peterson of wisconsin to be united states district judge. cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of nancy j. rosenstengel of illinois to be united states district judge for the southern district of illinois. signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is: is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of nancy j. rosenstengel of illinois to be united states district judge for the southern district of illinois, shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: do any senators wish to vote or change their votes? if not, the ayes are 54, the nays are 4 and the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nancy j. rosenstengel of illinois to be united states district judge for the southern district of illinoi

indra petersons tracking that forecast for us. indra?ill be better conditions and it will be slightly, but they are still under an elevated risk for fire danger out there. again, the concern, the first part of this has been this record-breaking heat. you had this unbelievable heat combined with strong winds out there. santa ana, look at this, they shattered the previous record by 25 degrees. these are coastal areas where we're talking about temperatures in the 90s and triple digits. so, that's the first part of the equation, but the biggest part is how much fuel's available and how much moisture is out there. drought conditions across the ensteyer tate of california because of this huge deficit of rainfall, maybe 5 to 10 inches in the region below average. but of course, this has been going season after season. it doesn't take one season. in order to get out of the drought conditions, just for perspective, it would take about 12 inches of rainfall in one month, obviously something that is not going to be happening past their rainy season

indra petersons here again. >> good morning. >> good morning.rns we'll have today is going to be flooding. take a look at the threat for flooding that's out there today, really stretching from new york all the way back down through florida. look at the position and where we do have flood watches in effect. now take a look at where this cold front is. this is the same system we've been tracking for days. it is so slow moving. that is the concern here. now, again, notice the position where we're talking about the frontal system. now look at all of the available moisture that is out there. this is the concern. that's the reason we had this high threat for flooding. into the mid-atlantic over the next several days, we could see 3 to 5 inches of rain. that's the high concern there, eventually spreading into the northeast where we could see about 2 to 3 inches of rain into the region. so, with that, of course, the concern not only for flooding, but also we have that severe weather threat out there today. heavy thunderstorms, heavy amounts of rain in s

senior fellower, at the peterson institute. thank you so much for your expertise. come, president nominee for health and human services secretary faces a senate committee. how will sylvia mathews burwell do in her first. -- first appearance on the hill? that is next. ♪ >> this just in, the federal election commission has allowed -- voted to allow a political action committee to make decisions about bitcoin. there were lingering disputes and a long-running debate over how to deal with bitcoin transactions under federal campaign law. both republican and democratic commissioners were debating whether they should be subject to the $100 limit in place for cash comp pain country since. human services secretary kathleen sebelius on her way out, the nominee to take over the job sylvia mathews burwell -- sylvia mathews burwell testified for the first time. what did she have to say about the future of obamacare? >> this is still a very incendiary topic here in washington. she tried to walk a line. she defended the law in her testimony and said it would be her job if she is c

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indra petersons tracking the storm for us this morning. is it going anywhere?> it is not going anywhere just yet. you know, just to that note, i don't think people realize, more people die from flooding and trying to drive through floodwaters than they do in any other severe weather. it is absolutely dangerous. please, do not do it. there is definitely a lot of standing water out there and it's not what you want to be doing, especially talking about rainfall amounts like this. unbelievable, 19 inches of rain alabama in through florida yesterday. now, into the northeast, the numbers weren't as impressive when you just look at the number itself, but let me tell you, if you were here, you felt it. we're talking about very heavy rainfall rates and record daily rainfall records. new york city, talking about almost 5 inches of rain in just one day. all that has produced a lot of flooding from the northeast straight down to the southeast, and still, more rain is on the way. you can currently see it is still even raining at this hour. you see periods of heavy rain, may

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paul peterson, author of the new book teachers verses the public. a terrific book.ou for being with us. this divide, you talk about, for example, pay for performance which does not quite capture what you are suggesting. >> basically we should be paying teachers according to the market. the public likes that. 66 percent think it is a good idea. lou: teachers do not like it, and parents love to have choice. choice is extraordinarily limited. >> parents would like to see as you discuss in your book. >> i think they have that students take examinations on the courses that they are taking , and they should be state examinations so that the teacher can become a coach and say, okay, this is what you have to learn. right now students don't know what they're supposed to learn nuys school. lou: i think that is one of the most, if i may say, elements -- eloquent as truthful with statement of what must be done. the universities and colleges, the community colleges, students working toward advanced degrees. they actually know what the heck they have been taught. >> i don't have

