and you are up at the southern end ftd rocky mountains and there is this scarp of rock that rises up probably about a thousand feet out of a valley floor and right at the tip of this scarp there are two twin towers of rock. if you get to a certain place on top of this very narrow butte, you can see between these twin towers and there happens to be a great house built between these two towers and every 18.6 years when the moon goes into its northernmost point on the horizon, it rises between those two towers. i was there at the beginning of the last 18.6 year cycle and we stood up there, probably 20 of us, researchers, forest service people, all gathered at the same spot with cameras and huddled -- it was late december at 8,000 feet and we were all watching this gap. and somebody had done very intricate work to figure out exactly where you need to stand to see the light at exactly the right time. and as we were all gathered up there, i remember this older archeo-astronomer said it's too bad this isn't celebrated any more. this is such a momentous occasion, the moon finally coming up b

cynthia hessin from our bureau at rocky mountain pbs introduces us to some new denver food entrepreneurs hoping to do the same. >> reporter: lunch time is fast at smashburger-- a pace that matches the company's steep growth. named to "inc" magazines 500 fastest growing companies of 2011, smashburger has gone from concept & research to franchise rollout in record time by making a flattened, seared burger the star of a new fast-casual menu. c.e.o. dave prokupek says the idea has really taken off. >> we'll have about 150 stores open at the end of 2011 and we started just in the middle of 2007, so we've been growing at something like 2,000% here over the last four years. >> reporter: prokupek and partners founded smashburger with $20 million in private capital, allowing rapid expansion without borrowing. success has come despite the down economy. >> i feel really proud coming out of this great recession that we have created about 2,500 jobs this year alone, will keep adding to that amount as i look forward, 2,500 or 3,000 year. >> reporter: prokupek calls colorado the silicon valley for rest

for the first time there is snow in the forecast in those rocky mountains out west as we are warming to incredible warm levels around here ... it will work its way into the high '70's close to 80 friday and saturday and will be nice and warm for the chicago marathon on sunday not one drop of rain through sunday

the rest of this will move into the rocky mountain states. we will have to talk about possibility of someone settled weather. hud began to increase as the front moves back into the region. maybe some clouds later and then rainshowers becoming more likely. out to the north of us, some snow in northern pennsylvania. color this weekend and we could see a day or two is dug in the 40's. mostly sunny skies tomorrow. this front will be off the coast. northwest wind highs around 64- 69. sunset tomorrow evening at 6:14 p.m. small craft advisory on debate tomorrow. wind averaging 10 knots. a two foot shop on the open waters of the bay. showers likely tonight then clearing out. another batch of rain moving in. 56 on wednesday and it will get cooler with the possibility of some snow. you may want to factor that in only if you have plans next weekend. sunshine on the bay and the eastern shore tomorrow. scattered showers with a high of 69. temperatures in the mid to upper 60's and showers tonight and tomorrow. insta-weather + seven-day, breezy, 67, almost

and 68 in new orleans. 60s across the pacific northwest and the rocky mountains. >>> coming up after the break, the cost of stamps going up yet again. >> bad news there. >>> and some surprising news from apple. and why the stores will close for several hours today. >>> and also this morning, the lighter side of starbucks, the coffee giant out with something new. [ female announcer ] this is trish. trish uses aetna's personal health record to track her kids' immunizations, get lab results, see her family medical history, and when she's at the doctor's office, she uses it to remember what to ask before she leaves. it helps trish keep everyone in her clan healthy. even on the go. see for yourself, aetna.com. ♪ aetna. know more. get better. >>> welcome back. the darling of the tech world isn't so dear to investors this morning. apple's net income was up 54% last quarter. revenue up 39%. but analysts had been expecting even more gains. iphone sales were disappointing, as many customers held off waiting for the new model that didn't go on sale until after the quarter ended. apple sales w

and 68 in new orleans. 60s across the pacific northwest and the rocky mountains. >>> and coming up after the break, the cost of stamps going up yet again. >> bad news there. >>> then, some surprising news from apple. and why its stores will close for several hours today. >>> and also this morning, the lighter side of starbucks. the coffee giant out with something new. >>> welcome back. the darling of the tec isn't ld isn't so dear to investors this morning. apple's net income was up 54% last quarter. revenue up 39%. but analysts had been expecting even more gains. iphone sales were disappointing, as many customers held off waiting for the new model that didn't go on sale until after the quarter ended. apple sales will be off today, too, somewhat. all of its retail stores will close for several hours so that employees can watch a web cast of a company-wide memorial service for co-founder, steve jobs. apple calls it a celebration of jobs' life for employees only. >>> bank of america is no longer the country's biggest bank. jpmorgan chase is. according to their earnings report, jpmorgan cha

