public broadcasting reporters in columbus, ohio, albuquerque, new mexico, san diego, california and columbia, south carolina assess the housing market as foreclosures jumped 9% in july. >> brown: spencer michels wraps up his series on cyber security with a spotlight on online crime.

they are not officials of the district of columbia. the commission consists of african-american man who live in the district of columbia who have credibility with other african-american men. so what am i doing up here? i initiated the commission can years ago. -- tan years ago. and i was very clear that if we were to look at the dilemmas and the challenges facing black man, it could not just be the congresswoman all alone in her official capacity. we had that focus black men themselves and then our entire community on what amounts to a hidden issue. they simply are not spoken about, the issues surrounding black men and their status in american society, and what has happened to them. as i looked, i could see that we had paid attention to every member of the black family except the black man. those of you who do not know me, i am a card-carrying feminist. i was pleased to be one of those who had led the fight to pay attention to women with notable results. women finish college and high- school -- but wait a minute. we did not need them t

was the first woman hired with tenure at columbia law school. her star continued to rise three it should join various law associations and committees. president jimmy carter nominated her to serve as a judge on the u.s. court of appeals. she served as a justice until president clinton nominated her to succeed our own legendary byron r. white. in 1993, she became the second woman on the supreme court. joe biden said thajustice ginsburg was a nominee that holds a rich vision of what the constitution promises of liberty balanced by a measured approach to the job of judging. a couple of years ago, the ginsbergs were visiting my wife and me in santae and i invited marty to deliver a speech. he asked why me. i told him it was because he was the funny tax guide. [laughter] i thought that he would come and talk about tax law, but instead, he prepared another speech. after his untimely passing, justice ginsburg called me and said that she would like to come give that speech tonight. that speech tells about part of her career in the 10th circuit which cre

two women came up here, went down this alleyway on columbia street and here is where they were shot. take a look at some pictures we have of where the women were taken to the hospital. police say they were shot in the side. taken to the hospital but the police are not giving us any indication as to their conditions. police are not even saying if in fact they were tied to the nightclub but they were well-dressed, came up here where a lot of people park their cars and it did happen right around closing time. police not saying if it was a drive-by, an argument or what caused it. 1015 fullsome, a very popular nightclub. security telling me a few hours ago there were no problems inside the club last night. the first shooting of the night happened outside the ruby sky nightclub. that's the 400 block of mason street. three people were shot there. one, a woman is dead. the other two, one man, one woman taken to the hospital. non-life-threatening injuries. police spokesman tells me the nightclub had no role in that shooting because it wasn't open 9:00 last night right around the time of the s

linda feed who is the dean at the school of public health in columbia is interested in cognitive function aging and she found if you take people in their 0's and put them -- 70's and put them into elementary schools as assistance, a volunteer core their intellectual function tends to persist on a fairly high level compared to controls that don't do this. so cognitive involvement particularly in social situations is very very helpful. and certainly social involvement is extremely important. >> the sixth episode of the charlie rose brain series underwritten by the simons foundation, coming up. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> charlie: tonight we continue our journey through one of the most cutting evening fields in science, the brain. last month we looked at how the brain develops during infancy and childhood. tonight we turn from the developing brain to the mature brain. our subject, the aging brain. the study of aging is more important today than ever. over the past century life expectancy has sky rocketed thanks to a

and two of columbia's guerrillas are on the terrorist list. in the short term, it does seem that is going to hold. and it is in the interest of both nations that the agreements do hold. >> you mentioned trade relations between the two. we know that venezuela has previously imposed restrictions on trade. was there a review? >> there was a commission set up -- there were commission set up to deal with trade. two of them are going to deal with trade. both sides want to make progress and they are coping with the establishment of the commissions, they can not only established what they have agreed to, but the longer-term cooperation. -- but build longer-term cooperation. >> a three story building collapsed in the capital on monday. one person was killed and 11 injured. the engineer in charge of the construction site next to the collapsed building is responsible for the accident after he allegedly started exploration and did not follow approved plans. the clinton-bush 80 fund is set up -- haiti fund is set up after death of 200,000 people. the presi