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indra petersons tracking the storms for us.what you can expect today and for your weekend. >>> all right, we have some important weather news to tell you about. it could be a very dangerous day over a big swath of the country. look at the red there, from texas all the way to indiana, severe thunderstorms, maybe worse in the forecast. could cause trouble for millions of people. >> and there already has been plenty of trouble. look at this incredible video. that's a tornado on the ground in st. james, minnesota. it's about 120 miles southwest of minneapolis. luckily, no injuries have been reported, but there has been damage in some midwestern communities, as tornadoes were reported throughout the day on thursday. >> same storm system drenching northern texas. yikes! these pictures from dallas. some areas got more than 5 inches of rain. the winds blowing it sideways. ooh, that just looks nasty. the wind was so intense, it destroyed this mobile home about 50 miles from ft. worth. residents say this storm really had them on edge. >>

peterson, she was born -- well you know, on april 4th, 1968 -- not -- >> april 4th. >> '28.bout the fact that dr. king then dies april 4th, 1968. so in one sense, her birth date is inelectably tied to an event of massive hurt and grief, and yet it's emblematic of her own giving of new life, new possibility, to our grievous situations. talk to us about how she was able to transform some of the most utter, despairing things she endured, rape as a child, didn't speak because the killer, after she named him, the raper, after she named him, was killed, and therefore she didn't speak for several years. talk to us about how she transformed that grief and that suffering and that chaos into something sublime and beautiful. >> absolutely. when you look at her work, not just her novel and her autobiographies as well as her poetry, you can see that she's had a set of experiences and she has the capacity to actually vocalize those experiences in a way that not only allow her to transcend the circumstances from which she emerged, but also inspires other people to do the same, which is a r

indra petersons tracking that swath of red. she's got the rest of your forecast.ndra. >> it's spring, right? definitely that time of year. easy to see exactly where we see the problems. again, smack in the middle of the country. very easy to see how explosive these systems are, and especially kind of farther to the north in the upper midwest. so, that's exactly the area we're going to be focusing on that has a moderate risk today. so, a heightened risk for that severe weather. again, southern portions of minnesota and in through iowa. but a good 51 million of you are still talking about a slight risk for severe weather today, really from minnesota back, again, down through texas today. this is the concern, yes, damaging winds. we showed you what that can do, right? large hail and even the threat for some isolated tornadoes will be out there today. one side of the story's how warm it is. we're still talking about this unbelievable heat into the south, and that's even spreading farther to the east. you will notice the change in the northeast, though. temperatures ar

our indra petersons is tracking it all down for you. welcome back to "early start."ry busy thursday. i'm christine romans. >> and i'm john berman. great to see you this morning. 30 minutes past the hour. >>> and this morning, one of president obama's top advisers is visiting the phoenix va. this is the center of a growing scandal right now, and really the center of disturbing, new allegations of delays involving care for wounded veterans. a doctor at the phoenix va tells cnn's drew griffin, who has broken so much of this information about this scandal, this doctor told drew that this facility is violating a national mandate in making injured veterans of the wars in iraq and afghanistan wait for months to get appointments. the worst part, dr. katherine mitchell says it was still going on as recently as a few weeks ago. >> reporter: you are telling me that our troops coming back from war, now separated from active service -- >> who should have priority for scheduling do not. >> reporter: -- who are coming to the phoenix va for follow-up care for war injuries -- >> corr

indra petersons tracking what's still to come today. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> and i'm john berman. it's thursday, may 1st. happy may, everyone. 5:00 a.m. in the east. >>> and breaking news right now from kuala lumpur, where malaysian investigators are set to release in just moments their preliminary report into why flight 370 went missing. now, this report has been kept secret for weeks. the government keeping it under wraps without really telling us why, but now they are set to make these early findings public. will ripley is live in kuala lumpur. will, give us the latest. >> reporter: yeah, well, the latest is, we keep checking our phones and refreshing our e-mail inboxes to see when this report comes in. we are expecting it any moment now, but consider this, these families, the media, the world have been waiting literally for weeks now, asking for the details of this report to be released. they haven't been released. it was supposed to be released at a press conference today. that press conference was canceled. so, now we're being to