mountains the business next. hour welcome to business here in the ambition to turn moscow into a global financial center will remain regardless of who wins the upcoming elections presently truman did it says the current course of modernization is all trouble this article has the details. president medvedev says step by step moscow is first goal of becoming an international financial center in the latest rating by a respected international research group russia's capital had moved seven places from the previous year but it is still hanging in the middle of the lead the president stresses more will be caught red tape and to increase the liquidity of the markets a process that will continue regardless of who is in the kremlin. but. russia is entering the pre-election period this relates to parliamentary elections and presidential elections next year however i would like to highlight the creation of the financial center is a long term priority no one can change this. russia's two main stock exchanges they are. in the

as they returned from california and wound up through the rocky mountains, the altitude began to tell on his blood pressure. in pueblo, colorado, he collapsed. they raced back to washington, but it was too late. a few days after they arrived, he suffered a massive stroke. he was paralyzed. he could hardly speak. nobody knew what his mental faculties were like and as president he was completely incacapacitated -- incapacitated. edith decided to carry on. she had done what no other first lady since, she instructed the white house and doctors to keep his condition a secret. and she was the one who decided what should happen next. the next 18 months, the rest of his term, she later characterized as her stewardship. she decided who could see woodrow wilson. she decided what issues would be brought before him. mostly, she just deferred things. she wanted to wait until he should recover. she was implored to take more action for the sake of the country and she said, i'm not thinking about the country. i'm thinking about my husband. some people say that if she had allowed woodrow wilson more a

latter this afternoon, this storm system, the same storm system that brought the snow to the rocky mountain states a few days ago will kind of redevelop and move up the eastern seaboard with an area of low pressure, what we call a nor'easter and if it were january or february, we would be talking about a major snow event for the entire area. but it is not january or february. it is october. so it looks like, as it develops here, it will be able to draw in enough cold air off to the north and west that parts of our viewing area, if they are watching out in west virginia, western maryland, up towards frederick, winchester, hagerstown, you could be dealing with some snow during the day tomorrow. i think it will start as cold rain and change over to snow early during the day tomorrow. because of that, we have a winter storm watch for the potential for accumulating snow off to the north and west. notice no advisory here in washington. no advisory in baltimore off to the south or to the east but off to the north and west, we have a winter storm watch and this could be tweaked. in fact, it likely

other than that, we have some rain and snow going on in the rocky mountains. there is a huge disparity in the temperatures of the go west and east across the country. it is cold enough to snow in the mountains with temperatures in the '30's and 40's. a jump over the demand, it feels like summer. it is 85 in minneapolis. some of the summer weather will visit us on the east coast. in the meantime, we are in the middle ground. it is in the 50's want to get into the extreme northeast and parts of maine, massachusetts. here at home, it is very comfortable. a little breeze coming out of the east. the forecast for tonight, clear. it will be a little on the chilly side. there could be a touch of fog developing after midnight. early tomorrow morning if you wake up there could be some areas of fog. temperatures drop in food to the 40's. it will stay in the 50's downtown. sunset at 640. let's take a look at the forecast. we will move west to east. we will get some great color. if you want to take a drive out -- skyline drive would be great to drive this evening. the." ne

it is all happening slowly and there is snow in the rocky mountains. that is not coming our way. nonetheless, all that stuff will start closing in on us at some point next week. i will bring you details on that forecast plus a tour of a weekend forecast. >> thank you. this thanksgiving, the baltimore ravens coach will face his brother on the field. he is the coach of the san francisco for your niners. -- 49ers. >> it is harbaugh against harbaugh. the sister low -- sister-in- law's work in a magazine shares. >> we are modeling the new apparel. this year was rivalry. i thought i would be set up against the steelers but since we are playing the 49ers, john's brother jim, his wife sarah and i prepare together. >> and the two of them had a ball decked out in team t-shirts and accessories giving the family members a unique way to spend time together. >> it was fun. we don't get to see each other very much. we had a lot of fun and they made a rivalry. we got to push each other and shove each other. it was really fun than it took longer to do the hair and makeup than a talker to shoot th

