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president may take a break from his healthcare pitch today when he addresses war veterans in phoenix, arizona. >>> bob erhlich could soon step back into the political spotlight. there is renewed speculation this noon about whether erhlich will seek office again this year. richard hug says he believes erhlich will run. the decision won't be announced any time soon and the governor could wait months longer. back in 2002 he waited until march to announce his big. >>> the markets are plunging, what's behind the big drop? >> reporter: investors around the world are fearing we're not quite out of the woods yet in this recession, consumers are still spending less, last quarter many companies were forced to cut costs in order to meet earnings estimates, now investors fear things could get ugly if consumers don't start spending more. just a moment ago, the dow is down 149 points off the session lows, however, the s&p 500 down 20, the nasdaq down 47 this noon. investors searching for some economic security are moving to bonds. >> retail lows is among the company's selling off. sales fell 19% last quart

obama visited phoenix, arizona. durham this man? o one of a dozen or so people that carried guns to that presidential event. we heard him say on camera he is prepared to resort to forceful resistance against the obama administration. now, today, i want to tell you about the church that that man attends. in particular, i am going to play for you parts of the sermon that were delivered from the pulpit on the very day before the president arrived in phoenix, arizona. this, my friend, you will agree is chilling. >>> tonight, i want to preach this sermon. you probably haven't heard a sermon like this before. here is my sermon. why i hate barack obama. that's my sermon. barack obama is coming to town tomorrow morning. barack obama is coming to town. he is going to be here. who knew that he was coming to town? with his health care and everything like this. i'm going to tell you something, i hate barack obama. you say, well, you just mean you don't like what he stands for? no, i hate the person. you just mean you don't like his policies. no

. >> in phoenix, arizona, in 2007, two news choppers collided while covering a police pursuit. the probable cause of the crash according to the ntsb -- both pilots failure to see and avoid the other helicopter. debbie hearseman is chairman of the ntsb. >> we believe there are certain air spaces that are challenging. we investigated one involving two news-gathering helicopters in phoenix and we made recommend aches about technology, proximity awareness of traffic. alerts. we made some recommending as about technology might improve it. we have seen -- >> traffic collision avoidance systems? >> right. awareness for large aircraft. >> see how it pops up on the screen? traffic. somebody coming at us. he's 600 feet higher than us. >> back in our helicopter, there is technology to pip point nearby aircraft. it is not mandatory. >> see the helicopter all the way up there? he's much much higher than and we know this because of the device. >> some experts have recommended that an in areas such as the hudson river, planes and helicopters be required to fly at different altitudes. of the l

take a look at what's going on here at location in phoenix, arizona. live pictures. s in phoenix. this is a protest demonstration, we were talking about in favor of/against health care reform as it's being crafted right now. so we've got this back and forth with folks on both sides of the health care reform debate on both sides of the street separated by traffic and partitions and everything else. now, the president is essentially here to give the veterans of foreign wars an update on the wars in iraq, afghanistan, but wherever the president goes, the debate on health care reform goes with him. the president to speak to the vfws at the convention at 1:00 p.m. east coast. so obviously the health care debate heats up again today. it's a key part of reform. we're watching to see if this affects the tone of town hall meetings taking place today. several are being held from philadelphia earlier this morning to florida, virginia, and texas. and one of the lawmakers holding one of the town hall meetings, a member of the so-called blue dog conservative democrats. national cor

>>reporter: mean time dozens of protestors greeted president obama today in phoenix, arizona where he's addressing veterans of foreign wars. the crowd called the president health care plan a government take over of medicine that would bankrupt the country. >>> if you want to read the various health care bills out there just go to our web site and click on news link. >> you can make your voice heard. tell your elected officials what you think of the health care plan. get the phone numbers and e-mail addresses by logging on to fox baltimore.com slash your voice. >>> mayor dixon launches a campaign to crack down on abandoned vehicles in baltimore. she says the hazard and eye sore need to be removed. dixon herself towed a vehicle at today's event in east baltimore. resident asked to call 311 to report abandoned vehicles on public or private property. the mayor says it's part of her effort to keep baltimore cleaner and safer. >>> how are the roads looking tonight. lauren cook has the traffic edge report. lauren? >> thanks jennifer. well, we have a few incidents working at this time and avera

