of nora is to prevent the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs to diverse communities in northeast ohio. we're going to start with the serenity prayer. what makes nora different from other treatment and recovery programs is that we get a lot of calls from individuals in recovery who want to give back, and they come to our organization to support us. they want to be a part of a system that is really helping individuals to retain their recovery over a long period of time. nora's existence these last few years, i think, have reminded people of truly what the value is in that very simplistic reality of if i help you, that's indirectly helping me. and of course, if i've helped you and i'm in need, you're in a position to help me. i became a volunteer for nora because i always dreamed of helping others and i knew this was a recovery agency. and i wanted to be a part of helping because i know some of the life things that i've been through would be able to help others as in the same situation that i have been in. the most difficult part was probably getting the word out and convincing our targe

later today, the northeast and ohio river valley will see thunderstorm activity stretching back towards central plains. in the northwest a few passing showers and temperatures will stay on the hot and sticky side in the southern plains. >>> in sports this morning, the giants trail san diego by a half game in the n.l. west. for the highlights, matt cain pitched seven shutout innings and they broke a scoreless out there. a two-out rbi single. giants beat the dodgers 2-1, the giants tenth win in 14 games. the phillies increase their n.l. east lead. philadelphia whacked florida, 10-5. tampa bay back in first place in the a.l. east. dan johnson hit a pair of two-run homers off hughes. rays beat the yanks. 4-3. joe mauer has three hits including a three-run homer right here. and minnesota goes to a 9-3 win over the white sox. the twins now up in the a.l. central by eight games. >>> when we return, another look at the top stories and broken promises. victims of the gulf oil spill still waiting to be compensated. ♪ [ female announcer ] kids who don't eat breakfast may not be getting the nutriti

the ohio valley and northeast will dry out, after some wild weather that included some tornadoes. severe storms today from omaha to kansas city. more showers in the pacific northwest. stretching down to california. rainy from northern idaho to eastern minnesota. south texas gets showers, spun off by hurricane karl. >> unseasonably cool to the south. billings is 53. fargo 59. minneapolis, 64. pleasant along the east coast. new york 75. baltimore, 79. in the south, it is hot. dallas is 97 and new orleans 91. >>> and when we come back this morning, some stunning numbers about how many americans are now living in poverty. >>> plus, many questions this morning about a story that initially attracted so much sympathy. a woman admits she made up the story of an attack that deformed her face. she now admits she did this to herself. >>> and more on our top stor >>> overseas markets are ending the week on a high note. tokyo's nikkei average rose 1.2% today. hong kong's hang seng is higher. in london, the ftse opened higher. on wall street, the dow added 22 points yesterday. and the nasdaq ti

scattered showers and thunderstorms will be developing from the southern plains to the ohio valley. the northeastt remain hot and dry. and triple digit heat returns to the southwest. >>> here's another look at this morning's top story. hurricane earl is on target to hit the north carolina coast later today. the storm packing 140-mile-an-hour winds is then expected to skirt the eastern seaboard. >>> and the first face-to-face peace talks between israelis and palestinians are scheduled to begin this morning in washington. president obama says he's cautiously hopeful. >>> now to the struggling economy and one of the most hotly debated questions facing congress this fall, should lawmakers let the bush tax cuts for high income americans expire at the end of the year as president obama wants? anthony mason reports. >> reporter: the recession hit dave campbell's lumberyard in connecticut hard. letting the bush tax cuts expire, he says, would cut even deeper. >> it just takes more cash out of our business and it's less people we can hire. it's a big deal. >> reporter: many economists agree. it's a hit th

ohio and indiana. that action is moving toward the northeast more than the east. we will have to watch.hat we have clouds coming in and that kept temperatures warmer

the air is pouring northward across the ohio valley to the mid-atlantic and the northeast.s we put our future cast in motion you will see how things stay warm here through 10:00. we will go through the day. it's warm. we get to tonight, midnight, there's the front, pittsburgh, not passing cincinnati. warm overnight. see the showers in the mountains, midday torment, noontime, 1:00 this is through dc. winds turning west and northwesterly. it will be a great afternoon, although well south and east of town, norfolk, williamsburg, newland you could see a stray shower in the afternoon and up to the lake and the midwest another front is heading this way and we watch the low pressure develop on sunday. this could bring us showers on sunday but with a northeast wind it will be much cooler by then. today, hope the ac is working. mid to upper 90s in a few spots except for the bay where it is 88. by the way, matthew developed yesterday late. this is heading toward nicaragua. about it skirts the coast. could be a hurricane and then where does it go? could be tremendous rains across the

