the police talked to the university officials, they immediately put the campus in lockdown and just a few moments ago, virginia tech sent another alert out to people on campus keeping the lockdown in effect. they say police are continuing to investigate, is their word, investigate the campus, that there have been no sightings of this person and that they are asking people to stay inside while this more extensive search is going on on campus. so our understanding is that the police from the campus and from surrounding jurisdictions are looking all over the campus, probably beginning to look inside campus buildings to see if they find any trace of either this person or a weapon, and so far, there has been neither. so at some point today, if no trace of either the person or a weapon is found, the university officials are going to have to decide whether to lift this lockdown but of course, they were very quick to act because as you recall, i the 2007 ooting, the much more serious incident at virginia tech, the university was criticized for not responding soon enough, even though the unive

. >> reporter: university officials including president donna shalala and new head coach al golden sayhey are taking the claims seriously. >> nobody wants to get to the truth quicker than i do. the way you do that is you cooperate. >> reporter: the university of miami which has won five national football championships now joins eight other u.s. schools recently investigated or sanctioned by the ncaa. the national collegiate athletics association has been investigating miami's team for the last five months. its president says if the assertions are true, the alleged conduct at the university of miami is an illustration of the need for serious and fundamental changes in many critical aspects of college sports. but miami fieaker billy corbin who's movie "the u" features the um football team blames school officials who took donations from shapiro. >> one of the university's primary responsibilities is to protect its students. particularly to protect its students from the likes of a nevin shapiro. and the university failed to protect its students. >> reporter: the ncaa says its decision on w

. >> reporter: university officials at all levels, eager to preserve their schools' reputations, are reluctant to say the educational quality has already dropped. but they admit it's in jeopardy, and that major changes are coming. >> lehrer: and to the analysis of marcus and gerson-- that's "washington post" columnists ruth marcus and michael gerson. mark shields and david brooks are both away. michael, the republican presidential nomination race, rick perry came into it this week. how would you characterize his entrance? >> i think he had a good week. he is a tremendous retail politician which matters in iowa. he went into michele bachmann's home town in a joint appearance and essentially cleaned her clock-- i think that's the right term for it. he also proved he can make errors, quaffs, and he showed that he doesn't really know how to back off of an error or a gaffe. >> lehrer: are we talking specifically-- >> about the federal reserve chairman, intemperate language about the federal reserve chairman. that's a useful political skill to be able to back off of a mistake. he doesn't s

university officials unveiled the dine yesterday.y said students faculty and staff had a hand in the process. >>> how about fear the birds? the giants have an opponent in the sky. what they're doing to take back the ballpark. >> some places could see drizzle tomorrow but we'll tell you which day you can see temperatures sore into the 90s. go! go! completing an atm deposit in record time... that's a step forward. go! go! with deposit friendly atms, you can make ultra fast, secure deposits with no slips or envelopes. take a step forward and chase what matters. >>> a really big drop off in temperatures today. only most spots only in the mid to upper 70s this afternoon. right now the map is doing it again as you can see on our mapping system, our live storm tracker, santa rosa reporting cloud cover. right around the central portions of the bay, san francisco and oakland and hayward, the low clouds are already regrouping and will push back inland for tonight. so we have been talking a lot about the fog. that's been the one constant for th

one official says the three campers -- these were student campers on the university property who reported with what they thought was a gun, thought it was a long-barreled gun with a shorthandle. but as the university has said, the man who supposedly carried it has not been found. for obvious reasons, this is a haunting story to report to you right now because it was just april of 2007 where so tragically, 33 individuals were killed in what was and remains the deadliest shooting rampage in american history. as you look at this matchee map campus, the reports came outside of new residence hall east, where they seemed to have seen is man. he's described as a man who is white, roughly 6 feet tall. he had light brown hair. again, if you're just tuning in, this is information we're learning about an investigation on the campus of virginia tech in blacksburg, virginia, where police are investigating the report, a report that hasn't been verified, but the report of a man with a gun on campus right now. we're making calls across the board. obviously, one of the challenges in reporting this story i

