ramos then grabbed thomas behind his arm. thomas pulled away. then the baton came out. kelly thomas put his hands up, palms out in a defensive position, palms open. ramos yelled at kelly thomas, get on the ground! officer wolff seeing this alter came came running out from behind his car. the evidence says he joined. he came running out from behind his car to assist with the arrest that officer ramos was doing. the evidence does not indicate that officer wolff had any indication of this exchange that had just taken place between officer ramos and kelly thomas. the evidence does not indicate that officer wolff had any knowledge that officer ramos was engaged in unlawful police conduct. the fiscal alter came began as officer ramos swung his baton and cased kelly thomas. ramos punched kelly thomas several times in the left ribs after tackling him to the ground. using his hand to hold kelly thomas's neck, partially laying on kelly thomas to use his body weight to pinnacly thomas to the ground, and holding him for other officers who were responding to

thomas j. ashton. >> greg. cheryl thomas. lewis s.>> my dad. >> and my sister, melissa white. we love you and we miss you and we will never forget you. >> andrew baily. sharon. michael andrew bain. >> walter perrin. >> gerard a barbara. >> james r. william barr bela. >> i am here to date in honor of my father and port authority employee. >> my uncle and godfather, a firefighter at matthew barnes. >> david michael. >> melissa barnes. evan j. barron. >> scott d. bart. my father, kenneth wm. >> stephen l. joseph bates. and my brother jackson baxter, we love you, you will never be forgotten. >> paul james. >> w. david bower. >> mark lawrence davis. >> jasper baxter. >> lorraine bay. >> thank you for your courage, todd beamer. let's roll. >> lawrence ira beck. >> maria a. bair. it is an honor to say my brother's name. christopher edmund. his sparkling blue eyes is greatly missed and deeply loved every single day. >> my father, we love you, you are my hero. >> debbie bellows. >> paul benevento. >> eric bennett. >> oliver bennett. >> margare

. >> thomas e. galvin. >> giovanna galletta gambale. >> thomas gambino, jr. >> giann franco gamboa. >> peter ganci. >> ladkat k. ganesh. >> claude michael gann. >> osseni garba. >> charles william garbarini. >> ceasar garcia. >> david garcia. >> juan garcia. >> marlyn del carmen garcia. >> christopher s. gardner. >> my thoughts are, i miss you. i will pass your legacy on to my son. >> and my father. we love you. they just started school. let's hope that they teach you everything that you taught us. >> douglas benjamin gardner. >> harvey j. gardner iii. >> jeffrey brian gardner. >> thomas gardner. >> william arthur gardner. >> francesco garfi. >> rocco nino gargano. >> james m. gartenberg. >> matthew david garvey. >> bruce gary. >> boyd alan gatton. >> donald richard gavagan, jr. >> terence d. gazzani. >> gary geidel. >> paul hamilton geier. >> julie m. geis. >> peter g. gelinas. >> and my beautiful sister, susan. will love you and we miss you something awful. but we know you are watching over us. un

swenson. >> thomas swift. >> derek ogilvie sword. >> kevin thomas szocik. >> gina sztejnberg. >> norbert p. szurkowski. >> harry taback. >> joann tabeek. >> norma c. taddei. >> michael taddonio. >> keiichiro takahashi. >> keiji takahashi. >> phyllis gail talbot. >> robert talhami. >> and my father. [speaking foreign-language]>> sean patrick tallon. >> for mom and dad, gregory, theresa, and christine, in your nieces and nephews, gregory, and jacqueline, patrick, mary, and shane. we love you and miss your guitar and your smile. >> paul talty. >> maurita tam. >> rachel tamares. >> hector tamayo. >> michael andrew tamuccio. >> kenichiro tanaka. >> rhondelle cheri tankard. >> michael anthony tanner. >> dennis gerard taormina, jr. >> kenneth joseph tarantino. >> allan tarasiewicz. >> ronald tartaro. >> darryl anthony taylor. >> donnie brooks taylor. >> i am honored to have read these names as well as the name of my husband. >> and the son of peter and france's swept, and brother to patrick and myself, you were the inspiration in our family. you set the example and i will follow. we miss you. >

