. >>> and when the housing industry in spain collapsed putting thousands out of work, hopes were tourism could help carry that country through. now even that industry is in trouble. where did all of the tourists go? >>> from the world's leading reporters and analysts, here is what's happening from around the world. this is "worldfocus." made possible, in part, by the following funders -- >>> good evening, i'm martin savidge. >>> though it's faded from the headlines in the past few weeks, the political turmoil in iran continues to unfold. hundred of demonstrators were imprisoned following the street protests last month. and their treatment, many would say mistreatment, in the weeks since the disputed presidential election is now the subject of intense international scrutiny. iran's official media reported today that 20 of those detained will be put on trial as early as this coming weekend. though, the huge protests were overwhelmingly peaceful, in some cases even silent, the demonstrators are accused by the iranian authorities of carrying out bombings and of attacking basij paramilitary f

spain's construction industry was a mainstay of the country's economy. but hundreds of thousands of building workers have been let go. as a result, unemployment have exploded to 17.4% of the workforce in two years. a record for any eu country. madrid also has a stimulus package aimed at fix-starting the economy. the spanish plan includes a public building program to aid the construction industry. but the intention is that the package should also help put the rest of spain's economy on a firm footing. >> translator: in the long term, we have to make sure the package encourages stronger growth in spain. that will happen if the stimulus program, not only encourages house building but also invests in infrastructure, for example. >> reporter: in the short term, however, the outlook is bleak. forecasts say spain's economy will continue shrinking. in latvia there has been mass protests. the economy is forecast to contract up to 15%. the country is on the verge of tcy. its foreign debt have more than tripled since 2007. and now stands at 30.4% of gross national

if you deal on a condo, the coast of spain. so i would ask you where is the biggest discount in residential in the country's? >> as far as i've looked at it and purely as research interest and not as a buyer -- [laughter] spain -- the real estate problems in spain are huge. the problems in the united states are modest to what is happening there to get for instance valencia in the south, apartments on the coast line that went for something like 300,000 year rose three years ago you can have them for 100,000 bureau is now. but, yeah -- >> sounds nice. >> i don't know how expensive the fleeing tickets to spain are. but a remarkable thing is that none of the spanish banks are in a problem. it is remarkable because you would expect such a huge real-estate crisis to translate itself automatically in the huge banking crisis which is totally not the case and essentially as far as i looked at it, there were two things that happened in the last seven, eight years in spain. first of all, you certainly all heard of the famous off-balance v

it's my home. >> reporter: all across spain, people are concerned about their future of tourism. with visitors staying away in droves, many tourist areas are feeling the pinch and it's not clear whether they'll be able to cope with the rising number of unemployed. >> translator: we're trying to offer assistance to develop new businesses and projects, thereby, creating new jobs. and we want to facilitate vocational training to make it easier for people in the town to find new jobs. >> reporter: for the untongue youngs every requiry at the reception desk gives them cause for hope. they're taking the initiative and keeping in contact with regular visitors. >> translator: other politicians always say things will be all right, but that's not true. august is just around the corner and we're still not full. we can no longer recoup this year's losses. but what worries us more is that the crisis will continue. >> reporter: they say it's the small hotels that have made the costa brava great. they hope the extra personalized services they provide will help them ride out the current crisis.

it happened in spain. and in the case of spain, they were going to create these green jobs and here's what they learned. and this is the data that comes out of seven to eight years of experience of going down this path that cap and tax takes america. they did create jobs. they created green jobs. and for every green job that they created they had a net loss of 2.2 private sether jobs because it drew capital out of the private sector and out of the spanish economy. they lost the two largest companies in spain, one of them was british petroleum or b.p. as they're known now, that pulled out of spain because they just can't sustain operations there anymore. their costs have gone too high. created a new green job here and there at the cost of for every one, 2.2 lost jobs in the private sector. it took spain up to the highest unemployment rate in the industrialized world, 17.5% unemployment and rising. the cost per green job created was $770,000 per job. so they spent $770,000, created a green job and lost 2.2 j

