robbins and myers shareholders would get $60 per share. robbins and myers stock shot up 27.4% to a new high, closing just shy of the buyout offer price. national-oilwell shares gained a fraction, rising to a three-and- a-half month high. coal stocks saw some heavier volume, as their shares prices pick up from multi-year lows last month. alpha natural resources jumped 15.1%. consol energy gained 6.4%. peabody energy was up 6.3%. the miners have cut back on coal supply as prices dropped. four of the five most actively traded e.t.f.'s were higher. the loser was the financial sector e.t.f., slipping a penny. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> tom: the hot dry weather through much of the united states is behyped a big jump in global food prices. after falling for three months, the united nations food price index jumped six percent in july. even with the sharp jump, global prices are close to what they were in april by the u.n. gauge. with the drought continues. corn prices continue to climb in the u.s. settling at a new high today. 8.25 pe

our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports. >> britain is dismayed by the endless conflict in syria. the opposition group most on the front line, the freed syrian army, will get the lion's share of extra british help. field generators, possibly even body armor. but not guns. >> i think it is very important for us to help prepare for the day after a assad. part of our job is to work with people who might be in a position of authority in syria and the future, because we want that future syrian to be a plural, democratic society. we have a standard for the -- >> we have a standard for the free syrian army. but there are risks in backing the fsa directly. its mission is to work hand in hand with the people. but it doesn't have a plan for syria's future and the fsa admits it has been infiltrated by some as llamas to hottest. -- by some islamic jihad this. -- jihadists. the fsa denied involvement in shooting these people dead, but they say that too little is known. >> ihink they are all unpredictable about what methods they are going to use. i think the foreign secretary has been ve

el plan de su oponente le quita a los pobres para darle a los ricos, obama dijo que romney es como robbin viven gracias a la ayuda del gobierno. >> (en inglÉs). >> el portavoz de la casa blanca respondiÓ diciendo que la acusaciÓn es totalmente falsa y deshonesta porque romney apoyÓ medidas similares cuando era gobernador de massachusetts. >> en este ambiente caldeado las acusaciones para el lÍder de lo contrata siguen sonando. >> el senador harry r sabe que no habÍa pagado impuestos en una dÉcada, el presidente de la uniÓn conservadora defendio al candidato republicano. >> creo que sus comentarios fueron irresponsables porque lo que dijo no es cierto, nunca divulgÓ su fuente de informacion y un hombre en la posiciÓn de harry r no puede levantar calumnias de esa manera. >> el senador estÁ muy, muy seguro y cÓmodo con la informaciÓn que tiene. >> y sabe que la informaciÓn sÓlida y si el gobernador romney dice de que esto no es verdad, pues que nos muestre los impuestos. >> falta poco mÁs de dos semanas en la convenciÓn, 3 meses para elecciones presidenciales, mientras no tengan un claro fav

sweet smooch happened in 1989 when the president treated the first lady to ice cream at a baskin robbins store. the obama's will celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary this fall. >>> coming up on 9news now, passengers aboard an overseas flight are asked whether they have extra money for gas. >> olga has the week's forecast. >> the heat is on already. it is hug gi and hazy. the -- muggy and hazy. the clouds have stayed away. that should change. our highs should make it to the lower 90s before the front gets close enough to pick up the showers and storms we were talking about. i'll have the extended forecast including a cooldown on the weekend when 9news now returns. >>> air france confirms that it asked passengers to help pay for gas. this happened when a flight was -- [ inaudible ] air france asked passengers if they had any extra cash because fuel can only be purchased by cash in damascus. well, the airline finished out a way to get around the issue and so the passengers were not forced to chip in. air france is now apologizing to everyone on board. >>> olga is here with the hot forec

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warner robbins wins. great falls runs end. >> no world series action this year. >> no world series this year. >> that's okay. we'll be back anyway. >>> redskins play at 7:00 tomorrow night. >> 7:00. >> we have a newscast at 7:00. >> you're going to be watching it -- >> i'll be in buffalo. i'll be reporting from buffalo so i'll get to watch the game. >> we'll see you tomorrow. bye-bye.

granite boulder and plaque lock the spot the couple first locked lips in 1989 in front of a baskin' robbins in hyde park, chicago. the shop is now closed, a subway has replaced it, but the spot where they shared that moment is set in stone. >> presidential magic. >> so nice. >> you feel the love. >> thanks for being with us. release me, momigus! that's mom to you. and you should eat something that's good for you before you go outside. never! come on james. it's a new fiber one chewy bar. chocolatey and delicious. fiber one chewy bar, huh? mmm. refueled space captain james.

