by california, wisconsin and oregon. california, huh? health experts aren't exactly sure why people sleep better in some places. theories include differences in the amount of health problems like obesity, financial stress, something we know a little about, those odd-hour shifts. most of you get an extra hour of sleep this weekend. sunday at 2:00 a.m. we're going to set the clocks back to 1:00 a.m. starting standard time. in the united states, hawaii, and most of arizona as you might know will never be changing because they never set their clocks ahead in the spring. you buy a car, you don't like it, you take it back and you get a full refund just like the dress you're buying. that doesn't fit me. gm says its money back guarantee has been so successful it's going to extend it. melissa long is in for jennifer today. when they first came out with this, melissa, there was a lot of talk about, oh, my gosh, that's a huge risk. >> you're right. >> you could just kind of drive around

the rested state is north dakota, followed by california, wisconsin and oregon. not sure exactly why it is that some people sleep better in most places. theories include difference ins the amount of health problems like obesity, financial stress and something that, if you're up this early you probably know about, odd-hour shifts. >>> a woman raped by phillip garrido decades ago is keeping a very close eye on the jaycee dugard case. katherine hall attended the hearing yesterday. in 1976 garrido was convicted of raping hall. he served 11 years of a 50-year term. she says this time she wants to make sure he gets put away forever. the garridos are accused of kidnapping jaycee dugard when she was 11 and holding her for 18 years. >>> people stood in the rain for five hours yesterday to get the h1n1 flu vaccine, five hours. people started lining up at 5:00 a.m. in topeka, kansas. many parents complained about standing in the rain especially if they brought their kids who had asthma. others were just grateful there was a crack seen to get. >> i'm a child care provider. i

arkansas, too, and then on the back side you watch the rain move into nebraska, stretching to north dakota, iowa getting heavy rain and falling to minneapolis shortly and then it goes off the slopes of the rockies and condenses out as snow and heavy at times. here is the denver radar. all the blue is all snow. it continues to fall. in fact, let me show you some video we got from yesterday. the last 24 hours reports of over 20 inches of snow just west and south of denver. denver metro itself right about 6 to 12 right at the airport as of 11:30 last night their time. they had 10 inches on the ground reported. so the snow continues. the winter storm warnings are out there. they're going to last into the early part of the evening. we'll talk about that and a better look in half an hour. this is a pretty big snowstorm wrapping up for the rockies. >> it's a mess but it looks gorgeous. thanks, bob. >>> so get this, another mysterious foot has washed up on canada's pacific coast. what police are saying after two years of bizarro occurrences. a woman's road to recovery after the swine flu could be

i want to thank my colleague from north dakota. i appreciate his help in crafting this idea and amendment. >> i would like to be mentioned as a co-sponsor for the gentleman's amendment. if i could be listed as a co-sponser of the gentleman's amendment. i would just like to say to the gentleman from new york i appreciate very much the effort and energy you have devoted to this. over and over and over. we simply has got to do better on affordibility. i tried a way to get to 7.5%. but 8% is a dramatic improvement over where we have been. making clear that nobody is going to jail. if you look at case history people might get fined but nobody goes to jail. you have made that clear that it is not going to happen. >> that is a good idea of phasing in. i want to thank the gentleman from new york for putting this together in a way i think substantially strengthens the overall proposal. and i also want to thank the gentle lady from michigan. she has gone to colleagues saying we have to do more to make this affordable for the middle class. >>

north dakota, south dakota, nebraska, utah, virginia, montana, wyoming. those of the states with the lowest unemployment rates right now. it is a fairly long list of states that have below average unemployment rates. >> this whole idea of consumer confidence, it is so easy for us to say that the sky is falling. if we say that the sky is falling, it has a tendency to make people believe that the sky is falling. i think it has a tendency to add to the problem sometimes. i do not think we should be overly optimistic, but i do think we should call it like it is. if we are moving in the right direction, we need to say that so the american people will be clear on that. we also need to keep in mind as ms. klobuchar has so eloquently stated, where we have come from. i think we have come up very long way. >> yes, we have. >> why do you say that? >> we have moved into a time where the job loss is somewhat like a normal recession. we did have a six-month period of job losses that was unprecedented. our benchmark revision come january will add to the job loss over th

