makes moves to try and break away from that lazy media narrative that always tries to link her to sarah palin. it s wednesday june 8, 2011. i m chuck todd. also this morning, congressman wein weiner, calling for him to resign. and the heaviest bombing since the libyan air strikes began. let s get to the rundown. we begin at the white house. after pulling out all the stops at last night s official dinner with angela merkel, the president heads to northern virginia. interesting yesterday the president as a world leader does the joint presser. first question s not libya, not afghanistan, it is jobs and this economy. reporter: you better believe it. that s what s hanging over this presidency and his re-election bid as we get closer. you know the statistics, chuck. no president re-elected when unemployment is over 8% since rei reagan in 84. way back to fdr and the depression if it s over 9%. 9.1% as we stand here today. last friday in toledo, the president downplayed it. didn
dave: and we have 59 minutes left, ken newton, you have time to get here! come on down, we have room. alisyn: meanwhile, let s get to your headlines, we have new information on the death of one of bernie madoff s sons, there are reports, mark madoff was informed last week we could face criminal charges in new york and london. and, he apparently hung himself in his new york city apartment, his two-year-old son sleeping nearby and his death comes two years to the day that his father was arrested, investigators say it will not stop them from trying to recover the money from bernie madoff s victims. and, friends and family gathered in raleigh, north carolina for a final farewell to elizabeth edwards. the wife of former vice presidential candidate john edwards, was remembered for her wit and resolve and he was also remembered for her tireless defense of her children even as he dealt with her son s death, husband s affairs and ultimately, terminal cancer. the last few days i ve heard m
welcome back. for the last nine years, navy has owned the rivalry game with army. this is the longest stretch by either team since they began playing in 1990. today, for the first time since 1996, both teams enter with a winning record. navy s leading 3-0 in the first quarter, and their quarterback has the fifth most rushing touchdowns in history. 77 yard touchdown, and navy takes a 10-0 lead. they extend it to 17-0. in the second quarter after a navy fumble, army is on the board, brown pulls in a seven-yard touchdown. it s the black knight s first touchdown since 2006. they cut the deficit to 10 points. still down 10 just over a minute left in the half. army first and goal. look closely, middleton rips the ball from his grip, and he s off for the touchdown. navy beats army for the ninth straight time. auburn quarterback ken newton was going to win this year s heisman trophy, but not without some strings. his father was allegedly trying to engineer it for his son. there
sidekick penguin i m concerned about. tell you about that in a few minutes. and continue please sending in your terrible christmas sweate sweaters, we can t wait to see them. we have a fox news alert for you, because fighting continues to intensify in southern afghanistan this morning, as six n.a.t.o. service members have been killed in an insurgent attack. there are no further details about the incident at this time, but we will a bring those to you as soon as we have them. the surge of u.s. troops has poured into the region in an effort to push the taliban out. 670 international troops have been killed in afghanistan so far this year, and which is already the highest death toll since the war began nine years ago. an investigation is heating up into the apparent suicide of one of bernie madoff s as soon as. officials are trying to get check the computer and cell phone records and they say that madoff s death will not deter them from trying to some of the victim s money.
it s 5 a.m. on wednesday morning. wasn t used to the camera moving like that. it s good to wake everybody up. shake us up real good. exactly. you may have gone to bed with dry roads but definitely starting to get wet now. and starting to get sleek out there, too. live doppler 7 hd zoomed in on the leading edge of the wet weather. moving through the south bay but also breaking up. so more like sprinkles. in fact, our first sign of measurable rain is san francisco here in downtown. about 400ths up in santa rosa. you can see the better radar returns moving through the north bay now. more moisture coming ashore as we have a southwesterly wind with us all day. if you don t have rain right now, you will get some during the morning, the lunch hour and again during the afternoon. no escaping the rain today. this is just the beginning. it may be the beginning of a poor traffic or poor commute. here s frances with the details. don t think it s a coincidence where we have ou