>> andy: tallahassee. >> kelly: good. >> andy: tallahassee. >> kelly: what state's this, right here?dy: texas. >> kelly: what's the capital? >> andy: austin. >> kelly: good, what's this one way over here? can you read that one? >> andy: california. sacramento! >> kelly: some people see andy and they say "wow," you know, "he must be a genius" or you know, "he's just special," and i always say "no, these videos really just gave him that boost and i think that any child could do this." >> andy, reading: i love learning about polygons like quadrilaterals, parallelograms and trapezoids. >> his pre-school has told me that he's reading at a third-grade level at two and a half. he seems to be very proud of himself to be able to do that. ...where's the c-e-i-l-i-n-g? good. [♪...] [wheels skidding as plane lands] >> now, i'm not a scientist, i have not done research, i don't have a ph.d in childhood education, but i can definitely see that my child is way more advanced than children her age and i can't see how any child could catch up with her. ...what's that say? >> saadia: wave, this one is

tallahassee to detroit. the east coast you'll be dry today. tomorrow's when the rain will arrive. in the middle of the nation we'll watch oklahoma city clearing out as the day goes on. the rockies looks just fine. that's a quick look at the weather forecast. now here a quick look outside your window. thunderstorms are possible today in nashville. we're not talking severe weather thankfully. maybe strong storms and gusty winds. indianapolis, light rain for you. 54. dallas, a cool 62. that's your thursday forecast, lynn. >> thank you. >>> well, starbucks bubbles, honda sizzles, and man's best friend goes wireless. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus two more revelations, two more big blows to the marriage of sandra bullock and jesse james. >>> two more teams punch their way to the play-offs and the nets win. wait, what? yeah. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry, and here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> social security is now at its brink. the new york tiemgs reports for the

remember, it was young that hit the big shot last week in tallahassee on the road. booker. >> mike: gives mcfarland a pat on the butt, too. this is what good players do. he can come up big. he goes with his righthand, then that chest bump, i got ya big fella. senior to senior, they have been going at it for four years. >> tim: there's trevor's mom and dad. they experienced their own senior night. >> mike: here to see devin. >> tim: a rebound. it's still a two-point game. clemson trailed by 12 at one point in this half. they were never able to run away from them. >> mike: now the fouls. put smith at the line. with 2:11 to go, he makes them prove themselves. this is the decision to leave him in or bring him out. >> andre young gets the foul. >> mike: that was the first one since -- >> tim: mcfarlands did a heck of a job on it. >> mike: you wouldn't put money on it. >> tim: not at all. one thing they learned how to do is make tough shots from the perimeter. >> mike: he's an exceptional three-point shooter, not a great one. 48%. the senior is stepping up. >> tim: as lon

>> caller: hey, jim, i want to give you a big tallahassee university of florida state boo-yah. >> letgive you a -- let me give you an adams street boo-yah. how's that? >> caller: that works. >> all right. >> caller: i tell you, my stock is mark west energy partners, ticker symbol mwe. >> i think it's a good one. you've got a great yield, and it's a natural gas gatherer. 8%. i think it works. i'd bless that situation. i like yield like that. that's what we need at a time when interest rates are so low. all right. now, let's go to one more. let's go to skip, who didn't want to skip, in texas. skip! >> caller: hello, jim. a big texas-size boo-yah to you. >> very large boo-yah. >> caller: i'm a new home gamer. i've been reading your book "getting back to money." >> thank you. >> caller: got some prudhoe bay, bpt. been kind of exciting the last couple of days. >> the stock had an unbelievable decline of ten points on friday. it looks like some seller mistook -- some seller got it wrong. he dumped the stock. all the buyers stepped aside. it was one of the great buying opportunities i've eve

back to your telephone calls, this one from tallahassee, fla., a democrat. caller: yes, ma'am. you look good this morning. this is really an absurd discussion because the money will just find its way there regardless. of course, they should ban earmarks, but it will find its way to another venue. c-span, your pride yourselves -- and i watch you faithfully, you pride yourself some been egalitarian and fair. i like to point something now that shows that you are not. the whole business of the supreme court coverage -- healthcare debate backroom discussions would be covered and it was touted as a big deal by c-span. i do not see any kind of c-span conference rooms, or y'alls boards of discussions -- there is no ombudsmen that you can contact on c-span as "the new york times" has. i have checked your website in totality and there's nothing there. i did not see y'all as being an egalitarian at all. host: i guess we think with the phone line to give a lot of feedback. we also have of your services department. from time to time we actually have televised our editorial sessions. it woul