. >> welcome again to the broadcast, bob sniff is offer this morning, joining us now from phoenix, arizona where he is travel twg the president, white house press secretary robert gibbs, mr. gibbs, good morning. >> good morning, harry, how are you? >> very well. >> 80 percent of americans have health insurance, they may not be thrilled with the system as it works right now, but their fear is reform is going to make things worse instead of better. can you guarantee them that things will improve? >> absolutely. if you like what you have now you will get a chance to keep it, but in each of the town hall meetings that the president has done over the last week, harry, we have highlight add specific instance where health insurance reform would help those that already have health insurance. yesterday it was a family that had hit the lifetime cap on their policy, and were soon going to have to start paying those expenses completely out of pocket, or of a woman in new hampshire who was discriminated against by her health insurance company because they said she had a preexisting condition which mean

. >>> today joel brown reports, president obama promised a group in phoenix, arizona that health care reform will not take any of their benefits. >> reporter: president obama added part of his sales pitch to a speech to veterans in phoenix. >> one thing the reform won't change is veteran health care. >> reporter: the president called for a government run insurance plan fueled more protest. the president sporters held signs pressing for the so called public option. but democrats fear the white house may abandon that part of the plan to gain republican support. >> the bottom line for this for the president is, what we have to have is choice and competition in the insurance market. >> reporter: the white house says it's willing to consider exchanges, it will be run by states, not the government. some democrats say that's not what the country needs, but some republicans like the idea. >> there's things like nonprofits. i don't know if it can do what people need, but we should look at it. >> reporter: conservative democrats say a government run health care plan would never get through the

. >> oliver: tucson is 120 miles southeast of phoenix. arizona'srdly ever heard of and now there is more and more. >>> home invasion, robbery, kidnapping and missing people. >> oliver: the sergeant heads up the home invasion and kidnapping unit in tucson, 70 miles from the mexican border. war stories rode along with his team. >> we really specialize in the more sophisticated types of people that commit home invasion robberies in more of an organized fashion. >> oliver: they investigate anywhere 150 cases at a time. >> whether it fits the description. >> and. to pick up a perimeter. >> oliver: while the sergeant and detectives continue to follow leads on other home invasions the tucson pd's narcotic alliance gets drugs off the city streets. the sergeant prepares for a buy bust. >> you're going to be right in this area. >> in this is a mcdonald's right over here. >> his undercover officer is given $15,000 in cash to make a buy. >> he is just a guy we made contact with and officers have been buying cocaine for him and he has been buying from him and u

. >> oliver: tucson is 120 miles southeast of phoenix. arizona'scond largest city is rest link with its own crime problem. >> five years ago a home invasion was something you hardly ever heard of and now there is more and more. >>> home invasion, robbery, kidnapping and missing people. >> oliver: the sergeant heads up the home invasion and kidnapping unit in tucson, 70 miles from the mexican border. war stories rode along with his team. >> we really specialize in the more sophisticated types of people that commit home invasion robberies in more of an organized fashion. >> oliver: they investigate anywhere 150 cases at a time. >> whether it fits the description. >> and. to pick up a perimeter. >> oliver: while the sergeant and detectives continue to follow leads on other home invasions the tucson pd's narcotic alliance gets drugs off the city streets. the sergeant prepares for a buy bust. >> you're going to be right in this area. >> in this is a mcdonald's right over here. >> his undercover officer is given $15,000 in cash to make a buy. >> he is ju

out the national high temperatures across the area. 9d 5 in wichita, 96 in dallas, and 105 in phoenix, arizonaw we're talking about a pattern change. the pattern that we're under right now has the jet stream coming right through the area. meanwhile, it will be down right oppressive. for the weekend going io the beginning 6 next week. let's show ttd uderpp0s 9ty miandd upper 90s across the area. so four day forecast for you, temperatures tomorrow due to hit 90. we'll get a little bit of a break on thursday and then es propveti condiprons again for the weekend. some afternoon storms first tomorrow. >>> when we come back, a local hospital test as new vaccine to prevent the recurrence of brets cancer. >> and the help wanted sign goes on " >>> here's some. top stories making news on the web today. >> a court appointed trust see keeping tabs on what bernard madoff's wife is spending. she can't spend more than $100 without tell tells the truth at the. the move follows bernie madoff's conviction for running a ponzi scheme. ruth madoff has not been charged, but was forced to leeft couple's upscale apar

