abbas had never heard of princeton. he thought it was just some university somewhere in the united states. he goes on the internet, and he has to go to one of the international aid services to get access to the internet. he applies to princeton. he took his first plane trip to nairobi to take the s.a.t. in order to complete his application. the people who knew him wrote letters of recommendation. shortly thereafter, he gets a fat envelope. he did not have mail service or a phone, so the envelope is delivered to the care office, and the director ends up transporting himself to his home and leaving a message to have abbas come and see him. they celebrate when they find out he has been admitted to princeton. coming from that set of circumstances, princeton was literally like a different corner of the world. he called his dorm room luxurious, compared to where he came from. the first time he went to the dining hall, he sees all this food and all of this plenty, and he concludes that must be having a special celebration, bec

the week-long ethical training did nothing for the princeton students.of course this was not a random simonson you could say princeton students started warsaw. [laughter] but if we assume it is a general finding, it suggested things, one it is hard to create cultural change and at the same time hard to create at the moment of expectations. when people sign it, they don't cheat and we all signed the tax forms at the bottom. why don't rerivers that? so we went to the irs and we said we found this thing, why don't you get people to sign at the top? the irs said they had better things to do, understandably. but we did find an insurance company. raise your hand, don't be bashful. not you, but we found an insurance company and it turns out that property claims are a big deal, about $24 billion in losses from exaggerated claims. it turns out the people in the insurance industry pink people cheat very much like we find. it is not that people intent burglaries' but tutorings become three and stuff like that. we said why don't we get people to sign those declarati

thank you princeton university library thank you think you think you. it is not just the books the princeton university library has a service in which i can send them a citation or an article and they will e mail it to me and that has been a lifesaver that is the reason i can work here. i should say also that the world wide web is very helpful one of my editors concerns is i would identify figures and this is a very figure centered story so readers do not get bogged down in the academic so there are little biographies and i was focused on getting all of the information that i could and knowing all that was important about these figures in my editor would say sometimes you just need a phrase to give "the reader" who this person is when they first appear. so one of my editorial jobs is to go back and very often and go to the world wide web and find the identification for a figure that i write about rolf -- ralph waldo emerson is a prominent person in my book i know about him but my reader will want to know that he was the most important 19th century write

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rob franek, author of the princeton review's best 367 schools, says the iv league may not be the best way to go for everyone. franek there is a right school for everybody or not better schools, as long as you are able to learn and grow etc. the 2009 edition of the princeton review best 367 schools ranks colleges in 62 lists based on 120,000 interviews with students across america. some of it's findings may be a little bit surprising.university of florida was ranked as having the best career services department, pomona college in california has the best classroom experience. other rankings are less surprising: brigham young university in utah was listed as most sober. franek not a believer in big name schools only the big leagues still have big payoffs, provided you can make it in. according to payscale. the average starting salaries for iv league undergraduates is $60,000/year. liberal arts and state schools lag behind with an average of $45,000/year. however, that doesn't mean smaller, schools won't give you your money's worth. devry president in the past 34 years, with close to a qu

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john witherspoon of princeton university. >> mike: the president of princeton?ny of the schools had historical origins in faith. they were christian colleges to make absolutely. princeton is a new university when he was there. upon the statement is very simple. it said kearse is contrary to the cross of christ. is there to turn out ministers and he turned up a number of founding fathers from john witherspoon himself, we can point to about one third of the founding fathers were trained by him at princeton university. so he was turning out theologians and ministers on regular basis. that man right here is charles thompson. he is responsible for the famous american bible edition the thompson bible. let's pick this guy right here. that is robert treat paine a minister and a chaplain during the american revolution. the man with a hat on is stephen hopkins, is a quaker, or a outspoken, used christian but we should separate from great britain started in 1765. you get the idea. >> mike: did their faith influence these guys get cute with her we have secular documents. th

