back, through the hills that line syracuse, new york.rten. and believe it or not, that's me, camera shy. and these are images of a time gone by, the parades, the flags, carried through downtown syracuse. as you drive through it now, the factories that once fueled the economy, factories like syracuse china -- at its height, 1,200 workers. last year, the last of the jobs went overseas. tim louck's job among them. >> they think they can fool the rest of the world into believing they're still making syracuse china, when they're actually making it in china, china. >> reporter: and we found this everywhere. the tv station i wrote to when i was 12 years old. my parents brought me here to intern, got my first job. and look, all that sits here now, nothing but a giant "for sale" sign. a long ways from those early days i remember here, that tv jingle. ♪ you've got the spirit ♪ say you're from syracuse that spirit 20 years ago bruised but not gone here. so many laid-off workers now sitting at computers. of the 13,000 who finished the program, 60% h

you have the pilot program in syracuse. my question is kind of to the entire panel and kind of deals with civic responsibilities. since we do not have laws that go across the whole united states, what can we do to actually empower citizens to help kind of enforce this? have we considered in the autonomous online databases that maybe can khmer to the company but also to the dot or fscsa were concerned citizen can actually report a person -- let's just say a passenger in the car can report another driver that is text messaging while driving? especially in the areas where we do not have as much enforcement. i think there needs to be some type of way where we can empower and educate people, even if it sends them something in the mail this is this is a warning for text messaging and driving because it puts people at risk. >> any of our panelists? >> i think that is a really interesting suggestion, and it is something that we will consider. i guess i wonder -- those are the types of things you want to verify before you would have

looks like syracuse and utica will get hit with rain too along with upstate portions of new york and the rest of the forecast looks dry and warm. that's from d.c. all the way up to boston. temperatures today are going to be about 10 to 15 degrees warmer than yesterday. talking 91 in d.c. today, 88 in philadelphia. the humidity won't be too bad but 86 in new york. as far as the forecast goes tomorrow, more of the same. temperatures are going to be very warm from new york to d.c. you notice some cooler air, though, arrives through albany and boston. for you in boston it's one more day of summer today and then tomorrow gets cooler but for d.c., you're going to have to wait till saturday or sunday to get out of the 90s, high of 94 friday so the nation's capital, one of the hottest summers ever and this is only going to add to it. >> fall isn't really upon us just yet. bill, thank you >>> who got bounced from "dancing with the stars" and who got bounced out of japan? >>> plus, right now he's down about as low as can be but at least one friend is proudly standing by him. your "first look"

we started in syracuse with retraining workers for computer jobs.rs, government and businesses are linking arms. tonight ron claiborne takes us to california where unemployment is three times the national average and the future offers the way out. >> reporter: growing up in oakland this, was home. my mother and neighbors kept manicured gardens and my brother keith and i played. this is the hometown i came back to, now 50 years later. i remember going to movies at the grand lake theater. the thrill i got from one of the first movies i ever saw, "the seventh voyage of sinbad." but a lot has changed since i was here in the 50's. around the corner up here was a hamburger stand. look, right here, see this? this was here for years and years. must have just closed down. ocie henderson was my best friend growing up, he says the idyllic oakland i knew began to fade in the 1960's. then, after that, the businesses started moving out. already trapped in a long decline, the latest recession hammered oakland, in just three years, unemployment surged to more than

pretty clear out there but in buffalo showers heading your way and utica and syracuse and rochester you'llrobably need your umbrellumbrella. everybody else dot not. yesterday in the low 40s. get an idea it's much warmer. look at the forecast. mid-80s in most locations, 88 in philly, in d.c. we should be around 91. i think d.c. will see three days in a row of 90-degree heat so once again you'll turn the air conditioner back on just when you thought you were finally done. the rest of the country, the big warm-up continues out there. especially in areas around dallas to atlanta or orlando, this has been a very hot week and today it will continue. the one area that cools off is arizona. today we could get rain at about 91 so we actually are going to have a tropical depression in the bay of california. it's going to send some of that moisture to phoenix of all places. could have flash flooding the next two days. >> 91 in washington today. >> going to be 94 it looks like thursday or friday. >> wow, late september heat. all right, bill. thanks so much. turn to sports now and start with the heated

