they took action and follow the recommendations developed by tracey and her fellow researchers. we've actually seen some pretty significant results. harvest is still four or five days away from completion but it looks like the impact in terms of knowing them but is mobile, it does not reside in the orchard, and you have to attack it when it starts attacking your fruit, you have to be vigilant in looking for damage because you have to deal with the bug when it is present. that vigilance and the technology in the information that we gained from the researchers has been incredibly helpful this year. host: is the apple association calling on congress to act? what is it that you hope they can do? guest: we first sought within the usda the allocation of funding resources to the agricultural research service of the scientists had the resources to address the test that we believe, we still believe, is a very significant national threat to a cross-section of agricultural production. it is not just apples or fruit. this bug attacks almost anything. we wanted to see if the usda could provi

ben tracey takes a look at the numbers and the people who are now looking for work. >> reporter: when borders closed all of out book stores this summer, more than 10,000 people suddenly found themselves out of a job. >> we all just walked around in a daze, we didn't know what to dochl. >> reporter: stacy used to supervise the inconvenient ter at a borders in san diego. when the store shut down, so did her family's finances. stacy is married with two young sons including 10-year-old jacob. money has always been tight. and without her income, her husband's paycheck is not enough to pay all the bills. >> we're dipping into savings in order to put food on the table, pay rent. >> reporter: it's been a summer storm of pink slips, along with borders, bank of america, cisco, lockheed martin and goldman sachs have all recently announced mass layoffs. in fact, the latest numbers show mass l have jumped 3% this summer, with 145,000 people losing their jobs. however, in the past three years the number of mass layoffs has actually declined. good news, but economists say the numbers aren't falling

and shareholders will pay the other ten. >> tracey, thank you so much. tune in for a special news report. san bruno fire, airs this sunday at 4:00 p.m. >>> it's all about jobs. is california's economy improving or declining? the answer depends on who you ask. a report released by the nonprofit california budget project paints a dismal picture. only 55% of working aged californians had a job in july. that's down nearly 1% from last year, and it's the lowest level since 1976. and it could be at least five years until we see any significant uptick. california has regained only one out of six jobs which were lost in the recession. on top of that workers are making less money. >> we found the typical california worker earns less per hour today than at any point during last ten years. >> despite the dire report, governor brown displayed optimism today. brown says he thinks we can -- excuse me. he thinks he can win enough republican support to secure passage of his job creation program, a program he says will create thousands of jobs. >> the path forward is not

tracey and her team, she will talk about this i am sure, they put together probably the largest efforts in history. over 50 scientist gathered together under the initiative to attack the pest on a broader array of fronts. he is the industry affairs director. thank you for being on the program this morning and helping us to get an understanding of the problems. guest: thank you very much. i want to emphasize my gratitude to tracy. the state university researchers who have pulled it together. if we had not had backed research infrastructure, our losses would have been into the billions of dollars. host: thank you for being on the phone with us. >> next, a discussion of some of the significant case is scheduled to be argued in front of the supreme court. then the medal of honor ceremony. later, former president george w. bush and former secretary of state condoleezza rice discuss global health issues. prime minister's questions returns this week. david cameron addresses the jobless rate, economic growth, and banking reform. sunday at 9:00 eastern on c- span. >> the c-span that works, we pr

that it seemed like everything was fine. >> tracey and tim and alissa, i'm so sorry for your loss.reciate you coming on and talking about jamey and sharing him with us. thank you. >> yes and i just hope this does a lot of good. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> i hope so too. i wish you strength and peace in the days ahead. >> thanks. >> jamey's parents also said he seemed fine the night before he died. and the one thing that caused him to take his own life remains the biggest mystery. what actually happened in those following minutes. we'll continue to follow this. we recently teamed up with cartoon network and facebook to look at this from all angles. there's an app on facebook where you can pledge to do what you can do stop the bullying. go to facebook.com/stop bullying speak up. also we'll have a series of special reports. bullying it stops here starting october 9th here on cnn. we really analyze bullying in one school and break it down and look at why it happens. >>> coming up, the breaking news, the latest from georgia where we're awaiting word from the u.s. supreme c

