the safest city, sioux falls, south dakota. drivers go nearly 14 years between accidents. falls, south dakota, does not have nearly the traffic we have. it's hard to compare. i feel like it's not really fair. you're not going to comment on d.c. driving. >> it's just terrible. there's no way around it. >> okay. >> let's move on. >>> 4:58. a couple of daredevils from arlington take their love to new heights when they tie the knot. >> they recently we drks on top of seneca rocks. it's 900 feet up. they did the climb in their -- she did it in her wedding dress. him in his tux, the dress, the whole thing. >> we love going out there so we got engaged out there. and she said she wanted to get married on the summit. i said, absolutely. >> the dress was my mother's. it's a very simple dress that could tuck into my harness so i wasn't restrit nedney of my movement because it would pretty much jammed into my harness. we got to the top and i let it out. it. >> would clearly be impossible to fit the whole wedding party out there so they held a party the next day for their family and f

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meanwhile the safest drivers are in sioux falls, north dakota, where the average driver has an accident every 10.8 years. >>> in canada a bat made a guest appearance flying through a studio during a newscast in ottawa. a yng woman, a brave yum woman who works in the newsroom eventually helped escort the bat out the side door. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street's going to kick off the day. the dow closet add 13,107 after going up 4. taking a look at overseas trading this morning in tokyo the nikkei skidded 86 points while in honk kaing the hang sanctumabled 235. >>> well, better economic whoas and housing sales rose thanks to exports. the economy grew at a 1.7% annual rate from april through june, higher than the initial government estimate. separately the beige book survey showed the economy expanded gradually with improvement in housing and retail sales. also sales of homes jumped 2% in july to its highest level since 2010. still, gains were only modest as traders continue to kuwait for tomorrow's speech by fed chief ben bernanke and any hints of another round of bank

and sioux falls. it's a little unfair. >> you've got to kcover the spectrum. >> i guess so.e should do big cities where there's a lot of traffic. >>> it's looking like a great day around here. >> that's right. tom kierein. >> good morning. time for your weather and traffic on the ones. at 5:41 starting off fresh and cool under a clear sky we're down to the low to mid 60s, much of the region. near 70 in washington. by the bay. and the view from space showing high pressure over us bringing us the clear sky and the low humidity which will be in place today. hometown forecast only northern montgomery county by 7:00 a.m. it will be in the low 60s and sunny. by noontime, upper 70s with sunshine. and hour by hour for the whole region today, near 80 by noontime and sunshine during the afternoon with low humidity, highs mid 80s. your seven-day outlook and the latest on isaac in ten minutes. danella, how is traffic? >> right now following breaking news out of newington. still tracking the accident that's along fairfax county parkway. that ramp is shut down and look at the delays on i-

paige pearson of kssy of sioux falls, south dakota, has this story. >> reporter: tiny fingers, a precious sweet lips. his entry into the world was anything but normal. >> i asked her if she was all right. said no. >> reporter: stephanie had been having contractions all day tuesday. but the hospital said she wasn't dilated enough for delivery. but early this morning, baby cameron had other ideas. >> i'm like, oh, boy. here he comes. >> she goes, the baby's coming. what? no. so, i went in there and asked her what was going on. >> josh was like, what do you want me to do? just help me get to the ground and call 911. and he did awesome. he picked up from there. >> reporter: josh helped bring cameron into the world right here, in the couple's bathroom. at the time, he was scared. >> for one, the umbilical cord was around his neck. he came out white. he wasn't getting any color. he wasn't breathing for a little while. i was freaking out. >> reporter: a 991 operator talked josh through the delivery. he tied off an umbilical cord with a shoe lace from his work boot. >> he stepped in and delivered

meanwhile the safest drivers are in sioux falls, south dakota, where the average driver has a crash only once every 13.8 years. >>> and glad this wasn't us. in canada a bat made a guest appearance flying through a studio during a tv newscast in ottawa. a young woman, a brave young woman who works in the newsroom eventually helped escort the bat out a side door. >>> all right. and now here's an early look at how wall street's going to kick off the day. the dow closed at 13,107 after adding 4 points yesterday. the s&p was up a point. the nasdaq gained 4. >>> taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei skidded 86 points, while in hong kong the hang seng tumbled 235. >>> well, better economic growth and stronger housing sales nudged stocks higher wednesday. thanks to rising consumer spending in exports, the economy grew at a 1.7% annual rate from april through june, higher than the initial government estimate. separately the fed's beige book survey showed the economy expanded gradually in july and early august with improvement in housing and retail sales. also sales o

