after the deadly explosion at texas city texas facility said they were arrogant and proud and in denial. it is possible they were fooled by their success. is that an ongoing challenge for the company? >> we place safety as the number one priority in bp and we put in place actions to learn from the past and to manage risks in the future. so ear always going to be looking to see if there's more to be done. i think we're looking for improvements but i think we have learned from lessons in the past. >> bp is not the only company that has taken on different projects with a difficult safety net. it stands in contrast to its competitors, most notably exxon mobile whose experience in 1989 spurred a whole sale change to its approach in safety. so the exxon valdez had a whole sale change in its approach to safety. not a change in terms of surround pressing workers supports of problems but actually tackling safety issues. is it possible that we will see from bp a whole sale change in its approach to safety? you're in charge. will you lead that change? or are we going to see more of the same? >> th

this is post texas city, of course,, when you were going to change your culture in safety.to believe. >> we were disappointed with the 760 safety violations, because we believed we were in compliance with the majority of those orders. now way would say, is in making those citations, osha did use a different approach. they did an per instance citation, and then they would pick a system comparing apples with apples. all that said, we're absolutely committed to solveing the problems with osha. at the end of the day, osha and the handful of those want to -- want the same thing. >> a safe environment and safety for the workers. >> ok. i mentioned in my opening statement my conversation with the president of the national petra chemical and refineries association. and i cuz efforts to self-monitor and self-regulate. and in response he explained that there were efforts within his group to set and meet industry safety standards, as i said, within their trade group. >> and then when i ask, when i mention this figure, 761-706. seems to make bp to be something of an outliar. and this i

at a texas city hall celebration, disabled rights activists say the biggest access has been opportunity >> doors that were closed are suddenly open. not only in public education but unemployment. now having the kind of life that i chose, not one that was prescribed for me -- i'm a concern that was born blind. i'm a concern that's been employed by entire adult life, paying taxes. >> she uses an iphone, yes, there is an ap for the -- an app for the blind. although telephone systems and some the computer software allows vision by the impaired, many still do not. >> there's still a lot of work to be done. >> businesses bear the cost to provide handicapped access and on this two-block stretch of church street between 29th and 30th, 15 precious parking spots were eliminated. >> i'm here all of the time i've seen it used maybe twice. this man says all along the street pack of parking has meant fewer customers. businesses have closed since the ramps went in. it doesn't seem like it was worth it but i guess by law they have to be, you know, a certain distance from each other. >> apple says durin

when you see the sea at all of this tiny city in texas build these things -- the cio of this tiny city in texas build these things, you say, why can we not do this? i am on the board of this nonprofit. we're trying to get young people to come to cities to build the next generation of civic offering. there are enormous opportunities for technology to make a difference in government. people are getting inspired to do that. >> if this keeps going, what does this mean for the consumer of this information? >> when you build platforms, you almost always get unexpected results. when the air force put up the gps satellites, they did not expect things like chickens -- foursquare checkins. we have seen the explosion of turn-by-turn maps using the dedicated gps device is. it is now on your everyday smart phone. s.s device i this is remarkable. it was once ideal for the military and now it is in the pocket of every citizen, potentially. the other thing i think i want to mention here -- i think there are some really big opportunities in health care. there have been a lot of misunderstandings becaus

we had in 2005 in texas city, texas, we had a b.p. explosion at a refinery. more people were killed than in this explosion offshore. we didn't close all the refineries but closed b.p.'s refinery and made sure they were held accountable. but we didn't overreact. i got a letter from a real mad cajun from louisiana. their communities border our state. we have a lot of cajuns. anyway, a lot of them work in the oil and gas industry and i want to read a portion of his letter. he wrote it to the president, but i got a copy of it as well. he is in an offshore oil drilling business. he said, i'm terribly struggling that you make the hasty decision to stop drilling for six months. did you stop coal mining after the incidents they had had? no. did you stop the airlines after the crashes and accidents they have had? no. did you shut down the mortgage companies, the banks and the auto industry after they stole money from those same americans that invested in them? no. you bailed them out. now you want to shut down the oil industry in the deep water for six months which wi

