he said, that's an illinois license, this is missouri. we said, what are you talking about, the river's over here. he said it was over there, but it's over here, and you're still in missouri, and you can't hunt here. [laughter] the supreme court has consistently held that when a river changes its course, the boundary does not. so there are lots of places, downtown omaha, nebraska, has an area that's really iowa, and it is iowa, technically iowa, because of a flood on the missouri river that changed the course and left the little lake back there. but the river's over here. it did cause disputes, but over the years the consistency of the court in saying that the boundary does not change has resulted in no longer being something that creates disputes. there's a little tension right now between indiana and kentucky because of a slightly different thing, an island in the ohio river, and the entire river -- ohio river, some rivers are divided down the middle, some are not. the ohio is entirely part of kentucky up to the indiana shore. so there'

. >>> and joplin recovers, joplin, missouri, reaches a milestone in its recovery from tornado disaster. 8,000 kids head back to school. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. president obama wraps up his three-day listening tour in the midwest today in his home state of illinois but it could be more like a campaign event now that republican candidate rick perry is stepping up his criticism of the president. joel brown is in washington with the latest on this. good morning, joel. >> betty, good morning to you. we saw the president and the governor of texas both crisscrossing iowa tuesday. the president making his case on the economy, with rick perry not far behind. president obama will get to reach out to voters today in his home state of illinois. he'll hold back-to-back town hall meetings on the final stop of his three-day bus tour. >> i hope i can count on you in the days ahead to lend your voice to this fight to strengthen our economy. >> reporter: the president continued pushing his economic message in iowa tuesday. he asked l

esta la informaciÓn desde missouri, ahora regresamos. >> terrible caso. un hombre decapito a su propio hijo, un niÑo con necesidades especiales, esto luego de asesinar la cocina de su casa en luisiana. la policÍa dice que jeremías richt confesÓ el crimen luego de que el cuerpo apareciera enbolsas de basura y la cabeza cerca de la calle. la madre, desconsolada, dijo que el pequeÑo que se alimentaba por un tubo se habÍa ganado la simpatÍa de los vecinos. >> tambiÉn en luisiana activistas cÍvicos presentaron una demanda por una ley estatal que prohibe a los convictos usar una red social. dicen que la prohibiciÓn atenta contra la primera enmienda que garantiza el derecho de libertad de expresiÓny de comunicaciÓn. los celadores convictos sÓlo pueden hacer a redes sociales en luisiana se obtienen un permiso de la corte. >> y sirvieron motivos suficientes para mantener encarcelados turista norteamericano, mientras investiga la desapariciÓn de la mujer que lo acompaÑaba. el empresario, ary giordano de 50 aÑos, regresÓ la cÁrcel de otra audiencia

matÓ a rodrÍguez y tirÓ el cadÁver a un canal y vamos con el informe desde missouri porque investigadores buscan sin descanso los restos de la vÍctima. >>> en la corte criminal del condado missouri reposa el sxe iente con la confesiÓn de morgan dice que encontrÓ a la maÑana rodrÍguez parada en escaleras de la piscina del patio trasero la llevÓ a la casa y le puso una bolsa en su cabeza y boca, dijo que la menor tardÓ una hora en morir asfixiada. >>> por lo que hizo esa persona a lo mejor no tiene conciencia nostaba en cinco sentidos porque algo muy difÍcil de aceptar para toda la gente. >>> el cuerpo de lo guardo en la misma bolsa y lo tirÓ en este canal, y aquÍ autoridades concentran bÚsqueda de restos mortales de la niÑa desde el sÁbado pasado. el subcomisario dice que la bÚsqueda tardarÁ dÍas. >>> hay mucha agua aquÍ tenemos cinco canales aquÍ y tomarÁ tiempo, por esta confesiÓn morgan enfrenta tres cargos homicidio en primer grado destrucciÓn de evidencia y el uso armas de ser encontrado culpable morgan enfrentarÁ penas severas. >>> la pena por hombicidio pued se

