Wednesday, June 25, 2008

AMERICA'S HOSTS: Renee Montagne and Ari Shapiro; NEWSCASTS: Giles Snyder, Jean Cochran
CALIFORNIA/NEVADA HOST: Donna Apidone; NEWSCASTS: Steve Shadley

We still have pretty smoky air in the area.  We'll give you weather and traffic updates throughout the morning.

Here are some highlights in today's show:

Congress is close to sending the president a sweeping measure to help homeowners avoid foreclosure. Under the bill, the Federal Housing Administration would provide loan guarantees for people seeking to refinance their mortgages. The Senate may pass the bill as early as today. President Bush has threatened a veto but the White House said yesterday the door was open to compromise. We'll hear that story at 6:10 and 8:10.

The city of New Orleans flooded after Hurricane Katrina, in part because some of the levees protecting the city failed. In recent weeks, there have been reports about levees breaking in Iowa and Missouri. But initial reports are that most of those levees performed as they were supposed to. That's at 6:40 and 8:40.

Soaring gasoline prices are painful for commuters but imagine how the guy behind the wheel of a bus-sized motor home feels. We'll find out if these road warriors are shifting into park permanently, this morning at 7:51.

It's Wednesday, and that means nothing in the sports world is safe.  For many kids, summer camp means weeks of specialized sports training. Commentator Frank Deford says it's a far cry from the informal games he played at summer camp when he was a boy.  We'll hear from him this morning at 7:55.

Thanks for listening.