actor randy quaid and his wife in hot water again. actor randy quaid and his wife in hot water again. this time, accus of squatting. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning, i'm lynn berry. and today we begin with mission finally accomplished. bp says a permanent seal is now in place on its blown-out well at the bottom of the gulf of mexico. however, killing the catastrophic well off is a bittersweet victory for gulf coast residents, who fear they'll be battling the effects of the nation's worst environmental disaster for years to come. nbc's jay greg has our report. >> reporter: it began april 20th with a massive fireball and deadly flames cutting through the night air. as the deepwater horizon rig exploded, then collapsed, 11 lives were lost. and oil began to seep into the gulf, the start of the worst spill in u.s. history. now, 154 days later, government scientists say the final seal, 74 barrels of cement, is holding tight, and that the well will never leak again. president obama acknowledged the wo

randy? what makes it such a big uh, contentious relationship? >> well, i think it relates to the uncertainty of china's trajectory. uh, the questions still remain, ultimately, will china be more friend than ally, or more uh, adversary? and some of those questions are just not answerable. and i think, secondly, it relates to the complexity of the relationship. there's so much to it. so, there are positive aspects-- the trade and the economics are often viewed as more positive-- and then there are more challenging issues; security, human rights, non-proliferation. so i think it's those two pillars, really; the uncertainty of china's trajectory and the complexity of the relationship. >> david? >> well, i think one of the reasons you tend to have problems early on-- reagan had problems, and then george bush, the first, had tiananmen, uh, then george w. bush had the incident with the airplane on hainan island in 2001. >> spy plane landing... >> so it's been a pattern. i think it's interesting to

plus -- randy moss makes an incredible one-handed catch. but was it enough to help the patriots slide past the jets? your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> and in weather this week, we go from summer to fall, but it's not going to feel like it. your monday forecast is coming up. >>> you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, when it comes to tough sibling rivalry, try being peyton manning's little brother. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> good morning. peyton manning took it to his little brother eli as the colts led from start to finish. mom and dad on hand to see their boys play. indy up 14-0, peyton threw three touchdowns. tough game for eli. sacked and fumbled in the third, colts recovered in the end zone. nothing went right for the giants. and a game turned in by randy moss. a remarkable one-handed grab. one more time. they made it look easy. after that, all new york. jets upset the patriots 28-14. final mi

%-randy is he judges' table.. p> reaction to ttday's big idol press conference. >> repooter: 'mmjeff abell..3 just how bad are battle's roads? we'll lay it out in dollars and cents in a oment. >>>>under a severe thundeestorm watch until 10:00 toniggt asswe today these factories are full of dot com businesses. and now my job is helping maryland create new economy jobs. training new math and science teachers investing in our institutions of excellence pioneering new cyber security jobs and giving an old gm plant a jump start building electric motors. i'm barbara mikulski. i approve this message so you'll know i'm fighting for you. ♪ storyteller: the itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout. down came the rain and clogged the gutter system creating a leak in the roof. luckily, the spider recently had geico help him with homeowners insurance. water completely destroyed his swedish foam mattress. he got full replacement. and now owns the sleep number bed. his sleep number is 25. call geico and see how much you could s

i had depended on randy and looked at randy as like the magic man in our lives. what i've learned is that that magic is within me, too. >> your husband is my hero. >> reporter: jay found her new mission, reaching out to survivors of pancreatic cancer, helping raise almost $3 million. of all major cancers, pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rate. 75% of patients die within the first year. randy pausch lived 23 months. >> he had father's day with us. he didn't think he'd make it to father's day. and you can't put a price on that. >> reporter: or on the value of randy's legacy. >> we help to shape our own circumstances. we hope the shape our own destiny. so i think that's a great message. >> reporter: a message that lives on. ask any tigger. mark strassmann, cbs news, chesapeake, virginia. >> couric: and that is the "cbs evening news" for tonight. i'm katie couric in new york. thank you so much for watching. see you back here tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org video taken by a surveillance