>> tracey potts there for us from washington. thank you. >>> two more people have died in texas in one of the most devastating wildfire outbreaks in that state's history. a total of four have died. more than a thousand homes have been destroyed. and several thousand residents have been forced to evacuate. kurt gregory has more. >> reporter: as the raging flames continue, a team of more than 1,200 firefighters is hoping another day with light winds will help them stop a massive wildfire in bastrop county that's 18 miles long, five miles wide, and growing. >> the fire jumped all over the place. so we're doing a little firing to get it back on our terms. >> reporter: the bastrop fire burning just outside austin has already destroyed more than 500 homes. more than 5,000 people are living in shelters. many watching the fire from a distance and wondering. >> looking at the fire right now and i'm thinking, gosh, that could be my property that just went up in smoke. >> reporter: evacuees huddle around sheriff's deputies and local officia

. >> tracey, i guess one of the things that has struck so many people is to see that video of jamey andoice and that he took the time to make a video telling others that it gets better. i mean, it just seems, you know, such a tragedy that in those terrible hours before his death that that message maybe was lost on him. >> i mean, that is one of the reasons. i mean, if you look into his life, he did that in may, and from may to june, at the end of school there, everything seemed fine. and if we didn't have all these social networks out there, the facebook, you know, the internet in general, that is where a lot of the bullying occurs. so he wasn't in school for the months of july and august. and 20 years ago, that would have meant you didn't have to worry about bullying. but because people can access each other in numbers so readily, it just made it still accessible for people to do their bullying. so, when we looked at jamey's video, it's like -- it seemed like he was able to cope with it. in fifth, sixth, and seventh grade, he was so much more fragile and we had to watch him a lot more.

. >> tracey, i guess one of the things that has struck so many people is to see that video of jamey andhat he took the time to make a video telling others that it gets better. i mean, it just seems, you know, such a tragedy that in those terrible hours before his death that that message maybe was lost on him. >> i mean, that is one of the reasons. i mean, if you look into his life, he did that in may, and from may to june, at the end of school there, everything seemed fine. and if we didn't have all these social networks out there, the facebook, you know, the internet in general, that is where a lot of the bullying occurs. so he wasn't in school for the months of july and august. and 20 years ago, that would have meant you didn't have to worry about bullying. but because people can access each other in numbers so readily, it just made it still accessible for people to do their bullying. so, when we looked at jamey's video, it's like -- it seemed like he was able to cope with it. in fifth, sixth, and seventh grade, he was so much more fragile and we had to watch him a lot more. and it se

>> tracey potts for us in washington. thank you. >>> now here's a look at some other stories making news "early today" in america. a tornado carved a path of destruction through upstate new york, leaving decimated homes and damaged landscape in its wake. national weather service officials confirmed the touchdown but have not yet determined its classification. ground crews are expected to conduct surveys, which will help estimate the strength of the tornado. >>> two people died in a plane crash that ignited a fast-moving brush fire in the hills of eastern california. according to officials, the fire quickly spread only moments after the cessna single-engine plane went down, triggering the evacuation of at least 100 homes. the fire has already charred nearly 4,000 acres and still rages out of control. >>> and finally, in north carolina, a new fitness class is replacing a good sweat with getting a little shut-eye. sounds good to me. participants in what is being called air napping, climb into a hammock and lie in a suspended

. >> host: tracey joining us, the director of weather service. >> caller: good morning. i wanted your person opinion about the areas that seem hopeless because of what we've done on the environment, and how we've cut back things to protect the areas. doesn't it seem foolish we spend so much redoing and correcting me the false and trying to put so many people out of different homes. of course, i'm thinking new orleans specifically, but it's going to happen all the time. should those people be living in that area? >> guest: yeah, i think as a citizen of the united states, anything that noaa can do, the federal government can do to better plan communities to avoid the impact that extreme weather that we can't prevent would have is value added. >> as we listen to tracey, or sandra, let's read to you what the mission statement is for the national weather service? nws provides weather, hydrologic and climate forecast as well as warnings in the u.s. -- >> host: sandra, thanks for waiting. good morning. >> guest: good morning. >> caller: i would like to say we just went through

