i know he was a governor of new mexico. anyway, i am not really sure what the libertarians stand for. can you educate me on this? >> well, which party are you with? >> i am with the democrats, but i consider myself more of a independent because i am fed up with all of them, to be honest with you, and i am really fed up with the republican party, but i mean if you were to educate me on what he stands for and what he is all about because i just tune in about 10 minutes ago while he was giving his speech, so i missed a lot of that. i am hoping to vote for someone that i think will do the right thing for this country, and, you know, i am definitely not locked into any particular party. so, i consider myself an independent more than anything, but i'm not really sure what the libertarian party stands for. >> for gin and anyone else who wants to find out more, we will bring you the speeches from the libertarian party convention, but you can also find their speeches online anytime, at c- span.org, and you conducted all the speeches

in new mexico. the had never happened before. i promised there would be fewer state employees when i left office than when i got there. there were 1200 your stay employees when i left office -- your state employees when i left office. that had never done -- that had never happened in the history of the state. i promised to increase the amount of money we spent on education every year. i did that for eight straight years. that gave me the liberty to talk about real school -- real reform that was bringing proper reform to education. if i had promised everything i delivered as governor of new mexico, i would have never been elected because i would have been another blowhard politicians. as president promising to submit a balanced budget to congress. i am promising to veto legislation where expenses exceed revenue. promising to advocate on the part of the fair tax. look, i am listening. i promised to advocate on the part of the less unfair tax. i promise to end the military wars. i promised to end the war -- [applause] i promise to e

taos, new mexico. each candidate will have a three minute opening statement in which they can tell you just about anything they would like to tell you. after that, we will have questions and each candidate will have 90 seconds maximum to answer the questions that are posed. there is a possibility of rebuttal if something comes up in one man's response. that is 30 seconds. then the concluding statement. we have in front of us a timer. to help us keep order. delegates also have had the opportunity to submit questions. we have some of those. i will try to present those, perhaps paraphrasing to fit better into this format. with that introduction, i would like to begin. we will alternate in the response time. that seems fair. mr. johnson, will you begin with your 3 minute opening statement? >> government in this country needs to occur under strict adherence to the u.s. constitution. the bad news is that this country is in really deep trouble. we are going to experience a collapse in government. we are going

of telson, new mexico. each candidate will have a three minute opening statement in which they can tell you just about anything they would like to tell you. after that, we will have questions and each candidate will have 90 seconds maximum to answer the questions that are posed. there is a possibility of a bottle of something comes up in one man's response -- of rebuttal of something -- if something comes up in one man's response. that is 30 seconds. then the concluding statement. we have in front of us a timer. to help us keep order. delegates also have had the opportunity to submit questions. we have some of those. i will try to present those, perhaps paraphrasing to fit better into this format. with that introduction, i would like to begin. we will alternate in the response time. that seems fair. mr. johnson, will you begin with your 3 minute opening statement? >> governments in this country needs to occur under strict adherence to the u.s. constitution. the bad news is that this country is in really dee

>> march 22nd, 1999, a terrified young woman runs naked through the streets of a small new mexico down. she is the newest victim of david parker ray. >> he is a serial rapist. he is a more rare type of offender. >> itself less the committing of sexual acts, it's inflicting pain any way you can. >> while these criminals usually kill, and they're convinced he has killed, no bodies have been found. >> i have no question he is a serial killer. >> without a body, they're forced to charge him for crimes of sexual violence. >> there are many prosecutors that will tell you they will try 50 murder cases. >> so might ray walk? despite overwhelming evidence against him. >> hello, i'm going to tell you in detail why you have been kidnapped, and videotape, and a victim's compelling testimony. >> i didn't want to go to court, i didn't want to face him. but i did it. >> it would seem like an open and shut case, there was an awful lot of evidence. >> this this hour, the david parker ray story and his case put america justice on trial. >> truth or consequences, new mexico, people go about their busines

lorraine, she's the reason why we ended u up in new mexico. she was with the bureau of indian affairs. she was transferred there. she was the one who had me in third grade in tap dancing lessons, where there was one boy and 40 girls. i was the one boy. she had me playing the piano. i was perhaps the best fifth grade piano player that could happen. i love my parents, and i want to thank them both. i want to thank kate, my fiancÉ. i'm in love, and it will be a white house wedding. [cheering] where is kate? i want to thank my sister, my sister and brother-in-law are here, lori and scott. [applause] my son eric is here. eric, where are you? eric, where is eric? eric quit his well-paying job in denver two and a half years ago to come and do this with me for two years unpaid. if that isn't about as loving a gesture as anything i have ever received, it's that. [applause] thank you. my daughter, she gave may call. she said i'm the worst daughter in the world. i said what are you talking about? she said, i'm not going to be at the convention. i'm goin