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most deals are discretionary. >> rich peterson, tanks very much. thank you to see you. >> on wall street, those headline grabbing mergers we told you about gave stocks a modest boost, enough to lift the dow transportation index to a fresh all time high t. dow added 25 points the nasdaq was up thanks to the s&p up 17 points. apple and google have called a truce at least for today and on one issue, they have agreed to drop multiple pat tent infringement lawsuits. apple called google's android operateing system a copy of the iphone system while google file a series of lawsuits against apple for stealing its mobile patents. the truce does not apply to apple's long ongoing and longstanding litigation against samsung over patent use. google's youtube unit is reportedly paying $1 billion in cash to acquire twitch. it's a videogameing streaming service. what exactly is twitch? who uses it and why is it worth all that money? >> it sound exciting, not exciting. >> reporter: most people couldn't answer this question, what's the post-popular video can el on go

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my name is haley peterson. i'm here as a conservation intern with the sierra club and also as a san francisco resident. the sierra club supports cleanpowersf and believes s.f. pc is obligated by law to implement it. [speaker not understood] they provide information that will enable the s.f.p.u.c. to resume implementing cleanpowersf [speaker not understood] regarding sf and mce. the sierra club urges the board of supervisors to maintain a strong emphasis on installing extensive local renewables and sufficiency in san francisco regardless of the mechanism used to launch our community choice program. thank you. >> thank you. are there any other members of the public who would like to speak on this item? >>> good afternoon, commissioners. eric brooks with san francisco green party, local grassroots organization. our city and san francisco clean energy advocates. first of all, i want to thank supervisor avalos for putting this forward because, you know, with what's going on in the mayor's office and what's now going

. >> our indra peterson looks at how they're getting the job done. >> reporter: this is the airstrip the marines use to battle these blazes, in all, they dropped a half a million gallons of water and 150 round trip answer we just went along for one of them. wall of flames closing in on a military base, under siege. >> i watch as this marched from about a half a mile away almost until 200 meters of us. i could feel the heat on my face as this thing approached. >> reporter: enter the 3rd marine aircraft wing, we're headed for a lake on the base with a 300 gallon bucket in tow. our chopper is guided by a crew chief manning a door in the chopper floor known as the hellhole. from our window you can see the del cot balance as others lower toward the lake. once the bucket's full we head for the fire line. again using the hellhole and a lot of precision, the crew chief spots the right moment to make the drop. on his signal the water is released. in all, these choppers made over 9 hub drops. at the fire's peak, captain bradley gibson pulled it off with zero visibility. >> you see the aircraft

indra petersons has a look now at the forecast.d morning, indra. >> good morning, indra. >> can we go back to baseball-sized hail? i mean, this, literally, falling on your head? >> it spawned baseball-sized hail. >> it spawned baseball-sized hail, yeah. good news today, still looking at relief on the fire lines. let's talk about what's going on. california looking so much better already. red flag warnings are out there, but we're seeing them spread farther to the east, but even they are going to be seeing relief? why? let's talk about it. we're starting to see a huge shift in the pattern, talking about the low pressure system making its way in. and think about the drought conditions that have been around texas and of course the southern plains, this means well-needed rain will be moving into the area. that is good news. the bad side of this, once again, we do have the threat for severe weather. so, think about what you saw yesterday, those supercells, right? look at all the moisture, especially when you talk about the upper midwest