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northeast remains mainly dry. scattered thunderstorms will be popping up around the mississippi and ohio valleys. >>> here's anothert this morning's top story. hurricane earl is churning in the atlantic off north carolina's outer banks. top winds are just over 100 miles per hour, but earl remains a dangerous storm. >>> the victim of a bizarre acid attack is speaking out. the incident happened this week in washington state as jessica of our portland, oregon, station koin-tv reports. the woman says she can't be angry. >> god is watching over me. you know, he -- i believe in him that his hands are on me. i can't live the rest of my life like that, in fear. >> reporter: with bandages wrapped around her head bethany storro speaks publicly about a horrifying attack. monday at the park in vancouver, a woman approached her and asked, hey, pretty girl, do you want to drink this, before throwing acidic liquid on bethany's face. >> the most -- oh, you don't even know. it was the most painful thing. like i told everybody, my heart stopped. i almost passed out. i have all of these questions like, why? a dare? did somebody say,

a powerful storm system rips across the northeast leaving a trail of destruction from ohio to new york. while all eyes remain on three powerful hurricanes churning up heavy winds, big surf, and even bigger concerns. >>> palin politics. the former alaska governor heads to iowa, celebrating two more successful senate endorsements. is this the first step in her plan to take on president obama in 2012? >>> and acid hoax. the woman who says she was attacked in washington state now says she did it to herself. we'll hear from police as to why and also have exclusive reaction from the victim of a possible o copycat attack. she's with us in the studio early this friday morning, she's with us in the studio early this friday morning, september 17th, 2010. captioning funded by cbs >>> good friday morning to you. still waking up there, i'm erica hill. good to have you with us. fog not guilty new york city. >> and right there, too. i'm harry smith. good morning, everybody. breaking news this morning, you'll never guess who showed up in a prison in peru. it was beth hole way trying to vis visit joran

georgia, nevada, washington state have all gained -- notice the northeast, the midwest are all losing seats. the big losers, new york and ohiolouisiana, massachusetts, michigan, missouri all lose one. evidence we're going to migrate south and west. it's all because of air-conditioning. but it's not g that i want to do completely on my own -- i like to discuss my ideas with someone. that's what i like about fidelity. they talked with me one on one, so we could come up with a plan that's right for me, and they worked with me to help me stay on track -- or sometimes, help me get on an even better one. woman: there you go, brian. thanks, guys. man: see ya. fidelity investments. turn here. lord of the carry-on. sovereign of the security line. you never take an upgrade for granted. and you rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a full-size or above. and still pay the mid-size price. i deserve this. [ male announcer ] you do, business pro. you do. go national. go like a pro. >>> back to "hardball." republicans pushing to extend the bush tax cuts to wealthy haven't s

to the northeast, quite a powerful system making its way into the great lakes as well here, looking at the risk of tornadoes in ohio, and over a wide area looking at very strong winds, perhaps damaging winds as well as large hail in place as well. behind it we're going to see cold air entering from the north, already affecting central canada, we have frost warnings in place tonight, and that's going to be ushering into the great lakes region on your wednesday, so as you wake up after tomorrow night it will fe conderay cooler here, torn row 21 degrees on wednesday. 22 in chicago. finally taking a look at europe then, to the north it will stay fine and dry across scandinavia under this big high pressure system, but we've got several systems in the works across western and central europe today, a couple of showers moving across the british aisles, still some heavy rain to come in london but the bulk of the heavy rain is really going to be impacting southern france and italy today, we've had reports of almost 250 mi millimeters falling in sicily in the last 24ours and various warnings in effect for southern france as w

, maybe a weak tornado afternoon through overnight and slowly moves towards the ohio valley tomorrow and into the northeastoing to be another messy day. igor, this is what most people in bermuda are worried about right now, 570 miles east of the leeward islands, wind speed 145 piles per hour, got to 155, one mile short -- one mile per hour short, i should say, of a category 5 storm yesterday slowly moving at so miles per hour turning north. now watch all these computer models bringing it pretty much right over bermuda with the exception of one. we'll keep an eye on that, saturday night, early sunday morning timing and very serious situation as it could be as strong as a category 3 storm as it rolls over. we'll watch that. that's a quick look at >> that's a quick look at our weather picture. let's send it back to the studio. harry? >> thanks very much, dave. americans spend about 10% of their income on food. how can you get the most for that money when head to the supermarket? our correspondent susan koeppen is here with brand new super saving ideas. good morning. >> good morning. >> right. we've done enume

