alex wallace. alex? good sunday to you, craig. as we check things out for the next few days, a much brighter scenario for us in the northeast. we re talking about this weekend. it was quite cool, dreary, damp, giving way to warmer conditions as we work towards the midweek. in fact, we ll start to notice it as we head to our memorial day. a lot of people stuck in the 50s now in the 60s and 70s. into the middle of the country also going to see things warming up here. 71 expected in and around chicago. you head down to st. louis, 80 degrees for your afternoon so not too bad as you fire up the grills. on the west coast, watching for some wet weather. that will continue from seattle all the way down to northern california. and the other thing we ll be watching very closely is the middle of the country as we head into the middle of next week. there will be the threat of strong and severe storms coming back into the heartland. we ll watch closely for damaging winds and hail as well as even
capitol. so good news there. middle of the country, track in a few showers and storms. parts of iowa have seen some flooding for this morning. things are starting to calm down a little bit there, and we ll notice this for our memorial day. 80 degrees in st. louis, 70 showing up in chicago and jumps up to 82 as folks head back to work on tuesday. tomorrow we ll see rain from seattle all the way to northern california. craig? the alex wallace force there. thanks, alex. i appreciate that. here s a quick look at other stories making top news this weekend. more information about the oregon teenager who officials say was planning to blow up his school. prosecutors say 17-year-old grant accord was hiding six bombs in a secret compartment under the floorboards in his bedroom. the district attorney says the teenager will probably be charged as an adult with attempted aggravated murder.
hurricane sandy. nbc s christian welker is live at the white house. kristin, what can the president do to move his agenda forward? well, craig, if the end of this week was focused on the president s foreign policy, i think you ll see the president shift his focus back to domestic policy this week. the main issue he wants to be talking about, the economy, the unemployment rate is at 7.5%, and at this point most economists agree that they are seeing a recovery albeit a slow one. so in recent weeks, we ve seen president obama travel to highlight places where the economy is surging and where people and businesses are thriving. at this point in time, nothing on his schedule to do that, but wednesday and thursday he travels to chicago where he will speak at some dcc fundraising events, so i wouldn t be surprised if he not only highlights that in his remarks but finds a time along that stop to stop and highlight with some
0 community with strong character. there is no doubt they re going to bounce back, but they need help. just like any of us would need help if we saw the kind of devastation that we re seeing here. we have about 1200 homes that have been completely destroyed, but we ve got 12,000 that have been damaged in one way or another. and that s a big piece of business. along with the schools, we ve got a hospital that has been destroyed. it s going to take a long time for this community to rebuild. so i want to urge every american to step up. if i ve got one message for folks here today, go on line, donate to the american red cross, and if you re from the area and you need to register for disaster assistance, you can call 1-800-621-fema. that s 1-800-621-fema, or you can go to sddisasterassistance.v your leadership and may god bless the people of oklahoma and obviously continue to bless the united states of america. thank you. and there you have it, president obama in moore, oklahoma six days
breaking news in downtown bethesda. an underground fire there has led to power outages and wisconsin avenue has been closed. it s happening right near the metro station in bethesda. tepco reports about 1,000 outages right near the shops and restaurants. no injuries reported at this time. good evening. i m jim vance. and i m doreen. there are some doubts about the pictures taken after bin laden was killed. craig? recently we found out that president obama has invited former president george w. bush to travel with him thursday to ground zero. bush declined that invitation saying he was going to return in september to commemorate the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. meanwhile, as we begin to hear more details about the killing of osama bin laden, we are also hearing more about the stateside secrecy that was essential to pull it off. after eight months of reconnaisance and planning, it took nearly 40 minutes for the s.e.a.l.s and special ops to take out osama bin laden. ori