. >> so you would go to the prison in topeka and have visits with rochelle shannon?> yes. >> did you admire shelly shannon? >> she was -- i guess, yes. >> you admired her. and you admired her because she had tried to kill dr. tiller? >> i admired the fact that she -- >> is that a yes or a no, sir? >> yes. >> he started talking about how it was -- how it was murder. that these doctors were murdering babies. if they're going to murder the babies, well, we're going to murder them. if they kill, then they should be killed. it was hard to live with. nick went to school one morning. i went to work. i came home and scott was gone. money was gone. his clothes were gone. he was just gone. >> reporter: after leaving his family, roeder gets involved with an anti-government militia known as the montana free men. in 1996, he is arrested on the side of a kansas highway. >> he had sovereign citizen tags on his car so he was pulled over. he had a rifle in the car. and the makings of a bomb. i believed he was going to blow up a clinic, an abortion clinic. i was very afraid of scott.

if you are in topeka, have your umbrella ready. wichita also, some wet weather early today. as far as the forecast goes, i have my disclaimer up here. isolated afternoon thunderstorms. it looks a lot worse than it is, but for the most part everyone will be warm and a chance of a storm late today. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. once again, this looks a lot worse than it will be. most areas will only see a storm or two for maybe 20 or 30 minutes, but, again, the humidity is up. the temperatures are high. that's going to spark those afternoon showers and storms from the ohio valley to the mid-atlantic. the mid-atlantic is going to be the area of concern. looks like heavy rain. >> it looked like 75% of the map was covered. >> a lot of people with a chance of thunderstorms today. just a chance, though. >> all right. >>> a stock sinks on scandal and the politically correct company accused of not paying pc wages. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. zimplt plus, kim kardashian proved the public rel

from topeka, kan., from our line for those employed. what is the job market in topeka like? caller: you see a little trickle of unemployed, you see things like people exercising quite a bit, but here, it is hard to get on the railway. they do o'hare sampling and a background check. -- a hair sampling in a background check. if you have back alimony or child support, they will not hire you. and they do the sampling like i said. it is hard to get on the railway. you still see the buddy-buddy system here. some of the supervisors even sleep on the job. host: what are the major sources of industry in topeka? caller: the rail rate is one. -- the railway is one. mars is moving here. you see a lot of big business moving into topeka. i feel for the unemployed, but it is harder to get on to these good jobs, because of the qualifications. yet we are just a tax write-off for the country and then -- for the company and a liability. they seem to be holding back a lot on hiring. they have got the money. they are making money hand over fist. they might not be moving as much of around the are

topeka, kansas cemetery.irst for a negro league baseball player nicknamed dink, the super substitute laid to rest in anonymity more than 30 years ago. >> i don't want to see him buried forever in anonymity. >> reporter: jeremy crock, a life-long st. louis cardinals' fans learned eight years of go some of these hometown heroes were invisible in death to know they never lived. >> to know these players are out there and know where they're buried and to walk out there and see a plot of grass is an injustice. >> reporter: an injustice he's trying to change, one grave at a time. 22 dedicated so far and more to come. >> each time he uncovers one and brings new-found light to these individuals, it now increases the awareness about the negro league. >> he started the negro league "grave marker" project paying tribute whose legacies fill a kansas city museum but memories are largely overshadowed by white players of the era before the color barrier was broken in 1947 by jackie robinson. not all negro leaguers played in

that's a nerd-tropolis bigger than topeka, kansas.like the super bowl for people that don't care about the super bowl. this time each year, thousands of fans emerge from their base ms to congregate. not unlike si cadas, but without the mating. every year, i like to go to comic-con in disguise. you notice and extra hairy princess laia, that's probably me. meanwhile, the republican candidates for president today held a debate on twitter. i don't know if the point was to make them seem hip or relevant or what, but this debate combined the excitement of c-span with the suspense of typing. it was -- i don't think people should be allowed to ask us to vote for them for president of the united states s the same place kim kardashian writes about her favorite body butter. and not only are the republicans using twitter to get their message across, next month, they're debating via video game. >> fox news presents the 2011 gop presidential primary debate. world of war craft edition. >> obama care is a disas every. but romney care is the same thin

