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Year just responding to storms and to the increased drought problems and fires. you run the list of costs, it's in the hundreds of billions of dollars that we're spend being becau -- spending because we're not responding to this. number two is this is a job creator. it is absolutely the single biggest job creator staring us in the face. >> last question. the emerging economies are the ones that are arguably the biggest polluters. >> you take a look -- the fires in indonesia that it will take three years to put out, and that's polluting the world. you have those problems. a congressman said to ...

Cause confusion and raise costs. in the "new york times," questions between global warming links to droughts. they argue there is no scientific consensus yet that it is a worldwide phenomenon and there is no definitive evidence that global warming is caution the most recent drought problems happening in california. >> and in "usa today," a story about how the irs is struggling and house of representatives that could affect you. budget cuts says it will mean fewer to help taxpayers. >> and in a few hours, charlie white and meryl davis will

A massive drought, a bill stalling congress and questions about the farm bill and drought relief efforts that are blocked in congress by republicans. as you can see by this map, it's a question most farmers across the u.s. and certainly at the iowa state fair, would like an answer to if they could talk to a senior house republican like say, paul ryan. but here's how ryan chose to respond. >> what do you think should be down about the drought problems here? >> we'll get into all these problems later. right now, i just want to enjoy the the fair. >> in other words, b according to paul ryan, at t...

As far as long island tornado, winds were 80 to 90 miles per hour. it was not a big, strong tornado like in the midwest but did do significant damage, especially to the large trees on long island. let me take you to the forecast and show you what's going on. as far as the radar goes, here's the norfolk area and virginia beach, where the announcement will be made live on msnbc. right now it looks dry and they are pretty lucky. there's a chance of showers and thunderstorms, could get over an inch of rain in norfolk but it does appear to be dry for the big announcement coming up. saturday forecas...

look at the arsenal that holmes he massed. >> he was a very tense weekend in the middle east with the u.s. stepping up its presence around syria providing more help to the rebels. how far will our government go? we'll have a live report from the middle east. >> but first, of course, our top story here. the man accused of one of the worst shooting massacres in u.s. history will make his first court appearance in a few hours. police say it could take months before we know why he carried out this senseless act of violence during a midnight movie premier. 24-year-old james holmes accused...