cities is down. >> reporter: according to the fbi, that's true across the southern border this decade. in san diego, violent crime is down 17%. in phoenix, down 10%. el paso, texasof the safest cities in the u.s., violent crime down 36%. and it sits right across from juarez, mexico, one of the deadliest cities on earth. west along the border in nogales, arizona -- >> this is a very safe environment. >> reporter: chris, a third generation produce distributor says it's as safe as 20 years ago. one reason? >> we're definitely seeing more border patrol over the last few years. >> reporter: border patrol chief is in charge of the 262-mile tucson sector that covers nogales. 338 agents patrol today, up from a decade ago. when it comes to crime -- does the rhetoric match the reality? >> no, it doesn't. >> reporter: no one is downplaying the magnitude of the problem here. these officers say thousands of immigrants and drug smugglers still cross the border illegally into arizona every day. and they commit a disproportionate amount of crimes. just 7% of arizona's population illegal immigrants are 15% of state inmates, they are 14% of all inmates jailed for manslaughter and

cities is down. >> reporter: according to the f.b.i., that's true across the southern board this decade. in san diego, violent crime is down 17%. in phoenix, down 10%. el paso, texas is one of the safest cities in the u.s., violent crime down 36%. and it sits right across from juarez, mexico, one of the deadliest cities on earth. west along the boarder in nogales, arizona... >> this is a very safe environment. >> reporter: chris ciruli, a third generation produce distributor says it's as safe as 20 years ago. >> we're definitely seeing more border patrol over the last few years. >> reporter: border patrol chief victor manjarrez is in charge of the 262 mile stew on the sector that covers nogales, 3300 agents patrol today, up from 1500 a decade ago. when it comes to crime does the rhetoric match the reality? >> no. >> reporter: no one is down playing the magnitude of the problem here. these officers say thousands of immigrants and drug smugglers cross the border illegally into arizona everyday and they commit a disproportionate amount of crime. just 7% of arizona's population illegal immigrants are 15% of state inmates. they are 14% of all inmates jailed for manslau

the baker panel found that after texas city. we think the means is acceptable. what we're proposing, i think many oil companies do today in bits and pieces but not as a wholistic program. and so what we're proposing is regulations which is a mixture of performance based regulations. i think we need both. and supported by a safety case which will be two kinds, a design safety case which will look like the work done in the nuclear industry. you mentioned the impo. they also do problemistic ris accessment and we think an approach like that will be necessary. we look at what is required of the barriers to prevent and mitigate an accident. and then during the operations phase, we think we need a different kind of safety case which is much more accessible to employees, much more accessible to the regulators and others which will be kept up to date. almost in real time. so that as barriers degrade, everyone knows about it and we take decisions which are based on the actual status of our barriers, not the way they might have been in some designed safety case some years

>> from texas, and she lives in oklahoma city, absolutely. >> jimmy: that's cool. there. >> jimmy: no. >> i've been traveling around. i go fishing up in oklahoma and go golfing a lot and, you know, the occasional trip to six flags, i guess. >> jimmy: yeah, that's always fun. >> yeah, i went to six flags and screamed like a little 15-year-old high school girl. >> jimmy: that's awesome. >> "we got this. we got this." >> jimmy: what rides do you like to do? >> well, they got the -- what is it, the joker? they got the joker. the legs dangling is kind of the most frightening one. you're like, "i got this." it just drops you. >> jimmy: i haven't done that. >> i go, "oh, i want to get off." >> jimmy: really? i've not done that. is that superman or something? >> yeah, yeah, it's just the twists and the turns. it knocks you around. it's good. and they got the ones with the big drops. >> jimmy: i feel like my head is too big for those rides. >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i put the thing over and it just barely clears my head. [ laughter ] and then when i'm riding, it's lik

