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economy. now is the time for action. so i want to send a clear message for congress. do not slow down the recovery that were on. dont muck it up. keep it moving in the right direction. >> steven moore is an editorial writer with the "wall street journal." steven, the presidents message dont muck it up. your message is to the voters and youre saying the worst thing they could do for the economy is four more years of president obama. why do you see president obama as a particular threat ...

From all the organic material. >> this stuff was rotting. all right? creating heat. >> what i saw would make anybody want to vomit. you didnt know if you were looking at a dead opossum or if you were looking at just old food. i mean, it was just unrecognizable. >> they realize that years of dropping food on to the floor had actually created a new higher floor. >> the heat like this and they watched the tv and when theyre done, they throw this one there and that one that way. and it stacks up. >>...

It was so packed that you could actually in midday see the steam coming out from the methane gas from all the organic material. >> this stuff was rotting. all right? creating heat. >> what i saw would make anybody want to vomit. you didnt know if you were looking at a dead opossum or if you were looking at just old food. i mean, it was just unrecognizable. >> they realize that years of dropping food on to the floor had actually created a new higher floor. >> the heat like this and they watched t...

Coming out from the methane gas from all the organic material. >> this stuff was rotting. all right? creating heat. >> what i saw would make anybody want to vomit. you didnt know if you were looking at a dead opossum or if you were looking at just old food. i mean, it was just unrecognizable. >> they realize that years of dropping food on to the floor had actually created a new higher floor. >> the heat like this and they watched the tb and when theyre done, they throw this one there and that on...

youll ever meet. she is a 61-year-old long distance swimmer who set out to do the impossible. something that people told her that simply could not be done. she wanted to swim from here in havana, jump in the water right over here and swim all the way to florida. more than 100 miles. no rest. no shark cage. complete exposure to the elements. the swim was planned to take over two days through day and night. more than 60 hours. thats what the intent was going to be, and she had to do this...

documentary of diana nyad. she is a 61-year-old long distance swimmer who set out to do the impossible. something that people tolder that simply could not be done. she wanted to swim from here in havana and swim all the way to florida. more than 100 miles. no rest. no shark cage. complete exposure to the elements. the swim was planned to take over two days through day and night. more than 60 hours. she had to do this again without any rest whatsoever. what we now know is diana lasted a...

Disappointing results. so in this climate, when it comes to sprucing up your house to sell, it can be something as small and simple as paint color that can make a really big difference. for a couple hundred dollars, you could redo the whole bottom floor. gray is the new beige. it tells prospective buyers that your house is different than all the other ones on the block. >> i think for very little money, you can tweak a house all over the place. >> reporter: and perhaps at the end of the day, the...

you put stuff in it. >> yeah. you ride your beer and drink it, too. >> oh, my goodness. >> unbelievable. already, fredricka, have a fine time. well see you tomorrow. >> all right. see you tomorrow. >> you bet. top of the hour right now, were focusing on the things that are not so fun in joplin, missouri. more than 150 people still have not been heard from since the deadliest tornado on record hit there last sunday. 132 are confirmed dead. more than 1,000 people were hurt. the federal...

Try to convince you. the one thing that they have been able to do is clear the top floors of the capitol building. those floors were filled with people for the last week and a half, and they have successfully convinced people to at least move down to what this is called the first floor. theres another floor below us, the bottom of the rotunda, and for the most part, the bottom floor and the top floor has been completely cleared out in terms of protesters. lot of people have left, but at this poi...

Austin police department, the spokes man. lets get back to the kxan. >> that is the live picture, 9430 research boulevard, apd, everyone confirming it crashed into the echelon building. that could be the point of impact. the retaining wall -- >> peeling out of their cars and we could see smoke coming out of the back end of the building. it was very traumatic. >> i know, eric, what is your feeling? these people went to work just like you did this morning. is that crossing your mind at all? >> abs...