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since last year's conference, only six nations including france, china, and japan have accepted iaea inspections. for the first time, israel says it will allow the u.n. agency to inspect its nuclear research center. israel is not a signatory to the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. but another israel nuclear facility will now be open to iaea inspections. israel is suspected of developing nuclear weapons there. international criticism of israel could increase as the country refeudses to fully dils close information on its nuclear program while condemning iran's nuclear ambitions. >>> angry protesters have filled the streets of pakistan. they've been demonstrating against a u.s.-made film that offended muslims. patchari raksawong in bangkok has this update on the situation. >>> pakistanis took to the streets after friday prayers as demonstrations against the controversial film spread. the protests have received support from the government. now the prime minister called on people to show their anger peacefully, but there have been some reports of violence. nhk world's hideki yui reports

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six national guard and air force helicopters are on their way, but they're hours away. he six people still alive in the crevasse, three are badly hurt and need medical attention. and then all of a sudden, the sound of chopper blades through the thin mountain air. >> when you hear a helicopter, you hang so much hope that your friend is going to get off the mountain and get to a trauma center and be okay. >> but when they realize what the sound is, it's crushing news. >> breaking news today on mt. hood. >> rescuers are going after a group of climbers who have fallen into a crevasse. >> turns out the first choppers to get there are news helicopters responding to the breaking story. >> i was expecting something else, and here's a media helicopter flying up. >> the news helicopters are no help to the injured. they're not equipped for rescue. and by now, the survivors in the crevasse managed to get the most critically injured climber, a man named chris kern, up to the surface. selena, a trained paramedic, tends to him. >> he would be in and out of consciousness. his hands were

the latest stop on a tour of six nations. frankly, it's actually illegal for the secretary of state to go to political conventions like this one. this is the first time secretary clinton is missing a dnc since 1968. wow. james rosen, she has been on the road as much as any secretary of state i have ever heard of. >> more than any secretary of state. she long ago passed the record, shep, for the most miles logged by an american diplomat at the top. and, of course, as you say, she is prohibited from coming here and enjoying this moment of her husband's. let's be honest, one thing we can expect to hear from bill clinton tonight is going to be some kind of language about his wife. he will express pride at her performance as secretary of state. he also will do something perhaps subtle, perhaps not so subtle to lay groundwork by 2016 run by hillary clinton. democratic consultants and campaign veterans say she really hasn't ruled that out. >> shepard: i wonder the degree to which they are concerned here at the dnc that just having b

national park may have been exposed to handa virus. saying people who stayed in the cabins from june 10th to august 24th maying at risk in developing hanta virus in six weeks. the national park service asking if they've been exposed to the virus. six people have been stricken so far with hanta virus after staying at curry village. two of them have died. >> and it could be another month before the street is fixed where a 42 inch main broke and flooded parts of a neighborhood this week. repairs continue where a 42 inch main ruptured tuesday. there are cruise hoping to see a permanent fix. better news for our lady of visitation school. and we're now told classes will resume on tuesday. >> and there is mitt romney in louisiana tonight getting a look at the flood damage caused by hurricane isaac. this is president obama scheduled to visit monday. today, mr. romney told the governor he wanted to see the extent himself and. >> mitt romney officially accepted nomination for republican party last night during its national convention. but one of the bay area's own, stole the show, clint eastwood's speech turned into an online sensation. >> this is what inspire

part of a six nation asian tour she made be president hu jintao tomorrow.his could be her last trip to china as secretary of state. mrs. clinton said she's going to step down after four years doing her job. more from the democratic national convention. we're going to bring you the highlights after this. people really love snapshot from progressive, but don't just listen to me. listen to these happy progressive customers. i plugged in snapshot, and 30 days later, i was saving big on car insurance. with snapshot, i knew what i could save before i switched to progressive. the better i drive, the more i save. i wish our company had something this cool. you're not filming this, are you? aw! camera shy. snapshot from progressive. test-drive snapshot before you switch. visit progressive.com today. mid grade dark roast forest fresh full tank brain freeze cake donettes rolling hot dogs g of ice anti-freeze wash and dry diesel self-serve fix a flat jumper cables 5% cashback signup for 5% cashback at gas stations through september. it pays to discover. >>> michelle ob