a little heavier towards tallahassee. and still west of tampa.an see tampa's radar, picking up the rain across the gulf, slides in later today. rain already around the keys from key west through the mid keys, getting into miami later today. so we'll get delays at the airports because of the lowed clouds and the off and on scattered showers. flood warnings from the border with canada down through fargo, stretching back to illinois. we talk about the reason -- it's all because of the melting snow. how much snow is actually on the ground? i wanted to show this to you here. this is google earth image. you can see the lightest shade of pink, that's the equivalent of about seven to nine inches of rain. if you melted all the snow, that would be about seven to nine inches worth of liquid. you start seeing the lighter shades of blue, less than an inch. but you can see all the snow in the area hasn't had a chance to melt at all over the winter. seeing chances in the upper 40s, it will melt the snow today, tomorrow, and friday, temperatures crash back down

turning out to be a mix, houston to dallas to jackson to new orleans to tallahassee, there is a linezing mix from mississippi, alabama, into northern georgia as well. i think tomorrow there's going to be an icy mix in atlanta. say up with your abc stations to find out if that mix is in your forecast. then we watch that low cruise out. does it become a snowstorm for washington, philadelphia and boston? for now it looks lik >>> we are keeping a close eye on the system that should be just to our south. it should bring in some light precipitation wednesday through thursday. today, breezy but sunny. >> >> all that weather was brought to you by milk processors. george, it is gorgeous on the west coast. l.a., 68, tacoma, 58. >> i envy my wife. she's out there this morning. >>> we go now to the growing push to free tilly, the killer whale that attacked and killed a trainer. some say it's time to release him from captivity, but seaworld is resisting. yunji de nies has more. >> reporter: images of dawn brancheau opened seaworld's first show since her death. bringing the audience to death. till

. >> i remember being down in tallahassee to cover that debate. we look faorward to your report on campbell brown. >> thanks, wolf. >> are antismoking advocates going too far? it may soon be illegal to smoke in cars. find out what's happening. we have information for you. plus reaching out to the younger generation of veterans. how new technology is now actually saving lives. uy? first they drive it in the real world. and put it through its paces. they rate its fit and finish. and the amenities inside. they factor in purchase price and operating costs, fuel economy and resale value. in short, they do what you do to test its quality. the consumers digest best buys from chevy. put them to your own test. and may the best car win. >>> we're back with more threats of violence coming in against some members, democratic lawmakers who voted for health care reform. we'll have much more on the top story coming up. let's check in with lisa sylvester monitoring the other top stories in "the situation room" right now. what do you have, lisa? >> sheer terror in

tallahassee comes up to 72 degrees. it's nice to see miami at about 75 degrees.t coast looking in pretty good shape, as well. 71 in fresno. seattle and portland, showing off today with normal temperatures and bright, sunny skies. it's the northeast. small systems across the nation. boston will pick up heavy rain and gusty winds. new york, you're basically okay. we'll have more weather in the next half hour. robin? >> if people knew what you were doing in that cut away. getting situated. not that kind of thing. >>> coming up next -- how the new health care rules affect your prescription drug costs. >> what a great question that is. >> it is, bill. it is. this is a history of over 50,000 crash-tested cars. this is the world record for longevity... and one of the most technologically advanced automobiles on the planet. this is the 9th generation e-class. this is mercedes-benz. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial. ♪ what had happened in central harlem was failure became the norm. the schools were lousy... th

from the state capital in tallahassee, this is a about 45 minutes. ready, sir?hen you're ready. >> members of the legislature, ladies and gentlemen, fellow floridians, it is my privilege and high honor to introduce you to the governor of the great state of florida, governor charlie crist. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you. wonderful. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you, all. thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much. thank all of you. good evening. mr. president, mr. speaker, madame chief justice, the justices of the accord, members of the cabinet, honored guests, members of the house, members of the senate, and our fellow floridians. good evening to you all. i would like to acknowledge the woman i fell in love with as your governor, the first lady of florida. i love you, sweetheart. [applause] my mother and father are here tonight also, dr. charles and nancy crist. mom and dad, please stand. i love you so much. [applause] and i have resisters -- i have three sisters. margaret, elizabeth, and