spain. peru says spain looted the silver and gold from the inca indians so it rightly belongs to the peruvian people. and at least 25 families claim their descendents of merchants who owned the treasure. >> we figured out that effectively my great great great great great grandfather was on this ship. >> reporter: maurice from houston says spain is fudging facts, calling the mercedes a naval battleship. >> there were women, there were children on this vessel. but a war time vessel? it's a little ludicrous. >> reporter: the legal free for all heated up when a u.s. magistrate recently recommended odyssey hand the treasure over to spain. >> this is the property of spain, it's the grave site of more than 200 spanish navy people, and that everything that was taken from the ship must be returned to spain. >> reporter: odyssey says spain is playing fast with its own language. ancient spanish records call the mercedes a navio. spain translates that to mean warship. the treasure hunters believe otherw

>> as far as i have looked at and purely as a research interests not as a buyer, spain is in the realestate problem or they are huge, the real-estate prices in the united states is quite modest compared to what is happening there. for example, the city of valencia and the south, apartments on the coastline that went for something like 300,003 years ago and you have 100,000 euros now, but yes. >> it sounds nuys. >> i don't know how the expense of the following tickets to spain are. but a remarkable thing is that none of the spanish bankers are in problems and it is certainly a remarkable because you'd expect such huge real-estate prices to translate itself almost automatically in a huge banking crisis which is totally not the case and essentially as far as i looked there were two things that happened in the last seven or eight years in spain. first of all, you

" story fromeutsche welle tevision it's turning out too much too iet on the towns of the beachesf spain's pectacular costa brava. >> reporter: he sys sunon a sandy beat are its greatest assets. the local counser and hotel oer monitor the mediterraan ter quality and doests be make the town attractiv for holidaymakers. but they're in shor supply this year, like everywher on the co costa brava. >> translator: even ba in may a june, it was already cle that th wouldn't ben easy season tt people were staying away. now on the beaches, it looks like ther are lots of touris. but in coarison to the evious year, it's clear that fewer people are here. >reporter: visitor numbers have droed by some 15%. and for those who live from tourism, the rest the year looks blk. we can't do anything. it's in the hands of the tour operators. we t to make things as pleasa as possible for people, but for us there's nothingleft. ts of familiessed to come. now it's almost all young peopl and there mostly budget tourist many hotels are tryingo fill thei empty rooms by offering dcounts and all-inclusive lidays. but many

fires have destroyed hundds of hectares of wooand in spain. a local convent a a number of homes were evacuated as a precaution. officials are investigating reports the fires may have bee started delibately. zimbabwe's prident, robert mugabe, is committed to a power- shing deal, despite fears that rd-liners are trying to underminit. thais aording to the chaian of his party. this week, zimbabwe's governnt told the bbc tre is no ban on its operations a it can resume reporting legally and openly. anew harding wasiven access to sior officials ohis return. a report now on the heang process taking place in t country. >> believe itr not, things are picking up here. t is hardly a boom town, but this broken nati is tryi. on the stets, the only openly, we are surrounded by a surge of optimism- on the streets, selli -- filming openlywe e surrounded by a surgof optimism. >> hools are closed for a long time. ere isa change. there i a future. >a year ago, we filmed this airily and the supermarket. today, the contra is staggering. of course, are no longer hav

>> we will head to spain where chris martin's spouse gynetp paltrow. >> that is a great point, andy. >> thank you, greg. >> greg: anything else? >> hey, greg, usa, greg, usa. >> greg: love the three letters. there are three of them, right? >> i'm here with fox news correspondent courtney friel. she is so cute the snuggles barytas her as a fabric softener. mary walter. she fills air waves like i fill shallow graves. bill schulz in haiti. he is a transvest. and sitting right next to me is form arkansas governor mike huckabee. he hosts "huckabee." he is also the author of do the right thing. he knows razorbacks like i know fan any packs. and you love to hate him and hate to love him. >> i had something witty to say but courtney friel,. >> greg: there you go, all right. the expected dvd of memories and instead got a lesson in the birds and bees. a california teacher accidentally put home made pornography that was to be filled with school time memories and distributed to her class. it shows stories and clapping and suddenly cuts to sex. one father said it goes from my son straight to her