interrogatorios y arrestos tratan de encabezar la desapariciÓn de una niÑa hispana en missouri. golpe al narcotrÁfico: capturan en colombia a presuntos en las es del cÁrtel mexicano de los setas. contra la homofobia, en mÉxico cientos se manifiestan contra el asesinato de un idealista. >> este es el noticiero univisiÓn fin de semana con martin berlanga. >> bienvenidos, hoy comenzamos hablando de quien podrÍa ser el prÓximo presidente de los estados unidos, a un aÑo y tres meses de la prÓxima elección, aÚn no se sabe si barack obama seguirÁ siendo presidente de este paÍs. obviamente los republicanos dicen que no, precandidatos sostuvieron el jueves un debate y hoy un sondeo de popularidad entre unas 15.000 personas blancas, anglosajonas y protestantes podrÍa ayudarnos a saber cuÁles son las sentencias. nos dicen quien saliÓ bien y mal parado en esta encuesta, y cierta realidad significativa. >> es una mezcla de carnaval con teatro polÍtico, es un lugar donde un reducidonÚmero de votantes eligen entre sus referidos a republicanos candidatos. aunque los resultados

. >>> dolor e ira en corte de missouri, acusan al vecino que confesÓ haber asesinado a la pequeÑa rodrÍguez. >>> una persona muy reservada. >>> conocido la mano con ojos escribe al marco que mataba sin piedad. >>> y si busca un pretexto para hacer al menos 15 minutos de ejercicio uno que no podrÁ ignorar. >>> noticiero telemundo con joÉe dÍaz-balart. > >>>. >>> con el presidente barack obama en su campaÑa por reelecciÓn, imÁgenes aquÉl quisiera ver. hispanos enojados y prostestando en varias ciudades del paÍs acusÁndolo de injusticias y engaÑo por eso mÁs de un millÓn de deportaciones. muchas a nombre de el celebre programa comunidades seguras y aÚn asÍ la casa blanca saliÓ en su defensa, diciendo que ha multiplicado deportaciÓn de de criminales e inmigrante sin raÍces en este pais, culpÓ a los republicanos del congreso de obstruir la reforma migratoria. >>> muy buenas tardes. en momentos en que arde oposiciÓn en cuestion de unas horas podrÍamos saber detalles que el gobierno insistiÓ en mantener secreto sobre el programa comunidades sera,, detalles que la jueza que ord

guest: greentop, missouri. host: why did you come? guest: i came because i wanted to learn more about my year, the career i want to go into, mick contacts and this way with making contacts i can get where i want to go in the future. host: where is that? guest: i want to be a sports broadcaster behind the scenes mostly, behind the camera. and i want to be maybe a production assistant or producer or director of maybe working with espn or something of that sort. host: why do you want to work possibly at espn? guest: i love sports and i love to be around sports. sports pretty much is so interesting to me because i love to watch the action happen. i love when action unfolds in front of me. host: thank you, sir. this group i know is from 35 states all seniors in high school. we have somebody from guam. who else wants to talk about this conference and why you are here. if you will give the young lady in the back an opportunity to have the microphone. tell us who you are and where you are from. guest: i can't really stand. i'm in a wheelchair

you have to trust them. >> are you going to go to the university of missouri? >> yes. he had this to run new station. run news station. you get firsthand experience. you are ahead of the game. >> can you tell us your name? >> my name as sean. >> what about mr. williams here? he used to be the dean of the business school. he said you should not be feeding more money into your own pocket. spoke about accuracy and fairness. do we get that today? >> one network i do not trust at all. they are so biased. all networks are. this one is specially. >> isn't it better you know what their bias is then slipping it in on you? >> i guess. > > what are you not politically on their side? >> it is not that. >> the news they cover or the opinions they give? can you sift through the difference? how do you get your news? >> cnn. >> you are happy with cnn. >> you have to go with your instincts. really know if they're telling the truth. >> if you had to choose, i was going to ask you what network you had to go to. how many of you would choose cnn? how many of you would tune in to fox news?

missouri. a lot of damaging wind reports with that cluster. now as far as what we're dealing with in the west, monsoonal showers around a big high pressure center in texas. on the border of new mexico and texas, saw some showers and storms. utah and nebraska remained dry along with california. and in montana, the front is sparking a few showers, so the warm conditions continue. if not hot in the valley. we're a little warmer this morning and even bigger cities. san francisco at 57, at least we're in the upper 50s in coastal communities, interior sections all in the 60s. throughout the day's forecast, you notice the warm air trying to sneak your way, portland, 80 degrees, seattle, 78, a nice afternoon. and the clouds are going to be stubborn in san francisco, though, and l.a. where temperatures will be on the cool side. that's aers and thunderstorms and even a thunderstorm in arizona and new mexico late this afternoon. >>> weekend forecast coming up and a warm saturday, too. >> bill, thanks so m