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of whom had been so excited, along with their parents, at the birth of the new panda cub at the national six days. doctors say it died of a liver disorder, and for that entire species, survival is difficult, even when helped along by the rest of the experts in the world. our report by chief correspondent ann thompson. >> reporter: this is the face that has stolen thousands of hearts. the now two-month-old panda born at the san diego zoo. >> they're so cute when they were little babies. >> reporter: when first born, pandas are pink, hairless and the size of a stick of butter, with the mortality rate high in captivity, this is a miracle. >> they're an endangered species, so having this for the wild population. >> reporter: the panda numbers are threatened because the bamboo forests where they live and eat are being cut down for farming and development. today, only 1600 giant pandas live in the wild in southern china, with 300 in captivity, including those outside of mainland china. >> pandas are amazing creatures. >> reporter: they have driven chinese scientists to extreme, donning panda suits

nationals are on a roll. they play the cubs downtown and when a series this has been. six more home runs, 12 in two nights. the nationals of the best record in all of baseball. >> good teams don't take nothing for granted. a lot of times, have more energy and more to prove by beating the guys at top. we have been down there and laugh and we know what it's like. we're not letting up. >> our play of the day -- indians and tigers. chasing the ball down and look at this. it makes a spectacular catch. one of the fans got after him pretty good. not happy spill his beer. that is the play of the day. tiger woods had a solid round with seven under behind the leaders. there are three tied at the top. rory mcelroy leaving where he left off last week. eight under par. a birdie putt and on the birdie train. tied lead simpson and gramm delay, three of the top tiger. a four game series with the yankees tonight. the orioles trail by just one game in the standing and this is just the last game between in this year. >> they had 25,000 there tonight and i expect to have more tonight. tomorrow night stephen strasbourg' anncr:

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the president leading by six points nationally in one poll, closer and another perry will go into that. in the nbc news poll in new hampshire, 5144. in north carolina, 48-46 for romney. in nevada, this is interesting, and nevada obama 49-47. congratulations. the president is doing very well. are you ready to start putting the inauguration? >> not even close. no one is watching, no one is in any way backing down. and of tell you what is significant about these polls. in every category you see the country, one is showing their feeling better about the direction which is critical. the trend is clearly in the right track, and in every category the country is trusting obama over romney. this is like the foreign policy economy. lou: that is just about all there is, think. romney is in trouble. >> there is no question that this is a very tight race. some of these polls were they show obama heading in ohio, they are really over sampling democrats and they're also overestimating democratic turnout because they're using -- >> i think everybody will stipulate to that. the deal is, this guy, we ca

. >> a new bloomberg goal that has present obama leading mitt romney by six points nationally. for one big reason, half of the polls say they have an unfavorable view of mitt romney. bloomberg reports, this is a september high for a presidential challenger in the last three decades. bloombg quotes a 40-year-old lfcr libertarian on virginia, why she's going to vote for obama. now, this isn't cheerleading for obama by any means but explains romney's problem. if i have to choose between the two, i prefer barack obama over mitt. i think mitt romney is so out of touch. it mostly a protest against him d reblican blen it's not that i think obama has done such a great job. here's an independent speaking. romney's high unfavorable numbers can be linked to awkward and cringe-inducing moments in debates and on the campaign trail. let's listen to some. >> rk, i'll te youha 10 b? $10,000 bet? >> i'm not in the betting business. >> we could raise taxes on people. that's not -- >> corporation! >> corporation! >> corporations are people, my friend. ♪ o beautiful for scious skies for amber ves

mentioned, home builders, the sentiment, confidence rising to the highest level in more than six years. national association of homebuilders and the housing market index rose three points to 40, that is the fifth consecutive games for those of you keeping score. the market action for you, the s&p futures pit, executive vice president for wealth management, and jeff flock on the floor of the cme. let's start with john. go ahead. you have some movement today, while it was pretty peripatetic commie did not see much move for the drama or the depth of it was concerned. >> keep in mind tonight the bank of japan may be joining the global central bank by adding liquidity perhaps taking connotative easing measures self in order to boost economic growth in japan. the market waiting for that. between tuesday, this morning and friday afternoon we will have nine different federal reserve presidents speaking on the latest round of quantitative easing by our fed from last week and new york fed president said it best, the fragile nature of this economic recovery remains such the fed had to add liquidity to the