gallo vincenzo gallucci thomas e. galvin giovanna galletta gambale thomas gambino, jr. franco gamboa ronald l. gamboa peter ganci michael gann andrew garcia ceasar garcia david garcia juan garcia marlyn del carmen garcia christopher s. gardner >> it to my father, i miss you. >> and to my father. we love you and miss you. your grandkids, alex, then, and so be it just started school. let's hope they teach them everything that you taught us. douglas benjamin gardner harvey j. gardner iii jeffrey brian gardner thomas gardner william arthur gardner francesco garfi rocco nino gargano james m. gartenberg matthew david garvey bruce gary boyd alan gatton donald richard gavagan, jr. peter alan gay terence d. gazzani gary geidel paul hamilton geier julie m. geis peter g. gelinas >> and my beautiful sister, susan. we love you and miss you something horrible. we know you are watching over us. until we meet again. >> and my husband, arthur jones iii. we miss you every day, but you must be so very proud of julia, a charlotte, harry, and joseph. we love you. steven paul geller howard g

lindo >> thomas v. linehan, jr. >> robert thomas linnane >> alan p. linton, jr. >> diane theresa lipari >> kenneth lira >> francisco alberto liriano >> and my father. i wish i would have known my dad better. i was only nine months old when he died during the i found out that he was a great guy. i love you, dad. >> it is an honor and privilege to read these names today. i add to list my son. his spirit lives and our hearts forever. you are gone, but never will be forgotten. god bless america. [applause] >> lorraine lisi >> paul lisson >> vincent m. litto >> ming-hao liu >> nancy liz >> harold lizcano >> martin lizzul >> george a. llanes >> elizabeth c. logler >> catherine lisa loguidice >> jerome robert lohez >> michael william lomax >> laura maria longing >> salvatore lopes >> daniel lopez >> george lopez >> luis manuel lopez >> to my brother, your family mrs. you very much. >> to my brother, -- your family mrs. you very much. >> to my brother, we will always miss you. >> manuel l. lopez >> joseph lostrangio >> chet dek louie >> stuart seid louis >> j

but he actually -- here is his connection to kelly thomas.ally is a witness to what happened to kelly thomas. he was at the bus depot in fullerton that night. so once kelly died an once the news media picked up on what had happened, he finally felt comfortable to come forward and say, wait a minute, here's what i saw happen to kelly and here is what pd happened to me at th hands of that very same officer one year earlier. >> we know they interviewed this man about the beating of kelly thomas. do you know what he says he witnessed? >> we don't know the details of that conversation, but the district attorney is well aware of what happened to eddie. here's what's happening -- of the six fullerton police officer on leave in the death of kelly thomas, five of them are being represented by one attorney -- and officer hampton, the man in question here, has his own attorney. why the city of fullerton decided to get an attorney just for officer hampton is very interesting. >> it sure is. i have one more question. i want to make this connection here. t

jim, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, thomas. when you usually think of the gulf of mexico it can be pretty does sil unless there are some strong winds. we've had those so we're just capped everywhere. we call them brown caps here because of the brackish water here behind me in biloxi. other than that, we've been rain-free, unlike what we've had at times. look at some of these pictures in and around bulksiloxibiloxi. when you drive along u.s. 90 and the rain comes down this hard, it piles up. people had to slow down. cars spray up the roads. we will have more of those types of rains today probably across mississippi they will be less frequent into alabama and florida as well and we will also have a risk tornadoes. let's show you 1 of 17 reported tornadoes so far from this tropical storm. today's risk is still with us. we're in a tornado watch until 4:00 this afternoon. damage to homes and trees and power lines could certainly be with us once again today, maybe even a little bit farther inland into mississippi, alabama and southwe