i was the first african-american mayor of canton, missouri. i understand the thinking goes on around the white use because it went around in my circles as well which is, you know, be careful. know, be careful. stay away from too many african- american events. if your film in front of the large number of african americans, it will scare the white. i think our nation has moved past that. we improved the african-american and latino parts of our city, and did it to the cheers of the whole city. there are alws going to be people who do not like the black community. that is always going to happen. those individuals will face the president. but what the president can learn is that those people are not going to vote for you anyway. the haters are never going to come to your side, so you try to do what is right. try to do is going to rebuild the fabric of this nation and make us stronger, because everybody is doing well. 1% of the population owns 33% of the nation's wealth. the average black family is worth 5006 under and $77, according to the pew cent

protest a virtual communications blackout and a few weeks ago we reported a law that just passed in missouri that made it illegal for teachers to make direct contact with their students current or former on facebook a practical reason given for the amy hester student protection act was that it would help her inappropriate sexual relationships between students and teachers because as we know once you outlaw something the problem goes away you know just like underage drinking drug use and speeding really all it's probably done to send the actual offenders but we really do have to worry about the broader ground well punishing everyone else of course like all well intentioned get stupid and overbearing nanny state legislation the law has untended consequences christina thomas a missouri teacher is now by law forbidden to speak to her own children via facebook which obviously is one of the most commonly used forms of communication today but the law offers no exceptions her children meet the statutory definition of student or former student because they attend school she says that. that means the

ron mott, nbc news, joplin, missouri. >> and joplin officials announced today they have received a $500,000 gift from the united arab emirates to help buy a new lap top for every one of their 2,200 high school students. the uae will also match future donations for lap tops. so for all of our viewers who wish to join in and help, there's more on how you can do that from our website, nightly.msnbc.com. the good folks of joplin do need it. >> that is our broadcast for this wednesday night, glad you could be with us. i'm brian williams and we hope to see you right back here i'm brian williams and we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> right now at 6:00, suspects in the bryan stow case appear in court as prosecutors reveal new details in the case. >>> a 43-year-old man faces murder charges for a cold case here at san leandro juvenile court. i'm damian trujillo. why his father says police have the wrong man. >>> and a major threat against facebook. who wants to shut down the social

. >>> they lost nearly everything in the joplin, missouri, disaster. how a bay area woman is helping children get a fresh start. >>> and a situation for abercrombie & fitc,,,,,,,,,,,,,, returned to class. so many kids lost so much. but as cynthia bowers shows us, a ke >>> >>> a touch of normalcy in tornado raged joplin, missouri. today kids returned to class. >> as cynthia bauer shows us a bay area woman made sure she got them covered. >> reporter: plenty of hugs, a few tears and a lot of new outfits. the first day of school is a right of passage but here in joplin, it is the biggest benchmark so far in the long road to recovery. >> the first time that we drove through there it just suction all the air out of you. it is just so unbelievably devastating and terrible. >> and you wanted to help? >> i did, sure. everybody wanted to help. >> reporter: susan stewart lives 25 miles away this pittsburgh, kansas. >> i don't have a chain saw and i don't know how to drive a bulldozer and i can't put a new roof on. two days after the tornado it just struck me that

. >>> plus hugs and tears as joplin, missouri, hits a milestone in their recovery from a devastating tornado. >>> first scott pelley has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >> all across the country, people are locked into homes they can't afford and they're facing foreclosure. we'll tell you about a way that could help homeowners get out without the bank ever taking over. that story tonight on the "cbs evening news." they can hit you year round... indoors or out. [ sniffles ] oh to have relief. prescription nasonex is clinically proven to help relieve nasal allergy symptoms... including congestion, runny and itchy nose and sneezing. [ female announcer ] side effects may include headache, viral infection, sore throat, nosebleeds, and coughing. infections of the nose and throat and eye problems, including glaucoma or cataracts may occur. have regular eye exams. slow wound healing may occur, so do not use nasonex until your nose has healed from any sore, surgery or injury. nasonex can increase your risk of getting infections. avoid contact with infections like chicken pox or mea

a stitch in time has saved the school year for kids in joplin, missouri. that story is next. exposed that has cops fearing for their safety. next on cbs 5 >> pelley: this was the first day of school in joplin, missouri, a touch of normalcy for kids whose lives have been anything but normal since the tornado there. nine out of ten children at irving elementary school lost their homes. but cynthia bowers tells us they had new clothes for the school year thanks to some big hearts and skilled hands. >> how are you! >> good! >> reporter: there were plenty of hugs, a few tears, and a lot of new outfits. the first day of school is a rite of passage, but here in joplin, it's the biggest benchmark so far in the long road to recovery. >> the first time that we drove through this there, it just-- it just-- it just sucks all the air out of you. it's just so unbelievably devastating, and... and terrible. >> reporter: and you wanted to help? >> i did, sure. everybody wanted to help. >> reporter: seamstress susan stuart lives 25 miles away in pittsburgh, kansas. >> i don't have a chainsaw a

