david was tireless in advocating for the workers at paducah. he was one of them. he put in 33 years as the cascade operator and electrician. his testimony before congress was key to advancing the effort to care for those who had been harmed by the government's careless treatment. thanks in part to david, we created the energy employees occupational illness compensation program to ensure that our nation's nuclear workers finally now get the attention they deserve from their government. medical screening is available to all paducah workers so that they may be tested and treated for any illness they contract as a result of working at the plant and we're working to clean up some of the legacy waste materials left at the paducah plant. and i also might say, mr. president, my wife, elaine chao, who served as secretary of labor during the bush years, was deeply involved in setting up this compensation program there in paducah, and she too became a friend of david fuller's. david testified before congress on behalf of his fellow workers, including before a committee that

buffalo, indianapolis, paducah, large hail, maybe an isolated tornado. 60 to 80-mile-per-hour wind gusts. in the pacific northwest, they ar le >> >> thanks so much. more on your saturday outlook later on in the show. kate? >> marysol, thanks. >>> when we last caught up with alaska governor sarah palin she was salmon fishing talking about why she decided to step down. this weekend is the last as governor, and she's spending it with her constituents. last evening, about 1,000 people turned out in the hometown of wasilla. >> reporter: sarah palin drove herself in alaska. part of what you might call the palin picnic tour. this is her final weekend as governor. and the hometown crowd is hopeful of greater things to come. >> i think sarah should be president. i think she would do a much better job. >> reporter: it's one of three events at which governor palin is serving hot dogs for the people of alaska before officially stepping down. the million dollar question is what will they do next? not even her father seems to know what her plans are. >> oh, i'm sure she has something else in mind, yea

>> caller: let me give you a big boo-yah from paducah, kentucky by way of houston. >> i think you'ren the southeast conference, plus the big 12, and who else? i can't even think of it. >> caller: i'm a big gator, so we're okay there. >> go ahead. >> caller: i'm looking at general parts company, the steady eddie of the office. >> with a nice yield, right? >> caller: 4.5 yield, and people are holding onto their cars, so i think people would be buying more auto parts. they're also one of the largest companies in the office products area. i think they're the largest distributor in the united states. >> and that exactly, exactly, bruce, is the problem. when i was looking at this company, when i did riley automotive, when i did monroe, i personally said, you know what, if this was personal autos, i would be pulling the trigger, but it's that office supply business i cannot stand. you're not going to grow, bruce. i can't sound like a gator where you'll finish in the top five. you won't finish in the top 25 with that stock. the up side of an was played in the stock market. a.n. is in the sel

paducah in nashville and into the atlanta metro area, we have some pictures we want to show you.orm. you can see it in atlanta about two hours ago. as much as two inches of rain fell in just an hour. this was really widespread across much of the deep south. our other big weather story continues to be the heat just building across much of the south. 102 in dallas tomorrow. looking for 98 degrees there in houston and phoenix hit 115 today. a record high. tomorrow may be a smidge cooler if we're lucky. back to work, back to reality for you tomorrow. we'll be dealing with the storms in the southeast as well as the upper midwest. nice conditions, however, in the northeast. we're going to be traveling there. it should be smooth sailing, but watch out in atlanta and also places like nashville and memphis. don? >> texas and further west, just get in the pool and hang out all day with a bunch of sunscreen and lots of water. >> watch lots of movies inside in air conditioning maybe. >> jacqui, thank you. >>> she's a broadcasting pioneer giving a voice to the voiceless. >> it is the african-

my wife and i toured from paducah, kentucky, all the way up the ohio valley and stopped by in jenningshe little town is called butlerville and it's right across the fence from indiana. the house is gone. it burned down several years ago. it had many sentimental memories. >> host: how did your parents meet? >> guest: my dad was a single man driving as a motorman on the pacific electric line in whittier. los angeles to whittier was a big line back when we had public transportation. and he wanted to find as young men will do, find a suitable partner for life. so he went to churches. where do you find a decent woman at least in a church. at least they're taught something of value and he spotted in the choir at the whittier friends church my aunt jane who had a beautiful face and a magnificent voice and dad asked somebody in the congregation, who is that woman? and that's a milhous girl. you might want to meet the family, you should meet them. my mother was a little bit taller and taller than him. there was a conflict because my dad had a fifth grade education and my mom was brought into th

paducah, kentucky, through nashville, even into the atlanta metro area, we have some pictures we wanta little time lapse video of the lightning and thunderstorms. you can see it in atlanta about two hours ago. as much as 2 inches of rain fell in just an hour. this was really widespread across much of the deep south. our other big weather story continues to be the heat just building across much of the south. 102 in dallas tomorrow. looking for 98 degrees there in houston and phoenix hit 115 today. a record high. tomorrow may be a smidge cooler if we're lucky. back to work, back to reality for you tomorrow. we'll be dealing with the storms in the southeast as well as the upper midwest. nice conditions, however, in the northeast. if you're going to be traveling there, it should be smooth sailing. watch out in atlanta and also places like nashville and memphis. don? >> texas and further west, just get in the pool and hang out all day with a bunch of sunscreen and lots of water. >> watch lots of movies inside in air conditioning maybe. >> jacqui, thank you. appreciate it. >>> she's a broad

paducah, kentucky, portsmouth, ohio, moabb, utah, oak ridge national lab in tennessee, idaho national lab in idaho, brookhaven national lab in west valley, new york, santa suzanna in california, hanford, washington, argonne national laboratory, illinois, and the los alamos national laboratory in new mexico. if i might focus on the one in moabb, utah, this is a cleanup of a uranium site where there was a uranium plant that during the boom times when we were mining uranium as rapidly as we could, processed that uranium and left behind tailings that have been judged as being very damaging. these tailings were very close to the arizona -- to the colorado river and, indeed, the senator's own state of arizona is downstream from this tailing site. by appropriating this money in this bill in a manner that would be outlawed by the senator's amendment, we are accelerating the cleanup process. and in this time of economic difficulty, more jobs, more activity and, quite frankly, lower prices, as contractors are anxious to gain work and will bid in lower than they would otherwise, it is a logical