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I have to tell you something, shannon, coming into a hotel like this come you have to wonder, do all teachers and transit workers, debate even get invited to these hotels events? back to you. shannon: interesting question. liz macdonald in hollywood, florida. republicans feeling the heat after pledging to repeal president obama's health care law. critics are asking how will the gop pay for its own health care plan? we will take a closer look at that next. plus, police already have a lot to do when they are doing their jobs and now they have something new to worry about, thanks to the aclu. thi...

27-month package. transportation money due to run out tomorrow. key democrat emphasized impact on workers at risk. 2 million transportation and transit workers who will stay on the job. >> bret: what about the student loan, and interest rates going up? >> they included it in the transportation bill or the student loan interest rate would have doubled on sunday. everybody agrees they need to get it done. question is how to pay for it. they adjusted how companies make payment to pension. >> bret: agreement on capitol hill. thank you. abound solar will close the doors next week and liquidate leav...

14,000 acres have burned in the northern part of the state, forcing more evacuations. so far, more than a dozen structures have been lost or damaged. and people are looking for higher ground on the gulf coast. heavy rainfall is causing massive flooding in escambia county. a state of emergency has been declared and people living in low-lying areas are being urged to evacuate. i spoke earlier with the emergency manager don bosh about it. >> we're urging all residents that are low-lying or have flooding problems, when we have heavy rains, to consider going to higher ground. maybe with f...

earlier i spoke with the escam bya county manager. >> we advise residents in the low-lying or have flooding problems when we have heavy rains to consider going to higher ground, maybe with friends or family members elsewhere in the county. just try to get people out of harm's way is the challenge right now. >> according to the national weather service, pensacola received 13 inches of rain just yesterday. forecasters say it could get another five to ten inches of rain tonight. and right now, out west, colorado firefighters are trying to get a handle on the high park wildfire. 14,000...

Buffalo might want to start guarding its turf because there is now a campus bear. and there it is. folks say they spotted this black bear wandering around the university this week. one local describes how she encountered the animal. >> i was plugging my money into the parking meter when i felt something run into the back of my legs and back side. and i thought it was a large saint bernard. >> shepard: it wasn't. no pooch here. eventually it seems the bear got sleepy. took a nap up in that tree there you probably know what happens next. some park ranger shot a tranquilizer dart. >> oh! >> down ...