. >> a deadly day in spain. the first death in more than a decade in the running of the bulls. quest a lightning strike caught

. >>> you can run, but you can't always outrace the bulls of spain. we're going to tell you what happened to four unlucky runners. >>> and ferocious lightning won't keep endeavor on the ground. we'll keep you when the space shuttle is set to liftoff. hey there, you're watching hln, i'm virginia cha, thanks for joining us. it's turning into a deadly weekend in afghanistan, two separate bomb blasts have killed four u.s. marines and a soldier wounded in afghanistan last month has died here in the u.s. that brings the death toll in afghanistan to 649 since october 2001. 106 u.s. troops have been killed there this year alone. the u.s. has ramped up the forces in the country to oust the resurging taliban. >>> held in iraq since 2007 are now back in iran. at least that's what iran's government-backed press tv is reporting. three of the men claim they were diplomats, the u.s. detained the men in northern iraq on january 11th, 2007. they were believed to be part of a group that possibly provides insurgent training. it's not clear who the other two freed men ar

spain comes into the war early in 1779 i believe it was, but not as an ally of the united states. they came in as an ally of the, the french. there was an indication, in fact, that things were not going well in the war for france. it was part of that matter that i addressed in the first hour of the program when things were going badly enough that the french had to step up their activity and send an army over to america. but spain came into the war as what's technically called a co-belligerent, that is not as an ally, but they were fighting the common enemy of the united states. they did make some loans to the united states, loans of money, and the united states was bankrupt and needed every penny it could get its hands on, so the spanish for important from that standpoint. but i think probably the biggest single aspect of the spanish entry into the war was that once spain came into the conflict then the combination of the french navy and spanish navy together gave the allies a numerical superiority on the seas. and it really changed the equation on the, on the seas from that point

. >> a 27 year-old man has been gored to death in spain.s the first death from the running of the bulls their in 14 years. the group of polls is let loose every morning to charge through the streets. it is as famous as an image of britain, the eiffel tower. -- is as famous as an image of britain as the eiffel tower, big ben is 150 years old today. [bells clanging] >> of their burdens spells for 100 -- they are britain's bells for 150 years. a new day, under your -- a new year. the westminster clock tower has come to symbolize london and britain are around the world. but the bells have had a checkered history. for one thing, big ben itself cracked soon after its installation. >> they did not know what to do with it. eventually said it had become an embarrassment. so they turned the bell about 90 degrees to get it away from where the hammer was hitting. they drove a crack from top to bottom to keep it from a cracking any more and it has been ringing ever since. >> the first big ben was set up a new palace yard, but shattered. the metal had be

thrill-seekers descend on pamplona, spain, for the world thrill-seekers descend on pamplona, spain, for the world famous running of the bulls. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning, everyone. i'm dan kloeffler. today we begin with a final farewell. this morning a private funeral will be held for michael jackson who died of cardiac arrest nearly two weeks ago. meantime, tens of thousands of people are dough seescending on angeles for a star-studded memorial service to honor the star of pop. we're joined from outside the staples center in downtown l.a. it's very early but the crowds, are they already forming? >> reporter: there are a few who are showing up, wandering this way. they are very concerned later today as many as tens of thousands of people could actually show up. right now we're in a lockdown area. that started at midnight local time in the quarter of a mile area around the staples center. that means no one can get in without a ticket. we're already seeing lines. the police officers, their concern is people who are beyond the 18,000 who have t