sixty's you had how to win friends and influence people you have this self-help movement you have tony robbins who walks on coal even though recently the people have been getting their feet seared but this whole there's an american self-help industry that goes back decades goes back to ben franklin so what you're saying is are spitting in ben franklin's face oh gosh no first of all i do think that it is important to be a hopeful person but the way to accomplish that is to respond to reality intelligently and we're just not doing that you know there's a long list of things we have a very big to do list of things we have to attend to and we're just not doing any of it you know we have to really rebuild reform remake and reconstitute the major systems that we depend on for everyday life and these can be stated with some precision you know the way we do forming is going to have to change because industrial farming is just not going to keep going on we're going to have to change the way we do commerce because you know global big box retailer doesn't have a future we're going to have to do dreams pa

commissioned by the shopping center which has an ice-cream shop i treated her to the finest ice cream baskin robbins to offer, our dinner table doubling as the curve, i kissed her and it tastes like chocolate. >> i think it's terribly romantic, cute. >> some of the folks who live in the neighborhood said just that it could become a popular spot for marriage proposals. wounded warriors taking to the fields not a battle but of softball. haútpúmp1@ñ@íñuóhñpw?÷o3ól?xÑnop]ñ÷?v?@g;í0óíúúç0loíúk6@uvmxwúçktxwúñÑéçp÷ó with hotwire's low prices, we can afford to take an extra trip this year. first boston... then san francisco. hotwire checks the competitions' rates every day so they can guarantee their low prices. so our hotels were half price. ♪ h-o-t-w-i-r-e... ♪ ♪ hotwire.com ♪ a black hawk helicopter crashes in afghanistan killing seven american soldiers, it happened in the southern region, three afghan soldiers in the civilian interpreter were also killed. the cause is still under investigation. ecuador is granting political silence to wikileaks founder officials say britain was threatening to break thei

it happened in 1989, at a baskin-robbins ice cream shop in hyde park. michelle was an attorney at a chicago law firm at the time. the president was a harvard law student who landed a job here as a summer associate. a historical marker went up at the corner of dorchester and 53rd yesterday. the three-thousand pound granite boulder was commissioned by the owners of a nearby shopping center. next at noon: a gruesome discovery in a michigan neighborhood. sewer workers stumble upon dozens of body parts. defying the white house's "dream act", arizona's governor blocks benefits to young undocumented immigrants. and west nile cases in the u.s. spike as one state declares an emergency in the fight against the mosquito-born illness. questions? anyone have occasional constipation diarrhea, gas, bloating? yeah. one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. approved! [ female announcer ] live the regular life. phillips'. hi. ooh, that's so... i know what you're thinking. it's a hot

. >> the public library in robbins is open once again now that the air conditioning system has been replacedbeing vandalized last month. in early july, vandals climbed on to the roof of the building, pried open the air conditioner and stripped it of its metal parts. the heat that followed forced officials to close the building for three weeks. the dykstra company and 3 m came to the rescue, donating an installing a new cooling unit. >> just every day people coming to our rescue. there is more good in our world than bad. it was awesome and amazing that two companies stepped forward and replaced both of our units. >> the new air conditioning unit is wired with an alarm to alert officials of any theft or vandalism in the fusme. >> a chicago soldier and mom is catching up with the family tonight. they staged a surprise welcome back for airman annette lugabello. she was deployed in afghanistan and a new mom. her daughter was eight months old when she was depoiped. >> complications of west nile virus have claimed the life of william bill muller. he had been briefly diagnosed with blood cancer and

bain capital and given that back to future moment for the obamas do have their first kiss at baskin robbinsam. there are so many images he can claim not the least is the olympics, a great american image. >>neil: is everyone uniteed here? we hear the rumors in the missouri delegation they are upset set about how the senate candidate has been treated. not everyone is okay. >>governor huckabee: look, the party has a lot moving parts. on any given parts some parts may need oil. are we united and energizes? absolutely, as much as i have seen in the republican convention and i have been coming to them for 20 years, it is because people fad what is at stake. this is not about the little things that some of us would say, well, why not put more emphasis here in what we understand, this is about the big thing, the big thing of america's future and economy. on that there is enthusiasm and agreement. if you troll through the haul and ask a delegate about a particular point you will find someone thinking we ought to talk more this or less that, but it will not change, i promise, this event on thursday,

robbins, georgia, is 30 minutes south. the culture you are talking about i understand well. polarized football games -- one side white white and the other black. friday night is tonight that all the black kids go out and saturday night is when all the white kids go out and we never crossed. that was in early two thousands. it was still that way. you were born in 1975, correct? okay. 1975 happened. that's about 10 years after we had brown versus board of education. correct? desegregation took effect around the early 70s and the time you were born, he really started heating up around that time. >> basically was stonewalled until 1968 -- the supreme court will people get on with it already. >> right. get to it. by the time you were a teenager, that was the '90s and the era of multiculturalism. tlc, in living color, dancers from all over the place. what is the integration that looks like for you, personally, as a teenager. did you even notice the? >> we didn't have multiculturalism in vestavia hills. that idea had not percolated yet. we had one black student in one of our clubs.