iii. >> thomas e. >> and my brother, fdny, ladder 24, captain daniel james breathle. >> and my husband, mark francis broderick. >> catherine ann burns. >> keith james burns. >> john patrick burnside. >> arena buslo. >> milton builo. >> thomas m. butler. >> patrick dennis burns. >> timothy g. burns. >> daniel cavlero. >> lillian caseras. >> brian joseph cathya. >> steven dennis cathia jr. >> cecille lorella. >> john brett cahill. >> michael john cahill. >> scott walter cahill. >> and my brother, captain charles frank burlingame iii, navel academy fighter pilot who fought with every last ounce of strength he had to save passengers and crew. we miss you, chick, and we love you. [speaking spanish] >> my husband, pedro francisco checko. frank, you will always be the missing puzzle in our family. we love and miss you. 143, eternally yours. >> thomas joseph cahill. >> george c. caine. >> salvatore b. calabro. phillip g. jose calderon. >> taz marcus caldwell. felix bobby fleeceay. >> francis joseph callahan. >

thomas michael kelly thomas richard kelly thomas w.hy colin kelly william hill kelly, jr. robert clinton kennedy thomas j. kennedy john r. keohane ronald t. kerwin howard l. kestenbaum douglas d. ketcham >> and my father, james. you are still my guardian angel. i cannot believe it has been 10 years. september 11 change my life. i know that you were here each and every step of the way. as i stand here today, reading your name, you would be amazed with the amount of planning, hard work, devotion, and love that has gone into the building of the new world trade center. you would be so proud and i am so proud to be your daughter. you will never be forgotten. we love you. >> my father, michael. i love and miss you so much. so do your five grandchildren. >> marie kelly. ruth ellen ketler boris khalif sarah khan taimour firaz khan rajesh khandelwal oliva khemrat seilai khoo michael kiefer satoshi kikuchihara andrew jay-hoon kim lawrence d. kim mary jo kimelman andrew m. king amy king lucille teresa king robert king, jr. >> and my mother, lisa.

what may have killed kelly thomas.eing revealed at this news conference that should be getting under way momentarily. this is a live picture of the podium there. they are ready to go. let me show you another picture. we want to warn you, this picture is graphic but it may give you an understanding of the brutality involved in this man's death. this is kelly thomas before and after the alleged beating in july. witnesses say he was repeatedly beaten, tasered, kicked and hogtied by these officers. we want to be clear that the coroner has not released the official cause of death. but his family and attorneys say the medical experts and illustrations they're approximate to present today are all proof that thomas died because of what those officers are accused of doing to him. we're keeping an eye on the details coming out of that news conditions and will bring you much more later this hour. >>> now, to texas where property losses from a year of devastating wildfires have been clos ol. loss of life has been low. that's reaso

thomas is not just someone making income. she's a lobbyist.he's lobbied -- we paid footage of her actually speaking out against this act. when you look at u.s. codite 28 part 1, chapter 21, so that people understand the basis of what you're requesting the inquiry on, it reads -- he shall -- talking about a member of the judicial -- he shall also disqualify himself if he knows he or his spouse has a financial interest in the subject matter in controversy or in a party to the proceeding, or in any other interest that could be substantially affected by the outcome of the proceeding. so this is not some of us just seeking some partisan conditioned of posturing here. there are concerns when she in fact lobbied and campaigned against this act that is now going to be in front of him and she had financial gains, which is clearly talked about in the code of that being the case of a spouse, congressman. >> well, the law is clear about recusal. you read the entire section. it's perfectly clear. i don't think you need a supreme court decision to interpret

thomas? >> kristen, are we getting a pullback from the administration about tempering expectations of what we're going to hear? >> they have been. you know, there's been a big rollout, a joint speech before a joint session of congress. so certainly, the expectations were heightened going in to this week. white house officials are saying, look, this plan has to be realistic, has to get through congress. that's what least the goal, initially. so they are trying to tamp down expectations. that this speech will be mass e massive. having said that, they do say the president wants to be aggressive. thomas? >> kristen welker at the white house for us this morning. kristen, thanks so much. we want to shift our attention to the markets. they're off to a rough start this morning. take a peek for yourself as we look across the board. and the dow jones, slipping almost 261 points right now. and under that psychological mark, hovering under 11,000 for an average. "washington post" financial reporter neil