mitch miller added a young bob dylan to columbia's line-up of artists. in an era when the boomers were grooving to the beatles, mitch miller was selling millions of records to their parents and leaving a lasting impact on the recording industry. george lewis, nbc news, los angeles. >>> and that's our broadcast for this monday night. thank you as always for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we all hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. we all hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> we begin with breaking news tonight. i'm lisa kim. >> i'm tom sinkovits. moments ago a judge ruled in favor of the ac transit bus drivers union in a months long labor dispute. the judge decided the contract that ac transit imposed on its drivers is not valid. that contract increased health insurance costs for workers and created new work rules to try to make up for a $56 million deficit. bus drivers have

joining us is mark lemont hill, professor of columbia university and contributor to the loop 21.com. what is your overall response to "the obama diaries?" >> i wish i could say i was disappointed, but i didn't expect anything else. i think the kind of negativity toward the obama administration and the first lady is ill placed when we could focus on other things rather than mocking the president. do i think the president is fair game? of course. do i think some of it is funny? absolutely. but i think laura could be directing her energy toward the tea party, which has a viciously racist wing. we'll talk about unemployment, all sorts of things laura will agree with me on. >> larry: laura, respond? >> i love mark lemont hill. look, the obamas are people, we're all people. they are not dieties, and when michelle obama goes to congress and demands billions of dollars for a child nutrition initiative and acts as a health care and fitness expert, she's a beautiful woman, cut i bint elect her to anything, so when you step into that role, you step into the arena, okay? it's not all what sleeve

the two were tied on last year's list and rounding out the top five, yale, columbia, and stanford. stanford tying with the university of pennsylvania. other california universities include cal tech and pasadena ranked at number 7. u.c. berkeley comes in at number 22 followed closely by usc and ucla. this year's rankings put the higher emphasis on graduation rates. 75 things teachers should keep in mind about the majority of incoming college freshmen. the incoming class mostly born in 1992 -- that's so young -- likely never used a phone that had a chord. most have never written incurs sieve or worn a wristwatch. you remember dr. jack kavorkian, done king, most of these kids don't. the class of 2014 likely knows clint eastwood as a sensitive director rather than the gruff make my day dirty harry. yeah. the list is meant to remind teachers that cultural references they know well may be lost on their newest students. something to keep in mind if you have kids as well. if you're concerned about possible toxic chemicals contained in the products you buy, you can research them first throu

when we come back, mark lemont hill of columbia university will take her on, don't go away. you. i want to fall in love again. [ female announcer ] discover the best of what's next at aarp.org. keller graduate school of management, you'll have a professor with you every step of the way. whether you take classes on campus, online, or both, you get the same attention, the same curriculum, and the same quality. 85 locations nationwide and online. discover how to grow the business of you... at keller.edu. >> larry: back with oldley old friend laura ink gram. joining us is mark lemont hill, professor of columbia university and contributor to the loop 21.com. what is your overall response to "the obama diaries?" >> i wish i could say i was disappointed, but i didn't expect anything else. i think the kind of negativity toward the obama administration and the first lady is ill placed when we could focus on other things rather than mocking the president. do i think the president is fair game? of course. do i think some of it is funny? absolutely. but i think laura could be directing her e

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hawaii, massachusetts, maryland, new york, north carolina, ohio, rhode island, and the district of columbia. congressional correspondent nancy cordes tells us the latest winners will share nearly $3.5 billion in grants. >> congratulations! >> reporter: we were there today when the head of washington, d.c.'s e.l. hanes charter school got the good news. >> the good news is that d.c. has won the big grant called race to the top. >> ooh! >> reporter: the reform proposal she helped author had garnered her city $75 million. that's a tenth of d.c.'s entire annual public school budget. how long will it take before kids at this school can actually feel the effects of that money? >> i think will be nearly immediately. >> reporter: to compete in the race to the top, states were required to adopt rigorous reading and math standards. 35 of them plus the district of columbia took on the challenge and 19 of them with ambitious plans for reform made it to the finals. today the administration announced the winners-- nine states plus d.c. >> we're rewarding states willing to take bold new steps to change the

