when was the last time you saw a presidential campaign in wyoming or vermont or delaware?l elections in four or five states, ohio, florida, a few other states in the midwest and that's it. all of the rest of the states are completely irrelevant, including the small states. >> no real conceivable way in which that will change? >> i think the electoral college, there is a conceive able way it will change. it's hard to justify this crazy system where people in new york and california and texas are irrelevant throughout all presidential campaigns except as fundraising sources, just the way contemporary american politics is, new york, california, are overwhelmingly democratic states, texas is a republican state. the states are ignored. and there are millions and millions of voters in these states who get no attention and it really does affect our politics, the substance of our politics as well. for decades we sub siddize products drk -- ethanol, iowa was such an important state. this has substantive impact as well as political science impact. >> would it be fair to say our sena

still a chance of thunderstorms near salt lake city up to wyoming, same for you. little cooler in arizona for at least one day. then the furnace is on full blast through the upcoming weekend. high pressure off the coast will keep a now marine influence in much of the northwest, that's why it will be cool with some showers. 66 in portland. 64 in seattle. 108 in phoenix. i was just looking at the forecast two days from now, you'll be near 116. that's incredible stuff. that's a lookf sack are moan sacramento is looking nice with a slight chance of showers in oregon. the heat is going to increase in the southwest. it is already 107, that's pretty incredible. >> i don't know where else they would go. thank you so much. coming up, american airlines goes shopping. justin timberlake goes into yet another business, and you won't believe who is getting paid to make political tweets. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, she's back. lindsay lohan's house arrest ends. >>> coming up, the yankees find a new job for joe gerrardi. a stunning upset at

almost 4 years, whether it was going off to sundance or to writer's retreat they have in sheritan, wyoming -- is that where you went? . >> that was in utah and la as well, down there at the institute. >> they have another writer's retreat in sheritan, wyoming, so i spent time out there and we workshoped this in san francisco, we have done readings at the asia society in new york. each time we did a workshop, each time we did a reading, it moved the piece forward. i think in large part it has to do with working with cary pearloff, the director, but she is also an excellent dramator. she worked closely with me in terms of the writing of the material so as we went along, we were able to shape the piece as well as figure out how to stage it. it's an interesting piece in that i wrote it with a number of small themes and the choice is you either present it like a doll house, or rear view window where you have kind of a cut out and you kind of jump from one room to another, or -- and this was my preference -- to develop some kind of cinematic approach to allow for there to be a fluidity in all th

it might be slightly hire than that in wyoming. so, the banks and the retailers should get together and come up with a rule that will work for both of them, but not one that maintains a monoply. when you sign on to one of these credit card agreements and you have to do one of those in order to be able to accept them and have the money work through the system back to you, you're not given any options. there isn't anything you can shop around for because all the agreements are the same. if you sign one of those agreements, you have to be willing to accept it no matter what the size of the purchase. now, if you're selling a soda for $1 and you're paying 44 cents, you know that the soda company isn't making enough to cover the 44 cents. so they've got to raise their price, which gets passed on to the customer. now, they've got to raise the price so that it covers the credit card, but it also has to cover the other sales then because they can't lose on -- there is no way for them to distinguish one from the other. they're not allowed to

we certainly to in wyoming. it's time to have a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. >> brown: well, you both talk of urgency and yet weeks keep going and there isn't that much time until august 2. senator barrasso, starting with you, wouldn't citizens at home be listening to this and wondering if there really is a sense of urgency in washington? what do you say? >> well, there certainly is on my side of the aisle. i see the president had a debt commission and essentially ignored it and then the vice president had some talks and finally now this past week the president has gotten engaged. he said that members should stay here over the... stay here working. i wanted to stay here over memorial day, signed a letter to harry reid, the democrat leader of the senate, as did all of my colleagues saying "we should be working on this today" he said "no, no, take a break, go home." we ought to be working on this and finding solutions and i think one of the ways to go is balancing the budget and committing us as

i can assure you this is true in my home state of wyoming. recently, 100 horses have been seized from a western wyoming ranch where they were being starved and had to be transported to the eastern side of the state to the state's cheyenne stockyards. while the state veterinarian is caring for the animals currently, the options for selling these horses are limited. there is just no place to send unwanted horses and neglect will continue to rise across the country without a viable alternative. in fact, the wyoming legislature this year needed -- made it a crime to release a horse onto public lands. the reason people do that is because there's no other way to get rid of an unwanted horse. there's no opportunity to sell them into this meat market so people are turning them loose, with the ferrell horse the wild horses, further exacerbating the federal wild horse problem. congress needs to examine these concerns and the g.a.o. report should provide us the information needed to make an educated decision on this matter. now, i plan to withdraw my am