the city just across from el paso, texas, is more dangerous than baghdad, with more than 1,000 drug-relatedslayings so far this year. >> the war that they are having is tremendous, all-out war. >> reporter: an all-out war that, with this bombing, just took a turn for the worse. bill whitaker, cbs news, nogales, mexico. >> couric: now to the disturbing case of child pornography at the pentagon. documents released today showed dozens of defense department employees and private contractors were caught with pornographic pictures of children on their computers. some had top-level security clearance. officials say that put them and their agencies at risk of being blackmailed. many of the cases date back eight years. some of the workers have been prosecuted, but in one case, a contractor fled after being indicted and is believed to be hiding in libya. coming up next, he found himself on president nixon's enemies list. remembering journalist daniel schorr. daniel schorr. without taking pills around the clock? try thermacare heatwraps, for all day relief without pills. i was surprised, thermacare wo

city 99. >>> they say everything is bigger in texas. and one restaurant has the burgers to prove it. >> kenny's burger joint in chlsco issued a gigan who could eat one of their gigantic 7,000-calorie burgers in less than an hou the burgers each weigh seven pounds. as you can see, several brave souls thought they were up for that enormous task. >> man. the winner here managed to devour everything except the bread within the one-hour time frame. there's no way in the world. >> i have covered stories like this. i did one when i was in denver. the reality behind these burgers, in addition to probably five pounds of meat, you're talking about one cup of mayo, a whole onion. i mean, it's impossible to eat one of these things. >> man. >> we'll be right back. >> the winner's recuperating nicely. >> look at that, looks like a snke. .. medicare supplement nsurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to " 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or elig

announcement that there'd never been a better defense of our borders automatic weapon fire hit the city hall of el paso, texas, fired from across the border at city hall. i think at least in the order of fairness we should have known that, well, except for maybe the fact that for the first time sips 1919, the city of el paso's been fired upon from across the border, and by the way, in 1919 when they did fire across the border, the american troops wept across the border and cleaned out -- went across the border and cleaned out juarez and chased upon chao vila and it all came -- panc hsks o vila -- pancho vila. i'm saying, let's paint the picture accurately. . even if it's true and we've got more resources on the border than ever, i think there's something to that, we've also had a massive escalation of what's going on across the border from our southern border state. the cartels that promote and sell various sorts of drugs and being an old judge i have tried more drug cases than 0 times the number of seats there are in this -- 10 times the number of seats there are in this room, but i can tell you that when th

this week seven shots from gunfire hit city hall in downtown el paso, texas, and more cross-border violence. city hall is over a half mile from the rio grande valley. it came from a drug cartel shootout in juarez, mexico. in 1911, 99 years ago, stray bullets rained down when pancho villa seized juarez, mexico. bandits raided ranches and attacked border towns. there was lawlessness on the border frontier. history is repeating itself. but in 1911, president taft took swift action. he deployed the calvary from fort bliss to the border patrol and to the areas along the border. they stopped the violence on american lives and property, but today this administration is missing in action on the border. meanwhile, the border war continues. and that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. as we celebrate the coming independence holiday, i note with sadness that more american

and his alleged misuse of four rent-controlled apartments in new york city, including one as a campaign office. texas democrat gene green chaired the panel that's been investigating rangel for 21 months. >> one of the most difficult tasks assigned to a member of congress is to sit in judgment of colleague. the task is more difficult when person has befriended, i am one. i know all parties look forward to final resolution. >> reporter: rangel's attorney submitted a written statement to the committee saying, the undisputed evidence in the record is that congressman rangel did not dispense any political favors, that he did not intentionally violate any law, rule or regulation, and that he did not misuse his public office for private gain. a short time later, news of the tentative, last-minute agreement emerged, out of negotiations between rangel's attorneys and non-partisan lawyers for the house ethics committee. talks had been ongoing for days, but the hang-up was rangel's refusal to admit to certain charges. details of what the congressman did agree to, in the end, were scarce, but members of the ethi

starting next august, texas a&m will get rid of the bathroom necessity saving $82,000. newark is eliminating toilet paper at citymayor in my washing has already cut the workweek to four days, closed city pools and cut back on buying gas for city cars. >> san jose mayor chuck reed is making a push to bring the a's south to the city. >> teresa garcia has details. >> good morning. mayor is certainly making a bold move to encourage the a's to set up new home turf even though major league baseball has not given such a move a green light. the mayor is asking city council to put a measure on the ballot called the down park and jobs measure. campaign would be fully paid by the a's owner. meanwhile, a special committee appointed 16 months ago is still sticked the option of moving. the league is not likely to get into the issue without ironclad assurance the city's plan could go forward. they propose they are using 14 acres of land to build a new ballpark and create hundreds of jobs. the owner has agreed to pay $461 million for the ballpark and maintenance while the city would pay millions nor infrastructure around it. ci