organizations program at john hopkins school of advanced international studies in new york we have thomas weise he is presidential professor of political science at the city university of new york's graduate center is also author of what's wrong with united nations and how to fix it and in birmingham we cross to and i started kristie he is the c.e.o. of the cordoba foundation right folks this is crosstalk that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it but first marcia every time the united nations is mentioned it's never a dull moment especially when it comes to its flaws one of the largest international organization founded to facilitate world peace and uphold humanitarian causes the united nations has run up an ample record of criticism over thirty six year history we are a critic inefficient say failure to avert conflicts as well as deploy a and disproportionate influence over decision making are only a few of the charges being made against it. from the dark for crisis to the genocide in rwanda and the tragedy at srebrenica the organization has time and again

my colleague sean thomas will be here in about thirty minutes to update you on all those stories but first the gloves are off as peter lavelle and his guests take on that the you once credibility and how it's exported that's up next. in. the low end welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle the united nations the global body in search of a mission often derided as incompetent and ineffective the u.n. is also accused of being a fig leaf protecting and extending the interests of the rich powerful west well few call for its demise most see the need for drastic reform at the u.n. to serve the interests of all. across the united nations i'm joined by ruth wedgwood in washington she's director of international law and organizations program at john hopkins school of advanced international studies in new york we have thomas wiese he is presidential professor of political science at the city university of new york's graduate center is also author of what's wrong with united nations and how to fix it and in birmingham we crossed and i start to critique he is the c.e.o. of the cordoba foundation

aaron burr had alienated thomas jefferson. he was of jefferson's party during the famous election of 1800 to try to explain it briefly for those of you unfamiliar with it, there was not a separate vote in the electoral college for president and vice president. jefferson and burr were nominally on the same ticket the understanding being jefferson would be president, aaron burr vice president. when there is a tie between jefferson and burr in the electoral college, aaron burr suddenly decides that it might be rather pleasant to be president of the united states instead of merely vice president. thomas jefferson, who incredibly enough wins that election with an assist from alexander hamilton of all people, burr becomes vice president. thomas jefferson has a very, very long memory and decides to drop burr from the ticket in 1804. burr returns to new york. tries to run for governor. again, hamilton blocks burr's path. burr was never unduly disturbed by having killed hamilton. he had a rather macabre sense of humor. he liked to refe

thomas died from his injuries five days later. the beating and death of the mentally ill man ignited outrage across orange county on city streets... >> justice! >> reporter: ...and in city chambers, where thomas' father, ron, told councilors he'd never forget what he heard and saw on that videotape. >> the last words of his life, "dad!" "dad!" i want you to hear that the rest of your life like i will. >> reporter: the two officers charged with thomas' death were corporal jay cicinelli, charged with manslaughter, and officer manual ramos, charged with second-degree murder. district attorney tony reckauckes called ramos the lead assailant. >> these actions were reckless and create a high risk of death or great bodily injury. >> reporter: incidents like this are not uncommon. the u.s. justice department brought 52 criminal civil rights cases against police officers across the country last year, the most ever. roy austin is with the civil rights division. >> i'm appalled on occasion when departments are failing to do the obvious. you

>> thomas, it is more of what we've seen over the summer. numbers leave something to be desired to say the least. jobless claims above 400,000 is a disturbing number. shows we are not getting any movement as we hoped earlier in the year. i would discount inflation data. we are seeing downward price pressures in certain areas of the economy, more risk of deflation and recession than accelerated growth and inflation. i wouldn't worry as much about cpi as i would about weak manufacturing and jobless figures out this morning. >> why, and it appears they are coming down a bit. explain the fluctuation. now we are up above the psychological amount of 11,000, people see green arrows across the board. explain what we're seeing. >> i don't think we're seeing much reaction to data this morning. what's happening now, the debt crisis in europe because it gathered so much momentum prompted the european central bank, u.s. federal reserve and several other central banks today announced they would supply very cash strapped european banks with unlimited suppl