university officials unveiled the dine yesterday.dents faculty and staff had a hand in the process. >>> how about fear the birds? the giants have an opponent in the sky. what they're doing to take back >>> a really big drop off in temperatures today. only most spots only in the mid to upper 70s this afternoon. right now the map is doing it again as you can see on our mapping system, our live storm tracker, santa rosa reporting cloud cover. right around the central portions of the bay, san francisco and oakland and hayward, the low clouds are already regrouping and will push back inland for tonight. so we have been talking a lot about the fog. that's been the one constant for the coastline. temperatures on the cool side so fog will be on the increase and once again spotty drizzle. could be measurable rain fall first thing tomorrow morning or trace amounts. overnight lowes tomorrow morning most areas starting out in the low to mid 50s. hayward at 56 and morgan hill 53 degrees. this has been the story for today and pretty much for tomor

so, at some point, we think we're going to hear from the university officials. they'll have a choice to make sure in the next hour or two if this person is not seen, if there is no indication that this person is still on campus, and there is no confirmation there ever was a gun, then at some point, the virginia tech folks will have to decide whether to lift this lockdown or not. now, these three young people were attending a camp, a summer camp at the university. i'm told the three were from the washington, d.c., area. and they said they saw this person near what's called the new residence hall east. now, the university has a facts and figures little publication here. and this i'm holding up so you can look at it briefly, this is a picture taken at night, a black-and-white picture of what the new residence hall east looks like, and this is where the three young people said they thought they saw this person this morning with what they thought was a gun. so, that's really -- we're all just waiting to find out. everybody here, all the federal officials here are als

addition to the rotunda and some of the main buildings on campus that are being inspected, but the university official there says that the operations of the university have not been fundamentally changed. of course, it is summertime now, and they are on a summer class schedule, but that nothing has been canceled, and they have no reports of damage or injury, and you know, tamron, as you were talking with bob bazell, that is is the case everywhere we check and certainly the case at homeland security which is next door to us here in washington, d.c. a homeland official says that many of the homeland folks did leave their buildings today, but that the operation center at homeland remained continually operating and that part was not affected, but check around town, there doesn't seem to be here in washington any serious reports of damage or injury or damage to buildings or, so i think that, you know, at least as far as we can tell so far, people who are going to feel this the most travelers, people who are flying, where airport travel has been affected and especially people on trains who are sitting on th

already checked in to the clarion hotel, which is about three miles from san jose state university campus. housing officials are here to help students get through the process, about 90 students were notified in mid july, they would be moved into hotel to make room for the huge influx of freshmen this year. a new rule implemented by the school requires freshmen who graduated from high schools more than 30 miles away to live in campus dorms. so its returning students sophomores and above who are staying at the hotel, complete with a pool, hot tub and putting grown. studenting will only have their rooms cleaned once a week. this move is a huge inconvenience. they would rather be on campus close to classes and school activities. >> it means that i have to take transit or bike over to the school three miles away every day twice a day sometimes. i have to take all my stuff with me every day, all the books for all three or four classes each day. i have to take my trumpet with me so i can goo to band afterwards. it's a lot more work. >> the university housing office made a deal with the hotel to accommodate the stu

we're waiting for university officials who have been searching for a possible gunman on the campus.s there are attending camp there at virginia tech alerted authorities to that. that news conference is expected soon. that was the site of the 2007 shooting massacre. we will bring that press conference to you live as soon as it happens. didn't like high school. and then i met my teacher, mr. mccooey, and that click happened. i would never have even thought about going into the engineering field if it wasn't for these ap classes, these teachers and them helping me realize that this is a major calling in my life. ♪ i didn't always know that i would like math, but now i think it'll change my life. [ martin luther king jr. ] i still have a dream that one day on the red hills of georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. i have a dream today! [ male announcer ] chevrolet is honored to celebrate the unveiling of the washington, d.c., martin luther king jr. memorial. take your seat at the table on augu

