you will end up in the wrong spot. you will end up going the wrong direction and you won't be able to find your way to the center. of course, out in the desert, you can't just walk off of the maze and out the front door and back into the street. out in the desert, you are there. the cliffs stand around you. the mazes are everywhere, passages opening up left and right. to write this book, house of rain, i walked a little bit over a thousand miles in legs from the four corners region from arizona, new mexico, colorado and california meet down to the chijuajua area of new mexico. there was one excavation along the way i remember out in the desert nears winslow, arizona. the desert out there is just a still life with a few landmarks on the horizon and this empty hole, the little colorado river desert, the painted desert, and we were working on a 500-room pueblo dating back to about 1400 ad. i just remember the wind just hailing down on us for days and you would be working down with trowels inside of a trench and if you sto

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you better wake up, josh., if you got to learn the hard way, you're going to do that on your own, man. if you get into this anymore, i'm for real done, man. >> you got anything down there? >> what do you need? >> food. >> i'd send you some up later. just shut up, man. just stay out of trouble. you talk too much. stay out of trouble. stay out of trouble. >> love you, bub. >> see you later, man. straight idiot, man. if i could hit him in the mouth right now, i would. >> i let him down. >> how much time harrison spends in the hole will be determined in a disciplinary board hearing just like the one awaiting michael ray stafford for allegedly stabbing pat ellerman. >> best-case scenario would be that they forget about this. >> stafford is assigned an inmate advocate to help him present his case at the hearing. >> did you get a copy of the investigator's report? >> no. >> here's what i would say. no matter what the outcome is, i would plead not guilty to it just for the simple fact, if you don't -- >> i thought i a

so a big up day or two gives you a great chance to lighten up. best reason to take profits or cut your losses during ale rally all boils down to what i talked about at the beginning of the show -- preparation. what am i talking about? look. i believe you should be prepared for the bad days down the road. maybe i can be a class half empty guy. except of course when i'm a glass half full guy. mostly because the bad days are just as inevitable as the good ones. if you haven't learned that what's the best time to get ready for inevitable down days? how about during or after a big up day? think about all the times our market has roared off some ethereal talk about potential solution to the woes in europe. boom, we go up only to come back down when a german official puts the kibosh on anything that would help. imagine how much better you would have done if you used the initial rally as a time to do some selling. take something off the table. raise a little cash. in other words a short-term rally is your best opportunity to protect yourself from a poten

the volume but also picking up this. the map shows you we picked up the car fire. no longer an issue. in fact they just cleared it off the board for chp at 23rd. the off-ramp is clear, so is the freeway. the yellow, speeds just below 60 in the upper 50s because of the volume of traffic heading towards the bay bridge toll plaza. look outside and we'll see how things are shaping up at the toll plaza. we have all lanes suddenly filling in. looks like they have turned those metering lights on in the last two minutes. another live look shows you the volume of traffic building for the south bay. we have slowing for 101 just north of 680. we'll give you a bigger look coming up. >> thanks, mike. >>> 6:20 rig10 right now. fast and furious under fire. the inspector general gets ready to get grilled on capitol hill. why he says he cleared the attorney general in a botched drug trafficking sting that sent hundreds of weapons into mexico in the wrong hands. >>> and the new apple maps will get you to point a to point q. we'll take a l

up your game. up the ante. and if you stumble, you get back up.easy, and we ought to know. we're in the business of up. everyday delta flies a quarter of million people while investing billions improving everything from booking to baggage claim. we're raising the bar on flying and tomorrow we will up it yet again. >>> time for pops and drops and movers you might have missed. investors are snapping into their slim jayson williams. conagra at its highest level since january of '07. very expensive stock though, 25 tiles earning. i'd probably lay off. >> not a fan. >> pop here the vix, up 1%. >> i love slim jayson williamim. it should go higher. big expiration tomorrow. part of the move today. >> drop of norfolk southern. >> easily the biggest surprise for global macro investors today. commodity inflation is not growth. volumes are the problem. stock was down huge. i think that will be a big economic concern going forward. >> las vegas sands, a drop down 1%. 3,000 rooms a new casino in macao. the stock's down today. i'd hold off a little longer. >> ma