washington's together mary had a wonderful opportunity during his reign as mayor of the district of columbia to do that he failed to do it because marion understood that the big city been this interest did not want to make that to make that happen we washington could have the best housing stock in the country over the past twenty years right now prior to it see washington have gone through to boom we went to a boom right after marion barry and anthony williams and then we went to a small boom under mr fenty but prior to that they have thirty thousand people with section eight looking for housing and so it was no way that those who were looking for housing for sex in the money prior to washington revitalization and revitalization really means is that the the whites who could afford to live in the city and pay market rates moved into the city prices so that's really was the last year and is very quickly i have to question was exactly one minute left is where will these people go. that will have public housing and also you know do you predict that it's going to get so bad that we're seeing a sc

it's obviously stale problem. >> brown: mark quinn, let's go to columbia, south carolina. what are you seeing? >> this is something just emerging in the headlines. we did not have a huge housing boom like states like florida and nevada and california so we didn't have a huge housing bust. but as unemployment has continued to drag on here over the last two years now, two years into the great recession, we're seeing a lot of people with un'm moment benefits expire. those are the folks having real problem. so just now in the last several months many of our major metropolitan are like greenville spartanburg, columbia reporting more foreclosures. >> brown: gene grant in albuquerque, something new or something still lingering out there. >> i would say something still lingering, not so much new, that's for sure. where we sit out here, we've got one out of 675 homes have had foreclosure filings. that's certainly not like you're hearing from our guests we just heard in ohio and other places, nevada, florida. but it's still relatively problematic. we've got other 3,800 homes here st

civil se sentaron en la oficina de senadores para promover el dream act se presentaron en la corte de columbia. >>> nosotros queremos hacer nuestro juicio, todos lo que e pueda para impulsar el dream act enfrentan cargos por entrada ilegal a un una oficina, quieren que el juez sepa. >>> que el hecho que arriesgamos nuestro futuro y vidas en términos que nos ponemos en riesgo de deportación. >>> quiero que todas las personas estén dispuestos a tomar riesgo. >>> al final de de la manifestación 4 mro tes tarn en la oficina de john mc cain estamos para recordarles que estamos aquí y el compromiso que hizo no puede ser un juego. >>> creo que sus oportunidades son buenas tienen una historia convincente son inteligentes enfrentan l un año de cárcel y multa de 20 mil dólares, afirman que fuentes del senado aseguran que la legislación del dream act se debo ti ray a mediados de septiembre y esperan que su presencia impulse la legislación, una se sentó en la oficina de harry reed y conversó con su personal. >>> prometieron que lo iban a sacar a voto para septiembre, entonces nosotros estamos

a court in columbia has ruled that an agreement that gave the u.s. to access to military basis is unconstitutional and this has not been approved by the parliament. the agreement gave the u.s. troops access to 10 years and seven basis so they could carry out attacks on drug dealers. people are worried about the influence of the u.s. forces in the region. will the u.s. have to leave colombia for good? >> no, the good news is that while this has taken everyone by surprise, they will not have to pack up their stuff immediately. the government was given a way through this by the constitutional court. if the new government is able to get a bill through congress, they will be able to reapply and resubmit the u.s. agreement and it should be approved. >> how is this part of the process? >> this could be seen as an ongoing war. they were gaging in politics. the new government is planning a very subtle ways so that this will support it to the letter. >> what will they make of this ruling? >> hugo chavez will be delighted. when the agreement was signed last yea

that happened at an area called columbia alley. five people injured in two separate shootings here in san francisco near night club districts and one woman has died. >> thank you. ann mac vick in san francisco. same sex couples who want to get married could get the go ahead as early as today. federal judge walker issued a temporary stay to keep the ruling from taking effect immediately. friday, both sides filed with judge walker. they want the judge to lift the stay now. and it is possible the judge will decide today whether to do that. >>> >> the woman who filed a sexual harassment claim against hp chief mark herd said she never intended for him to lose his job. jodie fisher is an actress who appeared in several movies and a reality television show. this is video from a demo reel she posted on youtube. in a statement she says she is surprised and sad herd was forced to resign from the palo alto tech giant and denies she had sex with herd. the two reached a settlement, a day before he resigned from hp. >>> the liver more mother acc