stuart: homebuilder sentiment up for the fifth month in a row at a six year high. the nationaluilders say there are signs of recovery but still a long way to go. alpha natural resources say it is cutting production by 16 million tons, that includes the closing of eight mines in virginia west virginia and pennsylvania. that stock is up a little. the latest rasmussen swing state poll has romney ahead of president obama 47, 46. the swing state poll, that is. and today marks the third day in a row that the governor has been in the lead in that 11-state tracking poll, which hold by the way 146 electoral college votes. speaking of the election, can an anti-obama movie actually change voters' minds? a very important discussion because that is the topic of debate by mitt romney. next. stuart: a new senate report says that 25% of social security disability payments were improper from 06 to 2010. meanwhile, mitt romney coming under harsh attack from the mainstream media after a leaked video shows him saying that 47% of voters are dependent on government entitlements and won't vote for hi

he's in a race that's a five-point or six-point national decline on his part. he's losing in all of the electoral states. he does not want to get in a situation where this goes past him and he can't catch up. he's got to do it on october 3rd. and he has to do well. and i think the race will close. he'll show up and do reasonably well. but he has to do that. >> you have said in your online column that it's more about style than substance for him. why? >> if you take a look at the history of debates, it's not really about policy specifics. it's not really about facts. people have heard a lot about that. they've seen it. they've read it. it's more about the cues that indicate the personality or how they're going to be or mannerisms. every debate has changed because of somebody's mannerisms or style did badly or did well. that's where changes occur. >> going through the primaries, i believe he debated 20 times. in a lot of the debates, everybody was attacking him because he was the front-runner. does that mean he has a potentially good performance in him coming up

. >>> the nationals belted six home runs tuesday, another six yesterday. bryce harper with a pair. the nats, deep six, the cubs, 9-1. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> why britney spears can't be like kim kardashian, and the actress whose dving record is giving lindsay lohan a run for her money. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, it's all happening at the democratic national convention but it's not all taking place inside the arena. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." we're watching incredible heat continuing for two more days in texas and then we're going to give you a break over the weekend. hold out. two more days in the ac. 100 degrees today in dallas. we're seeing showers and thunderstorms cooling off. still pretty warm and humid around d.c. the next couple of days and you'll notice the cooler temperatures. they invade areas like minnesota come tomorrow. texas, you've gotten to wait until saturday. well, if you're watching us on nbc 5 learn how design solutions can change

that happens in niger, one of the world's poorest nations. only six out of every ten children there, 60% make it to elementary school. some parents are trying to change that statistic. they're chipping in money and time. nhk world's yu kobayashi has the story. >> reporter: an elementary school on the outskirts of niger's capital city. children travel from three different villages to attend. it's the area's first elementary school. it was local people who built it four years ago. the government supplies teachers but locals chip in for the annual cost of the school operations and the teaching materials. about 90 children attend this school. one of the students in this fourth grade class is 16 years old. it's the only school close to his home. >> translator: i hope that when i grow up, i become a useful person that can help my country. that's my dream. >> reporter: the children's parents maintain the school. halitu is among those in charge. six of his children go to the school. the parents replaced it. >> translator: we didn't have the chance to go to sc

you know it's bad when six european nations beat us. what do you think to this?he study is complete nonsense. this is a survey of what i call the davos man. probably never going to get invited to the world economic forum because of this but they didn't see the crash coming. how the world economy will go, consistently wrong and if they want to rank the u.s. lower it is like s&p downgrading the u.s. i don't care what the pinheads think about us. >> how do you really feel, john? what are you saying? rather do business in the lol land or u.s.? >> i'm going to go holland. >> seriously? you are going to hear about this. >> oh. >> you're going to hear about this. the next one. new york's fierce rivalry with boston, it's well-known. yankees-rocks. giants of patriots. imagine the reaction to a new bill board of tom brady wearing a pair of uggs. yes, he is good looking. popular in new york? not so much. was this one of the worst marketing decisions ever made? john, what do you say? >> no. they're really aiming at women. women looking going i don't know who that is but good

embassies in egypt and six other nations warn that the violence in libya could spark more anti-americans and more attacks. wendell goler at the state department for us tonight. we can't know yet, despite the statements that have been made today, but if this is an act of war, who is the enemy? >> well, shep folks here feel it's too early to tell. libya is really controlled by a number of militias that banded together to take down muammar qaddafi and now jealously control little bits of territory. the government is not strong enough to disarm them and that's a problem because security at diplomatic installations is mainly the responsibility of the host country. now, the consulate in benghazi doesn't have marine detachment like thest boekham in tripoli. it's a group of houses and annex. u.s. officials say libyan security force and at least one the militias eventually joined the fight against the attackers. secretary of state clinton made clear the enemy is not the libyan government. >> this was an attack by a small and savage group. not the people or government of libya. everywhere chris a

