exain the significance of this. >> reporter: you bet, suzanne. a forward operating base, just as you said, is not like the big international bases we have visited in kabul or bagram, acres and acres. these are locations out in the middle of front line combat zones often simply surrounded by wire, barriers, security checkpoints, troops on patrol. usually several dozen troops at these bases not major bases like you would normally think of. look, some of the big bases have also come under attack, but at these forward locations, security is at a heightened state all the time. so for this to have happened, the key question is how did the insurgents get in. >> barbarastarr. thank you. >>> next door pakistan facing a political crisis. pakist supreme court has ruled that this gentleman will no longer be prime minister. two months ago he was convicted of contempt after refusing to reopen corruption cases against the president. ♪ >>> you may not know this young woman's music, but she was very popular across pakistan and afghanistan. today fans are mourning

>> that is right, suzanne.ook past this issue of immigration as much as possible, and focus on economy, and quite frankly, suzanne, that is the romney campaign strategy no matter which group he is tauklking to. while the obama campaign, you know, has been really going after individual segments of his base like the gay and lesbian community, and like hispanics and like college students, the romney campaigns ha not been doing that. they have been doing almost the general election campaign starting with this issue, and this election is about one issue and that is the economy, and he takes it wherever he goes whether it is a crowd of mostly white voters in michigan or to a group of mostly latino voters here in will florida and that is what he h will do throughout the campaign. we have not heard the romney campaign say they will do anything but focus on the economy from here to november. i did hear from an obama campaign aide who is reacting to the speech, and it was a harsh reaction of the reaction they got from th

suzanne? >> all right. you, alison. >>> he's a young journalist from afghanistan and dodging bullets to bring the horrors of the fighting to life and he's doing it on twitter. >>> a land slide in uganda has killed 18 people. rescuers fear the death toll is going to rise. heavy rain crashed down burying everything in its path. heavy logging has left the land stripped of trees. >>> in afghanistan, on friday, insurgents armed with guns rushed to a hotel. they killed 19 people and held others hostage. while this went on, three journalists rushed there sending out a stream of tweets as the insurgents fought afghan and nape toe troops. he sent sort but powerful messages describing the action. he tweeted here, people pray for us. heavy gunfight all around. several bull lets cross overhead and god, hundreds of shots flying toward us. last hour i asked him what was going on in his head as he went running to that attack. >> there's two minute or one minute of time when you move out of the home and you head to that ar

suzanne. >> all right. alison kosik, thank you. here is what we are working on this hour. >>>uncertainty and fear in egypt with hosni mubarak's apparent death. >>> and would you like your meat without drugs? one group is pushing thaer @&hc% grocery stores secure an antibiotic-free meat. the medicare debate continues in washington... ...more talk on social security... ...but washington isn't talking to the american people. [ female announcer ] when it comes to the future of medicare and social security, you've earned the right to know. ♪ ...so what does it mean for you and your family? [ female announcer ] you've earned the facts. ♪ washington may not like straight talk, but i do. [ female announcer ] and you've earned a say. get the facts and make your voice heard on medicare and social security at earnedasay.org. there's another way to help erase litter box odor. purina tidy cats. only tidy cats has new odor erasers... making it easy to keep things at home... just the way you want them. new tidy cats with

and it will be hotter than that, suzanne. it is going to be 107 degrees in nashville today. >> chad, talk about that. because why extreme heat across the country and more than 100 million folks, one in every third person is going to be impacted by this? >> well shgs, i understand it i fourth of july and people are saying, come on, it is um mer and it happens, yes, i understand it does happen, but many times we say it is not the heat, but the humidity, but this time it is the heat. the humidity is not so bad, but 107 is hot no matter what. and people say, when you move to phoenix, it is a dry heat and no big deal. this is not exactly a dry heat. and it is not muggy and just oppressive, but it is not perfect. so you can cool off with water and make sure there is water on the body and maybe a big wet towel around the neck, but temperatures here from memphis, 103 degrees tonight and you need to get the house cooled down at night, too. there is nashville, 107 for the high temp and it is hot everywhere. columbia, atlanta, and 102-1

suzanne?on, do we think the recovery continues to stall, do you think the fed will actually do more? >> that's actually what the market is hoping. but if you go either way, because the fed takes even more aggressive action, it shows that the economy is worse off than everybody thought. but at the same time, the market wants to kind of get that boost from the fed, and believe it or not, another bad jobs report may just sort of be the medicine or the push for the fed to actually take more aggressive action. suzanne? >> all right. alison kosik, thank you, alison. >>> so this is interesting for a status update. in one state, convicted sex offenders are going to soon have to out themselves to the public on their facebook pages. the top academic performers surprised some people. so did the country that came in 17th place. let's raise the bar and elevate our academic standards. let's do what's best for our students-by investing in our teachers. let's solve this. assure my patients get evthe very best

