tavis smiley and dr. cornell west on the national poverty tour. up next the political playbook. first, bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill? good morning. you re going to introep deuce me with a smile today, mika, a gorgeous day. this morning one of the coolest mornings in a while, finally relief from the high humidity in all of the eastern half of the country for the most part. 66 in boston right now. we re 59 in pittsburgh. so a few areas a little chilly this morning. it s going to be a great afternoon with highs around 80 to 85 degrees and with a low humidity it s going to be fantastic especially in the shade. now as far as what we re dealing with in the middle of the country, that s where the trouble spot is. we ve had some heavy rain this morning and severe thunderstorms from little rock down to greenville, mississippi that will continue to push south down through central mississippi. that s your travel trouble spot. also, oklahoma city has some thunderstorms to deal
fewer americans filed first-time jobless claims last week. the labor department says that it got 395,000 initial claims. that s a drop of 7,000. it is the first time the number dipped below 400,000 since early april. united nations says that the drought ravaging the horn of africa has not peaked. that means a long-term threat of famine. the u.n. says 12 million people, if you can believe that, are at risk. desperately needs more than a billion dollars to feed them. musician and activist bono talked to anderson cooper who is reporting from somalia this week. people watch the values, you know, stock values, crumble while, you know, i think about our own sense of values tumbling. because this will define who we are. this is a defining moment for us. there s lots to distract us. few protesters challenged police but streets in london and other cities were mostly calm overnight. in fact, there was much more action in the courts as judges stayed on the bench. all night to proces
washington doesn t reach a deal. so let s go there now. our congressional correspondent kate bolduan standing by as she has for so many hour. i hear nancy pelosi, democrats leader in the house also weighing in? reporter: she. behind closed doors for most of the day meeting with democratic leadership and came out a short time ago and, of course, was asked the question on everyone s mind. do you have a deal? have you signed on to a deal? while she wouldn t endorse a deal, she wouldn t shoot one down. she said she needs to speak with her democratic members in the house first. listen here. we haven t really i haven t seen the final in writing. you know with these thing, details are important and, again, i ll have a discussion with my caucus as to how this comes down. reporter: now, while, of course, we ll one time to know what comes out of, when she meets with the caucus. it is significant we talking about the framework of a deal, the fact they re even talking about elem
how donald trump would solve the debt crisis and what he would do to keep america great. and remember the uproar over president obama s birth certificate? honestly, i m very proud that i was able to bring this to a point. nobody else was. i ll ask him why he says the race to the 2012 white house will be the nastiest in history, and why the white house pays too much attention to wall street. and a candid conversation with tafis smiley. this is piers morgan tonight. donald trump says america s economy has gone from bad to worse and now he is joining me on the phone. hello, piers. congratulations on being a grand father again. your daughter had a beautiful girl arabella rose. thank you. if we were to describe a good future for arabella, what would you do? the debt limits have to come down. the whole world of debt has to be changed as far as this country is concerned. we have to create jobs, and we have to create them rapidly because if we don t, things are go
he says the 2012 white house will be the last in history. and why the white house itself pays too much attention to wall street. if you re looking for the safe choice, you shouldn t look for barack obama. we ll have a conversation with tavis smiley. this is piers morgan tonight. donald trump says america s economy could be going bad from worse. he joins me tonight on the phone. donald, how are you? hello, piers. first of all, congratulations on becoming a grandfather again. your lovely daughter ivanka and a baby girl ella rose, i understand. that is true. we re very happy about that. tell me, if we were trying to prescribe an economic future or young arabella that you would feel comfortable about, what would you do. first you have to get the debt down. the whole world of debt has to be changed as far as this country is concerned. we have to create jobs and rapidly. because if we don t, things are going to head in a direction that s going to be almost impossi