saddlely images of sandy churning the waters along the east coast. that blows my mind. here is shuttle s final voyage taken it flew over the capitol. that s really cool. finally, a little bit of fun. three craters on mercury s surface that look clayton: like mickey. dave: perhaps mickey set foot. clayton: he could have. he s been all over the place. a steam boat. juliet: very busy there. clayton: thank you so much. let s bring in the master negotiator himself, donald trump, author of the book time to get tough. he s on the phone. juliet: hello donald. clayton: hi, and happy new year. you, too. juliet: what are you going to do for your new year s eve? i m in florida. i always like the cold weather, but i m down in florida, at
queen cruise liner, that steam boat forced to stop in its track and boat docked at a random tree. until the water rose and passengers in a hotel and finished the tour by bus. and affecting the food supply, especially corn, for fuel and gasoline and a growing call for suspend a mandate to blend ased ethanol into our it was to keep the price of food under control. doug mche willway has more. reporter: corn prices are up 60% causing a worldwide ripple effect. governors from maryland, delaware, north carolina and arkansas, democrats all vasked the epa to wave the 10% requirement for gasoline. it s raising the prices of food and it may in fact be raising the prices of gas and devastating environmental effect in terms of coastal pollution. coastal dead zones may be
prices across the board, nobody wants to see that. jenna: absolutely not. jon just mentioned what s going on with the corn crops because of the drought, but it s not just the drought that s affecting, you know, different parts of the country. in fact, this crowght drought is the worst type we ve seen in decades, and in one part of the country, along the mississippi, the lack of rain and high temperatures is affecting that river in a very interesting way, stranding a steam boat. harris has more from the newsroom. it kind of shows you, harris, just how bad the drought is. reporter: yeah. it s a big illustration. wait until you see this boat, we have several pictures of it. the american queen steam boat is just at a dock sitting in memphis right now, unable to paddle down on its original itinerary, and moments ago the company spokesperson issued this statement:
training conference. i went on the web site earlier today. i m still not quite sure what the objective is here when they talk about smart pay. and later tonight on the general jackson steam boat, there s a reception with entertainment that follows that. what s going on in nashville? yeah. amazing how they continue to talk about how they re cutting in government, but try to justify how you re taking a big junket on a steam boat. you can look from their own web site not only the lavish rooms and the presidential suite at the gaylord where they re having this debate, but a steam boat? how is that justified? bill: the gsa s duty, by the way, is to oversee federal property, right? this is real estate. of which there are 14,000 vacant or underused properties that the gsa oversees. what s the price tag on that for taxpayers? it s not only billions of dollars in maintenance and can
chad ocho cinco says someone broke into suv and stole a bunch of stuff. he is only upset about one of the stolen items. he got his credit cards, driver s license and ipod. it s his starbucks gold card that he misses the most. you know how many coffees i have had to drink i have had to purchase to get to that gold card? like i had $220 left on my starbucks card. according to the starbucks web site gold card holders get a free drink every 15 purchases. starbucks officials reached out to him and vowed to replace it a curious bear rummaging through crash cans wound up stuck in a tree in colorado. called the local fire department to get it down. you can seat bear in that tree in steam boat springs north and west of denver.