spain is on fire alert, and you can see hot, dry conditis have converd the cotryside into a tierbox. now, wi this behi me, the emgency services e monitoring t countryside to make surthere are no new tbreaks of fire. in the north of t couny, in the regional aidown, fires are stabilizing but have yeto be extinguished. another large place in a national park. six firefitersied battling the fires. there's still danger of more outbrea, spanning temperatures with much of the country at a fire alt. >> obama is ying to step back om a controversy about race. he has been criticized for saying police acte stupidly resting a prominentlack harvard professor. he was ying to enter his own home. here isr. obama's mo qualified statement today. >> becae ts has been ratcheng upand i helped to contribute, i want to make ear at i my choice of words, i think, i unfortunately gave an impssionhat i was malignin sergeant craw specifically. i could have caliber of those words differently. calibrated those word differently. >> presidenobama. china is taking more steps to rela itsone-child policy. some couples a

colorful but dangerous but today the running of the bulls in spain took a deadly turn. >>> spain's running of the bulls today saw its first death in 14 years. a bull separated from the pack and then charged a young spanish man. tv cameras showed him tripping over other runners trying to get away from this bull. the bull gored him in the neck and lung as he tried to squeeze under a fence. he died despite efforts of paramedic. the last person gored to death was an american back in 1995. >>> hln facebook users are weighing in on the running of the bulls. >>> it seems exciting but not for me. i say run at your own risk. >> christopher says it's a tradition like mardi gras. should we not have that since people might get injured or killed? >> michael from louisiana says i'm in support of it especially considering sports in america and the deaths we have in football. who are we to speculate on someone else's culture. >> jeanne says i'm totally against it. i think it's sadistic. >>> thank you for your responses. >>> british tabloids. they're known for being edgy and competitive. now one has gone a

several firemen have been a long the casualties in spain. >> after four days battling flames, emergency services are struggling to contain numerous fires across the country. they dominate the skies near the resort town. >> all of the mounds are on fire, completely on fire. everywhere you look. you cannot see four black smoke and flames. >> they were among a thousand people evacuated from housing developments and seaside hotels. teams of firefighters supported by border planes and helicopters say that the worst is not over. spain is on fire alert, and you can see hot, dry conditions have converted the countryside into a tinderbox. now, with this behind me, the emergency services are monitoring the countryside to make sure there are no new outbreaks of fire. in the north of the country, in the regional air down, fires are stabilizing but have yet to be extinguished. another large place in a national park. six firefighters died battling these fires. there's still a danger of more outbreaks, spanning temperatures with much of the country at a fire alert. >> obama is trying to step back from

a car bomb in northern spain. seeing the good in global warming. the green land community celebrates every time an iceberg melts. not even the greatest olympics -- olympic swimmer of all time could beat this swimsuit. michael phelps comes in second at the world championship. it is 7:00 a.m. in washington, 2:00 in the afternoon in baghdad, mid day in the u.k. where the families of two british security guards have waited and hoped against hope that their family members would be released from captivity in baghdad. the bbc has learned that there very likely to be dead. seized at gunpoint in 2007, the kidnappers, an obscure shiite militia that demanded the release of several members of the american military -- release of several held by the american military. >> they are believed to be two more victims in this long- running iraq hostage tragedy. they were shot dead and the bodies were recovered last month. there is hope that appear moore -- peter moore, their i.t. specialist, is still alive. they were kidnapped more than two years ago in may, 2007. 14 m

the running of the bulls in patch low ma spain. i don't know what is so exciting about this. >> did you see that dude? but residents love to have bulls chase them. >> oh, oh. >> it is fear. some of them get injured. >> trampled. >> and they love to be right in front. but if they can't be in front that's okay, i will ride behind the bull. i just want to be with them. >> what is it? >> i don't know. >> i guess guys look at us and go what is it with your shoe collection so we need to have our own weird thing. that's what i think. i am not going to go chasing after some bull or have it chase after me. >> no. no. >> no. j.c., we have found great weather outside. it is nice out there and we have hot off the presses the allergy update which comes in every day at the beginning of the noon broadcast. let me share this new information with you. grasses in the moderate category, everybody. weeds are low and looks like the mold is w. so lo grass is making you sneeze. here's a look at the numbers, 83. 81 winchester. fredericksburg 84. p.onty of