powerhouse storm out west likely to heighten the mountaintops of the rocky mountains at pumping hot air into our area at the curl showing circulation war by nature of all the ocean. sitting high and dry in between it region of the country want to hide doubles today 69 degrees in chicago. 70 out of the 177 censors made it to 70 degrees. current temperatures all of the way across the midwest and rocky is still 76 degrees montana and 65 degrees 0 what the source region of the warm air. winter is like to do point fairly low warm quickly delightful sunny air mass next couple of days during the daytime. ragweed pollen was slow today recovered from a near frost levels thermometer bubble readings and one of them can produce potential fog. temperatures made it back up to 70 at this hour cooling to 55 degrees at o'hare 47 degrees at 53 degrees at mchenry county. temperatures spread. warm and fast during the day and cooling off quickly at night but overall the pattern is warm august warm spell and almost 2-3 weeks since september 7th-13 in a string of seventies and eighties to get their seventies

my younger sister lives at a higher elevation outside rocky mountain national park and they got that much as well, it's a heavy wet snow there. let's enjoy what we have here, just maybe a little bit of rain. right now at reagan national, 62. a little sun still trying to get through. we have our wind coming in out of the south. as we look at what has been happening here over the last 12 hours, a weak, cool front is coming down from the north and west and beginning to spread rain closer to us. and so in frederick county, right near frederick county and over towards carroll county, stretches into loudoun county, and then breaks up a little bit into the west in the northern part of the shenandoah valley. and then sprinkles where they had rain in the 50s, but elsewhere we're climbing in the 60s. look at culpepper, already 70 degrees and in the upper 60s and near 70 on the eastern shore. you got your wish at least for today, eun. and then going forward over the next 12 hours, this moving color, these are the zones of potential, perhaps sprinkles later this afternoon and maybe this evening,

mountains sure sign of the time that 10 day forecast snow accumulation around the continent shows growing snow to the north that region a source of our cool air and all of this going on we have a hurricane down in the western caribbean hadn't for cancun all indications rina spaghetti plot of the different model forecasts hurricane center official plot of how the storm will move the same cool air mass coming down and kind of keeping the system from getting into florida same intensity approaching florida and then knocked south toward according to this forecast back towards the king could again not tropical systems yucatan peninsula may deal with the system twice cool air brushing away '50s tomorrow, 40 degrees thursday at 53 degrees saturday with '50s sunday monday gone are the '70s for the time being to more on average as many as nine still hope. nice weather hope springs eternal see you later guys >> cubs introduction hope springs eternal curse of the bambino can't the theo epstein break the curse of the billy goat? as marcus leshock reports picture perfect happy ending to already movie l

mountains, we wouldn't feel the same way about who we are. and, of course, some of our greatest statesmen of all have in their own way been masters of a literary form, read abe lincoln's second inaugural address, for example. it's a work of art. and here we are in this magnificent capital of ours surrounded by science, art, music, history all part of the story. so it couldn't be a more appropriate place to give our respect to and our belief in that we have to do more to understand the history of our culture. and we have to keep on teaching the culture that we profess. [applause] >> we cannot -- we cannot -- we must not cut back on art programs, music programs, theater. [applause] >> and we must concentrate on what our children and grandchildren are reading. when i set out to try to understand somebody about whom i'm writing, i try, of course, to read what they wrote. and because of our wonderful libraries like the library of congress, university libraries, letters and diaries have survived, take us into the lives of these people and you get t

mountain national park. so amazing for this time of year. thanks, crystal. good to see you there. this morning no snow here. just had clouds closing in. radar showing rain in western pennsylvania that stretches down into southern ohio. that's outside a weak cold front coming in later today. right now 54 at reagan national. we'll have our sunrise this morning, still about 40 minutes away. it's getting later and later. quite a bit of cloudiness around. just a few clouds. you can see the sunrise beginning to show up over the potomac river. sunrise at 7:28. by 9:00 around 60 with a little sunshine. cloudy the rest of the day. likely we'll have it reach the mid and upper 60s by midafternoon. there's a small chance of a passing light shower or perhaps a few sprinkles later this afternoon. then this evening also a small chance of passing light shower. cloudy, upper 50s by midnight. during the day tomorrow, near 50 in the morning. right have a little light rain tomorrow morning. afternoon showers on thursday likely