up to... eight. eight. and 4/8, that's like 1/2. let me ask you a question, what if you took that cube and you triple the size? triple the height, triple the width, triple the depth, boom. what it's gonna be? -- now, it's gonna be something like this. can you kind of see that? can you count 'em up? then we get out. the cross section, area. where's the cross-sectional area now? it's sliced through that. nine. nine. now, it's gonna be-- here's gonna be nine. and what's the weight's gonna be? 27. 27. 27, gang. can you count 'em up? three, 3, 3, 3. nine after nine, i see. and what do we got here? 1/3. 1/3. as we keep going up and up and up, it turns out that the weight gets a lot bigger than a cross sectional area. and you know what, the strength, the strength has to do with the cross-sectional area. so the strength-to-weight ratio goes down as things get bigger and bigger. so if you're gonna scale that person up, and you're gonna make it in this world, he's gonna have disproportionately thick leg

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thank you for stepping up. yes, i will tell you what you are paid for after. [laughter] james, thank you for being here. coming out of retirement, thank you for stepping up. thank you for all of your great work. joshua, you are appointed to two conditions today. -- two commissions today. thank you very much. mohammad, he always needs help. thank you for stepping up. [applause] oscar delatorre, the northern california carpenters regional council, thank you. laborers council. tim, thank you for being here. the film commission, patrick johnson, thank you for stepping up. an invaluable planning council that i will be working closely with as we move into the new health care challenges for our city and state and country, that is our hiv services planning council. gabriel ortega, thank you for stepping up. mark, thank you for being here. [applause] a very important commission, our immigrant rights commission, who is constantly challenged by the need to reform our immigration policies, but to make sure that when people

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it is up to two inches. that means a thunderstorm can drop up to two inches of rain. the ghost of isaac is still drifting off to the west. the atmosphere has all the moisture to work with. locally heavily amounts of rain. this is a tropical storm lesley. it will miss puerto rico. we have to keep an eye on lesley. it could approach the new england coast by the tail end of next weekend. variable clouds and a chance for showers and thunderstorms. heavy rain is possible in some areas. if you take the boat out today, wave heights near 1 foot. we will keep a chance for rain at 60% again tomorrow. by thursday, only down to 20%. i think friday will be a dry day. another system could come and by saturday night and sunday. temperatures in the low to mid 80's. >> labor day signals the end of summer for many americans. this could be a great time to pick up bargains. discounts on summer merchandise. if you're in the market for a new grille, today could be your last day to grab a great deal. taco bell is adding a breakfast soda. it feeds off the popularity of energy drinks. note de

up. a short word that's a tall order. up your game. up the ante. and if you stumble, you get back up. up isn't easy, and we ought to know. we're in the business of up. everyday delta flies a quarter of million people while investing billions improving everything from booking to baggage claim. we're raising the bar on flying and tomorrow we will up it yet again. nah. [ dennis' voice ] i bet he's got an allstate agent. they can save you up to 30% more by bundling your policies. well, his dog's stupid. [ dennis' voice ] poodles are one of the world's smartest breeds. are you in good hands? >>> welcome back to "first look." i'm mara schiavocampo. the latest nbc news wall street journal poll finds president obama leads mitt romney in three key balt ground states. it shows the president ahead in florida and virginia and up seven points in ohio. >>> in washington, a memorial service was held for astronaut neil armstrong. former astronauts remembered the first man to walk on the moon. >>> in mexico with marines on the side, authorities showed off a top dru

