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we start with navy pilot michael scott speicher. the pentagon confirms his remains have finally been found in iraq 18 years after he went missing. the mystery of what happened to speicher began in 1991 shortly after his plane was shot down over iraq on the first night of "operation desert storm," listen to this 1991 cnn report. >> the pentagon has identified a united states navy pilot as apparently the first u.s. service man missing in action in the persian gulf war. he is lieutenant commander michael speicher. his f-18 attack jet went down during the raid on iraq before dawn yesterday. the 33-year-old pilot is married, has two young children. he's assigned to the "uss saratoga" which is based in mayport, florida. >> the remains of speicher have been located in iraq. let's get straight to our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence joining us on the phone from los angeles. so, chris, give us some details

about how this discovery was made. >> well, fredricka, after nearly 20 years of waiting and wondering his wife, his kids, fellow officers, finally have some answers. it has been an incredibly painful time for them. just not knowing what was happening with him. having so many different stories over the years. just to put this in some perspective, to go back that far, you're talking about a time when cheney was the defense secretary. when iraq actually had aircraft that could shoot down a u.s. jet. you know, you're talking january 1991. it was the first night of the war. he was piloting an fa-18 when an iraqi aircraft filed a missile that took him. his plane went down in the west-central part of iraq. i've been to that area. it is very remote. it's desert-like. nothing at all like fallujah and baghdad that we see so much in

the news. over the years, his status has been just changing constantly. defense secretary dick cheney declared him the very first casualty of war on that night. declared killed in action but body not recovered. later he was changed back to missing in action. then changed again, missing but captured. finally, earlier this year, he was changed back to missing in action. that gives you some perspective about what his family has been through. just recently, a new informant told the military that there was a possible location of speicher's grave. a site very near where his airplane was found back in 1993. so the marines acted on that, they went to the location in the desert where they thought the crash site was. the informant told them that he knew of some other iraqis who remembered that american jet crashing back in the desert. and that the pilot had been buried there. one of those iraqis claimed that he was present when some of the

bedouin found speicher dead and buried his body there. when you think back to the stories that have come out over the years that later prove not to be true about his initials being carved on a prison in baghdad, now we're hearing final word that indeed, his plane did go down and that bedouins found him, buried him, and the u.s. military was able to take his remains back to dover air force base. >> it is chris, quite a remarkable portion of this story and this discovery that these iraqis paid such respect to the body of speicher. that he was buried at that location. but the mystery here is, why no one said anything at the time and why 18 years later now an iraqi would make this known to the marines who continue to search there. >> well, perhaps in bedouin

culture -- you're not talking about urban, you know -- people in baghdad or a major metropolitan area, you're talking about a very remote bedouin culture, almost like shephe shepherds. the actual people who witnessed this may have taken some time -- it may have been just blind luck that you stumble across them and they may have not had the communication available to even think, let's call the u.s. military and tell them what we've done. they may have seen the pilot down and decided to give him a proper burial. >> chris lawrence, thanks so much for that update, appreciate that. i want to give you a better understanding now, kind of the time line of what has taken place over the 18 years since. his fa-18 hornet was shot down on the first night of the gulf war. >> as of 0900 this morning washington time, there's been a single american aircraft lost. >> as clearly today as if it would have just left-hand side, i remember on the recovery,

command errand son getting down from his jet and telling me that he thought we'd lost speicher. >> reporter: for more than 18 years, the fate of u.s. navy captain michael scott speicher was unknown. there were many false leads. in 1993, the wreckage of speicher's plane was found. but no body. after the u.s. invaded iraq in 2003, speicher's initials "mss" were found carved into the wall of an iraqi prison, leading to speculation speicher might have survived the crash. nothing panned out. but family members and friends worked to keep the investigation alive. >> we are here in washington, d.c. trying not to let hill be forgotten. trying to make sure that the search never stops. until he's found. i think we owe him that and much more. >> reporter: finally last month, marines smoke to an iraqi in

anbar province who said he saw speicher buried. based on that account, speicher's remains were recovered from the iraqi desert and flown to dover air force base in delaware for positive identification. captain speicher is survived by two children, toddlers when he disappeared, but now in college. in jacksonville, florida, one of speicher's former classmates actually reacts to the news that the remains of speicher have been identified. >> it's a bittersweet ending. i mean, it's great that we have finally accomplished an ending. but it is bittersweet. you know, you always hope that he's going to be found alive. yet, on that end, if he was found alive, look what he's missed. his children are, you know, in college now. and, you know, what kind of life would he have led, being a prisoner of war, and of course there was always speculation that, you know, he was, you know, tortured and beaten.