yesterday, you may have seen david muir taking you to his hometown of syracuse to see how factory workersg jobs. well, tonight, we are off to louisville, kentucky, and some of the places and people i love. in memory, home is my first bike, playing dress-up on the front lawn. and a street called sterling road that still seems like a blueprint for norman rockwell painting. there was a story, my dad, and other world war ii veterans, got loans to build houses here together. adding the methodist church at the end of our road. and this was our house. once, when the owners let me wander through, i found upstairs, our old wallpaper. >> it is the same? >> reporter: absolutely our wallpaper. i remember the little flowers. and on the door to the attic? diane, 5'8". back then, the average income was $5,300. unemployment, 5.5%. we different have a lot, but it felt so secure. fla flashforward to louisville today. unemployment, 9.7%. 63,000 people still looking for work tonight. big lines just to get an application. >> i was just speaking to people in line. some of them don't have utilities on in their

she played college basketball at syracuse so just like donovan, she's got game.rett. >> yeah, i think more important that donovan wins on sunday than she wins on saturday but still nice to see everybody competing. there's greg tolen live in sterling. >>> now the toyota play of the day. >> reporter: it comes from alex and number 8 here in burgundy and gold is hannibal robinson and that is a killer 30-yard touchdown run. that is our clip of the season so far. if you'd like to become a campus correspondent, get a free flip cam and maybe a $5000 scholarship, log onto d.c. highschoolsports.net to apply. >>> it has been four weeks since stephen strasburg had has tommy john surgery. it will be between 50 to 45 more weeks before he can pitch in a major league baseball game again. he does not count patience among his most priced venture furs virtues. he says he's going to follow doctors' orders. >> they have it mapped up all the way up until when you throw your first professional pitch. if i'm doing well, i could -- everything could get sped up, might have to take a coupl

first, we went to syracuse, rewriting history by retraining workers.e citizens and churches have banded together. . and then, out west to the city of oakland, an unlikely owe way sis of green jobs. well, tonight, we travel to bill weir's hometown, milwaukee, where they are fighting to keep jobs in the usa. >> reporter: it seems only proper to come home on rented milwaukee steel. see, when i was a kid with questionable style, harley-davidson hummed. the breweries flowed. and "happy days" was in primetime. but then fonzi jumped the shark and our hometown seemed to follow. milwaukee was once bigger than atlanta or dallas or boston. but hundreds of thousands followed the jobs out of town, even harley threatened to leave last month until $30 an hour union workers agreed to a seven-year wage freeze. i head into the old neighborhood, filled with anxious dread. yeah, this is it. my folks split up when i was pretty young. and since my dad had been in the army, mom qualified for v.a. housing, so, some of my earliest childhood memories were formed right here in t

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months, danny espinoza has played for the vermont lake monsters, the harrisburg senators and the syracusehiefs. three weeks ago they took a flyer on the kid and promoted him to the major leagues. good flyer. nats and a astros tonight. that is him on third having tripled. and that is desmond bringing him in. 1-0 nats in the third. next inning michael moors making us for get about josh willingham. his 12th. the nats still trailed 3-2 in the 7th. until youngest pi know za strikes again -- young espinoza strikes again. they take their second straight 4-3. o's trying to pull off a sweep against the red sox but big pop pea has other ideas. kevin millwood hangs on the ball. sox undo the o's 6-1. it has been 140 days since the capitals last played a hockey game and they spent every one of those games trying to forget it. it was game seven. they lost that game. tonight the ex orcism began. hat trick for the former colorado avalanche made it 2-0 caps. then three minutes later one of the first two goals in the game, caps start the season with a 6-2 win. finally tonight if you're from the state of al