. >> james thomas waters, jr. >> patrick j. waters. >> kenneth thomas watson. >> michael henry waye. >> todd christopher weaver. >> walter edward weaver. >> nathaniel webb. >> dinah webster. >> and my beloved father. daddy, i love you so much, and my brothers, my mom, and i miss you every day. daddy, you are the best and i love you. >> and my husband. rahway, you left the girls and i surrounded by love. our families and friends have been amazing. we love you when we miss you so much.

sadly he never regained consciousness and five days later thomas' family pulled them off life support now after the f.b.i. and the fullerton police department launched an investigation to the officers at the scene will be charged with crimes jaysus nellie one of the officers involved in the violent beating faces one felony count of manslaughter and one felony count of excessive force or other charges that could lead to four years in prison however officer manual ramos is being charged with second degree murder and involuntary manslaughter charges that could leave him behind bars for at least fifteen years. and. we know. now according to orange county district attorney tony rackauckas officer on the knew of kelly thomas' mental condition and then proceeded to engage in reckless actions it didn't follow police protocol eyewitness testimony even goes on to explain that ramos put on latex medical gloves and a menacing that or at the start of the incident he was heard saying i'm going to f. you up now just as we told you during our original report this beating this is one of the most disgu

>> oh, absolutely crucial, thomas.sunday when the fires broke out, you had the backside of tropical storm lee pushing dry, gusty winds in to texas. that helped fuel the fires. they spread very quickly, especially across the forested areas of east texas. the fire is spreading from canopy to canopy. more of a dramatically than any firefighter could keep up with. the good news is now the winds are calm. the humidity is up just a bit. and now we have an inversion layer over the top of it. that has really brought the smoke down close to the surface of the ground here in bastrop. it's also reduced the winds. and that's really helping. firefighters now say that they have this fire 30% contained. it is not out by any means. but at least they are getting some handle on it today. >> good news there on that front. we'll continue to watch this. nbc's charles hadlock in texas for us. thank you. >>> now to some other stories making headlines. the white house is mulling a proposal to keep some 3,000 troops in iraq long after presiden

thomas? >> ali, how important that this is done before president ahmadinejad travels for the u.n. meetings? >> well, for the president, it is paramount, because this is what he wants. he wants to go there and reflect a better image of himself and look like a humanitarian and look like he has brokered a big deal for these guys, so it is very important to him, but you have to remember that there are power struggles in this country as anywhere else, and people want to make themselves known. so, these things are not always easy, and this is very important for president ahmadinejad to try to get this down, so he will throw his full weight behind this, because he did not want to look bad about this. he announced to ann curry that it would happen in a couple of days and he wants to speak to that. >> and ali arouzi and ann curry there. >> and you might hear me on the microphone now, thomas. >> yes, ann. and the fact is that the president gave you this startling revelation they would be released in 48

let's to live reported to you on the brutal death of kelly thomas was a thirty seven year old schizo chronic homeless man who found himself face to face with a few fullerton california cops after they suspected he was vandalizing cars thomas was unarmed but he did resist arrest let's not forget that this man was mentally ill the police still got violent with him now this was before and after image shows exactly how violent they were thomas was tasered at least six times hogtied and beaten by several police officers ultimately putting him in a coma as an incident was so horrific that even bystanders couldn't believe with ages seeing. well i don't want to just because watching this is going to help on stuff if you want to keep. it within. you don't look like talking to what the show is and if you can't take the first phase. the jury. in there because of the state of the stratosphere you can feel the stress. and could be the boss here is to look at the same reasons besides the ethical was discussed a lot. of here because i believe in the right god when you say the couple years back you

