we are buying some special crudes in utah cheaper than west texas crude.aper or more expensive. it's traded at a discount to wti for the past couple of months. >> when you decide what to do with the capital you have so much cash now, i know i'm not going to ask for a special dividend declared on the show. you think it will continue for years. why not make it yield 5% by giving me the regular dividend rather than the specials over and over? >> we started out with a program of special dividends. my view is the shareholder doesn't care what flavor it is. we see it as sustainable. we are committed to paying it out through time. it's a significant return in addition to the capital appreciation on our stock. our company is yielding 6.5%. the peer groups at 2.5. we are paying out extra earnings to the shareholders. because of the earnings power and the balance sheet we think we have sustainability going forward. >> what if we made natural gas a true surface fuel? would you be exporting refined product? >> we would. we are doing it today. the u.s. gulf refineries

thunderstorms drench roads in west texas., at times, in the gulf coast and the rockies. >> now, if you're flying airport delays are possible on the east coast, from boston to d.c. >>> and getting back to the news. investigators in los angeles are awaiting toxicology results on an actor who allegedly murdered his elderly landlady, then plunged to his death. >> 28-year-old johnny lewis was killed off from the show fx "sons of anarchy." lewis was accused of attacking two men with a bottle and trying to break into a woman's home. probation officers and an attorney had expressed concern over his mental health and drug use. >>> investigators on the trail of a very cold case will dig into this concrete driveway in a detroit suburb today. they had a tip it might be the final resting place of former teamsters boss, jimmy hoffa. he disappeared in 1975. the soil extracted from the driveway today will be examined for human composition results. and could be available next week. >>> there's a huge buzz online about abc's brian ross and his

i came down here from west texas and was working in getting our offshore company here because it's nearat kind of an interesting politic? there was no republicans. not a republican office over there in west txz. now it's all ripped up. i said well, i'll do it. we got entrusted in that, then. and then came back here and he came to me, the chairman of the state party said well, houblt you're running for harass county prae strength. i said my god, i'm running a business. well, i got into it and i liked it. and we had a big right wing problem, the john best of your recollection society was running strong. so we had to take on some of those people. >> this is barbara and george and me and our daughter, robin. beautiful, innocent, young girl. one day, barbara said you better come home. dr. wyvell wants to talk to us about robin. she had been tired and her legs were bruised. she said i have some bad news for you. your daughter has leukemia. i never heard of it in those days. i said what does that mean? well, it mean, unfortunately, she'll be going to heaven in a few montds. i said there's noth

a big storm town in west texas approaching the dallas area. you do see the direction it is moving. we will have to deal with this eventually. have,look at what we pollen-wise. weed pollen in the moderate range. mold spore in the moderate range. look at the current conditions as far as the high temperatures are concerned. yesterday, 79 is the high at the airport. we will probably do a little better than that during the day. we are already in the mid-70's. 74 degrees in annapolis. ocean city, 75, and parkton, 74. in oakland, 70 degrees. satellite image shows this disturbance out west. an unsettled situation in the ohio river valley right now. it is testing in our direction, but we have this area of high pressure. did reaches from the maritime provinces in canada and in our region. there is another area of high pressure behind that, with a very pleasant, dry air. that is the key to the whole thing. the humidity is low. you can see the difference in temperatures. 70's and 80's. orange is ahead of the front. these blues in the mountains of temperatures in the 40's. nadine, computer mode

the texas has 80 miles per hour speed limits in highways in west texas. >> i don't know if my car can go that fast. >>> coming up on 9 news now -- >>> sunday morning on "biocentury this week," which medicines heal and which fail. the government is spending billions to find out. join us for conversation on comparative effectiveness research. watch "biocentury this week" [ no audio ] the dow this morning is at 13,292. the highest level in four years. up 244 points. not so bad. the and. >>> both presidential candidates will have a new talking point later today. the government releases the august jobs report this morning. economists really are not expecting that much. the estimates are that the nation adds between 125,000 to 30,000 last month. the unemployment rate will hold at 8.3%. that means the jobless rate has been above 8% for 43 straight months. >>> dell will pay a dividend. to pay a quarterly cash dividend. 8-cent as share. >>> shares of amazon hit a new high after a new kindle. they will compete with the glow light nook. they dropped the price of the fire to $159. that's not all,

