danielle nottingham, cbs news, ames, iowa. >>> while the attention of the republican party was squarely focused on iowa today, the gop felt the presidential hopefuls did get bigger. set his sights on the white house officially. drew reports on the latest candidate to declare. >> texas governor, rick perry, picked an important day and state. >> yes, sir. >> to tell the country he is the person that can defeat president barack obama. >> perry attacked president obama's economic policy and caught his leadership. >> page one of any economic plan, to get america working is to give a pink slip to the current residents in the white house. >> kerry's announcement -- making it in south carolina was also calculated. the state is expected to hold the first southern primary. the contest that picked the gop nominees since the 1980s. the social conservative with a pro business record is not just counting on votes behind the mason dixon line. home of the nation's first primary. >> i feel right at home among people whose motto is live free or die. glefn though he just entered the host, a few percentage

danielle nottingham, cbs news, aims iowa. >>> rick perry joined the republican field of presidential hope fls today. perry announcing he will run this morning in south carolina. that state is expected to hold the first southern primary. perry called president obama's leadership "rutterless." >> page 1 of any economic plan to get american working is to give a pink slip to the current residents in the white house. >> perry's name was not on the iowa straw hold battle. >>> it is not just the economy, it is thieves keeping some homeowners in the black. leaving a neighborhood street without lights. >>> neither rain, nor sleet nor cover of darkness kept the mail carriers from their appointed rounds. the elite club to which they are now being inducted. >>> sunshine and clear skies out there especially in the inland locations. a warmup is in store. i will tell you when we can expect it when we come back. ,,,,,,,, [ female announcer ] every box of general mills big g cereals can help your kids' school get extra stuff. they're the only cereals with box tops for education. you can raise money f

danielle nottingham on the vote that left few satisfied. >> senate bill 365 is agreed to. >> reporter: legislation that raises the debt ceiling passed through the senate, then went to president obama for his signature just hours before default's deadline. >> it's an important first step to ensuring that as a nation we live within our means. >> reporter: it boosts the government's borrowing limit into 2013 and cuts the deficit by $2.3 trillion. >> it was the view of those in my party that we tried to get as much spending cuts as we could from a government we didn't control. >> pass the bill as amended. >> reporter: the measure passed the house on monday with support from congresswoman gabrielle giffords. the surprise appearance was her first visit to the floor since the shooting in tucson and led to a 10-minute standing ovation from fellow lawmakers. [ applause and cheers ] >> reporter: congress reached an agreement on the debt limit with very little time to spare, without legislation in place by midnight the government could have run out of cash and not been able to pay all of its bil

danielle nottingham shows us the effort to correct a shameful mix-up at the military's most hallowed ground. >>> reporter: these soldiers are moving aisle by aisle through arlington national cemetery taking photos of gravestones. they are helping cemetery officials try to correct the burial record mix-up uncovered last year. thousands of soldiers and their families laid to rest at arlington may be in unmarked or mismarked graves. >> every, single one of them is going to be touched by a human being. we have 54 people working out there right now and that's what they do all day. >> reporter: lieutenant-colonel jaime romas works on the task force that's comparing the digital photos with cemetery records making sure each marker matches the remains. every night, 60 soldiers walk the grounds of arlington national cemetery and spend as many as 10 hours taking pictures of headstones with an iphone for the verification process. captain nate peterson leads the team. he says his soldiers want to see the problem corrected as much as the families with loved ones buried at arlington. >> it becomes

as danielle nottingham shows, many politicians were eager to show voters they were ready to respond. >>> reporter: president obama says it will be days before anyone knows just how much damage hurricane irene caused. >> it's going to take time to recover from a storm of this magnitude. >> reporter: federal and state officials are out surveying the storm's destruction. the white house credits fema and other emergency personnel for their preparation knowing it could have been a lot worse. >> we can't wait to know how bad it is before we get ready. >> reporter: the white house made it a point to show president obama leading during the storm. he attended several briefings, cut his summer vacation short, and made a trip to fema's command center. state and local leaders also stepped up their visibility. new york city mayor michael bloomberg, who faced widespread criticism last winter when a blizzard crippled his city, got out in front of irene and shut down the subway system. >> this was the best scenario. we took all the appropriate precautions. >> reporter: new jersey governor chris chri