>> mostly i use the princeton university library. which walks on water. i couldn't do it without them. it's not just the books. the princeton university library has a as much as in which i can sent them a citation of a chapter of a book or an article and they will e-mail it to me. and that has been a lifesaver. that that is the reason i can work here. i should say also the worldwide web is very helpful. one of my editors concerns is that i would identify figures and that is a very figures centric story so that readers won't get bogged down. so a lot of little boyographys in it. and i got very focused on getting all the information i could and noting all that was really important about these figures. and my editor will say sometimes we just need a phrase to give the reader a sense of who this person is when they first appear. so my -- one of my editorial jobs is to go back and very often just go to the worldwide web and find out what the find of id for a figure i read a lot about. for instance, ralph plays a very big part in my book. i know all about him n

in 2000 from princeton. the significance of having black women in the academy is more than underscored by the fact that professor nell painter, americas at princeton a historian who virtually mentored herself served as professor feimster's mentor and helped her successfully complete the degree in 2000. this in itself is a story of triumph a house or all of the stories about how the 17 black women came to the historical profession. and on this note i would like to say one of the fears that the of reviewers of this book had is it would be filled with one complete after another. that it would be a litany of the sad stories about racism and sexism. make no mistake there is a lot of pecos here. we do see how difficult it was for individuals who suffered from racism and sexism to enter a domain where more than the tower is on every. we see how difficult it was to some out the gates directed by the gatekeepers profession but at the heart this book is a composite picture of women who like the chicago when anthony wi

notes sent home in 2008 by princeton house show a disturbing es escalation of christopher's disruptive behavior. >> he slowly started to become a loner. he started to become really quiet. >> reporter: and his mother says, he was becoming increasingly violent, so destructive his parents even had to call the police for help. as things got worse, they started asking questions. which brings us to this tape. when they got it, they could barely watch. >> and every day, no class, no school, papa, said, no, you have to go to school. you have to. and i'm going to have to live with this guilt. i know everybody said it's not -- you should not feel guilty, but this is my boy. >> reporter: the video chronicles two days last october. it was given to christopher's parents, who showed it to us. october 2nd -- christopher flips his desk, not uncommon for children with autism. and then he gets dragged from class repeatedly. at lunch, he's put in a face-down, prone restraint for seven minutes. a short time later, he's restrained another ten minutes. finally, this scene in the library. with the staff memb

. >>> no surprise, parental contenders, harvard and princeton share the top spot in the latest edition of the u.s. news and world report and ranking. >>> the dow opens at 9,279 after jumping 61 points on thursday. s&p rose 6. and the nasdaq rose 13 points. in tokyo, the nikkei climbed 179 points, while in hong kong, the hang seng surged 374 points. >>> on wall street wednesday, stocks erased early losses after a big drop in oil inventories. fuel hopes means we're on the road to recovery. oil inventories are down, sending oil prices and stocks higher. exxon mobil and chevron both got a boost leading gainers on the dow. the health care sector got a shot in the arm when a federal judge ruled in favor of drug maker merck in a patent dispute over its top-selling asthma drug, singulair. an israeli company was told it cannot market a generic version until merck's patent runs out in 2012. john deere saw its sales slashed by 25% last quarter but managed to beat expectations by cutting costs. cash-strapped customers forced the world's largest maker of farm equipment to trim yearly sales forecast

based on quality of education, student experience and student achievement saw princeton fall to number two, california institute of technology third, harvard in fifth. >>> and an unemployed mother, pregnant with her seventh child, is turning to ebay to help earn a little money. the mom is selling the rights to name the baby she's about to have. bidding starts at $150. it's up to well over $2,000. >>> now here's an early look how wall street will kick off the day today. the dow opens 9,280 after stumbling 39 points on wednesday. the s&p was down 2. the nasdaq fell 18 points. >>> taking a look at overseas trading this morning or, in tokyo, the nikkei jumped 135 points, while in hong kong, the hang seng surged 404 points. >>> there's been plenty of numbers pouring in this week from wall street, but it's a report due friday that really has investors's attention. with the dow enjoying 14% spike in just 18 days, stocks took a slight hit yesterday on more disappointing earnings. in a testament to the recent rally however, the biggest point drop since july 7th. still, investors are playing it

the table and quite honestly, some of it is idiotic to suggest that a person who graduated from princetone of their schools, suma cum laude, editor of the yale law review, has been on the circuit court for 17 years, that's an insult in my judgment. the notion that she is a racist is blindingly idiotic in my view. i think this, for the president and the country is a political home run and i think that ultimately she will be confirmed and she will get republican support. tavis: what do you make then of that -- getting back to your word, idiotic strategy. is washington so steeped in its own it yachtic ways? >> i don't think it is -- idiotic ways. >> i don't think it is washington in the traditional sense. rush limbaugh lives in florida and you would think that he had some elected or pointed position within the republican party. tavis: but it is partisan politics. >> some of it is partisan politics and i understand partisan politics. i do not understand racist comments. what is very having the nobody seems to remember now what justice wrote in the dred scott decision. he wrote a black man has