a washed out in drought-ridden west texas. rain continued to fall today over part of the lone star state. up to five inche inches have fan the last 24 hours, swamping street, strandingars and drivers. water was four feet deep in this swrairses. it's being called carmageddon, the sequel, in los angeles. a 10-mile stretch of the nation's busiest freeway is closed to traffic. workers are demolishing then rebuilding ia bridge over the busy 405 freeway. the roadway is scheduled to reopen before rush hour on monday. last year, in phase one of the project, officials warned of monumental traffic jams. drivers steered clear as they did today. coming up on tonight's cbs evening news, guatanamo's last western detainee is moved to canada. in syria today with a new casualty in the conflict. rebels launched another offensive to retake the largest city, aleppo, from government forces and today the fighting destroyed one of syria's historic treasures as aleppo's ancient market, or souk, went up in flames. the medieval marketplace a maze of pa

the equipment lost by a crew somewhere in west texas contains dangerous radioactive material. authorities say if you find it, stay at least 25 feet away and do contact the authorities. >>> the panthers pounce, the pats spit the bit, and the bengals throw three touchdowns and a shoe? plus, the philadelphia eagles hurdle to a one-point victory. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> we are looking at another nice day across the northeast, but heavy rain is going to start moving in for your tuesday. you're watching "early today." >>> very good morning to you. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, a wild week two of the nfl season saw some teams get themselves back on track, while others fell into an even deeper early season mess. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> good morning. from upsets to comebacks, week two of the nfl season had a little bit of everything. let's start in philly. the eagles were flying high against the ravens. brent celek soared over the ravens' ed reed. he wasn't the only th

let's deal with a little bit of rain in west texas. this is very good news. it came with some strong, gusty winds. and in brief, downpour fashion. but to know this area is five to seven inches behind in rainfall, that rain is a good thing. there's more of that coming today. it's coming in the package of strong storms. the very good news here, that front sinks in. east texas, by the end of the week, dallas, houston, you're going to be getting some of this rain that's sitting in that part of the country. there's another zone of severe storms. and the heat's back in the west. if you missed it in southern california, that last round of 90-degree heat from vegas to l.a., you're back in it again by the time we get a couple of days away. >>> a little humid and a shower on the east coast. all of america's weather in the next half hour. amy, george, josh? >> thank you, sam. >>> coming up on "gma," a 9-year-old and her 7-year-old brother vanish after a deadly house fire. the latest on the frantic search to track them down. >>> also, are "twilight" co-stars robert patti

let's deal with a little bit of rain in west texas. this is very good news. it came with some strong, gusty winds. and in brief, downpour fashion. but this area is five to seven inches behind in rainfall. there's more of that coming today. it's coming in the package of strong storms. the very good news here, that front sinks in. east texas, by the end of the week, dallas, houston, you're going to be getting some of this rain that's sitting in that part of the country. there's another zone of severe storms. and the heat's back in the west. if you missed it in southern california, that last round of 90-degree heat from vegas to l.a., you're back in it again by the time we get a couple of days away. >>> good morning maryland, i'm lynette charles, and we have some showers in the forecast for you today. we already had some this morning, and we could see some more as we head into the afternoon. a high temperature right around 80 degrees. especially if we get more sunshine out of that. the 7-day forecast brings more wet weather, possibly as we head into friday. the

and from west texas to phoenix. >> if you're flying, airport delays are possible along the east coastn boston, new york, philadelphia, washington, d.c., in addition to chicago. >>> back to the news this morning. a california family claims their son was kept off an american airlines flight because of his disability. >> robert vanderhorst says he was flying from newark to los angeles on sunday with his wife and their 16-year-old son who has down syndrome. but then word came from the pilot that they could not board the flight home. >> i think the pilot was concerned that my son was going to be in first class. and that i think the pilot felt that my type of son, my disabled, down syndrome son, shouldn't be in first class. >> the vanderhorsts started recording the airport scene on a cell phone. american airlines said the boy was not ready to fly because he was agitated and running around the gate area prior to boarding. but his parents say that is simply not true. >>> a massachusetts court ruling is sparking both praise and outrage in the case of a transgender prison inmate. a judge has ag