it -- spiraled up. authorities say the storm brought in winds that were strong enough to blow over a semi-trailer and hail the size of tennis balls. at least three homes were damaged by the storm. nothing like that in our skies but you want to look up and maybe take an umbrella as you head out here's lynette. >> you are right. we are going to be seeing more showers and storms rolling in as we go into the afternoon. but also, we could see another round as we go early into the morning as well. we have a break out there right now. temperatures the big story this morning as well. we are mild. you don't need the heavy jacket like you needed yesterday or the day before. it's 60 in owings mills and i long eastern shore 65 in easton and cambridge around 65 as well. so, a mild start to the morning. we will get much warmer going into the afternoon. we are drying out and going to get sunshine in here going throughout the day. that's what's going to help with the instability and that's why more thunderstorms are po

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no big changes friday and we warm up saturday. inland temperatures look like they will jump into the 90 s and maybe 80s by monday, pam. >>> time now 438, a mid-air flight between flight attend dan -- flight attendants . and the surprising affects of ripple affects for earthquakes and what could happen around the globe. >>> i will have more on your bay area commute and your bay area weather, stay tuned. ñçbÑ . >>> a fight between 2 flight attendant dance, officials say the pilot radioed about a possible assault. when the flight landed, police determined one flight attendant accidentally brushed up against another. now officers say the confrontation did not get physical. >>> two more major american banks are confirming a cyber attack warning. u.s. bank and pnc customers had trouble accessing the sites and experiencing delays. they are talking about bank of america and chase websites and this will continue until the film making fun of the profit mohammed is discontinued. >>> each of the 21 protesters will receive $30,000 and a writte

i pulled up and i said who is going to tie up the boat? i looked up and there is mitt romney. he tied up the boat and rescued me. >> what america needs is more help parking our yachts. as hotel mogul bill marriott explained, toss me the line, biff. mitt romney is just the man to help america dock our yachts. seriously the romney campaign has been trying to stop stuff like this, they have been trying to turn mitt romney into a relatable guy. at romney events they have been playing that video from the rnc but then they bumped that in favor of the crazy clint eastwood thing. this video about his family, it very nice. nobody saw it but they're using it at their events now and they have young mitt romney on a beach in france with his love letter to ann written in the sand. you can understand why mitt romney spent his draft eligible years writing love letters to ann in france. it might be worth a pound of questions about how he avoided serving during the war. they've even got him talking about health reform in that's again. conservatives are so scared of him losing as badly as he's

the building started going up. the fireman at the top said hit the deck. >> we are on church street we can't tell what happened. there has been a huge explosion. everyone is running for their lives literally. police, media. i see a woman pushing a baby carriage. here comes the smoke. (sirens) >> i couldn't see anything because of all of the dust. all of the lights were out. >> after the south tower fell, that was the first time the panic set in. realized the south tower was hit second. now you have to worry about getting people out of the north tower as quickly as possible. >> i realized i was still alive. i didn't know i was alive or not. >> it's the whole tower. it's gone. holy crap. they knocked the whole freaking thing down. >> here comes some smoke. it's unclear what happened if the tower collapsed or what. i think we better get out of this mess. i think we getter get out of this. >> we jumped in the truck with the camera. kept an inch or two crack in the door. >> oh my god. we might die here together you and

we will make it all the way up to 74. a little late in the next few days. >> pierre morning to me right now for the most part looks ok -- your morning commute right now for the most are looks ok. an accident coming in there. a live with that in a moment. 95 looks good out of the northeast. 61 on the west side outer loop past i 70. 61 as well on the north side to the part of the region. 63 .org climb burning. 63. and live view of traffic. -- there is the accident scene. looks like a single vehicle of law. we will keep you posted. 543 at 146 -- avoid it this morning. west of the beltway, problem west of the beltway, problem free at this mome progresso. your new light creamy potato with bacon & cheese soup says it's 100 calories a serving. that's right. in what world do potatoes, bacon and cheese add up to 100 calories? your world. my world. ♪ [ whispers ] real bacon... creamy cheese... [ whispers ] 100 calories... say it again... [ whispers ] 100 calories... ma'am, hello? ma'am [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste

the attacks throw up a lot of information at the site to gum it up.hey don't actually get inside and see your private information, you're just inconvenienced. in america, those types of attacks are basic enough that people who do it earn the name script kitties. not a compliment. >>> a new study by the federal agencies tells us what we already knew. the longer you're unemployed, the harder it is to get a job but there is a limit to how low your chances get. after eight months the bureau of economic research says, the chances of getting a job bottom out. after that nine months, ten months, it doesn't matter. >>> let's get a look to friday's markets and bertha coombs at cnbc. good morning. >> reporter: i'm still pondering script kitty. i learn something new every day. thank you, scott. futures this morning are kind of flat. yesterday we finally saw the major indexes break their losing streak. investors reacted positively to spain's new austerity budget which relies more heavily on spending cuts and tax hikes, not popular in madrid or elsewhere but that

and the mailman picks it up.ve the shop anymore. [ male announcer ] get a 4-week trial plus $100 in extras including postage and a digital scale. go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again. liz: good afternoon everybody. i'm liz claman. welcome to countdown of the closing bell. day three of our three days in the valley coverage. we are live in the heart of silicon valley on a day when markets are looking strong once again. this just one day after we had the federal reserve announcing that it would add more quantitative easing into the system. we saw a huge jump yesterday. tacking on more gains today. after 200 points to the upside yesterday, dow jones industrials up 41 points. expecting the biggest weekly gain in several months by this fed-fuelled rally. but not so fortunate, the u.s. dollar erasing the gains for 2012. it slumped to a four month low against the euro today. that's a big number, $1.31. yesterday we were at $1.28, $1.29 buying a euro. it's expensive to go to paris now. oil a big story

he goes up and breaks it up. mccourty looking like he's going to get the picks. second quarter, this is more traditional torrey smith. the great toe tap, making the catch in the corner. the refs called a flag on the play, then they picked it up. that made it 13-7. it was the beginning of a huge night, again, for torrey smith. patriots on fade. some guy named tom brady. braid day over 300 yards to make it 20-14. back to torrey smith, working the middle. 100 plus yards receiving. playing with a heavy heart. we have to give him some big up. ray rice caught the ball for 49 yards. he also scored a touchdown. then late in the game, mortar rei smith catching the ball right inside the pylon. he had a touchdown on the night. patriots will take the lead, torrey smith coming back down the sideline. how about that, making the nice catch there in the corner. and then the game winning field goal, yes, he just gets it in. 31-30. how about those ravens coming back to win that game over the patriots tonight. bill belichick's team going to 1-3. good ball game, great ball game. kri

these stocks playing catch-up with each other. its stock is up only 2% to date.four points off the high. those guys are at the high. kellogg is cheap enough to be bought right here. it has the catch-up potential. that's what we just heard from general mills and conagra. i'm confident kellogg will be catching up real soon. the last time we heard from kellogg, they were bearish about commodity inflation. can you imagine? maybe that number is too high. that will really be good in the conferce call. we've got all the ingredients necessary for an upside surprise in early november. kellogg is a turnaround story. at the end of 2010, the company brought in new ceo john bryant, who's been trying to get the business on the right track by getting the pricing right and introducing new products. i was very critical of them. they weren't making it. but i think they're turning it now. they've got cereals like crave, different varieties of kashi. at this point this stuff seems to be working. kellogg's last quarter, it was pretty good. the company's u.s. business was in excellent

ftse up about .2%. the cac up about three quarters of a percent. dax also up barely by a quarter of a percent. spain announcing economic reforms in a tight 2013 budget one that aims to avoid the political humiliation of having brussels come in and impose conditions on any requests for an international bailout. spanish leaders saying just moments ago that the budget is focused on cutting spending, not raising taxes, which of course has created a lot of anger among the spanish people. we have seen that rioting outside the parliament building as a result of that. so far we have learned that 43 new laws to reform the economy will be put forward in the next six months. spain's deputy prime minister saying these reforms will boost competitiveness and adjust public spending. by the way social spending in spain accounts for 63 1/2% of the nation's budget. also, on the backdrop of this, yet another regional government in spain asking for a bailout. that's the fifth region out of 17 to call for help from madrid. that means the emergency rescue fund set up to

