northwestern is not unique in that regard. others can clearly do that. what benevolent work would that be for law schools across the country. i want to come back to something that ken said something. talk to me about the burden, the responsibility, you tell me what it is for you that you have dedicated the rest of your life to representing others who are enduring the same thing you had to go through. >> i was sitting down with the reverend. i wanted an innocent project within our community pride there are only two african-americans that i know of. he was the first african- american that was granted a pardon in the state of illinois. we need that in our community. we need to go into the inner city colleges and direct programs. teach these to our young children and ignite their passion so that we can deal with the overwhelming volume of mail that i receive. it is more than i can answer. my dream is to bring these young students and allow them to enter these letters, allow them to assimilate information that can be most helpful to the people behind bars. th

and so i said, "oh, i'll go to northwestern." i even applied to the naval academy, and had met with my congressman, and i was a lieutenant colonel in the rotc. >> hinojosa: you were a good kid, and yet you could have easily just become a dropout. so when you look at these kids now who end up in your juvenile court, and they have dropped out... >> i understand now the connection. i understand what the difference is if you have an education and if you don't. because i've gone back to chicago. i've gone back to the projects where i grew up. i've looked for other friends who didn't go off, and they're not there. they're either dead or in prison or living bad lives, so many of them. and that frightens me, you know, because i know the connection between education and having a future. >> hinojosa: but how often, judge harris, does it happen where you know that you're looking at a really smart kid, and yet the kid doesn't get the connection? the kid thinks like you, like, "school, somehow i'll figure this out." you know, "if i drop out o

even as the storms clear out of the northwestern suburbs as they have. you have run off going on from a few inches of rain that come down in a matter of an hour or two. you have the potential for some flash flooding. and as woesome in a little -- and as we zoom in, here's the area in question. you have the lightning coming in and damaging winds on the front end of the damaging storms. but, again, the heavy rain with that, it's sparking flash flood concerns. we'll continue to monitor the sky and they're continuing to clear in baltimore. we'll have more on where the storms head, coming up. >>> red cross workers are helping victims of last night's storms. strong winds ripped off roofs from apartments. . the red cross is helping families affected. >> lightning started this three alarm fire in jarredsville. a neighbor vehicle up to a loud bang. he saw the roof on fire at this home also. before the firefighters arrived, four young girls ran around the house to see if anyone was inside. they were all away at the time. >> they were out of the country on vacation

unfortunately, because marin and never became part of the bart system, it does not go out to in northwestern san francisco in marin, which is an area that has to be analyzed for the future. finally, i guess there was the question about, you know, the metropolitan area and what if it includes. there are mixed opinions as to whether san francisco bay area includes the south bay also. the census bureau and others consider them two different metropolitan areas. so that does not really make too much difference, but it is interesting to look at it, and i think we do have to consider it one region, but they certainly are distinct areas. secondly, i want to thank elizabeth for a very excellent report, answering questions i raised about the van ness special use district and hospital charity care information. as our discussion continues discussion continuescal pacific and on housing issues, it is important to have the facts first and make decisions second. she has provided us and the commission was some really interesting and important answers to with the van ness plan is, with a special use district

on june 20th, a plane crash landed short of a runway at an airport in northwestern russia killing 46 people. >>> a new nhk poll puts public support for naoto kan at its lowest since september 2009. 16% of respondents said they support kan and his cabinet, a drop of nine points from june. the cabinet's disapproval rating is up 11 points. when the prime minister should leave office, 38% said immediately and 28% said by the end of august. more than 60% want him to gol soon. the poll found that 13. 6% support the democrats. 23.4% is up 2.3 points. we asked about the prime minister's plummeting rate. >> 16%. why have the ratings fell so low? >> people simply do not support naoto kan anymore. but they have grown fed up of kan's flops on reconstruction and the nuclear policies. he has announces policies off the top of his head. for example, the government is under pressure to compile unified policy on stress tests for nuclear reactors after the prime minister abruptly announced them. kan's announcement caused confusion and tension because it contradicted an earlier order to restart reactors