it happened at national taiwan university hospital in taipei. officials said the patients are now being treated with anti-aids drugs. in a posting on its web site over the weekend, the hospital said the mistake occurred because a transplant staffer believed he heard the english word "nonreactive" on the donor's standard hiv test which meant negative. while the word reactive was actually given. the hospital added that the information on the test result was given over the phone and was not double checked as required by standard operating performance. >>> back to local news, it was back to school with a twist for students in the east bay today. >> they started class at a new wall dofb model school in oakland. the community school for creative education is the first of its kind in oakland. waldorf education hits the standard math and english but also incorporates music, dance, theater, poetry, and arts like painting and drawing. the principal says it's about timehaurt ban students get a chance to combine imagination with their education. >> so that means that

her team and university officials say they will be behind her all the way and her son was with her whenthe announcement. >> how's this for irony? nascar star kyle busch losing his driver's license for speeding. police caught him driving 128 miles per hour down in north carolina road. jimmie johnson lapped him. the actual speed limit was 45. busch's license will be suspended for the next 45 days. he does not need it to compete in nascar. you can race without a license. coming up later on our show, between 9:00 and noon on xm sirius 126, we'll have a lot of exciting guests including a woman that's coming up on our show in a matter of moments. mary beth hicks who wrote the book just out now called "don't let the kids drink the kool-aid." >> not a very big fan of that picture. >> i don't like it either. plus i have different head sets now. >> good news, the obama administration has announced it will save businesses at least $10 billion over five years by overhauling crushing federal regulations. that's good news, right? bad news is they added $9 1/2 billion in new regulations last month. is

used in the spanish courts in the attempted prosecution of rumsfeld and other american officials torture and universal truth. that would be omar good guys who is a british resident the libyan born or discretion and who was. you know had his. itself in the toilet and had him in there with sprayed water into his face and they perspire a these people held them down. and i have about eight or nine prizing when you consider many of these people were really is not. in general many of them were. actually drivers they went back also the united states has told the teams when they leave they do not talk about anything that happened they make them find papers in the lawyers or muzzle desboro they can't say what they know that the u.s. has done everything it can to cover the torture. but the thing is you know here we had the footage from this house foreign affairs committee hearing right you know in your report the jeremy scahill reported on one of these incidents you compiled a lot of reports that were already out there so the information is there why does our press think continue to ignore it well because no on

officials at university of miami say they're cooperating with an investigation into claims why a formerifts, entertainment, and prostitutes for football players after the the school. a one-time businessman now serving a 20-year sentence for fraud told yahoo sports that several coaches were aware of his gifts over an eight-year period. >>> and the stock price of abercrombie & fitch fell after slamming michael "the situation" sorrentino saying they would pay him and his friends to stop wearing their clothes. analysts say it was more likely a retreat from a recent run-up after a better-than-expected earnings report. in a statement, a spokesperson says, kwoets, it's a clever pr stunt, and we'd love to work with them on ways to leverage "jersey shore." back to you. >> thanks. coming up, the ridiculist. a vacation on a budget with expedia. make it work. booking a flight by itself is an uh-oh. see if we can "stitch" together a better deal. that's a hint, antoine. ooh! see what anandra did? booking your flight and hotel at the same time gets you prices hotels and airlines won't let expedia show

in a message posted on the university's web site, the school officials say the chancellor had successfulry on monday at ucsf. a small abnormal artery in his brain was removed. the chancellor will spend the next three weeks recuperating before returning to work. >>> today san jose becomes the land of the undead as the city celebrates the third annual disosm bee crawl. the event starts at 5:00 p.m. anyone who needs help with their zoom brief make-up application can get some at slave labor graphics beginning at noon. tonight's event includes the screen okay of a movie and the participants are also being asked to bring food to donate to the second harvest food bank. >> and sal, are you? pretty busy this morning? >> reporter: that is the million dollar question, isn't it? yes, i am. as a matter of fact, we're looking at some of that troublesome road work. i don't know if you remember, but yesterday we had some of anytime the south bay where some of the repaving didn't go quite as scheduled and they didn't reopen the lanes until 7:00 and that caused a huge traffic jam. so far that is not happe