let's deal with a little bit of rain in west texas. this is very good news. it came with some strong, gusty winds. and in brief, downpour fashion. but this area is five to seven inches behind in rainfall. there's more of that coming today. it's coming in the package of strong storms. the very good news here, that front sinks in. east texas, by the end of the week, dallas, houston, you're going to be getting some of this rain that's sitting in that part of the country. there's another zone of severe storms. and the heat's back in the west. if you missed it in southern california, that last round of 90-degree heat from vegas to l.a., you're back in it again by the time we get a couple of days away. >> good morning. i am jacqui jeras. with a beautiful sunrise over at the potomac. start. warm 67 at reagan national. dulles. the day, and mix of sun clouds. s possible late. r warm 1. t 84o . forecast showing us -- cooling down by the weekend. dry.day, hopefully staying a chance o >> a little shower on the east coast. all of america's weather in the next half hour. >

showers in the rockies. 3 inches of rain across west texas. humid, scattered showers along the gulf coast. thunderstorms from little rock to the ohio valley. pouring rain from boston and d.c. >> wet and 70s from new york to baltimore. 80s in the south. mostly 70s in the midwest, plains, and rockies. >>> a dog's best friend just might be a prison inmate. inmates work at lafayette parish correctional industries, or lapcor and sell dog beds. the beds are given to local animal shelters. >> they hit on the dog bed idea as a way to reseekle their uniforms before they just used to burn them to make sure they weren't stolen. inmates cut up the uniforms and use the leftover pieces as stuffing. making between, i don't know, 300 and 400 a year. i think that's great. >> i think so too. >> giving them to the shelters. >> the guys, they're on poor wooden pallet kralts crates in . >> orange, or striped. >> the dog is soft, happy, happy, happy. >> late night tv, what would that be without a little info on how to get six-pack abs. paula faris find out from a t

the equipment lost by a crew somewhere in west texas contains dangerous radioactive material.uthorities say if you do find it, you want to stay at least 25 feet away from it and contact your authorities. >>> in health news this morning, a new study finds your blood type may not be that big of a risk factor for heart disease. the research questions an earlier study that seemed to show higher risks for some blood ty types, but it shows a 10% risk in other factors like weight, cholesterol and blood pressure are much more important. for more on this story and other health news, you can always check out our health page online at nbcnews.com. >>> well, the panthers pounce. the pats fit the bit. the bengals throw three touchdowns and a shoe? plus the philadelphia eagles hurdle to a one-point victory. your first look at sports is straight ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. a reason to look twice. the entirely new lexus es and the first-ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. the entirely new lexus es and the first-ever es hybrid. why they have a raise your rate c

we worked in the oil fields of texas, west texas, and out to california to some of his companies out month at a time, two months, and it was very go advice and i learned a lot. it was great training. and then they said we want you to go back to midland. there's a city sales man. i was a lousy salesman for that. i'm not even sure i sold a damn thing. but then i branched off on my own. ♪ and that was where i made a living in the offshore drilling business. we were innovators to the degree we were the first ones to use it. laterno jacked up rigs. >> as the construction starts, the giant spud tanks that will rest on the ocean bottomed are assembled at the construction site. these tanks enable the platform to rest on soft bottoms. >> can you tell me how you chose the name for your oil company? >> yeah. it was a very, very serious thinking. movie came through down called viva zapata with marlon brando. we wanted a company that started with an a or a z within the phone book. so, i said how about zapata and so we called it that. >> how did you leave your business? >> challenges. full of chal

she was arrested wednesday in west texas. type ofnd a potent marijuana. she was released on the $10,000 andnd. -- bond. johnson will not serve for allegedly headbutting his wife evelyn lozada. police say it happened during an argument last month in florida. johnson struck a deal with prosecutors for probation and extensive anger management counseling in exchange for a guilty plea or no-contest plea. the divorce became official on wednesday. >> it is 6:00 about. clint eastwood is back in a new movie in the box office. .> it is a baseball movie arch campbell has a review of that and other new movies. good morning. triple play weekend includes new movies from clint eastwood and an oscar contender and a --nning -- dope money andu guns. onto a drugble cartel and things turn perfect in south central. mix of technology, story. and the , buteoretical philosopher all, i am a man. takes a's spiritualists troubled alcoholics under his .ing a puzzling stunner and an oscar contender. >> i am not a poll dancer. >> clint eastwood has a heart of gold. four stars for the