danielle nottingham, cbs news, iowa. >>> enjoy a good california roll? why we in the bay area pay more for sushi. >>> why amazon is being accused of cheatingamazon and the call for a boycott. >>> how google's new acquisition could make your smart phone smarter >>> horrifying moments at a state fair caught on tape. what happened just a few miles from the tragedy that suggests warnings were ignored. ,,,,,,,, reopened today after a grandstand blew over on saturday in heavy winds, killing 5 people. fair organizers still >>> the indiana state fair re- opened today after this grandstand blew over saturday by heavy kids killing five people. fair organizers still can't say whether that stage had been inspected or not. the weather service had warned of strong winds before the concert started. another concert nearby was cancelled because of the weather, in fact. there was a prayer service at the fair today for those who died. >>> it's a manic monday on wall street thanks to good news from japan and europe, stocks rallying. the dow has now regained all of its losse

danielle nottingham reports. >> reporter: stone masons in hard hats got a firsthand look at the damage tuesday's earthquake did to the washington national cathedral. >> that's the base. >> reporter: the 5.8 magnitude quake knocked statues loose and sent capstones from the highest parts of the towers crashing down to the roof. the cathedral remains closed and so does the washington monument. national park service cruise found at least one crack in the sop part of the 555-foot landmark. it's off limits to visitors until further notice. >> i feel kind of sad because we didn't get to go to it. >> reporter: the washington monument may be closed but it's business as usual at virtually every other museum and memorial here on the national mall. about 80 miles away at the quake's epicenter in the small town of mineral, virginia, things are anything but ordinary. store owners are cleaning up the mess left behind. this was the scene inside miller's market the moment the ground started shaking. as many as 12 million people felt the biggest earthquake to hit the east coast since 1944, while most co

danielle nottingham now on the debt deal and the special guest at the capital who brought a standing. . >>> reporter: it was a very emotional day on the house floor for all of the lawmakers and the house was actually seen as the big hurdle that needed to be cleared in order to solve this crisis. so now that it's passed the house, it's up to the senate what happens next. >> reporter: with just a day to spare, house lawmakers approved the deal to raise the debt ceiling and cut the deficit. >> the bill is passed. >> reporter: lawmakers cast their votes after an intense debate on the floor. >> this train is leaving the station. but it's going in the wrong direction. >> it's far from perfect. but i strongly support it. >> reporter: it took hours of coaxing from vice president joe biden and house speaker john boehner to round up enough votes. even congresswoman gabrielle giffords arrived to cast her vote for the bill. [ applause ] >> reporter: it's her first time on the floor since she was shot in the head in january. now the bill moves to the senate. lawmakers there plan to vote on it tom

danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. >>> returning now to the debt limit plan, and its impact on this country's currently perfect credit rating. the rating agencies are still reviewing the plan and won't decide whether to lower that aaa rating until later this month. anthony mason has more on what could happen if they do. >> reporter: it may not be enough. the debt ceiling deal calls for more than $2 trillion in spending cuts. but the agencies that grade america's debt want more. standard & poor's called for $4 trillion in cuts in its july report. otherwise the rating agency's president told congress last week, our $14 trillion debt will continue to rise. >> and the growth rate of the debt burden is something that does need to be addressed for us to continue to assess the credit worthiness of the sovereign commercial debt at aaa levels. >> reporter: the united states credit rating has never fallen below aaa. and it would be an embarrassment, says economist michael darda. >> but it's hard to see how the rating agencies are going to tell bond investors anything that they don't alre

danielle nottingham reports on the trouble found at some of washington's most treasured monuments. >>> reporter: stone masons in hardhats get a firsthand look at the damage tuesday's earthquake did to the washington national cathedral. the 5.8 quake knocked statues loose and sent capstones from the highest parts of the towers crashing down to the roof. it's a sad sight for some members of the mason group. >> from 1994 to '98, we spent four years up here doing restoration work. >> reporter: the cathedral remains closed and so does the washington monument. national park service crews found at least one crack in the top part of the 555-foot landmark. it's off limits to visitors until further notice. >> i feel kind of sad because we didn't get to go to it. >> reporter: the washington monument may be closed, but it's business as usual at virtually every other museum and memorial here on the national mall. about 80 miles away at the quake's epicenter, and the small town of mineral, virginia, things are anything but ordinary. store owners are cleaning up the mess left behind. this was the sc