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hail, gusty winds and flash flooding from minneapolis to sioux falls. thunderstorms in the southwest. another scorcher in the plains. >> 102 in dallas. 110 in oklahoma city. they've had like 16 or 17-straight days of 100 degrees or warmer. they're baking in that part of the country. mostly 90s, meanwhile, across the east coast and plains. 80s in the northern rockies and pacific northwest. >>> and when we come back, a huge food recall just announced. something you might have in your freezer. >>> also ahead this morning, how tough is it to fool the irs? well, would you believe 2,000 tax returns from 1 address? >>> and later, how did one angry man manage to crush a fleet of police cruisers and leave cops nothing to chase him with. >>> welcome back. well, there are mixed signals on the economy in advance of this morning's july unemployment report. the weekly jobless benefits report showed a little improvement. retail sales last month were better than expected, thanks to summer clothing purchases. but mortgage rates rose this week after hitting new lows for

mormon church at odds with some of its teachings but determined to stay married and more men run in sioux have their own mormon story to tell. >>> i hope that's our story is our voices are her heard and understood in its they can be a part of the change that is occurring in the church. kelly hill left the marriage and her conflicts letter to leave the mormon church. >>> and i didn't feel right about a year-and-a-half i came back so on in the church and by a attend every week. but a lot of times people leave the church in fact for years and they've been leaving in droves. maturities to see that we're here. and nothing is going to change if we keep going away. for many here momism is cultured as well as religion. >>> a victory at and listen to the stories of the pioneers and i think this is since that much difference from their journey. the commodity man. even conflicts between sexual orientation and mormon church teachings can be personally devastating they say they're trying to find ways to be who they are and the mormon. they do for the reports. coming up that bus ride to step back in 20

meanwhile, the safest drivers are in sioux falls, south dakota, where the average driver has a crashnly once every 13.8 years. >>> and glad this didn't happen to us. it happened in canada. there was a bat that made a guest appearance flying through a studio during a tv newscast in ottawa. a young woman who works in the newsroom helped escort the bat out the side door. >>> here's your first look at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. on facebook, sarah palin, the republican vice presidential nominee in 2008 wrote that fox news canceled her appearances last night when mitt romney's running mate, paul ryan, was speaking to the gop convention. fox news says the condensed rnc schedule forced the cancellations and they look forward to having palin back, quote, as soon as we can. >>> the answer to the big mystery at the convention may be clint eastwood. a surprise guest speaker is expected tonight before mitt romney's acceptance speech. the political blog town hall reports it will be the legendary actor and director. >>> when governor romney gives his big speech the obama campaign sa

there is a number of litigants or cereal plant in sioux have caught on to that and they use that a lot and successfully in a lot of cases. i mentioned the ada is -- offers incentives relief and attorney's fees. over the years i found what drives the litigation is the attorneys' fees. sometimes attorneys' fees, oftentimes, fees exceed the amount of monetary damages that a plaintiff individual would get. supervisor mar: could you explain the type of improvements like a ramp at a certain area or widening so wheelchair can go by? what are the main types? >> that is great. the main types would depend on if you are thinking about federal or state, the overlap as i mentioned, is a similar nature. i will speak about it generally. one of the readily achievable solutions for a step that the department of justice has concluded is a ramp. taking into consideration the slope, there must be a -- 1:12 ratio. if you had a five-inch step, you would have to have a 5 foot long portable ramp. in addition to demolishing the entire front of the store, repouring and resurfacing and regrading the ramp, in som

