games. it looked like it worked. graduation rates are up 20% from five years ago. it turns out administrators are eligible for bonuses when their performance goals are met. the department of education is now investigating. how does tom cruise one up his stunts by strapping himself on to the side of the cargo plane for the next mission impossible. check it out. desperate times, desperate measures. you got your seatbelt on? oh, my god. you just saw that little clip where he s hanging on to the side. that s the first trailer for the new film. it keeps much of the plot hid want. you can expect to see more of that plane stunt when it comes out in july. those are your headlines. hopefully the puppies have homes now. you should bring one home. i already have 110 pound dog.
nail-biting, jaw-dropping new movie trailer. just released yesterday, 52-year-old tom cruise looking unbelievably buff. shifting in to high gear full action mode as he reprises the role of ethan hunt. for his latest film, the fifth installment of the mission impossible franchise rogue nation. the syndicate is real. a rogue nation trained to do what we do. ready or not here i come. you want to bring down the syndicate? it is impossible. desperate times, desperate measures. got your seat belt on? you re asking me that now! oh, my god! that s not a stunt double. we showed you this a while back that stunt he was doing off the side of the plane, that s him. that s tom cruise clinging to the airbus. high over the british countryside. rogue nation is set for release july 31st. no matter how many times i don t see i say it i can t believe he
cocoa prices hit three-year highs earlier this month on worries global demand will outpace supply. this could trigger similar moves by nestle and kraft foods. and in my estimation, the price is worth it, betty. like my little taste of chocolate. mary, thank you. a little audio problems there. some stories making news this morning. desperate times, desperate measures in california due to the extreme drought. the state yesterday approved fines for people who wastewater. overly watering your lawn or washing your car could cost you $500 a day. a new survey reveals consumption has actually risen during the state s worst drought in nearly four decades. affirmative action can now continue at the university of texas. a federal appeals court ruled yesterday the school can use race as a factor in determining undergraduate admissions. this follows a supreme court decision last year to send the case back to a lower court. all right, so, supermodel gisele bundchen earns about $128,000 a day
this is prattsville in the cat skill mountains. officials say the volume of water rushing through the riverbanks is more than what s flowing over niagara falls today. just think about that. it stranded people in their homes and hotels. no way for rescuers to get to them. next, i want to share video from rhode island. 300,000 people there in the dark. no electricity. several of these, you can see them downed trees, just sheer wind power took them down. half the state is affected here. listen now as rhode island s governor is speaking a short time ago. really what we re focusing on is getting the power back. rhode islanders without power getting antsy. they want to that s really where our focus is. we ll assessment damage and the cost and everything else. that s our priority right now. and in vermont, that is where it looks like the flooding is worse today. you know, some towns in the southern part of the state are completely underwater. others being battered by raging ri
midday wednesday here on the east coast, hello to you, i m jon scott. jenna: hello i m jenna lee. right now in japan heroic emergency workers forced to retreat from the crippled nuclear power plant when radiation soared to dangerous levels, returning to one of the most dangerous jobs in the world, that s where they are now. david piper streaming live from the air base in japan, the base for much of the u.s. relief efforts there. david. reporter: hi, general a yes, desperate times, and there are some desperate measures taking place at that fukushima complex about 150 miles northeast of here. we understand the workers have now returned trying to pump that seawater through those reactors to cool them down. they actually had to stopover night because radiation got too high and that is when they called in a japanese military helicopter with a huge bucket filled with water to try to cool down those reactor they had to abort the mission because the radiation was too