we begin our coverage tonight with nbc's kevin tibbles in waterloo, iowa. kevin, good evening. >> reporter: brian, this is about as dry as it gets. the farmer who planted this crop says he can only expect to get about 30% of the corn from this field than he did last year. in dunkerton, iowa, the baked fields tell it all, the worst drought in history is taking its toll. just ask the farmers pulling in their crop. what does your crop look right? >> right now it's withering. >> reporter: bob is delivering last year's corn just to fulfill this year's contracts, as the yield on his and other farms plummet. >> 33 years we've always had a crop. but it's not looking good right now. >> reporter: and yet farmers were so optimistic. this year's corn crop was the largest planted in 75 years, 96.4 million acres. now the nation's midsection is reeling, with 94% of kentucky's corn crop in trouble. mirrored in missouri, indiana, illinois and kansas. >> we were set out to raise what we thought was probably the largest corn crop in the history of american agriculture. and ye

kevin tibbles in waterloo iowa tonight. for more on the worst of it, where it's headed next, eric fisher is with us from washington, d.c., tonight whereby the way the temperature reached a high this afternoon of 101. eric, good evening. >> good evening, brian, at the risk of sounding like a broken record, heat again, a huge story. take a look at where the core of it was during the day today, anywhere from the plains to the great lakes to the northeast in the mid-atlantic. many cities reaching 100 degrees including indianapolis, detroit and right here in the nation's capital. when you start to talk about temperatures like that, breaking records and a lack of rain, drought comes to the conversation as it is right now. over half the nation in at least moderate drought. we'll get a new look at this drought monitor thursday morning. we'll see if things got worse from last night. they probably have. we're watching a multibillion dollar disaster in progress as we speak. some of those same spots, middle of the country looking at he

.after police say e her mall friend inside the ánail and hair care spaá near richaads valley and waterloooad. both victims were taken to shock trauma and are in -cr offering a cash reward too anyone with information. a body s found behind an exxon gas station in dundalk. dundalk.ii happened at the exxonnon merritt boulevard. police say the state medical examiner is investigating the cause of death of the male victim.the body appears to &phave been in thh wooded area for some time. chris trociuk: "it's terrible. murdered or what happened?" yvonne baugher: "it scares me, because every night, i walk up to the store, and now i'm afraid, f i walk up, is somethhng gonna happen to me?" &psay there weee no obvious frist degree murder charges pre slapppe on several teenagers accused of videotapiig a man eing beaten to death... and then posting video of the crime on acebook. facebook.chicago police elieve 62 year old delfino mora was the target in a game offpoint and punch betweee gang members. police say mora was attackkd... and left for dead by the group... who then posted vidoe offthe attack on

but at the nasty storms around cedar rapids and waterloo, iowa.ome storms will be moving york statets of new tomorrow. onhink some of those later will be coming our way. is satu-mare shapes up. area of low pressure moving to the north. humidity really moving in. along the boundary there will be thunderstorms, possibly strong later on in the afternoon depending on what time up and helpless they get will determine how high our temperatures get. tomorrow morning when you get up out, be prepared for hot andexceptionally exceptionally uncomfortable day. will make it feel until possibly 110. record is 100th the degrees tomorrow. to 100ink we will get time this summer. by sunday in other bit of a with lower humidity. maybe not as refreshing as today. posted 24-7. -- you can keep posted 24-7 on wjla.com. >> the redskins will feel it tomorrow. griffin talks about what he expects and what he thinks. the penn state players take a strong stand. a big day in the big apple is coming up next. if you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own. if you've

tonight in this busy shopping center off of waterloo road. it is the same shopping center that has some popular restaurants -- there is a starbucks. it happened as a lot of people were out having dinner. police say the shooting appears to be domestic. an armed man walked into the nail and harass a lot and shot a female employee and her male acquaintance. it is unknown what sparked that confrontation but the search continues for the gunmen and patrons of the shopping center are shocked. >> it waws 70 am on a busy saturday evening. you see the police cars. it was a shock. i cannot believe it. >> and it is in said. -- insane. guns and of violence, especially in this neighborhood. >> it seems like a good area. i did not think that anything like that what happened here. >> the victims were rushed to shock trauma with non life- threatening injuries. there were listed in critical condition. the search continues for the gun man. if you have any information, you are urged to call howard county police. 410-313-stop. >> thank you. we continue to follow