get up in areas in the west of ne and north dakota, they get slammed, too.hen back to the west, we have the winter storm warnings right here salt lake city in towards lower parts of colorado along with the wind. live to las vegas, there's a wind advisory. here's the way it looks. a little shakey around the tower cam. what time is it there? 6:30 a.m. running the half marathon. the rock 'n' roll las vegas marathon. in six weeks. i'm only running the half. if i did the full, i'd collapse. >> you've been running lots of those lately. >> half. >> same to me. >>> stocks finished mixed tuesday with the dow snapping a steep, two-day skid, but the blue chips are back in the red today. susan lisovicz has more. >> well, stocks did open lower despite a rebound in big ticket items known as durable goods. items that range from computers to cars grew 1%. that's a biggest jump in a year and a half, largely due to increased demand for machinery. didn't move the bulls yet. ford appears to be one step closer to selling volvo. they say one of china's leading automakers is the p

me said, as i have said many times, as in particular with the discussions with the senator from north dakota many times, it is my intention that we will get this on the bill. that may take a few days until we finally wrap up we agree to hear, at least the majority agreed to, and then send that to cbo and get the score for the final vote. it is my intention to make sure that we get the score before we have the final vote. senator cornyn? >> senator, let me ask a question. you are aware of the news stories on this. i'm just wondering, do you think there's any additional legislative a mandate for change in your mark that needs to be done to effectuate the policy that you intended? if not, with the cbo simply -- what assumption with the cbo be using with respect to this car for out -- with this carve-out so they could take with the authors of the mark intended? they will use their objective, neutral, unbiased -- fair and balanced analysis. there will read the language. >> and it would be your view there is nothing necessary by way of an amendment to further clarify? >> that is right, because som

conrad of north dakota. senator john carper of delaware and bill nelson of florida.ore moderate version of the public option by chuck schumer also failed. mr. chairman baucus' apparent obsession of getting something out of the committee that should be noted when the gop was the majority party, it was more than willing to pass crucial legislation with the simple majority when necessary. they passed 13% of legislation with fewer than 60 votes. the democrats passed 7% of its bills. without that 60-vote superma majority. taking on the system. marcus malisis. >> best of wishes to your father. >> blafrmg wilson as an example committed any one of them. they sat in the hospital room next to people splitting their prayers, half for the recovery of the loved ones, half getting the money to pay the bill. >> i've been looking at polling out of arkansas in the last couple of weeks and two data items pop out. one is that lincoln is truly an endangered incumbent. probably the most endangered senate democrat in 2010. she's in a lot of trouble. two, the public option is very popular

back to the west we go, a little snow falling across north dakota. not very heavy, but the energy is out there and it is driving down towards the south. it is going to form into another coastal type storm overnight tonight and then move up to the northeast where we already have one sitting in place. look at this low, just off the coast of cape cod, all the white is all snow. it is coming down pretty well, also, you talk about central parts of pennsylvania, lower parts of new york state too, beginning to thin out a little bit right now. a little lull in the activity beginning to develop. more energy coming in, more rain, more snow on the way and we have the warnings and watches out there with mostly rain for the coast from boston all the way down through new york in towards philadelphia too. philly, all liquid, no snow today. more on that coming up in half an hour. >> if you didn't -- if the whole balloon boy thing wasn't embarrassing enough, are we going to show this? >> we have to. this is like the icing on the cake. >> he had some upsetting moments

conrad of north dakota who voted for $50 million of abstinence only funding which president obama removedet proposal earlier this year. senators lincoln and conrad were not alone. ben nelson of nebraska, the most conservative of the conserve-a-dems said he's opposed to using budget reconciliation roles. a 50 plus 1 majority to pass health reform. sam stein of the huffington post reported that ben nelson supported the use of reconciliation to pass not one but two of president bush's tax cut packages. he told the crowd this week that any health care bill would not just need a simple majority of 51 votes or even a supermajority filibuster proof 60 votes but should have a superduper majority of 65 votes in the senate in order for him to consider it legitimate. greg sergeant points out that senate nelson's most acclaimed accomplishment for which he pat himself on the back most readily is the stimulus bill. quote, his efforts help target the bill on job creation and tax relief to turn the nation's troubled economy around. the bill that nelson was so proud of passed the senate 60-36. didn't get