if he was in houston, i was in piney woods and maureen was in west texas.country for my father, what people need to know is ronald reagan won because we really got the grassroots of america energized into this campaign. and that's what the polls missed. they missed the grassroots of america coming out in droves to vote for ronald reagan. stuart: mike reagan i want you to come back as often as you possibly can on this parallel election from 32 years ago. i find it absolutely fascinating. mike, many thanks indeed. please come back again. >> thank you. >> there's one thing that was missing from that dialogue which was the hostage crisis. bottom line, that tipped the election in my recollection and experience over the last weekend and arguably won't happen this time and i think we all hope we don't have a similar crisis in the middle east with iran. stuart: fair point. that hostage crisis dominated the news totally. >> yes. stuart: we are two days from the crucial jobs report and youth unemployment much worse than it is for older workers. how bad is it? we're a

and looking at northwest ohio river valley and central plains and shower activity in west texas where low pressure that is it storm bringing incredible ames of rain quickly. this could cause flash flooding in west texas and will go across the gulf coast state and spreading all the way up to the southwest. gretchen and brian. back to you. >> gretchen: how were you proposed to? >> in front of the traunt where we had our very first date. >> gretchen: it was not in an airplane where your husband to be faked the crash. >> i think they wanted to get on television and why they did that. >> gretchen: you are smart and we'll check back with you. mother nature destroid his home and home depo is helping a american war hero return home. >> eric: heather? >> this is an incredible story. one community turning out to help a vet ran family in need . this is it taking place all over the counselry . in parlen, new jersey we are meeting one soldier. finishing touches on a home that hasn't been lived in more than a year. hurricane irein forced the couple to evacate. >> i thought i was going to die. it wa

some rain and thunderstorms there as we speak the big story this morning has been in sections of west texash powerful storms we've had reports of flood and some high water rescues and 70 mi. per hour wind with some damage there's a flood warnings in effect. wildfires continue to stir things in central washington there's an air quality alert for much of the state. the computer does not show much by way of precipitation for us maybe late in the evening saturday ... let's look at the forecast: this afternoon partly cloudy skies clearing later breezy at times 65 their 70 the high- temperature ... tonight mostly clear early a few clouds coming later with a light breeze temperatures will range between 45 and 54 degrees warmer temperatures downtown morning clouds afternoon sunshine saturday the temperature 70-74 degrees ... sunday temperatures will warming to the '60s ... great football weather lots of sunshine as we conclude the weekend time now for today's trivia question: where did the ryder cup get its name? a.) bernard darwin b.) an english seed merchant c.) an american rental truck company t

some of the other interesting things on this chart one being the cooler temperatures in parts of west texasre, look at these numbers readings in the mid '50s at o'hare. midway airport in the '50s. we expect us to pick up with time. it looks like sunday will be windy as this chart indicates but it will dissipate with time. the cool air is trying to dislodge but notice what happens tuesday we have a big chunk of cold air moving down just ahead of a nice warmup by wednesday but could make it to 80 or 81 degrees but it is going to be a close call is going to be cold indeed. daytime highs expected to be in the '50s. plenty of cold air, wins all across the area with the possible exception of a 5 mi. per hour breeze at o'hare airport. about one dozen severe weather reports from the mid atlantic up to the northeast one report of a tornado touched down in pennsylvania nobody hurt but there was considerable tree damage. raining all day in boston even some thunder up there and i noticed the rain paralleling parts of the east coast and this is central and western texas another day of rain they continue