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the ground constantly opening up. you can feel the wind and the water opening the earth as if there was no bottom to this, constantly finding the next route it take you from ledge to ledge to ledge, down through cracks and narrows, chimneys leading down step by step. until you get to this arch. it's a small arch, it's only about this tall. the photograph is a little -- well, size, scale dimension, they all kind of leave out there. right inside of this arch way there is a bunch of broken pottery so you know this was a used route a thousand years ago. and the arch leads down into a canyon that opens up and you go up a side canyon into this little alcove where a piece of the ceiling has fallen just slightly. and i found this place. the first time i found this was on the 27th day of a back pack and i got up to this spot and i took my hat off and i stuck my head in the crack, which is something that i do frequently out there, because i know every once in a while you're going it see something back inside one of these cracks

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and he pops it up. this is goit.ips is back and homer bailey has pitched a no hitter at pnc park in pittsburgh. >> that is the first guy named homer to pitch a no hitter. he had 10 strikeouts. reds win 1-0. the a's have two playoff options in place. tonight brandon mccarthy. victim of a line drive off his head. are these fans showing they hate the a's management. 16,000 fans showed up to watch coco crisp's first at bat since september 5. the a's rolled it up. montero is going to make an effort for extra bases but look at him. the a's, they are doing what they call bernie from that old movie weekend at bernies. 8-2 a's and that is your final. the a's set themselves up. they are not losing ground tonight but gain ground on texas. 3-1 angels. mark trumbo to left center field. all right? make that right center field. i love kevy the body guard -- kevthen body guard -- kevin the body guard. a's are two games up on the angels for the wildcard. only three games back of texas for the divisional championship. and remember, th

frut up. means "fruit up." creamy yogurt down below.e, layer of fruity, moussey, uppiness on top. frut up. as the europeans say. in their language. wow. you really are bilingual. [ male announcer ] muller. the european for yummy. >>> it's disease most of us have learned about in history class. the bubonic plague wiped out one-third of europe's population in the 14th century. >> this morning, a little girl in colorado is recovering after contracting the rare disease. lauren green has the story. >> reporter: 7-year-old sierra jane downing of colorado has been diagnosed with the bubonic plague. it is the first confirmed human case in the state since 2006. her parents thought she just had the flu but it wasn't until she had a seizure that her father knew something was seriously wrong. >> nobody really knew what she had or anything. they crust sort of thought it was a fever-induced seizure and that she would be fine the next day. >> reporter: the disease is so rare, it had some medical workers beforeeled. >> it is rare to see a 107 fever. i

you get them up on the walls.an take the tools you don't have in the cabinets spread them across the walls so when you're looking for something, you just pan the wall. easy to find. these come with a lot of different hangers. well first of all you have sort of your general purpose ones. these you can use for hanging hammers, ladders, all sorts of different things. this is kind of a unique one down here. you can see it holding a bicycle tire. these are for hoses. on this one, a ladder rack here. and this is a netted bag that will hold all your basketballs, volleyballs and baseballs. and believe me we'll just scratching the surface here. now one thing that's really neat is this little locking feature. you get it into position up on the track. then you turn it sideways like that. it locks it into place. in pulling a few of these elements, you've have the best looking garage in the whole neighborhood. >>miriam: well bryan and the guys were able to finish the porch using about a half load of concrete. for the driveway,