., outside a club called 1015 folsom it happened columbia alley, two women were shot in that incident but we are told they are going to be okay. police don't believe they are related there doesn't seem to be any indication of that. but they don't know at this point they are being very tight lipped about gneissose februarys or who these vick -- about these subtexts or who these victims are. >>> the woman who filed a sexual harassment claim against hp chief mark herd said she never intended for him to lose his job. 50-year-old jodie fisher is an actress who appeared in several movies and reality tv show. this is video from a demo reel she posted on youtube. she said she is surprised and sad herd was forced to resign from the palo alto tech giant. she denies she had sex with herd. the two reached a settlement thursday a day before he resigned from hp. >>> a liver more woman accused of having sex with two teenage boys faces more charges. police say christine hubs also allowed some 10-year-old boys to shoot pellet guns from her car while she drove them around livermore. she will be charged

. >> i mean, in columbia, you know, it's different. you grow up with a lot of help and you have maids and you have drivers and it's not -- >> jimmy: everyone does? do the maids have maids? [ laughter ] who is driving the drivers to work? >> that's funny. >> jimmy: were you a good student as a child? >> i was a very good student. fantastic student. actually, i was -- they would say it was a nerd. >> jimmy: you were a nerd? >> yeah. >> jimmy: in columbia, you're considered a nerd? i got to move. wow. so, you got good grades. >> very good grades. i went to a very good university. i got one of the highest scores in my senior year because you do, like, a test to be able to go into the schools, into the universities and i got one of the highest. >> jimmy: i bet you did, yeah. and what were you planning to do? >> i went to dental school. >> jimmy: oh, that's right. >> i've been here five times. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. you see, you don't pay attention to when i tell you things. >> jimmy: you know what, it's -- it's hard for me to concentrate som

. >> it looks like the catastrophe of columbia. a boeing jetliner shattered in three pieces littering the runway. >> we were covered with fuel. i was concerned, you know, we'll have an explosion and we'll die. i just started praying. >> they're calling it the miracle of san andre island. somehow of the 131 passengers on board, only one did not survive, a woman who had say heart attack after the crash. carolina was among at least five american survivors. >> i remember the flight attendant saying we're ready to land. put your seat up and, you know, get ready for landing. and after that, i don't -- what i remember is my husband pulling me through the exit door. >> the pilot says the plane flying from bogota in driving rain had been struck by lightning. meteorologists say there is efforts of multiple strikes around the island before the crash. aviation experts say it must have been something more. >> let's get one thing very clear here. lightning cannot bring an airplane down. >> many seem to survive deadly crashes. this denver this 73

in the spring of 2000, she was a master poet in residence at columbia college in chicago. in 2002, issue as one of three finalists not just for this position but the primary position in our great state of california. allen ginsberg wrote a wonderful few words about it. i struggle to read it. i want to appreciate it. how revolutionary activist, 1960's beat literary renaissance, a road in life and politics. humorous, both union -- bohemian, 20 century radical, the equanimity exemplary in political and mystical moats. a great woman poet, the second half of the american century. she delivered a major body of verse, brilliant in its particular day. as a dyslexic, those words were more difficult than they may appear. particularity. i love that. it is an honor to formally announced we already informally announced, our fifth pole of laureate in our great city and county of san francisco, diane diprima. congratulations and welcome. [applause] >> wow, look at all of these folks. are any of you one of my five kids? [laughter] i just wanted to be very brief, because we're going to do

another wet day in british columbia as well. and down in the south looks like more rain will continue down in the florida peninsula. it has been raining here quite a bit, so flooding could be an issue. additional rain will fall in southern mexico as well. this is due to tropical storm frank. it is getting a bit more energy as it goes, but it does remain off shore and it will be moving away from mexico as well over the next few days. temperature wise, stays hot down in the south for places like houston. phoenix as well coming in at 42. and los angeles is going to be way above average. 35 degrees and very warm in seattle. 27 degrees. finally, let's take a look at europe then. to the north of scandinavia, stormy weather will persist throughout the day. it is moving very, very slowly. it will continue to bring very strong winds as well as heavy rain. flooding is a concern here. then ahead of this system, the frontal line is going to be bringing some thundershowers to western russia, belarus and up in the mountains of the alpine regi