actor randy quaid and his wife in hot water again. this time, accused of squatting. >>> good morning. i'm lynn berry. those stories and more straight ahead this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> we begin this morning with mission final accomplished. bp says a permanent seal is now in place on its blown-out well at the bottom of the gulf of mexico. however, killing the catastrophic well off is a bittersweet victory for gulf coast residents, who fear they'll be battling the effects of the nation's worst environmental disaster for years to come. nbc's jay gray has our report. >> reporter: it began april 20th with a massive fireball and deadly flames cutting through the night air. as the deepwater horizon rig exploded, then collapsed, 11 lives were lost. and oil began to seep into the gulf, the start of the worst spill in u.s. history. now, 154 days later, government scientists say the final seal, 74 barrels of cement, is holding tight, and that the well will never leak again. president obama acknowledged the work that's been done and perhaps

and i know randi and i like randi.o bridge the gap of what was and what will be, but what the governor just said is what we've heard 100 times since last night. they didn't get any straight answers. >> the disconnect. we were trying to connect the disconnect. question for the mayor. there is a possibility that michelle rhee might be looking for a new job. would you like her to head up your school system? >> first of all, i think she's a warrior woman, wonder woman. every time i go i call her an american hero. i want to conduct a community process in newark. we're a city that, if you allow the people to lead, we're going to make a difference. i'm not going to impose a name now, a person now. i want to go through for the next month or two to find the best person. that's a skeptical look. and i see it. >> sounds a little bit like randi. >> you learned from randi last night. >> mr. secretary, became me out. >> this is good. you want to keep her in washington. you'd be lucky to have her in newark. that's a good sign. >> tha

and music from randy houser.ith cleto and the cletones. ♪ it's jimmy kimmel live and now that reminds me here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: good evening. i'm jimmy, the host of the show. thank you for watching. you're all good. none of you are going to hell. quick show of hands, how many of you are just here for the air conditioning tonight? be honest. all right. you're all welcome. today was the hottest day ever in los angeles, ever. 113 degrees in downtown l.a. it was so hot, you could fry a contaminated egg on the sidewalk. it was -- poor joan rivers melted like that nazi in "raiders the lost arc." it was so hot today, matthew mcconaughey took his chest off. so i think what i'm trying to express is that the temperature was high. and so were our writers too as well. it was week two of "dancing with the stars" tonight. they wore less clothing than usual, which means they were nude. tom bergeron is on his way here right now. tonight, tom bergeron, he's going to tell us who wins. for the first

randy.ss, george. landed him in the top 20. >> first time out. >> yeah. first time out. and so, randy houser, fellow mississippian, is going to be performing coming up here on this tuesday morning. we do say good morning, america. alongside george, i'm robin. >>> also, coming up. you may remember him as christopher from "the sopranos." this time, michael imperioli is on the other side of the wall. he's in a new cop drama. "detroit 1-8-7." he's going to join us live. >>> also, rachael ray is going to join us live. how to turn one day of cooking into an entire week of great meals. >> the number five is very big for our friend over there. we'll share that with you. >>> and our search for "gma" guru advice. >> huge response. >> more than 1,000 entries already. one of the best questions we ask, what is the best advice you've given. and whitney anderson of oklahoma says the best advise i have given is also what i live by. always look to the positive side of everything, or you miss the great things

randi kaia has the "360 bulletin." randi? >> anderson, plenty to tell you about tonight.dent obama is slamming iranian leader mahmoud ahmadinejad for telling the u.n. general assembly the u.s. was somehow behind the 9/11 attacks. the pez tells bbc persia the comments were offensive and hateful, particularly since ahmadinejad made those claims so close to ground zero. >>> meanwhile, ahmadinejad met in new york with sarah shourd, one of three american hikers facing charges of spying in iran. shourd was allowed to leave iran on bail, but her fiance and a friend still remain in custody. shourd called it a, quote, good meeting, but no other details were given. >>> a judge is ordering the air force reserve to reinstate a major booted out because of the don't ask, don't tell policy. margaret witt sued after being discharged because of her relationship with another woman. the judge says her right to due process was violated. >>> and late word tonight, actress lindsay lohan who was ordered back to jail today after a failing drug test will now be allowed to post bail. it won't be c

