we were really hopeful. they said that after we finished going through the legal process they would there were good chances they would release him. then they pulled back on that. reporter: former president jimmy carter has tried and failed to get him released. so has former new mexico governor bill richardson. today a group of legislators sent a letter to cuba s top diplomat stating gross incarceration is a major setback in bilateral relations. they are asking that he be released on humanitarian grounds immediately. gross mother who has lung cancer made a direct plea to raul castro with this video. we all miss him terribly. i get up in the morning, first thing on my mind is alan and last thing when i go to bed is alan. i can t be without any longer. it s not fair for him or his family or me. as a parent, i m sure you can understand that because if you had a child that was away in a foreign country and not being able to be with you for this length of time, i m sure you w
tipping point but i got to tell you if you have 395,000 people filing for unemployment claims in a week, that s not good news, they also revised last week s numbers. we ve been at this level about 17, 18 weeks. does not bode well for employment. bill: they revised last week s number? because that was greater than 400,000. it went to what, gerri? i don t have that number off the top of my head. bill: gotcha. often times they revise the numbers they re worse off than initially, what is which is a great point to make. what is expected today, another day of dramamine? another day of dramamine. i have to tell you things have improved from this morning when the dow was down triple digits, now it looks like the open might not be as bad as expected, what s going on, big fears, society generale, down 30 percent as rumors swirled through the marketplace they were having major problems. now, the bank came out said, not true, we re in fine shape, but in a marketplace like this, whe
it s still a tough road. four hundred thousand is a tipping point but i got to tell you if you have 395,000 people filing for unemployment claims in a week, that s not good news, they also revised last week s numbers. we ve been at this level about 17, 18 weeks. does not bode well for employment. bill: they revised last week s number? because that was greater than 400,000. it went to what, gerri? i don t have that number off the top of my head. bill: gotcha. often times they revise the numbers they re worse off than initially, what is which is a great point to make. what is expected today, another day of dramamine? another day of dramamine. i have to tell you things have improved from this morning when the dow was down triple digits, now it looks like the open might not be as bad as expected, what s going on, big fears, society generale, down 30 percent as rumors swirled through the marketplace they were having major problems. now, the bank came out said, not true, we
house as the speaker goes for a short term agreement. the victims of the attack in norway are being remembered here and abroad and a possible motive emerges. enough is enough already. when can we expect some relief from the extreme heat? we ll begin tonight with the debt debate on the hill. good evening and thanks for joining us. i m will thomas. democrats and republicans remain deadlocked as a critical deadline looms. now lawmakers on both side are trying to come up with emergency backup plans to protect against a government default. meanwhile president obama held another rare sunday meeting with top democratic leaders. fox s mike emanuel starts off at 10:00 with what happens. reporter: president obama and top democratic leaders trying to reach an agreement on the nation s debt limit. harry reid and nancy pelosi and vice president joe biden attended the meeting sunday evening to come up with a man to prevent the first government default in u.s. history. the congres
walking the tracks to make sure all tracks are safe during this heat. metro has been trying to tackle the problem, but still it faces numerous escalator issues each day, even more so when it gets hot outside. you always see that number creep up when the weather gets hot. metal expands. it has an effect on the machines. reporter: monday there were issues at the foggy bottom metro. although these were not heat- related, customers were sure feeling the heat waiting to climb down this escalator out of service. quite annoying actually, but especially when it s so warm. it s not fun at the end of the day. heatwave coming this week, so basically it s going to be hell. reporter: but metro is taking steps before the heatwave arrives. overtime has been approved for elevator and escalator crews to fan out across the system so they can rush to any problem. also track inspectors will be deployed to make sure the rails are safe for travel. looking out for heat kinks. we ll be