wyoming has 400,000 people and two senators and california has 6 million people and two senators. just gify that 37 >> and the justification was that states as states have some kind of inherent quality.7. >> and the justification was that states as states have some kind of inherent quality.. >> and the justification was that states as states have some kind of inherent quality. >> and the justification was that states as states have some kind of inherent quality.>> and that states as states have some kind of inherent quality.. >> and the justification was that states as states have some kind of inherent quality. that deserves representation. maybe that was true in the 1th september sclurry, but today you drive from one state to another, it's very difficult to see why they should have political rights as states. >> particularly small states. even it at the beginning, the concern was that new york and virginia and massachusetts, which were the big states, would overwhelmit at the beginning, t concern was that new york and virginia and massachusetts, which were the big states, would o

. >>> the popular nintendo wyoming is -- wii is getting an upgrade.it's a smartphone like remote control that allows gairms to play on two at the same time. nintendo hopes it will help drive up their sales which had dropped because of microsoft's connect and sony's move motion controller. >>> microsoft has announced its latest version of the xbox. the xbox 360 fee ors new features that parter in with youtube and bling. a video demo did show a couple using voice controls to surf the channels and did up watching abc's castle. executives hope to make xbox live a hub for all sorts of entertainment. >>> so if you have an ipod, ipad or iphone,le a be able to watch them all. apple's ceo steve jobs introduced the icloud on monday. apple is not the first in the so-called cloud market. they would like to take it to a whole new level. we have the pros and cons of living in the cloud. >> reporter: apple took a big leap into the cloud. >> some people think the cloud is just a hard disbeing in the -- disc in the sky. we think it's way more. >> reporter: speaking at

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in a bar in downtown bags, wyoming, ake got drunk, started slapping ginger around.st opportunity spilled her guts to the barkeep. the bar owner alerted the police. by then ake and hatch had escaped in colorado. jeff corville was a detective sergeant in moffat county, colorado, back then. >> our deputies found out that the car was associated with ake and hatch and that they were wanted on a number of different murders in oklahoma and texas. they tried to pursue the car, but what we had then was just kind of old pickup trucks for patrol vehicles and, of course, these guys got away real quick. >> reporter: ake and hatch floored the 280-z. lost the lawmen. aware of how dangerous the two were, the searchers scoured the county. >> our guys gave chase and the car just got away from them. disappeared about 25 miles north of town. >> reporter: they'd given the cops the slip. low on money and freezing in the colorado winter, ake and hatch were as desperate as cornered animals. they resorted to what they knew. they invaded a ranchhouse owned by mike pondella. outside craig, co

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in september of 2010 the epa warned residents of a wyoming town where fraing was taking place to useshowering to avoid the risk ofÑi explosion. that proves there is a work around. just infall a fan in your shower. >> and don't smoke in your shower either. >> stephen: so isn't that the epa saying it is happening. >> the epa is legitimately identifying an historical fact. naturally occurring methane gas often ends up in water wells and dow have that situation. but there's not been a single proven instance where it has been related to hydraulic fraking. >> stephen: solar power? they will suck so much energy that eventually the sun will go out. (laughter) >> stephen: right, we will have a sun spill s this a matter of national security. you used to be head of homeland security is this a matter of homeland security in any way to new. >> it depends on your point of view, whether you want to send a billion dollars a day to foreign countries some unstable, unfriendly countries or whether you want a bunch of leaders and countries deciding they're not going to increase the production of oil whi

in september of 2010 the epa warned residents of a wyoming town where fraing was taking place to useshowering to avoid frakin. >> stephen: solar power? they will suck so much energy that eventually the sun will go out. (laughter) >> stephen: right, we will have a sun spill s this a matter of national security. you used to be head of homeland security is this a matter of homeland security in any way to new. >> it depends on your point of view, whether you want to send a billion dollars a day to foreign countries some unstable, unfriendly countries or whether you want a bunch of leaders and countries deciding they're not going to increase the production of oil which means our gas price goes through the roof it is a matter of economic security, a matter of national security. >> stephen: the only thing that worries me is say you are drilling a mile down there. what if we enrage the mole people. (laughter) have you made any plans for that. >> that is one contingency i would be a black swan event. we have to deal with that when it occurs. >> stephen: please do. thank you so much. governor