randi kaye joins us with the "360" news and business bulletin. randi, what's going on?, anderson. >>> koc confirmation today from the group that tracks recessions that the latest one ended last summer. spanning 18 months. it was the worst economic downturn since the great depression. >>> stocks rallied on the news. all three indexes reached four-month highs. the dow surged 146. the nasdaq climbed 40. and the s&p added 17 points. >>> france's first lady, carla bruni, denies that her u.s. counterpart, michelle obama, ever told her life in the white house was "hell." the claim was made in an unauthorized biography of bruni that was published just last week. >>> and in portland, maine lady gaga takes the stage not to sing, instead to rally for an appeal of the u.s. military's don't ask don't tell policy. the singer called on maine's two republican u.s. senators to break a gop filibuster on legislation that would repeal the ban on openly gay and lesbian service members. lady gaga drew cheers when she proposed a new law titled "if you don't like it, go home." anderson? >> int

randi?an event billed address a talk on the economy turned personal for president obama today when a woman in the crowd asked mr. obama about his christian faith. >> you know, i'm a christian by choice. so i came to my christian faith later in life. and it was because the precepts of jesus christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life i would want to lead. >> former president jimmy carter will remain at a cleveland, ohio, hospital tonight where he's being treated for an upset stomach. he was taken there after getting sick on an airplane and missed a book signing in that city. >>> in afghanistan, an emotional speech from embattled president hamid karzai, with his voice breaking, his eyes filled with tears, karzai said, quote, i have pain in my heart. he called on taliban militants to put down their weapons and says he fears one day his son may be forced to flee the country. >>> police in utah are investigating the alleged polygamous marriage of the stars of tlc's new reality show, "sister w

randi, do you believe in accountability, what happened in washington, michelle, you start, when you did fire teachers and close down schools that weren't performing? >> we got a tremendous amount of pushback. i think the superintendent bobb knows this as well.

>> from the afc north to an afc east battle patriots visiting the jets, tom brady looking deep for randy moss and

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schools, michelle rhee, randi weingarten, president of the federation of teachers. and robert bobb, emergency financial manager of detroit public schools. nbc-universal television >>> but first, to politics and the fight for congress. will the house, in this divided campaign season, fall to the gop? if so, what will republicans do in power? this week, republican leaders in the house unveiled their pledge to america, campaign manifesto that's the 2010 version of the gop's contract with america from 1994. the highlights -- extend the bush tax cuts, cut spending, and repeal health care reform. >> our pledge to america is that the republicans stand ready to get it done and beginning today. >> but the question is, are these new ideas or more of the same? here to debate that question among others, one of the architects of the republican pledge, the chairman of the house republican congress, conference, rather -- representative mike pence of indiana. he's here in new york. and the man responsible for electing democrats of the house this fall. the chairman of the democratic

what's up, randi?ated exchange between karl paladino, the republican candidate for governor in new york and a reporter for the "new york post" was caught on tape. take a look at this video from affiliate ynn albany. >> hey, guys, easy. >> come on. >> take it easy. don't touch me. >> take it's. >> here's what happened there. fred dicker of the post asked paladino to back up claims that his democratic opponent andrew cuomo had extra marital affairs when he was still married but palladino turned on dicker slamming "the post" coverage of a young daughter he had out of wedlock. >>> after a five-month absence from stores, johnson & johnson will start shipping some of its recalled over-the-counter children's drugs to rell tailser next week. that's what the company's president is expected to say in testimony on capitol hill tomorrow. the drugs were recalled because of possible contamination from bacteria and small metal parts. >>> bp says it will create a new safety division in the aftermath of this summer's g