and northwestern sonoma county also increased some of that fog.s fog free, santa cruz coastline a far -- a far cry from yesterday. temperatures are in the mid-70s for many here, rather consistent. san jose, 75. livermore is in there, concord, fairfield, napa's close. santa rosa, san rafael, hayward, mountain view says 74. 67 in san francisco, and oakland downtown, it's 68 degrees. but as long as that low is there, it's hard to get warm, i mean even sacramento and areas out to stockton are in the low os. one -- low os. it's in the middle -- 80s. it's in the middle of the country, where it's been incredibly hot, including up to the dakotas. today, though, there is a lot of sunshine out there. it's fair, cloudy. mild to warm, a little bit before patchy fog but we are leaning on a slightly warmer forecast. clearlake losing out to other areas, the farther north you go, still some low 80s are possible. a lot of 60s and 70s. low 80s morgan hill. fremont, 73. still nice and 6 san francisco. 60s san mateo coast, 70 santa cruz. a little warmer tuesday into

this takes control and there is a wind flow bringing us a breeze and that northwestern breeze is going to push this fog away so there are patches of something to and sunny skies. temperatures inland climbing into 90s and there is pleasant weather ahead. overnight tonight looking for 50s and 60s and patches of fog around the monterey bay. and tomorrow afternoon, temperatures into upper 80s around los gatos and sarah to goa. 86 in san jose. and 82 for redwood city. palo alto. and excuse me, just needed a sip of water, you're warm lg up. and downtown san francisco, 73 degrees, 74 south san francisco. really a beautiful day in the north bay. interest there are low 90s and there is a down sloping wind. and there is east bay upper 70s, 83 this fremont this, is were you should be at this time of the year. 93 for antioch. walnut creek, 92 degrees around the bay. 80 in santa cruz, 94 inland. if you like this warm weather this, is typical for summer time. there is a look at the accu-weather forecast. upper 60s at beaches tomorrow, mid-90s inland there. is a warmer day. warmth holds on on thursda

severe thunderstorms breaking out in the northwestern corner near the low pressure system for montana as well as alberta. we have significant rain across the four corners into the plain states. lots of moisture coming in from the south and along the cold front as well as wide-spread rain developing here. here it will be very hot and humid, and quite uncomfortae, really. 37 in houston. it really stays hot down in the southeastern corner but cooler as we head into the northwest. >>> now for europe, severe weather conditions developing across western parts of europe. strong thunderstorms reported in parts of france, spain, and switzerland, as well as germany. now the system will make its way in a northeasterly direction before moving into sweden on your thursday, bringing the heaviest rain and strong thunderstorms to this part. and then a long a frontal line we will see scattered showers, but nothing as severe as what we were looking at yesterday. out towards the west, it's sunny in spain and portugal. it will be sunny for you, and 22 in london and 21 in paris, and looking cooler in vien

winchester in the far northwestern suburbs, you may get down into the upper 60s. here is your next three days. so, today, hot and muggy. 94. afternoon, evening scattered showers and storms. some could be severe and strong. damaging wind gusts, maybe some hail and locally heavy downpours at times. tomorrow, not as hot. 85 degrees. more numerous showers and storms. a bigger risk for severe storms as well tomorrow. tomorrow can be a tough day and it can be dangerous. saturday, still hot. 90 degrees. sunday, partly cloudy conditions. and the heat is on for monday. 95 degrees. we're looking to be storm-free that day and then we get back down to more seasonable conditions toward wednesday around upper 80s. all right, it is thursday. it is time for pet line 9. with us is b.j. from the montgomery county humane society. you've got lucky, right? talk about lucky. >> lucky will be lucky if somebody takes him home. he's about 7. he's a rat terrier. he's really a sweetheart. i think he's a little bit nervous being on the spotlight. he was great while we were waiting to get rea