spain about 4.05. u.s., tenure about 3.72. if you look at why investing occurs, it more because of credit quality. and the u.s. government is one of the better sovereigns. but there is also something interesting, erin. if you look at ten minus twos, italy, spain and the u.s., italy and the u.s. are identical. they have higher yields but the difference is about 2.60s and if you look at spain, 2.40s. so it seems there's a common denominator. it isn't the credit issue so much. but the yield curve steepness seems to be rather uniform. >> bob, i don't want to insult anyone in your extended family line of many generations back, but behind the united states versus italy treasuries, when the yield difference is that small, it sort of makes you think twice about why people have been buying treasuries with such voracity lately. >> well, a little bit of concern over the fact that we might get a double dip in the economy is the main thing. rick didn't mention emerging markets but that stuff's been on fire. getting incredible yields there.

. >> if you're keeping score in pamplona, spain, the bulls are winning. selected the least gruesome images this morning to tell you about the bloodiest week in the recent history of running of the bulls. one rogue bull, straight from the pack, gored four runners, seven seriously injured. >> that was the least gory we could show. >>> also, this week, washington gearing up for a battle of course, the supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor has her confirmation hearings beginning tomorrow. we will check in with george stephanopoulos to get a sense of the key players and the top issues she might face. >>> and you might think of something as incident sounding as a mommy blog would be controversial, but, oh, no, it is. these are stay-at-home moms that write comments about products. for themselves, for their family. some of them accused of payola, right? >> receiving free stuff, the one you're seeing there, she gets a lot of free stuff. she discloses. but some of these bloggers are not telling they're getting free products or even money from the company. >> a new

the other was in spain, a car bomb yesterday. more now on the debate over the controversial health care proposal as lawmakers talk about it. peopleouo how people who do have insurance will be affected. shannon bream has the latest. president obama has promised that americans can keep what they have if they want to. >> he did it again saying that "i am tired of people today -- saying that this is a government takeover." if you like your hospital, you'll be able to keep it. that is what we're hearing across the board. it democratic senator dick durbin hammered home that message. he said the same thing. 70% of people who have their insurance now say that they want to keep it. shepard: there are some critics who have serious doubt about that. >> with insurance interests -- within the insurance industry, a lot of people are talking about how it will be impossible for them to stay in the market. here is what one of their analysts had to say. >> it is hard to envision a scenario under which the government is both the regulator, the tax

. >>> you can run, but you can't always outrace the bulls of pamplona, spain. we'll tell you what happened to four unlucky runners. >>> and ferocious lightning won't keep "endeavour" on the ground. we'll tell you when the space shut cell set to lift off. >>> hey there. thanks for watching hln. i'm virginia cha. the u.s. ambassador to iraq just escaped a roadside bombing today. it happened as ambassador chris hill's convoy was traveling south of baghdad. the u.s. embassy says neither hill nor any other embassy personnel were hurt. the bomb exploded as the ambassador's convoy was driving through a province in southern iraq. the embassy says it appears the convoy was targeted. we'll have more information for you as it becomes available. >>> health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius says the obama administration is not ruling out any options when it comes to a health care bill. appearing on our sister network cnn, sebelius told wolf blitzer lawmakers from both parties have good ideas about a final bill. she said both sides realize the importance of heal

that's the way it is. >> pau gasol. >> what happens when you get back to spain?e for you? did they watch? everybody watch? >> they did watch. i'm so proud of everybody in spain because it's so hard with the time change and everything. three or four in the morning, wake up and actually watch the game and watch us play. they were so excited and so thrilled that we were able to get this amazing trophy. >> will women be enthusiastic about making love to you? >> i'm not quite sure. [ cheers and applause ] i'm not -- i'm not quite sure about that. >> you're not sure? >> there's a way to find out. [ laughter ] >> and trevor, you played for the orlando magic. >> oh, yeah. >> does it make it more fun to beat them since these are the guys you played with? or less fun? >> come on, travis. >> man, to beat them, especially on their home floor was an indescribable feeling. >> really? >> yeah. they traded me away. so to come home and -- [ cheers and applause ] >> there's a big party last night and did anyone do too much celebrating? >> no, everybody was pretty cool. >> everybod