police say he shot his former girlfriend and her male hair care spaá nar richards - &pvalley and waterlootims were taken to shocc trauma and are in critical condition. police are offering a cash reward to anyonnewith infoomation. rescue teems resumed the searcc this morning... after a mmn goes missing on the chesapeake bay.it happened &pnear the perrymannaree of harford county last night.just after 8 o'clock pollce received a call that two people were struggling in the fire department found one of the them... and will continue their search for the seccnd this mmrning. gas prices have dropped nearly seven cents over the pass three weeks -- but that recent slide may be coming to an end. &pend.according to the lundberg survey ... prices will ssop falllng because crude oil prices haven't really dropped in several weekk.right now the national ann maryland average for a gallon f regular gasoline is $3.41.that's more than 20 cents cheaper than this time last year. city officialssare decision, is just the start of a houuiig recovery in baltimore. but what wiil it really take for those peeking hom

it was going to be his waterloo. jim demint told us that. he was going to live to fight another battle. he won this battle, chris, and it was john roberts that did it to them, it was too much to bear. how do you spike the football if you think that, oh, yeah, now sick people will be thrown off insurance. yeah! go america. how is that exciting? the only thing that is exciting if they were going to deal the president what they hoped would be a mortal blow. you and david corn coveredç it well. this is a huge victory for the president. it would have been a disaster to have it overturned. it is an amazing record. >> before you tell us what we will do -- somebody once said before you tell me what you will do, tell me what you have done. for the fun of it, let's watch jean schmitt. this is what it would liook lik across the country for days and months. this is jean schmitt thinking this was struck down by the court. here is a clip. >> yes! yes! >> speak? >> oh, thank god! they struck down the mandate. >> they took it away. >> yes! yes! >> wow. tha

after he ssot his former spaá near richards alley and - waterloo road.th victiis were taken to shock traumaaand are in critical connition. pooice are offering a cash peward to anyone with information. baltimore police continue to search tonight ffr a second suspect wanted in tte shooting of a man inside a southeast baltimore barr bar. the shooting happened last night inside the rannhh street.police say two suspeccs enttred the bar.. began arguing with the victim and then shot him.the hooter was quickly detained by others inside the bar while the other suspect ran aaay.both the shoottng vvctim and suspect were transported to area hospitals. a body was found ssturday behind a gas station in dundalk.baltimore county police say sooeene walkiig behind the exxon on merritt she- appeared to have been there for a long time.he hasn't been identified yet. chris trociuk: "it's terribbe. where are yoo safe at? was he murdered or what happened?" yvonne augher: "it scares mee because every night, i waak up to the store, and now i'm afraid, if i walkkup, is something g

cedar -- i love you back, and the first stop was cedar rapids and we went on to waterloo, and, you know, that was the first time i had campaigned as president, and i was kind of nervous. we had this huge town hall and i don't remember what i said. most of the time i was worried about screwing up, but the same thing that i saw in illinois i was seeing in iowa. you know, this was a state that gave me a chance when nobody else would and no matter -- [ applause ] no matter what the national media was saying and no matter how far down we were in the polls michelle and i would come here and feel hopeful because we'd had that same conversation that i had as my first race as u.s. senator and going to state fairs and stopping in towns and visiting vfw halls and diners and visiting people whose lives on the surface might have looked different than mine, but when you heard their stories they were a common story. i thought my grandparents whose service in world war ii was rewarded when my grandfather came back from the war and my grandmother was on the assembly line and they were able to go to coll

also an occasion that we don't talk about this too much when we're in france in which the battle of waterloot is the occasion back in the dark days of 1940 when we had both churchill's wartime speech where he talked about the finest hour and the end of the battle of britain and when general degaulle, president degaulle as he subsequently became launched his famous appeal to the french people over bbc london in order to keep the people of france fighting in the war and which was, in fact, a very important moment when we were feeling a little bit on our own in those dark days when the europeans did begin to come together before our friends from across the atlantic came to help us win in the conflict. so the 18th of june is actually a very important occasion. from this war, of course, a lot of things emerged. there was a lot of economic damage. there was huge debt. there was a great deal of economic damage from the blockade and from the two years of that war. there were also many great things that emerged from it. we heard about the "star-spangled banner" written just here in response to some m