the nationals belted six home runs tuesday, another six yesterday. bryce harper with a pair. the nats, deep six the cubs, 9-1. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> well, why britney spears can't be like kim kardashian, and the actress whose driving record is giving lindsay lohan a run for her money. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, it's all happening at the democratic national convention, but not all the action is taking place inside the arena. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." we're watching a strong cold front heading down through montana and northern idaho. 87 in portland. middle of the summer like p temperatures. still very warm in the desert southwest. salt lake city 89. and you're now working on your second hottest summer all-time. and for friday, 90 in portland. like beach weather. go to the pool. if you're watching us on news channel 21, get up close to lizards and scorpions at the high desert museum. and that's your pacific event of the day. >>> and now here's a

, allowed one run in six innings of work. the nationals have the best record in baseball at 87-54. >>> coming up on "morning joe," the jromney campaign -- a new washington post poll helps the romney case. we'll show you the numbers and get the state of the race with the "morning joe" crew. >>> when we come back here, was the 9/11 surfer real? could a man survive the collapse of the world trade tower by floating down a piece of debris? the discovery channel found the man. details when "way too early" comes back. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. in what world do potatoes, bacon and cheese add up to 100 calories? your world. ♪ [ whispers ] real bacon... creamy cheese... 100 calories... [ chef ] ma'am [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. nah. [ dennis' voice ] i bet he's got an allstate agent. they can save you up to 30% more by bundling your policies. well, his dog's stupid. [ dennis' voice ] poodles are one of the world's smartest breeds. are you in good hands? >>> as it plays back in my memory bank, it appears to be surr

all the nationals needed six more games this season to cleanse the nl east. fans are hoping they win the game today and five more on the road. the first pitch today is at 1:00. reporting live, jummy olabanji abc 7. >> i hope that guy from london gets a chance to spread the word that the nationals are the team to watch. adam caskey has the forecast. you get fans all over the world when you do something good. >> i had a great time at the game on saturday. it was warm and muggy, mid 80's and there were thunderstorms. there's no rain in the forecast today. there is a look at our newest camera, in laurel. patchy clouds developing. 66 degrees in laurel, 64 degrees in bowie. in winchester, 59. mostly sunny today, very fall- like. the average high is 76. we will be close to 70 for the high temperature this afternoon. in boston it's only 62 degrees today. 96 in dallas. 77 in atlanta with sunny skies. miami has a chance of showers. more on our chance of rain, coming up. >> today on the campaign trail the race for the white house taking a different path. national polls

nationals. strasburg would go six scoreless innings, strikes out the final batter alan craig, his ninth strikeout of the game exiting with a 2-0 lead. top 7 sean burnett in in relief, run other and the 2-0 lead is gone because that's a two-run home run to right. this game is tied 2-2 and strasburg's chance to earn a 16th win no longer. danny espinosa singles up the middle. nats take three of four in the series and win today 4-3, their 81st victory of the year matching the team's record set in 2005. >> all these games are big games and we play a really good opponent that's got a good chance to be in the hunt in october. i mean you sense it. >> when you're 15 games out of going to playoff, it's tough to go in there and try to win a ball game when you're constantly down. so knowing that we have a chance to be in the playoffs and we're in first place right now, it's a lot of fun to come to the park every day. >> this afternoon was start no. 27 for stephen strasburg, he walked one batter, struck out nine with no earned runs. the only batter with a hit off him today, matt holliday. he threw 97 pitches

nationals belted six home runs on tuesday, another six yesterday. brice harp we are a pair.ep six the cubs 9-1. that's your first look at sports. i'm fred roggin. >>> now let's get another look at the weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins with that weather channel forecast. good morning once again, bill. >> relief for some people, lynn. a very humid day up and down the eastern seaboard. cooler and drier air trying to push into new england. partly cloudy skies today. lower humidity levels for philadelphia northward. southward that, front is hung up down here. there are showers this morning in coastal areas of delaware. so forecast-wise, should be dry just about everywhere. still very warm. this tichl year we're only supposed to be around 80 degrees. we're going to be 92 in d.c. a slight chance for a shower or storm in albany and northern new england. best chance of a shower and storm through missouri and possibly hit and miss storms down there in north carolina. >> all right. bill, thanks so much. straight ahead, why britney spears can't be like kim kardashian. >>> and t