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>>> a heartbreaking turn in the case of a missing 3-year-old in missouri. a neighbor is now accused with killing the girl and charged with first-degree mur. >> police say 43-year-old sean morgan suffocated the girl to death on august 6th, the day the little girl disappeared. her body still hasn't been found. what are you learning about how all this unfolded? >> basically what had happened was on friday night apparently the fbi went into sean's home, into mr. morgan's home. that's when this investigation turned to focus on him. saturday morning was when i received information from the fbi that there had been an arrest of a neighbor. later saturday afternoon we did learn sean morgan he is in fact charged with murder in the first degree. armed criminal actions and tampering with physical evidence. i spoke with the prosecutor earlier today. mr. morgan will appear in court tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. in the circuit court. it's a preliminary hearing basically to find out how he will proceed with counsel. >> what are the investigators saying about the fact that they hav

>> i am from missouri. >> why did you come to this? >> i wanted to learn more about my career. i want to make contacts. this way i can get where i want to go. >> where? >> i want to be a sports broadcaster behind the scenes, mostly behind the camera. i want to maybe be a production assistant or producer or director of working at espn or something of that sort. >> why do you want to work at the s&p index >> i love sports and to be a brown sports -- why do you want to work at espn and? >> i love sports and to be around sports. i love to watch the action happened. i love when action unfolds. thank you. >> this group is from 35 different states. all seniors in high school. who else wants to talk about this conference and what is about and why you are here? there is a young lady in the back. to give her the opportunity to take the microphone. >> i'm in a wheelchair. i cannot stand. >> stay where you are then. >> i attend the regional high school. at the conference, what i have learned is that you have to strive for what you can do and what you want to do and to make connections now.

they had no comment when a local station in missouri asked for an interview. >> i would just have to think about, like, what if the situation was reversed and my own child was kidnapped. it's sad to know somebody in our community is going through that. >> and rafael joins me now. the adoptive parents had been quiet until now. >> very quite. a half hour ago the family spokesman issued a statement and the statement says the family will continue to advocate for the safety and best interest of her legally adopted child. they remain committed from protecting their daughter from additional trauma as they pursue the truth of her past through the appropriate legal channels. it's so tranlgic, because this family did not know anything about the girl's past. they trusted the adoption agency, and apparently the adoption agency somehow bought this girl after she was kidnapped and that's the problem, because you have a family in guatemala, who is in this situation. they did not deserve this. you have a family in america who is also brokenhearted because of this. >> what about the adoption agency?

casi toda la comunidad de un pequeÑo poblado de missouri. familiares realizaron una vigilia para pedir por su pronto regreso. lo Último de la investigaciÓn desde missouri. >> han pasados cinco dÍas desde la desapariciÓn de la niÑa. la familia busca consuelo en esta iglesia donde la comunidad se ha unido mÁs frente a esta tragedia. >> este es un lugar tranquilo,1 constancia como Ésta, afecta mucho. sobre todo para los que tenemos hijos. >> su padre cree que alguien se la llevÓ. >> mi hija no se fue de aquÍ sola. alguien se la llevÓ. mi hija no anda, alguien la levantÓ. >> desde su desapariciÓn, las autoridades informaron que estaban buscando una van color blanco. hallaron otras pistas segÚn la tÍa de la menor. >> las llantas de la niÑa. no saben si son esas, pero las estÁn examinando en el laboratorio para encontrar adn. >> el caso de la pequeÑa tiene conmocionado a este poblado de sÓlo 2200 habitantes que ha formado cuadrillas de rescate para el pronto regreso a casa de la menor. >> todos quieren cooperar. nada de esto hab�

we've got two plants that are along the missouri river and one of them has been completely flooded or surrounded by water and the other is partially flooded in the minute we have left what's the update on these two situations well as we approach the tenth anniversary of september eleventh indian point nuclear power plant was targeted by muhammad out yet you have a very gentle target and you have got information from osama bin laden to attack those two reactors they should be shut down as a national security issue immediately and the reactors out last there on the missouri river but there in the state of nebraska the fort calhoun nuclear power plant and cooper cooper is the twin the fukushima daiichi and the flood levels are as bad as they have been since the beginning of june they're going to stay that way at least through the end of this month so they're on very thin ice out there they've got six feet of safety margin at fort calhoun incredibly cooper is still one hundred percent power so if they have to go from one hundred percent power to a cold shutdown they could face the same ki