if there was really record turnout, if they did mobilize people in erie county and albany and syracuseo the polls, those are the voters they're going to need in november if they're going to have a shot against a well funded popular democrat like andrew cuomo. >> wnbc's andrew joining us from rick lazio's headquarters. really invaluable to have you on the program tonight. thank you so much. >> happy to be here. >> so the right, the conservative part of america, owns most of the media real estate this season. but the left has tonight punished an establishment democrat as well. some big and unexpected news from new hampshire coming up. along with "washington post's" ezra kline. he same, consider th: a tornado hits, air life denver takes off... their night-vision goggles keeping the rescue mission safe... and powering those goggles-- the only battery air life trusts: duracell. trusted everywhere. ♪ well, it feels so good [ female announcer ] new charmin ultra soft has an ultra-cushiony design that's soft and more absorbent. so you can use four times less versus the leading value brand. new

great duction in phone use with those elements in sit advertise like hartford, connecticut, and syracuse new york. >> i was trying to concentrate on two different things. >> while tests like this leave little doubt for anyone that texting can prove deadly. it's not the dangers of texting and driving that are in dispute, just what to do about it. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, washington. >>> starting this friday it will be illegal to talk on your phone while driving in maryland. coming up at 5:00 tonight, chris gordon has a live report on why some say the ban is the wrong way to fight distracted driving. >>> investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a three alarm fire that killed several cows. that fire broke out last night at the livestock exchange in marshall. fire officials say between 200 and 250 cattle were inside the barn at the time. crews were able to free most o them, but five were killed. the facility itself was not significantly damaged but the holding area was destroyed. for now, farmers will need to finded a new location to ehange their cattle. >>> the rush hour is ge

. >> in harlem what they're doing in the say yes district in syracuse, they have services around the schools, emotional services. after school services. so if parents are working, kids are safe. health services. cradle to college services so that we level the playing field for poor kids. that is not a substitute for good instruction. we need good teachers, curriculum and we can solve t s this. that's what finland does. that's what we should do. >> it's an embarrassment that we are what we are. we know we're not number one. us and them is killing us. >> we have to do it together. parents, teachers, our union is in. >> couldn't agree more and count the media in as well. as far as nbc is concerned. a pleasure to see you again. to newark we go. 15 miles from where sitting now, one of the most prevalent examples. look to newark, new jersey, home of one of the most troubled school systems in this country, now with hopes for a brighter future ahead. >> july, 1967. all hell breaks loose on the streets of newark, new jersey. disenfranchised black residents riots for six days. in the end, 26 p

at a high school in syracuse, new york, students are findi ii packets of baby carrots alongside packages of cookies and chips in the vending machines. many are looking for ways to encourage students to make healthier choices. cnn student news anchor joins me now because he's had some very candid conversations with some young people in public schools about healthy eating and what's on the menu and what they prefer and don't prefer. what i remember about school lunch lunches, tator tots and pizza. >> these students are in tune to what they should be eating. one good side effect of the obesity epidemic in america is more schools are focused on educating student about what they should eat and more parents at home and many of you have had conversations with your students about what they should eat. at a high school in atlanta, grady high school, i spoke to director of nutrition for atlanta public schools and a number of students about what options there are and why students sometimes pweubg thickd why sometimes they don't. >> if you asked students by in large at the middle school level and hi

syracuse, 55 degrees, that is it. as we go saturday and into sunday, struggling to get out of these 50s but at least the drier air will be moving back in. at least we have that. >> thanks, adam. appreciate that. if you have photos or video to share with us from the massive east coast storm, send your pictures from anywhere, i don't care where you live. you can do so through first person at msnbc.com or send them to me directly on my facebook page in a message or post them on twitter or send them in an e-mail. >>> we have breaking news coming to us now that jimmy carter, the former president is going to be released from the hospital in cleveland, ohio within this next hour. we're expecting that to happen within an hour. he's been there for a couple of days and doctors believe it was probably a viral infection that gave the former president stomach problems. he got sick during a flight on tuesday from atlanta to cleveland that forced him to miss several of his scheduled book appearances. he was doing to promote the new

i was at syracuse university and i had an opportunity to talk to educators.ut class, what's yours. they don't have it. anyone who wants to be a teacher can be a teacher, and that's unfortunate, we, those of us who create the educators and monitor them need to take responsibility. i as a principal need to take a responsibility for the circumstances that occur in my building. i'm saying that we appreciate the gifts that are being given to educators and communities, but until such time that there's a fundamental way to operating schools, putting children above everything else, we'll continue to see this. we can see in our time we can change the way children's lives occur. i see it every single day. i'm saying we know how to solve this problem, run more effective schools, get rid of bad teachers, get rid of bad principals, and, as well, fire bad superintendents. >> steve perry, thanks for joining us. appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >>> have you ever wondered what it was like to be in the middle of a hurricane? reynolds wolf will show it to you next. but first we w