thomas a.annine marie damiani-jones [moment of silence] >> the poet john donne wrote to, "it tolls for the." to mark against the strikes of the fall of the two world trade center, but light 93 over pennsylvania, and now for the attack on the pentagon in washington, d.c. this year, we will hear the bell tolled six times. [bell tolling] [bell tolling] [bell tolling] [moment of silence] >> there are those who say the freedom of man is nothing but a dream, well that are right. it is the american dream. in 1941, president franklin delano roosevelt to find for the world of the four freedoms on which the american dream is based. the first is freedom of speech and expression. everywhere in the world. the second is the freedom of every person to worship god in his or her own way everywhere in the world. the third is freedom from want everywhere in the world. the fourth is freedom from fear anywhere in the world. that is our goal. our strength is in our unity of purpose. to that high concept, there can b

james thomas had some nice coverage. he's played a pretty good football game also. >> sean: he had a huge game last season against a&m, a 63-yard fumble return for a touchdown. jones helped out last week against tulsa. thomas had an interception, forced fumble, fumble recovery, a sack, two tackles for a loss. >> matt: can you do anything else? >> sean: and he did it in the wee small hours of the morning for those who weren't aware. last week they were supposed to play saturday night a 9:10 kickoff central time in tulsa. there was a weather delay, thunder and lightning in the area, torrential rain. they did not start the game until 12:16 a.m. it ended at 3:35 in the morning. they didn't get back to stillwater until almost 6:00 a.m. sunday. second and one. tannehill went under center. gray wants the first down, and he does. the clock will stop for a moment to move the chains. they're marching methodically but using a lot of time in the process. >> matt: that is what oklahoma state wants to do. they're playing that soft zon

new pressure on clarence thomas.ouse democrats demanding the justice department investigate him. he may have violated ethics rules by allegedly failing to disclose income. he said through a spokesperson that any omissions were inadvertent. luke russert joins us from washington. a lot of people say it's just politics. >> yesterday the group of 20 house lawmakers from western new york did send that letter and what they are saying is look, from 2003 to 2007, the wife of clarence thomas, virginia thomas got about $700,000 from a conservative organization known as the heritage foundation, a think tank that employs a lot of individuals here in washington, d.c. they are saying that look, clarence thomas is's excuse that he didn't understand how to file his wife's returns and her income from this group because he was confused with it is really a bogus claim. they said he's a smart man and should be able to process them and think he willfully refused to disclose. he didn't want to look like there was a conflict of interest. w

thomas friedman, always an honor to have you on the program. thanks for your insight. >> great to be with you. tavis: up next, dorothy roberts on the link between race and genetic science. stay with us. dorothy roberts is a professor of law at northern and the chair to have board of directors at the black women's health imperative. her new text is called "fatal invention: how science, politics and big business re-create race in the twenty-first century", good to have you on the program. >> thank you. thanks for having me. tavis: what is the fatal invention? >> fatal invention refers to race in the united states. i say it is an invention because it is a political system that was created out of slavery and colonialism that continues to exist today to govern people and it is not a natural division among human beings. that's why i call it an invention and it is fatal because it has caused devastating inequalities that continue to this day. tavis: i'm not naive in asking this question, but if post the human genome project, we know we are not that di

>> reporter: well, thomas, thanks for having me on. we had a meeting this morning with the 240-plus republican members of congress. and you'll hear some people out on the fringes who are continuing to lob bombs back and forth. i think the lion share of our conference together we want to work with the president to try to find a way to put americans back to work. we're genuine in that interest. and we've tried to work the last seven months in doing that. we've passed over 200 bills. they don't cost money, getting the government out of the way of the private sector and allowing the job creators, the entrepreneurs to grow and employ people. unfortunately, they're stuck in the senate. with respect to the president's speech tonight, let's back up a couple of weeks if we can. the president finished his three-day bus tour in may hometown of peoria, illinois. and he boarded air force one and flew back to d.c. and said give me a couple of weeks, wait until after labor day, and i will come out with a jobs bill, a jobs plan to help put americans b

