[laughter] second lead, he becomes a highly sought after partner in a prestigious law firms, the rainmaker of the first quarter. so he is rewarded tremendously at the end of the career. i don't think he calculated that particularly at all. here is a guy that wanted to be a good leader, desperately wanted to be president. but there he was in 1996. suddenly, bob dole has embarked upon any number of good works, has been a presidential envoy, has worked with bill clinton in europe, raised tens of millions of dollars for the world war ii memorial. and continues to do that. a year ago my interns and i were talking to bob dole in his office and he came in and bad knees, bad hips, didn't look good coming in. sat down and the light went on and for one hour and 15 minutes we were talking about everything he kept coming back time and time again to health care because he and tom daschle had just put together a big health care proposal not unlike the one that ended up passing. and was interesting to see the students would ask him a question about x, y, or ze and he would answer it and bring it back to

but those are not rainmakers. rain shows up tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. today plenty of sunshine. a little bit cooler than yesterday. highs in the 50s tomorrow with extra clouds and a chance of light rain around in the afternoon. sunshine should be coming back wednesday afternoon and thursday looks like a winner to me. back up into the 70s. >> oh, wow. sounds great.xd okay. thank you. a good day to get out in this day too, right? >> i think we're going to be stuck at work for a while though. >> i think so. we'll see you in a few minutes. >>> maryland state lawmakers are trying to hammer out legislation on this final day of the generally assembly before the session ends at midnight. lawmakers still need to agree how much solar energy utilities should be required to buy a fee for complying. they also need to work out differences on new rules regarding lifetime supervision for sex offenders. plus they must bridge a gap for the new child support payment guidelines. >>> on saturday, maryland senators passe

when they have that in june typically it shuts off the rainmakers for california.cross parts of south florida. these were generic showers and thunderstorms earlier. there has been rev rain north of ft. lauderdale. in fact, the airport has been under delays because of thunderstorms here. an on shore flow and strong southerly jet stream will impact folks in haiti with the survival efforts there. heavy rains there in the onlying days. 82 in atlanta. gorgeous stuff. you have to go to the west to get to cooler temperatures with rainfall. we mentioned ft. lauderdale, one-hour delays if you're traveling. san francisco with one hour and five minute delays. i guess everybody is flying out to get in the practice rounds at pebble beach for the u.s. open. >> you see those shots and feel motivated. as a kid i would see kung fu movies and think -- until -- yeah. >> i feel like a loser. i didn't even think a superstar could pull it off. >> not even. >> shows you what separates the men from the little baby boys. >> good stuff, rob. the tea party approach as they rally in buffalo.

this is the third, big rainmaker for california and the northwest. a lot of wet. a little cooler. all of america's weather coming up in the next half hour. robin? george? >> you're just attempting to say the name. >> you spend valuable vacation time learning how to do that? >> no. i watched the clip of you guys learned how to do it from experts. >> we didn't get it, though. >> good to have you back, sam. thanks. >>> coming up, the family of a mom murdered in a vacation paradise points the fingers at her husband. >>> also, major health news. reports that the federal government is set to make the first legal limits for salt in your food. our experts are here to tell us what that means for all of you back home. it could have sweeping effects on everyone. >>> could this be the next generation iphone? >>> could this be the next generation iphone? hmm? i think i shared a blood su. one of the benefits of weight watchers online is that it's not only dealing with the food that i eat but it also deals with the exercise. with the iphone app, you can keep track of points. i can also journal m

here's birmingham, look at the big line of thunderstorms directly overhead, not severe but heavy rainmakers, frequent lightning headed toward the east. masters forecast good part first part of the morning into early afternoon. later this afternoon showers and thunderstorms arrive. snow up to the north after being in the upper 80s in milwaukee a couple of days ago. light snow this morning. >>> get ready to pay up if you're caught texting or talking on the phone while driving. a crackdown in two cities might just be the beginning, kind of like a little tester. >>> the tea party express has a new target, how it's challenging a democratic congressman about his health care vote. >>> the queen of talk is reportedly getting a new time slot, where and when you can see oprah. >>> we have an early birthday salute for marine staff sergeant jesse morgan. his wife says she and their four children are proud of him and happy to have him back home. >> hi, robin, my name is alicia morgan and my husband is staff sergeant jesse morgan with the united states marine corps. a big, big happy birthday and tell him

[laughter] second lead, he becomes a highly sought after partner in a prestigious law firms, the rainmakerof the first quarter. so he is rewarded tremendously at the end of the career. i don't think he calculated that particularly at all. here is a guy that wanted to be a good leader, desperately wanted to be president. but there he was in 1996. suddenly, bob dole has embarked upon any number of good works, has been a presidential envoy, has worked with bill clinton in europe, raised tens of millions of dollars for the world war ii memorial. and continues to do that. a year ago my interns and i were talking to bob dole in his office and he came in and bad knees, bad hips, didn't look good coming in. sat down and the light went on and for one hour and 15 minutes we were talking about everything he kept coming back time and time again to health care because he and tom daschle had just put together a big health care proposal not unlike the one that ended up passing. and was interesting to see the students would ask him a question about x, y, or ze and he would answer it and bring it back to h

i see we have a big rainmaker in the middle of the country. >> a slow mover, get some clouds going south at the rain. you can see most of it in kentucky, tennessee, stretching to indiana and you're watching for some rain. atlanta, clouds coming in and the mid-level deck of clouds rolling in ahead of that storm system and rain showers out here and more in the way of afternoon thundershowers and charlotte if you're going up there to watch that golf tournament, thunderstorms today and you can see that end later on this evening. snow heavy at times and basically north part of new york state. the adirondacks getting heavy snow right now. 6 to 12 when all is said and done. little more across the higher elevations of vermont. we are almost in may and we have it for northern parts of new england and the west, too. coming route of indiana and illinois, breaking up a bit around illinois but that upper level low driving down to georgia and the carolinas and make things unsettled. so far have not seen any lightning strikes out of here and heavy downpours right sout of louisville and stretching down

[laughter] second lead, he becomes a highly sought after partner in a prestigious law firms, the rainmaker of the first quarter. so he is rewarded tremendously at the end of the career. i don't think he calculated that particularly at all. here is a guy that wanted to be a good leader, desperately wanted to be president. but there he was in 1996. suddenly, bob dole has embarked upon any number of good works, has been a presidential envoy, has worked with bill clinton in europe, raised tens of millions of dollars for the world war ii memorial. and continues to do that. a year ago my interns and i were talking to bob dole in his office and he came in and bad knees, bad hips, didn't look good coming in. sat down and the light went on and for one hour and 15 minutes we were talking about everything he kept coming back time and time again to health care because he and tom daschle had just put together a big health care proposal not unlike the one that ended up passing. and was interesting to see the students would ask him a question about x, y, or ze and he would answer it and bring it back to