>> in the world's most violent city a battle between government and ug cartels has no end a militaryurge had 10,000 soldiers have done nothing. el paso, texas seen 5,000 people execute indeed 2-1/2 year. >> everybody trust when the army came to see the problems would be resolved and they didn't now we have the federal police and it is not better. of >> now new surge is taking place. the pastor is e head of of an evangelical alliance work to take back the city one family home at a time. >> going to the streets and the homes who know who we will meet. the gospel is powerf. >> over 3 weekends thouz annualeds of volunteers from 120 churches took to the streets much andn the city where dozens of people die every day the work they are doing is dangerous. >> the pasr says one of his teens waiting on th corner of the street and stop a car and said can we pray for you. the guys inside of the car sd no , i don't think you can pray for our business wh this lady looking into the car saw 5 men with guns and started praying and all of sudden these peopl got in silent and they closed eyes and bowed heads and prayed and they left. >> the most amazing part

texas and it's 105. >> reporter: unseasonable hardly describes it. for some bay area cities, one of the coldest summers in 40 years. >> i've been away from here since probably 1970. i don't ever remember being this cold. >> it was 104 at home yesterday. now we come down here and we're shivering. >> reporter: inland areas such as the diablo valley also much cooler. concord today, almost 0 degrees we low -- below normal -- almost 10 degrees below normal. this you taw couple had to buy ski caps. >> we're used to this cold but not in july. >> reporter: for san francisco natives it's bizarre. >> i don't know what's going on. it's july. >> we've sort of had this persistent trough of low pressure over the west coast. >> reporter: bringing cool air down the pacific coast, making even more fog than usual. nature's air conditioner. fewer people apparently are using their manmade versions. pg&e reports electricity usage down 4% compared to last summer. our weather is an unusual pattern says noaa. they say the lows over us and they say a corresponding high has been dominating the east c

in louisiana and texas. 80-mile-an-hour winds, large hail and isolated tornados in north dakota and northern minnesota. >> meanwhile, 91 in fargo. 87 in minneapolis. 90 in kansas city. nearly 90 here in the big apple. 94 in atlanta. 91 in miami. 80s from seattle down to sacramento. phoenix hits 106. salt lake city 99, boise, 94. >>> ahead on this monday morning, a truly unbelievable medical mix-up. a young woman thought to have died in a car crash is identified among survivors from a family planning a funeral. >>> and a weekend fireworks show goes horribly wrong. we'll be right back. good morning! ♪ [ female announcer ] nutri-grain -- one good decision... ♪ ...can lead to another. ♪ ♪ ...made with real fruit and now with more of the whole grains your body needs. nutri-grain can help you eat better all day. nutri-grain can help you discover customers are getting 5% cashback bonus at the pump... and at many of the places their summer plans take them. it pays to get more. it pays to discover. for the first time, discover exotic fragrances... and rich moisture from aveeno, the naturals brand dermatologists trust most. introducing positively nourishing moisturizers. wit

oakland is in kansas city to particular off the second half of the season. began the day eight games behind division-leading texasit was an emotional night in the bronx as yankees played their first home game since the death of owner george steinbrenner and long-time public address announcer bob shepard. tonight's pregame tribute included taps and a two-minute moment of silence as many players and coaches fought to hold back tears. >> it's hard to say which was the bigger challenge at the british open in scotland. dealing with insanely high winds or pronouncing the names of the leaders. let's check out the wild winds at st. andrews for round two. pants blowing, hats blowing away. it meant an hour and six minutes wind delay. then golf. tiger woods, a rough start. he was dealing with the wind. he bogeyed his first two holes. redeemed himself the back nine. a touching moment for tom watson playing his final round at the open championship. crossing the slocumb bridge. he will likely miss the cut, but was a good run. play would be called. >>> how bitter are cleveland fans one week after getting jilted by lebron james?