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we've sent our cameras back to joplin, missouri. tomorrow night we'll have a special report on their progress. >>> well, it was intended to be our feel-good story this week but it didn't quite turn out that way. veteran long distance swimmer diana niad was trying to complete a 103-mile swim from cuba to the florida keys at the age of 61 but she had to give up this morning when her galan effort failed because of large ocean swells, a shoulder injury and asthma got her about halfway through the journey. >>> have you ever been to geddysburg? you've heard them say, once in a while they find bullets and artifacts from the civil war to this day. well, it's happened again. back on august 4th, an oak tree fell on culp hill which saw some intense fighting in 1863 when they went to cut a fresh stump they discovered the tree was full of bullets. trees like this are called "witness trees" because still some of them witness the fighting. all being preserved in the nearby museum like all gettysburg battlefield artifacts. >> up next, we'll meet ro

the good the kurds vonnegut memorial library last month a bunch of right wingers in the republican missouri school board decided to ban some books one of them was on a gets waterhouse why because according to the person who requested the book be banned the teachers principals were crying for a while and you thought banning books for religious reasons didn't happen in america well the bought a couple more in a library didn't like the decision so they donated one hundred fifty free copies of slaughterhouse five to students to raise awareness about the book and the school board's decision not only that the librarian of missouri a.c.l.u. are working to obtain the minutes of the school board meeting to prove that their decision to ban the book was based on religious reasons and thus was unconstitutional that's what they find what they need the bad steve doocy the fox and friends bawdy jumped into a discussion about president obama's handling of the economy this morning with his little joke but his message again it's very popular at these fundraisers where he says that he inherited most of this p

how has this missouri community reacted to this story? >> it's been, i think, real troublesome to the community. seeing it is a small town and with the typical small town concerns and values and this has been very, very disturbing to the community as a whole. >> stephen sokoloff, thanks so much. >> sure. >>> now this. one moment fans are waiting for a concert to begin. next you saw what happened. they're looking for survivors. what indiana's governor is now saying about blame after a stage collapse at least five people. also, it is classified technology, top secret information here. so did pakistan, an ally of the united states, allow china to see this chopper, at least maybe the tail portion of this chopper that went down during the raid on osama bin laden? we are getting answers on this today and what this could mean for security. automotive performance is gone. and all we have left are fallen leaves and broken dreams and -- oh. wait a second. that is a dodge durango. looks like american performance is doing just fine. ♪ carry on. ♪

wisconsin y missouri. en horas de la noche. al agua que para nosotros en la costa oeste de los angeles. tenemos varias ondas tropicales, justamente muy cerca del caribe, seria de gran preocupaciÓn y vamos a estar vigilando aÚn mÁs, cuando se acerque al oeste del caribe. fuera de eso las temperaturas mÁximas para hoy, han alcanzado phoenix 106 grados. hacia sacramento aquÍ tenemos 89 grados. san francisco 72 y los Ängeles, 74 # grados. en comparaciÓn me en foco a ustedes sobre dallas. notamos al norte del paÍs termino motos en 80 grados. y experimentamos armas temperaturas a diferencia de la gran manzana, condiciones secas pero regresa la lluvia a partir del jueves amaneciendo viernes. asÍ que bueno, de los angeles, me despido y continÚamos con mÁs de primer impacto. >>> gracias ja cquie. la muerte de decenas de personas en ecuador. por ingerir licor adulterado. mÁs de 30 residentes de cuenca y lugares cercanos han perdido la vida en un mes. otros han experimentado escuelas como ceguera, tras beber licor ar artesanal

