this is why. the united states pushing that 16 trillion mark yesterday. what does that mean for a president who wants a second term. we ll discuss and dismiss the debt like they do. chris christy said what is wrong with washington? well nancy pelosi. she is part of the problem. it is true. listen, any of the leaders are up there if they are not trying to make a difference. brian: chris christy sounded off and sang a bit with jimmie fallon. we ll bring it out because you were probably nodding off when he was talking to chris christie. all next for the 2012 election . fox and friends . gretchen: good morning. i needed that election surge to get me through hump day. i needed that election. thank you for making my day. brian: we are wednesday and two more days left of the convention and we ll know here until friday morning. yesterday it was clear, we need more time and we are off to a great start and need more time. steve: plus we might need more umbrellas. suppe
pressure, an area of low pressure that is right down south around fredericksburg and warrenton. let me slide out of the way and we ll put this in motion. you can see the heavy rain just off the coast right now down around north carolina but for our area again we re seeing some showers and we ll continue to see rain showers up until about midnight. after midnight it s drizzle for us. the same east and southeasterly flow will be staying with us for most of the week. the bulk of the rain right now those showers frederick, leesburg, dallas, warranton, around i-66 pushing west. more rain then headed toward hagerstown and winchester. wet it will be. again, do not put those rain boots or umbrellas away at all. our temperatures today sit in the 60s to low 70s throughout the area. 74 in d.c. 75 in charlottesville. nothing like the 80s we had this weekend. as far as your good night forecast goes, again, rain showers up until about midnight. after that we ll see some drizzle but take a
woman who owned the chimp that mauled her who passed away a day or so ago. later on, our today money 9-1-1 experts will be here to weigh in on your financial emergency including what to do when you realize your identity has been stolen and what you need to know about raising your credit score including the impact of marriage on that all-important number. and if you re starting to feel like it s summer here finally, we have great toys for the kids to test out. we have a little group out there already putting it all to the test. lots of bubbles. my son would love that. love the bubbles. things to stay occupied during the summer months coming up. i need to do some plaza shopping. before we go any further let s go inside to ann for the headlines. thanks, matt. good morning to you. british petroleum officials and engineers are working to plug the oil leak in the gulf of mexico. the so-called top kill method killing the hole with cement and mud has never before been p
announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and meredith vieira live from this is today with matt lauer and meredith vieira live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning. welcome to today. a lot of hope on this latest attempt to stop this oil leak. hopefully bp is going to attempt to plug it today. it s a big question though. it s called a top kill method. we have heard a lot about it. it involves pumping heavy dri drilling mud into the leak hoping to slow it down. if that works the well would be cemented over, but bp says it only has a 60% to 70% chance of working. take a look at a live camera showing what s going on 5,000 feet below the surface of the gulf right now. we ll have much more including an interview with the ceo of bp coming up. also ahead, sarah ferguson, the duchess of york here in new york just days after she got caught trying to sell access to her ex-husband prince andrew. p