this one, was at president obama's appearance in phoenix, arizona monday. the pro obama crowd is part of the group that worked in his 2008 campaign. at least, one political analyst said too little too late. >> the administration lost control of the message on health care. and once a president loses control of the agenda, it is very difficult to get it back. >> sabato said mr. obama never had control because he did not come out with his own plan. >> the townhall meeting seemed to reflect how people feel. according to a poll by american pulse 83 percent say congress and the president should fix the economy. before tackling health care. 74 percent say they have lost their voice in d.c. 70 percent say conk congress is only interested in their own ideas. >> well, is president barack obama flip-floping? on sunday health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius said the public option was not essential to health care reform. today she said a public option is the best way to give people more choices. liberal lawmakers meantime wrote a letter to sebelius saying

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between here and the mayo clinic in phoenix arizona, i have been blessed with a good insurance, generally excellent doctors and care. however, my major concern in costs, even with good insurance, and has been high, when i have been gone out of the network. why should our doctors' treatment choice be limited by a geographic area of the state? what kind of competition is this, mr. president? . decisions are being made by insurance companies. in fairness, we probably could not construct a system in which you could see any doctor anywhere in the world any time regardless of expense. bulb be hard to set up. if you live in maine, you are going to fly into california -- put you up -- you can see, and i'm not trying to make light of it, but you can see the difficulty. with any system we design, some choices will have to be made in terms of what is going on, etc. that is currently being done in the private marketplace. all we are trying to do is to make sure that those decisions being made in the private market place are not discriminating against people because they are already 66 -- 6 - sick, an

the president is about to be introduced here in phoenix, arizona. you know, you talk about the number of troops in iraq and afghanistan. you megged that's going to be one thing the president is talking about. the warner rock may be winding down as 130 tlp troops are still there. and at the moment 63 are in afghanistan. but 6,000 more are expected to be there by the year's end. so i know that -- yes, go ahead. >> reporter: well, an important point you put on, another democrat was a democrat. he said he was very worried about the escalation in afghanistan. he understood that the president as commander in chief has tough decisions to make but he said point blank to me on camera that he fears afghanistan is becoming another quagmire like vietnam. he voted for ta group. there was a mick who ould measured. . >> hold that thought, ed. we're going right to the president. let's fw ahead and listen. >> thank you. thank you. please be seat. thank you so much. commander gardner, thank you for your intro dukds and for your lifetime of service. i was proud to wel

. >> and once again, the president was greeted by protesters in phoenix, arizona today. some with guns strapped to their legs. police say there is no cause for serious concern. joining us now, politico. >> i think the house secretary, kathleen sebelius, kind of said out loud what folks inside the white house have been saying, that there's a lot of thinking that you can get 80% of what you want out of a health reform bill without having a public option. given that has drawn so much fire from the right especially, who use it to say this is a big government takeover of health care, that why not just leave it out and still get 80%. i think it's a case where a little of the private conversation slipped into the public. >> and we just have to ask, we got that video in and you saw the shot of the gun strapped to the person's leg. once again, not the first time we've seen this and of course, we know that they can do this legally. >> right. in fact, apparently, that gentleman told some reporters that he did it to show that he still has a right to bear arms in arizona. i suspect t

. >>> a powerful earthquake rattled mexico with the shock felt as far as phoenix, arizona. 6.9 magnitude quake hit near tijuana. there are no reports of any damage or injuries. the strongest earthquake hit minutes after two smaller tremors. >>> remember the slogan, milk, it does the body good? kids across the country are not getting enough of an important vitamin. how to get your kids what they need before it is too late coming up. >>> ploading your family's pictures could land your kids in a heap of trouble. one discovery on the web is turning in to a nationwide warning. >>> are you ready for it? talk of a tax hike -- tax hike on the middle class. is the obama administration going back on campaign promises? we will crunch the numbers next. >>and how about a break from humidity and our afternoon thunderstorms. that's what we are getting tonight, a glorious afternoon and evening over washington, d.c. how long can we keep it going? we will have a look at r weathe weather recastst when fox 5 news at 5:00 continues.    o >>> whether it take a tax hike on the middle class to fix the