he cannot win the states of colorado, nevada and new mexico, and probably not florida which make his electoral math impossible. i think you're going to see the minority vote going strong, and then there's the women's vote which you talked about before. i'd like to mention the republican party doesn't seem to care about women, not just on issues like contraception, but on economic issues as well. we're going to bring to-- >> schieffer: okay-- >> can the ki-- >> schieffer: let me interrupt you because we're getting close to being out of time and i do want to ask you about gay marriage. do both of you-- should the president just go ahead and say he's for it and get it over with because vice president biden said today he's comfortable with it. could i get just a yes or no from you, senator? >> well, i think the bottom line is everyone knows that the president is much strong-- more strongly for l.g.b.t. rights than the republicans. and i think that it's not going to be even a contest in that community. >> schieffer: i'm sorry, we

from new mexico, i'm sorry. mr. heinrich: i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and make a point of order that a quorum is not present. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 and the chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on the motion will be postponed. . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from utah seek recognition? mr. bishop: i move to suspend the rules h.r. 2745 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report. the clerk: a bill to amend the mesquite land act of 1986 to facilitate implementation of multi species habitat conserves plan for the virgin river in clark county, nevada. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from utah. mr. bishop: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. bishop: with that, mr. speaker, si

in new mexico, do you? >> no, no. if a state look yours, if your economy goes up and is improving, does the president get credit? do republicans get hurt by that? >> i think there's not much the president can do to change direction and people's attitudes about what he's accomplished because everything that's coming out of washington today is hurting the ability of people to get jobs. 40% of the kid who graduated from college in the last three years still don't have full-time work but they got $25,000 in loans, the cost of food sis up,i paid $3.74 at the pump. >> down from 4 i might add. it's one of the few forecasts i've gotten right. >> we've got the post-it note. here we have the longest period of 8% unemployment since the great depression, real incomes are have gone nowhere for two years and we have the post-it note. flat for two years. >> for 13 years. >> i thought he fixed the economy. so he's not fixed the economy. >> let me tell you a story -- >> no doubt there's long-term suffering. i would say by s

. >> fires are sweeping parts of new mexico and michigan, drenching rains and dealing with all sorts of issues in the southeast. record heat in much of the nation as well. >> reporter: a tropical storm, record breaking heat, wild fires, across the country, americans are fighting extreme weather, beryl, the holiday crashing tropical storm is a depression, not before leaving behind a mess. >> i didn't think the whole tree would go. beryl toppled trees and power hines and emptied out beaches over the weekend, in florida 20,000 homes without power, thousands more in georgia, the remnants of the storm are soaking coastal florida and georgia, the winds tapered off, the storm could trigger strong thunderstorms and tornados today as it stalls over georgia, beryl should drift to sea wednesday afternoon or thursday morning. in other parts of the country, the battle is the soaring heat, 300 record highs smashed this holiday weekend. the heat providing fuel for wild fires burning in 8 states, in the southwest, a furious fire in new mexico national forest, more than 122,000 acres up in flames. >>

. >>> a massive twister bears down on a small new mexico town. >>> and family affair. england's young royals turn out for a charity polo match. captions paid for by nbc-universal television rtd. >r >>>>> hellop >>> >>. they're to pay the ultimate price for mistaken that sent shock waves throughout the financial world. the bank's chief investment officer is among the reported resignations. nbc's brian mooar reports. >> reporter: from the ceo of jpmorgan chase, an unambiguous explanation on a stun 2g billion trading loss. >> we made a terrible egregious mistake. there's almost no excuse for it. >> reporter: jamie dimon shrugged off mounting concerns last month that something was terribly wrong with a $100 million hedge investment that now he describes as a bad bet. >> we know it was sloppy. it was a bad judgment. >> reporter: it is a nightmarish reminder of the wall street blunder that upended the economy four years ago. americans paid a steep price for the bailouts and the economy is still crawling toward a recovery. this time around, jpmorgan's reputation and its stock

we hear from clayton sandell. >> reporter: across the country in new mexico, a 122,000-acre monster is forcing residents to flee the town of mogollon. >> we are hoping and praying mother nature will give us a break. >> reporter: 600 firefighters are up against extreme conditions. high winds, dry fuel and the fire is growing. smoke from new mexico is prompting downwind states like colorado to warn people about breathing unhealthy air. on michigan's upper peninsula, a 20,000-acre blaze is charring the shores of lake superior, destroying 28 homes and cottages. but there's good news in crown king, arizona. >> been to this place for a long time. ready to go home. >> reporter: firefighters have contained about half of the 16,000-acre gladiator fire. >> we get to go home. and it's going to make me cry. >> reporter: meaning grateful residents get to spend memorial day back at home. clayton sandell, abc news, los angeles. >>> and time now for the rest of the memorial day weather. several storms, severe storms around the great lakes, heavy rain, hail and gusty winds from detroit, chicago and st.

