the capitol. then they say he wanted a ground crew to open fire on survivors. 26-year-old res want fur daz has a degree in physics, now facing terrorism charges. here is more from brian todd. >> he dealt with undercover fbi agents who were posing as al qaeda operatives. he believed he was dealing with al qaeda operatives. according to a law enforcement official, no indications he had any serious connections to foreign terrorist groups. >> officials say furdas never posted a danger to the public because the operatives kept such close contact. u.s. military experts are weighing in on iran's plan to send navy ships off the east coast of the united states. the white house and the pentagon have both been pretty dismissive of iran's plan. just hours away from day three of the michael jackson death trial. day two was filled with gripping testimony from jackson employees and his inner circle. they talk about what they saw and heard the day the pop star died. here is what the jury heard from jackson's security guard. he's describing a very nervous dr. conrad murray. >> when you came around to the far side of the bed, what was conrad murray doing? >> he appeared to be administering cpr. he appeared very nervous. he was on his side. he was sweating. >> at that time did you see michael jackson's face and his full body? >> yes. >> and what did you observe about his face at that time? >> that his eyes were open and his mouth was slightly open. >> did he appear to be dead? >> yes. >> two paramedics who responded to a delayed call for help at michael jackson's house are lined up to testify today. so is the singer's chef. if everything goes according to plan, the house will pass a short-term spending bill this morning to keep the government running at least for the next eight days. they'll hold a more formal vote next week on a spending measure that will last through mid november. the vote comes after senators compromised on a potential deal breaker, extra money for disaster relief funding. alabama's governor says his state has the toughest immigration law in the entire country. the justice department sued to block that law. a federal judge in birmingham upheld much of it including the part that requires police to determine the immigration status of a person they think is in the country illegally. the judge temporarily blocked other parts of the law including a ban on illegal immigrants looking for work. >> i ask our legislature to pass strong effective legislation related to immigration, and they did this. and i signed it into law, and we intend to enforce it. >> the law brought out protesters at the university of alabama in tuscaloosa. governor robert bentley is ready to talked the blocked parts of the law all the way to the supreme court. before you toss some ground beef in your morning omelet, tyson fresh meat is recalling more than 130,000 pounds of it because it might be contaminated with e. coli. a family in hiohio got sick aft eating the meat. >> any flight issues this morning? >> the same issues we've been dealing with for the past week. but there are changes in the offing. here is a look at the expected delays that see this afternoon and this morning actually. new york metro, all of them, d.c. metros, all of them. boston, philly. i'm a little out of sorts after last night. missed some games. this shift, carol, if you're a baseball fan, last night was one, we should have taken the day off today. couple of fronts that are passing through and finally going to shake up this weather pattern. it's been bringing a lot of rainfall to the east coast. with this change, we'll get rid of some of the flooding issues. central new york, sullivan county and off towards the hudson valley, near hunter, flash flood warnings out this morning. watching still posted in some cases through saturday. could see two to three inches of rainfall on top of what we've already san jose seen. daytime highs will be on the toasty side. 74 in new york. 66 in minneapolis. temperatures this weekend, carol, in some cases will struggle to get into the 60s for daytime highs across the northeast, and some spots in the south will see temperatures maybe dip down into the 40s. i want to take briefly about d.c. for two days they've been trying to repel down the washington monument for engineers to check out the damage done by the earthquake in august. for two days thunderstorms have not allowed them to do that. they'll try again today. there's still a threat for thunderstorms in the forecast, although not as numerous as the past couple days. maybe they'll be able to get that done. important work at an important spot after a rare event in august. still hard to believe there was an earthquake -- >> i know what you mean about baseball. aren't you a yankees fan? >> i am. it was neat to watch all that unfold. >> that boston was kicked out of the play-offs? >> probably the one time i didn't mind cam pa bay coming back from a seven-run deficit. >> my tigers play your yankees. >> we're not scared, carol. >> we're not either. justin verlander again cc sabathia? are you kidding? politics the big headline for the late night comedians. here is your punch line. >> the obama administration decided -- they were talking before, but they decided that the photos of osama bin laden taik en after his death must be kept from public view, then they said the same thing about nancy grace's nip slip. >> here he is arriving on friday. here he is leaving yesterday morning. show that. it got tagged. come on. how did they get to the plane? >> on the gop side of things, republican presidential hopeful remember main cain won the florida straw poll on saturday soundly beetding rick perry. now you have cain and someone who is not able. >> oh, god. that was bad. we're finding out more about what's really going on inside the now bankrupt plant solyndra, singing robots. one of the headlines making tech headlines today. here is the quote of the day. african-americans have been brainwashed into not being open minded, end quote. in 90 seconds we'll show you which presidential candidate said that. it's eight minutes past the hour. your new progresso rich & hearty steak burger soup. 