you know. so it's -- like i said, it's bittersweet. >> some people never gave up demanding a search for speicher. u.s. senator bill nelson is among those who kept pushing for the investigation to continue. the florida democrat is joining us now from jacksonville. all right, senator. thanks so much for being with us. you pushed hard for this investigation to keep going. and now upon this discovery being made, when you first learned that remains were located and that they had been positively identified, give me an idea of your reaction. >> relief. and certainly for the family too, that the children don't have to keep wondering if their father is alive. there are a lot of people to thank on this. and the military kept at it. the navy kept at it. they had slacked off in the 1990s. but once they got focused, there are a lot of dedicated people like an army reserve major that

was the head of the speicher search team after we went into iraq. and he even extended his duty another six months, thinking that he could find scott. >> this has become very personal for so many people. not just clearly his loved ones but people who really got to know him on so many different levels and even for you, who got to know captain speicher. >> that's right, fredricka. and it's a sad day. but there's a sense of relief. and after all of the false leads and the ones who were making up stories and giving the family hope that he was alive, even those initials "mss" that i went to that prison cell and traced that with a pencil and paper -- >> what was your gut feeling about that at the time? >> well, i mean, it was incredible. it looked actually like some of his writing. but the fact is that when it

never turned up any evidence, we always figured it would be the bedouin that had participated in the burial, they just needed to find that -- >> you really did feel that? this is an unusual i guess revelation, that they had located the body and actually gave it a respectful burial. somewhere deep down inside, you felt that might have been the conclusion? >> well, at one point, they actually found a body and had a graveside service that they thought that would be him. but the dna did not match. but that was years and years ago. we knew that you had to find the bedouin tribe that had actually buried him. and since those bedouins roam throughout the desert, finally it took this long to find them and we've got a positive i.d. >> for the family members, two

children, once -- toddlers at the time of his crash, now in college. any idea what the family is feeling? have you had a chance to speak with anyone? >> i spoke to buddy harris at length this morning. and he is -- the whole family is just so grateful that the navy stayed on this. admirable roughhead, the cno, personally called the family last night. the navy has been very responsible in this. because after all, a mistake was made. we walked away from a downed pilot. it was done by mistakenly declaring him dead, then they didn't go and search for him. and that was a mistake. and that is very important, that we never repeat that mistake again. >> you also see this as a lesson for the u.s. military and how it responded and carried out this investigation. >> that's right, fredricka. >> senator bill nelson, thanks

so much for your time, joining us from jacksonville today, appreciate it. >> thanks. of course, we want to hear your thoughts as well on this story, this discovery. post your comments on our blog at cnn.com/fredricka, or on facebook at fredrickawhitfieldcnn. we'll air some of these comments. over the past 18 years, so many people have different sorts of memories about what transpired here, and now a conclusion as we understand it from this discovery made. quite remarkable. a potentially explosive situation now in iran. three american hikers are under arrest, reportedly, after crossing the border illegally from iraq. you'll hear what the mother of one of the hikers is saying. i'm kate bolduan at the white house. the obama administration, some of his top economic advisers say the economy's no longer on the brink of collapse but we're not out of the woods yet. i'll have more after the break.