eight people are now known to be killed in the forest fires in spain, which have destroyed hundreds of hectares of woodland. a local convent and a number of homes were evacuated as a precaution. officials report the fires may have been started deliberately. the families of 16 youngsters from the english midlands, who were all born with deformed hands or feet, have won a landmark legal battle against their local council. they claim deformities were due to mothers being exposed to toxic materials, but the local council says they have yet to see evidence of a link. >> today, these families arrived at court, not knowing they were on their way to make legal history. for 10 years, they have argued that their children's deformities were not a coincidence. caused by the cleanup of these old steel works. for decades, steele was their currency, employing more than 10,000. the closure of the plant was devastating. the council needed to replace old industry with new, but first, it had hundreds of acres of contaminated land to clean up. this is what one of the old steel worksites looks like today,

we begin with the four people gored with running with the bulls in spain. others were injured. abc's lama hasan has the latest. >> reporter: it was a bloody day in pamplona, after one of the bull brokes away from the pack and went on a rampage. lifting this man by the horns in a rage before other runners pulled him to safety. bulls are at their most dangerous when the pack stops leaving the animals irritated by the crowd. in total, 11 people were injured today. four of them were badly gored. this year, the running of the bulls is particularly bloody. on friday, a man was gored to death close to the start of the run in the city streets. the first fatality in 14 years after 22-year-old american matthew as itty was killed. 20-year-old british student alex short was one of the lucky runners who escaped. >> got picked by the bull and it flipped me to the ground. it was only due to other people hitting it on the head that took its attention off me. >> reporter: the festival is a symbol of spanish culture, despite protests from animal rights groups, it is the thri

. >>> spain was hit by another bombing today, the second in as many da. it hapned on the island majorca and is being blamed on the basque separatist group et. two police oicers were killed in today's bombing, which targeted the car. planes and ships were blocked for atime fromeaving the reso island as police hunted for the suspects. yesterday, you wi remember in northern spain, a car bomb destroyed aolice barracks, injuring some 60 people. and i too, was blamed on eta. >>> even ashe global econom starts to show signsf recery, people are still losing jobs. germany said today that its unemployment rate se to 8.2% is month. still, the overnment's top labor official saidhe effects of the downturn have been comparatively derate. he poied to aprogram in which almost 2 million people are working few hours with the help of govnment bsidies. in an effort to help companies avoidig job cuts. t now as we hear from deutse wel wee, even some companiesho have benefited from the pgram are findinit hard to continue. reporter: this electrician out of ajob. the official not

from a flood to a trickle, is spain's economy making it less attractive for illegal migrants? this growing concern about the latest deaths from swine flu in britain. tests are taken to find a web of those who died had been suffering from any other conditions. a doctor and a six-year-old girl bring the number in the uk who died after becoming affected to 17. >> herd that has made the headlines this morning. six-year-old chloe buckley is one of the latest victims to die after contracting swine flu. she died on thursday, 48 hours after developing a sore throat. today there are reports that she wasn't given the antiviral drug tamiflu after her doctor. diagnosed her eldest tonsillitis. health officials are still waiting for the post mortem on the little girl to determine whether she was healthy before contracted the virus or whether she had other underlying health problems. for school in north london is now closed until sept.. experts are also waiting for postmortem results on dr. michael day, at a gp. he became another victim one saturday. the 64-year-old had been treating patient