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randi weingarten is the president of the american federation of teachers, and randi joins us right nowd day to you. as you know, randi, the teachers are not portrayed flatteringly in this film. what do you have to say about that? do you think that people are missing something? >> well, you know, and i've said this to davis myself several times. >> the documentary producer, we should say. >> the documentary producer. that ultimately there was not one of the great public schools in america that was portrayed in the film. there was not one of the 3 million public school teachers, great as they are, that were portrayed in the film. there was not one community that has been turning around its schools portrayed in the film. so ultimately, the film doesn't have that kind of balance. now, our union, we are a union that ha been workid been workin has been working with the gates foundation and others to overhaul the valuation processes for teachers throughout this country. that's not a union that's standing in the way of reform. we are a union that's been fighting for school equity and for finan

he was asked at the press conference is it because you know randy adams. he said, yes, i know him, but if i had the evidence i with arrest my own mother. >>shepard: trace, thank you from los angeles. there is breaking news now on fox news: the effort in the u.s. senate to repeal the controversial "don't ask don't temperature," in the military has just failed. you are looking live on the senate floor, senator durbin is speaking on this matter. and our senate correspondent is live on the hill. this morning, there was a threatened fillibuster by the main senator collins and slow was going to be the one who would make or break there and the democrats needed a 60th vote, one republican to cross over. i assume they did not get one. >>reporter: we are looking to get the exact break dutch of the vote. it was 56-43. the measure will fail. the defense authorization bill funds our military. their equipment. their salaries. but the version that senate majority leader reid was trying to get to the floor included repeal of "don't ask, don't tell." and that would be okay

randy is live tonight in the city now with more. randy. >> reporter: frank, up until about 20 minutes ago meg whitman was here, well actually there, in that generic looking building next to us which houses the headquarters of yelp, which is the social web site that uses viewer reviews, and that's where she was. as whitman usually does on the campaigntrail she was talking about jobs. but today's news was money, 119 million of her own dollars to run for governor. that sha'ath terse the previous record for self-financed campaigns, that of new york mayor michael bloomberg. >> i spent what i thought was necessary. i laid out a strategy. i wanted to invest in reaching out to all different californians, i wanted to get that message out. >> reporter: we asked whitman about some of the controversial tv ads she has bought with her millions including the one featuring an old bill clinton/jerry brown presidential debate that accuses then governor brown of raising taxes and frittering away a state surplus. >> when he left, he doesn't tell the pe

and randy wells at the first inning with runners at the corners and just one out.han sanchez gave up just four hits but one was a homerun. the cubs doubled the lead with one more run in the fifth. even when the giants got something going, the cubs took it away. aubrey huff hits one hard but grabbed by natie and turned into an inning double play. more of the same in the seven as castro knocks down a smash that starts another play. six hits and no runs for the giants who fall 2-0. >> but the pat rays are looking to take advantage. tejada has a two run shot off ted lily. san diego wins 2-1 as the padres regain first place for the first time since saturday. >>> the white sox and the as at the coliseum. he will always remember this career homerun number one for carter who has gone 4-8 after starting out 0-32. the white sox rallied for two out. a shot to the wall scores the go ahead run. the day after being eliminated in the a-l central, the white sox end the losing streak at 8 with a 4-3 win. >>> 49ers are in need of a win. mike singleterri isn't thrilled at vernon davi