the strikes targeted the northwestern tribal belt close to the border. missiles hit a vehicle and a compound. hours later, in the south, another area was hit. the death toll could rise. moody's causing more turmoil in europe today. "just when you think the situation is under control, there comes the next blow. the rating agencies moody's has cut ireland's bonds to junk status and has warned a further downgrade. it has been a fallevolatile day. stocks rebounded after six days of losses. the whole euros own is jittery. the leaders are talking about holding a crisis meeting to fight the contagion. -- the whole eurozone is jittery. >> this is one of the top rating institutions in europe. they ended the day up almost 6%. the european traders were panicking that the debt crisis might be spreading to italy. many put the blame on the politicians. >> there has been a discussion going on for days now and the eu itself is to blame by expressing concern about italy. that was an open invitation to the speculators. >> what annoys analysts is the lack of consistency fr

northwest side of town right now, basically extending north of downtown all the way up to jfx and northwestern side of town, let zoom in here. randallstown all the way back up through new york growth comes together on the north side of the beltway -- other than this particular storm, there is a lot out there statewide. one renegade storm on the northern edge of hartford county where we had some flash flooding earlier tonight, as well. the current flash flood warnings, not watches but warnings for how word, baltimore city and baltimore county as that hangs out overnight, we will see more showers and thunderstorms but more into our friday and we'll talk about when the storm system get out of here coming up. >> it looks like dundalk took the brunt of the damaged. christian schaffer was there and is light in baltimore county for us. >>reporter: about 13,000 people lost power when the storms rolled through, about 10,000 have gotten it back at this hour. there is some damage, especially at a gig you got one apartment complex in dundalk. >>reporter: you can see outside and a gaping whole allowed the

he graduated from northwestern high school in hyattsville in 2008, still no arrests and no word what led to that fight. >>> new video of a huge fire in northwest d.c. a u.s. park police officer shot this from one of their choppers. the fire started in a row house along decatur street and quickly spread to five others. no word on a cause. 14 people remember displaced. no one was seriously -- were displaced. no one was seriously hurt. >>> moammar gadhafi saying stop the in a dough bombings or bomb -- in a dough bombings or -- nato bombings or there will be bombings in europe. >>> she pleaded guilty to federal charges in a corruption case. so why is leslie johnson still on the prince george's county council? the new call for her resignation next. >>>. >>> plus what you need to know before heading to the national mall for the fireworks and check out some of the other stories in our rundown tonight. we will be back in just 60 seconds. >> this is fox 5 news edge at 11:00.  >>> prince george's county executive rushern baker is calling on councilwoman leslie johnson

an emergency room physician at northwestern memorial hospital -- >> in this heat, we're getting sicker patients as well. not only are there more patients, but they're actually sicker. >> reporter: in cities, asphalt is retaining the heat in the day and keeping things hot overnight. more than 3,000 locations nationwide have tied or broken nighttime highs this month. in rural areas, it's the humidity fed by something called evapotranspiration. basically, plants that sweat. when plants like corn are watered by rain or irrigation, moisture evaporates to the air. over hundreds of thousands of corn belt acres, the effect is like a turkish bath. john grows corn in manhattan, illinois. >> would i be more comfortable if it was hot and dry? yes, but i think my plants would be less comfortable. >> reporter: they're from jekting a terrific corn crop this year. but as you can see, what's good for manhattan in illinois may not be so great for the one in new york. in new york, philadelphia, and washington, the temperature is going to be high over the next couple of days. but when you add in the humid

killed at least five people and wounded 19 others as he was being searched at a political rally in northwestern pakistan. 6000 people were attending a rally organized by a senior member of the pakistan muslim league. he hopes a way can be found to quickly deliver aid to drought- stricken somalia. he was speaking at the end of the u.s. refugee camp in e.d. appeared he said that the death rates seen during the crisis have been staggering and american help was being set back. the somalia border in southeastern ethiopia. >> an uncertain start to new life as refugees. hundreds of somalis moving into this refugee camp, one of the three existing camps for somalis here. and problematic ever since it opened. hot, dust-filled wind blows through the camp for much of the time. for now, all too few of the refugees have the protection to these protections of a tent. a stubbornly high death rate here. the delegation representing the u.s. and other supporters came to see what needs to be done to prevent this refugee emergency turning into a disaster. >> the main thing is to focus on the humanitarian side in ve