abc's rachel martin joins us from phoenix, arizona. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: last night in grand junction, colorado, the president gave his third town hall meeting. out of the gate, he combatted criticism, specifically a myth that a provision in the bill would have created so-called death panels. now, this is something the president has been combating for weeks. last night, he got personal. >> i just lost my grandmother last year. i know what it's like to watch somebody you love, who's aging, deteriorate. and have to struggle with that. >> reporter: now, the white house says that these recent town hall meetings are evidence that it's possible to have a civil discourse about health care reform in the united states. but it's too early to tell what kind of long-term impact will be made on the overall debate, this is something that the president is going to be working on weeks and weeks to come. kate, this was a working vacation for the president. yesterday, the first family toured yellowstone park. today, they're headed to the g

rachel martin, abc news, phoenix, arizona. >> hard to believe these parks are hurting for funding consideringany people consider this the routine family vacation. there's a separate group that supplements the budget, the memorial society. they more or less take donations from mt. rushmore national memorial. >> some don't charge admission. the actual exhibit, the mountain is free. so we -- >> maybe if they changed it a little. >> maybe if they updated it a little, added some different faces? >> that's a good picture of me w>>s t'the matter with me?thh t >> you look angry. >> et president's push for health care reform, the price tag and how it might all work was widely discussed on the sunday morning talk shows. >> while washington insiders also debated the >>he president's push for health care reform, the price tag and how it might all work was widely discussed on the sunday morning talk shows. >> while washington insiders also debated the rising number of american troops killed in afghanistan. >> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos. >> nothing could be further from the truth tha

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. >> geraldo: the president has gone on to phoenix, arizona, and criticized those he said was trying to scare people saying -- >> because for all the scare tactics out there, what is truly scary is if we don't do anything. we will continue to see 14,000 mirns lose their health insurance every day. >> geraldo: all right. he says because of all the scare tactics out there, what is truly scary is if we do nothing. mike emanuel is travelling with the president and filed this report in colorado. >> reporter: geraldo, the healthcare reform effort has taken on a lot of qualities of a presidential campaign. president obama traveled with his family to grand junction, colorado, to do a rare saturday town hall after sightseeing with his family in montana. he is also calling on supporters to spread the word similar to him being on the stump. mr. obama loses a tie, takes off the jacket and rolls off his sleeve. a lot of lines sound like a campaign speech. the white house clearly recognizes opposition to healthcare reform is clear. and having an impact on the national debate. he took several quest

this time in phoenix, arizona. senator john mccain was on the receiving end. he just opened the meeting when a woman in the audience began shouting him down. >> we need -- ma'am, you are going to have to -- you are going to have to stop or you are going to have to leave. >> other audience members cheered when security officers approached the woman. she was evicted. later senator mccain told the crowd he would fight for health care reform but said again this he does not support the public option favored by president obama and many other democrats. >>> coming up, somali pirates opened fire on the u.s. navy helicopter. >>> we are going to hear from a 13-year-old that survivor ad commercial plane crash that killed more than 150 people. >> a member of the obama administration may have been the victim of identity theft. >> a man accused of bilking investors out of $7 billion is now in the hospital. >> the national was some fireworks big time at wrigley field this afternoon. tiger returns to the golf course for first time after his meltdown at the pga championship. p

. >>> president obama addresses the veterans of foreign war convention in phoenix, arizona. virginia governor tim kaine will check out a green vegetative roof on the virginia association of counties office. >>> and the first youth academy at the alexandria sheriffs office begins today. the three day program is an outreach for children 12 to 18. >>> we focus on our hero central project. this morning we recognize a good samaritan whose good deeds landed him in the hospital. he is tom barrett. he is the mayor of milwaukee. he was with his family at the wisconsin state fair on saturday night walking back to his car he faheard a woman screaming for help. as he went to help, a man attacked him, hitting him with a metal pole. the mayor -- the mayor suffered serious injuries and the woman was not hurt. the mayor is hospitalized but his brother says he will be okay. >> i have talked to him personally. he still has a good sense of humor and he is a -- he's a great brother and he's in good shape. hi eel be fine. >> reporter: the mayor remains alert enough to stay in power. as for the a

