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gripping a huge part of the country right now. hot and hotter. thats what the national weather service says that we can expect for the next several days, and you need it know this. at least 16 states under heat advisories or warnings today. adding to the misery, nearly 2 million people without electricity in the d.c. area and surrounding states. deadly storms battered that area over the weekend killing at least 16 people. our brian todd is outside in that heat in the d.c. suburb of whe...

Alabama will be number one both years, but still, why are they waiting so long? >> contracts. they have contracts they have to work it out. got to get ari in there, peel them apart. >> college sport theres no commercial aspect. its all about student athlete. >> student athlete, the degree. >> espn reporting the proposed system would have two national semifinal games, still played within the existing bcs bowl games. fiesta, rose bowl, on a rotating basis. four teams selected by a committee like t...

We all have a grand time doing it. its a good excuse to be a kid again. and at the same time preventing fires. >> but during a 2004 flight at the albuquerque international balloon fiesta, ironically, its the friendly face of smokey bear at the center of a catastrophe. >> well, it was like any other day. it was the last day of the fiesta here. the weather was as predictable as it could be. they had predicted calm breezes, and thats the way it started. >> bill has two young passengers in his ballo...

Thinking it is going to be more boring and kind of experience oriented and i think rob portman has had a lot of nice pieces written about how he would be ready to step into the job on day one, and i think that will be more of a focus. they do not want to run the risk of having that sarah palin unqualified line bite them in the butt again this time. >> i think it is regardless of who they have for the vp because it will be a seest aand not a fiesta. >> stop and frisk, are authorities putting safe...

Consummate symbol of fire prevention. >> its a lot of fun. we all have a grand time doing it. its a good excuse to be a kid again. and at the same time preventing fires. >> but during a 2004 flight at the albuquerque international balloon fiesta, ironically its the friendly face of smokey bear at the center of a catastrophe. >> well, it was like any other day. it was the last day of the fiesta here. the weather was as predictable as it could be. they had predicted calm breezes, and thats the way...

De mayo. we like to get the fiesta started early around here. the party is just getting started for president obama when you consider his upcoming dinner with george clooney is expected to collect a record $12 million according to the "hollywood reporter" if comes in as predicted, it will be the biggest fund-raiser in campaign history. this morning on "today" the host of comedy centrals "colbert report" he talked to david gregby about the super pac he decided to start on his own. >> you said...

that year, america began to gain jobs. a painfully slow, but steady job recovery has now taken hold for the last 18 months. and here is the key, if you want to bring it back to politics. if the economy adds just over 100,000 jobs per month between now and the election, america will have gained back every single job lost during the obama presidency. north zuckerman is the editor in chief of "u.s. news & world report." hes also an extremely wealthy and successful democratic businessman. ...

The house what can i cook you, say im fine, i dont need thinking. >> dave: no, i wouldnt. >> ainsley: are you sure? what can i make you. >> shy, one of everything. >> ainsley: and my mom whips things up. moms know how to do that. >> clayton: let us know what you think about that. more coming up. and plus as we wind down from the st. patricks celebration, the celebrations burns on in spain. >> ainsley: fire. >> dave: ain valencia with more on the five day festival. good morning, amy. >> reporter:...

Its much -- each time and more and more and more and then at the end, its like everything. you have to say it for feeling. >> reporter: then, have been, there is food to fuel the fiesta. paella comes from valencia. so they have a competition each year. the real purists, use the wood of orange trees as fire for the paella. valencia is known for oranges. but this is a more utilitarian scene right now. two bits of packed paella. despite the fact that we think its made with seafood, the real paella ...

Celebration. >> reporter: nice thing about welcoming springtime here you get the feeling its really here to stay and there wont be back to the winter. the fiesta are centered around the figures called ninos and they are called las fallas and there are hundreds of them all over the town displayed over the four-day festival which is about lights and sound best demonstrated, its a 500-pound force of gun powder extravaganza that goes off in eardrum bursts and little children cheering wildly. its lun...