after poliie say he shot his former girlfriend nd hhr male friend inside the richards valley and waterloohock trauma and are in offerrng a cash reward to anyone witt information. pescue teams are expected to resume their earch today... after a man goes missing on the chesapeake bay.it hhppened near the peeryman area of arford county last night.just after 8 o'clock police received a call thaa two people were struggling in the water on park beach drive.the ffre department found one of the people... and sent out swift water rrscue teams to searchhwas called off for thh night.. and will resume today. a body is found behind an exxon gas stttion in dundalk. dundalk.it happened at the police say the state medical examiner is investigating the cause of death oo the ale viccim.the body appears to have been in the wooded area chhis trociuk: "it's terrible. pheee are you safe at? was he murdered or what happened?" yvonnn baugher: "it scares me, because every night, i walk up to the store, and now i'm afraid, if i walk up, is something gonna happen to me?" me?"baltimore county police say there were n

. >> a baby waterloo.illipede, a baby squirrel monkey clings to mom's fur, and zoo keepers have been on baby watch. today showing moms. the squirrel monkeys are there. >> they'll side up to the mom and offer the baby over. they want to carry the baby. everybody wants to carry the baby. >> there are are the millipedes with hundreds of legs. these creature goes to schools and library autos this is a big difference in size. this is about six months old. going to take her three years to get close to the size. >> adam says reading -- breeding reptiles can be difficult. check out new baby turtles i hold him gently because shells are still soft. spiney lizards don't need a lot of care and nearby are micky tree frogs and here are baby otter. here the environment is control i'd feel like a co-mom. i take care of aspects of care and there are wallalus. it's feeding time, here is like there is a full house and they're waiting for joeys to get out of the pouch autos these babies being born naturally, wild. we have lit

. >>> blackberry maker research in motion in face shareholders in waterloo, ontario.a preview. waterloo? come on, you couldn't make this up. >> his name could be napoleon i guess. he's been the ceo for just six months but enough to lose the confidence of shareholders who will gather in waterloo for the company's annual meeting at 10:00 a.m. last quarter the company logged a half billion-dollar loss and chartered a crippling product delay. heinz inherited a mess. rimm's shares lost over 49% of their value, in favor of app driven touch screen devices supported by apple and google. heins said rim didn't need a better turnaround, but then he said it was in order. he seemed to straddle the defense weeks after he announced nearly a third of the workforce, followed up with an interview saying that rim might have been a troubled company a few weeks ago but "there's nothing wrong with the company as it exists now." the survival is dubious at best. i've seen death spirals before and if the tech death spiral were a gymnastics move, heins is executing it with olympic precision. >

it happened at a ruckus party in waterloo, iowa., taylor grabbed one of the officer's pistols. >> i just shot the man three times, right? everybody broke and run. and the other police, he was still down, right? so i ran over there and i shot him three times. it wasn't because i was on no drugs or alcohol. i wasn't impaired, you know. >> trying to get away, it wasn't no remorse or nothing. i wasn't even thinking about turning myself in or nothing like that, right? i hid for about five or six days in the cornfields before they caught me, right? they give me a natural life sentence, discharged by death. >> for the next 20 years he was transferred to various prisons due to gang activity and predatory behavior. the aging inmate landed in anamosa in 2002. shortly afterwards taylor chose to participate in a victim pact program.ç but it wasn't out of remorse. he was hoping it would earn him a transfer back to his favorite prison. >> first, i was going to use it to try to get back to ft. madison. you know, i wanted to play a game -- because