indra petersons is here! good morning, indra. >> yeah, good morning, guys.e still seeing a little bit of that trend, kind of mild to the northeast, pretty nice yesterday. pacific northwest also mild, but the middle of the country continuing to make headlines as we're still expecting another day of record-breaking heat. that, of course, includes oklahoma city, where they're still worried about the wildfires there. today looks like another day of record-breaking heat for them. yes, some light showers are out there, not a big deal, but towards d.c. this morning, a couple scattered showers cruising through the region. but again, it's the middle of the country where we still have that fire danger in places. red flag warnings are expected again today. let's look at these temperatures, very easy to see the problem here. wichita, again, looking at about 25 degrees above average for this time of year. we're starting to see that spread even farther to the north. so, chicago today in the 60s, just below normal, but by tomorrow, you are going to be looking at that heat.

. >> in the past there have been informants like jurcht peterson, he turned out -- justin earn peterson doing credit card hacking. be selling them right under the secret service's nose as he's working as an informant. so traditionally, in hacker cases the informants that have been working for government have been actually kind of double-agents, doing illegal stuff on the side while at the same time doing stuff for the government. >> so let's just say you wanted to get into my bank account. if you sat down at a computer today could you do that? >> well, let me tell you that -- >> you were going to say you probably could. >> i get hired by companies and financial institutions, manufacturing, a whole slew of clients. and we have 100% success rate. when they hire us to break in physically, technically or using a technique which is called social engineering, we always get in. so the statistics that i saw on your show before you brought me in as a guest really didn't surprise me. because see it in the field. >> right. so if you can do it, but you're now legal and you're doing it for a company

professor peterson, thank you for being on with me.s apologized to the family of trayvon martin for obvious reasons there. those comments notwithstanding, professor peterson, what do you make of what cuban said. >> i think the message that he's trying to communicate is important. but it's ineffective. by the nature that he had to issue the apology disfrakts from what he's trying to say there. those are racial biases, class biases, gender biases and those affect things constitutionally and systematically in terms of jobs, hiring and firing, in terms of promotions, the kinds of decisions people make with weapons in their hands. a real problem that most folk are going to be confronted with and don't know about. and the sample he's going to lose is so insensitive to the current moment. we're essentially not talking about the issue anyway. and so he detracted from his own message and the ways in che he tried to communicate with it. >> you use the term implicit bias. and that's not a term that we use a lot on cable news. explain to folks wha

our andrew peterson got an upclose look at the battle high above the flames. >> reporter: this is these to battle the blazes. in all they dumped a half a million gallons of water in 150 round trips and we just went along for one of them. a wall of flames closing in. >> i watched at this thing marched from half a mile away almost to 200 meters of us. and i could feel the heat on my face as this thing approached. >> reporter: 22 helicoptered ready to battle the flames. we're headed with a 300-gallon bucket in toe. our chopper is guided by a crew chief. from our window you can see the delicate balances other choppers lower toward the lake, our pilot does the same. once it's full, we head for the fire line. >> right now we're flying directly over the fire line. again using the hell hole and a lot of precision, the crew chief spots the right moment the make the drop. on his signal the release is made. at the fire's peak, the captain pulled it off with zero visibili visibility. >> you don't know if he's going straight ahead, you don't know if he got his bucket dropped off or not. the best y

. >> i am very, very -- a cissy, not like indra petersons.acking it. >> it's cue to have a plan. we are talking more danger out there. one of the bigger things is flooding. take a look at texas, how much we have seen since saturday. san angelo, six inches. houston, five inches of rain. look at the picture knowing more rain is on the way. flooding is going to be the concern. a slow moving low pulling all the moisture in from the gulf. look at how much more rain they are expecting. another four to six inches possible in louisiana and kind of the border of mississippi. that's going to be one of the concerns, a flooding threat there high. also threat for severe weather. doesn't look like a lot. major cities in new orleans, they have that threat including tornadoes. montana looking for that threat as well. the bigger story is all the moisture hanging around the eastern half of the country. still talking scattered showers today. the bigger thing is you are going to notice this huge temperature drop. boston, you felt it yesterday. today, new york ci