i have to say, i spoke to an official at university of miami. let's take a step back.he most scrupulous man in the world. how many hundreds of millions did he scam from people? hey, did he think that when the money went away and the hookers and strippers and these guys would remain to be his friends? absolutely not. >> the ncaa acknowledged that they have been investigating the university of miami for about five months now. there's clearly something to the allegati allegations. one of the things that struck me about all of this is that app r appears to highlight, once again, in college athletics these middlemen and their relationship with college athletes. >> you know, there's definitely something there and you have these people that want to be called. they have the cash to do it. i want to point this out, too. when the kids, when they say like at ohio state, well, we didn't know this and we didn't know that. that is a flat out lie because i will tell you universities are tireless at telling their players, especially football players, perhaps on a daily basis to the po

officials at university of miami, meanwhile, say they're cooperating with an investigation into claimslions on gifts, entertainment, travel and prostitutes for football players at the school. her man shapiro now serving a 20 year sentence for fraud told yahoo! sports that several coaches were aware of his gifts over an eight-year period. >>> stock of abercrombie & fitch fell one day after the retailer slammed this guy. michael the situation sorrentino by offering to pay him and his pals on "jersey shore" to stop wearing abercrombie clothes. did investor outrage over the offer fuel selloff? analysts say -- some are skeptical about this story including mtv. in a statement the spokesperson says "it's a clever p.r. stunt and we'd love to worm wit shoreh the largest youth audience on television". now back to you, anderson. >> isha, thanks. coming up, gerard depardo takes a leak on a plane and i'm not talking about the root vegetable. the ridiculist is next. a vacation on a budget with expedia. make it work. booking a flight by itself is an uh-oh. see if we can "stitch" together a better dea

kruger specializes in the labor market and unemployment and is a former treasury official and princeton university professor. kruger starts his job as the white house is rolling out its plan of job creation by labor day, but the reports indicate the president will call for the same job proposals he's been calling for, including the ones in his weekly address from august 20th. >> cut payroll taxes, we can pass a road construction bill so road construction crews now sitting idle can get back to the work site, and let's pass trade deals to level the playing field for our businesses. the only thing from preventing us to pass these bills is by some of those in congress putting those ahead of party. >> the president has not managed to unhinge himself from reality when discussing jobs. he can't do what michele bachmann did while campaigning in florida this weekend. the headline reads "bachmann promises fast economic turn around with tax cuts." how fast is bachmann's fast economic turn around? one fiscal quarter. yep, three months. it's the worst economy since the great depression, but bachmann knows how

officials at university of miami, meanwhile, say they're cooperating with an investigation into claimser that he spent millions on gifts, entertainment, travel and prostitutes for football players at the school. her man shapiro now serving a 20 year sentence for fraud told yahoo! sports that several coaches were aware of his gifts over an eight-year period. >>> stock of abercrombie & fitch fell one day after the retailer slammed this guy. michael the situation sorrentino by offering to pay him and his pals on "jersey shore" to stop wearing abercrombie clothes. did investor outrage over the offer fuel selloff? analysts say -- some are skeptical about this story including mtv. in a statement the spokesperson says "it's a clever p.r. stunt and we'd love to worm with them on other ways they could leverage "jersey shore" to reach the largest youth audience on television." now back to you, anderson. >> isha, thanks. coming up, gerard depardo takes a leak on a plane and i'm not talking about the root vegetable. the ridiculist is next. [ male announcer ] this is lisa, who tries to stay ahead o