yesterday in phoenix, arizona, a man was spotted carrying a rifle and last week a man in new hampshirehad a pistol on his leg. police say while it is unsettling it is not illegal and since they were in a designated viewing area the secret service does not have control over them. >>> the feds say they have broken up one of the biggest identity theft rings. it could affect 130 million credit card accounts. investigator say one american and two russians hacked in to the computers of heart land. it does credit card processing for stores like 7-eleven and other retailers and some were sold on-line but they left digital footprints which is how authorities caught up with them. no word on what will be done for anyone whose information was stolen. >>> the plan to get you out of delays on interstate 95 and 395 in virginia has hit a delay. we will talking about the hot lanes. it is a story new this morning here on 9 news. armando trull is live in spring feel with what you need to know. armando? >> reporter: good morning, and california well, the hot lanes were going to run on this portion of 95 a

. >>> take a look at this wild police chase in phoenix, arizona.y the suspect stole a truck and then led them on a 45-minute high-speed chase. an officer finally hit the truck to fishtail but the suspect still didn't stop after getting bumped a few more times. police were finally able to trap the driver. accordingy to police report, the man admitted he was smoking methamphetamine in the day. >>> the first week of school not really going as planned. up next, the latest on the scheduling snafu in prince george's county that has parents pretty upset. a vice for a tv news crew. they knock on the door and they get a very angry response. we'll show it to you and explain what sparked this scene coming up next on fox 5 morning news. we'll be right back. (announcer) get our best back to school prices... ...at the jcpenney lowest prices of the season sale. all arizona tops and bottoms are buy e, get one for 88¢ plus, save on denim at america's biggest athletic shoes are $38.99 all bath towels are buy one, get one for 88¢ plus, night and day doorbusters go to

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now we go to phoenix, arizona. the president is about to address the veterans of foreign war. we understand he will speak about health care as well, of course, speaking about the wars in iraq and afghanistan, where there are crucial elections this week. let's listen to the president. >> i want to also acknowledge gene gardner and sharon tradewell as well as dixey hills and jan title and all the spouses and family of the ladies auxiliary. america honors your service as well. also, governor jan brewer is here of arizona. and mayor phil gordon, our host, here in phoenix. i want too acknowledge president dr. joe shirley jr., president of the navajo nation. and this wasn't on my original card, but this is just an extraordinary story and you may have already heard from her, but i want to publicly acknowledge and thank mrs. helen denton, the secretary to dwight eisenhower who typed up the orders for the normandy invasion and is here today and what an extraordinary story that is. so -- [ applause ] members of the veterans of foreign wars, i am honored and humbled to stand before you a

between hear, deborah, montrose and the mayo clinic in phoenix, arizona. i have been blessed with good insurance, generally excellent doctors and care, however, my major concern is cost even with good -- even with good insurance , our cost is then high , practically and i have been gone out of the network, why should our doctors treatment choice be limited by a geographic area or the state? what kind of competition is this, mr. president? thank you. >> all right. this raises an important question, because it goes to the overall debate that's taking place out there right now. when we talk about reform, you hear some opponents of reform sang that somehow we are trying to ration care or restrict the doctors that you can see, or you name it. that's what's going on right now, it's just the decisions are being made by the insurance companies. now in fairness, we probably could not construct a system in which you could see and the doctor anywhere in the world any time, regardless of expense. that would be a hard system to set up. so if you live in the state of ma

this is the president and first family arriving in phoenix, arizona, just a short time ago.ou see the president and his littlest one getting off air force one. there's the rest of the family. the president will speak tomorrow at the vfw national convention in phoenix where he will address the concerns of vets and our men and women currently serving in afghanistan. our senior white house correspondent, ed henry, traveling there and covering the president and the politics and everything in between all along the way. we'll have it all for you right here on cnn. again, the first family arriving in phoenix. >> tropical storms are brewing. one of them is about to slam into the florida gulfcoast. meteorologist jacqui jeras in the cnn hurricane headquarters, tracking all the action for you. a year after hurricane ike devastated galveston, we check on the rebuilding. i think i'll go with the basic package. good choice. only meineke lets you choose the brake service that's right for you. and save 50% on pads and shoes. meineke. >>> i'm joining jacqui jeras, cnn heat index. she has all