senator john barrasso, republican from wyoming, member of the senate leadership, thanks very much fore this morning. >> thanks, chuck gentleman. all right, coming up, the art of surviving scandal. how are some politicians able to weather the storm while others get swallowed up whole and where will anthony wiener land in all of this? shame versus shamelessness. >>> plus, retooling the re-election message s it time for president obama to stop talking about the past when it comes to the economy? >>> first, today's trivia question from the almanac of american politics. which member of the house beat a member of her own family to win her seat in congress? tweet me the answer at chuck todd or at daily run down. first correct answer gets a pound ff from us today. stay tuned "the daily rundown." we will be right back. [ man ] ♪ trouble ♪ trouble, trouble trouble, trouble ♪ ♪ trouble been doggin' my soul ♪ since the day i was born ♪ worry ♪ oh, worry, worry worry, worry ♪ [ announcer ] when it comes to things you care about, leave nothing to chance. travelers. take the scary out of life. just

widespread area here across montana, idaho, wyoming, looking at flood watches and warnings. river levels are getting very, very high. highs on tuesday, still looking pretty hot toward the east coast, getting up to 30 degrees in new york. >>> now for europe. it's going to be still an unsettled picture, really across the region, especially continental europe. thundershowers, again, really over a wide area. some stormy weather could be feature ed in parts of the scandinavian peninsula, as well, especially near the low pressure area here. for the british isles, another low is going to bring more persistent rains. perhaps not thundery here. definitely more rain to come over the next few days and temperatures remaining mild aross the board here. 20 degrees for london. 21 in paris. 26 degrees in berlin. the same also for vienna. central europe, in particular, still looking pretty warm. then 33 degrees for athens, really hot weather for you again on tuesday. all right. that's a look at your weather for now. here is your three-day outlook. >>> our lead story this hour. the japanese g

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but i'll tell you what, we lose the banks of our small towns of montana, or wyoming, or tennessee and you can put another nail in the coffin of rural america. >> reporter: retailers were relieved after the vote failed. the national retail federation's mallory duncan says consumers should see a difference after the fees fall next month. >> consumers can drive up and down the highway now and see that retailers are offering a discount for cash. this will now make it profitable to offer a discount for debit, for example, as we go into the future. >> reporter: the federal reserve has the final say on exactly what the fee will be and it could go as high as 20 cents. that might give banks an incentive to continue offering debit cards without charging customers more. but f.b.r. capital markets analyst edward mills thinks this lobbying battle is far from over. he expects banks to share their pain with customers. >> they are going to want to push consumer sentiment against these regulations. the way they do it is hit someone in the pocketbook. tell their banking customers go to congress and exp

the students were from wyoming. now, the good news is that there are no fatalities here, and none of the injuries are thought to be life threatening, though the driver is seriously injured. thirty-nine people have been taken to area hospitals. we'll continue to update. >>> in the meantime, wisconsin supreme court will hear arguments this morning on the state's collective bargaining law. at stake, whether the controversial law should take effect at all. the court could overturn the ruling of a lower court judge who declared the law null and void a few days ago, that law sparking big protests in wisconsin. critics say it violates the state's open meetings law. jenna: getting back to business news now, there's new questions on the housing crisis, what happened to all the efforts that were supposed to be put out there to keep americans from losing their home, those efforts coming from the government. sam shannon is president of shannon economist and adjunct professor at the wharton school of business. why are we here in

stormy in oklahoma, kansas, montana, and wyoming.derstorms from texas to florida. >> 90 in miami. 88 in atlanta. 76 in boston. mostly 70s from minneapolis to kansas city. just 60 in fargo. boise heats up to 93. salt lake city 86. albuquerque 91. >>> speaking of fargo, we've been reciting movie quotes from "fargo." >> we have, one of our favorite movies. >> oh, yeah. >> oh, yeah, marge. >>> an idaho-based candy company is celebrating its centennial by making it into the guinness book of world records. >> the record-breaking feat, scooping the most ice cream in one hour. >> yum. >> i don't think they had a shortage of people lining up to take part in this. they did it in spectacular fashion with 6,284 scoops. i'll take a triple-double, whatever that is. >> yum. >> that's more than double the previous record of just 3,000. >> get this. the best part of this whole thing that is everyone who showed up got free ice cream. >> that's pretty great. on a hot day, what are you going to do, turn down ice cream? >> what is your favorite flavor? >

arkansas as well as mississippi tonight, also near that low pressure system for nebraska and into wyoming could experience a couple of violent storms, but unfortunately, the rain not getting into the place where we really need it. arizona new mexico, into texas will stay extremely dry and windy, and also hot as well. central america, too, seeing plenty of showers develop here just to the south of mexico. we have a broad low pressure system that could intensify over the next 48 hours. 26 degrees in meco city with plenty of rain. 38 in houston. another hot day. now for europe, looking very thundery across the middle part of europe here for germany into the alpine region. this frontal system is going to be shifting towards the east on friday, but you can see a new system that's going to be coming in from the atlantic. that's going to be first bringing plenty of showers to the british isles and then another round of rain, eventually reaching the alpine region. overall in and around the alps looking very unsettled in and throughout the night into your country. calm throughout much of italy as