i'm suzanne malveaux. here's what's going on first. rises again in sir yeah an opposition group says more than 30 people have been killed already and attacked by the regime. children are among the dead. in one town we're told the regime conducted house-to-house raids and set fire to homes. several syrian opposition groups are asking them to consolidate efforts to oust bashar al-assad. >>> president obama will go face to face with president's china. it may not be as cold as the meeting with russia's president, vladimir putin. the two leaders are working on a tough topic, the world economic crisis. debt is the issue number one. the g-20 summit will see if they can fix the crisis. g-20 includes finance ministers and central banks from the united states, mexico, china, plus the european union. >>> high stakes nuclear talks from iran. representatives from six world powers are wrapping up a second round of tense talks. that is happening in moscow. the iranians, they want the world to acknowledge that iran has the right under international tr

>> pretty good, suzanne.s that president obama won in 2008 which actually turned in many ways a lanslide victory for him over john mccain, but romney is trying to go to the states to talk about his economic plan. we have seen along the way, he has received some hecklers and some organized protests from the national democratics here in washington, d.c., but in many ways, that would just say that it has been a success, because he is drawing the attention of the national democrats who are trying to do their best to derail this bus tour. but just a couple of hours ago, he had about 900 people in wisconsin, and we are learning that this is from our own rachel stritfeld who is with him on the road, but a couple hundred people with mitt romney, and scott walker the governor who just survived a recall and paul ryans who oversees the budget process for the republicans here, and also the rnc chairman reince priebus, suzanne. >>> well, i would like to know about the comments that he made in regard to president obama's i

arwa damon, cnn, beirut. >>> i'm suzanne malveaux.n right now. one is a u.s. army helicopter that went down today killing both crew members on board. military officials believe it was shot down from the ground. more details when we get them. >>> also today two separate suicide bombers hit a crowded market in kandahar. at least 22 people were killed. it happened near a nato airfield. >>> and back in the u.s., jury selection has resumed in the child rape trial of jerry sandusky. now, you may recall he's a former penn state assistant football coach accused of sexually abusing te

>> very good questions, suzanne. and i think that we have live pictures of ongoing meeting of the house oversight committee. what we are seeing right now is really they are ticking through what appears as if every committee member is taking the allotted five minutes to say about everything that has been going on. this months of back and forth fighting between this committee and the republican chairman of this committee and the department of justice specifically, attorney general eric holder. this is already a high profile political showdown between the pow erful chairman of this committee and the president's top law enforcement official attorney general eric holder, but with this latest twist of the white house announcing that they are going to insert executive privilege over the documents, at least some of the documents that this committee is seeking really kicks it up a notch. this is from a showdown to full on war between two branches of government. >> why are these documents so important? >> these documents are i

suzanne. >> thank you, ben wedeman.ion policy that allows hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants to stay in the united states is having an impact on hundreds of thousands of american families. we will have the reaction. they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping millions of americans over the centuries. the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. together for your future. ♪ together for your future. you see us, at the start of the day. on the company phone list that's a few names longer. you see us bank on busier highways. on once empty fields. everyday you see all the ways all of us at us bank are helping grow our economy. lending more so companies and communities can expand, grow stronger and get back to work. everyday you see all of us serving you, around the country, around the corner. us bank. one of the miller twins has a hearing problem. but she got

suzanne? >> thank you, john. i want to bring in chad here to talk about tracking the storm, and it seems that the storm is sitting out there, and how is that happening? >> well, the weakening part, and that is a great word weakening, but that means that the winds are not as strong in the middle. this thing has flooding potential. and it is just sitting there. one band of rain after another after another, and there you can see the pictures, and we don't have confirmation that this is a tornado, but if a waterspout does come on shore, it technically becomes a tornado even though it starred as a water spout, and the weather service out tlshhere, and that could have been the localized damage from that, and there is a tornado watch over the eastern state, and back to apalachicola and this is where the tornadoes would form today if we get tornados and bigger cells in the central part of florida for this afternoon in the heat. it is a 45-mile-an-hour storm, and never did get to be a hurricane, and still blowing up more