it made the roads impassable. >> indra petersons is here now. say yes, it's coming. >> we were talking about the fire danger. it's been dry out there. today, an elevated risk for the fire danger. critical dangers where the wildfires are. i'm going to take you wide now and show you the difference across the country. so dry out west. notice how moist it is as we go east. it's progressing farther to the east. it's more and more moist air, pulling the moisture out of the gulf. this will bring the threat for flooding. a lot of rain in a short period of time. we have three to five inches of rain, heavier downpours could be seen at two to three inches around the gulf. that's going to be the biggest concern here. in addition to that, we have the threat for severe weather, the heavy thunderstorms and the threat for strong winds and tornadoes. this is going to be the concern today. we are going to affect a lot of flights today when the severe weather picks up today and into the afternoon and the overnight hours. temperature wise, a huge drop in the midwes

. >> arthur mentioned the peterson case.rson, not scott peter zonks the former cop in kwreu8. and his wife, kathleen valve owe's, drowning was ruled accidental, then it was changed. i don't really think that's a burden that can't be overcomed, the fact that they relooked at it. normally the argument is don't bring in other cases because if you can prove this case, prove it. >> right. you talked about appeals, that's an area that's ripe for appeal. because they don't want jurors to convict someone on this case because of things they've heard about he's done in his past, in other matters. so judges are very cautious before they let in prior bad acts before a jury trying a different case. patti ann: all right. interesting stuff. arthur aidala, doug burns, thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. jon: breaking news from capitol hill on benghazi and nancy pelosi's decision to appoint five democratic members to the committee that will investigate. we'll bring you details on when this committee is to begin its work. ♪ ♪ avo: where

edwin truman is the senior fellow for the peterson institute for international economics.begin with what is the imf, and when did it start? in 1944,e imf started bretton woods, new hampshire, conference held during world war ii among the powers to set up an organization that would help prevent the problems that caused -- contributed to the great depression. host: 188 member countries. guest: yes, going on 189. host: offers financial assistance to troubled countries. it is well, that is what mostly known for, but it is set up to monitor the international monetary and financial system and has rules about exchange rates originally but now about many other things. it offers advice to countries at an when countries don't follow that advice and get into trouble, they come to the fund. host: who works for the imf? guest: about 3000 employees these days, economists and all other kind of a financial analyst. host: where is it located? guest: nineteenth street in washington, d.c. host: why d.c.? guest: the bretton woods agreement says it would be in -- "it would be in the country wi

and also with us, james peterson, professor at lehigh university.or being here. >> thanks, rev. >> thank you. >> arthur, great piece today. >> thank you. >> tell us how congressman ryan's ideas to help the poor go back to the 19th century. >> well, a model for paul ryan has always been the welfare reform of 1996 in which newt gingrich and bill clinton teamed up to make our welfare system for mothers with children a lot less generous, and at the time, a big inspiration for gingrich and congressional republicans was the charity reformers of the late 19th century, the people who were talking about indiscriminate soup being the problem that's causing this phenomenon of tramping. there was a tramp crisis at the time and they were saying we've got to quit giving out all this soup. it's making the tramps worse, and instead we need to be their friends, give them love and friendship. >> this is in the 1800s? >> that's right. you know, this is an idea that was popularized at the time by marvin alaskey, who wrote a book that is still popular today. though to b

the next vote is to occur on the peterson nomination. mr. reid: yield back that time. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the time is yielded back and the question is on the motion. nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? if not, the ayes are 70, the nays are 24. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate prior it a vote on th the rosenstengel nomination. without objection, all time is yielded back. is there a sufficient second to the yeas and nays? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: is there any senator wishing to vote or change his or her vote? sphn, the ayes are 9 -- the yeas are 95, the nays are zero. and the fogs is confirmed. the majority leader. -- the nomination is confirmed. the majority leader. the senate will come to order. mr. reid: on the next nomination i ask consent to y