. >>> and finally, in missouri, a delightful exchange played out between fans at a yankees/royals game. a lucky girl who got a foul ball. instead of keeping the memorable souvenir for herself, she handed it forward to a young boy standing nearby in a yankees shirt. now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins, who has your weather channel forecast. >> little girls have a reputation for being nice, right? >> yes, they had to dig it in a little farther for us east coasters. >> what's the matter with you? you gave me the ball. >>> oh, well. good morning. around the country temperatures are very warm. there's not a lot of active weather, no hurricanes to talk about. we have pretty much a persistent forecast. what you saw yesterday, there's a good chance you will see it again today. unfortunately, for texas, extremely hot. right now at this hour, look at phoenix, arizona. the temperature hasn't dropped off that much and humidity levels have been higher than you have liked recently. 99 degrees. a hot day today in arizona. phoenix could hit 110. e

. >> a new law in missouri could have a ripple effect throughout the entire country. it limits how school teachers can use facebook. tracie potts is live in washington with all of the details. good morning, tracie. >> hi there, jon. good morning. did you know there are over 7.5 million california teenagers who are on facebook as young as 13. and we suspect many of them younger. so, this could have implications not just in missouri but in california and across the nation. here's how it started. a teenager in missouri interacting on line with a teacher turns out she was molested by her junior high teacher. they did an investigation and found 87 teachers there who lost their licenses over a 4-year period because of inappropriate relationships, sometimes involving online communications. so a new law is scheduled to kick in in missouri at the end of this month that says teachers and students cannot communicate privately on line through social networks. you can post on a teacher's wall but you can't send private messages. the people who wrote this law probably don't know ho

. >>> and it is back to school today for students in joplin, missouri. let's take live look. you can see students milling around just arriving. classes resume rest than three month, after a deadly tornado tore through the city. some classes are going to be held in trailers, others in a shopping mall. >>> all right, folks. if you are just getting up and heading out this morning, we have patchy fog, some of that a little thick as you approach the coastline over the bay it stretches and into some of the valleys. but it looks like this is a fairly thin layer so it's going to burn off and well just like yesterday we are going to see plenty of sunshine by the afternoon. so kind of a cool start. mild numbers inland up into the 60s. by the afternoon that fog will give way to mostly sunny skies, almost everywhere you go except at the coast. patchy fog continuing there just a bit. temperatures in the 60s. hot in the valley, in the low 90s once again. there are already some changes in the works. high pressure has been holding on for quite some time but this ridge over the four corners w

nbc's kevin tibbles is in joplin, missouri for us tonight. kevin, good evening. >> reporter: brian, this is all that's left of the joplin high school, destroyed when that tornado ripped through town. but right from day one, people here vowed it was not going to destroy their spirit. in a badly bruised joplin, missouri, they were determined to open the schools and they did, thanks to team work and creativity. >> there's not a book out there on how to deal with an f-5 tornado and how to get your school started again. >> reporter: that tornado stole the lives of 160 people, smashed 8,000 homes and businesses and t joplin schools in a shambles. this surveillance video from inside the joplin high school shows the monstrous funnel demolishing it. today the hallways of the new high school echo with the sounds of 1,000 bustling juniors and high school echo with the sounds of 1,000 bustling juniors and seniors. store at a local mall, transformed into a modern place of learning. >> you're not looking back? >> no, we can't look back, we owe it to the le

it's not just not for them. >> missouri lawmaker as agreed, making it illegal for teacher there's to interact with students under the age of 18 on face bs or any other social networking site including twitter. the former ceo of sun micro systems says that is wrong and is hopeful that it will change. >> i'm comfortable longer term we'll understand online distance shifted will be a very important component. >> none of the teachers interact with students through facebook. and one says she seize nothing wrong with teachers and students communicating through facebook. >> it's important to extend our learning communities that solidify them into one community. >> many school districts for bid teachers to friend students. >> i don't use facebook. i use what is accessible with the district. >> and there is one web site that school districts do allow. edmoto wall is remarkably similar to face bs book but it's there for students and teachers to discuss, share and learn only school-related materials. students and teachers can not have private conversations. or share with those outside of their c

down from omaha and into missouri, now pushing south of st. louis, that's where the worst weather of the country is early this morning. we storms over nothing too dramatic, still the heat down here in texas and isolated storms late today in the east. so you need your umbrella in many areas. the worst of it by far, look at the line of storms quickly pushing in from missouri, quickly crossing interstate 44 and a lot of lightning. and in st. louis, it looks like the worst of this will miss you and go south of you. your forecast for friday, have the umbrella from d.c. to new york, all the way into boston. you'll probably need it late this afternoon. it will be just like yesterday. much of the morning hours should be dry. but the afternoon into the evening, we'll have the thunderstorms. the same for you in florida. a pretty nice day today in areas like mince and chicago, not bad. thursday heat in texas. denver, around 90 degrees. and the sneak peek at your saturday forecast shows more thunderstorms in the mid-atlantic. still an unsettled pattern ev