semiautomatic rifle and pistol outside the building where president obama was giving a speech in phoenix. arizona is an open carry state, meaning having a legal firearm in the open is permitted. actor contessa brewer injected race into the story saying -- >> here you have a man of color in the presidency and white people showing up with guns strapped to their waist. bret: which then sparked a discussion about a danger to p president obama. the video was edited in a way that you can't see the whole picture. the man featured with the weapons was african-american, not white. no one on air pointed that out. msnbc never got back to us but told politico brewer was speaking generally and not about that specific person with the automatic weapon. our friends at nbc can give you a deal if you're in the market for a barack obama action figure or a yes, we did t-shirt. they are selling no fewer than 29 obama-inspired products at their new york gift shop and on-line. fox foxnews.com reports cbs and abc on-line stores sell books about the president and the campaign but no merchandise. fox and cnn sell neither.

convention in phoenix, arizona today talking about afghanistan and the situation there as that country gets ready for national elections this thursday. we're back with our panel. steve, what about the situation there ahead of these elections? some of the places in the south, they're saying they won't even have ballot boxes because it is so dangerous. >> there are two problems potentially that we're looking at with the elections. one is security, and two is what might happen because people are concerned about this. if you have vast numbers of afghans who don't show up, what does that do to the legitimacy of the elections afterward looking back? bret: the president touched on it a lot today, in his speech about how this war is a necessity, and portrayed it as the good war as we've talked about before on this panel what is your take on what he said and what the administration is doing? >> he has to make a case. he has doubled the amount of troop levels since he came into office. we expect another increase when general mcchrystal's report comes in. it will be an extremely tough sell on cap

last night the location was phoenix, arizona, and senator john mccain was in the center of it all. he was opening the meet when a woman in the audience began shouting over him. >> we need -- ma'am, you are going to have to -- you are going to have to stop or you are going to have to leave. >> other audience members cheered when security officers approached the woman. she was evicted from the town hall. later senator mccain told the crowd that he would fight for health care reform but said, again, that he does not favor the public option favored by president obama and many other democrats. >>> hundreds of homeowners in virginia who are in danger of foreclosure are now hoping a new program is going to help get their payments back on track. they are meeting with their mortgage lenders to try to work out some kind of a deal that will save their homes. julie carey is live and in woodbridge to tell bus this. >> reporter: the federal bank of richmond sent out more than 15,000 letters to virginia home owners who are at least 60 days behind in payment. inviting them to this event. and by th

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rose and the mayo clinic in phoenix, arizona. i have been blessed with good insurance, generally excellent doctors and care. however my major concern and costs, even with good and -- even with the good insurance, our costs have been high practically when i have been gone out of the network. why should our doctors' treatment choice be limited by a geographic area or the state? what kind of competition is this, mr. president? >> okay, all right. >> thank you. >> this raises an important question because it goes to the overall debate that's taking place out there right now. when we talk about reform, you hear some opponents of reform saying that somehow we are trying to ration care or restrict the doctors that you can see, or, you name it. well, that's what's going on right now. it's just that the decisions are being made by the insurance companies. now, in fairness, we probably could not construct a system in which you could see any doctor anywhere in the world, any time regardless of expense. that would be a hard system to set up.

makes that choice for them, all these men can do is wai lehrer: today, phoenix >> leer: today in phoenix, arizonasident oma warned thfight against the taliban won be quick or easy. at a gathing of veterans of foreign ws he insisted "this is not aar of choice. this is a war of necessity. inther news today, the top u. commander in iraq said he wants to deploy arican troops to disputed ars in the north. army general ray odiernoaid they woulprovide oversight and help ease tensions beeen kurdish andraqi forces. in recent weeks, there'been a spike in bombings in the rth. the move would be a derture om the security pact calling on americatroops to pull back from populated areaat the end of june. odiernstressed no final decision has been mad senator jim webb ovirginia lled for a new approach to sancons on myanmar. that's after e democrat met th the detained opposition leader ahng san c during a rare sit to the cntry also known as burma. toy in bangkok, thailand, webb indicatesoo chee could be easing r stance on u.s. sanctions. >> with respect to aung san suu kyi, i don't want to take the risk of misrepre