this has been a process that's taken many years, suzanne. last six months of george w. bush where the drone program was much amplified. it was also al qaeda's own mistakes in iraq where they killed a lot of muslim civilians. they've been losing the war of ideas now for a long time. people got polling data from morocco to jordan, al qaeda, its ideas, suicide bombing, very few people are sympathetic to that range of thought. >> peter bergen, thank you very much. >>> sunny days are going away on cea sesame street in pakistan. >>> then secret surveillance and spying right here in america. muslims are fed up and filing a lawsuit. >>> plus, it used to be a busy commercial street. now it's the stront line of -- front line of battle in syria. [ male announcer ] considering all your mouth goes through, do you really think brushing is enough to keep it clean? while brushing misses germs in 75% of your mouth, listerine® cleans virtually your entire mouth. so take your oral health to a whole new level. listerine®... power to your mouth™. my brother does

suzanne kennedy is following the trial.she is alive in our newsroom with more. >> today we are expecting to hear testimony from a young man whose mother contacted authorities of about sandusky four years ago. her actions triggered the investigation that eventually led upper sandusky's arrest. he faces 52 counts that he allegedly abused and boys over a 15-year period. in opening argument yesterday the prosecution called him a serial predator. the defense says sandusky will tell the jury that taking showers together was a routine in the football culture. the first witness took the stand describing how he was molested in locker room showers and hotel rooms and that sandusky sent him creeping love letters. the defense claims all of the accusers stand to gain financially if they sue penn state, if sandusky is convicted. the trial is expected to last three weeks. abc 7 news, suzanne kennedy. >> closing arguments set for today in the roger clemens perjury trial. the former baseball star is accused of lying to congress when he deni

suzanne pratt, "n.b.r.," new york. >> a nasty sell-off. despite that, charles schwab says investors are pretty confident. a new june survey shows 38% of schwab investors are extremely confident. just 17% have aspects in cash. and 45% said it's a good time to invest in the market. schwab ceo walt bettinger joins us. walt, nice to have you on the program. today was obviously a positive day for investors. but step back and tell us a little bit about the mood of investors these days. >> i certainly will. thank you, susie, and thanks for the invitation. what we're hearing from investors, you can summarize in two themes. the first is a lack of confidence. even though there's a percentage of investors who feel great about the market, the majority of investors look at what the market has done in recent times and are nervous, uncomfortable, and not quite sure as to the steps they should take. the second theme we're hearing from investors is they are tremendously focused on risk management. they want to make sure that the investments that they make

suzanne kennedy is checking in by phone. give us a sense of what you're seeing out there. >> all of a sudden these guys started to live up with lightning. we had to pull our equipment inside. pretty good rainfall for a period of time. right now we are in a medium grade phase ran out. we are getting some rain right now. keeping an eye on the road out here. it looks like we will get hit by something sand. we were expecting high winds. we are keeping an eye on trees. we are keeping an eye to see if any will be a brought down by having gusts moving through the area. as i said, in the next 20-25 minutes. [unintelligible] right now we are keeping an eye and was coming down for the pike. >> good deal. susan kennedy reporting to us from a phone and hyattsville. >> we are checking in with the airports and we have heard of flights arriving into bwi- marshall reagan, and dallas are all arriving 2.5 and three hours late. there are still trying to get some word on departures. arrivals are very late so if you have anyone coming into town,

suzanne, here is why it matters.mney runs for president, his main theme is i can do a better job creating jobs than president barack obama. so what do americans think of all this? well, listen, you know, i know, the economy and jobs remains the top issue on the minds of american voters, has been for a couple years, and still is by far over any other issue. and americans seem to be divided between who can do a better job on jobs, president obama or mitt romney. both nationally and in some crucial state polls. so that is why these numbers are so crucial every month when they come out. it's the most important economic number in politics right now. both sides, as you say, they do have some very different philosophies on how to stimulate jobs. the president and mitt romney. romney is saying let the private sector lead the way. >> paul, i thought it was interesting, i don't know if you had a chance to take a look at this, what happened at the white house yesterday. you had president obama hosting the former president georg

suzanne? >> thank you, rafael romo. people around the world, and one of the issues is how the bring peace to a place where there only seems to be violence and war joinwar. join joining me now is a woman who is using sports to bring peace. join joining me is the new york marathon winner who is now a u.n. peace ambassador who is hoping to end the fighting in uganda and also one of the women who sits on her board, wendy. i have to ask you, did you go running this morning? you have been running here since you got here? >> yes, i have to be honest, i did not go this morning. i wish i had. did you go? >> for a little bit of a run. >> you go in the afternoon. >> you to tell the viewers first of all, you are the world's fastest woman twice in the olympic olympics and what was your time for the marathon? >> my time is 2:27 in new york, but the other one was 2:20 is the fastest african woman in the world. >> i do marathons and three hours later behind you. >> well, i have heard that people run it in three hours is not easy. >> yo