they got a new call center in sioux falls, south dakota. many banks are opening. great place to live. i have no idea. they opened up a new facility in may. they have jobs. 15th largest visa card. they are going to go out and spend more. the financial services industry is beginning to expand on the big bank side. >> if you live in south dakota just a tweet or e-mail how great south dakota is. >> thank you very much, cheryl. >>> you can catch cheryl at noonoon at the fox business network. log on to casone exchange.com. >>> 48 after the top of the hour. shrimp verses turtle? why fisherman are saying their livelihoods are at risk because of government regulation. >> this is the first chance to answer question of the day. why all of this chik-fil-a recipe. fair or foul? >> just a quick personal turtle story. i have had habits and dogs for some reason my turtle is game. i have two brothers. the chik-fil-a controversy the man who countered it with his own nationwide support for the movement governor huckabee will be here live. the gsa wasting more money it will make you

. >> the a's and the what sioux, and gomes started the rally. bottom five.evin youkilis drives to center and gone. a two-run shot. oakland's lead down to one. who said baseball wasn't a contact sport. poked in the eye celebrating. pierzynski, lines one the outfield. one run scores sox, 7-6. top eighth, the a's tick their turn. pride of pet human marks gomes, ties the game and then inge follows with a shot down the line just fair. gomes add an rbi sing until the ninth. aye's win 9-7, and afterwards gomes was proud of his hometown little leaguers. >> i've been in the world series, playoffs, but those little league memories are special and i'm excited for those guys. mike mine giants and rockies. matt cain on the help, helped himself by adding an rbi single. giants up 2-0. no better player in the league since the all-star break since best u buster posey. two runs, one shy of 20 on the season. 4-0g men. cain went 7, two runs, striking out six, now 11-5 on the season, and pagan heating up. as for the giants 4-1 lead in the sixth with the triple. giants win big, #

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sioux falls, south dakota. not much to hit, who knew. "closing bell" is next. >>> hi, welcome to "closing bell," i'm michelle in for march -- maria bartiromo. >> i'm bill griffeth, red flags out of europe, add that together, you have a recipe for a late summer sell off which we're having today. here is where we stand right now. off the lows, the down was down at 13,000. now down to 13126. the nasdaq down 25 points. and for the s&p, the number traders tell me to watch is 1397. if you go below that you might have problems with the bulls. >> no doubt that comments out of injury put pressure on u.s. stocks today. the euro was said to have a 50% chance of falling apart. also, spain delaying a bail out until aid conditions are worked out. >> the market waiting for signs of stimulus from jackson hole tomorrow. let's talk marks. dan greenhouse with us, david cass, steve leisman. ben bernanke has to deliver tomorrow, right? >> i thought you were coming to me the first because i have the best shot here, bill. >> it is very pretty. >> yeah, move ou

. >> the a's and the what sioux, and gomes started the rally. bottom five.n youkilis drives to center and gone. a two-run shot. oakland's lead down to one. who said baseball wasn't a contact sport. poked in the eye celebrating. pierzynski, lines one the outfield. one run scores sox, 7-6. top eighth, the a's tick their turn. pride of pet human marks gomes, ties the game and then inge follows with a shot down the line just fair. gomes add an rbi sing until the ninth. aye's win 9-7, afterward afterws gomes was proud of his hometown little leaguers. >> i've been in the world series, playoffs, but those little league memories are special and i'm excited for those guys. mike mine giants and rockies. matt cain on the help, helped himself by adding an rbi single. giants up 2-0. no better player in the league since the all-star break since best buster posey. two runs, one shy of 20 on the season. 4-0g men. cain went 7, two runs,g out striking out six, now 11-5 on the season, and pagan heating up. as for the giants 4-1 lead in the sixth with the triple. giants win big