texas. heavy rain in the northern and central rockies. >> upper 90s in boise and salt lake city. 80s in fargoyork 89. and atlanta 92. >>> okay, rob, we have to go on a field trip. >> another one. >> yes. this is on the list. lady luck is apparently hanging out in an upstate new york grocery store. >> get this. etta vier just won a million bucks. she purchased her lottery ticket at the same syracuse store where a $26 million ticket was bought less than a month ago. etta, who is 82 years old, says she just happened to be at the store when the earlier winners were getting their check. >> and their luck must have rubbed off on etta. she is the first winner of the state's newest instant millionaire game. a retired teacher, she says she plans to use some of the money to start a scholarship fund. nice lady. >> a good cause. good for her. we'll be back with more world news right after this. if you fight to sleep in the middle of the night, why go one more round ? you don't need a rematch, but a rethink. with lunesta. lunesta is thought to interact with gaba receptors associated with sleep. lunesta he

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texas into the mississippi valley and southeast. flooding in arizona and new mexico, with thunderstorms stretching into the central rockies. >> 90s in colorado springs, salt lake city and boise. and 105 in phoenix. 82 in fargo. 88 in detroit. 95 in omaha. mostly 90s, from boston all the way down to miami. >>> and coming up next, it's one of the best-selling vehicles ever. but how will drivers react to the redesigned ford explorer? we'll show it to you. >>> and it could be a season for the record books, after another no-hitter last night. anncr: right now all over the country discover customers are getting 5% cashback bonus at the pump... and at many of the places their summer plans take them. it pays to get more. it pays to discover. finally, what i love is what my skin needs. for the first time, discover exotic fragrances... and rich moisture from aveeno, the naturals brand dermatologists trust most. introducing positively nourishing moisturizers. with active naturals, they're clinically tested... to lock in moisture for 24 hours. now, skin can be soft and beautifully fragrant. that's the best of both worlds. new positively nourishing. and experience our enticing

city. >> reporter: now they too are going through a revival. spencer, from texas residences from the 1930s. >> shanghai's design, the design of these buildings, the design of the neighborhoods, is unique. that design palette is what i really like. something i wanted to work with. >> reporter: he has lived in shanghai since 1995, he's done 25 renovations. this is one of his finished projects. >> that whole flavor of life and just the interesting mix of east and west. it's romantic in a way. >> reporter: romance only goes so far in a city of 18 million that's aching to get ahead. photographer greg girard spent five years documenting the destruction of entire neighborhoods. hit book phantom shanghai is now a collector's item. >> there is no formula for what percentage of a city's historic architecture is the right percentage to preserve. a lot of it comes down to economics, to dollars and cents. >> reporter: as in new york, money is the common denominator in shanghai. to prepare for this year's world expo, a series of national and international pitch ill ions along t

they would pack their bags and leave new york city and run to florida, texas and north carolina and southod bless them. they were looking for a better way of life but i determined at that point that i would fight for what i knew was right. i would take back the streets i. i would go for and utilize every right we have as americans to get the youn men and young women to use their energy. honorably they served in afghanistan and iraq and every day they shed their blood and honor of this great country of ours. we say the pledge of allegiance and sing the national anthem and we sang america, the land of the free and the home of the brave and they said youknow something? i want to be brave a i want americans to be free so i organized voluntarily the guardian angels. you know the story. in 14 countrie 140 cities and we haven't taken one nickel, dime or penny of taxpayer dollars because this is what we should all be doing. [applause] and let me finish up on the snow. as the tsunami of good will come and hits america, and with its solid left and right you send a message to washington and trust me