♪ ♪ we're out in the road ♪ drop our pants ♪ ♪ colorado, dallas, amarillo ♪ south dakota, north dakotawe're going to show you those lyrics shortly. in another shot in that rap song, peter odom, daniel horowitz, defense attorneys joining us tonight, they actually have one of the children smeared in i assume fake excrement sitting on a commode. and you all know the lyrics by now, i'm sure our producer sent them to you. it's full of filthy language. calling a gay guy a faggot up a tree, using slurs on women, sexual slurs on women. that little boy is 6 years old now, daniel horowitz. i don't know how old he was when he was spewing that kind of filth on youtube. what about it? you've got a child to raise now. a new child. what do you think, horowitz? >> well, nancy, unfortunately, i think it's a sign of our times. this type of conduct is seemingly widespread. and he's not going to lose his children because of it -- >> if that's your best defense, i'm going to give you the commercial break to come up with something else. >> all right. >> everybody, as we go to break, congratulations to georg

♪ ♪ we're out in the road ♪ drop our pants ♪ ♪ colorado, dallas, amarillo ♪ south dakota, north dakota♪ wichita, omaha too >> we're going to show you those lyrics shortly. in another shot in that rap song, peter odom, daniel horowitz, defense attorneys joining us tonight, they actually have one of the children smeared in i assume fake excrement sitting on a commode. and you all know the lyrics by now, i'm sure our producer sent them to you. it's full of filthy language. calling a gay guy a faggot up a tree, using slurs on women, sexual slurs on women. that little boy is 6 years old now, daniel horowitz. i don't know how old he was when he was spewing that kind of filth on youtube. what about it? you've got a child to raise now. a new child. what do you think, horowitz? >> well, nancy, unfortunately, i think it's a sign of our times. this type of conduct is seemingly widespread. and he's not going to lose his children because of it -- >> if that's your best defense, i'm going to give you the commercial break to come up with something else. >> all right. >> everybody, as we go to break,

in 2004, north dakota college student, died after applying too much lidocaine cream.ut why did an unlicensed spa allow dr. brito to perform liposuction. >> dr. brito was unaware of the licenses that were obtained by the clinic or the licenses enforced by the clinic. dr. brito's license to practice medicine in florida is valid. >> reporter: weston med spa had no comment. but some are turning to the spas to save moy, something that is not a risk worth taking. >> the officials have said there's no hope of recovery. if any good can come out of this tragedy, the family would hope that other people would think twice before going to these type of facilities. >> reporter: and we checked in to the doctor's background. in 2006, he was fine$2006, he w and ordered to perform community service for his role in an insurance fraud scheme. the family is now struggling with the decision of whether to take her off life support. and homicide detectives, even though she hasn't officially died, is investigating this case. >> big decision for a family. >> and the father having a hard time r

south dakota in towards north dakota, minneapolis, you're going to get snow, too.he winter weather warnings are off towards your west. all the areas you see shaded here in red, winter storm warning. i think the bulk of snow is going to fall above 5,000 feet. that's going to be right by i-90 in western parts of montana and northern sections of idaho. rain showers, snow showers, we have them up there for the rockies. we're looking at basically two to four feet of snow here, then it drys out. with the snow underground, cold temperatures in place, below freezing is wa you're going to wake up to. western montana, big story across the deep southeast. this low, it's steering a lot of rain through the carolinacaroli. in charlotte, north carolina, it's going to be a rough go. you're going to see delays out of this. also, we have flooding video from san antonio from the weekend. more than 5.4 inches of rain fell in san antonio from midnight last night through 8:00. that was yesterday. unbelievable amounts of rain coming down. this was an exceptional drought. more details in

