the island of hispaniola. so no doubt we are going to see flooding and mudslides. the impact to the eastern coast of the united states harder to determine. since it has been so weak, it s sort of drifting off toward the west and if it stays that way, it will move over more land and that would weaken the storm more. however, we do expect that it will strengthen and just brush by cuba up toward the bahamas, maybe brush the coast of the united states and florida as we get into the weekend, and then move out to sea. this on a day when noaa has upped its forecast for tropical storms. now they say 14 to 19 of those could occur the rest of the season. the average would be 15. contes contessa? nick, thank you. all across the country, cities are scrambling to balance their budgets as they deal with the aftermath of the recession. in central falls, rhode island, it s too late. the one square mile town is buried in debt and has filed for
vote. throughout america there isn t a name that stirs more love, more admiration, more respect, more wishing for our daughters to be like her than the name of congresswoman gabby giffords. thank you, gabby. aided by her husband, surrounded by friends, the congresswoman departed as quietly as she had arrived. leaving her colleagues, who had been bruised by months of political battles, sharing welcomed tears of joy. there s so many doubters but never doubt gabby giffords. this is the first of many votes she will cast. nothing could have done more to heal congress s wounded spirits than seeing gabby giffords back on the job, even for one vote. and today mark kelly and his fellow astronauts will be at the white house to be thanked and honored by the president. contes contessa? thank you. debbie waser man shuttle will talk at 11:00 a.m.
bank. this comes at a very inauspicious time. next week it was just announced that the same gaggle that the king of jordan, king abdullah, is going to be visiting here earlier in the week. on friday, prime minister benjamin netanyahu will be visiting with president obama, having meetings. the biggest event next week is a long await speech that the president is going to be delivering, he s going to be heading over to the state department just west of here to deliver what is being billed in the run-up to this as a me majo address on middle east policy. strange timing here, this announcement by george mitchell, contes contessa. mike viqueira, thank you for staying on top of it. i know if you get more details, you ll come on and share them. for the first time in more than 15 years, the senate ethics committee is asking the justice department to investigate a former senator, a move that could lead to criminal charges. their investigation resulted in a 75-page report laying out explosive
to the drug war in mexico. more times than not, when you talk to u.s. officials they seem to think it may be the zetta gang responsible, but again that s not anything being said, you know, publicly or officially. what they are saying is that it peers agents crossed the u.s. board for in mexico carrying supplies. fairly routine thing for agents to do. they had driven through monterey, a city that s had a lot of violence, and a city where the zettas are active. on the road they had this confrontation. whether it was a roadblock, first reported, or followed by vehicles which is a story that s coming out more commonly now, they were confronted. they were fired upon. a lot of shots were fired that the vehicle. one source said it seemed so many shots were fires the armor plating on the vehicle wore away and the agents were shot, and
to make it a real, make the concept of road worthy reality. msnbc environment and science expert jeff corwin is here. kind tests are looking at all kinds of possibilities to fuel the nation s vehicles. why is algae now such a top contender? this was an incredible story contes contessa. we travelled to san francisco to a company and they are on the front lines of turning that green, slimy algae into oil. let s take a look. it may look like your ordinary science lab but the workers at solazyme are consumed with one thing, algae. we got a behind the scenes look at their algae production from start to finish. the cofounder, harrison dylan, was our guide. we screen algae to find out which strains make oil and make a lot of oil and make the right kind of oil.