so laos and vietnam and northwestern indo-china peninsula will be looking at heavy rain. looking pretty dry on into northern china and central china. the temperatures are very light in ulan bator. averaging at 31. tokyo, looking at 33. another hot and very humid day for your saturday high. heading over to north america, well, we have a low pressure system just sort of stationed in the northern plains. well, this is going to be bringing severe storms, thunderstorms, large hail, damaging winds, and even tornadic activity will be seen in montana, dakotas, all the way down into northern colorado for your friday. we do want to watch out for that. and also scattered thunderstorms and showers will be seen, especially in the gulf states in the southeast. well, a bit north is this area where a heat wave is just reaching all the way up to sentra canada now, and this may be bringing all that humidity and heat. both combined it's a very dangerous situation. the heat index readings are going to be above 48 degrees high. and into your weekend and well into your next week, the temperatu

ontario canada, more than a million acres have burned in 111 separate wildfires racing across the northwesternart of province. the flames fueled by two months of drought have forced the evacuation of 3600 people. officials say cooler damp weather moving into the area this weekend should help firefighters contain the fires in the next few days. >>> the first foreign-born chairman of the joint chiefs of staff retired army general has died. he led them in 1993 by bill clinton. he was born in poland. his family came to theness 1952 and he was drafted into the army in 1958. as chairman, he oversawmill try operations in bosnia and haiti. president obama praised him for improving life for american military personnel. >>> a heat wave bakes the central and eastern portions of the u.s. newark, new jersey hit 108 degrees on friday and was above 100 again today from shortly after 1:00 this afternoon until after 6:00 tonight. power demand in the new york city area reached a new height as people tried to beat the heat with air-conditioners and fans. forecasters say daytime highs aren't the only problem. thi

. >> susie: ellen majored in engineering at tufts and studied management at northwestern. there she got an m.b.a. and met her husband, michael kullman. after a stint at general electric, both went to work at dupont. michael is now the head of global marketing. so your husband mike is working here. i mean, how weird is it to have your husband a subordinate? >> he and i have worked in the same companies for the last 25 years. so we've always been used to, you know, working in the same industry. we're both marketing types and engineers. and it's never been an issue for us. >> susie: but you're the c.e.o. >> that's true. i guess maybe because it's been 22 years we've both when-- been working for the company that it just hasn't created any of those issues. >> susie: the couple have three children. a daughter in college, and twin boys, heading into their senior year in high school. >> susie: just about every working woman watching this interview struggles to find a balance between their career and their family. and you've been talking about your-- raising your three kids. how di

could give released to people disabled by disabled by an untreatable chest pain scientists at northwesternjected bone marrow stem cells into the hearts of 167 patients with severe angina or lack of blood to the heart that there be cut the number of chest pain incidents in half previous research has even shown that bone marrow cells can create new blood vessels and dead heart muscle european experts said the work is still at an early stage however and long-term benefits are not yet known new research gives older women a reason to consider taking vitamin d a review of clinical trials and that those who took vitamin d 3 supplements were 6 percent less likely to die during study periods averaging two years the studies were mostly donald of the women and nursing homes the studies also found those who survived had an increased risk for kidney stones researchers and not sure what effect vitamin d supplements would be on hand the research was reported in reuter's health new clues as to why sunburn is so painful scientists in london say over exposure to the sun truce a particular protein in the bod

rahul khare is an emergency room physician at northwestern memorial hospital. >> in this heat we're getting sicker patients as well. so not only are there more patients, but they're actually sicker. >> reporter: in cities, asphalt is retaining the heat of the day and keeping things hot overnight. more than 3,000 locations nationwide have tied or broken nighttime highs this month. in rural areas, the humidity is fed by something called evapotranspiration, basically plants that sweat. when crops like corn are watered by rain or irrigation, the moisture eventually evaporates into the air. over hundreds of thousands of corn belt acres, the effect is like a turkish bath. john kiefner grows corn in manhattan, illinois. >> would i be more comfortable if it was hot and dry? yes, but i think my plants would be less comfortable. >> reporter: they're projecting a terrific corn crop this year, but as you can see, what's good for the manhattan in illinois may not be so great for the one in new york. and in new york, philadelphia and washington, the temperature is going to be high over the next couple of

