has been recovered. federal investigators are hoping a $10,000 reward will lead them to the weapons or to whom ever may have taken them. the awol private accused of plotting an attack on soldiers stationed at ft. hood in texas is now being held without bond. naser jason abdo was in court yesterday. he was arrested after being tipped off by a gun store clerk. officials say they found bomb-making materials in abdo s motel room. they also say abdo admitted he plans to set off bombs at a restaurant popular with soldiers. texas is in the midst of one of the worst droughts in its history. right now in texas conditions are worse than during the dust bowl of the 1930s. take a look at this house right here across texas, many houses are shifting on their foundations because of the extreme dry soil. in some cases foundations have sunk or shifted more than 5 inches and repairs are expensive. it sank even more since the drought. it cracked. front door locks, i had changed out about
he made headlines in 2009 refusing to deploy to afghanistan. i don t want to get deployed because i believe i can t both deploy and be a muslim. abdo was facing court-martial on child pornography charges when he went awol from fort campbell, kentucky. they alerted police that he had been actly suspiciously. hasan bought weapons before his alleged shooting spree. they think he planned the attack alone and they re no longer in danger. we today would have been giving you a different briefing. the gun store clerk that tipped off police, former marine and police officer ebert, that guy there live will join us a few minutes from now. he s the guy responsible for turning him in. beach goers are enjoying the surf as don makes landfall in texas. it s expected to make landfall
really aren t too terribly far apart and the deal can be done by the august 2nd, tuesday deadline. let s listen to the president, this is when he spoke around 10:30 this morning. let s listen. good morning, everybody. i want to speak about the ongoing and increasingly urgent efforts to avoid default and reduce our deficit. right now, the house of representatives is still trying to pass a bill that the majority of republicans and democrats in the senate have already said they won t vote for. it s a plan that would force us to relive this crisis in just a few short months, holding our economy captive to washington politics once again. in other words, it does not solve the problem, and it has no chance of becoming law. what s clear now is that any solution to avoid default must be bipartisan, it must have the support of both parties that were sent here to represent the american people. not just one faction. it will have to have the support of both the house and the senate, and
that person so i would not want to suppose anything. a rot lot of this is under investigation were i would love to comment further until we are further along in the investigation it would not be appropriate. you say military personnel were asked to give a confession? we have interviewed him and we have the information as a result of the information and other leads. let me finish. let me finish my statement, that lead to us believe that military target personnel were targeted. what do you make of the gun store clerk s behavior? he is the key to this thing. what do you want us to know about what he did? we will go back to the report of suspicious activity. that is important for any community in america to be mindful in this day and age of what is going on. when you see something that is out of the ordinary report that to the local law enforcement.
a rot lot of this is under investigation were i would love to comment further until we are further along in the investigation it would not be appropriate. you say military personnel were asked to give a confession? we have interviewed him and we have the information as a result of the information and other leads. let me finish. let me finish my statement, that lead to us believe that military target personnel were targeted. what do you make of the gun store clerk s behavior? he is the key to this thing. what do you want us to know about what he did? we will go back to the report of suspicious activity. that is important for any community in america to be mindful in this day and age of what is going on. when you see something that is out of the ordinary report that to the local law enforcement. everything national event starts