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live pictures right now, president obama returning from a weekend at camp david, now just stepping off marine one and there on the white house lawn. we're going to be joining kate bolduan in a moment there at the white house to give us an idea of exactly what is on tap for the president this week. we know he'll be heading off to indiana to continue to push health care reform, but what else? meantime, the mother of one of three american hikers

arrested and detained in iran is worried about his safety. joshua fatale from elkins park, pennsylvania, and two other unnamed americans reportedly strayed into iranian territory while hiking along the iran/iraq border. fatale's mother spoke with cnn radio. >> my husband and i are eager for the best welfare and conditions for our son josh and for the other two companions he's with. and that is our only concern. his welfare and the best conditions for him. >> a fourth american hiker is at the u.s. embassy in baghdad. he didn't go hiking with the others because he felt ill. men meantime, president obama is scheduled back at the white house which you just saw those live pictures, he actually is back at the white house now,

after a weekend at camp david. just as his key financial team is tout something positive news about the economy, he's got plans as well. for the week, our kate bolduan is at the white house. kate, some are saying the end of the recession is near. even the president has been celebrating some nice signs of a nearing of an end. >> hi there, fredricka. the president's top economic advisers, they say the economy is at least no longer on the brink of collapse and they are pointing to some encouraging signs of recovery. his top economic advisers really hit the sunday talk shows this morning, touting this week's positive economic news as evidence that their recovery efforts, the obama administration's recovery efforts, are really taking hold and turning around the economy. the gdp for one in the second quarter falling more slowly than anticipated. but the administration at the very same time is also being very careful, trying to manage expectations here on saying that the country is not out of the

woods yet. secretary of -- treasury secretary timothy geithner says that americans have some tough choices ahead in trying to reduce the exploding federal deficit that we face, and he says he is not ruling out raising taxes in the future. listen here, he spoke on abc's "this week." >> we have to do what's necessary. remember, the critical thing is people understanding that when we have recovery established, led by the private sector, then we have to bring these deficits down very dramatically. we have to bring them down to a level where the amount we're borrowing from the world is stable at a reasonable level. that's going to require some very hard chases. and we're going to have to try to do that in a way that does not add unfairly to the burdens that the average american already faces. >> now, secretary geithner also said that he expects the pace of job loss to slow and turn around to job creation, possibly next year. but republicans who are also on the talk shows, and they've also

said this in the past, they say these signs are also -- the signs in the economy are also encouraging but they say this is no thanks to the obama administration, pointing to the stimulus package, they say job losses actually increased since the stimulus package has taken effect. >> all right, meantime, kate, this week the president back on the road. we know last week he was spending quite a bit of time with town hall meetings, pushing health care reform. this time elkhart, indiana. why elkhart? >> elkhart, indiana, he stopped there earlier this year, has been hard hit by the economy. very high unemployment rate in elkhart, indiana. we know the president will be out there this week, heading out there on wednesday. we'll be talking the economy and you can be sure as we have heard during this -- moving into the august recess for congress, they'll also be pushing health care reform, getting that message out on the road, fredricka. >> kate bolduan, thanks so much, appreciate that. in 20 minutes we're going to talk some more about health care

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it's a whole new week. here are a couple of things to look out for. a hearing is scheduled in los angeles tomorrow to give some finality of the custody of michael jackson's three children. the judge is expected to grant full custody to jackson's 79-year-old mother, katherine, following an out of court agreement with debbie rowe, the mother of two of the children. also on monday, a nevada court will hear o.j. simpson's request to be released from prison while

he appeals last year's armed robbery conviction. simpson will not attend. he is serving the sentence of nine to 33 years. all right, cash for clunkers. it's a stimulus program that's worked far better than expected. so many have signed up for the $1 billion budget -- rather the budget is running dry because so many people have signed up. the house has voted to pump another $2 billion into the program. the senate has yet to go along with the measure. the white house says all weekend, sales will be honored. meantime, auto expert loren fixx has problems with this program. we talked with her yesterday, and she is not a fan. >> okay, so you're going to rain on the parade here because we're hearing from all sorts of folks across the country, from buyers, car buyers, to even the dealers, who say we love this. it means that people are getting new cars, people are spending money, and they're getting a break by doing so. what's not to like about this? >> well, i think a lot of people