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texas coast today, hours after the hurricane hit. northern mexico got the worst of the storm last night with two people killed and the city of monterrey largely shut down. hundreds of miles to the east, the gulf of mexico was still too churned up today for oil skimming boats or boom-laying operations. in washington, the man overseeing operations-- thad allen-- said they're waiting for the all-clear. he spoke at the white house, a day after retiring as a coast guard admiral. >> the small vessels that do the skimming have a difficult time operating out there, we had to pull them back, same with the vessels operating in and around the well site itself. the drilling rigs were able to continue but we are now massing our forces to be able to move back out once the weather will allow us to get out on the water and skim. >> brown: all indications were, the crews will have to wait a while yet. high waves as far away as florida pushed oil past protective booms and on to beaches. the weather did not prevent a huge oil skimming ship dubbed "a whale" from arriving at the spill site today. the former tanker was on its first mission after being retr

city, st. louis, indianapolis, cincinnati, new york, pittsburgh, and d.c. showers and thunderstorms from texast coast. detroit will climb to 88. chicago 85. fargo 82. another scorcher in the southwest with 112 in phoenix and 99 in albuquerque. >>> and now a close call down under for a little guy looking for love in all the wrong places. >> wildlife experts say a young platypus was probably searching for a mate when he got himself stuck in a pipe at a sewage treatment plant in australia. it took more than two dozen rescuers six hours to flush the little guy out. the feisty platypus was sent to the vet and is expected to get a clean bill of health. >> the platypus will be released back into the wild where he again can resume his search for a girlfriend. the search for love can end up getting you into some deep -- aww. >> good one. we'll be right back. [ powder cleaner ] what? mr. clean magic eraser bath scrubber? quick question... whatdoes she see in him? well, his crubbing surface is 30% larger thse days. [ spray bottle ] yea, hat was rhetorical. [ liquid cleaner ] one more thing, he cleans thr

texas, on our line for republicans. dale, go ahead. caller: yes. i'm calling from secretary baker's city. i know mr. cohen.uest: hello. guest: two questions. first, it was under your watch that the current dictator in ethiopia took place. second, i think the rise of al shabab is really the lack of democracy in the region. the people have nothing to look forward in ethiopia and sudan,. so really the people have given up. and the lacko just alternatives under the bush and also obama administration for hope for change for democracy for free market. nothing is going right. so my question is, that whole region can explode to a very chaotic situation. and [inaudible] in the region. host: where are you from originally? caller: from ethiopia. host: how long ago did you leave? caller: in the 80's. just so sad because really that there was so much machine nation. you know why somal ya -- hello. guest: really, it was under the carter administration that somalia was pushed towards invading ethiopia. and that is caused the chaotic collapse of somalia. and i think the u.s. needs to step up. not necessarily militarily bu

cities in the third district, outside of dallas ranked among the top. parker, murphy, allen, plano, richardson, and others. "money" magazine just named mckenny texas as the fifth most desirable place to live in the nation. while allen took 16th. in addition, newsweek featured the 10 third district high schools in june as america's best high schools. my hat goes off to the people who make texas places so special and the leaders who had the vision and courage to make their dreams for these communities a reality. congratulations to all. god bless you. i salute you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. davis: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to pay tribute to tony durham, a gentleman in my community who passed away a few days ago. tony was known as the mayor of west madison street where he ran a used appliance business, fixed air conditioners, stoves, heaters, anything that needed fixing, tony could do it. he was passionately involved in politics, ran for office more than 40 yea

texas for five minutes. >> i thank the distinguished gentleman from the windy city of chicago home of the cubs and the white sox. i appreciate that. i want to thank chairman rush and chairman waxman for convening this hearing today and appreciate the ranking member whitfield and his leadership on this issue. i want to thank each of you witnesses for appearing before us today. i know it's a busy time for all of you. since the deepwater horizon exploded and sank three months ago, this committee in my opinion has conducted a fair and rigorous investigation of the accident and developed what i consider to be a measured congressional response. our oversight and investigation subcommittee, energy and environment subcommittee, health subcommittee and now the consumer protection subcommittee are each doing their best to review and discussion all of the issues surrounding the oil spill. as a result of these investigations and the bipartisanship engendered by them, the full committee recently voted 48-0 to report out a blowout prevention bill that again in my opinion is a balanced response to the tragedy. i want to w