of new mexico abroad a private plane that landed wheels up. the governor and her husband were about to land in sante fe friday night, the pilot forgot to land the landing gear. fortunately no one injured. >>> more and more cases of a rare lung disorder called the shower disease, it's triggered by a distant cousin of the bacteria that causes tb. it's called ntm. researches found that it in all -- in one-third of all shower heads. the spray makes it easy to inhale. the disorder is frequently misdiagnosed as num mona. most people can fight off the infection. but people with compromised immune system are at risk of harm. >>> now time for some hoops. the philadelphia 76ers and the boston celtics playing in the nba eastern conference semifinals tomorrow night. as for last night's action we get the highlights from espn. >>> we start in the nba. huge game six between the heat and the pacers in indianapolis. dwyane wade and roy hibbert. roy hibbert hoping to take advantage of the fact that two heat big men were suspended. early, it was david west. here

[applause] >> the great state of new mexico, her home where the state question is red or green, celebrating its 100th anniversary as a stake in the united states of america, protests all seven of our delegate votes for gary johnson, the next president of the united states. >> new york, home of the statue of liberty, cast the following

many years ago in albuquerque, new mexico, justice stevens and his wife snuck in to play in a bridge tournament, and one of my partners at the time happily had been his clerk and invited he and his wife and barry and i to dinner. i couldn't even imagine meeting a justice of the supreme court, let alone go to dinner. they felt quite free to tell him what they thought of what he had just played. but at the end of the evening there was a kind of uncomfortable silence and justice stevens finally said to his former law clerk, greg, don't you want to invite me to come to your firm to meet the lawyers in your firm and your law clerks? of course we couldn't imagine having been bold enough to ask him to do that. and so in albuquerque, new mexico, in the summer in a law firm of 21 people, our law clerks thought we were the smartest human beings on the planet. but what happened was even more remarkable. when justice stevens sat down in our very small conference room in the old bank building most famous to that moment, because the movie "the muppets take manhattan" had taken place in that very c

some heavy rain also drenches i-25 in southern new mexico. it will be wet in the northeast on stretches of i-95, 91 and 90. and showers dampen i-75 and 95 in south florida. >> if you're flying, airport delays are possible in boston, new york city and miami. >>> and back to the news this morning. the man suspected of killing a mother and her oldest daughter in order to kidnap two, young sisters have now been rushed to the fbi's ten-most wanted list. >> authorities believe that adam mayes has the two little girls with him. a relative says mayes believed he might be the girls' biological father. >>> jury deliberations are set to resume this morning in the triple-murder trial of jennifer hudson's former brother-in-law. william balfour is accused of killing hudson's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew as an act of vengeance against his former wife. jurors will be sequestered until they reach a verdict. >>> prosecutors in the john edwards corruption trial are expected to wrap up their case today without putting rielle hunter on the stand. edwards

how did it work out in new mexico? i am telling you, people in new mexico waived out -- wave at me with all five fingers, not just wind. -- just one. good government was easy, it was not hard. it was easy to look at issues, first, second, third, last. i really do think i have a resume when it comes to civil liberties, i really think i have got it in spades when it comes to fiscal responsibility. i base that on the fact that i may have vetoed more legislation than the other 49 governors in the country combined. [applause] all governments, all government needs to -- the government's needs to occur under strict adherence to the united states constitution. as governor of new mexico, i made very few promises. i promised to veto any tax increases. i vetoed every single tax increase, not one single penny of tax was increased over in eight-year period in mexico. that has never happened before. [applause] i promised that there would be fewer state employees when i left office than when i got there. there were 1200 fewer state e