were discriminated against. if you've always leased a car, you're not eligible. if you've always been wise about saying, i'm going to buy a great fuel efficient car, maybe a hybrid, you're not eligible. if you don't have the credit rating the last thing you want to be doing is purchasing a new urcar with higher insurance payments. isn't that how we got here to begin with? >> debbie downer here. wait a minute. you lease a car, that's your choice. now for a lot of people who have an old car, they haven't been able to afford a larger down payment on getting a new car. the incentive is, you turn in your old car and you get, what, $4,000 or something to that effect. right? credit? >> like $4,290 tax incentive. you think it's a great incentive but you look at, why do we have this? the goal was to get 2008 and 2009 cars off the road. it's almost another type of auto motive bailout but from the

consumer side. you're thinking, we created all this demand. you didn't create demand. you had people waiting. sales for april, may, june, they were dismal. the reason, they were either people leasing, people that weren't eligible, or people that said, i don't want to be a part of this program. what's happening is you're going to watch july and august sales be fantastic and the government's going to take credit for it. the truth is consumers sat on their hands and waited. they said, if i can make $4,500, i will. >> isn't this good news for the so many car dealers who are squeezing every penny and every dime to try and stay open? we know so many car dealers in huge numbers had to close down earlier this year. now you've got a few car dealers who are sale, we are so glad people are finally making their way in. what's the matter with that? >> that's the best part is dealers in those towns, people who have so much invested in their communities and cars and the industry, and their businesses, that is the best part of the whole thing. they're getting rid of those 2008s, 2009 models, they have

2010s coming in in just a few weeks. they want to get thos cars off the lot. however, we're never going to sell in the next year 16 million cars again. we'll be lucky if we make 10 million cars. because they overproduce, this is the back side. i actually advocated that -- >> is there a plan that would be advantageous for everybody? >> we should be $1,000 toward every new driver. i'm looking to buy a car for my son. fy get $1,000 i might look at a kia or toya yaris or ford focus for him. that might be an option. if i don't have anything coming my way and have nothing to trade in, a lot of people are ineligible. like to see $1,000 toward car maintenance. the goal is to make cars environme environmentally friendly. >> all right. lauren fixx driving a hard bargain there. transportation secretary hood said today the obama administration will have to suspend the program, unless the senate votes to provide the

additional funds that the house has already voted on. an 18-year-old mystery solved. after years of speculation we know what happened to the first american killed at the beginning of the gulf war. israel is shocked by a deadly attack at a gay teen nightclub. was it a hate crime? ( car door closes ) ooooch! hot seat!

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those initials "mss" that i went to that prison cell and traced that with a pencil and paper. >> so we want to hear your thoughts on this story. post your comments on our blog at cnn.com/fredricka, or face book at fredricka whitfield cnn. we want to hear from you about this search for 18 years, and now a discovery being made and confirmation of the remains of that navy captain. all right, we'll also have an interview with a woman whose brother's remains have never been found in vietnam. she now works to make sure that the search for missing troops never stops. a manhunt is under way in israel after a masked gunman opened fire at a center for gay teenagers in tel aviv. a counselor and a 17-year-old girl were killed. cnn's international correspondent paula hancock is joining us by phone. this is indeed being investigated as a hate crime?

>> reporter: fredricka, yes. there's hundreds on this manhunt in tel aviv. this happened last night at a youth center in the center of town. a masked gunman dressed all in black we understand, pulled out his gun, and started shooting in all directions according to eyewitnesses and the police themselves. two people have been killed, a dozen more have been injured. a small number of those are actually in critical condition. what we're understanding from the media at the moment is at the moment, a door to door-search is going on, trying to find this man. obviously the police believe he is still dangerous as he carried out this attack and has managed after he carried out the attack to just slip out of the door and walk into the very busy tel aviv streets. and that's where he was lost. fredricka? >> how unusual is this investigation, paula? this seems like this may have been a targeted event?