hi, research in motion executives opening themselves up to the wrath of angry shareholders in waterloo, oregon. shares down 75% and their problems and what shareholders are saying. what is the main take away for us? >> the main take away, though the board was re-elected at rim, it was sort of done grudgingly. i'm taking look at numbers here. t torston hines, ceo, 13.8% of shares will reheld in his resurrection. the chairman, 23% withheld. shareholders upset, kind of keeping it civil. it is in canada. they were nice about it but upset so many long term members of the board let things get this bad. just how bad are they? let me show you a couple of numbers. take a look at sales of blackberries, handsets. about a year and half ago, selling 14.2 million in a quarter. most recent quarter, 7.8. over that recent time, the iphone went from 14.1 million to 35 million handsets, average selling prices have come down on blackberry hardware from 316 bucks to $212. they are not at all happy. torsten hines says he's not satisfied either. the shareholders did not sound convinced blackberry 10 would br

officials say an armed man walked inside baseball located of waterloo road.ion led to a man shooting delfino worker and her friend. the search continues for the gunman . patron said they are still in shock. >> i think it was crazy. they should have called the cops a long time ago before it escalated to guns and violence. >> the two the items were rushed to the hospital. at last check, they are in critical condition. police ask anyone with information to call them. we know the name of the person shot and killed by city police. that situation started early friday morning. bowman had a semi-automatic gun. he took off so they chased him to northwest baltimore and they caught up with him and he was carrying the gun. detectives say the officer fired his weapon one time, shooting the suspect. he died at a local hospital. he died at a local hospital. the new santa fe steak melts. get extra grande flavor with the santa fe steak & bacon melt. juicy steak, crispy bacon, and melted cheese with creamy santa fe caesar. or try adding egg for a santa fe steak, bacon & egg me

it's located in waterloo. moscow would be worse. napoleonic references are in keeping. >> on that note, coming up a live interview with general mills ceo ken powell ahead of the company's investor meeting today. what the future holds for the home of brands including pillsbury and green giant. >>> good day for the bulls. dow looking to add about 66 at the hope. more "squawk on the street" straight ahead. [ feedback ] attention, well, everyone. you can now try snapshot from progressive free for 30 days. just plug this into your car, and your good driving can save you up to 30%. you could even try it without switching your insurance. why not give it a shot? carry on. now you can test-drive snapshot before you switch. visit progressive.com today. >>> hedge fund manager david einhorn remains bullish on apple. he explained why earlier this morning on "squawk box." >> i think the stock is very, very substantial i undervalued. i think it's the -- you know, it's the best big growth company we have. it is the dominating brand in the area that

last night off waterloo road. there are a few couple popular restaurants. or getting coffee during the shooting. police say the shooting appears to be domestic related. officials say an armed man walked into the nail and here spot and shot a female employee and a male acquaintance. it is unknown what sparked the confrontation. the search continues. patrons are shocked. >> it was shocking. a busy saturday evening. you see all the police cars and the crime scene tape. it was shocking. we eat at a pizza place a lot. i could not believe that. >> they should have called the cops before it escalated to guns and violence like that. nothing like this has happened before. >> this seems like a good area. i did not think anything like that what happened here. >> the two victims went to shock trauma. they were listed in critical condition. the search continues for that gun in your police are urging anyone with information to call the howard county police department. 410-313-stop. wbal-tv 11 news. >> we know the name of the person shot by baltimore city police. the situ

then we went on to waterloo, and that was the first time i had campaigned as president and i was kind of nervous. we had this huge town hall, and i don't remember what i said. most of the time i was just worrying about screwing up. but the same thing that i saw in illinois i was seeing in iowa. this was a state that gave me a chance when nobody else would. and no matter -- [ applause ] -- no matter what the national media was saying, no matter how far we were down in the polls, michelle and i would come here and feel hopeful because we had the same conversation we had in my first race as a state senator, as u.s. senator, going to state fairs, visiting vfw halls and diners and meeting people whose lives on the surface might have looked different from mine. when you heard their stories, they were a common story. i thought about my grandparents whose service in world war ii was rewarded when my grandfather came back from the war, my grandmother worked on a bomber assembly line, and they were able to go to college on the gi bill, buy their first house with an fha loan. i had a single mom