also, today in topeka, kansas, a federal judge blocked sam brownback from instituting new regulationst nearly shut down every abortion provider in the state of kansas as of today. there are only three facilities providing abortion left in kansas since dr. george tiller was murdered there by an anti-abortion extremists two years ago. as we have reported on this show, the few remaining doctors providing abortions in the state of kansas say that sam brownback's new law was designed to put them all out of business as well. like the republican mitch daniels indiana law going after planned parenthood clinics, sam brownback's law to close the clinics, too, has now been stopped by a federal court, and for good measure, also in the last 24 hours a control court has stopped the law in south dakota. a law that would force women seeking an abortion in that state to wait three days and to sit through lecture by an anti-abortion activist at a so-called pregnancy health center before the state would allow them to have an abortion. the last came in with withering scorn from the judge. forcing a woman

heat indices, new york city, 111. 108, topeka.ill going to cover. that's what's going on around >>> well, we've got a nice, cool break for you today. temperatures falling by ten degrees on average from yesterday's highs. 86 degrees. no more 90s in the east bay. 88 in fairfield and 86 degrees in livermore. oh, yes, the weekend has finally arrived and temperatures will stay cool all weekend long. down to 80 degrees on sunday. a great day for outdoor activities. see a lot of sunshine. next week, temperatures start to climb each and every day. 96 by thursday. hope you have a great day. >> talk about roughing it in the heat, our stage manager kara broke an ankle hit by a bike in new york city. you must feel real cool in all that. >> wearing sandals. >> savannah? ♪ >> this morning on "today's" real estate, homes that have sold. every friday, "today's" real estate contributor shows us her favorite houses on the market. now many of them have sold after appearing on the show. she's here with some of the success stories. >> there are a lot

it's a domesticated floppy eared rabbit that's running wild in a topeka, kansas, neighborhood. >> we behind by people who moved away. they are concerned because this is a pet so it's probably having trouble getting along on the mean streets in the wild. it will not let anybody get close enough to help out including the cameraman. let us know if you have any ideas for the flopster. people get bunnies for easter, it's cute for the first month, then they end up abandoned and it's sad. >> or they start to populate. send us nice ideas. no ideas about rabbit stew. >> i don't want to hear about eating the rabbit. how do we help the rabbit get back into a nice, domestic house? all right, everyone, we'll be right back. ♪ [ female announcer ] find yourself sometimes cleaning up after your dishcloth? bounty extra soft can help. it's super durable, and in this lab test bounty extra soft leaves this surface three times cleaner than a dishcloth. even with just oneneheet. super clean. super soft. bounty extra soft. in the pink pack. and try bounty napkins. >>> the story of jaycee lee dugard has gri

topeka, 106.and new jersey, you see in some of those spots in the triple digits in those locations. we are going to see exchanges getting a little better and the reason why is we have that high moving a bit farther to the south. that's going to allow this area of low pressure and this cold front to drift and sag into the northeast. that's going to make a major difference in your temperatures in parts of new england and new york and perhaps in the mid-atlantic. 94 degrees in washington, d.c. better than yesterday. 94 in denver. rather 94 in memphis and 90 in denver. that's a quick wrap on your forecast. we also talk about the slight chance of seeing storms pop up across the landscape later today. certainly some this morning that will get back pretty soon. t.j. >> republican old, appreciate you, as always. to our viewers, take a look at the screen. what does this look like to you? it looks like an apple store. and it works like an apple store. but it's not region well. we're going to take you to chi

a, omaha; b, tulsa; c, amarillo; d, topeka? i'll give you the answers at the end of this. second chapter of the book, and i'm just going to go through about three chapters, and then we'll have a discussion, how the 1980s deified the cult of the individual. [background sounds] >> all right. this is, obviously, a very important image, and we are in chicago, and i'm sure there are a lot of jordan fans out there, so you'll be happy to know this chapter focuses a little bit on michael jordan. but that image becomes this in the 1980s which then, basically, is erased from its context and becomes this. this is, arguably, one of the most famous images out of the 1980s, one of the most famous images in branding history. and to use michael jordan as an example of how we started to really defy the individual in a way the individual before -- and, again, he's just one example -- but here's some of the things that were being said about michael jordan in the 1980s. i think he's god disguised as michael jordan. [laughter] chinese kids listed jordan and communist leader zhou enlai as the t