we wanted to do was to make sure that people around the country knew that law enforcement in phoenix arizona protects our rights. they weren't upset. they are the ones standing a few feet away from us. oftentimes, the citizenry are better armed than law enforcement. they need us on their side. >> isn't there something terribly disingenuous about putting people on like that and isn't there also something a little bit dangerous about playing these kind of games. >> it's not a game. we know what we are up against. >> what are you up against? you were the only one there with weapons? what were you up against? ladies with brooms. >> oh, no, no, no, we are up against a tie ran cal government that will rop the next generation as long as they can get away with it. go to freedoms phoenix.com. the top story is the interview i had with this young man. i gave him every opportunity to explain himself. quite simply, he understands that his generation is going to be plundered until there is nothing left to plunder. his message was that when you do that, at some point, there will be resistance. >> you mean

that picture's coming in right now from phoenix, arizona. he's actually carrying an assault rifle. he's at an obama event. that's an ar-15 on his back. we're being told from our crews on the ground that he may not have been the only person in the crowd today that was carrying a loaded weapon. we should let you know, by the way, it's important that this is perfectly legal in the state of arizona because they have an open carry law. our white house correspondent ed henry is in phoenix. he's been at these rallies. he's been following this one for us today and is joining us to bring us up to date on what's going on. you know, i'm curious as i look at this story, as to whether you saw other people in the audience that may have also been carrying guns the way this fellow was. >> reporter: i did, i saw at least a couple weapons, including an ar-15, and it happened just across the street from where i am. there was a large group of obama supporters, they were supporting the president on health care and it was peaceful, you know, there were some protesters across the street shouting things l

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in phoenix, arizona, your average temperature was 98.3. 89.5 for austin, texas. san antonio, 8.7.regon, 73.6. it was the average coldest month on record for you in july. from madison, wisconsin, 65.7. i know, that sounds so cold. >> they can have that. >> 68.3 in south bend, jackson, kentucky just over 70, same story in huntington, west virginia. hopefully we'll balance things out a little here now that we're in the month of august. look at all this heat across the south. heat warnings into the phoenix area. let's talk about the stormy weather. first i want to show you video out of alberta, canada, for yesterday. a very serious story here. severe storms ripped through the area. straight-line winds caused the main stage at a festival to collapse. two people now are confirmed dead and many others have been injured. i'm going to get on my soapbox for one second here and -- we all go to concerts outdoors in the summer. we go to baseball games, football games, whatever. you have to be responsible as a person and know what your surroundings are and whether or not you have a severe weath

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in phoenix, arizona in 2007 two news choppers collided while covering a police pursuit.ble cause of the crash according to the ntsb, both pilots' failure to see and avoid the other helicopter. debbie is chairman of the ntsb, which is investigating the hudson river accident. >> we think there is some airspace and certain conditions that are challenging. we investigated a mid-air collision involving two news gathering helicopters in phoenix and we made some recommendations about technology, proximity awareness of traffic alerts and made some recommendations to the faa about how technology might improve. we've seen traffic avoidance collision systems. >> see how it pops up on the screen, traffic? somebody's coming at us, 600 feet higher than us. >> reporter: in our helicopter, there is technology. it is not mandatory. >> see the helicopter all the way up there. he's much, much higher than us and we know this because of the device. >> reporter: some experts recommended in areas such as the hudson river planes and helicopters be required to fly at different altitudes. after t

heartburn >>> no reports of damage from the magnitude 6.9 quake that was felt as far away as phoenix, arizona four were hurt seriously aboard a flight from texas. it hit turbulence at 36,000 feet sending passengers not buckled in slamming into overhead compartments. and two people were critically injured, more than four dozen and authorities are still investigate being. and a solid rally on nasdaq today. the dow jones industrial was up more than 115 moints. the s&p 500 up 15 to put it over 1,000 for the first time this year. and the nasdaq is above 2,000. now back to hardball. >>> welcome back to "hardball." the popular cash for clunkers rebate program already blew through $1 billion last week and will run out of gas by the end of this week if the senate doesn't approve an additional $2 billion quick to keep it going, but the program is already getting some stiff resistance from some senators. check out what senator jim demint of south carolina had to say. >> the federal government went bankrupt in one week in the used car business and now they want to run our health care system. >> well, tha