. >> running of the bulls held in spain today. we will have the report. >> we are going to still be covering memorial for michael jackson. ♪ comes a time when we hear a certain call ♪ ♪ when the > a beautiful evening with low humidity, ry, very warm but look at that sky from our sky watcher. the city cam. so i think skies will be for the most part clear or clearing. here is where to look for the international space station this evening. 9:32 and 9:35, it will be quite high in the south-southeast sky. very, very bright. and moving right across the sky, and it will move towards the east, northeast. so look towards the south and it will be above the moon if it is rising and you can see it, too. next seven days, humidity come back by the weekend. back to you. >> thank you, bob. there is a new option for people looking to get rid of wrinkles. last month the fda approve ad new product promising comparable, possible better results than botox. eun yang talked to some people already trying out. >> you look tired you feel tired. it brings y

spain's running of the bulls. four more people gored as they try to outrun a half ton bull on the streets of pamplona. you are seeing spain's largest and most famous bulls alone and isolated from the herd, but not for long. because the bulls, they get separated, they get disoriented and they tend to charge the crowd. i think that's what everyone looks forward to, eric, though. there they go. >> eric: can you imagine doing this? >> jamie: the bull gets out of control, charges one runner, knocks him off his feet, rolls him around and tosses him up against the wall. people are cheering. gets ahold of another runner, tosses him around like a rag doll. two of the runners gored were seriously hurt. a man died friday during the bull run. this is the first one since 1995. i'm not going ever. >> my goodness. >> he lost his pants, eric. >> eric: that was a 288-year-old american who died in 1995. 15 people have been killed in the running of the bulls. they call it a sport. >> jamie: you know what? take a beach vacation. >> e

terry: our on an airplane to spain. you really are -- jonathan, he really is running with the bulls. what do you think? >> well, i wouldn't take the xanex before you run. drink a mountain de w or something. you need a little energy. but jonathan's in great shape, i know he'll be fine. terry: good advice. >> well, i'm looking a little bit on the other side of the world, terry. i mean, i was shocked to find out there's actually pornography available on the internet. i know, it's amazing. apparently it's very popular in japan, because n.t.t. docomo is reporting that the demand in japan is literally strange their servers. and d.c.m. is moving to its own mine these days. it's got a strong bid, and i own it in my file. terry: you've liked that for a while. jonas, what do you think? >> i think that's crazy. that's what i think. because michael jackson blocks our servers, and in japan, it's the pornography. terry: wayne, what do we need to know? >> well, you need to know that congress is debating this health bill, regardless be

. >>> powerful blast in spain. who the target was and who is claiming responsibility. >>> and just how safe is the information on your iphone? the surprising story, coming up. >>> horrible tragedy. the miraculous discovery. the latest on a pregnant woman left to die while her unborn child is cut out of her womb. eyewitness news at 4:00 >>> it is 4:28. 86 degrees. and mostly cloudy. thank you for staying with eyewitness news. i'm denise koch. >> i'm vic carter. here's what people are talking about. >> a massachusetts woman accused of cutting the fetus out of her pregnant friend is being held on $2 million bail. taryl brown reports for wjz that the infant was found in a neighboring state. >> this was the best-case scenario out of this tragedy that we have the child and it appears to be healthy. >> reporter: the mother, darlene hanes was last seen a week ago. it's still not clear when she was killed. monday her mutilated body was discovered in a closet. it was in her home in worcester, massachusetts. but it was not un

. >>> running of the bulls held today in spain, but the bulls weren't really running. we'll tell you about that. >>> and bob is in with another check of our beautiful forecast. >>> this is a lovely way to start july. >> welcome back from your vacation. >> where am i? >> it was a nice vacation. >> it was very nice. i'm very relaxed. >> outside, wonderful day. we had nice, blue sky. we see a blue sky in july and you say, oh, that's a wonrful day. and it is. we've had some of those hazy, milky skies. we'll have those when the humidity comes roaring back. outside today, would have been nice if it were yesterday. for everybody, especially for you folks at the beach with that cool, northeasterly breeze, 85 degrees. average high is either 88 or 89 for about the next four weeks. by the time we get into august 9th, 10th, the average decreases. our current temperature here in washington is still into the 80s. 83 degrees. got that nice, blue sky. because of the low humidity, the heat index is a little bit lower than 83. it feels like it's 82. look to the south, though. 93 degrees