more than 100 fires burning in the northwestern part of ontario. 3600 people evacuated. weeks of drought fueled the fires, forecasters are now predicting cool damp weather to give some relief during the next few days. >> >> green peace protesters in france took off clothes to make a point. members of the group stripped in front of the paris nike store to protest river pollution. part of a global detox campaign that took place in 29 cities simultaneously. green peace said a year long investigation into toxic water pollution in china found links to a number of major clothing brands. >> >> a birthday party in texas became a nightmare when a man opened fire. a family was hosting the private polo inside of a roller rink in grand prairie, near dallas, when the shooting -- after killing 5 people and injuring 4 others, the man turned the gun on himself. investigators have not released any names. >> >> a hospital that served presidents and thousands of the nation's military wounded is about to close. walter reid army medical center will hold a farewell ceremony next week and shut

the fire has broken out of the nursing home for the elderly in northwestern ukraine it's killed sixteen people fire crews battled the frame for five hours and managed to rescue eleven from the blaze victims were then treated in hospital for carbon dioxide poisoning three remain a great year for to rest of it because of the fire but any reports suggest it was not started from the quickly. so going to stan's governments admitted that a series of explosions that shook the city of a dying occurred at a munitions depo the blast happened on thursday and killed fifteen people according to official reports now initially authorities said it was an instance of a fireworks factory and there were no casualties but that contradicted eyewitness pictures and reports there own two hundred were killed and scores injured it's understood that the officials responsible for giving out false public information would be sacked now understands longer every secretive state even the internet was banned until recently repair works are underway in the stricken town of victims a big promise of government a. world n

meanwhile, syrian forces sweep through the northwestern border region to block refugees from escapingo turkey. president bashar al assad blaming saboteurs for the recent violence and protests. >>> wind gusts continue to challenge crews fighting arizona and new mexico wildfires. thousands of residents in southern arizona evacuating their homes as powerful winds push the flames acrossroads and containment lines toward populated areas. the wallow fire burning in eastern arizona for three weeks, keeping residents under an evacuation order for another day. >> it's quite startling to see the acreage that has burned and the area that is still burning. >> all of the arizona wildfires are believed to be human-caused. >>> the internet getting a major face-lift. websites ending in dotcom will soon be passe and replaced with the likes of dot-sport, dot-eco and even dot-x. assigned names and numbers to allow virtually unlimited domain names based on themes as various brands, entertainment and political causes. groups can petition next year for new updates to dotcom and dot net with suffixes use an

your brain prohibits you from seeing people of other races clearly, a northwestern scientists found biologicaltudy participants have trouble recognizing the faces from races other than their own the idea that they all look alike actually occurs because brain waves respond differently when processing same obverses other race faces researchers say the familiarity or the practice with sam rice visuals beefs up brain processing and memory and college exercise and a bottle. when people are sedentary their muscles shrink but by drinking red wine those negative effects seem to wash away, scientific evidence shows that healthy ingredient in a red wine flowsslows muscle deterioration it is no substitute for exercise but it may counter the effects of not exercising. the most amazing space-age treadmill, i got on it today is to help people with a knee hit ankle and back problems. we have video in the anti gravity treadmill filled with air you run and it will add back waite as necessary you can see how works to eliminate pain, it works for people with arthritis and all kinds of injuries and just to help y

