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and very low humidity and a lot of heat. combine that with all the dry fuel on the ground from years of drought out here in the west and you got a very bad situation for firefighters. >> george lewis, thank you for starting us off. now if we go from fire to floods, the army corps of engineers says a partial breach appeared on a levee along the missouri west in northwest missouri. a record flow of water surging right now from dams upstream and thats where nbcs miguel almaguer joins us f...

im tamron hall. "news nation" is following several big stories this hour, including the new mitt romney/nbc news interview and the latest on decision 2012. right now, live pictures of the florida courtroom where it has been a dramatic day in the casey anthony murder trial. casey anthonys mother cindy has been on the stand all day. and she is still there now. earlier, she broke down as prosecutors introduced perhaps their biggest piece of evidence so far. the 911 call cindy anthony, the...

Thats up a fraction over last year. this year, travelers say theyll be venturing farther. jeff rossen is keeping an eye on the road situation out there and the weather channels nick walker is keeping track of the latest weather conditions. lets start with jeff, live in south amboy, new jersey, on the garden state parkway. youve been there for a few hours. have you noticed traffic picking up at all? >> yeah, there is more volume now. i was looking at that miami picture and thinking, there is traf...

Biggest threat here. craig? >> nick, thanks. appreciate that. new numbers show a recovery in the housing market may be far off. thats because the number of people who signed contracts to buy homes fell sharply in april to its lowest point in seven months. lets get the details now from cnbcs diana olick live in washington for us this afternoon. diana, what do we know about the drop here? what is behind this steep drop in pending home sales? >> well, craig, it was really a big surprise to a lot ...

Traveling to europe. new york to london, $1100, up almost $150 from a year ago. chicago to paris, $1250, up more than $100 from last year. however you get here, just get here. once you get there, you have to stay there. thats costing more money too. hotel rates are up 5% from last year. the average stay in a three diamond hotel for a night is $148. the good news, craig, rental cars, thats pretty much leveled out, $38 a day for the average rental car this holiday weekend. >> thats the only good n...

laughs. >> someone is running tv ads in iowa where the presidential caucus is held, supporting her. >> sarah palin, a new kind of leader, folksy, straight talking, and ready to fight for america. now is her time. lets make sarah palin the republican candidate for president. paid for by barack obama. >> if sarah palin and michele bachmann both run it will mean two powerful personalities pitted against each other. theyre both maverick conservatives with strong backing from the tea party,...

Lot warmer. >> all right, so you got to be ready if youre going to get on the road heading to the airport for this long weekend. nick walker, thank you for that. president obama arrived in france for a two day g-8 summit this morning. on the agenda, pushing for financial and political support to emerging democracies in north africa and the middle east. he began the day, though, with russian president dmitry medvedev discussing the idea of a missile defense shield, an issue that has put a wedge...

Focus, honda civic four door, and toyota prius. joplin, missouri. state agencies there are beginning to say rescuing is still a prior i. at least 125 people were killed sunday. more than 900 people were hurt. and officials say missing persons reports have been filed for 232 individuals. an additional list of the names will be available later today. meanwhile, another series of storms ravaged the central part of the country. this video you see here shows the damage left by a tornado that ripped...

formally said that they did do something wrong, that they violated the state open meeting law, that may happen. no word yet from the legislators about what steps they will take. >> john yang, thank you so much. and now to the arizona ruling on businesses and illegal immigrants. pete williams joins us live from the supreme court with details. if you could, explain the decision. >> reporter: this is a big victory for states. there is a federal law that says the states cant punish busines...

I havent changed my position. it is not a question of anger. usually you dont make decisions in an emotional state. i dont do it i didnt do it this time. i reiterated our positions. i have to make sure that israel can defend itself. we dont have -- we have this tiny country. i said yesterday, today in the congress to vice president biden, an old friend, i said -- i said its bigger than delaware, but thats about it. so we have to have solid security arrangements, israel has to be able to defend i...