that would be sue falls, south -- sioux falls, south dakota. boise, idaho came in a close second. notice the places out in the wide open spaces. >>> 6:09 now. we're going to go live to pensacola. scott broom is in the sunshine state. >> our weather today, howard says it's going to be beautiful. sunny skies, highs in the 80s, low humidity. find out how long this spell will last when 9news now returns. >>> it is going to turn out to be a gorgeous wednesday around here. we start with many temps still in the 60s. by noon sunny, 81. light north, northeast winds 5, 10 miles an hour. going to push our high to about 85. look for that about 3:00. by 5:00 we're back down to a very comfortable 83. >>> on the northbound side of i- 95 at the fairfax county parkway, crews dealing with major delays due to a tanker truck fire that happened overnight. you will find lane closures and no access to the fairfax county parkway. i'll have more on this coming up in my next report. >>> the heart of hurricane isaac is slamming into the louisiana coast this morning. >> the outer bands of the storm reach as

powerful winds, hail storms, also some downpours from sioux falls it the twin cities.in the plains. >> 102 in dallas. 90s across the east coast and plains. 80s in the northwest. >>> if you are eating breakfast may want to put down the bagel omelet, whatever. this one is kind of gross. in south florida, a royal summer treat for a king, queen of the jungle. >> as temperatures soared, lions at a safari, north palm beach were licking their chops and cooling off with giant popsicles, they were made from blood. each one frozen in a five-gallon bucket. >> bon appetit, everybody. instead of a wooden stick, the huge blood-cicles had a bone in the middle. >> take another bite of your egg sandwich. >> he/she is really enjoying that. >> oh, man. >> my goodness, something about that. >> that is gross. >> enjoying it. >> i will never look at a red slurpee in life the same way. man, enjoy that, mufasa. >>> all right. coming up, olympian michael phelps considers a career move out of the pool. >> phelps brings home more gold. while gabby douglas amazes the world from the olympics. the

now, when it comes to the safest drivers, sioux falls, south dakota gets the best grade are there any people there driving any cars? >> you didn't say that. >> i've never been there. >> you did not say that. >> don't send me any letters if you're out there from that area. >> i did not get in any fender benders until i moved here. i will say that. people are just -- move slow are out there or there are fewer of us. >> man that is what it is. >> more open space out there. >> people have more patience. >> the roads aren't as crazy and it's in the as congested. >>> let's talk about d.c. two groups will hold the first of several meeting to talk about parking and traffic camera tickets. councilmembers marry cheh and tommy wells are looking into ways to reduce speeding and red light camera ticket fines. critics point out they are up to $250 in the district but similar tickets are only $40 in montgomery county. d-d.o.t. will be meeting today to discuss parking tickets in the district. coming up in our next hour, councilmember wells will be live here in the studio to talk about the task force

four of the ten aets most saturated, des moines number three, quad city, sioux city, seven, eight and the other states there, virginia market is back on top. roanoke, lynchburg at number one. unbelievable, you look at the amount of money being spent, team romney is outspending team obama by 2:1 this week. the romney campaigning the rnc and outside groups spending $25 million this week compared to team obama at $11 million. still, an unbelievable amount of money in august. >>> all right. next, we have got more of my candid conversations with retiring senators. today, it is kay on not being a moderate. her one-time white house dreams. and why she says governors don't make the best president. you're watching "the daily rundown," only on msnbc. ♪ [music plays] ♪ [music plays] ♪ [music plays] >>> many of you know, the senate is not going to look the same next year, many faces stepping down and a little hole in the middle it seems like, going away. all week, we are conducting exit interviews, full with these departing lawmakers. today, we turn to the first and still only woman to represent

baltimore came in second to last, the safest city sioux falls, south dakota, where drivers go nearlyyears between accidents. >> drive safely out there. >> yeah. >>> 6:26. ahead, a teacher is accused of -- what is a teacher is accuse of doing on the first day of school. >>> plus, the surveillance video a di distraught wife will hope will solve a vicious crime. >>> hurricane isaac. anncr: it'll start out as concrete and steel... but it'll become so much more. a new world-class resort casino in prince george's county. two thousand construction jobs to build it. four thousand permanent, good-paying jobs when it's done. hundreds of millions for maryland schools... real oversight to make sure the money goes... where it's supposed to. but none of it will happen unless we vote for... question seven this november. vote for question seven. and help build a better future for maryland. >>> right now it appears gulf coast rest dents won't be getting relief from hurricane isaac for the rest of the day. here's a live look at new orleans now. isaac made landfall for a second time a few hours ago. it