in missouri a delightful exchange between fans played out at the yankees-royals game. what's becoming sort of a trend. a lucky girl who got a foul ball. instead of keeping the memorandum babble souvenir for herself, she paid it forward by handing over the ball to a young boy standing nearby. he was just standing nearby. come on, bill, it's cute. and now the grumpy nbc meteorologist bill karins has your weather channel forecast. sglt kansas city people are mice. what can we say? >> the midwest has good hearts. >> do you think someone at the yankee stadium would walk over and give kansas city the ball? >> they're only like ten-years on the old. >> at ten in new york city, they are already bitter. >> a weather guy who is bitter. >> it is 5:00 a.m. >> true. >> well, around the country, we saw a beautiful day yesterday. down to florida, showers and stores. let's talk about the weather pattern out there. the heat continues for many areas. summer kind of feels like it's begun to end in the great lakes and new england. ps have been rather cool as of late, but summer is continu

this airplane banner is one missouri mom's message to our leaders in washington. "thanks for the downgrade. you should all be fired." we'll meet the woman and find out the big response she's gotten for doing it. >> got to the point. >> didn't fly it over washington but flew it over wall street down there and everybody got the message. welcome back to "the early show." i'm chris wragge long with rebecca jarvis. erica hill is on assignment. >>> it seems the movie industry always finds a way to pack in the crowds at the theaters. how it's been able to do that and find an audience even in the tough economic times. by the way it usually does. people all this industry recession proof. >> i think it's one of the great elixirs for only $15, too. escape for two, three hours, just $15. that's a separate issue. >>> a major development involving sex education. chicago became the first city to incorporate sex ed into the public school curriculum. it's been a hot topic of debate. new york city schools officially announced middle and high school students will be required to take

he's kind enough to join me on the phone from missouri. any news today on breeann, sheriff? >> no. we began at 7:00 this morning. searches continue as we speak. >> i understand that you are searching and there are cadaver dogs searching by air, by land, by water. tell me about this community and the volunteers pouring out in support for this little girl. >> caller: we have a great community in this area. a lot of loving people. everyone has really been gracious about coming out and supporting us. we've had, of course, the local fire departments, the fbi, the sheriff's offices, rescue squads from dire, tennessee, mississippi county, arkansas. they're coming in. we've got local businessmen, a lot of farmers that are out now bringing their boats and just a great number of volunteers that have actually been walking the ditches, manning the boats and the drags and, of course, with the helicopters, we have the missouri highway patrol divers, the division of drug and crime control. we've just got a number of people here that are just, have just opened up and willingly giving their service

tornado that leveled the town of joplin, missouri, in late may. bill karins brings us the new look at the storm and gives us a check of the forecast in a few minutes. >>> plus one more reason to be grateful the nfl came back from the lockout. without it, we'd be watching players wrestle fans for balls inside basketball arenas. look at that guy. that video and the night in baseball when "way too early" comes back. >>> at the bel air home of director roman polanski, police continue their investigation of the five slayings. the telephone lines that were cut presumably by the murderers were restored. ostsers were combing the deep terrain in search of the weapons used. police said the actress's husband had not visited the home and was in seclusion. ♪ let me entertain you ♪ let me make you smile ♪ let me do a few tricks ♪ some old and then some new tricks ♪ ♪ i'm very versatile ♪ so let me entertain you ♪ and we'll have a real good time ♪ [ male announcer ] with beats audio and flash, you can experience richer music and download movies

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real time video of the tornado that ripped through joplin, missouri last may. one school surveillance camera caught it on tape. >>> do you use gps to figure out where you are going? it may be wrong. why you may need a printed map in the next few days. >>> first, breaking news out of afghanistan. a nato helicopter has crashed in eastern afghanistan. hamid karzai says at least 38 people were killed. >>> closer to home, americans wake up to the world's economy that we are no longer the gold standard. yesterday, s&p downgraded the long term credit rating from aaa to aa plus. it is a first for the country and embarrassment for president obama. explaining the decision and the s&p said the growing debt with the political acrimony over raising the debt ceiling gives them less ability to pay the loans. it comes days after the deal shaving $2 trillion over the next decade. the s&p thinks the deal fell short. after standard and poor's downgrade, the obama administration fired back saying the s&p figures were off $2 trillion. s&p says its decision to downgrade stays. what