a new system will be bringing showers for the pacific northwest as well as british columbia. across the gulf of america and central america, plenty of tropical showers and downpours for you. eastward here looking on the dry side. it will be another hot day on tuesday. 35 in d.c. 35 also for new york and up towards toronto at 33 for your high. here's a look at the hurricane systems in the atlantic. hurricane earl is a category 4 major hurricane, very strong system. winds are well over 200 kilometers per hour. it is moving away from the virgin islands and heading in a northwesterly direction, missing a lot of these caribbean islands. it will get very close. you can expect that heavy rain, high surf as well as strong winds. right behind earl, we have fiona following in its path, taking the same direction as earl did. it will get close to these islands once again. for those of you here, do stay updated and keep on watch and stay up there with your local reports. that's a look at your weather for now. here is your three-day outlook. >>> japan's ruling democratic you party is makin

we're going to tell you how some experts say most passengers survived that frightening plane crash in columbia. >>> and big names on treasure island to take part in a historic event. >>> good morning. northbound 280 to highway 17 the traffic is doing well. but up the road there could be some police activity that could slow you down. we'll give you details straight ahead. south of laredo, there's a place... so hot, rattlesnakes combust. ♪ but we go, cause ya gotta eat bold. [ male announcer subway fiery footlong subs. the bold-acious new turkey jalapeño melt and buffalo chicken. subway. eat bold! got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet. and leave your phone in your purse, i don't want you texting. >> daddy... ok! ok, here you go. be careful. >> thanks dad. >> and call me--but not while you're driving. we knew this day was coming. that's why we bought a subaru. >>> good morning. little more fog today and also drizzle being reported sfo and oakland and windy towards the gulf. that means cooler today

. >>> passengers recall what happened just moments before the remarkable plane crash in columbia. >>> also some big names will be on treasure island today to take part in an historic event. >>> good morning. southbound 680 traffic looking okay heading to the south bay. we'll tell you more coming up. >> so, ah, your seat good? got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet. and leave your phone in your purse, i don't want you texting. >> daddy... ok! ok, here you go. be careful. >> thanks dad. >> and call me--but not while you're driving. we knew this day was coming. that's why we bought a subaru. >>> good morning. right now traffic is moving well on the golden gate bridge. san mateo and bay bridge and richland bridge. we can actually see that this morning. traffic looks good all the way out to marin county. >>> thank you, sal. today's senator fine stein will speak at the lake tahoe summit which is an annual event which focuses on preserving the lake against threats such as wild fires, invasive spe

she was the first woman hired with tenure at columbia law school. her star continued to rise three it should join various law associations and committees. president jimmy carter nominated her to serve as a judge on the u.s. court of appeals. she served as a justice until president clinton nominated her to succeed our own legendary byron r. white. in 1993, she became the second woman on the supreme court. joe biden said that justice ginsburg was a nominee that holds a rich vision of what the constitution promises of liberty balanced by a measured approach to the job of judging. a couple of years ago, the ginsbergs were visiting my wife and me in santa fe and i invited marty to deliver a speech. he asked why me. i told him it was because he was the funny tax guide. [laughter] i thought that he would come and talk about tax law, but instead, he prepared another speech. after his untimely passing, justice ginsburg called me and said that she would like to come give that speech tonight. that speech tells about part of her career in the 10th circuit which

that's the direction it's coming from, alaska, british columbia, pacific northwest. that's why you're so cool today. it's just the opposite for friends out here in arizona and utah. still getting that heat pump f yesterday, sunny, beautiful, 84, santa rosa, california, 73, tucson a little steamy with a high of 102. salem 74. we'll take a look at warmer temperatures that will be on the way a little later. >> all right, bill. thank you. waiting for the fed, mcdonald's on a high, and where are the best and worst taxi drivers? your early morning business headlines straight ahead. you won't believe the plans bris tal palin's jilted fiance levi johnston has for the future. >>> red sox split a triple play in seattle and saints march into the white house. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry, and here are some of your top headlines this morning. cutbacks are in store for the pentagon in an effort to rein in $100 billion of spending in five years. yesterday defense secretary robert gates said he would close a milit