governor sioux. >> this has been four years of disaster for america. the president laid out his own goal of 5.5, 6% unemployment after three years and we are at 8.2. we have 24 million people suffering either unemployed or underemployed. we have kids graduating from office with less than half of them being able to enter jobs, even slightly related to what they studied for. one and a half percent growth rate last week. the worst growth rate you could possibly imagine at this stage coming out in the fourth year of coming out of a problem. the growth rate should be around six to eight percent, and this president is a failure in that. he spent $5 trillion and he has nothing to show for it. he thought there were going to be shovel ready jobs and he admitted he was blowing smoke when he said that. we have an economic disaster. and when you ask the president what's going on, he says it worked. why can't he be honest and acknowledge the fact that it failed, not that it worked? >> wow, john sununu, the sky is falling, the sky is falling and i'm chicken little.

our first call comes from sue falls, -- sioux falls south dakota. what did you think of governor romney's choice of paul ryan? caller: i'm particularrled to death being a dem rat. he couldn't have picked a better running mate. host: why do you say that? caller: as soon as the older people in the country and minorities and stuff study what mr. ryan's cuts will be for social security medicare, i think they will be less than enthusiastic to support him. host: let's move on to david in iowa, on our line for republicans. caller: i would like to comment. i'm very excited about paul ryan pick for vice president. him and mitt romney will do a great job. host: why do you think ryan is a good pick? caller: he is a very honest, level-headed person and extremely intelligent with the numbers and business wise, i think he will do a good job. host: this is the way the story is playing this morning in "the baltimore sun." v.p. pick rallies g.o.p. leaders. they write -- a move that reframed the presidential race as an ideological size over government and fate of med

our first call comes from sue falls, -- sioux falls, south dakota. what did you think of governor romney's choice of paul ryan? caller: i'm particularrled to death being a dem rat. he couldn't have picked a better running mate. host: why do you say that? caller: as soon as the older people in the country and minorities and stuff study what mr. ryan's cuts will be for social security, medicare, i think they will be less than enthusiastic to support him. host: let's move on to david in iowa, on our line for republicans. caller: i would like to comment. i'm very excited about paul ryan pick for vice president. him and mitt romney will do a great job. host: why do you think ryan is a good pick? caller: he is a very honest, level-headed person and extremely intelligent with the numbers and business wise, i think he will do a good job. host: this is the way the story is playing this morning in "the baltimore sun." v.p. pick rallies g.o.p. leaders. they write -- a move that reframed the presidential race as an ideological size over government and fate of me

the safest city, sioux falls, south dakota, where drivers go nearly 14 years between accidents. >>> well, in the future, new cars and trucks will get better gas mileage, we're hearing. the obama administration issued new mile standards that will double fuel efaceancy by the year 2025. right now it is 26.8 miles per gallon. that will grow in 13 years. automakers will need to introduce new technology, though, to make trucks and cars more fuel efficient. >>> are they being efficient out there on the roads right now or a lot of stop and go traffic. let's ask danella sealock. >> still seeing the ramp closed. been closed all morning due to the earlier crash involving a tractor trailer. so, if you're traveling fairfax county parkway, you cannot get on to i-95 or get off on to fairfax county parkway. that ramp still shut down but hopefully opening soon. inner loop of the beltway as you make your way towards braddock, i'm seeing delays here. but right now slow from robinson terminal to just past braddock road and looking at the beltway in montgomery county. earlier outer loop was a mess but right