. >> a deadly day in spain. the first death in more than a decade in the running of the bulls. quest a lightning strike caught on camera. >> and lisa baden will be back with another look at your morning commute. w >>> hello. i teach cosmetology here at arlington career center, the science of hair, skin, and nails. >> good morning, washington! >>> welcome back. 6:10 is a time. an oregon boy survived being struck by lightning and it was all caught on tape. but i was overwhelmed with the actual footage of seeing -- i looked -- he looked like a stick figure. but the 14-year-old boy was outside his high school when he was struck. surveillance video captured it all. traveled from his head to his feet. he has since recovered. >> lucky kid. high temperatures in taxes are turning into record breaking usage. wholesale utility was up 10 times the normal rate. texans use more than 62,000 megawatts of electricity between 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. they want to avoid any power outages. >>> 6:11. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. >> much more pleasant here than it is in texas.

it does get hot in spain. it is a tradition.had been a while since the last harry potter film came out. they were wondering the wizard would hold aspell over movies. "harry potter and the half-blood prince had made nearly $160 million disappeared from audience wallets domestically. the success continues. to see the biggest cupcake, take a look. it was unveiled on saturday at the mall of america. it weighs about 150 pounds. it did set a world record. they used 60 pounds of icing to make the record-setting desert. it addup to about 100 thursday -- 130,000 calories. they did not give it away two patrons of the mall because there was not enough frosting. it will go to a farm. 5:52, 69 degrees. a lot more straight ahead. >> the apollo xi went to the moon and back 40 years ago. they are now talking about a nen >>> 40 years ago, the "oprah," module -- four years ago the apollo xi module touchdown on the moon. kathy park has more on the events. >> the astronauts have a busy day. they will be honored today at the white house for their ac

spain's high alert after two bombings. the world of football mourns bobby robson, the former england and barcelona manager who died at the age of 76. >> it's 7:00 a.m. in washington, midday in london, and 3:30 p.m. in kabul. that's where more civilians are being killed because the afghan battlefield is spreading to residential areas. that's the conclusion drawn by the united nations in a new report. it says that 1,013 died in the first half of this year. the figure is 24% higher than the same period in 2008. more than half lost their lives because of taliban car bombings and other attacks. international forces are also criticized, though, for carrying out air strikes. >> the sheer intensity of the fighting which this year did not make its customary break for the winter was the reason for the increase in civilian casualties, and the taliban foreign forces and the afghan army were all to blame. >> stay low! >> the u.n. report said the taliban had based themselves in civilian areas to deliberately blur the distinction between

spain comes into the war early in 1779 i believe but not as the ally of the united states. they came in as the ally of the french it was an indication that things are not going well in the war for france. there was part of the matter that i addressed in the first hour of the program when things were going badly enough the french had to step up their activity and ascended army over to america. but spain came into the war what is technically called as a:belligerent not as the allied but fighting the common enemy of the united states. they did make some loans of money and the united states was bankrupt and needed every penny it could get its hands on purpose of the spanish were important from that standpoint. but dissing single biggest injury is balance spain came into the conflict then the combination of the french navy and spanish navy together gave the allies a numerical superiority of the seas. it really changed the equation on the seas from that point* on. during the award to the best of my knowledge washington had no contact with the spanish. he certainly did as presiden

, and it was a treaty that resolved many of the western differences that had existed with spain. actually from the 1760s all the way down to the 1790s that spain agreed to the southern boundary of the united states, that the united states wanted which is more or less the boundary along georgia and alabama and the florida boundary today extending out to the mississippi river. and they opened navigation, gave the united states the right of navigation on the mississippi river which was absolutely crucial for opening the west because that was the only way that western farmers living in places like kentucky and ohio and indiana and illinois had for getting their goods to market. otherwise they had to bring their goods across the appalachian mountains which was just not, not feasible. so washington concluded that treaty with spain, and it was one of the great triumphs of washington's presidency. >> host: our next question is >> host: next question from phoenix, arizona. go-ahead. >> caller: thank you so much dr. ferling four your time today. the next question general nathan green, was