, maybe a weak tornado afternoon through overnight and slowly moves towards the ohio valley tomorrow and into the northeastep in mind, it's going to be another messy day. igor, this is what most people in bermuda are worried about right now, 570 miles east of the leeward islands, wind speed 145 piles per hour, got to 155, one mile short -- one mile per hour short, i should >> that's a quick look at our weather picture. let's send it back to the studio. harry? >> thanks very much, dave. americans spend about 10% of their income on food. how can you get the most for that money when head to the supermarket? our correspondent susan koeppen is here with brand new super saving ideas. good morning. >> good morning. >> right. we've done enumerable segments about coupons but you have some ideas about coupons because people use them, there are different ways to use them and you say smarter ways, right? >> a very smart way to use your coupons. i have two. we have a dollar and 57-cent coupon. you would think the dollar is worth more. >> you would think. >> you woonk. but in most stores, they will double your coupon if

northeast, midwest are all losing seats. look at that. the big losers, new york and ohio, likely to lose two seats a piece. illinois, iowa, louisiana, massachusetts, michigan, missouri, new jersey and pennsylvania, all lose one. evidence that as a country we're beginning to migrate south and west. it's all because of air-conditioning. >>> back to "hardball." republicans pushing to extend the tax cuts for the wealthy didn't say where they'd cut spending to make up the difference. let's watch mike pence, a republic an leader on "meet the press" yesterday. >> where's the painful choice you're prepared to pak? >> cutting discretionary spending. >> on what? >> we could reduce government employment back to 2008 levels because. $35 billion 10. >> what about entitlement spending? are you going to raise the retirement age? >> the last time i was on this program i told you we keep our promises to seniors and near seniors but for americans under the age of 40 we absolutely to have begin to reform medicare and social security in aways to ensure long term -- the pledge to america is not the end all, be all. it's meant

be with you for several days and on up to the ohio valley and once it starts to connect back to the overall jet stream we will see it take off to the northeast again and we may connect it with a big trough by the end of the the week. that is up in the air. it may still stay cut off that means a wet situation for the southeast and fairly wet especially toward the end of the week all the way up into new england. out west not many changes there. warm and hot in that area with a big ring overhead. here is the temperature forecast that i'm putting out for next week. for the first full week of october. above normal temperatures for much of the west into the northern and western plains states below normal from southeastern texas and louisiana and all the way up to the ohio valley and tennessee valley. precipitation then below normal for the plains states and above normal for most areas from the mississippi valley on east ward. let's let us go out 90 days then. that puts us into december. above normal on into texas to the southeastern great lakes. precipitation near normal for most of the corn belt. texas into the southwest probably below normal. jo

but severe storms from nashville across ohio and into the great lakes. they move into the northeastight. showers in the northwest. and southern florida, thunderstorms in the texas panhandle. >> a cool 63 in minneapolis. 67 in chicago. atlanta is 88. slightly above average farther north. baltimore is 81. new york 77. in the west sacramento is 84, and phoenix is still hot at 107. >>> everybody's going to love this story here. cantankerous donkey named poppy lives on a small farm in paradise, california with a number of other animals. poppy does pretty much only what she wants to. but two weeks ago she became a hero. >> apparently, in the middle of the night a mountain lie hn grabbed a goat buttermilk to try and drag her away but poppy just wouldn't stand for. he should charged the lion, braying loudly, until it ran away. >> buttermilk the goat was saved, and the two, well, they've been inseparable ever since. >> i know what you're all wondering. >> more news right after this. ♪ keep smiling ♪ keep shining ♪ knowing you can always count on me ♪ ♪ for sure assistance getting around thei

northeast, midwest are all losing seats. look at that. the big losers, new york and ohio, likely to lose two seats a piece.s, iowa, louisiana, massachusetts, michigan, missouri, new jersey and pennsylvania, all lose one. evidence that as a country we're beginning to migrate south and west. it's all because of air-conditioning. in the science of color with quattron. by adding a fourth color -- yellow... yellow. banana. ...to the standard rgb color system, quattron produces more colors... banana! ...and makes images brighter. banana! banana! when seen in 3d -- whoa! whoa! aah! quattron makes tv so realistic... whoa! ...you won't believe your eyes. [ male announcer ] aquos quattron 3d from sharp. [ engineer laughs ] you have to see it, to see it. >>> back to "hardball." republicans pushing to extend the tax cuts for the wealthy didn't say where they'd cut spending to make up the difference. let's watch mike pence, a republic an leader on "meet the press" yesterday. >> where's the painful choice you're prepared to pak? >> cutting discretionary spending. >> on what? >> we could reduce government employment back