and randy wells at the first inning with runners at the corners and just one out.jonathan sanchez gave up just four hits but one was a homerun. the cubs doubled the lead with one more run in the fifth. even when the giants got something going, the cubs took it away. aubrey huff hits one hard but grabbed by natie and turned into an inning double play. more of the same in the seven as castro knocks down a smash that starts another play. six hits and no runs for the giants who fall 2-0. >> but the pat rays are looking to take advantage. tejada has a two run shot off ted lily. san diego wins 2-1 as the padres regain first place for the first time since saturday. >>> the white sox and the as at the coliseum. he will always remember this career homerun number one for carter who has gone 4-8 after starting out 0-32. the white sox rallied for two out. a shot to the wall scores the go ahead run. the day after being eliminated in the a-l central, the white sox end the losing streak at 8 with a 4-3 win. >>> 49ers are in need of a win. mike singleterri isn't thrilled at vernon

randy shandobil, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and ktvu is holding that first debate in the u.s.senate race between fiorina and boxer tomorrow night. we will carry the debate live from 7:00 until 8:00 p.m. >>> what used to be a down and out part of san francisco is now showing signs of life. new shops, restaurants, housing is now springing up. david stevenson has more on an area which people used to avoid. >> reporter: the new restaurant brought an ethiopian culture to a gritty part of san san francisco. >> it's been a year since i've been in this project and i've seen this area change a lot. >> reporter: known as a blithed district, hotels have housed transients since the 180 0s. city officials say a renaissance in the area is at long last under way despite the economy. >> in this terrible recession, the vacancy is only 12%. >> reporter: backed with financial support from the city's redevelopment agency. >> initial financing is definitely a challenge for incoming businesses because so many of the spaces on sixth street have been vacant for so long they need a lot of work. >> rep

he often makes verbal slips. >> randy shandobil live there in davis.we'll be watching that debate starting here at 6:00 on ktvu. >>> former president jimmy carter will spend the night in the hospital. mr.carter is touring the country to promote his new book white house diary. the former president spoke to president obama on air force one who said carter sounded great. mr.carter turns 86 on friday. he is expected to resume his book tour later on this week. >>> dozens of bullets fired into a home and one comes very close to killing a 6-year-old girl who was at the time tuck away in what you may consider the safest place of all. mike mibach live in oakland after talking to investigators and the sister of that little girl. >> reporter: detectives tell me today that the neighborhood i'm standing in filled with gang activity. now the house behind me, that's the home that was hit in front of it not one, but two unmarked opd units, they've been here all afternoon and into the evening. this house has been targeted at least twice before but this time the gunman

adam joins us live inla where fox revealed who will sii next to randy this seaaonn adam hello?. it was not a huge surprise, names thrown around for some -ime. but as you mentioned finally after months of speculation, tte final judges haveebeen set at the head ttble for season 10 of american idol. ladiessand gentlemen. >> rock n' roll icon stephen tylee and superstar jennifer ú%pez say they are thrilled to -oin one of tv's top shows. >> you know it is being a part of something bigger than yourself. -> i am so excited to be here. i am sooexcited to work with ll of you. to watch you grow, and watch the joorney we are about to take together. >>>the celebrity judges join %-member randy jackson at thee3 together they areetaking the competition to the next level. >> between the heart and passion, and the treet, ttis is going to be a riihter scale event. >> iiam looking for the next michael jackkon. i am looking for -- we're looking for like randy said for %->> well there were no surrriss at the judge's tabbe. there wwre a couple of surprises how the show goes forward. singers are enco

randy jackson -- whoops. sorry about that.son is definitely going to be the anchor for the show this season. >> from anchor to quarterback. i've got to switch topics. >> michael vick. i know this is one you were particularly interested in. >> no, i wasn't. >> that was the memo i got, anyway. >> there's a buzz about it. some people think that he maybe shouldn't be given this chance. >> a lot of people say that. he was given this chance to be a starting quarterback last year when he joined the team. and it's a redemption story. everybody loves a redemption story. everyone loves a sports redemption story. when you can come back from anything, usually it's an injury, not a dogfighting scandal, but when you can come back from anything and perform well, people love to watch it. and ticket sales haven't suffered. the fans are back. i think it will be interesting to see if ben roethlisberger of the steelers gets this type of reception when he finally comes back. people have a very short-term memory once you start to win again. >> what