>> reporter: well, as soon as it happened, we know from the police that it was a criminal attack, i.e., there was no terrorism involved in it. then we heard they believed it was a hate crime against the gay community. which is very unusual here. tel aviv is a very liberal city. it's where many gay and lesbians go, there's a gay pride parade there, very accepting of the gay community. certainly much of the gay community is shocked by this. since then, we understand that police have put a gag order on this case so they're not giving us exact details on what they believe this crime was or who they believe is behind it. because this man is still at large and they believe any publication of details may jeopardize this investigation. all police will say is they are working incredibly hard to try to bring him to justice. >> paula hancocks, thanks so much, joining from us jerusalem.

two american filmmakers were critically injured when the small plane they were in crashed in crkenya. the pilot was killed. the flight engineer was critically injured. no one on the ground was hurt. you're looking at images sent our way via cell phone. iran's reformist former president is blasting the trials of iranians arrested during election demonstrations back in june. mohammad katami calls the proceedings show trials. he says they damage the country's legal system ask are an insult to islam. defendants are accused of various crimes, including attacking military facilities, using firearms and bombs and assaulting security forces. katami says the real crimes were committed by authorities. health care reform in this country is a loaded and confusing topic for so many people. we're answering your questions with a doctor and an expert on public health care.

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the house has adjourned for august break without taking final action on health care reform. that means no vote until september for them. but the lawmakers do have some homework from the president. he's urging them to convene up the momentum, encouraged by a last-minute thinks-up from a key committee. a statement from the president saying this historic step by the house energy and commerce committee moves us closer to health insurance reform than we have ever been before. the bill that they have passed will straighten consumer protections and choice while lowering costs and improving care. that from the president. meanwhile, today republican senator john mccain says the biggest obstacle to fixing health care remains the cost. >> not acting before the august recess, it gives us all more time to have debate and discussion across the country. i think that it's important that

we all recognize we want to fix health care. that it needs to be repaired. the question is, how? and the fundamental contradiction we have between the two parties is that we believe the quality of health care is the best in the world and must be preserved. it's the cost that's the problem. the democrats believe that you've got to change the entire health care system in america, including the so-called government option which we believe would be -- lead to a government takeover of the health care system in america. that's why we've had so much trouble reconciling differences, even though we share a common goal of fixing health care in america. >> that's john mccain this morning. let's bring in dr. bernie healey, she's a cardiologist and a health editor with "us news and world report." she was the head of the national institutes of health. dr. healey, good to see you. >> nice to see you. >> before i get kind of a take from you from a number of people who have voiced their concerns and frustrations to us in so many different ways, i'm wondering do you think there is

an urgent need right now for the government to step in and offer some sort of health care plan for the 46 million to 47 million people uninsured? >> i think there is an urgent need to address that aching problem we've had for many years. and i think there is an urgent need to address cost. but there isn't an urgent need to jump in and vote for a bill that is very expensive, very expensive and has so many questions that are left unanswered. what we can't do is say, if we delay the implementation of the bill that that means we are automatically going to delay an urgent attention to those two issues of the uninsured and of the cost. >> okay, well let me let you listen to a young lady by the name of laura walker. she joined us in the "newsroom" yesterday as we focused an entire hour on health care reform and what it means to you. and she is currently unemployed. she's uninsured. and this is what she said after getting a chance to talk to at least two lawmakers during our hour about what this health care

plan should or would look like. >> no, i didn't. allheard was sugarcoating and dancing around the questions that we had asked. you know, they still don't get the point. i'm unemployed. i don't have an income other than unemployment. so i don't know how they expect me to pay for any of this insurance that's going to be affordable for me. i haven't figured that part out. and i don't -- you know, i'm realistic to the fact that with limited income, you get limited benefits. so i don't expect to have mris every time i twist an ankle. you know, if i can't afford to pay for it. i don't know who they expect to pay for this. >> okay, so i had asked her after talking to the lawmakers if she felt like they had heard her, was she satisfied with some of their responses about what this package should look like. and she said no, she's still frustrated. so do you kind of revise your response about urgent care, do you think that the government is trying to respond too quickly,