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to the east coast, it will produce potentially severe weather across the ohio river valley and windy conditions across the northeastn a cool front up to the north there. we are getting to the change of seasons, aren't we, kyra? >> it's beautiful, too, seeing the change in the tree colors. >> we will start to feel the cool air, first cool punch of the season in the next few days. >>> ditch your dialect and land a job. a number of people are saying it's controversial to restrain the tongues for the sake of getting hired. we're going to talk about it at the bottom of the hour. >>> checking top stories. 31 house democrats defying their leadership to let tax cuts expire at the end of the year. president obama only wants to extend middle-class cuts. >>> arnold schwarzenegger requesting an state of emergency for bruno. >>> the iowa egg controversial has had previous problems. hundreds of cases of salmonella contamination were found in a two-year period. >>> an old soldier is having a tough time on the home front. maybe you can help him out after his 30-second pitch. he has a wife, kids, a resumÉ to die for and almost thro

the mid plains back into the upper ohio river valley, clouds in the pacific northwest, thundershowers down through texas. and tomorrow we have got rain from the northeaste central plains, a slight risk there. hot in the southwest, heavy rain throughout much of the lower southwest. runny and hot with hit or miss >> good morning, everyone. we're off to a cool start, but it will warm up. we will see plenty of sunshine. this >> you know, we were about to do a tease with jill martin about some of the unusual products. show us what you're doing there. >> bottle opener and remote. and now i'm soaked. >> up next, jill's got some of the most unusual products on the market. and we need a sponge from lou's segment. yeah! over a restaurant er 2nd we took just for a day. then we made lunch for the neighbors. thousands of turkey burgers on us. to show people there's a burger that's as lean as it is delicious. it's really good. he loves the turkey burgers. if i can give her something that's good for her and lean, i'd totally make this for her. ancr: make the switch. look for jennie-o at a store near you. hey, you guys. want to try activia's great new taste? isn't thi

this could create severe weather in spots across the ohio river valley and crank up the winds across the northeast. fall weather moving in. football season. >> reynolds on the line, the only thing i could make out was "dude." that's for you. >>> checking top stories -- the number of americans filing for first time unemployment benefits doped for a second straight week last week according to a government report out. >>> president obama kicking off a multi facetted effort to bolster u.s. exports. he plans to double exports over the next five years. >>> pope benedict admits the roman catholic church has not been vigilant or fast enough in responding to the problem of sexual abuse by priests. he made that comment as he arrived in britain for a four-day state visit. many there are angry over the vatican's perceived lack of response to the act of violence. >>> for your cnn equals politics update, dana bash, part of the best political team on television joining us live from capitol hill right now. what's crossing right now? >> reporter: what's crossing first is you know how democrats starting with the pr

record highs in the ohio river valley, into the gulf coast, sunny but cooler in the northeast.have rain in the upper midwest in new england, showers in central texas and clouds in the pacific midwest. record highs move into the mid-atlantic and >> good morning, everyone. ibm tony -- i am tony pan. >>> that's your latest weather. >> when we come back, one man, four wives, we'll talk to them right after these messages. rise and shine! [ man ] ♪ today the world looks mighty fine ♪ [ women ] ♪ pop-tarts happy sunshine time! ♪ [ man ] ♪ grab a pop-tart and you might just start ♪ ♪ to sing songs like a meadow lark ♪ ♪ stretch and yawn ♪ blow a kiss to mom ♪ cause pop-tarts mornings are the bomb ♪ ♪ so, rise and shiiiiine the medicine in advil is their #1 choice for pain relief. more than the medicines in tylenol or aleve. use the medicine doctors use for themselves. one more reason to make advil your #1 choice. [ water runs ] [ female announcer ] new chef boyardee whole grain beefaroni. [ whispering ] now with whole grain pasta. shh. ♪ i was young and i was stupid ♪ i had just turned

ohio valley, sizzling in the southwest. sunday, sunday, sunny and cool in the northeast, and we have got some showers again around the eastern showers and thundershowers down into the southwest. we're looking at a lot of sunshine and heat in the gulf coast >>> it's a beautiful view looking back to san francisco. we don't have anything in the way of low clouds getting in the way of the view this morning. and for this afternoon, 80s and low 90s around the inner bay. should be in the low to mid-90s, upper 90s possible inland around the delta and tri-valley. tomorrow with a warmer start looks even hotter. then we'll start to see cooling on the coast friday. then all areas start to cool for the weekend. back to 70s and 80s inland for labor day weekend. 60s on the beaches beginning saturday. >> and don't fergs, forget, you can check your weather any time on the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. >> all right, al, thank you very much. we appreciate it. >>> and on "today's" modern love, we're talking about the wedding bands, you have picked melissa and jeremy to get married on our plaza on september 30. then we put you

