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Lowered or raised up on that building, and now theyve had work crews, firefighters, police officers and construction crews, evacuating a school on this block, asked people in buildings to stay away from their windows and keeping people off the sidewalks for obvious reasons if the square of concrete comes kraushing down it could do serious damage. theres a high pressure steam valve under the street shut down by utility crew, a water line was also closed and right now they are slowly lowering that...

Some of them very important. the list includes several politically explosive cases. supreme court will rule on same-sex marriage, the use of affirmative action in college admissions, the future of the voting rights act, also gene patents. the justices have scheduled five public sessions over the next month to announce their decisions. work crews are trying to remove all of the debris from last weeks bridge collapse in washington state. theres a lot of twisted metal along with a truck, a traile...

It w it. >> theres a guerrilla insurrection going on between those who are conservative but progressive in terms of business management that want to shake things up around this place. and i think part of the drama of this conclave is going to be which one of those currents prevails. >> reporter: all that according to the future to officials who are talking but asking not to be named. tuesday the conclave will begin with a special mass in the morning and a first vote in the afternoon inside the s...

Of the world including some americans who are very theologically conservative but very progressive in terms of business management that really want to shake things up around this place. and i think part of the drama of this conclave is going to be which one of those currents prevails. >> reporter: all that according to the future officials who are talking but asking not to be named. come tuesday, the conclave will begin with a special mass in the morning and a first vote in the afternoon inside ...

Lot of havoc. claudia cowan is live. these storms have left their mark on the bay area. >> they really have, martha, we had a bit of a break in the weather yesterday. that gave work crews out here in laugh tpaoeuette a jum hereinaftehere here a jump start to fix this. it will take months to fix this giant sinkhole that opened up and sunday, it is 80 feet long, 15 feet deep. folks who live along the street will have to find ways to detour around it probably until next spring. a creek that runs un...

Changing any rules for elections. challengers say the law is outdated and unnecessary. a big lineup of cases that could change the landscape of civil rights in america. fr frances coe, nbc news. and now heres a look at some other stories making news early today in america. in maine, a group of strangers spring into action when an elderly woman drove her car into the portland harbor. the band of good samaritans pulled the 84-year-old out of her car moments before it sank. the woman is in stable...

Work crews to transform the time warner cable arena from nba home court to a state of the art convention hall. democrats will take screrpt stage. work crews get three weeks to transform the hall back to the home court of the charlotte bobcats. harris? >> harris: obviously the democrats will fire back at the republicans. what kind of preview did they get today? >> interesting because the republicans essentially labeled president obama during their convention as a nice guy but his policies have fa...

Philadelphias july fourth parade, they sweltered as they passed independence hall. similar scenes in downtown st. louis which hit triple digits. the oppressive temperatures with highs near 100s from the plains to the atlantic are a result of hot air stalled over the nations midsection. >> typically, we dont see it this hot. st. louis, seeing 100 degrees seven days in a row. that is something we dont normally see. >> reporter: if that werent enough, nearly 1 million people in ten states in the di...

Place. washington, d.c.s mayor for one is set up. >> oo the response is disappointing how many times we have been through this before. frankly and i think most would agree friday is not good enough to be able to restore power to our people out here in the city. >> the power companies counter saying they are working as fast as they can pulling work crews all of the way from canada. working 16 hour shifts trying to get everyone back on-line. >> doug luzader in washington thank you very much. wil...

We begin this morning with a mid-atlantic meltdown. in the middle of a stifling heat wave more than a million people are still without power this morning. crews are working feverishly to restore electricity. officials warn it may still be out for several more days raising fears the death toll now at 22 could continue to rise. >> reporter: washington, d.c. on day three of the massive power outage. its another scorcher. and still no air conditioning for a million households from north carolina to ...