mission joining me to discuss this from our new york studio is peter ludlow he is professor at northwestern university my alma mater and he's also editor of crypto anarky cyber states and pirate utopias thanks so much for being with us my pleasure so what do you think i just break it down do you think that it's possible that the work of law and anonymous could have had anything to do with what drove this cyber security guy out for him to resign. no i don't think so i think that what you have is just a basic kind of a bureaucratic mess i mean that position has been a revolving door we've had something like five or six people in that position for the last six or seven years and i think it's a position without any power and i think like the last person who held the position he just figured this isn't worth the headaches i'm just getting out and i'm going to make a lot of money in the private sector ok so if that's the case if this is a bureaucratic mess and nobody can succeed in this position what does that say about u.s. policy in this area because cyber com and cyber security and the threat

he is suspected in connection with numerous killings in northwestern mexico. the u.s.t agency offered a $5 million reward for information leading to his arrest. >>> venezuelan president chavez has been being treated for cancer. he says that he is feeling well and happy. he announced last week that cuban doctors removed a cancerous tumor. >>> how do you fix the economy, the federal debt and create more jobs? one man has a solution so simple and powerful it may surprise you. that's in our big eye in just a couple minutes. >>> well, as you know, every day on this show we do a segment called the big eye. it's about solutions to problems. today's topic gets to the core of the segment. there's a growing movement to fight the ballooning federal debt, a sluggish economy and the slipping power and influence of the u.s. the solution is simple innovation. the consumer electronics association, this declaration, you see it right there. pretty much like the declaration of independence. it's an online pledge to push innovation as a national agenda. leading the way is the president an

but on our computer model it's showing northeast as opposed to northwestern. for all intents and purposes this is going to be a big rainmaker. look at this. 250 millimeters not out of the question. that could certainly cause some flooding widespread across the philippines. there's td-10. a chance of high development well to the east of new guinea. we'll watch that for the philippines next. but at this point this is going to be the main player. big thunderstorm activity. you saw the horrific story coming out of eastern china earlier in the week with the crash of the bullet train due to lightning strikes and the second train not knowing about it and rear ending it. this is the frontal boundary that's draped here. as long as that's the case, we're going to bundle up the thunderstorm activity through the afternoon. ite going to push to the east over the next couple of days. europe the big story. this trough across the west, big ridge across the east and that means a heat wave for moscow. temperatures here are going to be in the mid-30s, and in the middle we're goi

warning, a brand-new severe thunderstorm warning for anne arundel county, southwestern anne arundel, northwesternastern prince william county into virginia, southeastern fairfax county, including the mt. vernon area, which is seeing very heavy rain and northern charles county. that severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 6:00. further south, and you can see that line, extends down i-95 further south. we have another severe thunderstorm warning for northern spotsylvania, northeastern orange, stafford county, culpeper, southeastern fauquier and southern prince william until 5:45 so that makes its way from annapolis and the bay bridge right on down toward the south. you can see that down toward fredericksburg. we'll do a couple zooms here. the heaviest area now seems to be in towards the mt. vernon region and also over towards clinton maryland, right around andrews air force base around friendly and camp springs. some lightning strikes out of these storms, as well. as we move toward the south, we're looking at dale city, around triangle, midway island, and then even further down to the south, ju

according to him, the men drove the bod you to a steel mill in northwestern indiana. >> he said it wass waved them in and they drove right up. a big steel bucket was wheeld out and her body was put many the bucket and into the furnace she went and was inris rated. din incinerated. >> a brutal ending for a wealthy heiress and social it. but is the story true? joe says brach was killed because the horsemen had been cheating her for years and she was planning to expose him. though he admits to stealing money in the past, he insists he is not a violent person. he told the paper he's willing to testify against more of the men responsible, but realizes this may never happen. in 2007 ken hanson died in prison while serving 200 yers for the 1955 murders of three young boys. his lawyers maintain he was not involved with the disappearance of helen brach. ken hanson's brother kurt died in 1993. recent efforts to locate joe were not successful. armed with the new version of facts richard bailey filed a request for his 30-year sentence to be reconsidered. the request was denied. the appeals court r