. >> i'm suzanne pratt in new york. tonight, we kick off our special series on the fed with a look back at how it got its start. "nightly business report" is brought to you by: captioning sponsored by wpbt stocks were higher on continued hopes of more economic help as soon as next week from the federal reserve. the dow rallied 115. the nasdaq was up 36. the s&p 500 gained almost 14. for the week, the dow gained 1.7%. the nasdaq was up half a percent. and the s&p 500 rallied 1.3%. the rally came despite more evidence of a slowing economy today. consumer sentiment, industrial production and new york-area factory output all were down in the past month. >> susie: as we reported, greek voters head to the polls on sunday and all indications show this will be a close election. so close, the results may not be known until late sunday evening. as darren gersh reports, greeks know the stakes are high. >> reporter: unlike last month's loud, angry election, political analyst nick carahalios says the mood in greece now is thoughtful

suzanne pratt takes a look at why investors have already moved on. >> reporter: so much for the greek elections giving u.s. stocks good reason to rally. despite the hopeful outcome yesterday in athens, investors today were stressing about the global economy. exacerbating those concerns: rising bond yields for spanish and italian debt. experts say that means the fear of a european contagion is heating up. >> this is the problem with the eurozone. it's 16 or 17 countries, kind of like herding cats. i means it's almost impossible. if it's not one thing, it's another country. >> reporter: worries about europe's financial crisis caused a selloff in u.s. stocks that began in may and resulted in a 10% slide for the s&p 500. in the last few weeks, however, it has recouped about 5%. still, europe's mess is likely to keep the u.s. stock market volatile this summer. and, some market pros predict a rally this fall, as investors realize the u.s. economy is in okay shape, relatively speaking. >> the modest growth we're seeing here is pretty dependable in the united states. and i think around the wo

coming up on coffee with, it's suzanne summers.she has a new book out, this time it's her secrets that redefine ageing. the latest on the morning commute and bernadette is going to update this hot,,,,, pooches and puppies, we are fed up with being fed on. we demand k9 advantix ii. it not only kills fleas and ticks, it repels most ticks before they can attach and snack on us. frontline plus kills but doesn't repel. and a tick that isn't repelled or killed may attach and make a meal of us. so let's put our paws down in protest and raise our barks to rally till we all get k9 advantix ii. join us at poochprotest.com. [ male announcer ] ask your veterinarian about k9 advantix ii. >>> good morning. it's going to be a hot one this afternoon. summer officially arrives and we have heat advisory starts at noon rg continuing not only -- noon, continuing not only today but also tomorrow. temperatures already up there during these early morning hours. 71 in baltimore, 74 in dc. we're going to rise because of this air mass out to our west. it do

suzanne kelly went looking ffr answers. 3 --reporter pkg-as follows -- from the new head of al qaedae ayman aa awaairi... to terrrr propaaandist aymannal awlaki... ...using the internet to spread the jihadist message is a tool of the traae for terrorists google greed to remove ssmm 660 terrorist videos from youtube at the request of law enforcement officiall in the propaganda and do-it-yourself terror triccs posted in thh form of videos. the problem with trying to take some of the more egregioussmaterial pff the internet, is that it has a way of popping righh back up again. "in a sense a whack mole type of thing where especially activists n the west create 20 or 30 youttbe accounts ann they primarily use one and then if sommbooy flags it they just take it down and go to the next one. so it's sort of this cattann mouse game that you're parent company to youtube, does have a policy for dealiig with terrorist content online." their "community guidelines prohibit dangerous or illegal activities such as bomb maaing, hate speech, and pncitemenn to commit violent acts." with liierally hundr

suzanne pratt, nbr. >> tom: he's the founder of dean crutchfield with us at the nasdaq. you heard the disney ceo crawl it a smart business strategy. do you agree? >> it was a simple statement but a big move by disney i think will have huge ramifications for its business mostly i believe positive. i think this is a tremendous effort on their part and a very big surprise move whether they've leapfrogged an entire category and projected themselves to be the voice of health and wellness for children around the world. >> tom: how does that ad to the financials that disney may see post-2015 when it takes effect? >> what you'll find is other brands and corporations are going to look to create either new products, portfolios or look at what they have in their offers and look at what's better four and work with disney to look at what those criteria are. there will be a progression and potentially modification in products given the power and momentum that this move will make it will have i am publi im for others. >> tom: we're talked about nickelodean and viacom or cartoon network