>>> people in fargo, north dakota, didn't have to leave their hotel rooms to go sightseeing in the wild. a young moose came to them. he was spotted just strolling through town near a hotel. a nearby street was shut down and more than a dozen law enforcement officers responded and they helped control animal control experts corner the moose. what you're seeing there he was tranquilized and then taken to a safe area. ♪ it's your birthday ♪ >>> if today is your birthday then you share it with sarah ferguson, the duchess of york, turns 50 today. >>> have you ever wondered why some hollywood stars give their kids the oddest, weirdest names? hln's joy behar asked valerie bertinelli why she named her son wolfgang last night. >> you named your son wolfgang -- >> william van halen. >> you left out the bertinelli fortunate ly fortunately for him. i mean, this could take a year to say his name. you really named him after mozart, didn't you? >> yes. >> were you lying in bed [ bleep ] one night listening to mozart and said wolfgang, that's the name for this kid? >> no i loved the movie and i thought,

i'm talking about virginia, delaware, north dakota, south dakota, and colorado. and before you answer the question, let me just mention here for our viewers that we're going to turn positive on the dow. in fact, we just did. just wanted to alert everybody to that situation. hugging the flat line here. the situation in the markets has clearly improved. please, i'm sorry, the question there. >> is this to me? >> keith, about some states have lower unemployment rates than the national average. >> well, it's no racket science that when you create a situation that's friendly to business, business will go there. we will respond and succeed. that's what we need to have, i think, in an overall perspective in this country. >> gentlemen, thank you very much for your time. al and keith. again, as scott mentioned, with we are positive. as we mentioned before, the tales in the financials, we're up strongly actually when it comes to the financials. the xl, tracks the s&p financials by more than one full percentage point. also seeing strength in technology across the board. app

fargo and north dakota almost two inches of rain yesterday. speaking of heavy rain look at this. it was like the apocalypse. that's how one woman described mudslides that killed at least 13 people on the island of cicely in italy. authorities say several buildings collapsed and about 20 people are still missing. so that is just a horrible situation. it was basically a heck of a lot of rain in the mountains, just washing down and going, turning into the mud. so just a dire situation in parts of cicely unfortunately. >> my husband has relatives there. not in those areas though. >> it's a rough couple days. more rain in the forecast to go. >> that's a shame. thank you so much, bob. >>> well, apparently reality television is just a little too real for jon gosselin. why he told producers of "jon and kate plus 8" to stop the show and how they're reacting. >>> maybe you've heard tlc is stopping production on the reality show "jon and kate plus 8." the network says jon gosselin sent a cease and desist order to stop filming his children. on our sister network cnn gosselin told larry king

then you get on the back side and again, it's all snow for southern parts of north dakota and northern parts of nebraska. check out d.c. not as windy today. t making for a nice sunrise. >>> some video from yesterday, though, we had a big low go right through the great lakes. about 1,400 people lost power in detroit. that's because of winds about 50 to 60 miles per hour. today not as windy but the rain is headed toward you for this afternoon. full details coming up in about a half hour. >> i am checking our facebook page right now. i just went to cnn.com/robin, and people have a lot to say. however, i don't hear anything yet about what people's most annoying words are. but here they come. thank you. >>> this annoys me that we're talking about christmas. gimme a break! 78 shopping days. some stores cutting their prices by 50%. >>> a woman is accused of attacking her rival? her lawyers have some words for the alleged victim. >>> ooh, baby. tired on a thursday morning? i'm with you. let's try to wake you up here. today's salute is from a woman who has two family members in the military, so

a lot of clouds in toward the northeast and midwest and a lot of snow across northern parts of north dakota and minnesota right now. looking for two to five inches north of minneapolis for the morning. look at the rain stretching on into ohio. you can see it's pretty heavy at times but the severe weather we had all morning is now into texarkana drifting to the south and east at about 15 miles per hour. no tornado warnings. we did have a couple in the pre-dawn hours. now we're looking at one severe thunderstorm just north of texarkana drifltingting to the southeast at 60 miles per hour. right now cincinnati has the heaviest rain. let me take you live to that city, because if you're trying to travel in or out, the low clouds are hanging in place once again. the rain was out early in cincinnati. it will be gusty today. 38 deegsz with a light drizzle. right now just light rain around minneapolis, so your temperature 36. not supporting snow but the snow will pick up in intensity later today and last through saturday morning for north central pennsylvania. with storms out there, heavy wet stuff t