the giants win it 9-8 and they lead six games in the national league west. hockey fans are getting anxious. the nhl's collective bargaining agreement could be a lockout. players and the association resumed negotiations. the sharks are back in the bay area and ready for training camp. teeing it up in san jose at the annual sharks foundation golf classic. joe thorton and patrick marlow love the linc, but they are ready for the hockey sticks. >> i am an optimist, so i hope there is. i am ready to play. i have been training all summer expecting to play and to start on time. my mind process is thinking that training will start the 21st, and that's my mind set. hopefully they get something hammered sout and we will be back -- hammered out and we will be back playing. >> you hope for the best, and i know the players have great faith in don and the executive board and what they are doing in new york and toronto. >> abc7 sports report brought to you by river rock casino. >> "nightline" is up next. >> thanks for joining us. we'll see

the giants win it 9-8 and they lead six games in the national league west.fans are getting anxious. the nhl's collective bargaining agreement could be a lockout. players and the association resumed negotiations. the sharks are back in the bay area and ready for training camp. teeing it up in san jose at the annual sharks foundation

and particularly you're talking about 4%, not across the country now -- >> four or five, six states. >> nationalo knows. but right now, you're talking, each campaign has to target about 4% and a small number of states. so we're really going microscopically picking up voters dozen here or dozen there. >> it's not just states. this is a different election. this slivers of demographics in those states. it is not just the states. not just the -- how the classic white suburban -- housewife, middle class from ohio. bits of the hispanic community undecided. you know, bits and pieces of demographics all over. and in anna of micro targeting which is what the campaigns do now through social media and internet they pick out voters almost one by one. there's no mass targeting anymore. that's the kind of election this is going to be. >> let's talk about -- >> piece by piece. vote by vote. >> fine-tuning, reasonable person. to all elections to me are questioned yes or no. you like the way this is going pretty much? >> yeah. >> would you prefer to get rid of and it try something totally different? yes or no? i

today's top stories. >> time for the monday express' -- >> john gonzales is love at the national zoo. >> just six days after the new panda cub was born at the national zoo sadly, it has died per its distress calls from the mother alerted zookeeper's that something was terribly wrong sunday morning. no obvious signs of trauma or infection. the zoo's version of an autopsy was conducted last night and we should have the results later this morning. >> we are following some issues with metro this morning. on the red line, expect residual delays from glenmont due to an earlier track malfunction. also the bethesda station escalators are out of service. bosses have been requested and the station remains open. >> here is our forecast for this monday. >> it will be great we have a little clout in this but we will warn of throughout the day 71 degrees at 5:00 for the drive home and a high of 72 degrees. the forecast shows that temperatures will warm up progressively through wednesday where we have a chance of showers and we could see some rain on friday. overall, 70's across the board. >> we only get a coup

it would rank it as the nations six most profitable health insurer. >> aarp provided through secure horizonsle plan with predictable low out of pocket costs. gerri: do not be fooled. when we come back, harry reid said it would not happen, romney has released his tax returns. our economy headed straight over the fiscal cliff. congress, guess what, they are on vacation again. a chief economist joins me next. ♪ ♪ gerri: romney tonight releasing his 2011 tax return and a 20 year snapshot of his taxes. here to break it down for us peter barnes. were there any surprises? >> no. this looked a lot like what the governor released back in the spring when he filed for an extension. 379 pages. here is what we have today for the final returns filed and released today. $13.7 million in income for 2011. taxes 9.1 million. they donated some of their income to charity. for this 20 year snapshot for the rate they paid, what the governor paid in taxes and the tax rates, the hope of it rule, a big controversy. they paid an average rate of just over 20%. the lowest effective rate for, not sure what year, 13.6. c

the williams fire started yesterday in the angeles national forest, burning about six square miles so far. only 5% contained. it did threaten homes and officials kept an order in place and there is about 25 acres in the naggal for yeast president obama is in louisiana right now, getting a look at the damage left behind by hurricane isaac. the president greeted by louisiana governor, then traveled to st. john the baptist parish, bun of the hardest-hit communities. the storm just a category one but left behind damage far out of proportion to its strength. >> my vehicle, my home, my motor bike. i lost everything. what i have with me now is actually what i own. >> and hundreds of thousands had no air conditioning for six days and just north of new orleans, an area expected to craft today which means hopes are still in danger of flooding tonight tonight. >> coming up sandhya patel her eye on another tropical storm. >> and as we take a look there is tropical storm john may factor into your forecast. >> thank you very much. and the dog called to cutie to stiff out a growing problem in northe