she is living in the topeka zoo and proving that these boots are made for walking. front to back, so with the help of the veterinarians there, she defied the odds. she will live a long, long life. yes, that is a play on words and grow to be a healthy adult giraffe. >>> our next story, i can't believe it's not isaiah. what is fabio? the guy who used to hawk that butter substitute now doing in the old spice commercials? that's what we're wondering. that cute isaiah mustafa did a fantastic job when he was the old spice guy. sales went up over 100%. we checked in with proctor & gamble. they insist fabio is not replacing isaiah. hold on. i'm sniffing. is that a competition we smell? the competition of the cheesy guys? that will surely go viral. >>> finally, is this a joke? we want your opinion. is this a joke or did someone pull a samson on steelers star troy polamalu? we know he's known for his long hair and hard hits. this video shows someone very bravely approving troy with an electric razor buzzing off a chunk of his luscious locks for which he had insured for a mill

bill: finding out this morning all lanes on a major interstate west of topeka, kansas, back open today. investigators had shut down a 20-mile stretch to search a truck suspected of containing hazardous materials. hazmat crewses also evacuated and searched a nearby hotel there. we'll show you the man who triggered the scare, this man here. he called police on monday night to tell them he had deliberately left some sort of chemicals inside a hotel room in junction city. fire and hazmat crews searching the hotel and police stopping the suspect's truck on i-70, but they did not find any chemicals inside. jamie: you remember last week we reported on another deadly bus tour accident, and they're happening too many times. now new york governor andrew cuomo is cracking down on charter bus companies, the governor suspending the operating licenses of eight bus companies after at least 100 buses failed their safety inspections. rick leventhal is following that story and an important one, rick, in our newsroom. tell us. >> reporter: right, jamie. new york is one of many states that have seen a fri

process of that reading, i came in touch with this magnificent person, jesus of nazareth, and i began topeka very deeply attracted " i began to be very deeply attracted to him and to his life and what that life meant. and it was in the course of that basic training time when i was studying and learning about jesus of nazareth that i was also at the same moment really enjoying basic training, because i was an outdoor kind of person, i love to run, i love to be around exercise practiced, and i surprised myself by really enjoying learning how to fire a rifle and learning how to fire it with great accuracy. it was one morning, down on my belly firing the rifle at the targets hitting it rather well, in july and myself, that i almost heard a voice saying to me, you are enjoying best. do you think that is why the army is paying all this money, so that you can enjoy this? no, you are being taught how to kill a man without him being able to see you. what does your jesus have to do with that? i was being taught how to use a bayonets, that a sharp knife at the end of a rifle that was used in those days

process of that reading, i came in touch with this magnificent person, jesus of nazareth, and i began topeka very deeply attracted " i began to be very deeply attracted to him and to his life and what that life meant. and it was in the course of that basic training time when i was studying and learning about jesus of nazareth that i was also at the same moment really enjoying basic training, because i was an outdoor kind of person, i love to run, i love to be around exercise practiced, and i surprised myself by really enjoying learning how to fire a rifle and learning how to fire it with great accuracy. it was one morning, down on my belly firing the rifle at the targets hitting it rather well, in july and myself, that i -- enjoying myself, that i almost heard a voice saying to me, you are enjoying best. do you think that is why the army is paying all this money, so that you can enjoy this? no, you are being taught how to kill a man without him being able to see you. what does your jesus have to do with that? i was being taught how to use a bayonets, that a sharp knife at the end of a rifle

members of the senate and house to turn you into a separate entity with orderly liquidation of devotees topekaotees. many of the rating agencies began saying that because they thought too big to fail was going to end, they were thinking about downgrading these institutions. now that if a law is lost and people have interpreted what it really says the institutions in the country are receiving this disproportionately higher ratings and benefits so it's evident most of the world doesn't believe that we have ventured too big to fail and i wondered if there is anything that you were going to come see us about to change orderly liquidation so that people know we are going to end the prospect of any too big to fail. estimate a critically important question if i may say. the authorities provide a number title triet title i of wall are sufficient to deal with the issue challenged to us and i think what we are going to have to demonstrate with credibility to the financial markets is the capability to implement in the authority that we have been given and the was the basis of the response that chairman j