heavy rain drenches i-25 in southern new mexico. it will be wet in the northeast on stretches of i-95, 91 and 90. and showers dampen i-75 and 95 in south florida. >>> if you're flying, delays are possible in boston, and miami. >>> a authorities believe that adam mayes has the two little girls with him. a relative says mayes believed he might be the girls' biological father. >>> jury deliberations are set to ve sum this morning in the triple-murder trial of jennifer hudson's former brother-in-law. william balfour is accused of killing hudson's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew as an act of vengeance against his former wife. >>> prosecutors in the john edwards corruption trial are expected to wrap up their case today without putting rielle hunter on the stand. edwards' former mistress is on the defense' witness list. so, she still may be called to testify in all of this. the government's case against edwards hinges on whether he used campaign funds to cover up their affair. >>> $15 million settlement has been reached in a deadly b

utah, nevada, new mexico, texas, they have better public policies across the board like lower taxes. what you will see is increasing number of consumers, entrepreneurs and workers going to the states. what is interesting is the kaufmann foundation does studies about entrepreneurship. they found immigrants are twice as likely to start a business as native poborn americans. hispanics are more likely to start a bus these than non-hispanic americans. what you see in places where the economy is doing

mexico, colorado and california meet down to the chijuajua area of new mexico. there was one excavation along the way i remember out in the desert nears winslow, arizona. the desert out there is just a still life with a few landmarks on the horizon and this empty hole, the little colorado river desert, the painted desert, and we were working on a 500-room pueblo dating back to about 1400 ad. i just remember the wind just hailing down on us for days and you would be working down with trowels inside of a trench and if you stop for too long, the sand would start to fill up your hole again because it was blowing so much and everybody was turned away from the wind. so it looked like some kind of religious thing was going on here, all these people bowed to the ground for days and days tinkering with some unimaginable smallness in front of them while the wind just pushed harder and harder, sand blasting across you, filling up all the rooms that you just emptied out as if the desert is rolling back over itself. because even where trails are left, trails disappear out th

at the penitentiary of new mexico. you know, about 13 years ago. >> an inmate who was former law enforcement is going to always be perceived as the enemy as far as the other inmates go. so, it's usually a precarious situation. given his circumstances, i thought daniel was pretty secure. going from being a former c.o. to an inmate in the same prison where he once worked, i would have expected him to be a little more nervous, uptight, what have you. but he acclimated quite well. >> the officers, some of them treated me the same. some of them treated me different. for the most part, though, i've always gone along with people. i came into prison. and i ain't here to prove a point. i'm just here to do my time. >> was it weird at first dealing with officers? did you run into people you knew? >> yeah. i mean, i ran into a few people. they said, hey, rapatz. they call me by my last name, what happened, how did you end up here in the joint? what happened? i tell them, i ended up wrong place, wrong time. i was out drinking and u

in new mexico, a 122,000-acre monster is forcing residents to flee the town of mogollon. >> we are just hoping and praying that mother nature will give us a break. >> reporter: 600 firefighters are up against extreme conditions. high winds, dry fuel and the fire is growing. smoke from new mexico is prompting downwind states like colorado to warn people about breathing unhealthy air. on michigan's upper peninsula, a 20,000-acre blaze is charring the shores of lake superior, destroying 28 homes and cottages. but there's good news in crown king, arizona. >> i been to this place for a long time. ready to go home. >> reporter: firefighters there have contained about half of the 16,000-acre gladiator fire. >> we get to go home, and it's going to make me cry. >> reporter: meaning grateful residents get to spend memorial day back at home. clayton sandell, abc news, los angeles. >>> and time now for the rest of the memorial day weather. several storms, severe storms rather around the great lakes, heavy rain, hail and gusty winds from detroit, chicago and st. louis down to oklahoma city and abile

utah, nevada, new mexico, texas, they have better public policies across the board like lower taxes. no income state text. lower taxes. what you will see is increasing number of consumers, entrepreneurs and workers going to these states. what's interesting is the kaufmann foundation does studies about entrepreneurship. they found immigrants regardless of status are twice as likely to start a business as native born americans. hispanics are more likely to start a business than non-h non-hispanic-americans. what you see in places where the economy is doing better than in places like arizona where it's doing worse, you see more business creation. you see more job creation from new businesses. and immigrants are a driving force in job creation, both by themselves starting businesses and providing a lot of the other support that businesses need to be able to get started. so i think you'll see an increase in economic growth in states that receive more immigrants as a result of them going there, and because of states already did better than arizona. so that's what you'll end up seeing. as a