check out the shares of robbins & myers. rbn. spiking following a buyout bid.ash bid, in fact, from national oil well. they make tools and pumps and values used in oil fields. the deal is also -- the deal could close as early as next quarter. up by 27%. brian? >>> today shares of verifone down again. we talked about it. stock fell more than 10% on concern of competition for the cashless consumer with mobile apps like square. the kelly evans spoke with the ceo earlier today. she joins us live from london. aside from the fact you were in a cab, kelly, all right -- >> quite some interview. >> just how worried are they about the square starbucks deal? >> reporter: brian, hello from london. well, the ceo basically shrugged it off said the valuation still looks frothy to him and he showed us what he sees as verifone's next big growth opportunity. >> what are the most exciting things that you expect to see some out of the your company in the next 12 to 18 months? >> you know, in the spring, mast earlcard and visa said that the u.s. is going to migrate to europe ro pay

. >> a plaque marks the spot outside where used to be a baskin-robbins where president obama first planted a kiss on michelle back in 1989. the management of the shopping center put up the 3,000-pound granite marker this week. the obamas will celebrate their 20th anniversary this october and i need to mention something. spike lee just told me and apparently this has been well documented, that their first date. the president and michelle's first date was seeing "do the right thing. really? >> how about that. that's pretty cool. yeah. >>> miss all right, now perhaps the first couple can give the newly engaged couple some tips on a long marriage. take a look at this. jab wanted to go above and -- jack wanted to go above and beyond so he recruits a few friends. dozens of strangest helped her flowers as they were walking on a date. once they arrived the crowd distracted teresa as jack put on a tuckets and popped the question. the response was? of course. who you. >> where did he put the tux on? i hope he wasn't -- >> was he like superman? that's very cool. >> oh. interesting. that's really -- a

it was in 1989 in front of a baskin-robbins in hyde park, chicago.op is closed and a subway has taken its place but the sbrot they shared that special moment is now set in stone. >> guessing that's not an actual photo of the first kiss. >> i don't think any one was on hand. >> still ahead we have an update on the deadly house fire in san francisco, two people killed. the investigation is just starting. we're live with all of the details. [ female announcer ] these are the crescents you love on a holiday. and these are the ones you'll love on a school night. pillsbury crescent dogs with just a few ingredients you have an easy dinner... pillsbury crescent dogs... school night ideas made easy. that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strudel. so delicious...so fun. >> breaking news. sleeps residents

national oil well, the largest oil field equipment maker plans to buy robbins and myers for $2.5 billion. the stock is up almost 1%. >> it's impressive considering it's the acquirer, right? normally the companies that buy other companies, the stock goes down. it expands their tools, pumps and valve business. nicely merges it into their oil services segment. they're paying about nine and a half times to ebit to ebita. they plan to have appreciation from this transaction. we own slummer jay, and it's the best in the best. if you want a flyer, weatherford is the one as a take-out given the management misexecution. >> let's talk about sprint. what kind of unusual activity do you have today? >> i know you're highlights it for a while there. if you look in the options today, even though it has absolutely exploded to the upside, there's more expectations if you look at the august 5 weekly and calls, both have trades in a huge number. as a matter of fact the first half hour, 45 minutes of the day in total they traded over 34,000 options. a lot of activity, most focused on the calls today in sfri

our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports. >> britain is dismayed by the endless conflict inia. endless conflict in syria.

>> sounds like ice cream, r robbins & myers.ve dinkunkin doughnuts. >>> joining us now form are seiu president andy stern, a senior fellow at columbia university's enrichment center and also pointed out a member of the simpson-bowles commission as well, which did you have any idea at the time that, i wonder how many hits you could get every day just on people in the news business saying those two words, "simpson-bowles" together. can you believe it? >> now i can. i wish it had gotten a little more attention as it went on but it's certainly become the favorite story post-simpson-bowles. >> you voted against it at the time and i remember we talked about it once when we were in washington, you joined us on set but can you remind me, what was it that you didn't like and could there be something done, could it be tweaked to where it would be something you think it would be a good thing? >> i believe that the $4 trillion goal was able to be met, in fact, wrote a report myself that outlined how i would do it. i just thought there were

i look the soup to nuts thing that robbins & myers offers national oilwell. >> the shares are up everslightly. there's a look at weatherford and national oilwell. it has done nothing to really juice the m & a market overall. real quickly let's move on to news corp. shares. looked like they were going to be down. they're actually now up. >> geez. >> the guidance may be lower. they say we're going to take a hit of $2.9 billion, writedown that is on publishing assets as they get ready for the split of the company. some analysts call it bad company and good company. that's not the best way to start off when you're part of publishing division. the analysts are saying bad company and good company. there it is. 1.3 billion intangibles. they continue to be committed to buying back an enormous amount of stock. >> incredible. >> they did warn the pace will moderate during fiscal year '13 until a decision is made on how they will allocate capital within the new companies in terms of how much cash will go with one or the other. >> people like that story, david. according to rupert it worked out v