danielle nottingham in washington with what is next on the agenda.anielle. >> reporter: well, allen, the debt showdown is over, but the fight may heat up again as lawmakers are now trying to figure out how to make the remaining spending cuts in this deal. >>> reporter: the nation is no longer in danger of defaulting on its loans. >> the ayes are 74 and the nays are 26. >> reporter: the senate passed a compromise plan that raised the debt ceiling and slashes spending. then leaders sent the bill to the white house for president obama's signature. >> it's an important first step in ensuring that as a nation we live within our means. >> reporter: the final plan raises the debt ceiling by $2.4 trillion, enough to cover the nation's borrowing through 2012. it cuts a trillion dollars from the deficit now and requires a bipartisan committee of lawmakers to come up with another trillion and a half dollars worth of cuts. several democratic lawmakers want the new committee to include something that wasn't in the bill, a plan to close tax loopholes and bring in

danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. >>> a massive cyberespionage attack targeting america and other western nations is going on right now. that's according to online security firm mcafee which says patterns of organized hacking date back to 2006. it says the problem is on a massive scale affecting nearly every industry in every country. 4 compromises have been detected -- 49 compromises have been detected in the united states targeting federal agencies. experts say china is behind the attacks. >>> wall street finally had reason to cheer today after eight stray days of losses. the dow was up 30 to 11,896. it opened at the lowest level of the year and fell even further at one point. this was after another report suggesting a slowing u.s. economy. many investors expect to see even more big swings in stocks. >>> nobody really knows what's coming down the pike. we never really do. but uncertainty is very high right now, just too much weakness in the economy, doesn't quite know what's going to be happening with the spending cuts now that the debt dole has been reached. investors are

in nottingham, a police station has been firebombed. in london, it has been largely quiet. 16,000 police officers are patrolling the streets. 685 people have been placed under arrest with connection to the rioting and looting. we will get the latest but first this report from manchester. >> first there was panic as the drivers try to turn their car way, the violence had already begun. looters were trying to get into this store. within minutes, a car had been set on fire. as we tried to film one shop being looted, the cameraman was attacked. an hour later, the writers had moved on to manchester center, and the people who work here try to get home as quickly as possible. >> how does this make you feel? you are trying to get home? >> the youngest person that we saw with a hood was 11. in his right hand, this man holds a bottle, he threatened us with. the teenagers said they were in the city center and did not want to be here. >> the crowd is moving and we can see children running from there, through piccadilly garden, and the windows are s

danielle nottingham shows us it's been a particularly rough day for front runner mitt romney. >> reporter: former massachusetts governor mitt romney faced a tough crowd at the iowa state fair. [ yelling ] >> we have people who think we should raise taxes to pay for their benefits. how many agree. >> reporter: romney is the front-runner going into tonight's republican debate. he and 7 of his fellow gop candidates each hope a solid performance will push them ahead in saturday's straw poll. former minnesota governor tim pawlenty needs to finish big saturday. he launched a bus tour across iowa earlier this week promoting his experience in office. >> anybody ask why pawlenty and not these other candidates? i have actually done this stuff. >> reporter: congresswoman michele bachmann is pushing her ideas and experience too. she has been getting a lot of buzz in iowa and could pick up more momentum heading into the straw poll. it will be former ambassador jon huntsman's first debate since joining the race. he is hoping to come out strong and ease concerns after several staff left his campaign. de