the spanish courts in the process that prosecution of rumsfeld and other american officials for torture under universal jurisdiction that would be omar decries who was a british resident a libyan them born british resident who was. you know had his. himself dunked in the toilet and had him into a cell sprayed water into his face and they pepper sprayed these people held them down. i have about eight or nine it's not surprising when you consider many of these people were released the press has not sought them out in general many of them were farmers taxi drivers they went back also the united states has told the team news when they leave that they're not supposed to talk about anything that happened and then make them find papers in the lawyers or muzzled as well they can say what they meant was the. u.s. has done everything it can to cover up the torture that is implemented but the thing is you know here we had the footage from this house foreign affairs committee hearing right you know in your report the jeremy scahill reported on one of these incidents you compiled a lot of reports that were already

used by the spanish court in the attempted prosecution of rumsfeld and other american officials or torture under universal jurisdiction that would be omar great. british resident a libyan man born for this president who was. you know had his. dunked in the toilet and had him into a cell array of water that was paid and they prescribe these people help them. i have about eight or nine uprising when you consider many people were really does not amount in general many of them were armored taxi drivers they went back also the united states has told b.b.c. news when they leave but they're not the first to talk about anything that happened they make them find papers in the lawyers or muzzled as well they can with e-mail with. us it's done everything it can to cover words are important but the thing is you know here we have the footage from the house foreign affairs committee hearing right you know in your report that jeremy scahill reported on one of these incidents you compiled a lot of reports that were already out there so the information is there why did our press think continue to ignore it well because no

levy occlude look like in shapiro professor of political science at yale university thinks the high number of former gadhafi officials among the rebel leadership raises doubts over whether and new regime will be any different from the old one. we know very little about the agenda of the forces that are coming to power after all. was or justice minister in cut off these. real was head of the economic development council in the regime these are as far we are slaves libya's ambassador to india for the gadhafi regime beason to relieve is of the national transitional council they're certainly known have any history as democrats you know they've been associated with the gadhafi regime for a very long time r.t. has also spoken. and it's an arabic newspaper based in london he sings colonel gadhafi will definitely fall but the question is why there are the rebels will be able to govern the country. yeah. a failed state like what happened in afghanistan and nobody can predict what will happen after we knew that there would be removed from power because he and i actually need and he has and could pick up abilities but the big q

officially sanctioned and allowed in the south bay. reporting live, bob redell. >> thank you, bob. 6:08 now. the university ever san francisco is looking to the past as it plans for the future. school officials purchased the historic folger building. the downtown location in san francisco gives the university a way to reach a broader base of students and public transportation also play add key part in that decision. the main campus of usf is located north of the panhandle neighborhood. >> cities across the bay area are getting a helping hand in the fight against obesity. kaiser permanente is giving $1 million grants to communities in richmond, concord and san francisco. they are part of kaiser's plan to bring together agencies to promote healthy living. funding will establish wellness committees in schools and develop programs on nutrition, exercise and cooking. >> good day to get outside, take a walk, maybe get your body moving. let's check in with christina loren. >> get your body moving. we're looking good for today. if you want to get outside another good reason. good quality all the way through the we

libya could look like and shapiro professor of political science at yale university thinks a high number of former gadhafi officials among the rebel leadership raises doubts over whether a new regime will be any different from the old one. we know very little about the agenda of the forces that are coming to power after old stuff i jolly a little was a justice ministry in khadafi government djibril was the head of the economic development council in the field regime and. he was sleaze libya's ambassador to india for the gadhafi regime these are the related is of the national transitional council they're certainly known have any history as democrats you know they've been associated with the gadhafi regime for a very long time. r.t. has also spoken to abdel bari atwan who edits an arabic newspaper based in london he's saying skurnick gadhafi will definitely fall but the question is whether the rebels will be able to govern the country. could turn to a fitting state and i quote happened in afghanistan nobody can predict what will happen after we know that he would be removed from power because he cannot actually fight