. >> larry is on the line in north dakota. how are you doing? >> caller: i'm overworked and underpaid. >> let's have your thoughts. >> caller: i have had to respond to cases of domestic violence and i have seen instances where the victim never saw it coming. had no clue it was coming. my question to the insurance companies is how can they call this a pre-existing condition if the victim had no clue it was going to happen? you know, i think they're just using it as an excuse to duck out of their responsibilities. >> all right. appreciate it. thank you for your service. thanks for your time. a lot of e-mails floating in. let's read a few. monica writes -- samantha says -- several comments on nooi my facebook page. jackie writes -- martin has a different opinion -- you have time to weigh in. what do you think about it? domestic violence a pre-existing condition if you're injured in such a situation should you be covered? call us toll free at 877-tell-hln. e-mail cnn.com/hln. you can search for chuck roberts hln on facebook or you can also text view

the most rested state it turns out is north dakota followed by california wisconsin and oregon. health experience aren't sure why people sleep better in some areas. something we know a little about, odd-hour shifts. >>> well talk about hellfire and brimstone a texas church turned its sanctuary into a imaginary hell for halloween. some say the display is inappropriate for a church. freaky. the idea behind their fear factor is to deliver a more powerful spiritual message. >> we're showing them that it is entertain entertaining, but end there's a message of hope, that you don't have to be bound by fear. >> the pass tore says everything in the fear factor is based on biblical teachings. >> i scare easily. so police have made another arrest in connection with the slain connecticut football player jasper howard. >> for a while, police were having trouble getting people to come forward about howard's death. it could have been because somebody was making internet threats saying don't snitch. well yesterday connecticut police charged an 18-year-old for making those threats. he's facing f

. >>> in fargo north dakota, people didn't have to leave their hotel rooms to go sightseeing in the wild because a moose came to them in the court yard sighted going through town and into a hotel. a nearby street was shut down. a dozen animal control agents showed up to corner the moose, shot at the rear end and was taken to a safe area. >>> a florida boy may be taken from his mother because his doctors say he's dangerously overweight. what she says for herself and our viewers will be weighing in, too. >>> rescue teams southeast of phoenix are doing the best to get a frightened horse out of a very deep hole. now they have dug a second trench. a second exit trench. they have that option and one of those will be the exit route for that horse. they have a lot of straps around the animal. they've done their best to calm it. they're trying to get it to stand and walk out of basically the trench under -- he's up. he's up. come on, buddy. we're going to see this happen live. how about this. he's up and okay. mike brooks is still with us. mike, are you watching? >> i'm watching chuck. i just got

records have a new wind power technology and manufacturing taking place in china, or are they in north dakotat is what this is about. let's put america first and get this bill done. thank you. [applause] >> i am blessed with quite a committee. bob let me say again, each member on and off the committee hasn't given tremendous guidance. integrity offsets, integrity to the whole system of pollution reduction and investment, we have the wonderful senator from rhode island, senator whitehouse. >> today, together with -- we launch this vessel. we think it is sturdy and seaworthy with lots of room on its decks for many colleagues. we know it is no capital -- capt buying kerry and boxer. we know it has a loyal and enthusiastic crew. we also know that must be navigated through fog and storm. we have strong hearts and confidence that it can bear us and the country, the world we love and depend on to a safer shore and to a more secure american future. thank you for being in this fight with us. >> thank you, sheldon. i have poets. i have everything. we're so lucky to have two and i heard that one of thei