or are they not doing it fast enough for somebody like her? >> i think this is the kind of issue that does need to be addressed urgently. and i think everyone has seen at a time when we're losing jobs that people who have been paying insurance for their entire working careers suddenly don't have insurance, and that's just not fair. we have to solve that urgently. and you know, it's not being addressed by the way, fredricka. there are ways that it can be. for example, we should permanently have an insurance that is continued along with c.o.b.r.a. the government gives you insurance, you can keep your insurance after you're unemployed but you can't afford to pay for it. >> right, especially if you're on unemployment. you're limited with the funds or maybe you have a little bit of money stashed away. now you're going to put all of it into c.o.b.r.a. we're talking about $500, $600, maybe higher, per month, just to extend some sort of health care coverage. >> it's almost a cruel joke that hasn't been addressed. maybe as a doc i would suggest if we would take control of

those crazy malpractice premiums and funnel some of that insurance into some sort of an insurance fund that would cover the c.o.b.r.a. payments. >> here's some of the other things we've heard from people via e-mail. as a senior citizen -- this is on my blog -- i'm concerned about the level of care i'll be receiving under obama care. will it be the same as i have known under medicare? or will tests and procedures be limited to me according to my age? what do you suppose might happen or should happen? >> there's no doubt there are examples where people are getting more tests, they're getting more treatments, than is good for them or than they need. so we do have to pay attention to that. what is not clear at all, though, is that if the government sitting in washington comes up with benefits and comes up with things that 300 million americans can or cannot have, that you're not going to have people who will actually be denied things that they need. and with the goal of trying to have others who are getting too

much be put into a normal status. so i think that so many of these decisions, fredricka, have to be made at the bedside, they have to be made in the doctor's office. i think the preemption that washington will set your benefits, tell you what you can and can't have, is a concern. >> when you talk about some people who may have too much, that's a her infect segue to this other comment and question coming from jay meric who wrote on my blog saying, if the government is planning to tax the cadillac health plans, the more premium types of coverage, then they had better include the congressional health care plans. we all know that they have the blue plate special of health care. we're talking about members on capitol hill who have a pretty great health care plan. and it really is the envy of almost everybody, whether it's those who are private citizens or those who are in public service. >> you know, there are two uncomfortable things that came up last week. that was a clear statement that the members of congress, the president, the vice president, were not willing to go into the

public option plan. i think that -- i think that's a must, myself. because i think that if this is going to be good for all americans, it should be good for them. i think the second issue is, on all of these things we're talking about here, fredricka, that are contained in 1,000 pages of legislation that are out there but very hard to read, most of the legislators have not read that material. and they are often passed or might be asked to pass things they don't know much about. >> perhaps you like the idea of at least this august break, that maybe they need to do some reading of this 1,000-page document? >> i like the idea of this august break being used for legislators to read that bill. but also for you and i and most americans who want to, to do it. you can go to a government website, thomas.loc.gov, and download the bill. and you have a chance to look at it. a lot of it is legal speak and you won't like it. but there's a lot of interesting stuff there. and maybe have a little book club where you can discuss it.

and then be -- >> dissect it and then get back to your lawmakers who say, this is what i like, this is what i don't like. >> yeah. you'll find some good things. you'll also find some worrisome things. >> dr. bernadine healey, thank for your time and thanks for answering questions that come in different forms from people who want to know, how my going to be covered? do you know your classical music? think you've heard it all from mozart? ♪ have you heard that? the mozart you've never heard before, probably. ♪ (announcer) introducing new tums dual action. this tums goes to work in seconds and lasts for hours. all day or night. new tums dual action. bring it on.

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i'm jackie jeras. heavy showers and thundershowers across the east causing major travel delays. plus did your summer seem out of whack? it probably was. we'll tell you records broken for the month of july coming up in your forecast. i can enjoy the zoo with my grandkids. (announcer) for people with copd including chronic bronchitis, emphysema, or both, great news. advair helps significantly improve lung function. while nothing can reverse copd, advair is different from most other medications because it contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator working together to help you breathe better. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be use more than twice a day. people with copd taking advair may have a higher chance of pneumonia.