. >> reporter: marsh, a professor at syracuse university, lost her daughter, vanessa, on 9/11.he first heard what had happened, she was on a trip to toronto. she called home. >> james answered the phone. and he just said, mommy. vanessa. >> reporter: as the years have passed, she has managed to get past the debilitating anger she once felt. >> the anger is never healthy. the anger is never healthy. >> reporter: you were angry? >> i was angry. and i let that go. >> reporter: and yet, the pain and the sense of loss never entirely go away. >> 9/11 is every day. and every day, it can come. you know? every day, it's the backyard without the grandchild. it's another day i haven't seen her. >> each one of the people we spoke to said the same thing about how they are coping. they said life does go on. they have found a measure of happiness in work or family or the things they used to enjoy. it's just their lives are different, changed, dan, forever. >> incredible piece of reporting, ron. it was really interesting to hear those people talk. >> it was tough talking to them. even so much

. >> these ladies and daughters are from syracuse. that's right.ations become law? 1938, 1968, 1976, or never? >> b. [ buzzer ] >> everyone has a story. >> she loves singing that song. >> the correct answer is -- never. >> the united states has no federal law mandating vacations. of course most workers get vacations. but in europe, the average workers gets 20 days guaranteed paid vacation. so that's practically a month of work. but no, 1938, we got an eight-hour workday and a 40-hour work week, but we never got a mandated paid vacation. >> got it. back across to kath. >> in what city did the first labor day parade take place, chicago, new york, boston or washington? >> chicago. [ buzzer ] >> another. >> they're thrilled, look at them. the correct answer is new york. >> new york, 1882, the first labor day parade takes place unofficially, we forget, labor day is really how hard it was to be a working man or woman in the late 19th century. it was a long struggle. so labor day was created to work for the eight-hour work day and also to organize workers

if there was really record turnout, if they did mobilize people in erie county and albany and syracusee polls, those are the voters they're going to need in november if they're going to have a shot against a well funded popular democrat like andrew cuomo. >> wnbc's andrew joining us from rick lazio's headquarters. really invaluable to have you on the program tonight. thank you so much. >> happy to be here. >> so the right, the conservative part of america, owns most of the media real estate this season. but the left has tonight punished an establishment democrat as well. some big and unexpected news from new hampshire coming up. along with "washington post's" ezra kline. i want to give my 5 employees health insurance, but i just can't afford it. i have diabetes. i didn't miss a premium payment for 10 years. and i'm worried if i lose my job, i won't be able to afford insurance. when i graduated from college, i lost my health insurance. the minute i got sick, i lost my insurance. not anymore. not anymore. not anymore. america's healthcare reforms change lives for the better. to find out

, and thirdly, you have to have these kind of wraparound services that jeff does in harlem, that syracuseild a college education if they graduate from high school. we have to promise kids, particularly kids who are falling behind, that we are going to do things to level the playing field. we have to do all three of them, and i agree, all of us have to take more responsibility. >> larry: we'll be right back with our remaining moments. mill. state farm insures more drivers than geico and progressive combined. it's no surprise, with so many ways to save and discounts of up to 40%. so call an agent at 1-800-state-farm or go online. >> larry: two quick things, should michelle rhee keep her job? >> that will be for the new mayor to -- look. i think michelle's heart is in the right direction, but when you have this system, you need the mayor and michelle, the new mayor and michelle to make that decision. >> larry: you don't think it's going to work? >> you know, let them make that decision. >> larry: someone said to me earlier that the problem they had with the union was there's this teacher, th