mountains, we're not talking about rain drops, rather, we're talking about snow. some spots may be up to a foot. as we wrap things up, very quick look at your temperatures around the nation. 76 in new york, 45 in denver with the high, 69 in san francisco and 6 in seattle. all right, t.j., i will not make fun of you any more. we'll pitch it back to you. >> no, i appreciate the clarity. thank you, as always. >>> 16 minutes up to the top of the hour and britain's prince harry is in the united states. he is here to learn all he can about attack helicopters, at least that's what he's supposed to be doing. the story now from cnn's max hoff. >> prince harry has already been to war, serving on the front line necessary afghanistan in 2008. then he was on foot. but as he returns, it will be by air. harry is about to qualify to fly this, the deadly apache helicopter, fully loaded with rockets, missiles and a 13 millimeter chain gun. this may look like afghanistan, but it's arizona and the setting for the final part of harry's apache training. the course is called exercise cr

the back side of the system, rocky mountains, cold air from the north, possibly snowfall in the highest elevations. could see a foot of snowfall. meanwhile eastern seaboard plenty of high pressure, with that not much in the way of rainfall. wrap things up, what you can anticipate highs boston, new york, 70s, 76 in washington, 78 in atlanta, 79 in miami, 66 in portland, 85 in kansas city and 76 in los angeles. that's your forecast. >> thank you, reynolds. >> you bet. >>> they help us stay in touch with family and friends and what's going on around us. just ahead how sites like facebook and twitter tell you to change the world. the natural oatmeal formula improves skin's health in one day, with significant improvement in 2 weeks. i found a moisturizer for life. [ female announcer ] only from aveeno. but think about your heart. 2% has over half the saturated fat of whole milk. want to cut back on fat and not compromise on taste? try smart balance fat free milk. it's what you'd expect from the folks at smart balance. >>> we saw it first in tunisia, then egypt, libya, images and alerts of up

still well above the national average, rocky mountain, north carolina almost 14%. on the opposite side, take a look at these place, portsmouth, burlington, omaha, nebraska, midland, texas, all under 5%. richard florida senior editor at the atlantic. richard, tell me about these cities that are doing much better than the rest of the country. half the unemployment rate of the national average. what are cities like that doing right or are they doing anything right at all? >> well, ali, as chrystia just said, it is a structural unemployment challenge we face. as the economy transitions from this older industrial economy to this newer more knowledge driven, also resource driven. what you see is that structural transformation chrystia and ken talked about imprinted on america's geography. places that are way out on the coast that had economies in the sunbelt built up on the housing boom and credit bubble, las vegas, riverside, california, even places in arizona like yuma over 30% and those old manufacturing centers like detroit, tragically, 15%, in the city the mayor sai

mostly 60s across the pacific northwest and rocky mountains. >> okay. take a look at this. this is not something you usually see on your typical trip to the grocery store. >> look there in the second row of the produce case. that is a little brown bear cub having a stroll amongst the lettuce and other veggies. >> he wandered in from outside. eventually someone grabbed him and put him back. it was a costly little adventure. all that produce had to be thrown out. >> that is a brave dude. went in and grabbed that thing. wow. >> he is little. he looks snuggly. >> you think so? okay. >> this all happened in alaska where i guess people are used to seeing wildlife. >> that explains. a little more familiar than we would be in manhattan had that happened. a little more "world news now" coming up after the break. ♪ forget about your worries and your strife ♪ ♪ i mean the bear necessities let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement nsurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things

keep in mind, you know, if you ever spend time in the rocky mountains, you'll have snow on the peaks year-round. this is just the first time we're see something at what they call the front range of the peak. even out to the pacific range. cascades. this for the rockies is the first snowfall that we're seeing where people are dealing with it -- >> we were amazed to think that a week ago it was 8 or something like that -- 85 or something like that. >> all this because of a front moving through the u.s. on the other side, in austin, texas, where they were dealing with fires, bastrop, they're getting rainfall. here's the weathermaker. we showed you video moment ago, the thing causing this area of low pressure. a giant mixing bowl. you have moisture coming in from the gulf. on the back side, you've got frigid air that comes in from the north. everything spins counterclockwise around an area of low pressure. when we're talking snow, of course the highest points are going to see maybe a foot of snowfall in places. where you get into texas, this is where you could see the heavy rainfall and