that call came in from princeton road. police were able to arrest the suspect without incident.ortunately, the woman was not hurt. the suspect is facing charges of domestic assault. >> there's a buzz in the air tonight that at the stadium after months in -- months of waiting, the ravens football kickoff tonight against the washington redskins. >> it is tailgating time and i tell you what, this is a lot of fun. is really a family event. people bring out their grill, said around, cook, had a few drinks and enjoy the game. it has really become a tradition. this place is packed now. how are you, sir? you guys do this all the time. >> every year, rain or shine, cold or hot. uygurs year every year. >> people say that it is a wild party. it really is not. it is a family affair. >> that is what it is for us. we enjoy it as a family. >> how long have you been doing this? >> probably about three years. >> it's a lot of fun, isn't it? >> it really is. >> we have a special lady we are going to talk to. i am going to sit next to this pretty lady. grammy, pat, she is 29 and this is your first

at the top of the best schools, harvard and princeton are tied for the no. 1 spot he helt. yale university is third. >>> it is the ultimate frequent- flier program and it is already gone. jet blew airlines sold out of its on limited flypast program on friday. for just under $600, customers got an all-you-can-jet passed to anywhere in the world that the airline flies. >>> awarding of a popular -- of a possible security breach at the radisson hotel chain. after access to the hotel's computer systems sometime between last november and this may. officials are urging people who stayed at the chain at that time to review their account and report suspicious charges to authorities. >> hope you are doing well this afternoon. we have a severe weather situation in york, pennsylvania. you can see this line of organized thunderstorms. you can see this line moving through. we look to be a better view from this side. this will be caused problems. heavy downpours at the showers and storms moved through here. our temperatures are really war right now. 91 downtown. we began at 81 downtown. i

joining us now, the author of the princeton' view's best 371 colleges. you actually interview students to find out what they think and they're the ones who are living this thing, so they are a great source. let's walk through some colleges now. which school makes their students happiest with financia financial aid this year. >> you're so right. we go to the college experts. current college students and ask about their experiences, around financial aid ed schedulely this year. >> everyone's having a hard time with financial aid. there are virtually no private loans. what is the best way? >> swarthmore college in swarthmore, pennsylvania. an excellent school. $44,800 but giving out amazing amounts of aid and students are graduating with no loan debt. meeting that aid 100%. >> wow. where are students least happiest about their financial aid? >> this year it is "nyu," unusual sun spect on our list. price tag around $48,000, $49,000 a year, big loans a year. 35.5 after the four-year degree. >> a lot of debt. expensive to live in new york. best value. public a

news and world report, annual rankings of america's best cool ems, harvard and princeton share the top spot, followed closely by yale. >> brian? >> thank yo shawn. >> coming up here, you log on to keep up with your friends and family. how much is too much in how to tell if you are addicted to facebook, next.  >>> how much time do you spend on facebook every day? 15 minutes, a half hour, maybe an hour? you are about to meet a woman who is taking it to a new extreme, logging on 11 hours a day. the story of a facebook addict. now, you can tell if you are one. >> reporter: social networking sites like facebook allow you to make friends and lose friends without the in your face rejection. nearly two million people are on facebook. >> i would have to say i'm an addict. >> reporter: jeremy is not alone. ask around. a lot of people say they are addicted to facebook. but tina brooks may take the case. >> i will get up at 3:00 in the morning. >> reporter: she's 50 years old, home from work on medical leave. >> i started to find friends and i started to pull up the town i used to

joining us now is the author of "the princeton review best 371 colleges." okay. robert, you do this the right way. you actually interviewed students to find out what they think. they're the ones who are living this thing, so they are a great source. let's walk through some colleges now. which schools make their students happiest with financial aid? it's all about financial aid this year. >> you're so right. we consider those college experts, current college students and ask their experiences academically and otherwise and certainly around financial aid especially this year there is such a spotlight and frenzy. >> everybody is having such a hard time. there are virtually no private loans. what is the best school for financial aid? >> right now rated by our students it's swarthmore college in pennsylvania. it's an exceptional school. when we think about the sticker price, it's $47,800. >> ouch. >> but they're giving out amazing amounts of aid and students are actually graduating with no loan debt so they're meeting that aid 100%. >> wow. where are students least ha