i would also look at a longer shot like suzan suzanna martine new mexico. >> do you think he's in the running, rubio? >> at this stage i think he is. first of all, florida is now a huge state. >> what do you think would be best for him if you were picking? >> i think almost anybody you just mentioned. i would look at mitch daniels, i would look at three or four other people. they have to decide a couple things. first of all, the person has to be philosophically -- has to be cable of being president, and second, have to be philosophically compatible, which means a broadly conservative person. >> thune. >> i think john thune is extraordinarily attractive and very articulate. >> next question, animals. you and i in a different way share a tremendous interest in animals. i think you're the only presidential candidate, ever, to basically go zoo to zoo. what is that about? you went off on a zoo trip. and you've also made comments over the years about men and women in combat because men want to go shoot giraffes. what are you about animals? what's you and animals about? >> i love the natural

many years ago in albuquerque, new mexico, justice stevens and his wife snuck in to play in a bridge tournament. one of my partners at the time happily had been the clerk and invited he and his wife and barry and i to dinner. i couldn't even imagine meeting a justice of the supreme court let alone having dinner. we had an incredibly wonderful dinner, which justice stevens told us all about what it was like to be a justice of the united states supreme court, go to a bridge tournament, and have no one care anything about it except what you had just played. they felt quite free to tell him what they thought of what he had just played. at the end of the evening there was a kind of uncomfortable silence, and just stevens finally said to his former law clerk, greg huffaker, greg, don't you want to invite me to meet the lawyers at your firm and law clerks? of course, we couldn't imagine having the gall to ask him to do that. in albuquerque, new mexico in the summer in a law firm of 21 people, our law clerks thought we were the smartest human beings on the planet. but what happened was even

. >> let's talk about colorado, new mexico, and nevada. can the president count on them. >> yes, two of those three. assuming stuff doesn't step back, colorado he is a favorite, new mexico because of hispanic voter pps nevada is the one, it's a coin flip right now. >> is the lbs helping romney? >> neff, look at nevada, north carolina, florida, i group them together because all three have unemployment rates higher than the national average and bad foreclosure issues. >> what are your observations when you see the yellow with the key swing states. in iowa i hear, even though the unemployment is down to 5%, i hear he has problems with evangelicals on same sex marriage. >> they were bad right after the caucuses because there was a concentrated 2.5.months of bad ads. in colorado and new mexico, there is an x factor like north carolina or virginia. >> would they do it over -- >> i think he would pick richmond if he could. >> or cleveland? >> no, i disagree. the whole point, the way david thinks about this, the convention is an organizing tool, n

and the wild fires and scorching heat from new mexico to michigan. >>> the confession, 33 years later, what was it that this man said that now has police so convinced he was the won who stole that little boy on the way to the bus. why this new development could change the case. >>> the mole at the vatican, what the pope said today as the plot inside the church thickens. the butler arrested first, but who could come next? >>> and a "made in america" mild stone. the american workers american steal, as one famous bridge celebrates a golden moment. tonight, it's that bridge in the backdrop in the starring role. >>> good evening. we begin this sunday night with that giant storm system now barrelling toward the east coast. late today we learned that barrel now been upgraded to a tropical storm. winds reach up to 70 miles an hour and look at the track tonight. this is the first tropical storm set to hit the coast this year. hurricane season hasn't begun. at this hour the beaches are emp tis. when it hits shore, it will be shy of hurricane strength. i bring in ginger sooe. ginger, david condi

nominee for the libertarian party gary johnson joins me now from new mexico. hey there governor good to see you again i guess let's start with a check on how it's going for you and what you're seeing and hearing out there on the campaign. well look i'm the only candidate that's offering offering a difference as opposed to obama and romney i'm going to declare peace as president state civil ective president say they're going to get out of afghanistan i'm going to bring the troops home i'm the only candidate of the three that wants to balance the federal budget now that means reforming entitlements now i'd like to see marriage equality i'd like to see the patriot act repealed i'd like to see us and the war on drugs i think there's a real viable third choice here and i happen to be it as the libertarian nominee for president and governor doesn't i do you want to go into detail about a few of those things that you mentioned certainly quite a few issues that you're focusing on that really aren't being talked about by some of the other candidates by certainly by the

cecilia vega, abc news, los angeles. >>> now for the rough ride for the governor of new mexico abroad a private plane that landed wheels off. the governor and her husband were about to land in san day fe friday night, the pilot fort to land the landing gear. fortunately no one injured. >>> more and more cases of a rare lung disorder called the shower disease, 's triggered by a distant cousin oaf the bacteria that causes tb. researches found that it in all -- in one-third of all shower heads. the spray makes it easy to inhale. most people can fight off the infection. but people with compromised immune system are at risk of harm. >>> now time for hoops. the nba eastern conference semifinals tomorrow night. as for last night's action we get hee highlights from espn. >>> we start in the nba. huge game six between the heat and the pacers in indianapolis. dwyane wade and roy hibbert. early, it was david west. here roy hibbert with the reverse jam. heat were down nine because of the pacers' dominance inside. then dwyane wade got it going. the heat down seven after that slam dunk. crazy play