loomis of wyoming, page 89, line 14, strike section 547. the chair: the gentlewoman from wyoming is recognized for five minutes. ms. loomis: thank you, madam chairman. my action would strike action 547 which would divert border security dollars to environmental mitigation along this country's southern border. the border patrol has unlimited access to private property, but the border patrol cannot always patrol federal land, even if it is a known corridor for illegal traffic, including trafficking of humans and trafficking of drugs. ms. lummis: some permits which are required to be issued by the department of the interior to the department of homeland security for border patrol take months to approve. others are not granted at all. but when the department of homeland security, our border patrol is given access, federal land managers force the border patrol to fork over money for environmental projects that may or may not have anything to do with the constitutional only divisions -- obligations of our border patrol. madam chairman, these are

also a chance of tornadoes from oklahoma city to wichita and violent storms in montana and wyoming. texas gets some much-needed rain. showers and thunderstorms from along the gulf coast. >>> and we're looking at 90s in dallas, new orleans and miami. about 80 degrees here in new york and 88 in atlanta. fargo only gets up to 60. 71 in minneapolis and about 81 in detroit. phoenix, a scorching 110. sacramento, 96 degrees. >>> coming up, the ultimate bernie madoff memento goes on the auction block at almost half the price. >> yeah, going broke, saving money, there you go. >>> then could this be the future of photography, the camera that lets you fococ your shot after you take it. >> i could use that. >>> and it was seen for miles around, a dangerous fire burns for hours. hours. >>> think that the economy is recovering? well, fed chairman ben bernanke says not so fast. the fed cut its forecast for this year to under 3% growth and expects the economy to stay slow until next year, and despite that, the fed is not planning any policy changes. bernanke also says that interest rates will be ke

the chair: the gentlelady from wyoming. mrs. lummis: the committee would be very pleased to work with the gentleman from new mexico and myself in particular since my daughter is a new resident of your state, and i yield back. the chair: the chair is prepared to rule. the chair finds that this amendment imposes new duties on the secretary, specifically a duty to determine the activities of entities receiving certain funds. the amendment therefore constitutes legislation in violation of clause 2 of rule 21 and the point of order is sustained and the amendment is not in order. for what purpose does the gentlelady from tennessee rise? >> i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: which of her amendments she is offering? mrs. blackburn: yes. it is the 5% amendment. the chair: the clerk will read. the clerk: amendment offered by mrs. blackburn of tennessee. at the end of the bill before the short title insert the following -- section. each amount made available by this act other than an amount required to be made available by a provi

we saw it when he opened up huge areas for coal mining in wyoming it's about 30 times the amount of coal mining as clean energy that his installation has installed. he's also stalled clean air act that will have benefits and are aimed at protecting public health like mercury, smog and soot so there's been a real series of attacks on the environment coming from the obama administration and i'm happy to see vice president gore take a leading edge on this. >> ifill: you any president is getting a bum rap? >> i that glenn is looking at the glass seeing it one quarter empty when it's really three quarters full. president obama has done more to reduce global warming pollution and other toxic pollutants than any other president. we've gotten $90 billion invested in clean energy as part of the recovery package which created tens of thousands of jobs. we have the first improvement of fuel economy standards since 1987 that will save close to two billion barrels of oil and reduce global warming pollution by nearly another billion tons. where we've been disappointed is in his inability to help get 6

changes hawaii's yeah for example why is going to very broad citizen's arrest power any crime in wyoming you can do it for cattle rustling but i mean different states have different rules florida florida and most states have what they call merchants privilege for shoplifting offenses a security officer for example sees you trying to steal something in a store can walk over and detain you and insist that you do not leave but using force is a wild card if somebody is properly arrested and they walk out on you that could be a crime in itself in many states that is to say they're they're fleeing problem on the rest but most of the time you could you should use the minimum force necessary to be almost never want to go anywhere near firearms although it can be done in dangerous situations the burglar this breaking into your house that could be a situation to use a gun but in the in the bar room scene we talk about well what i would say is if you're going to make an arrest announce it's a citizen's arrest announce what it's for you can try to block them try to get the police on the phone right