up your game. up the ante. and if you stumble, you get back up.isn't easy, and we ought to know. we're in the business of up. everyday delta flies a quarter of million people while investing billions improving everything from booking to baggage claim. we're raising the bar on flying and tomorrow we will up it yet again. >>> welcome back to power lunch. yesterday fortune.com reported private equity interest in staples. that stock sky rocketed on huge volume. today it's a follow through, and the other two companies in this space also getting heavy volume and sharp moves to the upside. investors, sue, chasing the premium potentially. no deal yet and maybe not till the end of the year. >> brian, thank you very much. we'll be watching that one certainly. the medals markets are closing. sharon is tracking the action at the nymex. it is on fire. last time i checked, it was up $35. >> the platinum market is on fire. a lot has to do with not only the risk on trading qe but also what we've seen in south africa. what we're looking at in terms of the gold mar

the truck up right t. driver suffered minor injuries. >>> finally, the big apple is planning to add another big tourist attraction. new york city officials released an artist rendering of a 625-foot-tall ferris wheel. it will overlook the city's skyline from staten island and carry over 1,400 passengers at a time at a cost of $230 million the mammoth ride is expected to be the largest in the world, slated to begin turning in 2015. >> now for a look at your national and regional weather here is bill karins. >> i wonder if they let you look out one way. one way you'll see the new york city skyline and the other way you'll see the staten island dump. >> we'll stick with the right. everybody look this way. >> good morning everyone. we're watching the huge storm in alaska now moving onto the shoreline. it's bringing rain around the anchorage area. as this storm has weaken pd over the last 24 hours, this was a monster storm, and now's just a tiny piece of a storm compared to what it was. that will continue to pl

so it'll go up, gotta get up above the air drag and it's getting up, up, up and now it's gonna get level. and when it starts to get level, down below at mission control, they're pushing that thing up to guess how fast? past tense of eat, 8, okay? 8 kilometers per second and then they just throw the controls off and go home. no more control needed. gotta get going sideways, 8 kilometers per second, it's gonna fall, ain't it? but the earth's got a curve and guess what matches up? the curve of the earth or the curve of the fall, hey, hey, hey, it's what falls around and around. hey, hey, we got that, yeah? so satellites are all the time falling. how come the speed, 8 kilometers per second, how come the speed at all these points is the same? did you know what it is? if it's going 8 kilometers per second here, it's going 8 kilometers per second here, here, here, here, the speed stays the same. the speed doesn't change, so once they boost it up to 8, it will coast at that one speed, which begs the question... hc, how come? someone say because gravity ain't pulling on it up there. what do you s

plus a special investigation into the cover-up of the cover-up. how the main street media is aiding obama by hiding the truth of what happened in libya. >> sean: we are 39 days from the election, and "hannity" starts right here, right now. we're awaiting the first pictures from a muslim rally on american soil in dearborn, michigan. they're protesting the trailer that continues to be blamed for all the violence that has recently swept the middle east and north africa. they claim that the filmmaker has blood on his hands. they want to stress the need to curb portrayals of islam and the prophet. let me explain what this means. they want to limit your right to freedom of speech. we'll have a full report and images in just a little bit on the program, and as soon as that video becomes available we will bring it into to you on the fox news channel. first new evidence tonight that senior members of the obama administration in fact engaged in a widespread cover-up in the hours immediately following the nation of four americans in libya. beyond just their

and you go, "pulling up," you're all the time pulling up on those handle-- what are you pulling up on the handlebar for? why? when you pull up on the handlebar... you're not pushing against... against what? against the bike. against the pedal and that makes you move better. ain't that neat? [laughter] yeah. it's like this too. i remember, when i was a teenager, man, i was really, really skinny. all my friends weighed more than 100 pounds. all my friends weighed more 100. i was in the 90s and was tall as i am now, like a toothpick, man. and i remember-- this is scout's honor-- i remember i used to go into the drugstore and i'd drink milkshakes. i'd do everything i could, you know? and everybody, "how come you're not gaining weight?" god, i'm trying like-- okay, i couldn't do it. and i would go into the drugstore and i would get on a scale and make sure none of my friends are around and put the penny in. [whistles] "oh, 94. will the day ever come? will the day ever come, okay?" well, one time, i'm over a friend's house. and my friend had a bathroom scale in the bathroom. and i was in th