new mexico! colorado! >> he was one shout away. he was one shout away from the presidency. and has helped with jerry brown's campaign in california in 2010 as well as many campaigns overseas. so i'm really thrilled they're here. i'm delighted. we're going to have a fun conversation. and i want to start -- we'll talk for a while, then open it up for questions from you all. but i want to start by seeing if we can get into the head of the campaigns as they are right at this stage in the election cycle as they're trying to size up the challenges they face and plot out strategy, karl. and you were -- i want to start with you, and i want to ask you to talk about this from the point of view of the obama campaign because you ran an incumbent president's re-election campaign. you know what it's like to be, you know, 48, 49% approval, no sure thing to get re-elected. what is the obama team thinking about its challenges and what they need to do? >> well, there are two ways to answer that. one is what challenges they think they recognize they have and what challenges they have that i'm

in fact, from new mexico to upper michigan, where a dry winter is making for a mean fire season in a lot of areas. >> and later this half hour, families and loved ones pay tribute to those who died serving our country. sometimes we all could use a little reminder, maybe a big reminder about what memorial day is all about. as you say, it's not about barbecues and going to the beach. it's about -- >> honoring heroes. yes, indeed. >>> the stormy memorial day forcing holiday beachgoers indoors. tropical storm beryl has reached the mainland. >> beryl slammed into the northeastern shore of florida early this morning. wind nearing hurricane strength. it's expected to swamp the coastline into georgia and south carolina well into this evening with nonstop rain. flooding and rip currents. warnings went out early to stay alert and aware. >> this storm has a potential to produce localized flooding, downed trees and power lines that can impact the public safety. >> now even before the storm hit, lifeguards were busy keeping swimmers out of the water. memorial day observances and a jazz festival w

. >>> a giant wildfire raging in new mexico has grown into that state's largest fire ever. so far, more than 170,000 acres and 12 homes have burned. and it is still spreading. about 1,200 firefighters are on the ground, facing low humidity and shifting winds. experts say the massive fire is just a preview of what's to come after months of dry conditions. >>> and the remnants of beryl has drifted off to sea. but not without spinning off a destructive tornado. a twister damaged dozens of homes near the north carolina coast, completely destroying at least three of them. flooding washed out roads near wilmington. >>> with a look at weather across the nation on your thursday morning. more thunderstorms in florida from jacksonville to miami. windy with hail and a chance of tornados from birmingham to nashville, little rock and shrevepo shreveport. a chilly afternoon across the midwest and ohio valley. thunderstorms in texas and oklahoma. scattered showers from seattle to billings. >> 84 in boise. 103 in phoenix. it's going to be 58 in chicago. 57 in kansas city. upper 80s from da

nominee for the libertarian party gary johnson joins me now from new mexico hey there governor good to see you again i guess we'll start with a check on how it's going for you and what you're seeing and hearing out there on the campaign. well look i'm the only candidate that's offering offering a difference as opposed to obama and romney i'm going to declare peace as president states of elected president i'd say tell me to get out of afghanistan i'm going to bring the troops home i'm the only candidate of the three that wants to balance the federal budget now that means reforming entitlements now i'd like to see marriage equality i'd like to see the patriot act repealed i'd like to see us and the war on drugs i think there's a real viable third choice here and i happen to be it as the libertarian nominee for president and governor doesn't i do want to go into detail about a few of those things that you mentioned certainly quite a few issues that you're focusing on that really aren't being talked about by some of the other candidates by certainly by the mainstream media but i want to

so southern california as well as parts of new mexico and arizona, dealing with some really intense temperatures. severe weather is going to be breaking out today across the overnight hours, certainly from colorado down through new mexico and into texas, and that's actually going to be sagging south. so coming towards the mexico, u.s. border, some severe thunderstorms, damaging winds and also the threat of tornados today. thunderstorms across the east are fairly widespread at the moment. they're going to be weakening off to the northeast, but all of this energy down in the south from florida and up the atlantic coast heads to the northeast as well. so we'll be wet into your tuesday and pretty unstable as well. temperatures in mid to low 20s as cross much of the northeast, and down towards the south, we were talking about extreme heat, houston, 29 degrees, not too far off the usual average, but where this red pops up to the south of texas down into eastern mexico, baja peninsula and desert southwest is where you need to make sure you're taking plenty of rest, drinking lots of water. warmth spread