the panel will be randy jackson, steven tyler from aero smith, and jennifer lopez. they will join judge randy jackson. >> when it comes to the bachelor, perhaps the second time is the charm. that may be what brad womack is hoping for. he said he would like to do it, he made waves when he was rejected by both women in his season finale. people people.com says the new bachelor will be revealed in the next episode of "dancing with the stars." >>> listen if you mess with one cow, you mess with a whole herd. >>> absolutely. a wandering bear found that out the hard way. when he tried to have a midday snack. >>> baltimore city roads rank on a national level. coming up. old gibbs canning company. today these factories are full of dot com businesses. and now my job is helping maryland create new economy jobs. training new math and science teachers investing in our institutions of excellence pioneering new cyber security jobs and giving an old gm plant a jump start building electric motors. i'm barbara mikulski. i approve this message so you'll know i'm fighting for you. >>>

randy, you took a lot of flak, i think, in the first part of this show.ook, let me do both. let me talk about teachers rather than the teacher's union, because the teachers' union is around to help teachers get the tools and conditions and the respect they need to do good jobs for kids. because like everyone on your previous panel, including ben, all of us who are involved in education want to make a difference in the lives of kids. but like what jeff said in the clip, a great teacher is amazing and unbelievable. and our job is to make sure that we have good to great teachers for all kids. >> larry: why are you against the measuring of them, though? >> we're not just against the measuring of them. the issue, we actually -- our union, actually, in january, i proposed to revamp all of teacher evaluation. because we, like michelle, and like jeff, and like others, no one wants a bad teacher in the classroom. >> larry: but they say all you want to do is keep them in their job. >> well, they're just wrong. >> larry: so she was wrong? >> she's wrong about that.

schools, michelle rhee, the secretary of education, arne duncan, and randi weingarten, the president. a commitment by nbc news to explore it this week. we begin now. with getting all of the buzz right now in the reform movement of this film, "waiting for superman" debuting this weekend, i want to play a portion of it that talks about a huge challenge we face, one of the disturbing facts in our education system as they show in the movie. >> since the 1970s, u.s. schools have failed to keep pace with the rest of the world. among 30 developed countries, we ranked 25th in math to 21st in science. the top 5% of our students are our very best ranked 23rd out of 29 developed countries. almost every category we've fallen behind. >> and look at a snapshot from our new nbc new "wall street journal" poll on the question of education in terms of the public view of how education is. 77% in our poll give our public schools a c grade or lower. and in terms of the state of public schools, 58% in our poll, if you look at the next grade, 58% believe major changes or complete overhaul is needed. and, i

i once used to work with sister reverend randy webster. and upon it closing, the building itself went to a met morphysis of sorts. it once was geared to be a flower shop. then they said, no, we're going to turn around and make a gym out of it. then, just prior to them getting ready to open, they came with this wonderful idea, hey, let's make it a dispensary the way it was. well, the neighbors didn't care -- due process wasn't done in order for that to happen and the neighborhood came out in hordes. the point i'm trying to make is there are outside entities trying to take vested interests of san francisco medical cannabis dispensaries. the things that are in place right now need to be strenuously looked at in order to preserve the patients' rights as well as the dispensary owners' rights here in the city. let our medicine be our medicine for san francisco, and let our dispensary owners, the ones that are here with compassion for their patients, serve their patients here in san francisco. thank you. president chiu: thank you. next peerk, ple

we've got randy, yo, yo, yo. you've got power.ean, you've got to have the coke cup, is coke still the sponsor, with botox shots on the side. who is going to bring -- >> let me get sara in there. so now that we've got these new group of judges, do you think ultimately this will give the show a jump start? we've seen a decline in the last few years. do you think this will give it the shot in the arm it needs. >> we were discussing this earlier, i think if they can hit a stride from the start and the judges sort of click with the audience, then i think they might be able to regain that sort of core audience that loves "american idol," that goes there, but i think it's going to be really tough if they can't get like the chemistry, and you know what was so fun is to watch simon and paula and their interaction, and it was sort of this inside joke, and you were sort of in on it, they had this great almost sexual chemistry that everyone loves and i don't know, you know, can they form a different chemistry. >> they can't even give you all

i once used to work with sister reverend randy webster.