. >> she went to new york's columbia university. they found the genetic abnormality responsible for the disease. since then, research for the cure has stalled. relations with the u.s. have been at an all-time low. the doctor has only been able to visit the village onetime cents. and in this visit, nancy hopes to reach an agreement with the government concerning her research. a representative came to meet her. >> she turned out hurt investigation's unilaterally. we're hoping to sit down with all the necessary paperwork to move forward with a joint project. >> they want two things. one, a regular source of income. and secondly, the commission that nancy wexler enter international team of researchers will return to the village and in search of a cure. the lives of the people of the lake maracaibo have been devastated. will grant, bbc news. >> finally, we have to share this with you. according to police, a man who was shot in the head failed to notice for several years because he was drunk at the time it happened. when the polish man wi

it looks like another wet day up in british columbia, canada. 24 degrees escaping the rain in vancouver. it's going to be very hot, 37 for your daytime high. finally taking a look at europe. areas around the mediterranean looking good, again dry and fine and very warm conditions overall. but towards the north it's going to be very ensettled. windy and wet in places, especially for southern scandinavia and that heavy rain moving into central europe as well. heavy rain has also been affecting scotland up in the uk. so here you need to stay put during the overnight hours. but looking much drier and calmer for your tuesday across the british isles. london will be sunny on your tuesday. 22 degrees. paris as well could get spells of sunshine and thundershowers and vienna with 24 degrees. here's the extended forecast. >>> japan's economy trade and industry ministry plans to request a budget increase in fiscal 2011 for help nurture eco-friendly businesses such as lithium ion battery makers. the ministry will ask for $350 million to support businesses that can help japan achieve a 25% cut in emi

. >>> we are following developing news in columbia. one person has died after a jet liner carrying 13 is people crashed -- 131 people crashed at san andreas island. at least five people are injured. the island's governor says it is a miracle there were not more casualties. the boeing 737 operated by columbia bays airies airlines took off overnight. they are investigating reports it was struck by lightning. >>> a concord man facing charges after being arrested over the weekend suspected of planning pipe -- planting pipe bombs at a community parkment an informant led them to 31- year-old timothy davidson. three pipe bombs were found in a park last month. the bomb squad safely detonated all of them. they found bomb making materials as well as drugs. >>> an apparent bogus 911 call caused really tense moments at a safeway store in men low park early this morning. police from several agencies were on scene within minutes after a midnight caller reported two gun men went inside. police ordered the dozen employees to leave the super market whi

it's just a cool flow off the coast of british columbia. low clouds will linger, too. mild inland, cool on the coast. also, it was a very cool day yesterday in arizona because of the clouds and monsoonal moisture around. that continues today. call it 96 in phoenix. some showers this morning around flagstaff. in medford 92. the coastal area is you're still mild. 96 in fallon, nevada, 90 in sacramento and tucson about 96. hopefully we can warm it up for your tuesday on the forecast. that's coming up. >>> what twitter can tell us about the mood. early morning headlines ahead. can anyone stop leonardo at the box office. >>> ryan howard feels the pain, deja vu for diamondbacks and laroche and stuart apple bes go mlf's aagic number. you're watching "early today." >> good morning, and welcome lf back to "early today." i'm veronica de la cruz. here are some of your top headlines this morning. in pakistan, more than 1100 have people have been killed in devastating flooding across the country and now water did that born diseases are threatening survivors. >>> the u.s. government

yale and columbia take the three and four spots. it's faced on higher graduation rates as well as financial and faculty resources. >> who knew that harvard was such a good school? >>> coming up next on this tuesday, new developments on the controversial mosque planned for lower manhattan. >>> and at 46, admitted steroid user, jose canseco, gets back in the game. >>> eastern colorado is in for a much calmer day after getting battered by some severe storms. lightning lit up the skies and even struck a car on the highway. at least four tornadoes touched down. luckily, there were no reported injuries. >>> another day of slick morning road conditions in the southwest on i-10 and 40 in new mexico and arizona. i-10 also sees flooding from new orleans to pensacola. wet on i-95 from miami up to washington, d.c. and across much of tennessee. rain also on i-70 and 80 through iowa, nebraska and kansas. >> and if you're flying today, delays in phoenix, charlotte, atlanta and new orleans. >>> president obama is on the west coast today, talking ab