there is also the link between what was going on not just in the west texas intermediate crude market, the trade on the nymex, but also in the relationship between what was happening at the intercontinental exchange which trades brent in london. those things may have some relationship, and we're looking at all of this stuff working in an appropriate sense with our fellow regulators in the uk. liz: same type of picture, but if we were to to compare it to t happened yesterday, pretty much the same maneuvering. the superfast high-speed traders that you speak of, let's talk about them, do they work on rumors? perhaps the obama administration would tap the strategic petroleum reserve. the administration said absolutely not, we are not discussing that right now, but our rumors illegal? it spreads like wildfire. is there something illegal about that? especially if somebody is profiting always? >> the futures market is different than the equities market, there is not even in our market for example insider trading ban. if you have insider information about what you think something is happening

compared to trucks transporting tons of water over a country roads and poorly made asphalt roads in west texasis can be laid, the line can be laid sort of out of sight and and creates no real hazard to the environment. melissa: sure, fracking and shale, if they crack down on the main industry they will not need the support industry. so you have to be worried about the regulations as it pertains to the main business you're supporting? >> continuously we have to be concerned about. melissa: yeah. >> but the benefits of fracking are significant compared to not using fracking. melissa: yeah. >> and, what we're trying to do is make fracking more benign with this technology. melissa: yeah. what other kind of deals are you out there looking at? can you gift us a hint what industry they're in? i know energy is your focus but what o you like? >> well, sure. we are looking at an a and p company that, you know, drills also in the per me an basin. they have been very successful going into old wells. and here's an example again about water. this is not water used for fracking. this is water produced along

i come from west texas. the governor is the chief executive officer. we know how to set agendas. i think you'll find the difference reflected in our budgets. i want to take one-half of the surplus and dedicate it to social security. one-quarter of the surplus for important projects, and i want to send one-quarter of the surplus back to the people who pay the bills. i want everybody who pays taxes to have their tax rates cut. and that stands in contrast to my worthy opponent's plan, which will increase the size of government dramatically. his plan is three times larger than president clinton's proposed plan eight years ago. it is a plan that will have 200 new programs -- expanded programs and creates 20,000 new bureaucrats. it it empowers washington. tonight you're going to hear that my passion and my vision is to empower americans to be able to make decisions for themselves in their own lives. >> so i take it by your answer, then, mr. vice president, that in an interview recently with the "new york times" when you said that you questioned whether or not governor bush has experien

that front still lingering around on friday from parts of west texas all the way up into the northeastago. temperatures going to be agreeable there. but just to the south chance for some showers and even some thunderstorms there. same story in southern florida. and we're going to slowly warm things back up throughout parts of the midwest, in particular the upper midwest. 76 now in minneapolis for friday, 70 in chicago. still hot relatively speaking in the southeast. upper 80s and lower 90s for many locations. that front sagging a little bit farther to the south. that's going to moderate temperatures a bit, looking at lower 80s, dallas plummeting with those readings, 78, areas to the north moderating to the warmer side. south of the front moderate together cooler side, north of it moderate together warmer side. that's what we're going to be seeing this weekend. on sunday there'll be a better chance for showers and a few thunderstorms within this. cooler temperatures throughout parts of the northeast from boston to new york lower to mid 60s can be expected on sunday. and then on monday j

if >> fiona apple was arrested at a border checkpoint for drug possession in west texas.uantity is considered a felony. she spent the night in jail and was released on bond today. you can catch all of your entertainment news here on kron4. >>pam: the clock is ticking before the official release of the iphone 5 tomorrow. we have a behind-the-scenes look on where these bagel tigers live. >> we are expecting the space shuttle endeavor to fly through our if your space on friday morning. the settlement to loops around san francisco bay that will include flyovers over san francisco, oakland, the golden gate bridge or the bay bridge. the shuttle will then head south on the peninsula. >> they expect to see the shot emerge from the north, it will drop down to about 1,500 ft. or so working its way from north to south across moffett field on its way south to southern california. >> chp is warning drivers to keep moving. anyone who stops along the highway will risk a ticket. >> was this gang-related? in retaliation? why was this house targeted? that is what investigators are hoping t