year to date, up about 16%.uite recoverying to the 2012 highs before the disclosure of the multibillion dollar trading losses but impressive nonetheless. among the leaders. the nasdaq and s&p with similar 2% gains. there you go. back to november 2000 highs, by the way, folks, on the nasdaq. >>> up next, it is "street talk." the man cave rally edition. talk ing suits and power tools and then herb will be back for a stock watch list for the fall. a red flag on a new name. you want to hear herb's hit list coming up. bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those mugs. can't let 'em see what you're drinking. you know, i'm glad we're both running a nice, clean race. no need to get nasty. here's your "honk if you had an affair with taylor" yard sign. looks good. [ male announcer ] fedex office. now save 5

classic nfl match-up. bears and packers, both offenses couldn't get anything going in the first half. so how about the special teams. green bay lined up for a field goal, and it's a fake. the holder pitched to tom crabtree. 27 yards up the middle. packers led 13-0 at the half. this was the kind of night that will give cutler nightmares. threw four picks, sacked seven times. aaron rodgers finally found the end zone in the fourth, connected with the ageless wonder donald driver. green bay won it, 23-10. >>> hockey fans, i hate to say it, but it looks like there is going to be a lockout. the nhl and players association have until saturday midnight to come up with a new collective bargaining agreement. right now the two sides are miles apart. it will be the second lockout in eight years. >>> baseball, another game, another thriller for the orioles. fourteenth inning, tied at 2-2, down. manny machado with a flare to left. sam fold trying to make the grab but couldn't come up with it. instead of ending the innin

look who popped up at the winchester mystery house. >> you do good work. >> the make up is amazing. time to get healthy. cocoa crisp is back. my friends mommy -- mock me. but cocoa laughs >>> good evening. the finish line is in sight. the question for the athletics, can they get there with the playoff spot? the a's are opening a three-game series with the mariners, and great to see brandon mccarthy back. he accepteed the nomination for the alberto claw mentee award. and it is nice to see cocoa crisp back out with eye problems. conjunctivitis to be exact. steven drew tied deep and aloha and means goodbye. josh donaldson with the bases loaded and two runs in. sprinkle in a little d. the line to left and have no fear. a diving catch and a's win it 8-2. they stay one game behind the orioles for the top wild card spot, and they are two up on the angels with a second wild card position with just five games to play. giants and padres in san diego. the giants -- how did they get into my closet? how did that happen? pablo sandoval doubles deep to left center and scoring vogelsong for a 3-0 l

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up. a short word that's a tall order. up your game. up the ante. if you stumble, you get back up. up isn't easy, and we ought to know. we're in the business of up. everyday delta flies a quarter of million people while investing billions improving everything from booking to baggage claim. we're raising the bar on flying and tomorrow we will up it yet again. >>> apple, $700? who knows. we'll see later today, later this week. who knows? today's yahoo! finance poll we asked about the one-year anniversary of occupy wall street, where do you think the movement stands right now? 8% say it's still raising important questions. 11% say significant but missed its moment. 81% say it never made a real impact. let's see what's coming up on street signs which always makes an impact. >> it really does, tyler. we're going to try to make an impact today by talking about what we call the great american disconnect. for example, you had 2 million iphones sold in a day, but you got $46 million people on food stamps. right? try to piece those together. >>> plus, have ne