thomas kean i have early on saying this was a commission that was destined to failed.there was no way they could make this work in such a partisan time. >> host: do some of the members you talk to feel that it was -- share that feeling that it was -- not a suicide mission but an impossible task? or did they feel this was going to work out as they began? >> guest: they thought was impossible. >> host: the dominant idea is not the choice of the different commissioners but the choice of the man who ran the commission, a man named philip zelikow. the chief of staff but his exact title was executive director. tell us about him and how he came to be chosen. >> guest: he is a well-respected historian at the university of virginia. he ran a presidential history project. few people i ever met in washington uniformly described as brilliant by others who know him. early on his name is thrown into the mix for executive director of the 9/11 commission. a polite fiction in washington that blue ribbon commission reports are written by the blue ribbon commissioners. that is almost nev

sean thomas. and there were two survivors on board that fateful flight one of them these team member alexander whose condition is now reported to have stabilized and that's receiving treatment at a meeting in moscow burns unit the other survivor is a flight engineer his name is alexander says also suffered severe burns and injuries the accident happened on the first day of the new season of the kontinental hockey league many of those who died were in their twenty's and had just signed their first major league contract and that i might call it kevin. he sports presenter kate partridge at his watch as. we can see some of the portraits of some of those players that be coming out now i mean as we've said before there were ten different nationalities within the team but it was very poignant for the local means crowd for the portrait of the of this man response allays thirty six the belorussian captain i defended that played in the n.h.l. we've come to the russian he was thirty three runner up last year

. >> reporter: thomas toth wasn't leaving until he got everything he could to the third floor. >> thet time you might come here, this is maybe underwater and there's a boat going by. >> reporter: the susquehanna river runs right through city of wilkes-barre and is expected to crest overnight at almost 41 feet-- just about the height of the levee that protects the city. steven is coordinating emergency services for the county. will they mold? >> we're very confident they will hold. if they don't, obviously we're going to have a very catastrophic situation. >> reporter: many in wilkes- barre remember hurricane agnes back in 1972. the susquehanna topped the levees and submerged downtown under nine feet of water. pennsylvania's governor tom corbit said almost every town along the susquehanna has had flooding. even his mansion was sandbagged and antiques moved from the ground floor. at least one street nearby has flooded and what concerns officials now is if the levee gates fail the susquehanna river will pour into downtown wilkes-barre. michelle miller, cbs news, wilkes-barre, pennsylvani

thomas brook her own record, downing 83 buffalo wings. earlier this summer, both took top honors in the nation's fourth of july hotdog eating contest. thomas took the women's crown but 12 minutes and 183 wings. >> i wouldn't do that. you talk about heartburn city. get out. >> and muscular dystrophy telethon posted the best gain since the recession started but lewis the long time host was on the minds of many during the 46th annual fund-raiser. show's producer was always welcome to the telethon. they say the event raised nearly $61.5 million on sunday. that is an increase of $2 million over the last year. >> you've heard of bears taking food but here the bears are taking a car on a joy reside. the car was parked outside his cabin when he heard a commotion. a bear broke in looking for food. got stuck, went on rampage. he ripped out seats, bit the steering wheel and broke the gearbox. proius rolled away and eventually crashed in front of a neighbor's porch. the bear escaped into the woods. proius, not so lucky. it was totaled. >> prius was s

thomas? >> in an nbc news poll i want to point out to everybody, only 23% say his poles impreserved the economy. 37% say they hurt. 39% say they haven't made a difference at all. how does the administration, how does president obama keep the expectations for this speech in check, because everybody seems to think he needs to go big or go home? >> reporter: you're absolutely right, and they've set up the expectations. he's delivering the speech before a joint session of congress. the expectations are quite large. though white house officials say, look, the president wants to present a bold plan, but at the same time, a realistic plan. he wants to present a plan has will get through the republican-led congress. that's, of course, going to about real challenge. we awe saw what happened this summer with the debt ceiling fight.debacle and that's contributed to the pessimism of the american people. >> kristen welker at the white house. thanks. >>> and rick perry steps onstage for his first gop debat