university of san francisco is looking into the past as it plans for the future. school officials announced it purchased the historic folger coffee building. the university plans to use that as a downtown hub. usf says it reaches a broader base of students. the main campus is located north of the panhandle neighborhood. >> we're getting new information this morning about delays for work on the new devil slide tunnelment it appears it's now going to take a year longer than expected. caltrans says the tunnel along highway 1 will now open in late 2012. the project to build twin 4200-foot tunnels started about five years ago and only supposed to take a few months. there were construction delays. as a result, the $314 million project will cost more and those costs will you know, eventually be passed along to taxpayers. a san mateo assemblyman plans to investigate. >> let's investigate the forecast this morning. >> chief investigative meteorologist christina loren. it's pretty nice down there. actually we're not seeing a lot of the fog touching the surface yet but it's getting very clos

officially begins on thursday. but some are having a hard time registering for classes and university says it's not due to the state budget cuts. education reporter lee ann reports from uc berkeley. >>reporter: students arrive at cal over the weekend and today they were officially welcomed by the vice chancellor. these incoming students are seeing a university that is transforming itself because of severe budget cuts. for expect pel this is the first time income from their tuition will surpass state funding. the regent voted to increase tuition to more than 12,000 dollars this year. parents like frank say wearing the sweatshirt is a remaineder that callus no longer affordable to many families. >> i don't it say i'm starving hungry broke. that says it al all. >>reporter: students say a higher tuition should guarantee them the classes they need. but in fact cal says a portion of the money from this year tuition increase is being used to add courses. but not everyone says they are getting their required classes. >> that one class that she's on the waiting list for she can't take other classes until she has this class.

, south african-born scientist ivor van hierden, deputy director of university of louisiana's state hurricane center, warned officialswere faulty . he's warning them again. >> this wall could very easily be overtopped. if we had another hurricane katrina, it would be overtopped. >> after hurricane katrina, congress authorized the army corps of engineers to redesign and rebuild the levee system to be able to withstand a one in 100-year storm, the rough equivalent of a category 3 hurricane. the $14 billion hurricane and storm damage risk reduction system is on track to be completed by next june. but if a strong enough storm strikes, everything people in this city have worked so hard to rebuild could be gone once again. >> i think we're in big trouble, even with a category 2 or 3. i don't know how much trouble, but big trouble. category 5, we're in big, big, big trouble over again. >> the ballpark figure for protecting the city from a category 5 hurricane, the so-called one in 1,000 year storm protection, is somewhere between $70 billion and $140 billion. >> all things are possible, given the mission and the financial b

now russia has officially taken up the baton to hold the next summer university games in design in two years' time as a lavish closing ceremony has been held in the chinese city of shenzhen to bring down the curtain on the latest competition for students globally in fact russia collected a games flag rather than us on the well in the meantime russia one fifty two goals at the games to finish second in the overall rivals table but their effort was proved by the board of hosts china a staggering seventy five top guns rhythmic gymnastics superstar and i know that was the biggest contributor for the russian team the world in limerick champion as in full goals and won silver to her trophy cabinet but following the success of the chinese event the pressure is now on to stage a similar. impressive tournament. is going to be. a good grade chance. not only in sports but great culture and with mirth russian both rebelled and overtly. thank you think jane and the world. well there are two years ago before those games but has just hosted the latest leg of the russian touring car championship with

tasmanian farmers been scratching their heads and looking out into the universe to find the culprits behind crop circles but now tasmania officials have found the real creatures behind the farmland vandalism and their eighty's instead there's stone with wallabies that's right tasmania grows af of the world's illegal opium and the opium crops are a favorite of wallabies that munch down and then go on a mind altered route through the tasmanian farmlands beating down crops and creating elaborate crop circles and official told the b.b.c. we have a problem with wallabies entering poppy fields getting as high as a kite and going around in circles then they crash stone sheep also been known to get the game as one of the side stone wallabies and sheep i think there might be another culprit. thank. you thank you thank you. still ahead of the big picture but boy it was trial of warren jeffs takes a strange twist inside of texas torre room next i'll talk to author and writers about a trial of a live polygamy still exists in our society whether or not we'll see a conviction in this high profile case. drives the world the fear mongering used