the warmest locations due east, 98, brettwood, tracey and oakley.the northern portion of our district, 60s through the 70s, up to 90, san francisco tops off at 70 so a good nine degrees warmer than today. a repeat performance on wednesday. we'll cool it down slightly inland on thursday and friday. only hints of sunshine through about monday. this is the part of the program where we invite you to send our favorite pictures and i think ralph had to do a major hiking to achieve this particular vantage view. thank you for sending us this picture of emerald lake. cbs 5.com. eyewitness news will continue with kim and sports after this. ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,, [ male announcer ] at green giant we know nature gives us the most nutritious of gifts. but only when they are ready to be given. that's why we pick vegetables at their peak. ...and freeze them fast, locking in nutrients ...for you to unwrap. ♪ ho, ho, ho. green giant should we order panda blossom, panda moon... how about chinese at home with wanchai ferry? you can make it in just 14 minutes. mmmh, orange ch

that's for the tracey morgans of the world. i meant what i said and i said what i meant.f somebody thought i was trying to be anti-mexican. mexicans are my friends. >> why is it somebody is allowed to put out a statement apologizing on your behalf then? >> sir, they put out a dvd called katt williams nine lives when i was in jail without my permission. a lot of stuff has been happening to a lot of black celebrities in the world, we just deal with it, thank jesus and keep on going. >> you gave me a little bit of what he was saying, but he kept going on and on, this heckler. he said "f" america. that certainly said you off. >> we were in phoenix, we were in phoenix, this is a heavily mexican-american crowd. i gave $5,000 out to a mexican-american serviceman at this same show. it was nothing like that the night of the show. this happened 19 days ago. it's just happening in the news yesterday because it's my birthday. >> help me understand it. what was it? it's clear that you were visibly upset. you said you're a proud american, you're defending this country. >> i was. >> is

they took action, and they followed the recommendations developed by tracey and her fellow researcherswe have seen some significant results. the harvest is still 45 days away or so from completion. it looks like these new techniques in terms of knowing that the bug is mobile, it does not reside in an orchard. you have to attack not think -. you have to be vigilant in looking for damage because you have to deal with the stink bug when it is present. that information has been incredibly helpful. host: mark seetin, is the employer association calling on congress to act and what do you hope they could do? guest: we first thought that the allocation of funding resources to the agricultural research service -- says scientists have the resources to address this test that we still believe is a significant national threat to a cross-section of agricultural production. it is not just apples. the stink bug attacks almost anything. we wanted to have the usda provide a significant increase in funding for research activities. the second thing, of course the budget is very tight right now the federal

and so, it's no -- you don't have to be dick tracey to figure out what's going on here. the oil industry, the coal industry, all the polluting industries are saying, kill the program that makes sure that the vehicles we get in 20 years get 75 or 100 miles per gallon without using one gallon of oil. vote no. -- vote no on this terrible bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: i yield two minutes to the distinguished chair of the legislative branch appropriations subcommittee, the gentleman from florida, mr. crenshaw. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. crenshaw: thank you, madam speaker. thank you for yielding the time. i want to urge my leagues to vote in favor of this continuing resolution this body has been doing a lot of things to try to get the economy moving again, to try to put people back to work, create jobs and one of the ways we can do that is to change this culture of spending into a culture of savings. quit crowding out the private sector so that the private sector can come in and do the job

and so, it's no -- you don't have to be dick tracey to figure out what's going on here. the oil industry, the coal industry, all the polting industries are saying, kill the program that makesure that the vehicles we get in 20 years get 75 or 100 miles per gallon without using one gallon of oil. vote no. -- vote no on this terrible bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: i yield two minutes to the distinguished chair of the legislative branch appropriations subcommittee, the gentleman from florida, mr. crenshaw. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. crenshaw: thank you, madam speaker. thank you for yielding the time. i want to urge my leagues to vote in favor of this continuing resolution this body has been doing a lot of things to try to get the economy moving again, to try tout people back to work, create jobs and one of the ways we can do tt is to change this culture of spending into a culture of savings. quit crowding out the private sector so that the private sector can come in and do the job creatio