he had troops in new mexico. he was about to install a puppet ruler of mexico. and the confederacy was promising we could do a lot of nice things together. we can make beautiful music together here in the southern half of north america. but he didn't want to get in unless the british were going to get in, too, and make it a joint project. you probably know what the prospects historically have been for successful joint operations by france and england. that one was kind of starting out under a doomed ill fated start. so those tensions first. and the idea of an even larger pan european intervention was being knocked down primarily by russia. rush yabthose days saw the united states as its best friend of the world. they were the two rising new powers. they had europe bracketed on each side and russia very much wanted to see the power of the united states sustained. then there was an arc of the war and 1862 kind of runs like this. it starts at a very low point. lincoln on january 2nd actually talks to his friend, john dahlgren, about what dahlgren talks about the ba

winds finally relented in new mexico where an enormous fire burned more than 120,000 acres and a dozen homes. crews were finally able to move in after being forced to sit on the sidelines and watch the unpredictable flames. national guard troops have been called in to help. firefighters are scrambling to put out a wildfire tearing through michigan's beautiful upper peninsula. light rain aided crews in getting the fire nearly 50% contained. the fire started by lightning has already burned through more than 20,000 acres near lake superior. dozens of homes, dozens of buildings have already been destroyed. >>> back to the story we mentioned at the top of the show. police in chicago are hoping for a peaceful memorial day after a weekend filled with violence. four people were killed and more than two dozen injured this weekend as abc's alex perez reports. one victim shot is a 7-year-old girl. >> reporter: little deja smith was doing what she loves to do. playing with her friends on her bike outside her south side chicago home when she was caught in the middle of a drive-by shooting. >> doesn

it will be wet on parts of i-25 and 70 in the colorado and new mexico mountains. rainy at times on i-35 from des moines to minneapolis and from south dakota to minnesota. >>> possible delays in dallas, new orleans and minneapolis. that's if you're flying. >>> back to the news this morning, vice president joe biden has now apologized to president obama for coming out in favor of before the president did. >> in an interview on sunday, biden said he was absolutely comfortable with gay couples getting married. well, those comments forced the president to speed up his own public endorsement. we're told the president accepted the vice president's apology shortly before he sat down for his exclusive interview with "good morning america robin roberts yesterday. >> joe being joe. well, the president's historic embrace of same-sex marriage has unleashed a new influx of campaign cash most notably at last night's star-studded hollywood fund-raiser. this morning mr. obama's coffers are fatter by -- get this -- $15 million, a record for a single fund-raiser. george clooney host

cecilia vega, abc news, los angeles. >>> now for the rough ride for the governor of new mexico abroad a private plane that landed wheels off. the governor and her husband were about to land in san day fe friday night, the pilot fort to land the landing gear. fortunately no one injured. >>> more and more cases of a rare lung disorder called the shower disease, it's triggered by a distant cousin oaf the bacteria that causes tb. researches found that it in all -- in one-third of all shower heads. the spray makes it easy to inhale. most people can fight off the infection. but people with compromised immune system are at risk of harm. >>> now time for hoops. the nba eastern conference semifinals tomorrow night. as for last night's action we get hee highlights from espn. >>> we start in the nba. huge game six between the heat and the pacers in indianapolis. dwyane wade and roy hibbert. early, it was david west. here roy hibbert with the reverse jam. heat were down nine because of the pacers' dominance inside. then dwyane wade got it going. the heat down seven after that slam dunk. crazy pla

. >>> plus, massive wildfire continues to burn out of control in new mexico. fires are -- how firefighters are tempting to calm the flames. >>> apple's about face on the plant in china benefits and large pay raises expected. >>> clouds lingering along the coast the rest of us mid to upper 60s bay shore mid to upper 50s along the coast flight delays everybody is doing fine now all major airports are okay let's look at temperatures low to mid 60s around seattle and portland, 96 phoenix upper 80s to mid 90s from the east coast into the central united states. severe weather could affect detroit, chicago, st. louis, dallas those would be areas for possibility of delays. use our flight tracker at abc7news.com at the bottom. >>> this morning there are new questions being asked about the structural integrity of the new eastern span of the bay bridge. the sacramento bee is reporting caltrans' records show a builder may have compromised the tower. the builder did not report a section of concrete in the foundation failed to harden before it was tested and that failure me