stretch back as far west as idaho and montana and into the dakotas, what a major change we're talking about with winds kicking up from the north to 30 miles an hour and look at that drop in temperatures. 30 to 40 degrees colder than yesterday in a lot of locations. and you could pick up a couple of inches of snow in some areas to the west in the hire elevations. let's widen out the map, take a look at the southeast, which looks gorgeous with the exception of south florida where you may see some thundershowers. strong storms rolling through all the way down from texas stretching up towards chicago, back towards the twin cities and in this area, by the way, tornadoes thought out of the question today. a lot of instability out there. c1 >>> good morning. a very pretty day. let's look at the forecast. it is on the chilly or cool side. look at the low to mid-50s. sunny and partly cloudy. pleasant area wide this afternoon. 66 is the high. 48 tonight. partly cloudy. tomorrow, partly sunny and 72. >>> that's a quick look at your weather. >> and i can see dave -- >> see, this is a problem. and you have to dress if you're going across c

north around nebraska. extends way on in toward the upper midwest. a little light snow across south dakota, too.er for the east coast. live to miami, florida. big thundershower now moving ashore. that's what it looked like. the rain around the region. you can see off and on showers all morning long. haven't seen a delay at the airport yet. if one sets up shop right over you, you definitely will. better weather up towards the north. a decent south wind for you coming up around new york city. the high about 71 degrees. that's the high temperature in central park. sun looking very nice. >> that is a beautiful day. >> that's a beautiful october sky for you. >> thanks. >>> i wanted to do a little correction here. i was saying the kids in the last story who are charged with the death of darrian albert that they are due in court today. they aren't due in court until friday. want to correct that. >>> do you eat a lot of fish to stay healthy. some may not be as heart healthy as we've been led to think. >>> also ahead, two people get on their knees in prayer in a business office. one thing, though. police

delays from chicago all the way down to texas and north of there, there may be some minor flight delays from rain in the twin cities up through the dakotas. but look at this. even maybe some more snow. they've had some snow in the higher elevations of colorado, into wyoming and the mountains just east of salt lake have had several inches of snow the last couple of days. and out in the pacific northwest there may be some rain around portland up to seattle. but elsewhere should not have any travel problems around the country. here is the bus stop forecast for this morning. you want to dress your child for a cool morning and down right chilly, actually. dress warmly and layer up. the sunrise is not until 7:04. we'll still be in the 40s to near 50 degrees as the morning progresses. ess accordingly. it's going to be a chilly morning. in fact, even by 9:00 we'll still be in the low and mid-50s. then by noontime we should make it into the low 60s with bright sunshine and a blue sky and then by mid-afternoon we ought to peak in the upper 60s. sunset today is at 6:51. by then, we should be right back down to near 60 degrees under a clear sky and

north. minneapolis, some showers here stretches into northern minnesota. also notice more showers coming in across south dakota. another wave of weak pressure but it will go down to new mexico today. temperaturewise, different story. we have high pressure sitting over the eastern seaboard and we have all kinds of frost advisories out there, especially when will you get to the coast of the carolinas. frost advisories out here, freeze warnings in purple, including metro atlanta just to the west and getting into chattanooga, too. pretty impressive from mid to late october. we'll have temperatures below freezing in some places you see in the dark shades of blue. 36 degrees in charlotte right now. outlying areas outside of the heat islands, below freezing. 42 in atlanta, 40 in birmingham, 42 in nashville. you get west a little farther, look at the temperatures warming up. dallas 62, houston 64. that's one thing we're watching. the other thing we're watching is out across the tropics. tropical storm rick losing some characteristics now. 65-mile-per-hour sustained winds. the track takes it to the north today, bends i

across the plains states the snow moving in to south dakota western nebraska advisories going in to north dakota later today. look at the storm system, on the front side, it's all heavy rain. until you get to the mid-atlantic and the northeast. live in new york city, here's the way it looks. beautiful. beautiful. i mean that is about as nice as you can get for central park with the leaves changing. highs today only 58 but the gusty northeast wind might slow you down at the airport. i'll have the forecast for you in a couple of minutes. >> so pretty on a thursday, thank you, bob. >>> a new report shows the u.s. economy grew for the first time in more than year. is that not nice to hear? susan lesovich has a look at the big gdp report from the new york stock exchange. >> i don't know what's pretdier, looking at the gdp report or looking at the foliage in central park. like i do every day when i come into time warner center. uptown manhattan. today's gdp report provides a strong signal that the recession may be over, finally. the economy grew 3.5% over the past three months the fastest pace in two