. >> violence in birmingham, nottingham and wolverhampton. >> let's say with the situation in the midlandsin city center, rioters seemed to have changed their tactics from previous nights. >> city center has been run amok with a lot of young individuals running around the city playing cat and mouse with the police. they have taken the opportunity to hide in the shadows, break into shops and steal as much as they can. the tactic has changed from last night when they were just riding and attacking people for the sake of it. -- rioting and attacking people for the sake of it. what they're doing now is breaking into shops, taking out televisions, and trying to hide them somewhere so that they can move them out of the way of the police until they can find some way of getting them back home or wherever they want to take them. in many cases, they cannot get them out. they are too large. in the end, instead of returning them are leaving them, they are smashing them in anger. that is the kind of disrespect that is really causing chaos in the city at the moment. >> you are pretty quite high up when

for the fourth-consecutive day, as protests expand into nottingham and manchester. police taking unprecedented action. authorizing the use of rubber bullets. in london, police have been successful bringing calm to the city, after cameron added about 10,000 officers and armored vehicles to patrol the streets. a large police presence is expected to remain in london for at least the next 24 hours. more than 1,100 people have been arrested in the violence so far. and more than 110 police officers have been injured. nbc's michelle kaczynski has more from london. >> reporter: there are new flash points in britain. but nothing like london. over three nights of raw violence out of control. the destruction. open attacks on police. almost celebratory looting of family businesses. the day after is heartbreaking. >> i don't know why people do this. certain images linger. this young man throws rocks at officers. an older citizen tries to talk him down. and is answered with violence. looters intent on breaking in. the victims escaping burning buildings. some having to jump. >> th

danielle nottingham reports. >> reporter: navy commanders ordered more than two dozen ships and some aircraft to leave norfolk, virginia, and head for open water, that's where they'll ride out hurricane irene as the storm roars north this weekend. the coast guard is doing the same thing. more than 100,000 national guard troops are standing by, if state governors call for help. the red cross is ready, too. >> we can start moving vehicles and start moving people around. >> reporter: staffers at the disaster operations center in washington, d.c., are tracking the hurricane, and making sure their teams in the storm's path have everything they need. >> we're coordinating the movement of trucks here. we're coordinating the movement of volunteers. we're actually deploying hundreds of volunteers from this location here in washington. >> reporter: the operation center keeps in close contact with fema before and after the storm. this is one of the maps that gives the red cross an instant picture of where its resources are. the federal emergency management agency is moving its resources, too, p

. >> on tuesday, a police station in nottingham was fire bombed. it was suggested the event posed important questions for all of us. >> we have to ask ourselves why an 11-year-old girl, or young teenagers, feel like they've got so little stake in their own neighborhood, in their own community, that they've got so little sense of belonging, that they go around crushing it. >> central manchester was the scene of widespread looting on tuesday night. the prime minister was in the city to meet emergency services before appearing on the bbc. david cameron was asked whether there wasn't a difference between the attitude towards greedy looters and greedy bankers. >> people who cheat in banking, they should be punished. n.p.'s should be punished, and there are n.p.'s in prison today and quite rightly, too. we need responsibility right through our country. responsibility is the most important word in politics. but it can't be used as an excuse. >> no one dares suggest this crisis can be described as over. in many ways, the questions are just beginning. mark

live in washington, danielle nottingham, cbs 5. >> thank you. >>> today rebels in libya are claiming a major victory as they overran moammar qaddafi's compound. the wild celebration erupted in tripoli throughout the day. but there is still no sign of qaddafi. troops loyal to the libyan leader clashed with rebels outside of tripoli and nato pledged to keep launching air strikes against loyalist forces until qaddafi is removed. >>> without question, libya remains a very dangerous place tonight. want you to take a look at cnn's sarah side ender reporting in tripoli with gunfire blasting in the background. >> let's pull back a little bit. let's just pull back. i'm getting hit by some of the shells. [ loud gunfire ] it's getting too loud and a little bit too much separating but we are trying to get away -- just got hit a hill bit from one of the shells from one of those guns. >> some analysts say that libya could be completely in rebel hands within three days. and more of course on today's developments ahead on the cbs evening news with scott pelley. >>> some schools in contra costa count

danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. >>> back live now to washington, because right now the government is borrowing 40 cents of every dollar it spent. if the plan doesn't pass by tomorrow in the senate the government won't have enough cash to cover its obligations including $23 billion of social security checks scheduled to go out august 3. >>> and up and down on wall street ended with a drop in the dow. it rallied early, up nearly 140 points after word of this debt deal. but a weak manufacturing report caused those gains to fizzle. the dow at one point sank 145 points. it ended as you see down about 11. >>> well, the crisis may have been averted, one bay area professor says it would have been a good thing if the government defaulted. mark sayre asked him why. >> well, i have always had extreme views. [ laughter ] >> reporter: san jose state economics professor jeff hummel is the first to admit his views are not shared by many. >> i think that a treasury default is inevitable and has been for a long time. >> reporter: he says the u.s. should go one step beyond simple default to out rig

danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. >>> after the legislation was signed, the credit rating agency moody's said the u.s. will keep its triple-a bond rating but also issued a negative outlook on u.s. treasuries as a warning to washington about financial discipline. >>> it just keeps getting more twisted. tonight, new video shows how far nancy garrido went to satisfy the desires of her sex offender husband. [ pause ] >> the el dorado county district attorney released a video of her inside the van. she is heard coaxing little girls to perform gymnastics moves as she taped them. it's tapes she made for phillip garrido's perverted pleasure. she admitted to taping young girls at least 20 times. checkey beckford reports. >> we all should be angry about it. >> reporter: el dorado district attorney verne pearson not holding back, instead holding accountable everyone from federal and state parole agents to visited phillip garrido's antioch home 70 times and never found anything wrong to the psychiatrists and psychologists who he said used pseudoscience to give garrido pass after pass. it's a

they're inching closer and copycat riots have reportedly broken out in birmingham liverpool and nottingham this is all over the country bristol and leaves were number a little bit all over the country about do you remember when richard nixon said we are all keynesians now well he was referring to a communist lord john maynard keynes the father of keynesianism which is the underpinning of modern governments only call it stewardship of the economy you know this is the guy that convinced so many that digging ditches and filling them back up was good for the economy but one thing is for certain i keynesian logic the riots in london are creating a lot of jobs with all those broken windows on the streets of london no not. they've got enough of those kinds of jobs but hiring street sweepers glass makers and a few extra police officers isn't going to save the british economy don't get any illusions about these riots though well it's i got to admit what is it is kind of awesome to see people take to the streets in fits of rage if this isn't the moral indignation libertarians are looking for this is

towns like bristol burning in manchester liverpool to nottingham all over the u.k. experiencing trouble last night and this really shows that i think people they obviously had no idea who this man was mark duggan so it's not really about that anymore it's not about the police and politicians are saying it's not about people who are disaffected and disgruntled with the economy or lack of jobs it's people who are just going out to create mindless violence and and it's opportunist and she criminality that's the words that are being described used to describe the. and i definitely saw that last night in class where i was. people as young as fourteen and then over reports people young as in places like in north east london running around looting grabbing what they can and mobile phones to them it's from other people just a lot and trying to run away from the police i think it's a game of kind of hide and seek and i just see it as. the trouble the police of facing a moment that's saying this is just criminality really and of course the pictures coming out of london and th

officers in riot gear pushed back a mob in manchester and rioters fire bombed a police station in nottingham. so far, 500 people have been arrested in london alone. dozens of businesses have been destroyed or looted and more than 100 people hurt in rioting sparked by the police shooting of a suspected gang leader. >> as many as 25,000 people in japan may be able to return home after nearly six months. japan listed evacuation advisories in areas more than 12 miles from the damaged plant. 80,000 residents fled homes after the earthquake that caused the plant to melt down. officials said reactors have stabilized and amount of radiation is now minimal. >> a georgia woman upset half her airline seat was taken by an overweight passenger thinks the airline's handling of the situation was unfair. she says when she got to her seat it was taken and another passenger says was overweight was in her seat. >> i get to the seat there. is this guy sitting in both of the -- my seat and his. not like a matter of coy have fit in the seat. there was no way i was getting into the seat. i'm in 5 a. he goes you mi

figure that out is sally mcnamara not only is she of the heritage foundation but she grew up in nottingham in a police station her hometown was destroyed by these writers are attacked thank you so much for being here so a lot of different theories about not exactly what caused this but what are the root causes underneath it some say social inequality some say austerity measures some say police targeting minorities what do you think is the root cause i mean is . a lot of political opportunism here however i think we would be absolutely insane not to have knowledge that we have a fundamentally broken society in britain we have a situation where young kids are seen running out of supermarkets running out of louisville running out of sneakers stores with bags of stuff that they think is ok to lose and they'll go home and their parents won't say hey you can't steal that there won't be any ramifications from the police we are starting to see now the government is pushing back we are seeing people brought before the courts already the courts were out all night processing the bales and processing