it is a story that begins in the dead of winter in 2004 on the frigid streets of sioux city, iowa, on the eve of the iowa caucuses, and it ends in the offices of one of the most powerful political consulting firms in politics, blue state and digital, a firm that did not exist when i began his research. at is one of the back stories here, how much things have changed over the last decade in terms of the major players and how the major candidates have taken up the web. i want to talk a little bit about how scholars and journalists have thought about the uptake of the internet and electoral processes. second, i want to talk about the findings of the book and show how the story of the uptake new media in politics is a story of innovation, infrastructure, an organization building. i will focus on key moments in the broader history that i sketched here. in terms of folks coming together on the dean campaign and creating innovations in new media and culminating in the obama campaign in 2008 and now in 2012. finally, i will talk a bit more expansively about what this all means. how should we

according to all-state, that goes to sioux falls, south dakota.ver will get in an accident every 13.8 years. that is well below the average of other cities. followed by boise, idaho, fort collins, colorado, madison, wisconsin, and lincoln, nebraska. america's best drivers. philadelphia, washington dc, l.a., and baltimore are places that did not make the list as good drivers. [laughter] ashley: thinking of insurance, good luck trying to get some. we have a special panel of energy experts coming up and whether we should tap the strategic energy reserve. countdown to the closing bell is coming up next questions. when you're caring for a loved one with alzheimer's, not a day goes by that you don't have them. questions about treatment where to go for extra help, how to live better with the disease. so many questions, where do you start? alzheimers.gov. the answers start here. these are sandra's "homemade" yummy, scrumptious bars. hmm? i just wanted you to eat more fiber. chewy, oatie, gooeyness... and fraudulence. i'm in deep, babe. you certainly are.

minneapolis, across wisconsin, sioux falls and rapid city, south dakota, could see large hail and damagingfornia. a professor is in jail this morning accused of a murderous arson plot at the high school his son attended before his son committed suicide. police say they caught the university of california irvine professor red-handed trying to set fire at a park where his son died. they discovered e-mails with the plot against school students and officials. casey wyan is in los angeles with more. good morning. >> good morning, carol. it really is a strange story. 48-year-old pharmacology professor rainer reinscheid is behind bars accused of setting arson fires and resisting arrest. this after the suicide of his 14-year-old son back in march. police say they caught him red-handed trying to set a fire near his son's school last week. he was arrested and bailed out of jail almost immediately. police began an investigation into the series of arsons around the area of the school. they discovered this professor was apparently holding school officials at his son's high school, university high schoo

according to the list, which was just released this morning, sioux falls, south dakota, is the safest city. drivers there experience a crash every 13.8 years. the national average is 10 years. boise, idaho, fort collins, colorado second and third. so you see where we're going here. >> mm-hm. >> okay. >>> other headlines this morning, getting a check on those headlines, the syrian army is dropping leaflets over damascus. hundreds were dropped from helicopters he urging rebels to give up or face inevitable death. the syrian regime is widening an offensive to recapture areas on the edge of the capital. yesterday the rebels say they shot down one of the government helicopters. >>> in colorado today, family members of some of the 12 people killed during a midnight movie showing last month plan to hold a news conference but the subject is a mystery. they will only say there are some behind the scenes events that need to be discussed publicly. the suspect in the shootings is 24-year-old james holmes. he faces charges of murder and attempted murder. defense attorneys have said that he is ment

this from the quad city times -- and from the time republic -- the sioux city journal -- next this jay on our republican line. caller: hey, this is jerry. obama has no record to run on what he's done for this country. romney has a record. we know that he has a business background. we have seen him take businesses and turn them around and make profits on them. he does it for a living. that's how he makes his money. host: the romney campaign this morning with a new ad taking aim at some of the attacks by the president and the president owes its surrogates, the super pacs. this was released this morning. [video clip] >> what does it say about the president's character when his campaign tries to use the tragedy of a woman's death for political gain? what does it say about the president's character when he had his campaign raise money for the ad and then stood by as his top aides were caught lying about that? doesn't america deserve better than a president who will say or do anything to stay in power? >> i am mitt romney and i approve this message. host: the president picked up some snow co