to dig into the poll numbers we mentioned, melissa harris-lacewell, african-american studies at princeton university. professor, good evening. >> nice to be here. >> republicans are crowing about the president's loss of support about how he's handling health care. it's down 11%. the publicly released poll from abc and "the washington post," but the plug line blog reported the internals of the poll also show he is down 11% on this topic among liberals. is that not the message for the president? you know, never mind bipartisanship, you're not even getting partisanship on this now. >> i think it's more complex than that. so you have on the one hand this kind of issue-based approval rating going down. but his personal approval rating is robust. two-thirds of americans still see president obama as someone who cares about people like them. well over 60% still see president obama as a strong leader. when george w. bush's poll ratings plummeted after hurricane katrina and through the lengthy war in iraq, what americans were saying was, please stop. take your hands off of everything. please don't

she graduated from princeton and received her law degree from yale. she served as federal judge for nearly 20 years. some republicans who say sotomayor would not be their pick for supreme court justice crossed party lines on the basis of sotomayor's experience as a judge. >> it is clear to me she is qualified to serve. >>reporter: but the majority of gop senators voted against sotomayor citing comments she made off the bench. many question whether she would bring liberal bias to her decision. >> she has bluntly advocated a judicial philosophy where judges ground their decision not in the objective rule of law but in the subjective realm of personal cloak, opini cloak, opinion, sympathy and premium consist. >>reporter: with the confirmation behind her, sotomayor is ready to begin a new job that offers life time job security. with all of the hurdle now cleared, cleared, all that is left is swearing in and that will take place on saturday. reporting live in washington, now back to you. >> elizabeth before we let you go. some republicans voted for her. no

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in a bronx housing project, where she was raised by her mother, and went on to elite schools -- princeton and yale law. and it was a republican president, george h.w. bush, who nominated her to be a district court judge. after president obama nominated her for the high court, she endured three days of gruelling confirmation hearings. >> did you fail to show the courage? >> no, sir. i didn't show a lack of courage. >> reporter: but with a solid majority of democrats in the senate, her confirmation was never in doubt. >> unless you have a complete meltdown, you are going to get confirmed. >> reporter: sotomayor will hit the ground running. the court returns early next month to hear arguments in a major campaign finance case. it also will take up cases on religious expression, congressional power, and whether juveniles can get life in prison for their crimes. now the hard work begins. but justice sotomayor is not expected to change the balance of the court, she's replacing david soute. >> january, you have carried the court, a little window into the culture the junior justice now faces. >> t

list of universities most committed to teaching undergraduates tying with stanford and douglas, princeton, jail and brown. >>>in the u.s. naval academy making the list as one of america's best colleges. the naval academy ranks 5th for best undergraduate engineering program and 19th for liberal arts colleges. if you'd like to read more the edition of college rankings hits news stands next monday. >>>and still on the subject of lists, when it comes to restrooms baltimore's tree month hotel comes in at number twoo in the nation. it was chosen for beautiful imported marble, grand columns, chandeliers and hand carved wood washg. tens of thousands of votes were cast. number one was the theater in missouri. the online contest was conducted. well, it's not your neighborhood grocery store. fauk about the express lane. we'll show thank you stores where you don't even have to get out of the driver's seat to shop. >>>and cash strapped clunkers. why many dealerships across the nation are saying enough already. plus, we'll take you back outside to parkville and get a check on the current temperatures.

melissa harris-lacewell of princeton.for your insight, as always. >>> if she'll take him back, the citizens of south carolina should take him back, too. when it appears now she's not taking him back. >>> how can abc news take him back after a lobbying outfit funded by big tobacco, big oil and richard mellenskates wants him to moderate health care conferences in wisconsin? i'm racing cross country in this small sidecar, but i've still got room for the internet. with my new netbook from at&t. with its built-in 3g network, it's fast and small, so it goes places other laptops can't. i'm bill kurtis, and wherever i go, i've got plenty of room for the internet. and the nation's fastest 3g network. gun it, mick. (announcer) sign up today and get a netbook for $199.99 after mail-in rebate. with built-in access to the nation's fastest 3g network. only from at&t. >>> a fox vice president gets the info in the poll wrong and gets who conducted the poll wrong. >>> rush limbaugh denies he said what he is heard on tape having said on th

