yesterday we had real strong storms in north hampton, mass. i believe the national weather service made its way to survey that damage in north hampton. we're talking a microburst not a tornado. initially there was a tornado warning with some of those storms. outside yonkers tuesday we had damage due to straight line winds, 70 to # 0-mile-per-hour winds. today the northeast very settled. a few isolated showers this morningment likely to see a chance of showers in charleston, south carolina where we had pretty significant rainfall. columbia potentially this afternoon. florida, yesterday if you had seen the radar in the afternoon, we had showers across the northern portion of the state. today, again, we have a similar setup with more chances for showers. keep that in mind as you go througho your day. more of that potential flooding across 75, 95 as well and up towards atlanta a chance for isolated showers. temperaturewise, a few cool spots. 50s boston northward. 70 in charlotte. and there's a look at the region. let's check out your local forecas

it was two weekends ago that they were swimming off north hampton beach in long island and they closed down the beaches. they were freaking out. basking sharks are luge but can't hurt you. it barely has teeth and just eats plankton. park officials will examine the shark to figure out what happened to it before they bury it in the sand dune on the beach^ , they tell us. basking sharks can be really big but they can't hurt you. their teeth are tiny and all they eat is plankton. they're scary, but they won't hurt. speaking of sharks, capitol hill is hosting what could be the largest gathering of shark attack survivors ever. today, nine shark attack victims are pushing our congress to protect the very animals that almost killed them. one of those survivors is a man named mike ciewntses. he was surfing when a tiger shark ripped off his right foot. now after rehabilitation and a new prosthetic leg, mike is surfing yet again and he is live with us. good to see you, mike. >> hello, shepard. shepard: what was this, like ten years ago this happened to you? >> a little over ten years ago. >> you

caller: i would like to tell you that in north hampton, vermont, connecticut, massachusetts, these signalsills are working. host: where is it working? caller: i see you wrote construction, i seek bridges being remodeled and rebuilt, i see jobs being offered all over the place. host: florida, what is the viewpoints? caller: i looked at the stimulus as more of late slush fund. i am not coming after it as they left right ankle. slush ankle. -angle. i look at it, no one read it, they passed it. plug the holes and medicaid and budgets, continue with the iran is spending. we need to be looking at real cuts and figuring out how to control this spending instead of continuing on with same old same old. host: the president is urging patience on the economy. what do you say? caller: it as a large amount of money, and we just have to give it time to move through. i have looked at the amount of money that is being sent to alabama online, and understand it will take awhile for it to get under way. can i make a comment about sotomayor? host: we will ask you to hold off on that and we want to speak on the

north korea. maria? >> all right, hampton. thanks very much. we take a closer look at the u.s.-china dialogue right now with joe muse, and don straszheim. nice to have you on the program. good to see you again, don. it's been a while. joe, you've been in china recently. give me your sense of what they're trying to accomplish with this meeting. >> well, maria, i think this is primarily a listen politely and go your own way sort of a dialogue. you heard already in hampton's introduction, we didn't really focus on the currency, they didn't focus on our deficits. but this is the most important meeting that can possibly happen in terms of economic growth and potential. and i'm just glad to see both sides getting together. >> joe, what do you think? >> well, i was in china two weeks ago, and i'm telling you they're already past the issue of a global recession there. i mean, that economy is humming. 95% of the country is humming at at least 9% gdp growth. >> wow. that's a lot better than anyone thought. >> they're back to where it was three years ago. while we're still stuck in a rece

hampton? >> good morning, trish. president obama says the u.s. and china must take the lead, whether it is the global economy, climate change or dealing with nuclear threats in places like northor iran. clearly, the global economy tops the agenda as this u.s./china strategic economic dialogue gets under way. u.s. officials say china must understand a slow u.s. recovery and debt-weary american consumers means its chinese cannot expect exported goods to the u.s. will be a major path for chinese recovery. >> as americans save more and chinese are able to spend more, we can put growth on a more sustainable foundation, just as china has benefited from substantial investment and profitable exports, china can also be an enormous market for american goods. >> treasury secretary geithner and secretary of state hillary clinton will lead talks with vice premiere wong and state counselor dye, a top diplomatic and security expert. china is america's top creditor, holding $768 billion in treasury securitie securities. going forward, they say the goal should be a balanced economy. >> china's success in shifting the success of the economy toward domestic-led demand growth including greater s

north of the highway, not south. and it was -- we priced it, we think, at around where it should sale. somewhere between $6.5 million and $7.5 million. >> why should anybody care about the hamptonsis there something broader here on the national level or is this just new york being new york sentric? >> having been born and raised in the hamptons, i can tell you there's something special about it. >> anyone living in los angeles, should they care about the hamptons? >> i think it certainly does for the luxury market. it certainly does for people who live in luxurious. it tells what's going on as far as the wealthy people in the country are concerned. >> how long has the house been on the market, sir? >> this house, two weeks. >> two weeks. >> we've had ten showings. yes, ten showings. one coming at 2:00 and hopefully we'll have it sold in the next week or so. >> you let us know. thanks for joining us, sir. >> okay. thank you. >> $7.5 million. >> do you want to check it out? 12 acres. >> 12 acres, we could share. right. >> rent it. >> we work in cable. we're not the network side. we're the cable side. >>> all right, coming up, another solid rally with the dow powering past the 9,00