a law is going into effect in the state of missouri and we've been getting your opinion about it, yeah, on facebook. >> weigh in and let us know what you feel. >>> later this half hour we'll try out a helmet equipped with lasers, bring it out rob, that promises to grow hair when other baldness remedies fail. what do you think?k? could something like this really work? >> i think going bald is a traumatic enough experience e tt anything is worth a shot. right? >> we'll try it all. >> we'll test it out. all right. >> he's got a good head of hair. that guy. >> preventative, preventative. going to keep those locks. >>> before all that, the debt drama is over, at least in the house, after a last-minute deal was approved last night. >> but it was the surprise appearance of arizona lawmaker gabby giffords that really grabbed everyone's attention. karen travers is joining us this morning from washington with details. hi, karen. >> reporter: good morning, rob. good morning, tanya. if you had asked anybody in washington yesterday what was the most highly anticipated aspect of this house vote, it

what has happened to this missing missouri girl? we'll talk with an fbi agent involved in the search. >>> and wisconsin democrats are starting away from a special elections setback, did they not topple enough republicans in yesterday's statewide recall to take back the state senate? what kind of ripple effect will it have for workers' rights? we'll take a look. is oh, we call it the bundler. let's say you need home and auto insurance. you give us your information once, online... [ whirring and beeping ] [ ding! ] and we give you a discount on both. sort of like two in one. how did you guys think of that? it just came to us. what? bundling and saving made easy. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> breaking news. also known as the super committee, we're getting news from washington. let's go to luke russert, who is live on capitol hill with the latest. luke, are you with us? >> yeah. how are you doing, veronica? >> john boehner has appointed three different people. what do you know about them? >> the three gentlemen are t

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nbc is in senath, missouri, with the latest on this story. janet, good morning. >> good morning to you. people here are having a tough time comprehending what has happened. we learned what is missing from this quiet dead end street and what is a very small town. she is 3 years old. it's been four days. her parents, as you can imagine, are just beside themselves. not knowing what has happened to her. a young couple living every parent's nightmare, the heartbreaking waiting game after their 3-year-old daughter breeann rodriguez, disappear fred their own street. in a rural missouri community they thought was the safest place on earth. >> this is good old america. children play on the streets here. it's not -- we're not in st. louis or memphis. i mean, children can still be children here, so we thought. >> reporter: the family says breeann was riding her bike with her 5-year-old brother saturday afternoon right here when he went inside for a drink. a few minutes later her mom came out to say lunch was ready and breeann, she says, was simply gone.

. >> new video released showing the power of the dory that hit missouri in. m that hit missouri in may. aycc1: : >> well, world markets continue to react to the u.s. credit downgrade. this is a live look at the big board. an ets open in less thancc1: hour from now. futures are down. that's bad news considering the dow dropped 634 points yesterday. of course a lot of that reaction to the standard & poor's downgrade of the u.s. credit rating. we talk about credit ratings from s&p, moody's and the like.: we turn to tracie potts live in washington. good morning. >> hi there, jon. good morning. it's essentially the same as our credit score, it's acc1: determination of how big of a risk you are based on your income, how you manage your money and how much debt you have and s&p decided that the u.s. is a little bit more of a risk than it used to be so they downdwraded us from aaa to a aa-plus which means we have a very good ability to repay our debts. it's a little less than we've had as a credit rating. who are these who make the decision? five experts sit behind cl

the presiding officer: the senator from missouri is recognized. mr. blunt: mr. president, i rise in support of the bill. i would say that for the second time in about a week i've come to the floor to speak after one of my friends on the other side who was talking about what we ought to be talking about, and both times they were right. they said we should be talking about private-sector job creation. but, mr. president, i'll just say where are the bills to do that with? we've been here the week of the 4th of july we were here, and we had two votes that week. one was to compel the senators who didn't show up to show up. and the other one was on some motion to proceed to cloture on something that had nothing to do with job creation or any of the other things that we should be talking about. you know, we could talk about what we ought to be talking about, and that would be one thing. but of course what we are talking about today is the moment we have arrived at, the date that was set by the administration, and apparently they were right in speculating when we'd need

we'll bring it to you live. >> stocks soar and so does one missouri mom. a woman takes to the air to send the s&p this message. you're all fired! meet the woman going c