it indicates the pakistani in l intelligence cooperating on a very high-value target. other big stories we re working on a rescue effort on mount st. helens is on hold. the weather too bad to send rescuers into the crater. a climber fell 1,500 feet into the volcano yesterday. at one point rescuers thought they saw him moving, but they don t know for sure how he is. it was pretty much snow free, lots of boulders, lots of rocks. it would have been a very significant, injurious fall on the way down. it is raining and windy there right now, increasing the risk of an avalanche. we will keep you posted on the rescue. president obama calls for a new investment in energy jobs, specifically nuclear energy, the president made the announcement in maryland last hour. this would mark the first new nuclear power construction in the u.s. in almost 30 years.
checking our top stories now. a major blow to the taliban. o one of their top guys has been captured in pakistan. a senior official with the obama administration tells cnn it s the most significant taliban capture since 9/11. the commander is considered the number two man behind mullah omar. president obama is talking up jobs this morning in maryland, mainly in the field of energy at a labor union training facility in lantham, and he guaranteed loan guarantees for two reactorers in georgia. rescuers waits for the weather to clear on mount st. hele helens. they are hoping to rescue a hiker that fell into the crater at 1,500 feet yesterday. they saw something moving, but nothing recently. we will get another check of the top stories in 20 minutes. want to check in with chad myers in the severe weather
weather is still causing some problems for rescuers trying to reach a climber at mount st. helens. the man was posing for a picture when he fell into the big crater. our all platform journalist patrick ottman is there. what are rescuers saying about their ability today to get the climber out of really the mouth of the volcano? reporter: well, tony, some disappointing news that we just got. rescuers just wrapped up a press conference where they said at least for the time being they re not able to get up into this crater, weather conditions just don t allow it, simply too dangerous to try and go get this climber, 52-year-old joseph folig from kelser, washington.
center, and boy, chad, a number of things to talk about. i know you ll get in to el nino in a minute. with jacqui. with jacqui. let s what s going on with the weather? the weather is moving away from mount st. helens, they may get to the rescue later today. there s a webcam you can look at and we were taking a look at it. the top of the mountain is completely obscured with cloud cover. you can t fly into something where you can t see where the ground is. i m not going to send any helicopter pilot into that, absolutely not. here s the showers from seattle now moving east all along part of the cascades and the olympics getting rain, but you notice the amount of rain beginning to dwindle a little bit. that means the energy is getting east thereof and the radar doesn t pick up well with yakima, and that s what we re expecting in the west. in the east seeing snow, snow from new york city all the way to new york and boston and all the way up through the connecticut turnpike. a slightly
enough of the crazy heat, good to see you. i know you re on again this afternoon. but i m glad to be with you. thank you, sir. and tonight the new do or die litmus test. career politicians under attack because many don t think they get it. a new series asks if they re not republican enough or not conservative enough. watch anderson cooper at 10:00 p.m. eastern time. let s get you caught up on our top stories. rescuers are trying to reach a hiker who tumbled 1500 feet into the mount st. helens crater. they saw the hiker moving monday. at last citing he was still. a survivor describing the shooting at the university of alabama huntsville says professor amy bishop anderson opened fire a half hour into a faculty meeting and went around an oval table shooting people in order. three professors were killed and three other people wounded.