>> reporter: it's still looking like steven tyler and randy jackson.ou will see randy come back but steven tyler is the other big one for "american idol" and switching out the entire cast and make a new season. i don't know if there is going to be a judge or not or something different. >> so no brittany spears and no jessica simpson then, huh? >> that is not what we're hearing. hearing steven tyler, j-lo and randy. >> dax holt with the update on "american idol." thank you so much. we'll see you guys here for tmz on the at 6:30. >>> "american idol" is going to draw that one out as long as possible and keep the momentum going, you know. keep us talking about it, right? >>> let's go to brian bolter now for a look at what he's talking about on the news edge at 6. >>> coming up in six minutes, all eyes on d.c. the voters go to the poll to cast their ballots in a hotly-contested mayor's race. it's not been all smooth sailing. still ahead on the edge, the problems plaguing polling places all over the city. >>> plus. >> everybody loves us a 3-day weekend, righ

it's confusing who is going to be the judge and may be it will be steven tyler or randy. jennifer's too, too nice. >> i think niceness is never a bad thing and i, it it's great there is going to be more nice. >> reporter: how season 10 plays out, no one knows. >> the chemistry is fantastic between them. >> reporter: travis orlando, the day's final performer, was the last to find out. >> i'll wait as long as it takes to see the judges and that is a once-in-a-lifetime thing. >> reporter: the judge's impressions of the jersey city auditions? >> they were on fire and spunky and crazy and over-the-top. >> reporter: very east coast, jennifer lopez chimed in, coming from the native new yorker. you hope that is a good thing. sherry lee, fox 5 news. >>> back to the wet weather we're experiencing all over the region and viewers sending in their weather photos. picture showing how much trouble the weather is caution. look at the backyard filling up with water and there is a person standing out there and i can't really see the person and the person said the house is at the bottom of

randy white declared it unfair. frederick residents would couldn't attend the meeting were looking for answers. >> 700 people that have cancer including my daughter who died two years ago and their mother who is going to be dying any day and it doesn't make news and yet they keep the media out. i can't even believe this is america, that we don't have freedom of speech. they say it is open to the public but they put it in that little tiny room and they kept people out by the police department when they said the public was invited. there is something wrong with that. >> reporter: his organization just took out two full page ads in the frederick paper calling for resignations, claiming fort detrick knew of groundwater con tam nation years ago and didn't tell the public. but a spokesman for fort detrick told us the base has been involved in groundwater remediation since 1992-rbgs information it relayed to the newspapers. at the meeting, the restoration board would not talk about the cancers but announced the base was st

i want to pay a special word of the credit to randy babbitt. -- gratitude and credit to randy babbitt. randy came to us after being a pilot for more than 25 years at eastern airlines. he knows the industry. he knows the culture of the industry. he brought an enormous amount of experience to this proposed rule. after last year's accident, we in president obama's administration talked about improved safety. i think those of you who befallen our work know thatwe take a backseat to nobody when it comes to airline safety. we are proud of that. the president and i have talked about this a great deal. safety is our number one priority. immediately after the crash, randy traveled the country with his team and held 12 safety forums across the country. they took positive steps to strengthen safety. we thank them for the leadership. we are announcing proposed changes that will go even further, increasing the amount of time the pilots are able to rest between flights. if adopted, the rule will allow the pilots the opportunity to get nine hours of rest before a flight, place new limits on the numb