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the usual harvard and princeton at the top. in third, yale. and four-way tie, cal tech, mit, stanford and the university of penn. and then john hopkins is 14th. university of maryland college park is number 53. the rankings formula, they look at s.a.t. scores, selectivity, alumni giving. >>> they were rejected from extreme home makeover but this family of 24 has angels watching over them. wait until you hear this story. >>> a hard day for two spheams becomes even more difficult after a mishap at a funeral home. >>> another quiet morning around the region for us with lots of sunshine coming our way this morning. then we're going to see more thunderstorms returning for us this afternoon. i'll tell you the most likely area where they will start to fire up. >>> let's check the roads with kim. >> traffic moving nicely at route 50 and route 97 but now let's check the buses and trains with mark jones. >> good morning. out there now you'll find on the marc train the camden and penn line services operating on time. but on the brunswick line, 890 runnin

harvard and princeton. number three yale. about this, still blindfolded now, a tie for fourth, i'm going to say cal tech, m.i.t., stanford. peand is in there somewhere. am i right? >> you got it. >> i'm right. >> university of penn. well, it's penn. >>> a dream come true for lucky kids in san francisco. lombard street turned into a larger than life-sized version of candy land and they got to play. the event was in honor of the popular board game's 60th birthday. the path wound its way down lombard street, billed as america's crookedest street. great time. >>> the saga continue down on holiday street here, city hall. lawyers for mayor sheila dixon renewing their request for every subpoena that was issued earlier this year. we'll be right back. fiber one. i'm looking for some fiber. this bar is an excellent source of fiber. there's no fiber in this. tastes too good. there is fiber. [ chuckle ] no. i can't taste the fiber in this chocolate. they have 35% of your daily value. hmm. oh, samples. hmm. autobahn. wackenschdol. fiber o

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she studied at princeton university and went on to yale law school.er which she served as an assistant district attorney in new york. her career snowballed. seven years of private practice ended after nomination to the district courts. she was then elevated to the court of appeals in 1997. sonia sotomayor's place in the supreme court would see her not only as the first hispanic on the bench, but also the third woman. i am joined by washington from david, a senior editor from the washington-based website, politico. thanks for being with us. there is no doubt that she will get this confirmation, is there? >> no, really no question that she will win confirmation to the spring court. the real question will be how many republicans' but was to get? there are only 40 of 100 and it is unclear if you get a majority of voters. they imagine to give 65 up to 70 overall. >> one gets the impression that people are making politics of this appointment. but this is not new, is it? hasn't this gone on in american politics whenever a supreme court judge is appointed? >>

. >>> harvard and princeton are sharing the top spot in the latest college rankings by "usa news and world report." the ivy league rivals are followed by yale at number three. and there's a four-way tie for four in the fourth spot. the ratings are based on s.a.t. scores, selectivity and alumni giving among other factors. >>> well, now, for this morning's weather from around the nation. another stormy day in the midwest. damaging winds, hail and isolated tornadoes from michigan to oklahoma. off and on showers and thunderstorms with some severe weather along the east coast and gulf coast. hot and nnyre it west. and almost -lfallike in parts of thfamiese t. >> highs only for 60 i fnargo today and the twin cities, today.n 74 in omaha. ise hits 100.bo salt lake city, 93. phoenix, 109. a hazy and humid 91 in new york. 84 for boston. across the south, 90 for new orleans. and 98 in dallas. >>> new credit card rules take affect today. >>> should the cancer-stricken bomber of pan am flight 108 go free? a court could grant that request in a few hours. >>> and milwaukee's crime-fighting mayor ta

other schools making the top ten are princeton, cal tech and williams college, which is a liberal arts college in massachusetts. >>> would you pay 60 bucks for a pizza? you will if you are sitting in the ste of the dallas cowboys new stadium. a regular 20-inch cheese pizza will set you back $60. it will cost you that much for a 12-pack of beer, too. these prices are for suites at the new cowboy stadium. the suites can cost up to $500,000 for a year. >> a record-breaking number of visitors toured america's first national park last month. 9,000 travelers, up from 11% last year. we could see a new record forrefor yellow stone. people are taking advantage of the gas prices as well as affordability. the monthly visitation record was set back in july 1995. >>> the postal service is strapped for cash. billions of dollars in the red and it will probably fall short on a big health insurance payment due next month. now the postal service is taking drastic measures, considering closing post offices and canceling delivery on saturday to save cash. tracie potts has that story from capitol hill. >>

city housing project where she was raised by her mother and won scholarships to elite schools -- princetonnd yale law. and it was a republican president, george h.w. bush who nominated her to be a district court judge. the unprecedented weekend swearing in at the supreme court means sotomayor can hit the ground running. the court returns early next month to hear arguments in a major campaign-finance case. tell take up cases on religious expression, and whether juveniles can get life in prison for their crimes. sotomayor's appointment has been a great source of pride for many hispanic americans who view her as a role model for young people. >> in the salon, we been waiting for that to happen, now is the day and feel proud about what she's been doing. >> that's why you need justice. she looks at one who is qualified to be judged. we don't want someone because of his color or -- >> it's going to make a difference for the people. >> president barack obama scheduled a white house reception for sotomayor on wednesday. new at 11:00, tonight, local students who were quarantined in china are back h