more wet weather to come for british columbia, canada, as you can see, but that rain will finally be making its way inland. that will help to dampen the dry area here in the northwest. and also, we're having an impact on the temperature here as well. 18 degrees in seattle and 19 in vancouver, so much cooler than earlier in the week. staying very hot, though, down in southern california and arizona. 42 in phoenix and 33 in los angeles. that's all from me just now. here is your extended forecast. ♪ >>> now, this story just coming in to us earlier this hour. south korean government sources say that north korean leader kim jong-il has likely visited china. the sources told nhk that kim allegedly traveled to china on a special train early thursday morning. the details of his trip and the purpose have not been disclosed. but one of the south korean government sources says they're now checking the information. kim visited china in may this year. at the time he exchanged views with chinese leaders on the resumption of the six-party talks on his country's nuclear development. now, former u.

. >> reporter: he wants to go to columbia university in new york to study journalism, but he doesn't see himself returning to new orleans to live. >> wake up. look how hot he is. he's not waking up very easy. this is not about low income. this is not about rich people or poor people. it's about people. >> reporter: it was torture to watch this young mother worry that her infant son was going to die right then and there in her arms on the street. her name is leeann benboom. she was eventually evacuated to wilmington, north carolina, after a cousin spotted her on nbc. the last five years have been hard and now this recession has left her out of work. >> the past year has been very rough. but, i mean, for the first three and a half years things were going pretty well. but now it's completely, like, almost back to where it was with katrina. >> reporter: she wants to return to new orleans, but worries about crime. she says her son, now a healthy 5-year-old, has new orleans in his blood. >> the house, the material things, if they're not there, we can always get those back. >> reporter: tha

. >> in 1993, her team at columbia university in new york found the genetic abnormality responsible for the disease. since then, the search for a cure has stalled. after a failed coup attempts, relations between venezuela and united states have been at an all-time low. in this visit, nancy hopes to reach an agreement with the chavez government of about her research. >> the help minister is keen to sit down with all the -- the health minister is keen to sit down with all the necessary paperwork. >> i asked the villagers what they want most, and answered about things. one, a regular source of income, i believe from the government's of hugo chavez, and szeged that nancy wexler and her team of researchers will return -- and second that nancy wexler injured team of researchers will return and work on a cure. if this deal can be done, perhaps the search for a cure and will start again. will grant, bbc news, venezuela. >> finally, we felt we had to be with this one. according to police in germany, a man who was shot in the had failed to notice for years because he was struck at the time. many

. >> british columbia. >> is a dotter congregation of emanuel here in san francisco. >> there are a lot like that where the founders originally were from san francisco and they moved but then of course the crabby of emanuel -- the rabbi of emanuel came to portland when congregation was holding opening ceremonies and such, because that is how close they felt the rabbi was willing to take a boat -- a long boat trip at this point from san francisco up to portland. >> you see that through into the 20th century, in terms of almost the market for jewish professionals, are bin call leadership and so on is a west coast market. people will move from a pulpit in tacoma to one in oakland. >> very much a circuit. >> among them. >> and the institutions were also regional. pacific hebrew orphans asylum was founded in san francisco but children as far away as seattle and los angeles were sent there and taken care of there, and then when a jewish hospital was founded in mount zion in san francisco, it was seen as a regional hospital. then later when the city of hope was founded in los angeles, for tb v

implement the value-added approach, and it was used in the firings of 241 teachers in the district of columbia. >> i've never seen the level of fear in the classroom among teachers as i saw this year. >> reporter: and now it's coming to l.a., after the "los angeles times" used it to assess 6,000 elementary school teachers in math and english. and in an unprecedented move, the "times" will release the names and analysis of each teacher for every parent to see. >> so that teachers in the school district can see the value of this information, something that they've avoid doing for years. >> reporter: the "los angeles times" analysis had some surprising results. that there can be dramatic differences in how well teachers improve test scores even in the same school. that a teacher's level of education is not a measure of how good a teacher is. and that good teachers can succeed just as well in poor neighborhoods as in rich ones. but the l.a. teachers union calls it a too-simple answer to public education woes. >> it's because teachers don't have textbooks, we have 40 children in a classroom, art an