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ohio valley. and i think we'll wind up with east-northeast winds, so that will keep temperatures cool, probably aain tomorrow and we'll get into the quote/unquote warm sector on tuesday and the temperatureless jump up. then we'll keep a chance for rain in the picture. could even be a thunderstorm on tuesday. showers likely to start the workweek on monday with a high near 72. chance for a shower or thunderstorm on tuesday. wednesday looks like a nice day. sunshine up to 76. a little front on thursday. and that should knock the temperatures back into the upper 60s by the time we hit next weekend with overnight lows in the 40's. >> a virginia beach teenager is recovering from a rare run-in with a shack bitten while surfing. >> now officials are trying to figure out what type of shark attacked him not one by twice. >> it was a day at the beach. three friends won't soon forget. >> look at the teeth imprints. >> i thought it would never happen. when we first got there it did not even cross my mind. we could be in danger. >> yesterday, caleb and his buddies were hanging out. >> down at a place called po

northeast. they say they're about seven to eight seats each in new york state and ohio, for example, that they considero be targets of opportunity. and don't forget, there are 48 democrats right now in districts that john mccain won. that's a real target of opportunity. >> they need 39 to become the majority in the house of representatives. now, if the democrats supposedly nationalized this election, how do the republicans respond to that? >> as george bush once said, bring it on. they're very happy to nationalize the election. you know, they say it may work in some senate seats for democrats, run against the tea party, etc. but in house races, they say what this is going to do is bring out the republican base. they're not going to be happy to see anyone demonizing anybody in the republican party. they say it will only help them locally in their elections. so if they want to make it about barack obama, that's what the republicans want. so fine with them. >> gloria, thanks very much. >> sure. >>> the worst economic downturn since the great depression has now officially been declared over. so how does pr

ohio river valley. sunny and hot out west. then on sunday, beautiful weather in the northeast, warm wet weather in the northwest and sunny and hotht, tomorrow morning. maybe even tornadoes are possible with this tropical >>> coming up next, melissa and jeremy get married live here on the plaza. first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> welcome back to rockefeller plaza, where we're celebrating today's wedding, modern love, the wedding you've been planning the last six months is about to begin. melissa and jeremy will exchange their vows on our plaza in a few minutes. >> guests have arrived, they're seated. up at the altar, reverend dr. steve cox will officiate, an old family friend of the mcmillans, a district superintendent with the united methodist church. >> our groom, jeremy gephardt is making his way down the aisle. he is wearing his air force dress. looks fantastic. just returned from his second tour in afghanistan, on his second tour of duty and currently stationed in alaska and plans to return to missouri, where melissa lives, next spring. >> here are jeremy's parents, cindy and dale gebhardt. they have been married 27 years. t

northeast down through the mid atlantic. really heavy. you can see moving through portions of ohiorning, right up through the great lake states. balance of the country is nice and dry. and it's going to be another hot one. look at that. l.a. already is at 74. but here in new york city, we've already got 71 degrees. a lot of 50's and 60's across the balance of the map. today in l.a., though, it's only going to be 84. yesterday, it was the hottest day on record in los angeles for any day of the calendar year which is incredible. meanwhile, in raleigh, it's going to be 80, 81 in memphis. the temperatures in the 70's and 80's across dixie land and across texas. northern plains, temperatures in the 60's. today, it's going to be 66 in chicago. home of da bears, brian. >> undefeated bears, i might add. monday night football ended a short while ago. two teams meet who don't like each other and play great football. chicago against the packers of green bay. early on, it was all pack. aaron rodgers, remember he replaced bret favre. he hits greg jennings from seven yards out. packers went up 7