did not have the advantage at that time that some other defendants have being hooked in with a northwestern or depaul or someone who's going to, you know, highlight his case 'cause you look at it and when you take a look at the facts of the case, it was outrageous what happened to him. nobody ever called me and i get a lot of calls. nobody ever called my colleague steve millions who was excellent in wrongful confessions. his name was wrong to us. and it was only through this incredible sequence of events that got you this -- katherine the attorney that really pushed this case forward because my reading of the chicago magazine article about this case a couple of years ago was that your public defender thought you were kind of slick and didn't trust you. >> one of them. >> one of them. one of them didn't. so he wasn't going to call the newspapers to get anything going. he wasn't going to bring any pressure. >> and, you know, cathy and i debated that -- cathy is just not the type to self-aggrandize. she is unlike so many criminal defense lawyers in chicago. she will not call a press conference

according to prince george's county public schools, he was a 2008 graduate of northwestern high school located a mile from the scene of the fight. the dead man identified as 21- year-old leonard. are smith matthews. according to his facebook page, he was a musician and singer who performed with local bands. now according to hyattsville police department, the three other people injured here are expected to survive their wounds. detectives from prince george's county contacted the homicide county, because a homicide is involved. there are not that many hds in this small town. they are working this case, have been working it since the stabbing nearly 24 hours ago. we do not have any word as to whether or not they have made any arrests. we keep pressing them, and so far they say no word on arrests yet. >> i wonder if you know whether or not this was gang remitted. i know there was some question as to who it was gang related. what do you know about that? >> my quick answer is probably not. everybody is asking me was this racial, because this is a multiracial area. the two people involved in

tom mcguinness of northwestern put it this way. even as the party or the anglican church in great britain has been described as the toy party at the pulpit so these law schools can be described as a democratic party. now, that has been changed. i mention detains at harvard. in the most schools that have any self-respect these days will house a libertarian or conservative outspoken law professor. they may hesitate to have more than one in fear that they will breed. but they do tend to have one these days. so things are changing. this is not new. this ideological flak goes back a good long way. if you wanted to you could trace it back to a century ago. it was said that law should be conceived as social engineering. isn't that a wonderful phrase? that means that law schools might think of themselves as schools of engineering. but it really began picking up momentum during and after the new deal. various law professors joined the administration. even more notably people in fdr's administration went over to law schools after they left a

she's an assistant professor of political science at northwestern university.osh trevino, vice president of communications at the texas public policy foundation think tank. welcome is this the do-nothing congress? they've done little more. the house has passed a pathetic 50 bills this their first five months, the lower in 15 years. >> what do any of you have to say? >> i think it's great. this congress was elected to block the obama 'enda. they're doing it. great graze. >> why did she get upset when the president said they weren't doing their job unless you think their job is just to block the president? >> well, you know, the republicans in congress may think that's their job, but i think the american people voted for them because they wanted jobs, because they saw the economy needed some work. even some of the people that support them voted them, because they wanted to solve something, instead of trying to reach a deal, instead of trying to reach a deal, so they're standing in the way of getting the debt hand, in the way of getting a jobs bill passed, and sit

to talk about chet hayes who is tom hank's son who has out a rap video and he is a student at northwesterns listen. >> this is tom hank's son? ♪ girls think i'm superman snide and i have the program -- ♪ >> well, anybody with an internet connection can hold his own. but jay-z did tweet that this is not a tom hanks production, and my dad does not give me money for the music career, and i do it all on my own and i grind for everything i do. i am not sure he is going to be on the grammy list any time soon, but however, we are happy for him. >> well, you never know, timing is everything. thank you, courtney. >> happy canada, and happy fourth of july. >> and go to scoop.com where you can be a fan of the scoop or on facebook. >>> sometiming i think that the critics of the president are cle clearly unfair when they say he doesn't love this country for example. this is a guy of mixed background and says only in this country, my country, is this story possible, and look at where he is. american exceptionalism. >>> martin bashir, next, only on msnbc. >>> welcome back. earlier this hour we told you a