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mozart library in salzburg, austria. they're part of a well-known machine ewe script of mozart's work. they were considered anonymous until scholars took a closer listen. here's a portion of the second. ♪ mozart began playing the piano when he was 3, and he began composing at the tender age of 5. scholars believe mozart wrote these pieces when he was just 7 or 8 years old. by the time mozart died, he had written more than 600 pieces. an incredible prodigy. all right, stormy weather now in the east is causing some pretty nasty travel delays. if you thought the weather was pretty out of whack as you heard at least last month, you're actually right. >> yeah, there are a lot of temperature extremes certainly fredricka. in fact, why don't we go ahead

and start there, shall we? let me tell you, a lot of people complained. it's been so hot for so many days, or it's been so cold for so many days. well, yeah, you are right. this has really been an unusual summer in terms of temperatures. here's a couple of records to prove it. the hottest july average temperature ever not only that, but also the hottest month ever recorded. in phoenix, arizona, your average temperature was 98.3. 89.5 for austin, texas. san antonio, 8.7. portland, oregon, 73.6. it was the average coldest month on record for you in july. from madison, wisconsin, 65.7. i know, that sounds so cold. >> they can have that. >> 68.3 in south bend, jackson, kentucky just over 70, same story in huntington, west virginia. hopefully we'll balance things out a little here now that we're in the month of august. look at all this heat across the south. heat warnings into the phoenix

area. let's talk about the stormy weather. first i want to show you video out of alberta, canada, for yesterday. a very serious story here. severe storms ripped through the area. straight-line winds caused the main stage at a festival to collapse. two people now are confirmed dead and many others have been injured. i'm going to get on my soapbox for one second here and -- we all go to concerts outdoors in the summer. we go to baseball games, football games, whatever. you have to be responsible as a person and know what your surroundings are and whether or not you have a severe weather threat in your area that day. make a plan. we've all got a plan for our house. but you're not always at your house. >> that's the last thing that people think of when you're going to have a good time. >> it happens all the time. >> they figure if the event is still on, maybe the weather is going to cooperate. >> that's not always the case. >> don't feel so sure. all right. have a plan. thanks so much for that reminder, appreciate it. listen up. these girls are putting the amp in summer camp.

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used to be if you were a girl and developed interest in rock music you weren't always encouraged. no more. girls are rocking out this summer. along with chords and riffs, they're learning important life lessons. ♪ >> reporter: summertime is rife with musical festivals across the united states. but this isn't a typical gathering of musical acts flaunting their musical chops on stage. it's the culmination of a six-day summer camp called girls rock camp. for girls ages 10 to 16 participate in learning musical instruments and honing their vocal talents. ♪ >> reporter: this year, 34 girls from diverse economic and social backgrounds came together at girls rock camp atlanta. most having never played an instrument. ♪

>> reporter: along with music instruction for beginners, the camp teaches self-defense, media literacy, and lifelong lessons that the girls can apply to everyday situations. >> don't be shy. you have to start yelling. >> okay! >> reporter: stacy singer is a co-founder of girls rock camp atlanta. she says the camp's mission is more than just teaching musical skills. >> ours is to create a safer space where girls can learn how to express themselves productively and learn how to be self-actualized. >> reporter: girls rock camp began in 2001 in portland, oregon. the nonprofit initiative now boasts more than ten girls rock camps in the united states and in three other countries. trained counselors instruct the campers in every aspect of composing original music. bands are formed, instruments selected, and songs are written.

♪ >> it was supposed to be a metal band but we ended up coming up with a ballad. >> reporter: the eager campers' hard work brings them to the camper showcase. on this night at atlanta's variety playhouse, nine bands performed for families, friends, and camp supporters. the showcase also serves as a fund-raiser for future camp sessions. >> once they take the stage and they finish their song and they take that big sigh of relief that everything's done and they feel like they've done a very good job, it's all better for them. >> very fun. rock 'n' roll camps for kids and girls in particular are becoming a worldwide phenomenon. xamps have opened up in even land and sweden and a new book is out as well. there's a documentary called "girls rock: the movie." rocking out with your money. the future of gas prices. are speculators r