record highs in the ohio river valley, into the gulf coast, sunny but cooler in the northeast.rrow, we've got rain from the upper midwest into new england. showers in central texas and clouds in the pacific midwest. record highs move into the mid-atlantic and northeastern states. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happenin >>> traffic is moving well on a very sunny golden gate bridge. our forecast today calls for cool temperatures to start things off. then we'll warm things up this afternoon. right now, we see 43 degrees in santa rosa. 54 in hayworth. 51 in san jose. by the time we reach the lunch hour, most of us will be reaching the 70s, but the city, san francisco, 67 degrees. afternoon highs, looking a little bit warmer and then it's looking hot this weekend, reaching the 90s. >>> that's your latest weather. >> when we come back, one man, four wives, we'll talk to them right after these messages. rise and shine! [ man ] ♪ today the world looks mighty fine ♪ [ women ] ♪ pop-tarts happy sunshine time! ♪ [ man ] ♪ grab a pop-tart and you might just start

ohio and into the finger lakes. warm air coming up from the south, all those temperatures in the 80s and 90s inching up. could have record setters in the northeast by the time we get to friday. keep in mind dealing with storms in the four corners, which will roll into the rockies and northern plains as we get into tomorrow, as well so. we'll keep an eye on that. a lot going on across the >> summer ends, autumn begins tonight, 11:09, equal sunshine north and south of the equator. whoa. that's a look at our weather picture. sorry about that graphical error. maggie. >> no problem. thank you, dave at 7:15, more troubles for paris hilton now that she pleaded guilty to drug charges, japanese officials refused to let her into their country sending her packing. our correspondent has the story. >> how do you plead? >> guilty, your honor. >> when paris hilton pled guilty to cocaine possession in las vegas monday, she likely had no idea it might cause her to be detained some 5500 miles away. >> paris! >> reporter: shortly after leaving a las vegas courtroom, the 29-year-old hotel heiress boarded a flight to japan to promote her fashion and fragrance line.

mid plains back into the upper ohio river valley, clouds in the pacific northwest, thundershowers down through texas. and then for tomorrow, we have got rain from the northeasts thunderstorms along the gulf >>> we are seeing low clouds and low temperatures this morning. we're watching this system offshore that will push high clouds away and crank up the sea breeze which will lead to a pretty cool day. even for inland spots. mid-70s towards the altamont pass and low 70s across the north bay. tomorrow looks cooler than today. but the weekend we start to warm up. 80s and 90s inland including san jose. >> you know, we were about to do a tease with jill martin about some of the unusual products. show us what you're doing there. >> bottle opener and remote. and now i'm soaked. >> up next, jill's got some of the most unusual products on the market. and we need a sponge from lou's segment. yeah! over a restaurant er 2nd we took just for a day. then we made lunch for the neighbors. thousands of turkey burgers on us. to show people there's a burger that's as lean as it is delicious. it's really good. he loves the turkey burgers. if i can give her something that's good

northeast getting hit with heavy rain and causing little damage. >> president barack obama will be addressing the main issue the nation's sagging economy later on this week he will be in ohiose states have very competitive races since midterm elections. here's a preview of the president's week had an message about the economy. >> president barack obama is focused as labor day isn't turning the economy around. this week he is laying out the problem and tried offer solutions. >> for decades middle-class families felt the sting of stagnant incomes and declining economic security. companies were ordered were track's biggest for craig jobs overseas. wall street's firm stern terms profits by taking reckless risk and cutting corners. all this came at the expense of working americans. ultimately the house of cards collapsed. >> the president has an and wisconsin talking up the economy. both states have tough midterm elections polls show what they're not happy concord should road on a spending cut package immediately. >> from a bell labs, a government takeovers of federal mandates have alternations. america's employers are afraid to invest in an economy wracked of uncertainty over

ohio river valley down to the gulf coast. western two thirds of the country going to be fabulous. then sunday, sunday! we're looking at lots of showers in the northeast in texas all the way into the southwest. showers along the gulf coast. more >>> via san francisco where we've got patchy low clouds and occasional sun breaks. notice for the afternoon, mid-60s, 68 in oakland. more sunshine in inland valleys. south of san jose today, tomorrow and the start of the weekend, 70s to mid-80s inland. 60s and 70s along the coast. >> and don't forget you can check your weather any time of the day or night. go to the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. meredith? >> all right, al. find out what it was like when you learned how to drive a new orleans street car with matt along for the ride. but first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪ welcome to ultimate rewards from chase. no blackouts, no restrictions on airfare and hotels, no limits to what you can get with ultimate rewards. no wonder it's called ultimate. available on chase credit, debit, and business cards. chase what matters. as governor, he cut waste got rid of the mansion and the limo budgets were bal