, and thirdly, you have to have these kind of wraparound services that jeff does in harlem, that syracuseg every child a college education if they graduate from high school. we have to promise kids, particularly kids who are falling behind, that we are going to do things to level the playing field. we have to do all three of them, and i agree, all of us have to take more responsibility. >> larry: we'll be right back with our remaining moments. words alone aren't enough. our job is to listen and find ways to help workers who lost their jobs to the spill. i'm iris cross. we'll keep restoring the jobs, tourist beaches, and businesses impacted by the spill. we've paid over $400 million in claims and set up a $20 billion independently-run claims fund. i was born in new orleans. my family still lives here. i'm gonna be here until we make this right. >> larry: two quick things, should michelle rhee keep her job? >> that will be for the new mayor to -- look. i think michelle's heart is in the right direction, but when you have this system, you need the mayor and michelle, the new mayor and michel

he is the commanding officer of the syracuse cracktraffic divis. his traffic division is currently working with you department of transportation on an important demonration program testing the effectiveness of distracted driving squalls. this approach is being tested by his division and shows great promise as for changing critical distracted driving behavior. with that, we will start with molly. [applause] >> you. blinged kila secreta-- than you. the topic is an important issue for stateegislators across the country. before i provide the legislative update on distracted driving, i would like to take a few minutes to talk about n.c.l. and what we do. we are the bipartisan organization for the state legislatures of our nation's 50 states, and well and territories. this means we represent more than 7800 state legislators and approximately 35 legislative staff. our primary mission is to approve the quality and effectiveness of state legislators to promote policy innovation in communication among state legislators and insu state legislators have a stron

rhodes college, bryn mawr, emory & henry and syracuse. what about rhodes makes it go on top?. it's a school in memphis, tennessee. it's small. 80% of their students participate in some sort of community service. the number two school is also a fantastic small school. it's wofford college and about 700 alums are doctors but also another 700 or 800 are clergy. so we -- what we wanted to do was put out rankings that were more than just -- these are the top 25 though we do have the most desirable list which is fantastic. we wanted to make sure we looked at other things, like what kind of student body were you looking for when you're looking for a school? >> right. how about the 25 most diverse schools? they are in order penn, brown, overland, nyu. is it surprising that an ivy league like penn ranks at the top of that list. >> no it doesn't. penn is in an urban area, a big school. i think they make an effort to be very inclusive and we -- i'm not at all surprised. i think there is a smaller school on there that might surprise you, a new school called soka university of america and

that went on in hartford, connecticut, in syracuse, new york, where we gave grants to each of those cities for police to sit on the corner. they wrote thousands of tickets, and the amount of distracted driving went down dramatically as a result of of their enforcement. >> woodruff: a need for more federal laws? laws at the national level? >> that's right, judy. we really do support congress passing a law. we think a national law can be very helpful the way a national law for our seat belts, click it or ticket, a national law for drunk driving has really given people the motivation to buckle up. and the drunk driving laws obviously have taken a lot of drunk drivers off the road. they think a national law would be good. there are a couple pending in the senate. we hope the congress will pass a national law. >> woodruff: speaking of that, i think you told my colleague ray suarez last year at this same time that you were meeting with senators, you were hoping to get some movement. why hasn't there been movement on this? >> well, i think we can say that for a lot of issues, judy, around here. b

. >> on his promise, let's bring in david cay johnston, professor at syracuse university's law schoolconomist for tax notes. thank you for your time. >> good evening, keith. >> we're being told now that extending the tax cuts will translate to jobs next year. we were told in 2001 the tax cuts would create jobs and increase wages. what happened? >> well, the policy failed if you just look at the data and the numbers. and you -- it is unmistakable what happened? during the eight years the bush administration there were only 3.5 million jobs created. seas the same number created in the eight years of the eisenhower administration when we had a lot smaller population, population grew faster than jobs. and people's incomes went down. people are getting 94 cents on the dollar in real terms for what they got in the year 2000. clearly this didn't work. >> but even if the job creation promise failed and income did not go up, that promise failed, were not people at least better off because as mr. bush liked to say they got to keep more of their own money? >> well, there are two groups of people