the heavy traffic left is the right past waterloo bay parkway where you would expect it to be.at shot a 10 year old boy three weeks ago. the boy is expected to recover after being shot in the back. richmond police say that he did not intentionally shoe the boy. he was aiming at a car. we get some tips from the community. >> we get some collops from the community with his name and where he was. he is on probation previous charges. >>mark: please is still trying to figure out the reason for the motive. they said that he is not cooperating. >> that some happened after 8:00 last night with the ac transit bus. the bicyclist is a 31 year old female. she was heard but there were no passengers on the buss. they're looking into what caused the accident >>mark: the dow jones is now positively for the month of july. it is up 80 points today. the u.s. census bureau says that housing starts and permits were up in chin. >> in june. >> permits also jumping sharply for new construction. they say that the builder confidence is the highest level and then in the past five years. >>darya: the gian

friends and neighbors of the two missing girls held a walk and ride bike event in waterloo, iowa, yesterday. they were calling for them to be brought home safely. >>> two big developments in the fallout from the penn state sex abuse scandal. penn state today has removed the famous statue of the late football coach, joe paterno. it happened this morning when construction crews moved in early to erect a fence and conceal the statue with a blue tarp. they used a forklift to take that massive statue down. it will be put in storage. it was built in 2001 in honor paterno's record-setting football victories. his legacy may be further tarnished tomorrow whether they announce corrective and punitive sanctions against the school because of the allegations that officials concealed the abuse of young boys by former assistant coach, jerry sandusky. >>> the materials taken from the boobytra boobytrapped apartment of james holmes. >> they had sparkle of love in their eyes. >> we are learning more about those who were killed and those fortunate enough to escape. ok! who gets occasional constipation, diarrh

found alive and they've got them and it was horrible, because i called the sheriffs department, the waterloose calls to try to confirm something, and, it was all false rumors and it was a horrifying hour-and-a-half. >> shannon: i can't imagine how tough it is for you and especially to get information that is not correct and to leave you on the emotional rollercoaster. tammy, you are the girl's aunt and i see you have the t-shirt and the buttons. how is this community helping? is the search continuing? and what are the efforts underway. >> what we know, as far... that are going on, the efforts that are going on now, they've collected all the evidence. the bloodhounds positively, last monday night, identified the girls to be in a wooded area, east of where their bikes were found on the bike track. positively identified there being, where the bikes were dropped on the bike trails positively to be in the wooded area that continues east from the bike tracks and the bloodhound stop at that point and there is no further evidence of, you know, that we have been told. the investigator said they'd get

leadership, the number of worshipers has grown to about 2,000 with worship centers in owe sage, waterloo, and soon in grennell, iowa, besides the main campus in cedar falls. in 2005 a new building was constructed and the name of the congregation then became prairie lakes church. the worship service is very informal. that has changed in the 58 years that i've attended there. but the service has always been christ-centered, and that has not changed over the years. prairie lakes church is multigenerational with an extraordinary vision for the future. worship services are heartfelt, creative, practical, bible-based, and here to serve christ and here to serve all. those who have just stepped over the faith line as well as those who have been longtime followers of jesus christ. prairie lakes church is a s affiliated with the baptist channel conference. prairie lakes church is all about loving god, loving people and influencing the world. everyone is invited to worship with us, including anybody here in washington, d.c. by streaming when we stream online at prairielakeschurch.org. in closing -f

. >> in waterloo specifically. >> and mike tweets, they should be forced to fly coach and sit in thee seat, forevermore. >>> we wanted to put this whale in context. the world's biggest whales still swimming strong. take a look at the top five largest whales. the blue while, fin whale, bowhead, northern and southern right and the sperm whale. doesn't sperm whale oxoxymoron? >> have you ever seen a whale snt flesh? >> never seen a whale. i have to check it out. have you? >> yes, i have, actually. here's one you might have missed. >>> welcome to hour three of "squawk on the street." here's what's happening so far. >> i'm going to see if i have an indication. jpmorgan have decided they need to restate some of their first-quarter results. they're misrepresenting -- >> and there were specific traders cooking the books, individuals cooking the books. that's what they're saying. the worst case future loss is estimated to be between $800 million and $1.6 billion. >> i'm trying to get to the root of, was it hidden from jamie dimon or was it not? if it was hidden, i feel better about that. it's