>>> is that pelican story what i this i it is? >> yeah it is. >> i have to see that. >>> we have a heat wave about to surge in for the weekend. we'll talk about that with the two degree guaranteed forecast. right now, here's kim with the traffic. >> reporter: looking here southbound 95 moving towards the capital beltway, you have a smooth commute. >>> we'll be back after this. they have alzheimer's and heart disease, diabetes and cancer, and they've heard that biomedical research offers hope -- that it could control, maybe even cure, their disease. senator barbara mikulski understands the importance of innovative biomedical research for patients, their families, and our economy here in maryland. call senator mikulski today. tell her thanks for protecting the promise of biomedical research and the maryland jobs it provides. it's not just the future. it's life. >>> it is 6:09. he is a visionary. he saw what others did not. now he shows off his prized sunshine grow restaurant to all of us. there's also a mystery to this dine on a dim

phone suddenly vanished down the hatch of one of the pelicans. three hours zookeepers couldn't figure out which pelican scarfed down the phone until the hungry bird regretted his decision and coughed it up. now he's fine and considering upgrading to an iphone because he heard it's an apple. ok, and today, history. >> on this vote the yaes are 68 and the neighs are 31. the nomination of sonia sotomayor to be a supreme court justice of the united states is confirmed. greta: judge tote mire will be sworn in on saturday by chief justice john roberts. as an aside, we are hoping the chief does better with her oath than he did swearing in our president. she is the first hispanic judge to sit on the supreme court. and congratulations to our new justice. and there you have it. "the best of the rest." but still ahead, your last call. one more quick call before we turn down the lights. is marijuana just a stimulus our economy needs? conan reports, you can decide. (marco andretti) i race to win. i know when it's the perfect time to change my tires. when it c

somebody dropped a cell phone at the pelican in closure at the zoo.here were tossing it around like a beach ball. then one of them swallowed the cell phone. there is no mistaking samsung for salmon. i used to live in florida. i found a dead pelican and in his beak was the outline of a beer bottle. he must've thought it was a fish. the mistake all kinds of things for fish. >> kind of like my dog. >> ♪ [ woman ] ♪ early light breaks through ♪ music and dance calling you ♪ just need that mountain grown lift ♪ ♪ before you share your gift ♪ ♪ now there's rhythm and sound ♪ making their hearts pound ♪ the best part of wakin' up... ♪ ♪ is folgers in your cup if it's not there, we dig by the septic tank 'til we find the problem. average repair costs six thousand dollars. monthly maintenance with rid-x? about six dollars. (announcer) use rid-x monthly to help keep your septic systems operating efficiently between pumpings. if it's not there, we dig by the septic tank 'til we find the problem. average repair costs six thousand dollars. monthly maintenance with

. >>> and pelicans at an idaho zoo get a special introduction for cell phones. the birds were playing with one, and then one of them swallowed it. zookeepers could not figure out which one ate the phone. but the bird regurgitated it. no word on who owned the phone. >>> still ahead on news 13 at noon -- as you take a look outside at a beautiful day. stick around, your forecast is >>> all right, welcome back. it is friday in the big town. >> i want you to meet our friend here, this is oliver. >> he is a cutie. >> she is 5-month-old and a mix. you have to like the scarf. i need to get one for dixie. believes that together we can make a difference for pets that need a home. you know, we've been doing this -- this friday -- we have been doing this friday noon puppy thing for about 30 years. i want you to think about that. we are the only tv station in the world. we loved be comied on this one. always support your local shelter in efforts to fund dogs, puppies, cats, ask kittens. oliver have a great life. it is going to be a great day to get outside and sniff around.

zoo keepers couldn't figure out which pelican ate the phone. they were just about to x-ray them all when the bird puked up the phone. i wonder if it rang at all -- >> where do we find these stories? >> filmmaker john hughes has died. you know him from movies like "home alone", "the breakfast club" or "fair ris bueller's day off." >> martin bashir takes a look. >> reporter: for a generation of americans, it was that music and those cars pulling into a suburban chicago high school that captured a moment in time. >>s did barry manilow know that you raid his wardrobe? >> reporter: the adult john hughes it seems had a knack for finding the drama, angst and pain of the teen-age years. his first hit, "16 candles," channels the thoughts and fears of the awkward, overlooked high school girl. in "the breakfast club", he defined, examined and then turned upside down the high school casta system. >> you just stick to the things that you know, shopping, nail polish -- >> shut up! >> reporter: and in "pretty in pink" he took on the issues of class and money.

gretchen: i thought the cell phone belonged to the pelican.might have pelican breath on it. ok. we have an intern who is saying bye bye. this is always a sad day for us because these interns are such wonderful, hard workers for the summer with us. >> doocy works here. he is not an intern. peter: not doocy. elizabeth murphy who is so smart. peter: gretchen has already introduced you. she is an intern. great crop as is the tradition. she will be returning to campus very shortly. as is the tradition for all outgoing interns, you must perform on television. you either get the choice of the weather or the sports. you have chosen the sports, correct? >> yes, i have. peter: all right. ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together. time for sports with elizabeth. and, action. >> could michael vick be headed to the land of the cheese heads? green bay packers general manager ted thompson didn't exactly endorse the idea of signing vic but didn't rule it out either. the disregarded qb has been conditionally for the league after serving prison sentence for

all began with these 51 bird reservations that roosevelt trying to save egrets and spoonbills and pelicans etc. on both coasts. c-span: before we go any farther, explain where this conservation training center is located. >> guest: we are in shepherdstown west virginia, not too far from washington, about 90 minutes. it is a beautiful campus here in west virginia. it is the archive where did the research because they have the papers, not just of early conservationist but people like rachel carson in the 1960's who worked for u.s. fish and wildlife so for me this places an archival treasure trove. in addition i went to the places roosevelt saved so i would go to various bird places that he saved and they had local archives, one in michigan, one in arizona. i even went to puerto rico recently to see the key national forest, which he saved for the national forest service, which is our only rain forest in our entire protection system in the united states and it is home to where peurto rican parents. it is a spectacular parker couth seeking coded puerto rico, i would go to these places meet the

the brown pelle canals confer i are slip island, off wilmington, north carolina.s among the brown pelicansitchell. we hope you will join charles osgood here next sunday morning. captioning sponsored by cbs and johnson & johnson, where quality products for the american family have been a tradition for generations.

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from the pelican landing conference center in moscow, mississippi, this is an hour and 10 minutes. >> everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but these are the facts. the fact of the matter is that the debt has been growing belote in my lifetime, and we have to get a handle on it. [inaudible] >> shut up and listen to the man. [applause] >> what i think everybody needs to remember is that a little over eight years ago, we were running annual operating surpluses. they were small. we still had an accumulated debt, but when george bush took office, we had a small annual operating surplus. president bush, if you recall, when we had an opportunity to start paying the debt down, president bush said it does not make sense to pay down the debt prematurely, and therefore, we have to pay a premium on the debt that to prepay. we have calculated the amount of debt that the nation can pay off over 10 years and that is two trillion dollars. the national debt doubled during those eight years between a combination of katrina, the wars in iraq, but also the first president that i know of to cut taxe