. >> it's the same accrediting body as say, your columbias, your nyus, notre dame, usc -- >> harvard. >> right. >> the recruiter says with their degrew and student teaching he'll be set. >> i can go to the university of phoenix, do my bachelor's degree, and 100% for sure, i can go to texas or new york city and sit for those examines and once i finish those exams, i can teach. >> yes, that is true. >> but it's not true. that degree alone went low him to teach in many states. we went undercover after meeting melissa dalmier who went back to school to teach. >> can wanted to be an elementary school teacher. can wanted to give back to our future, our children. >> she says a university of phoenix recruiter told her an online associate's degree was her ticket, much as the recruiter old our undercover producer. >> you could have a bachelor's degree basket weaving and still have the program. >> so what i want to know, it sounts like if i get a bachelors from here, i'm going to be okay there? >> yeah. >> they told me after two years i could start to teaching. they had an agreement with the ill

that resort island is part of columbia. >>> later today president obama will arrive in southern california. mr. obama helped raise money for the democratic congressional campaign committee with a dinner in los angeles. seats are reportedly priced at $2500. >>> a few minutes ago the president left the midwest after a stop to talk about the economy. he toured an energy plant in milwaukee and talked about his administration's efforts to create new jobs. the president said he hopes his energy policies will help generate 800,000 new jobs in 2012. >> a year and a haling a this economy was shrinking rapidly, the economy is now growing. a year and a haling a we were losing jobs every month in the private sector. we have nowed ad private sector jobs for seven months in a row. that means the worst mistake we could make is to go back to doing what we were doing that got us into the mess that we were in. >> wisconsin is the first stop on the president's three day trip across the country over the next three days. the president will be raising money for democrats in five states: states. >>> small busine

we were in columbia, a school. they were dancing. we were holding up our video cameras or whatever. kids were holding their laptops with a video camera in it and taking pictures. it's a richer environment for kids to use than a cell phone. >> and for the tablet, it's really multipurpose. so today the tablet has the light surface to reading books, video. but at the same time it has the modem connection as option. >> i was going to ask you that. are there really kids who have the one laptop per child and i need an upgrade. good, you can have a tablet. why upgrade to the tablet? you said viewing surface. if what we're trying to do is get computers into the hands of the remotest parts of the world, you know, the technology is, what, three, four years old with the actual clam shells. isn't that good enough? >> well, this is why we try to support them to upgrade to the tablet. and for our silicone capability it's address all the light contents. you go all the way from blue ray quality. >> my question is, if this is a computer, no kid is going to say, but does it do blu-ray. >> marvel tech

the money will go to 17 states with higher than average jobless rates and the district of columbia. as stephanie dhue reports, the new cash goes to a six-month-old program. a program that has yet to show results. >> reporter: the idea is for state agencies to taylor solutions for unemployed americans at risk of foreclosure. treasury assistant herb alison says it is worth the effort. >> unless we continue to survey our various programs, we think it basically defines the need, and we're confident that this is going to be fully utilized. >> reporter: the administration is also putting up a billion dollars to offer interest-free loans. struggling homeowners can borrow up to $50,000 to make mortgage tax and insurance payments for as long as two years. but foreclosures continue to swamp government efforts with more than 300,000 foreclosures each month. of the 1.3 million bar rose eligible for the program, only a third have had their loan terms chairng --changed under the five-year program. bank of america, city, and wells fargo are backing a new on-line tool to help housing counsellors wo

huntington's thesis stands today i'm joined by richard bullet in tel aviv and author and history professor at columbia university in washington we have shereen hunter she's a visiting professor at the center for muslim christian understanding at georgetown university in paris we go to john laughlin of the institute of democracy in cooperation and another member of our crosstalk team on the hunger all right.