with that we are going to see a spread between west texas and crude oil that will come back and haunt us and we look at the other commodities that have come down nicely and grains. but i see crude-oil and gasoline rising back up and q e. 3 will not help the situation. liz: tesla should be up. this is an all of electric vehicle that could go 300 miles on a single charge. this has got to be the wave of the future. if we are held hostage to what is going on in the middle east time and time again. >> i tell you all the time that crude here which is what we specialize in is a news driven market. there's an old expression down here -- crew coming lower but i agree with the other speaker. they are always waiting for the news story and if they ride the market any sort of news in the israeli iran thing will set us hire. liz: what are we supposed to do? >> that is the best i have got. liz: thank you. great to see you. appreciate you joining us. we told you a good piece of news. the case schiller index. could this really be the floor of the housing recovery. as we move higher prices were up in j

in the northeast, there's that area of low pressure with the rain, also west texas, but, hey, in chicagorm, though, in the southeast, temperatures there, ten degrees above average. atlanta, charlotte, birmingham, beautiful conditions, but here's where the troubles will be if you're flying or driving, new york, philadelphia, boston, all around new york city, hartford even, albany, dallas and charlotte. so some big troubles in the northeast, getaway day and a lot of these big hubs will be impacted. but, hey, if you're watching the ryder cup, the forecast for you coming up and things looking great so have that in just a few moments. >> always nice to have a warning too. so thank you. >> good time to watch our show because we have a packed hour ahead on "early start." the search for jimmy hoffa restarting today. authorities digging into a driveway outside of detroit doing this on a tip, could the result this time be different than all those other past times? we'll ask the author of "the hoffa wars" who has spoken to the current tipster. >>> from the red line to red tag sales. iran's presiden

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west texas intermediate price, might be $100 for the brent price at the same time, brent trading 109 today. david: by the way, we have a lot more oil coming online as a result of the north sea. those operations had been put on hold while they did maintenance. >> correct. david: now they're being released, so we're going to see a lot more supply from the north sea. >> yes, yes. so total non-opec production should be about 700,000 barrels a day higher in the fourth quarter than it is in the third quarter. liz: well, this is all about people watching and saying what should i do and what should i add or take away from my portfolio to make me money for my retirement, my pension, my 401(k)? there are the big integrated oils, there are the drillers, the oil services companies like the schlumbergers out there. >> right. liz: what do you think is a beneficiary of the current atmosphere? >> well, um, i'm more of an oil price expert than i am an equity -- liz: of course. but yet you could still pursue the logic of whether it's the refiners that may do well or whether it would be the -- >> well,

right now west texas intermediate is up .5% at 98.71, and brent crude is up about one-third of a percent$116.32. >> after quite a busy start to the year, there hasn't been an initial public offering in the united states since august 16th. that was 29 days ago. that is about to change big time. kayla is looking ahead to a deluge of deals next week. >> there certainly is a busy backlog coming to the fore of the ipo market next week. seven companies are set to hit the market, and it's long overdue activity for sure. it is a cross-section of industries, which is a good thing, two banks, an oil company, a biotech company, a real estate website, and an electric vehicle company to boot. investors say not so fast. it will release $2 billion. that's only roughly 31% of the proceeds so far. excludeing facebook, those proceeds are the lowest level in nine years versus last year. dollar proceeds are down 41%. the back drop overall for these deals, not as friendly as investors had hoped. this year's newly minted stocks are up 15% according to renaissance capital, but still underperforming the s&p 500

[laughter] growing up in stanford, texas, a very small town, 3,000 people in west texas, he was born in 1919, and there were only two jewish families in the town, and that's because his cousins were also living there. [laughter] really one jewish family in town. that means they were totally, socially integrate the, and they belonged to the clubs, and they ran the dry goods store in town. they were well-respected people. when i got the fbi file because bob was an fbi agent in world war ii, turns out that no one ever forgot they were jewish. when they interviewed the townspeople. fine, high type jewish folks. it was relevant, but not to bob as he was growing up. he didn't see anti-semitism, and as i said in the book, he thought the cutest girls were at the baptist young people's union. that's where he was. he wanted to get legislated president of the union, but the minister, i think it's minister, i'm jewish, so i don't know what i'm talking about, but the minister said he couldn't be. if not for that, he would have been elected president. [laughter] sometimes he tells the story and sa

west texas intermediate crude up a quarter of a percent. we are getting confirmation once again, second day running, from the transportation average now up 35 points on the trading session. all of this of course, one day before that key two-day meeting of the federal reserve. ty? >> more markets in a couple minutes, sue. i want to bring in today's guest host, author michael lewis. he is a frequent guest of ours on "power lunch," delighted to have him back. he has written some of the best-selling books in the nation over the past two decades, many of them having to do with the financial crises that the country has face and other topics of interest. now he is with us after being given unhe is dentprecedented, say in journalism, access to president obama. he capture it had all in a fascinating article he wrote for the current edition of "vanity fair" and get to that, michael in a few moments. i first want to start with this. welcome. >> thanks for having me back. >> president obama opened a six-point lead among registered voters. the first tim