our first call is coming from sioux falls, s.d., on our line for democrats. tom, your honor "washington journal." what did you think about governor romney's choice of paul ryan? asler: i'm tickled to death a democrat. he could not have picked a better democrat. as soon as the older people and upnorities and stuff study o be for. ryan's cuts will social security and medicare, they will be less enthusiastic to support him. host: david in iowa on our line for republicans. caller: i would just like to comment. i'm very excited about paul ryan's for vice president. i think kim and romney will do a great job in the white house. host: whitey think he is a good pick? -- why do you think he is a good pick? caller: honest, level headed, intelligent with numbers. i think he will do a good job. host: years of the story is playing this morning in "the baltimore sun." if you are in janesville, we would love to hear from you about the paul ryan that you know. next call comes from louisville, kentucky, on our independent line. what do you think about his pick? caller: frankl

it's a story that begins in the dead of winter in 2004 on the streets of sioux city iowa on the eve of the iowa caucuses and it ends in the office of one of the most powerful on-line political consultant firms and politics. a firm that didn't exist when i began this research and that is one of the back stories here how things have changed over the last decade in terms of the major players and how the campaigns and candidates are taken up. in the process i want to talk about how scholars and journalists have thought about the of take of the internet and the electoral process. second, i want to talk about the finding of the look and show how the story of the of to give new media and politics is a story of innovation and infrastructure and organization building. and i will do so we really focusing on some of the key moments in the broad history in terms of folks coming together and creating a series of innovation in the new media and then carrying them across the democratic politics in the obama campaign in 2008 and now in 2012. finally i will talk more about what this means. how should w

are now stored inside the camera, and we do have to get those images out of the camera and stored in sioux the rovers memory in order to bring them back, but what we're planning for now is the last we have until after the software activity goes through to get them cued up, so we are going to cue up a few of the full resolution images. again, what i'm showing you are thumbnails. you should remember back a couple ago when i showed you the thumbnail of the heat shield that i faded into full resolution. that is the kind of difference you should expect to see between what i'm going to show you know and what i will show you when we get some of the full resolution friends back. so for now, the animation please this is the full 360 panorama. it is the color, as it was transmitted, except the brides and up. it was pretty dark to begin with you see they're going off to the right now the impact, the impact site of the rocket plumes. we are now panning across the base. we see this as the of some of the river itself. reason and because there is a big gap of places we did take pictures, so this gives yo

campaign and in the middle of the night i flew to lincoln, nebraska, and drove two and a half hours to sioux city, iowa bank, and i spent a couple of days following the volunteers, watching them through baptist churches and roadside barber to joins, supermarkets, native american cultural centers, as folks went tking to folks about the upcoming election, their role in it, and how important it was that they turn out to vote. we all know the outcome from the been campaign in 2004. -- from a howard dean campaign in 2004. i did not know necessarily that night in terms of anything we watched as volunteers and myself as we watched the concession speech. we did not notice anything out of the ordinary but by the time i got back into the car to drive to the hotel, the infamous howard dean screen what -- screen was in a loop on the radio. by the time we came home it was clear this would be a major media story. that is a little of what i know at the time, the experience of seeing the organizing taking place on line, seeing what has taken place on the ground and sometimes the disconnect between the two,

this one is from the sioux city superintendent, paul guzman.n kids created some of the richest and most meaningful discussion in our community. we have consistently said that we are not unique because we have bullying in our schools, but we want to become the school district that has made significant difference. then from the kids are always the ones that make us, you know, in the bully office we read them and get weepy sometimes. [laughter] i bullied, and i tried to fit in. of course, i realize now that i wasn't fitting in. i was becoming more of an outcast. so i started going around and apologizing because it takes one person to make a difference. that's from stephanie morris in washington. there's a boy in my seventh grade class who had been pushed around and bullied, and some of the kids took his clothes. now i want to be his friend, talk to him. and then one last one, um, if it wasn't for what i saw today -- this was right after a million kids, you know, trip to the theater -- if it wasn't for what i saw today, i probably never would have