she goes to see her doctor in tallahassee, florida. not a big town. he is paying $120,000 a year in medical malpractice insurance. that affects not only the cost of care, but it also creates this defensive medicine which runs up costs. we have got some real concrete, step-by-step solutions on our side of the aisle that will make things better and reduce the cost of health care. one thing that i have had the privilege of working on with dr. coburn is this idea of going after waste, fraud and abuse. in the medicare system, we know that there is $60 billion a year, $60 billion in waste, fraud and abuse. my state, florida, unfortunately, is the capital of this health care fraud. i'll give you one statistic, madam president, that really i think says it all. in miami-dade county, we have 7% of the country's aids population, yet reimbursements for health care for aids patients in miami-dade county constitutes 83% of what's spent in the entire country. now, why is that? it's because folks are committing fraud on the system. health care providers in warehouses

our slogan comes to us from john in tallahassee, florida. "fox & friends", "fox & friends", it's good for the brain. more you watch, the more you gain. >> good morning, folks. who knew that the white house needed a six second delay until yesterday with joe biden? you saw it right here live on the fox newschannel. joe, joe, joe. >> gretchen, you would think since senator biden, when he was senator biden was a big fan of the show, he would know after watching earnest bordinin that you're always miked and always caught on camera. >> earnest did not say a four letter word. he said a much longer one. >> he did. >> absolutely. >> actually, for a lot of people in america, didn't you need some levity? at least it made me laugh. secretary of state hillary clinton, another person in the obama cabinet back in washington for another round of sensitive meetings. she'll meet with the delegation of top pakistani officials about whether they should be recognized as a superpower. pakistan's support is key in the fight against al-qaida. yesterday, secretary c

it is a great honor for me to serve with my brother, first in tallahassee in the legislature, and now in the congress of the united states. it's been an honor and a privilege for the rest of my days i will cherish. as it has been to represent the wonderful people of south florida for 18 years in this congress and six years before that in the state legislature. but there are two brothers who are genuine heroes. among these 25 gravely ill political prisoners, two are brothers. at one point four were political prisoners, four brothers. there are still two and they are gravely ill, both of them. ariel and gilgo -- gildo. the other names of 25 gravely ill political prisoners who we are aware of and guillermo is on a hunger strike demanding their release, their immediate release, are -- the other names are antonio la costa, omar lopez, arturo ndo ramos, rodriguez, he suse phillipe, angel la costa, ricardo garcia, juan carlos la costa, jorge louise -- l, is, electer gonzalez, ricardo gonzalez alfons, jose luis, julio is he sar, -- cesar, manual. luis enrique ferrar garcia, also from another

she goes and sees her doctor in tallahassee, florida, not a big town.a year in medical malpractice insurance. that affects not only the cost of care but it also creates this defensive medicine which runs up costs. we've got some real concrete step-by-step solutions on our side of the aisle that will make things better and reduce the cost of healthcare. one thing that i've had the privilege of working on with dr. coburn is this idea of going after waste, fraud and abuse. in the medicare system we know there's $60 billion a year, $60 billion in waste, fraud and abuse. my state, florida, unfortunately, is the capital of this healthcare fraud. i'll give you one statistic, madam president, that is really, i think, says it all. in miami-dade county, we have 7% of the country's aids population. yet, reimbursements for healthcare for aids patients in miami-dade county constitutes 83% of what's spent in the entire country. now why is that? it's because folks are committing fraud on the system. healthcare providers and warehouses and strip centers and nonexistent

part of the problem in florida initially received money, it was sitting in tallahassee. and we had to move it. i mean, we were fifth in one. if you have not prodded to are attention, and it's only 50 states and the state used in the transportation dollars. fifty-one out of 50 states. so if we didn't move it and once we got on top of it because@@ in your testimony, he said as the president made clear in the state of the union address, his number one priority in 2010 is accelerating job creation and the pace of job creation. transportation is an important part of his plan to put americans back to work. and you urge congress to consider supporting a jobs bill. that's great. and as you heard the chairman and other members of this committee, we are very concerned of the fact that the same administration requested an 18 month delay in the transportation reauthorization. and when you look at the impact that the stimulus money would have thought, would have been a greater impact. however, having talked to contractors, they actually put on hold purchasing equipment, decided to pa