those mountains. that is the rocky mountains, right? >> that's exactly it. i think it might be russia actually. you never know. >> you never know. welcome back to "the early show." i'm russ mitchell. >> i'm rebecca jarvis. >>> in a moment, st. louis braces for heartbreaks as one of its greatest citizens, baseball great, albert pujols maybe about to leave. >> say it ain't so. >>> the former ceo of citigroup stops by and talking about his growing anger at big banks. >>> dollars for doctors. are drug companies influencing doctors to push their pills? it's all coming up on our "healthwatch." >>> we begin with what they are calling the st. louis blues. the past 11 years, cardinals slugger albert pujols has hit his way into the record books and also become beloved in his adopted city for his charitable work off the diamond. his team is back in the world series playing some team called the texas rangers. but st. louis fans are worried his days as a cardinal may be about to end. >> that one is hit high and deep into left field by the rookie pujols. >> reporter: sinc

moving into tomorrow, cooler air starts to make its way into the rockies, with mountain snows there, sunshine and mild in the pacific northwest, mild weather through the southeast on into the mid mississippi river valley and showers around the centr >> good morning. there is some fog start today. the chance for a few rain showers this afternoon. >> and that's your latest weather. >> all right, al, thank you. >>> coming up next, a good deal or great marketing? how to be a smart shopper, we'll show you how, right after this. . when you've lost interest in everything. when you've had one too many days feeling sad or anxious... aches and pains, fatigue. when it becomes hard to ignore that you need help. that's the day you do something. depression hurts. cymbalta can help with many symptoms of depression. tell your doctor right away if your depression worsens, you have unusual changes in behavior or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. cymbalta is not approved for children under 18. people taking maois or thioridazine or with uncont

. >> rocky mountains and also new mexico are on your list. new mexico surprised me. >> new mexico is an unexpected destination. there are parts of new mexico that are very desert feeling, but there are parts that have incredible aspen trees that change from bright orange to vibrant yellow. you can see a picture there. we recommend that you take the enchanted circle scenic byway loop. >> that's a mouthful. >> it's an 84 mile drive to see some of the most incredible colors. also, wonderful wilderness. you'll stay at the historic house inn where rates start at $75 a night to celebrate the hotel's 75th anniversary. you can hear mother nature with a cowboy gouda margarita. thank you so much for being here. have a great fall. >> thank you. >> happy foliage time. now here's russ. >> thanks, rebecca. up next, an all in one barbecue tool perhaps. how about this a groom warmer? we'll tell you how to get your great money-making ideas created. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. build your better breakt with all the flavors you choose. try an irresi

it will snow tomorrow and later today in the high terrain and rockies. in california, the mountains will pick up heavy snow. a big shift in the weather. all that warm stuff is going to spread our way as we get rid of that pesky storm. here is the forecast. feeling like summer in the middle of the country. still in the 80s in minneapolis. that's unusual for this time of year. 85 in kansas city. dallas is pretty warm, all the southeast. still unsettled in new england. tomorrow 72 in new york, 74 in d.c. that should be with us for maybe a week straight. >> i like it, bill karins. i like it. thank you so much. >>> stocks slip on greece. airline shares dive. what's apple got in store for us next? your first look at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >>> coming up, the colts continue to struggle and the yankees are pushed to the brink. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. a lot of times, things are right underneath our feet, and all we need to do is change the way we're thinking about them. a couple decades ago, we didn't even realize just

this big storm system that's moving through the rockies producing heavy snow this morning, mountainous areas of wyoming, up into montana we have reports of snow at high elevations. this is more like late fall/winter in the rockies. middle of the country is like summer. temperatures very warm today. gorgeous weather up through michigan, wisconsin. texas is going to be very nice for now, but eventually this storm system will stall out over you and we'll see a wet weekend. right now the rain, the worst in rural kansas up through central nebraska. and it looks like some storms will roll right up to iowa here up towards fargo. the backside, the white is the snow. it's mostly in rural areas of wyoming. the high country is definitely picking up significant stuff. as far as the rain goes, next 48 hours, the bull's eye will be in the middle of the country here and it will shift towards dallas as we go throughout the weekend. as far as the forecast today, look at this. 81 in chicago. 82 in minneapolis. just a beautiful day in much of the east. the exception, florida, where you'll have rain to de

speak of snow, we're definitely going to see that across the rocky mountain states and we are expecting to see quite a bit into the higher elevations. this is really our main storm system across the nation's midsection. rain on the northern tier. cooler condition on the back side and we're going to see snow in places like denver. yeah, denver, colorado. you haven't seen much of that this year. winter storm watches are in effect after a record high yesterday in denver of 80 degrees. we'll be lucky to get about, just shy of 68 and probably down into the upper 30s for tomorrow. a couple of flakes possible in the high country. thinking about that skiing, and some of the resorts opened up a couple weeks ago. the south side of the system, staying extremely warm. look at this. 87 in dallas today. 86 in houston. 83 into kansas city. there you see that cold air behind it. minneapolis looking for 52 degrees today. we're also keeping our eye on the tropics. right? hurricane rina, inten fisifying since sunday. the forecast track of this thing is bringing in closer over the yucatan peninsula, possib