last night a police station was firebombed in nottingham.ree men died defending a south asian neighborhood in birmingham. >> i lost my son. blacks, asians, white, we all live in the same community what we have to kill one another? >> as this video shows, the turkish community managed to scare off dozens of would-be looters before the police showed up in their neighborhood. seeks stood guard outside of their temple. and in the north, angry people chased after any polluters. the riot police faced off not with the looters, but with the local residents. the prime minister says he will stop at nothing to stop the violence. >> whatever tactics the police feel that they need to employ the will have legal backing to do so. we will do whatever is necessary. >> that could mean using weapons never before used in england. >> we have in place a contingency plan for a water cannon that will be available on 24 hours' notice. >> he says the government will not stop from shooting photos of suspects. and what the public will have their own paid such as this o

across greater manchester, more than 100 arrests were made and in nottingham, the police station was firebombed and over 80 arrests were made. this continued violence is simply not acceptable and it will be stopped. we will not put up with this in our country. we will not allow a culture of fear to exist on our streets. let me be clear, at cobra this morning, we agreed full contingency planning is going ahead. whatever resources the police need, they will get, whatever tactics the police feel they need to employ, they will have legal backing to do so. we will do whatever is necessary to restore law and order on to our streets, every contingency is being looked at. nothing is off the table. the police are already authorized to use battering rams and we agreed at cobra that while they're not currently needed, we now have in place contingency plans for water canyon to be available at 24 hours notice. it is all too clear that we have a big problem with gangs in our country. for too long, there's been a lack of focus on the complete lack of respect shown by these groups of thugs. i'm clea

reports of a police station set ablaze in nottingham.has taken the worst of it, there's no doubt about that. it began on saturday after the shooting death of a 29-year-old black man last week. rampaging mobs, mostly young with no clear agenda beyond venting their anger ensuing chaos. these pictures live from a london suburb of croydon. the woman trapped inside by the fire with only one way out, she jumped. the building went up in flames. those that didn't burn were vandalized, looted, those doing the looting also went after reporters and camera crews, the bbc reporting a crew confronted tonight outside of manchester, late last night in london, it was cnn's dan rivers, watch. >> they decided, right, we're going to hold that line mind us. we have to move. they've been throwing -- if you can still hear me, max, we're having a few bottles thrown at us. we're okay. that is the danger. as soon as people stray down this road, it erupts in violence. >> and when the violence stops, some people fell victim or are victimized yet again. i want to sh

in nottingham a mob fire bombed a police station. authorities said they made more than 760 arrests since the violence began on saturday. >>> the maker of the popular blackberry device is taking some heat. media reports say research in motion's free blackberry messenger services was among the services that helped many rioters communicate and organize. one member of parliament is calling on the company to suspend the service. the company announced publicly it will cooperate with authorities and someone hacked the company's blog, nina. >>> the riots have had hundreds of businesses, vandals have set fire to dozens of shops and buildings across london and other cities around the united kingdom. the association of british insurers estimates the damage could be in the tens of millions of pounds. for many small businesses and their owners, the loss of their livelihood is, of course, taking a very personal toll. cnn's atika shubert joins me. this must be pretty damaging stuff for people who have plowed their life savings into small businesses

now the problem has spread to cities like liverpool, manchester, nottingham and wolfer hampton. one assistant chief con stanl calls it unjustified acts of wanton krlt. nearly 800 people arrested for violence, disorder and looting. more than 100 officers have been hurt. the streets have been calmer, probably because there are twice as many police on the streets as there was a night before. amazon uk reports sales of lull num baseball bats are up 8,000% since the violence broke out. prime minister, david cameron meets with his crisis response committee, and he's called lawmakers from the summer holiday to address the problem. parliament meets tomorrow. >> these are sickening scenes, scenes of people looting, vandalizing, thieving, robbing, scenes of people attacking police officers and even attacking fire crews as they're trying to put out fires. this is criminality, clear and simple. it has to be confronted and defeated. >>> if you're getting on a plane to the uk, the state department says stay away from the volatile area and don't get into arguments that might turn violent. good