core did they got a lot of hours on this a week we need them twice a week so their president jeff peterson thank you for all the subcontractors that are doing this as significantly reduced rates to make this project a realty so here's jeff from the webb core (clapping.) well, it's a great day we've been planning and being part of rarndz vision and many of the same ways we've partnered up with the city we know as we get a chance to partner want to invest back into the community and we get to build the projects for many places but the main thing we can't do it alone. we bring along our subcontractors as randy mentioned we've got apple engineers and we need to have the help to make that a successful project acknowledge not only for the people that work with us but the small business community we want to go ahead and enter twine with the ownership they have to build something better to give back to the community it's the best way to give back to the community. we're happy to be part of this and the city and the tenderloins effort and, of course, the push to make something happen and is it beco

in 2002, a memorial and a museum opened here to honor hector peterson, a 13-year-old boy who was shotand killed by police during a demonstration in 1976. thabo manoto and rennie alexander are both poets, and they visit the memorial often. they use their poetry to fight for social justice. >> i believe i have one skill. i have one talent that can change the world, and that is my words. i can take a picture such as this and translate it and put emotion in it and make people understand the emotional turmoil people are going through, but at the same time they had the courage to stand up for what they believe. so i think as a poet i am able to change the world with my words. >> their works encourage the people of south africa to stand up for their rights. >> i am walking towards a mountain called truth. it is crumbling and i am losing ground, but a prometheus heart beats inside me with the goal to never give up till i get light to the people of the setting sun. the clouds obscuring my vision. i have lost my way, but i left breadcrumbs for others to be able to perform a rendition of my life

>> indra petersons here bright and early for a look at the weather today. >> good morning!ood morning, indra. >> good morning, everybody. yeah, we've been talking about all this rain in the south for so long, and there's a reason for that. we have, and we are still talking about it. take a look at this right now, the radar. all the lightning around louisiana, going into mississippi and even alabama. yes, the storm is still there, very slow to move. look at the rainfall they've already seen. we're talking about places like houston, almost 7 inches of rain, baton rouge almost 4 inches, victoria close to about 5 inches of rain, and we're not stopping there. look at this low that's hanging out. look at all the thunderstorms, again, still building even right now right into the gulf. so, with this, more rain. talk about the numbers. heavy rain, still another 3 to 5 inches possible in those areas. so yes, the flooding concern remains extremely high. the other story is the rest of the country's still dealing with that cold front making its way a little bit farther to the south. nor

our indra petersons has a unique look on how to fight the blaze. >> this is the airstrip the marines use to battle these blaze z. they dropped half million gallons of water in a round trips. a wall of flames closing in, a military base under siege. >> i watched as this thing marched from about a half mile away almost to 200 meters. i could feel the heat on my face as this thing approached. >> enter the third marine aircraft wing and 22 helicopters ready to battle the flames. on this flight we're headed for a lake on the base with a 300-gallon bucket in tow. from our window you can see the delicate balance as other choppers lower toward the lake. our pilot does the same, lowering the bucket until it's submerged. once it's full, we head to the fire line. >> right now we're flying directly over the fire line. you can see how badly burned this area is. >> reporter: again, using the hell hole and a lot of precision, the crew chief spots the right moment to make the drop. on his sill nall, the water is released. in all, the choppers made over 900 drops. this captain pulled it off with zero

. >>> indra petersons, will this weekend look a little bit better? >> that's the good news, right? things need to change for the weekend. they are getting better. so, yes, we have a plus out there. let's take a look at the radar. what a different picture from just yesterday. we were talking about large hail up and down the east coast, but now finally, yeah, we're seeing some showers. it's not gone, but this will kind of be the story as we head through the weekend, scattered showers hanging around, minimal chances as we go farther each day. why? what are we watching? a low off the coastline. take a look. that wrap-around moisture producing mini little showers here and there. each day, high pressure comes in and the low moves farther offshore and rain chances go down. so, monday should be the best day, but that's not to say not here or there, you're not that one person with that cloud over your head. keep in mind, in the midwest, another low is out there, so your chances will actually increase for showers. but again, no one's going to get a complete washout, except the southern plain