syracuse, new york. independent line. caller: thank you for accepting my call. i would like to say that the basic core of america is, and has always been, the people. the people of this nation is an industrious people. we have always been a manufacturing country. we have always produced in this country. that is what has found at this country, that is what started it, that is what kept it going. when a government goes against what the corps is and outsources and allows companies to outsource resources the country needs to sustain our economy, then that government works against its own people. and the fact that you just had on their about the senate bill for the outsourcing companies having to pay a higher tax. in my view, that should have been passed, no questions. when a country does not produce, does not export, the people are the ones that suffer. and i would just like to say that the immigrant situation isn't the problem. it is the illegal immigration that is causing a problem in this country. host: thank you from syracuse. next is texas. democrats line. good

what canada and what syracuse is doing. >> after our interview with president obama yesterday, you also have to remember you can't only point your finger at teachers there, issues of poverty, families that aren't together, parents that aren't involved, there's a lot of blame to go around. >> that's why we keep pushing for these wrap around services because we have to help all kids regardless of whether parents are engaged. i love those parents that were engaged in the movie. but we have to help all kids. >> it makes the teacher even more important so that's why having only good teachers in those classrooms is important. >> let me say one more thing is that none of us can tolerate bad teaching or bad teachers. but there's not a bad teacher et epidemic in this country, there are teachers whoever day work their hearts out for their students, they take money from their pockets to help with school supplies, let's root them on, let's help them, help them do a good job because they need to be rooted on by americans. >> it's 19 minutes after the hour, once again here's meredith. >>> there's a p

what took place in syracuse new york and hartford, connecticut, with good enforcem and just a whole range to draw the attention of the country with the fact that distracted driving is epidemic and they think they can drive and use the phones and they can't. >> and you are the u.s. secretary of transportation, do you like anything for a federal or national model when it comes to the laws? >> i do. senator rockefeller from west virginia and senator clover will be speaking today. rockefeller has a good bill which would outlaw texting and driving. and we think that's a very good first start and we'll work with congress and hopefully they'll pass a bill this year. >> and this latest we have is the texting and cell phone usage, but you see folks doing all kinds of things behind the wheel. steve saw someone reading a book. i've seen people putting on makeup, is there a ability to be safe? >> you need to put both hands on the wheel and both eyes on the road. it's an epidemic with cell phone use and blackberries because everybody thinks they have them and everybody thinks they can do it where ever

. >> at least four people are dead after a double decker bus struck a railroad bridge near syracuse, that bus was traveling from philadelphia to toronto and it apparently was too high to pass under the bridge. at least 20 people were on the bus at the time. several were injured. a company spokesman said the bus was off its normal route when it crashed. >>> those are the headlines at this hour. now back to chris. >> betty, thank you very much. so, what are the lessons learned in years since 9/11. joining us exclusively from ground zero is the new york city fire commissioner whose department lost 343 members that tragic day. commissioner, good morning to you. >> good morning, chris. >> i know this is a very difficult day for you and you have a full agenda and really appreciate you taking the time. i want to ask you quickly, though, how different is the fire department here in new york city than the department that answered that call nine years ago? >> well, we have made tremendous amount of changes. you know, after september 11th, when you lose 343 members, you certainly look at the wa

we will want to bobby, syracuse, new york. independent line. caller: i've watched a lot of what is going on and i do not understand why people are not giving americans more credit than they deserve. most average, middle-class americans, they are seeing through the tea party, seeing that things are not changing. for instance, where was the tea party over the last few years with bush cheney? all of a sudden with it the chaos that we have now, the tea party comes out into a lot of average americans it just looks like another part of the right- wing republicans, bashing the democrats and obama who are trying to do some good. our american system of voting, it seems like every time we vote someone in, be it the clinton administration for getting passed another administration, we do not seem to want to vote for each other. i have a banking background and many of us in the network had been waiting for these political parties that was supposed to go to small banks and credit unions. where is that helping the american small businessmen? caller: let me gi

host: norma in syracuse, new york. democrat line. caller: hello. i am 82 years old. please, please do not cut me off. i remember dick durbin speaking about this issue on the floor until he was blue in the face. he said, how can you issue credit cards to college students who have no means of paying the debt they would incur? republicans voted to give credit card companies carte blanche. consequently, these companies set up shop on college campuses across the country and they also issued multiple credit cards to millions and millions of americans who used them to get into mountains of debt. guest: i am going to see senator durbin tomorrow, and i will tell him that norma was a real close student of his speech. you are right, credit-card companies were peddling fees to everybody and anybody. i have a credit card, they are good things, but you have to have the ability to pay back your charges. there has to be a connection between the use of credit and the ability to pay it back. credit card companies did not particularly care as long as you paid it back. as long as they c