rain will fall in texas, new mexico and eastern arizona. the midwest will be mostly fair with scattered showers. and it will be sunny from california through the plains. >>> in sports, a historic night in baltimore as the texas beats the orioles 10-3. the game's big story is josh hamilton who hit two-run homers off three different orioles pitchers. he's only the 16th player in major league history to hit four in a game, a list that goes all the way back to 1894. after the game, hamilton said his home run secret is to stay small. >> i wasn't getting too big, do too much. just taking the barrel to the bat to the ball and worked out good. >> yes, it did along with the homers, hamilton hit a double, setting an american league single game record of 18 total bases. >>> now to the nba playoffs. nuggets at lakers. it was a wild fourth quarter. denver's mcgee helping build a lead before lakers' kobe bryant went on a tear, hitting four three-pointers in the last five mights. but the nuggets held on to win 102-99 and stay alive in the series. >>> in c

rainy in colorado and new mexico rockies and some scattered thunderstorms around omaha, des moines and minneapolis. showers in miami anticipate the keys. >> as for your temperatures, 80 in new orleans, 75 in baltimore and 69 in boston. 70s from chaul to detroit and from salt lake city, 65. 90 in sacramento and 65 in salt lake city. >>> the biggest bank in the country is reporting a massive loss this morning and it's rattling the markets. your money news is coming up next. >>> also, culture clash. facebook's mark zuckerberg courting wall street cash in a very untraditional way. >> also this morning, president obama goes hollywood. we'll tell you how much cash he brought in last night mingling with a lot of a-listers at the house of none other than george clooney. >>> welcome back, everybody. a shocker this morning from jpmorgan chase, the nation's largest bank said it guessed wrong on a major trading bet and lost $2 billion in the past six weeks. the ceo blames "error, slopness and bad judgment" but says jpmorganchase remains profitable despite that loss. >>> not the case for the postal

in arizona and new mexico, a number of dry years. in california you haven't had a major fire in at least two years. you had a couple years of heavy rain and this year a dry year. a lot of firefighters are telling us they are concerned about what they may face into the summer and fall. it's a big change from what we saw ten years ago. back then the fire season used to be considered from late may to early november but now, the fire season is absolutely year round. you can have a fire at any time. as we're seeing in arizona it's a difficult fire, but that fire is burning away from homes at this hour. >> heather: that is good news. adam, thank you. >> gregg: we do have breaking news this hour out have chicago. hundreds of protestors gathering outside the home of the mayor rahm emanuel ahead of the nato summit that begins tomorrow. latest on this developing story and today's arrests coming up. >> heather: plus brand-new polls in the race to the white house. why, this is anyone's race. we'll break down the tumors in for the campaign. with

some scattered thunderstorms across much of new mexico and texas, with hail and gusty winds around loredo and san antonio. snow tapers off this morning in the colorado rockies. showers from fargo to minneapolis and green bay. >> 63 in the twin cities. 70s from omaha to detroit. 68 right here in new york. 81 in atlanta. 86 in new orleans. and 76 in dallas. phoenix climbs to 90. sacramento, 88. and seattle, 67. >>> and coming up after the break, some business news this morning. the girl scouts and your sweet tooth, coming out with a new treat. and get this. it is not a cookie. >>> and massive money troubles for oprah's struggling cable network, as lost $300 million. >>> and the future is almost here. cars that drive themselves, being tested on streets and highways. so, when can you buy one of your own? >>> welcome back, everybody. well, looks like we are borr borrowing more again. americans used their credit cards more often in march and took out more education loans, as well. the increase in debt was the biggest in a decade. more borrowing is generally considered a healthy sign for the eco

rain will fall in texas, new mexico and eastern arizona. the midwest will be mostly fair with scattered showers. and it will be sunny from california through the plains. >>> in sports, a historic night in baltimore as the texas beats the orioles 10-3. the game's big story is josh hamilton is four two-run homers off three different orioles pitchers. he's only the 16th player in major league history to hit four in a game, a list that goes all the way back to 1894. after the game, hamilton said his home run secret is to stay small. >> i wasn't getting too big, do too much. just taking the barrel to the bat to the ball and worked out good. >> yes, it did along with the homers, hamilton hit a double, setting an american league single game record of 18 total bases. >>> now to the nba playoffs. nuggets at lakers. it was a wild fourth quarter. denver's mcgee helping build a lee before kobe bryant went on a tear, hitting four three-pointers in the last five minutes. but the nuggets held on to win 102-99 and stay alive in the series. >>> in chicago,