through hard work, sotomayor made it through princeton and yale law school. vazquez went to yale on a scholarship and is now a second year law student at ucla. >> si se pueda. >> yes, we can. what would she like people to remember about this day? >> that there is hope that you can make your dreams come true. >> waenlt to keep fighting. >> george lewis, nbc news, los angeles. >> now to the white house and fevered pitch of a health care debate. some town halls are becoming town brawls and now a new warning from former governor and vice presidential candidate sarah palin is turning the heat up even more. nbc's mike viqueira is at the white house. good evening to you. >> those raucus town hall protests are continuing this weekend. now he's hitting back on the misleading information thain spires him. today, more confrontation at town halls across the country. >> the medicare program -- >> reporter: as members of congress try to talk health care with those back home. in many cases only to be shouted down by opponents of the democratic plan to change the system. and

. >> reporter: the princeton academic, haleh esfandiari, who spent three months in a tehran jail in 2007d are facing. >> i was alone in that cell by nyse 4 hours a day with lights on all the time. >> reporter: but all the repression and arrests haven't crushed iran's reform move, which is planning more protests in the days to come, aiming to weaken an already nervous and divided regime. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. >> couric: here in this country, more than 100 people were sickened by dangerous fumes today in new bedford, massachusetts. it happened at a waste transfer station where trash is sorted. several workers passed out, then first responders-- including paramedics-- got sick. two people are in critical condition and authorities don't know what chemicals were in the trash. coming up next, healthy lungs taking over the debate over health care reform. stay healthy - and get on with my life. it comes from liberty medical. and now, it's not only where i get my diabetes testing supplies - but it's where i get my prescription drugs as well. see if you're on medicare, the cost of yo

princeton ranked two followed by cal tech, williams college, and harvard. others in the top ten, wellesley, air force academacad yale, and stanford. >>> how would you like to live in a luxury condo with a beautiful pool, great view, on-site health club. sounds great, right? so why are the people who live there so unhappy? >>> well, if you use twitter, you probably noticed your thumbs have gone from tweet to twiddle. why other social networking sites might be at risk. >>> judging supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor. senators take sides. they're posed to make history here. voting on the woman who could be our first latina supreme court justice. >>> and is jesus leaving lodi, california? controversy erupts over using jesus' name in city council meetings. your view on using religious figures at government events. a lot of you have been sounding off on that, and we appreciate it. welcome to hln "news and views" on friday eve. i'm christi paul. thanks for being with us. >>> we have this just into hln. the husband of the woman who drove the wrong way on a new yo

. >> i was just driving up princeton drive, and all of the sudden the water just appeared like i wasn a river. i've never been in anything like that in my life ever, ever. >> flooding also shut down the university of louisville campus and destroyed thousands of books at the city library. even the horses at churchill downs had to be evacuated. tens of thousands have been left without power. >>> and around our region, no precipitation right now. we had a light shower that made its way up 95 earlier this afternoon. but that has now gone. the green return you see on the eastern shore and southern maryland is not shower activity. it's the heat of the day radiating back out into space. maryland's most powerful radar is so powerful, it's picking up the difference in the air density. here is your forecast for the overnight period tonight. mostly clear, humid, 70 degrees. tomorrow we've got some clouds and showers making their way into the region, as well as some cooler air. we'll tell you all about it, coming up. >> thanks, norm. >>> governor o'malley gets on board with baltimore's controver

. >> reporter: to appoinben bernanke to another four-year term as fed chair crediting the former princeton professowith helping to prevent calamity. >> as an expert on the causes of the great depression, i am sure ben never imaginede would be part of a team responsib for preventing another. but because of his background, his temperament, his courage and creativity, that's exactly what he has helped to achieve. >>> on t broadcast tight meltdown -- >> reporter: nearly one year ago, last september, banks were failing, the dow was in free fall as crit dried up. the entire financial system threatened with collapse. some say bernanke's aggressive moves at the fed, slashing interest rateso zero, and puing $1 trillion into frozen credit markets helped turn things around. but his critics say he was slow to see the crisis coming. >> the problems in the subprime market seems likely to be contained. >> reporter: and that big banks, not consumers have benefit fr the fed's intervention. now, as the ecomy recove, the next cllenge. scaling ba on low interest rates and massive fed spending thoutriggering i