mountain collegiate editorial view. bear criticized for giving their employees bonuses despite poverty. guest: members of congress get a certain amount of money for their budgets every year. my workers are -- i pay them as much as i can, but they are paid at a rate that is a fraction of people during comparable jobs in private businesses. they do this job because they are public interest oriented. my employees and i have not had it raises for four years, which is appropriate for this economy. from time to time, at the end of the year if i had a surplus in my budget, that would just go back to the general fund. elected to prop -- to poverty programs. sometimes i do give a bonuses to key employees for going above and beyond their services. host: congresswoman diana, thank you for being here and talking to our viewers. guest: it is great to be here and talk to your viewers. host: coming up, we will look at scientific american with their special issue on city. up next, we'll be talking connie mack to connie. here's a news u

we have seen reports of large snowpack on the rocky mountains and across the great plains, but then in the last two weeks of may several states in the river basin experience rainfall at 200, 300 come and even 400% above average. the total runoff for 2011 is projected to reach almost 230% of the normal level and far exceed the 2007 record of the 49 million acres. now no doubt about it this presented an immense challenge for the army corps personnel as they try to deal with this situation. i do want to express my gratitude to the federal and state employees who spent countless hours combating the flood waters. but it seems clear to me that the river management system did not work and that is why we are here today, granted the snowpack and the rainfall that caused the flood was no doubt about it exceptional, but we must not figure out what changes must be made to protect people's forms, their livelihood, their homes. only the last few weeks as a matter of fact that some people even got back to their homes because they had been underwater we could not have expected the court to completely

but that was about to change, far away from florida in the colorado rockies. in the mountains outside durango, colorado, a couple named ron and nancy jenner showed up and rented a cabin. they made home improvements, including 12 surveillance cameras and six motion detectors. according to the cabin's owner, they said they were afraid of bears. >> they had so many surveillance cameras around that as soon as you entered the driveway, they knew you were coming and he would be out here to greet you before you could get to the house. >> they got to know some of the locals. nancy was quickly known by the nickname red. ron was too sickly to work, but nancy picked up some odd jobs. >> she worked as a cleaning lady, cleaning cabins here. >> also worked at this convenience store. >> hard working. >> last december, ron jenner went to a durango hospital with heart problems. he had a defibrillator. they were wondering why it showed a different name than ron jenner. they googled the name on the device, wondering why a patient would lie about his identity. the name on the dev

we saw record snowpack on the rocky mountains and the planes. but several states in the missouri river basin experience rainfall like two hundred to 300 -- even 400% above average. runoff is expected to be two hundred 30% normal level. this presented serious damages for the army corps personnel to deal with this situation. i want to express my gratitude to the many federal and state employees to spend countless hours combating the flooding waters. but it seems clear to me that river management system did not work. that is why we're here today. granted, the snowpack and rainfall that caused this year's flood was no doubt about it exceptional. but we must now figure out what changes should be made to protect people's arms, their livelihood, their homes. it was only within the last few weeks, as a matter of fact, the some people even got back to their homes because they have been under water. we could not have expected the court to completely mitigate the effects of these floods. it was not humanly possible. but it is a program to ask what data was

. >> the west, the mountain majesty of the rockies to the desert sands of the mojave, now with nothing less than america's future at stake, the presidential campaign goes west. >> jon: yes, nothing says american west like the venetian hotel's gondoliers, paddling predebate down the vegas strip's famed river of tears and unsightly discharge. [laughter] welcome, tourists, to the venetian herpes creek. but on to the debate. the whole gang was there except jon huntsman, so who cares. congresswoman michele bachmann, who having apparently untangled the arms of her straitjacket set out to show that even in a tight field no one puts crazy in a corner. >> i was the very first candidate that signed a pledge that said that by a date certain i will build a double-walled fence with an area of security neutrality in between. >> jon: double wall! single wall can't get the job done, but the double wall. michele bachmann forms her immigration policy the way gillette comes up with new razors. the first wall stretches the immigrant out. the second wall cuts them off at the roots. i'm not sure what the lu