reports tonight of rioters fire-bombing a police station in nottingham and attacking police officersliverpool. earlier today in the city of manchester several stores were set on fire. others were ransacked by rioters. police in riot gear were attacked by bricks and stones. in nearby salford police came under attack and parked cars were set on fire. in birmingham, which is britain's second largest city, young rioters attacked police and again looted stores. nearby in west brohmage rioters torched cars and shopkeepers closed shop early. at least 700 people across the country have been arrested in connection with the british riots so far. again, this is day four. after days of images like this there was some highly contrasting and more hopeful sights in the streets of london today. hundreds of people, look at this, taking to the streets armed only with brooms and dustpans, literally cleaning up their neighborhoods inch by inch. >>> six republican state senators in wisconsin are facing recalls tonight. these are six republican state senators. five of their six districts lean quite republ

in nottingham shire, the police station was fire bombed and over 80 arrests were made. this continued violence is simply not acceptable and it will be stopped. we will not put up with this in our country. we will not allow a culture of fear to exist on our streets. let me be clear, at cobra this morning we agreed full contingency planning is going ahead. whatever resources the police need, they will get. whatever tactics the police feel they need to employ, they will have legal backing to do so. what we will do whatever is necessary to restore law and order on to our streets. every contingency is being looked at. nothing is off the table. the police are already authorized to use baton rounds and we agreed at cobra, while they're not currently needed we now have in place contingency plans for water cannons to be available at 24 hours notice. it is all too clear that we have a big problem with gangs in our country. for too long, there's been a lack of focus on the complete lack of respect shown by these groups of thugs. i am clear that they are in no way representative of

in nottingham, a police station was torched and there were also a lot of running battles with riotersrmingham, three people were killed after a car racing down the street hit them. ls proteet hit them. themu at.mu in these towns it w thing in london initially. police there were containing rather than confrontinhe rs. it was a much different c plnigh with 16,000 at least police on the streets and the provisional use of plastic bullets approved by the government here. it was much, much calmer. there have been nearly 800 arrests now across greater london. 111 police have been injured. and losses are now estimimed at about $150 million. but that is certain to go up. back to you guys. >> wow. miguel, we know the olympic committee visited london do y p>>r: wdon' er what their ss ln asat they've been doing a l ev yesterday y london. th went off without a hitch. other major events across london theesti though, are governments lik u.s. and others informing their citizens they might want t sort of rio there is grea this sort of olen out not only at the olympics but at o other big events in lond

there was very bad rioting and violence overnight in cities such as manchester, birmingham and nottinghamhere in london, actually the police had things under control. all of that say it was early quiet, deserted, it felt like a war zone which is unsettling in its own right. part of the difference was of course the fact that police were flooded with police officers, 16,000 around london. also people, residents are taking back the streets themselves. this isn't really vigilante is eupl. it's people coming out in force. we are here at a sheik temple and these guys were out in the hundreds last night protecting their place of worship. they were joined by other members of the community. it was a sort of -- it was a show of cross community support and other people of different faiths were outside in front of their own houses of worship as well. down in enfield which was a suburb really hit tuesday night, there were groups of people moving around, they weren't critical of the police, but they said it was obvious that the police couldn't keep up, and they were tired of their kids being scared in

it has spread to other major cities, including manchester, nottingham and big scenes of real violence and hundreds of arrests just overnight. so the challenge continues if you like, and the british prime minister says that all police battling this, whether it be here in lopped or in those other cities, will have everything they need to bring it under control. >> phil black for us in scotland yard, appreciate you as always, thanks so much. 43 minutes past the hour. >>> just about, what, 12, 13 minutes into trading day. it's down 248 points. the dow industrials. stay with us. we are keeping a close eye on that for you today. our music.. and your playlists. and you don't have itunes on your phone.. the world's number one music store. with genius.. that recommends new music based on the songs you already have. ipod and itunes. just one more thing that makes an iphone an iphone. of these abandoned racetracks in america today. automotive performance is gone. and all we have left are fallen leaves and broken dreams and -- oh. wait a second. that is a dodge durango. looks like american perfor