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. >> put it this way, i think we're going to see west texas intermediate at about $93. 4.50 a gallon in chicago terms. i think you'll see brent up around 110. liz: and still ouch levels. and next the latest gallup poll has mitt romney in a dead heat with president barack obama, tied at 47%. we'll focus on the tea party and we know that they don't love everything that mitt romney stands for, but most would probably consider him a better choice than president obama. will the tea party vote for romney in big enough numbers on election day? joining us now, justin phillips, associate director of the tea party.net? where do you weigh in on this. >> i'm one of those people considering myself an omg voter, obama must go. you have two choices four more years of obama or like somebody sent me an internet card today, reelecting obama is like backing the "titanic" up and hitting the iceberg a second time. but that's the choice. it's either obama or romney. liz: so is the tea party going to come out for romney in droves? >> that's a gooed question. the tea party for the most part is

. >>> heavy rain continues to fall across much of the north and west parts of texas. yesterday about six inches of rain fell in abilene. flash flooding resulted in road closures but no major damage was reported. on friday midland also suffered its worst flooding in years. underpass there is were flooded with about 5 feet of water. people did have to get rescued from their cars after getting stuck. >>> a lot of talk about oracle world in san francisco this week. but also today is the race. should abgood day. >> it is a gorgeous day. runners like it when it's cool. we are seeing that acrossed board. we are looking at temperatures -- across the board. we're looking at temperatures 10 degrees cooler. santa rosa 7 degrees cooler outside your door than we were in hours. -- 24 hours ago. what a difference a day makes. yesterday we woke up with plenty of gray. today just a little bit of cloud cover hugging the coastline. partly cloudy skies reported at paive came as well as half moon -- pacifica as well as half moon bay. the marine layer below a thousand feet so the high pres

across parts of texas, it's been a really, really rainy week and more rain again in east texas not west texas are about to change and had a nice couple of days and great temps into the 70's and 80's, and very warm. but he see the 61 in grand port, that's a sign of what's diving to the south. enjoy today in chicago, as well as madison and milwaukee, because, tomorrow the temps drop by around 15 to 20 degrees and across the west, a ton of sunshine again, better conditions as far as the temperatures go on the coast, but look at that, plenty of sunshine in the pacific northwest and talking about temps into the 80's, all right, alisyn, over to you. >> thanks so much, rick. listen up, ladies, are you a nfl fan looking to kick off the season in style. look no further. because christina and kathleen, twin sisters and co-founders of shoes, a cleating line making sure you'll root for your favorite team in style. hi, ladies. how are you. >> thank you so much. >> alisyn: you girls look stylish. >> thank you. >> alisyn: this is what you wear to the game and watch the game. i need help wron what to wear. >

i was sick for almost the whole month of august. >> west nile virus is spread by mosquitoes. it's killed at least 35 people in texas. the state has recorded nearly 900 cases. that's 45% of all west nile cases in the united states. aerial pesticide spraying last month in and around dallas dramatically reduced the mosquito population. in july, half of the mosquitoes tested positive for west nile, now it's just 5%. but doctors believe the number of reported cases will increase because weeks can pass before people infected with west nile develop serious symptoms. dr. beth bell of the centers for disease control and prevention expects the outbreak to last until october. >> oh, it takes a little time for people after they get sick to go to the doctor, to get the blood test. what we're counting are cases of illness which occurred several weeks ago. >> and that's not the total number of people who may be sick from west nile virus. the cdc says hundreds more people probably have become ill but just never went to a doctor. anna werner, cbs news, dallas. >>> quick break now on a thursday morning. when we come back, central am