check out this incredible video of a waterspout in northwestern pennsylvania. home video shows waterspout off of bear beach. it actually formed as strong storms moved through the area yesterday. witnesses say they saw several waterspouts in the area but they all dissipated before reaching land. luckily no reports of injuries. although waterspouts like this one have been known to cause some serious damage. nice from a distance there. 5:17 right now. time to check in with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you, laura. good morning to you at home. well, you're waking up in san jose, livermore, even concord this morning, you're doing to find a clear shot of that moochmoon. it's absolutely gorgeous out there. we have some significant fog that developed early. there it is. way to go guys in the back. you're on it this morning. this is actually 11% full. you can see where the sun is illuminating that crescent moon. we're three weeks away from the next full moon august 13th. i want to show you how clear it is from the south bay this morning, where we hav

john mcginnis of northwestern put it this way even as the tory party's are uncertain of the anglican church in great britain has been described as the tory party of the pulpit, so the legal professoriate in most good law schools can be described as the democratic party at the lectern. that's been changed and i mentioned it's been changing at harvard, and indeed most schools these days will house a libertarian or conservative outspoken law professor they may hesitate to have more than one for the fear they will breed -- [laughter] but they do tend to have one these days and so things are changing. this is not new. this ideological slant goes back a good long way, and if you wanted to you could trace it back about a century ago who said that it should be conceived as applied social engineering. isn't that a wonderful phrase which means the law schools might think of themselves as schools of engineering but it began picking up momentum during and after the new deal. various law professors joined fdr's administration even more notably people in fdr's administration went over to the wall

. >>> strong storms triggered water spouts in northwestern pennsylvania.f bear beach. they all dissipated before reaching land and no one was injured. >>> the one-year countdown to the 2012 london olympic games is today. >>> frequent flyers are furious. federal aviation administration taxes expired saturday after congress could not agree on the plan to reauthorize the faa. that should translate into a 10 to 15% reduction. instead, the airlines are poc t pocketing the money. nicole lapin is here with more. airlines are getting money for nickel and diming us. i had to buy my pretzels last time. >> i'm stumped by this. i don't understand this. this was money that was going to washington. why they are using this as an opportunity to hike fares is bringing in $25 million every day for the airlines. spirit airlines and alaska airlines are bucking the trend with this. the treasury department said you should be getting refunds here. we don't know how that process is going to happen. if you bought an airline ticket before july 23rd, you are supposed to get your mon

if it continues on its projected path, the storm could approach the northwestern part of texas by tomorrow francisco, another hearing involving a proposed ban on male circumcisions. a judge preliminarily ruled that the proposal is a violation of california state law. but today she'll hear more arguments and then she'll make a final ruling. >>> around this time yesterday we showed you the finale of the 19-inning game between the braves and the pirates and that controversial call that ended the game. watch the guy coming into first. alvarez coming home and it -- >> ground ball to third, runner takes off. >> the tag, a very obvious tag to most of us. well, he's safe apparently. >> ground ball. >> something almost unheard of happened on wednesday. the umpire said he made a mistake. not only that, major league baseball released a statement saying unfortunately it appears that the call was missed as jerry meals acknowledged after the game. i have spoke within jerry and no one feels worse than him. that's joe torre at mlb. >> before we go on this day in history, 1914, austria, hungary declared wa

he taught english and american studies at northwestern university, barnard college, new york university and rutgers, and then in 1989 he moved to the city university of new york, and he is now distinguished professor of english and american studies at the ph.d. program in english at the graduate center. he's a widely published author, and his books have been recognized with awards including the bancroft prize and the ambassador book award. he was also the finalist for the national book critics' circle award. he was the editor for six books and is the author of "waking giant: america in the age of jackson," "john brown: abolitionist, the man who ceded civil rights." john brown also a connecticutan as stowe is, so you are already seeing some overlaps here. author of "wallet whitman's -- walt whitman's america," a book with the straightforward title, "walt whitman." he's the author of beneath the american renaissance in the age of emerson and melville, and i certainly found that that s word, subversive, came up quite a bit in his analysis of "uncle tom's cabin "and its impact. and david is