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[ beatboxing ] ten minutes past the hour. back to our quote of the day. quote, african-americans have been brainwashed into not being open minded, end quote. republican presidential candidate her main cain said that to our own wolf blitzer on "the situation room." he went on to say african-americans don't even consider that point of view. time for a check on what's making news, tech news, i should say. let's head to hong kong and kristie lu stout. so solyndra, singing robots and disney tunes. that's just weird. >> i know. let's put the links all together. solyndra is a failed solar panel maker that filed for bro techs earlier this month. bloomberg has details about where some of the money went. the company had this massive 300,000 square foot facility. one former worker compared it to the taj mahal. it cost some $733 million, including proceeds from a half billion dollar u.s. loan guarantee. >> taxpayers are even ang agreer this morning. let's talk about a new energy idea that's about to become reality in london. this sounds cool. >> it is, pretty brilliant. these floor tiles created by a young inventor. they capture kinetic energy with footsteps and convert it to electricity. this is how they work. they flex just millimeters when stepped on. it captured kinetic energy either stored in batteries or converted into 2.1 watts of electricity. the center of the style lights up when stepped upon. it's kind of like michael jackson's "billy jean" video, all in the name of eco awareness. >> kristie lu stout, many thanks to you as usual. florida is talking about moving up its presidential primary. i mean way up. that could mean chaos on the calendar this winter. we'll talk about that in our political ticker. that's coming up. it's 12 minutes past the hour. 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[ applause ] >> i love you, chris christie. >> thank you. >> he thought he could get away with something, this governor christie. take a look at this. >> it is defined by how we deal with our own problems. it is determined in large measure by how we set an example for the world. we tend to still understand foreign policy as something designed by of firms in the state department. >> recent studies show a typical voting machine can be hacked by anyone with an eighth grade science education. so the good news is no one in america will be hacking our voting machines. >> poor chris christie. that's is just mean. let's talk more about politics. yes, we must. time for our political ticker with team farley, host of "morning briefing" on sirius potus radio. >> a little tired this morning after repelling up the washington monument. never catch me up there. >> me neither. florida could move its presidential primary to january 31st, several weeks earlier than usual. one florida lawmaker explains why the state needs to be closer to the top of the primary chain. >> we have all these early primary dates really in small states and states that are not diverse in fop lags. it's time for a big state, populated state and a minority-represented state to be represented in making up of who is going to be the nominee for the republican party. >> tim, some people say this will cause absolute chaos. >> well, it could. all the states have until saturday to submit to the republican national committee their proposals for their dates. iowa and new hampshire will be first and second regardless. even in new hampshire it's a law. we may be moving it up to january 2nd. in 2008 it was january 3rd. the question of relevancy for florida, though, it will be interesting to see how it plays out. the penalty if they move it up is to lose half the delegates. let's note also that florida is the place where republicans will hold their convention in tampa. the chairman of the republican national committee has a difficult path to navigate. it's not just florida. several other states are itching to move of. add to that the fact that republicans are using the idea of proportional representation in the early primaries. so the influence of early primary states is a little in question right now. still, we have until saturday. we'll see what kind of chaos may or may not rule. >> okay. let's say it all happens. who benefits if florida goes early? >> i think mitt romney. he's the one with the ground game and the money. people like, for example, michele bachmann whose numbers have been dropping, she is someone who opened form an early win or a good showing f. you have a good showing in iowa and have to turn around three or four days later to go to new hampshire. then you have south carolina and nevada and then you have to deal with florida which is a huge media market, it's going to be tough. the people with the ground game like mitt romney, he's the one that stands to benefit the most. >> interesting. let's talk about the house of representatives. the hoults meets at 11:00 a.m. eastern to pass that resolution to fund the government only through october 4th though. do you think there's any chance for more drama? >> i think they will have it passed in the time it took you to introduce me for that story because this is going to be simply unanimous consent vote. there could be some drama. let's look at what happened in baseball last night. god does have a sense of humor, does he not? i think what we're talking about is walking in, making the vote and they'll wait until next week to act on the rest of the bill. still one congressman could decide if he wanted to be the lone person to responsible for shutting down the government and could object. >> it's not really very smart to mess around with fema or funds for people in need of disaster relief? >> fema needs the money and no one wants to see the government shut down. >> tim farley, host of "morning briefing" on sirius potus. a warning to americans. a saudi arabia -- be on the lookout for kidnappers. today is poisoned blackberries day, stemming from a legend in scotland about the devil poisoning all the blackberries in the land. you might want to steer clear of throwing a landful in your bowl of cereal this morning. just saying. it's 19 past the hour. hlandful l of cereal this morning. just saying. it's 19 past the hour. andful in of cereal this morning. just saying. it's 19 past the hour. life insurance companies treat you like a policy, not a person. instead of getting to know you they simply assign you a number. aviva is here to change all that. we're bringing humanity back to insurance and putting people before policies. aviva life insurance and annuities. we are building insurance around you. borrowed technology from ferrari to develop its suspension system? 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