what else is coming up here?for fall, five hot trends, including color blocking coming up next and also some beautiful jewelry as well. >> all right. >> and nbc's hit dramedy "parenthood" is here for its fourth season. we'll get a preview from one of its stars, jason ritter. >> and paula is going to stick around for the next hour so batten down the hatches. let's go inside and natalie with the headlines. >>> in the news this morning, an expansive teachers strike in chicago has the country's third largest school system as a standstill for now a second day. 29,000 teachers hit the picket lines, leaving some 400,000 students without instructors. this is the city's first teachers strike in 25 years. >>> the nearly 3,000 victims of the 9/11 terror attacks are being remembered on this, the 11th anniversary. president obama's attending a ceremony at pentagon while vice president biden is speaking at the flight 93 memorial in shanksville, pennsylvania. and in a break with the past, only family members will speak at the s

leopard up two, 57 degrees. our temperatures will be in the low 80s up ahead of our front and the wind have shifted now. they are out of the south. you will notice that as well. a few pore clouds in the forecast today. you can see the clouds just off to the west t won't be a perfectly sunny day but still a good-looking day with plenty of sunshine. our cold front gets in here later tonight. here is the good news. the timing on the front will bring it through during the overnight hours. so as we get up tomorrow morning, that front will likely clear and we'll be right back in the sunshine by early tomorrow morning with a shift in winds. waking up with sunshine. there will be a few clouds around from time to time. later tonight, you can see futurecast not impressed at all. there could be a shower or two. looks like the best chance will be north. we clear the whole thing by early tomorrow morning. right back into the sunshine and great conditions. a little cooler tomorrow with highs back in the 70s. 83 today, most hi

i don't move them up or down because the market's up or down for two months.insightful. you're chasing your tail at that point. >> we'll see, we'll see many times before the end of 2013. >> you'll have plenty of opportunity to hit me if i'm wrong. >> if you're wrong. we might even say nice thing if you're right. >> let's get breaking news at crude. >> u.s. oil prices now selling off. we saw a sharp selloff initially when the number came out, an increase in u.s. crude supplies in the past week of 2 million barrels, according to the energy department, up 2 million barrels. many analysts expected we would continue to see the decline in crude supplies in the wake of hurricane isaac. keep in mind, refineries running at low level, that's caused perhaps some crude to back up. that might be one reason we're seeing this build in crude supplies. we're also looking at a decline of gasoline supplies of 1.2 million barrels. gasoline supplies down by 1.2 million barrels. we were expecting to see a decline, according to analysts but not greater than this number. fuel supplie

construction up 30% year over year. prices, again, very -- varying, but 5, 10% up year over year. these are all sustained increases. so for example the price metrics i mentioned, those have actually posted increases in each of the past five, six or seven months which is the first time we've seen that since before the bust began. >> susie: okay. let me talk to you about home prices, you mentioned that a couple of times. so what about the so-called wealth effect? are people feeling a little bit better off financially so that they are ready to spend more on other things? is that happening yet? >> somewhat. it is true, when asset values rise when people's wealth increases their confidence improves and that does have a small impact on consumer spending. but this concept of the wealth effect which economists toss about, usually with for every dollar increase in wealth, five than cents being spent over the next year really is more of a long-term phenomenon with lags of one to three years. so i think we still have the best of that yet to come. in other words with prices having increased o

did see gusts up to 20. high pressure is starting to see is building up here. which is going to drive a really cold system over there. but for us question will be will we get not only will we get high pressure but an offshore breeze next week? we'll see. still time to iron out the details. today if you liked yesterday you will like today. if it's too hot go west. if it's too cool go east. richmond 68. vallejo at 76. 67 alameda. castro valley 76. a little cooler toward dublin. fremont 78. 81 in san jose. 68 san bruno. upper 70s palo alto. but on the coast too much fog. 60s there. a little warmer inland thursday and friday. but it looks like cooler pattern kicks back in sunday. >>> moodies is threatening to cut the nation's credit rating. the agency says the nation could lose its aaa rating if a deal is not reached by the end of next year. its rival standard and poor. >>> sha new survey finds the cost of health insurance went up slightly this year. according to the family foundations annual report, premiums for job based family health plans are 4% higher than las