politics i was an urban pastor in philadelphia and i was a chaplain at drexel university and i got mad at the fact that my elected official who was good buddies with richard nixon just assumed he would get reelected automatically in fact no democrat had won an election in my district since eight hundred fifty eight the district had two hundred ten thousand republicans ninety thousand democrats i asked around the people and who are you planning to run for congress and they said well we'll probably look for a lawyer need some publicity and expect him to lose i wasn't satisfied with that so i ran and won and the miracle wasn't the first election that was watergate ehrlichman halderman john dean and richard nixon the real miracle was i got reelected five additional times and voluntarily left the congress by running against arlen specter for the united states senate in one nine hundred eighty six i came in second i got the silver medal for the senate and decided i wasn't going to spend the rest of my life. trying to get reelected to some office i spent a few years running the committee for national security and i spent ten yea

officials. we will hear more about the part -- about the work being done at northwestern university. the story of ken berry, falsely accused of a crime while on duty as a police officer. you know something about patience. after all that you have been doing. thank you for your patience. let me give you the microphone. give me the back story. the fact that one was in law enforcement and this can happen while you are protecting and serving others. tell me your story. >> that is it in a nutshell. in 1991, i was a police officer with the university of chicago campus police. i was arrested and convicted of a sexual assault that i did not connect. i had a consensual relationship with a young lady and it was made out to be like i was criminal number one. a crooked cop. everything happened so fast. if you have a serious felony charge, people stay in the jail a year or two fighting those charges. i was arrested and tried, convicted, sentenced to prison in 4.5 months. tavis: i am trying to figure out how you think all that can happen in four months. >> a few different dynamics. the main thing w

the university of san francisco looking into the past as plans for the future. school officials announced yesterday it purchased the historic follger coffee buildin, to use as a downtown hub. usf says it gives them a way to reach a broader base of students. the main campus of usf north of the panhandle neighborhood. >> work on the devil's slide tunnel is going to take a year longer than expected. the tunnel across highway 1 will now open in late 2012. the project to build twin 4200-foot tunnels started five years ago. it was only supposed to take a couple of months. there were construction delays. as a result the $314 million project will cost more and the costs will be passed on to you. a san mateo assemblyman plans to investigate, he says. let's check with christina. >> good morning to you. i just got my pg&e bill for the month of july and because of the nice weather not too bad. we're going to get more of that really nice unseasonably cool weather throughout the day today all the way throughout the weekend, onshore flow stays in place. an area of low pressure that's kicking o

he is a former treasury department official and princeton university economist. more from the white house would today's briefing would press secretary. he was joined by fema administrator on response to hurricane i've been. -- irene. >> welcome to the white house, everyone. this is your daily briefing. for those of you who were at martha's vineyard last week or on vacation, welcome back. that includes me. for those of you who were here, my condolences. before i get started on taking questions on other issues, i have with me today the administrator of the federal emergency management agency, craig fugate. as you know, mr. fugate has extensive emergency management experience. he was the former director of the florida division of emergency management, appointed to that position in 2001 by then governor jeb bush, and then later reappointed by governor bush's successor, charlie crist. he held that position until president obama asked him to lead fema. he is here to take your questions and give you an update on hurricane irene and its consequences. fugatedon't we have

official positions exchanging. accusations. well still to come on the program this universal diversion peace activists a new conflict with lebanon saying the government wants to divert attention from its own blunders. and the spill that's being kept under wraps a ruptured pipeline just off the coast of scotland has lead to more than two hundred tons of oil into the north sea in just five days with no end in sight. and story still to come but first the decision to cut america's debt rating spark chaos in the world markets with panic leading to trillions worth of sell offs but the move to a drop in the shares of standard and poor's itself on investors fought to buy freshly done graded u.s. treasury bonds leaving many to ask what grade the rating agencies deserve themselves. as this report. breaking news the united states has just lost its top notch triple a credit rating from it was the downgrade heard round the world in a strong reaction to the rating downgrade told us well it's dead standard and poor's took the u.s. from straight aaa student to one not below for the first time ever bad marks were handed down for the nation's deb