texas, republican column. good morning. caller: good morning. i am a republican, i just turned 47 in june. i lost my job in may of 2009 after 12 years with city financial. i have not been able to find anything. my benefits have run out. i am getting ready to lose everything. i am a republican. these guys have to vote this thing in for these people that have run out of their benefits. i don't have anyone to turn to. i do not know what to do. . i do not have anye to turn to. i do not know what to do. guest: mark, i am so sorry, first of all. people who he been hard- working like you, nine years with the same company. that says that you were a good worker and your company valued you because in that industry, you would have been gone before. i hope that you have been able to access the opportunities, the services at the local one stop in texas. i spent some time before joining the administration in new jersey in saudi financial sector collapse while i was working for governor corzine -- and saw the financial sector collapsed while i was working for governor corzine. people who worked in the financial sector could easily be trained to be middle sc

texas to florida and up to the carolinas. >> mostly 90s up and down the east coast. 85 in omaha. 88 in minneapolis. 98 in dallas. triple digits for phoenix and salt lake city colorado springs. 94 in boise. >>> it was a whopper of a catch for a st. louis fisherman. >> greg bernal and his girlfriend reeled in a record 130-pound catfish from the missouri river. he said he was just about to give up for the day but decided to use a chunk of asian carp for bait. within moments the catfish fell for it, hook, line and sinker. >> when they finally got the fish in the net it took them another half hour to get it on the boat. and it's not his first state record. he caught a 103-pound catfish in the mississippi river 20 years ago. some guys get all the luck. >> that's a frightening fish. >> no kidding. >> we'll be right back with more "world news now." >> good eating. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement nsurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to " 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or eligible for medicare, call now to

texas for 2.5 minutes. >> thank you. after our last hearing, it was made clear that under the previous management, the sec did have the authority under the supervise the city's program to do something about the dangerous levels of leverage at lehman brothers. they chose not to exercise that authority. it does not dissimilar to the situation at aig. the former director of thrift supervision testified that tf did have the authority to properly regulate aig. they chose not to do it. the case after case, regulators had the authority to prevent behavior that contributed to significantly to our economic debacle. whether it was a matter of ignorance, negligence, incompetence, or simply making a mistake -- we do not know. so many of us find it somewhat ironic that the now the regulatory bill that is awaiting the signature of the president in many respects rewards regulators who contributed to the financial crisis with yet more regulatory authority and of little or nothing about ignorance, negligence, incompetence, and simple mistakes. the sec will be getting significant new authority in addition to their tremendous workload. i've heard some estimate of 95 new role m

texas, good morning. caller: i am a republican, and i just turned 47 in june. i lost my job in may of 2009 after 12.5 years with city financial -- citi financial. i have not been able to find anything. of course, my benefits have run out. if i am getting ready to lose everything. again, i am a republican. these guys have got to vote on this thing who. the benefits have run out. i do not have anyone to turn to. i do not know what to do. guest: mark, i am so sorry, first of all. people who have been hard- working like you, nine years with the same company. that says that you were a good worker and your company valued you because in that industry, you would have been gone before. i hope that you have been able to access the opportunities, the services at the local one stop in texas. i spent some time before joining the administration in new jersey in saudi financial sector collapse while i was working for governor corzine -- and saw the financial sector collapsed while i was working for governor corzine. people who worked in the financial sector could easily be trained to be middle school or high school math teachers t

city where she will also address the united nations for the first time since 1957. all the gulf states has now been touched by the oil spill. with the discovery of karbala and texas, gulf oil skimming has been hampered by storms. the officials said there is no way to see if this arrived because of the an oil ship or fm gulf currents. the northeast is in the grips of an historic heat wave with he advisories in effect across the region. finally, the price of a stamp is likely going to go up. the post office plans to announce a new rate increase today in order to offset massive losses. those are some of the headlines. >> learn more about the nation's highest court from those who have served on the bench. "the supreme court" candid conversations with all the justices, providing unique insight about the court. "book tv" continues this week in prime time. in a collection of essays, victor davis hand and asks "wise study war?" -- "why study wawr?" r?" "book tv" in prime time, all this week. the c-span video library has every program since 1987, but did you know if it includes every author that has appeared on the "book tv?" the c-span library, it is open " book tv" your