host: syracuse, new york, ray on the republican line. caller: good morning. c-span rocks, and thank you. the comment by the professor nicely illustrates a potential problem with pulling accuracy. the professor called for claimed as a fact that obama is a christian. that, presumably, is his opinion. to show us as fact he would have to have a valid definition and then show credible evidence that obama meets the definition, which to my understanding, i have not seen anything along those lines. guest: i do not know quite how to respond to that. i think there is overwhelming evidence that obama is a christian. he has described himself as a christian. he has been a member of christian churches. host: and further, he has written about it. guest: absolutely, there is no credible evidence that i have seen that he is anything other than a christian. host: id in rating gap, ga., has been cold. been cold. caller: i have been polled , i think, twice. one was what you were talking about before. host: did you answer it? caller: i got most of the way through and it seemed to

if you look at the radar, buffalo, syracuse, rochester, rain sliding in your way.that will happen probably in the next hour or two. temperatures are warm. not like yesterday morning where it was cold around providence and hartford. in the 60s, later today, it will feel like mid summer. temperature in the mid 80s in most locations. look at washington, d.c., topping off at 91. new york city, you have three days of summer. then we return to much cooler weather, especially sunday. 88 on thursday and on friday. that's almost like beach and pool weather. the rest of the country is very warm, too. 91 in atlanta. cooler weather is from chicago to minneapolis. in arizona flash flooding around phoenix. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. lord of the carry-on. sovereign of the security line. you never take an upgrade for granted. and you rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a full-size or above. and still pay the mid-size price. i deserve this. [ male

and third, this is why what they're doing in harlem, up in syracuse.e conditions that trump socioeconomic issues. so after school programs, early childhood programs, the health programs that we see. so ultimately we need to help the whole child. but let me end with this, the teachers in america -- most of them are incredible people. they dig deep into their pockets to help kids all the time with supplies. they're in schools early and in schools late. we need to help them do a great job with kids. all of us have to change, but we need to help the great teachers in america do a great job. >> i think a lot of people would agree with that. thanks for joining us this morning. >> thank you, thank you. >>> 46 minutes after the hour now. and still to come on the most news in the morning, rob marciano has the travel forecast. >>> and we've seen some democrats trying to distance themselves from president obama. but one democrat is taking it a step further. in siding with former president bush. details just ahead from the cnnpolitics.com desk. tdd# 1-800-345-2550

so although i was heartened to hear what happened in the syracuse experiment.'s still not great data. there's still going to be a need for special studies on distracted driving and the incidences of distracted driving. with respect to driver education and licensing the states here again have been very active. 23 states have driver education materials on distracted driving, 32 states have sections in their driver's manuals and 17 states test for distracted driving and we expect those numbers to go up in the future. the next slide, with respect to education and employer programs, most of the states have been very active in addressing distracted driving through educational programs, nearly all the states have some sort of educational campaign a lot of states have been using social media as well, and so you know, doing some of the things that were discuss discussed in the earlier panel. states are also 35rks states are working with either other state agencies or private entities like the telephone companies, the car manufacturers, the insurance companies, working o

host: norma in syracuse, new york. democrat line. caller: hello. i am 82 years old. please, please do not cut me off. i remember dick durbin speaking about this issue on the floor until he was blue in the face. he said, how can you issue credit cards to college students who have no means of paying the debt they would incur? republicans voted to give credit card companies carte blanche. consequently, these companies set up shop on college campuses across the country and they also issued multiple credit cards to millions and millions of americans who used them to get into mountains of debt. guest: i am going to see senator durbin tomorrow, and i will tell him that norma was a real close student of his speech. you are right, credit-card companies were peddling fees to everybody and anybody. i have a credit card, they are good things, but you have to have the ability to pay back your charges. there has to be a connection between the use of credit and the ability to pay it back. credit card companies did not particularly care as long as you paid it back. as long as they c