i'm thomas roberts. we get straight to it. president obama is in full campaign mode as he wraps up his western swing today. he's keeping his jobs message front and center with americans desperate for the economy to make big strides. this afternoon the president is heading to denver after stops in washington and throughout california. and he's reminding supporters that he can deliver on candidate obama's promises. >> i never promised easy. if you want easy, you wnt have campaigned for barack hussein obama. what i promised was there was a vision of america that we believed in. what i promised was if we worked hard we could achieve that vision. what i promised was is i would wake up every single day fighting for you. >> denver is of course where the president accepted his part's nomination for president three years ago. what a difference those three years can make. denver mayor michael hancock joins me now to talk about that. sir, it's nice to see you this morning. the president easily cleared 50% of the colorado vote in 2008. 20

but in 1775 john adams, sam adams, george washington, thomas jefferson, all the rest did not dare say it they favored independence. they did not even dare utter the word. they didn't because american unity was absolutely essential for waging this war. if they spoke of independence they were so frightened the conservatives, that many of them would leave congress, and american unity would be shattered. so what is the strategy then of the radicals? if the strategy of the conservatives was to fight the war and appealed to the king, the strategy of the radicals was simply to let time work its magic. time was on their side, they believed. it turned out that they were exactly right in that regard. because in august of 1775 became was handed the olive branch petition. this petition asking him to negotiate. the king's response was not to receive the olive branch petition. that pull the rug from under the conservatives, at least temporarily. they did not give up hope, but it certainly indicated that their faith in the king was, perhaps, misplaced. as far as the radicals were concerned, time was

the president arriving at thomas jefferson high school for science technology.e signing the america invents act that will reform the patent approval process to streamline for entrepreneurs. let's listen in. >> i am thrilled to be here at thomas jefferson high school for science and technology. and thank you so much for the wonderful welcome. i want to thank rebecca for the unbelievable introduction. give rebecca a big hand. [ applause ] in addition to rebecca on stage we have some very important people. first of all, before we do, i want to thank your wonderful principal, dr. evan glazer. right here. stand up, evan. [ applause ] the people who are responsible for making some great progress on reforming our patent laws today. senator patrick leahy of vermont. [ applause ] and lamar smith, republican from texas. [ applause ] we have representative bob goodlet, representative jim moran, representative melvin watt. they're all here. [ applause ] becky blank our acting secretary of commerce. david capos director of the trademark office and we've got some extraordinar

thomas jefferson is the american minister in paris. spring 1786 adams right to jefferson and asks him to join him in london to assist him with the difficult trade negotiations with the british. they had no luck. the british hated the americans and had no interest whatsoever to assist their former colonies. in fact, they were so rude that jefferson speculated if it might be the amount of meat consumed by the british -- this is what jefferson says -- that renders their character and incapable of civilization. what do you do in a moment like this? a garden tour. what else? jefferson, despite his aversion, had to admit that they created the best gardens. that must have looked rather odd pair walking together through these gardens because you have thomas jefferson, all tall, thin, gangly, dressed up in a fringed silk and powdered here, towering almost 7 inches over john adams, a bit more round and stopped. but despite their differences, and there have once been compared to a candlestick and a cannon ball. but despite their differences bay b

i'm thomas roberts. i appreciate i don't time. right now on capitol hill, the snoot expected to vote any moment on the emergency funding bill of last night, aimed a eed overting a government shutdown keeping the bill running until november. >> the good news, most of america has gone to bed and not witnessing the bickering and rancor evidenced in this chamber. >> i'm sure all your tea party friends are going to be very enthusiastic that for 4/10 of a percent, you perhaps changed your vote. >> luke russert joins us live from capitol hill. what are the sticking points on the house bill for the democrats who control the senate? >> reporter: all right, here. take the people through this process, tom. essentially, the government runs out of money september 30th. congress needs to appropriate money to get congress from september 30th to november 18th. in order to do that, they're not fighting about how much money the government's going to spend, like there is in the past. they're fighting now specifically about disaster relief, and how m