images from yesterday s siege. and on the front of the guardian dead and alive with the two suspects taking center page. there really has been an outpouring of support for the people of boston and a lot of relief that it is finally over. alex? the indomitable human spirit, pretty darn inspiring. thank you very much. turning now to some other stories making news today. officials have a firm body count in the texas town of west. 14 people were killed in that explosion you re seeing right there. more than 200 injured. this happened at a fertilizer plant on wednesday night. the blast devastated homes, schools, and a nursing home within a four to five-block radius. officials say money is what everyone needs right now. we ve hit the saturation point on receiving stuff, clothes, food, those kind of things and we re running out of places to put it. it s still not known what caused that massive blast. the man accused of mailing
stockholm syndrome by locking her up with the jury and having sympathy for her just because she s in our faces every day for more than a week. it is like that. the jury and everyone else, we finally got to the dramatic moment that takes us right up to what she is going to talk about today, which is how this killing took place. but for the rest of it, we have more discussion of this complicated relationship. really nasty pictures, graphic pictures, sometimes people are looking down. it s almost like the saturation point. jon: you say that you have made eye contact with her in the
4% of its workforce. investors are thinking this is a the first in a series of steps that will shrink the bank to a more manageable and profitable size. the news not a total shot to the market. it also kind of feels, maybe because i live in new york, like there s a starbucks on every corner. sometimes it feels like they re less than a block apart. but i couldn t believe when i saw when was in the works at starbucks. just when you thought starbucks might be reaching a saturation point at home, there is room for it to grow domestically and globally. they are planning to increase stores in the u.s. by more than 20%, that s roughly 2,000 new stores in the next five years or so. part of the growth strategy includes a varied product mix, tea and juice. and in china and the asia pacific region, there s plenty
reaching a saturation point. they stopped doing it. and short sales that may take 30 or 60 or 90 days and they are going 6 or eight or nine months and distressed properties and it is affecting the total property value. brian: problem is on short sales, guys. those who make the rule. you can t force them states that passed laws and guide lines on how long they are getting back to you. somebody wants to walk away. unfortunately until they regulate it more, they have their own prot coal and not much you can do except hound them. as a realtor you have to hound and push them and let them know you will lose your buyer and other than that it is a tough role with short sales and lenders in this country. appreciate it come on
about a million voters they are trying to sway and they ll all be in those markets. the ad wars now continuing, really ramping up the obama campaign announcing a 15 separate ads running in 8 separate states, a multimillion-dollar buy. new announce thes from the super pacs from the campaigns themselves. a lot of markets like columbus, ohio, i don t know if you remember the movie clock watch orange, they re going to be so sick of looking at these ads they ll be reaching the saturation point, but the campaign both sides stepping on the gas, the president hitting the themes he hit in the convention, trying to amplify that bounce he may get in the public opinions polls. our movie efish it naud dough and much more, mike viqueira. thank you very much. mitt romney has his eye set on virginia today. the republican presidential nominee is scheduled to speak in virginia beach, in about 30 minutes. after that, he ll head to richmond. nbc s peter alexander is