the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. barrasso: i ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 15 minutes as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. barrasso: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i come here today to compliment the minority leader, senator mcconnell, for his resolution in our effort to put a balanced budget amendment onto the constitution of the united states, and i -- i come here today just to tell you a little story about a friend of mine from douglas, wyoming. i was in douglas on memorial day. every year, memorial day in douglas, they have a sunrise ceremony, services in the cemetery where they raise the flag, go through the names of all of the veterans from converse county who have passed in the last year, the flag back at half staff, 21-gun salute, and a time for people to come together and think about this great nation and honor those who have given their lives. after the -- after the ceremony this year, we're leaving the cemetery, my friend bernie sebalm stopped by me,

for 25 years, as someone who has taken care of families all around the state of wyoming, as a doctor who has great concerns about what's happened to the american health care system and will continue to happen under the health care law that has been passed by this body and signed into law at the assistance of this president. and i come as a doctor giving a second opinion because i have great concerns about this health care law. in talking with patients and talking with doctors and just from my own personal knowledge, i believe that this health care law is going to be bad for patients, bad for providers -- the nurses and the doctors who take care of those patients -- and bad for the payers, the taxpayers of this country who are going to be left to pay the bill. madam president, recently my friends on the other side of the aisle have been using what i believe to be significant scare tactics about my party and medicare. medicare is the program for our senior citizens. and i believe it's important the american people receive the truth. they deserve to hear the truth about the future of me

flooding is also possible in oregon, wyoming, utah, and montana. >>> pro football fans will be watching what happens in the federal courtroom in st. louis today. nfl players and owners will appear in a hearing. this could have a big impact on the season. they want to end the lockout that started three months ago. the owners want to keep the players off the job until they reach a deal on a new contract. >>> firefighters are in mourning in san francisco. the investigation into what went wrong is just beginning. coming up the special teams that will arrive at the scene this morning. >>> developing news involving a controversial crew saider known as dr. death. >>> disappointing news for job seekers and investigators this morning. we go live to the opening bell up next. >>> welcome back to the morning news. they are smiling there at the new york stock exchange despite the fact there is the opening bell live. we don't have a lot to smile about as far as the economy goes. out this morning just about exactly one hour ago very disappointing news on the unemployment front. the unemployment rate u

the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from wyoming seek recognition. mrs. lummis: i reserving a point of order. the chair: point of order is reserved. the gentleman from is recognized for five minutes. ms. clarke: i ask unanimous consent to re-- mr. clarke: i ask unanimous consent to reserve and we can provide nutrition foods and pressure fruits and vegetables to those who liven around this country that the gentlelady from mislee described as food deserts. this government spends hundreds of millions of dollars to build agricultural businesses to help support farmers to help to start new businesses to address new desert issues. that money isn't spent here, but spent in the afghanistan desert. as a matter of fact, this government spent over $700 million in agricultural aid in afghanistan. what i propose is to redirect 1% of that msh of money that's going to afghanistan right now, send it back to the united states so people here can eat nutritional food and have access. i would like to say one thing, the argument on why we are spending that kind of money to su

flooding is also possible in oregon, wyoming, and utah. >>> alison burns reports from our washington, d.c. newsroom obama wants to get the political credit for the turn around in the auto industry. >> reporter: that is right. ohio will be a critical state for the president's reelection bid. he's going there to promote what the white house calls a success story. president obama will telling a report that says the $80 billion auto industry saved one million jobs. it's proof the presidents unpopular dramatic action to keep gm and chrysler in business was a good decision. >> he felt the million jobs associated with the auto industry were worth saving if they could extract from those companies measures that would give them a better chance of succeeding. >> reporter: president obama will also announce that the u.s. has reached a deal with fiat to buy the government's remaining 6% stake in chrysler. more on why ares say the auto industry bailout is nothing to celebrate during my next update in an hour. for now we are live in washington, d.c.. >>> today house of representatives will vote on t

the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from wyoming rise? mrs. lummis: i rise to strike the last word. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized for five minutes. mrs. lummis: thank you, mr. chairman. the speakers have chose ton cut $562 million out of w.i.c. which would have carried forward into this year and this year would have carried forward into next year. and that's because the w.i.c. program has a two-year carryover. so when the previous speakers voted to cut w.i.c. by $562 million, they truly were cutting money that could have been available now. now the reason that they chose to cut that is they found a higher priority expenditure than w.i.c. and hen they made that choice, they took that money out of the program, which could have been available now. now they did that based on real numbers on w.i.c. participation, not estimates, but real numbers. the real numbers showed that w.i.c.'s participation was in decline. we're now looking at about $8.3 million per month in w.i.c. parties pation -- participation with about nine million per month c