. >>> all right, indra petersons tracking the latest on this dangerous weather. this is what spring looks like. this is it. >> when you talk about snow, but of course, you have that cold air next to the warm air, and of course, we had the threat for severe weather. look at what we saw yesterday. things erupted in the afternoon into the overnight hours. we saw 35 tornado reports across the area, but even the straight-line winds and hail, all that will still be in the forecast today as yet another day of severe weather is expected. what are we looking at from detroit back through minneapolis, all the way back down through san antonio today, this is where we have the slight risk for severe weather. yesterday we had a heightened risk, but regardless, we're talking about the threat even for isolated tornadoes out there again today. the big story's really going to be some of the cool air shifting farther to the east. we see the jet stream kind of dip down and with that, scattered showers will spread farther off to the east. so, the next several days, you're going to be

indra petersons joins us right now. >> hi, indra. >> good morning. what's really scary is this fire started off as a controlled burn, and unfortunately, got completely out of hand. we're talking about temperatures in the region yesterday soaring to 98 degrees. the humidity went down to single digits. and of course, we're talking about winds gusting there 30, 35 miles per hour. today's still an elevated fire risk, even critical fire risk right around vegas and flagstaff. so, yes, temperatures are expected to soar. what we're going to be watching over the next several days, the jet stream lifting way up, so unbelievable heat expected into the south and also just two little pockets of cool air. that's what we're going to be watching, especially this one in the pacific northwest, as these two temperature areas kind of clash by the middle of the week. it could bring the potential for severe weather by about wednesday. let's start with this heat. i mean, look at this. we're talking about departures well above normal here. dallas about 12 degrees above norm

indra petersons tracking these storms and the threat for today.re weather today in farther through texas, talking about waco down through about corpus christi looking for strong thunderstorms, strong winds out there, and still that threat of isolated tornadoes will be out there today. but this is only going to be one side of the equation. one of the things we're going to be looking at there is the heavy rain. we're looking at lots of rain out there, anywhere from 3 to 6 inches as the low's kind of spinning around here down to the south. so, with that, we're talking about the potential for flooding. notice even scattered showers spreading all the way into the northeast. look how wet this is. there is a lot of moisture coming up from the gulf, so you're looking at this all funneling in. pretty much no matter where you are in the eastern half of the country today, you do have the threat for scattered showers. the heaviest right around texas, louisiana, maybe in through arkansas, but again, into the northeast you're going to feel a change, and it's no

darren collison, back-to-back laci peterson. thunder down two. serge ibaka for the tip-.n clippers win, even the series at two apiece. >>> to the east. pacers and wizards. washington controlled most of the game. what a move here by john wall. 55-38 at the half. pacers battle back. ray hibert battling in the play-offs found his game. at 17, puts the pacers up three. six seconds left. plenty of time. but trevor ariza throws away the inbounds pass. coaches hate that. pacers ball, and they take a 3-1 series lead with a 95-92 victory. >>> all right. our story of the day, players championship where martin kaymer weathered the storm for the second win on the pga tour. fans got to see golf and a former teenaged mutant ninja turtle. martin kaymer on the way to victory. nothing could stop him, right? well, when it resumed, he is in the clubhouse at 12 under 66. then the wheels came off for kaymer. now has a 28-par putt with a six-foot break and he makes it. furyk can't believe it in the clubhouse. but kaymer needed 18. got it. wins his second pga tour title in $1.8 million with a 1

you think peterson is unaware that they privatized social security? that they are going to make a lot of money? do you think the multinationals are unaware that if that transpacific partnership gets into law that it will give them a chance to make a whole lot of money and disemploy a bunch of workers? think they don't know that? the power knows that if we slash and burn the budget, the supports americans depend upon to get to a better economic situation will not be there, and people will be left on their own to fend for themselves and work for any pay these people care to offer. and, so what if there are a huge ocean of excess workers out there looking for opportunity? that just means the people who do have a job better watch their mouth about talking about unions, right? that just means the people who do have a job that are not complain about whether they lose their fingers or toes or get incurable diseases while they are working. because you better hang on to that job. so, speaking truth to power -- the fact is, we need to speak truth to our own fau

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