sweating it out. brutal heat and humidity create dangerous conditions across much of the country, this as the midwest takes a beating after violent storms that caused massive flooding, even a dam to collapse. missing in afghanistan, as the deadly war continues, two u.s. navy personnel go missing, and now there's word that the taliban may have taken one of them hostage. and bear trapped, a bear gets stuck inside a car and manages to shift gears all because of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. it's not a joke. we'll have the exclusive story, "today" sunday july 25th, 2010.

captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a sunday morning. i'm lester holt. >> even i'm jenna wolfe. this bear must be mortified, everyone is taking pictures of it. you have to read the story awe couple of times. >> the reason i said it wasn't a joke it seems like a setup for a joke. he ends up in the car but -- >> car door gets closed, knocks it into neutral, flying down the driveway. >> it gets funnier from there. we'll talk about that later on. we'll talk about heat also, all been suffering, i say all the mid-atlantic, the east, northeast, many parts of the midwest and the suppressive heat. the midwest trying to recover from dangerous flooding, a dam in iowa collapsed on saturday. we'll bring you the latest from the weather from coast to coast in just a moment. meantime ships and work crews are moving back in place

in the gulf today after they were forced to evacuate because of bonnie which turned out to be a bust. this comes as british newspapers are reporting this morning that bp's chief tony hayward might be stepping down this week. we're going to have an update in just a few minutes. a bit later on inside moo chelsea clinton's upcoming nuptials, a lot of rumors surrounding her wedding set for next saturday, from where the reception will take place to who is on the guest list it's hush-hush. we'll see what we can learn? >> are you invited? >> no. >> makes me feel better. ever do one of the lemonade stands when you were a kid? >> lemonade, kool-ade, something like that. >> out of the blue these girls got robbed while selling lemonade. coming up we'll tell you about the outpouring of support they've received. >> who would rob a little kid? >> it actually ends well.

let's start with the weather, a dam collapsed in iowa causing hundreds ofs residentso evacuate. the weather channel's janelle klein joins us from del high, iowa. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lester. people who saw this dam collapse say it was straight out of an action movie, it took with it trees, power poles and a house. the road on each side of the dam is gone, crumbling into the water, about 700 people were forced to run for their lives, they had about a five-minute warning from sacy ree cc ccy si the dam broke. a storm people are calling an act of god. >> has there been a break from the weather at all? >> reporter: there has been a good break, a beautiful morning in del high but the damage is not over, a lot of homes and businesses are damaged from the storm and the concern now is

downriver where the water may be entering into the ohio, the missouri, the mississippi river so authorities are keeping a close eye on the areas in case similar storms could cause problems. >> janel klein, thanks for your information. soaring temperatures and sweltering heat has left many in other parts of the country wondering when will the brutal heat wave end. nbc's rahema ellis. >> reporter: another heat advisory has been issued for new york this morning. on saturday, high temperature combined with smothering humidity made it feel like it was over 100 degrees. the hot, steamy weather triggered a flurry of thunderstorms in some parts of the country. and weather experts warned of the dangerous conditions up and down the east coast. one possible weather-related death happened in maryland,

where paramedics say the heat likely played a role in the death of a 20-year-old man who was biking and had a heart attack. >> this is shaping up to be the warmest july on record, and we've had the jet stream well to the north and that has been reinforcing the warm air. >> reporter: in the nation's capital, more scorching temperatures, that tourists from oregon were not accustomed to. >> not this hot and not this much humidity. >> reporter: back in new york, blistering temperatures seemed appropriate for a sand sculpting contest at coney island but the most some can do is wait it out and take advantage of anything that's cool. for "today" rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >> now here's jenna. >> thanks. since the gulf dodged a bullet as bonnie faded away, the scramble to make up lost time is on. ships are getting back into place this morning as crews continue to work on plugging the gusher before another big storm stops work again. this as british newspapers are reporting this morning that bp's

embattled ceo, tony hayward might be stepping down. nbc's charles hadlock is in venice, louisiana, with more. charles, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jenna. bonnie fizzled out as it approached the gulf coast yesterday but turned out to be the biggest disruption so far in the 97-day-long effort to end the crisis. as bonnie washed out over south louisiana, the coast guard ordered bp to return its idled ships to the deepwater horizon site as quickly as possible. bonnie was making a bee line for the oil leak when the storm fell apart. almost all of the ships evacuated the rig site ahead of the storm except for ones providing live pictures of bp's new containment cap which has been holding back the flow of oil now for nine days. >> this is very good news because we left the cap in place and were able to contain any well going inoil going into the environment. >> reporter: workers were about to perform a static kill, the

first step in a ten-day process to permanently seal the well. the frustration is felt by everybody, even those on shore. >> they finally got things rolling where they could get things accomplished out there and this is just going to delay it. >> reporter: gulf coast residents are trying to avoid another delay in protecting the beaches. nbc's mark potter is in mississippi. >> reporter: along the beaches, residents are breathing a sigh of relief, they, too, avoided a major storm and officials are urging bp and the federal government to quickly put back all the clean-up equipment and boom they removed from these beaches, fearing a storm. >> reporter: given the region answer sad history of storms like katrina and camille, few are complaining about the decision to play it safe. all of the vessels will be back on site by tomorrow. it will take several days to reconnect the equipment and the coast guard says the process to permanently seal the well could begin on friday. jenna?

>> charles hadlock, charles, thank you. between the heat, flooding and the storm in the gulf when will it end? the weather channel's chris warren has the answer. >> good morning to you, jenna. we had record-breaking heat in the mid-atlantic, could see it again today. heat warnings and advisories out from the south up through the mid-atlantic. temperatures topping out again in the upper 90s, triple digits, that's what the thermometer will read. it's much more oppressive. factor in the humidity and it will feel like well into the triple digits. it will feel like it's 124 in richmond, and it could be days before any significant relief, jenna, comes to us. >> chris warren, thank you. now here answer lester. we want to turn to the war in afghanistan, the search for two american navy personnel who went missing on friday. jim miklaszewski is nbc's chief pentagon correspondent, monitoring the situation. what is the latest? >> this is the worst nightmares in afghanistan, there's still confusion exactly what did

happen. what we did know is that these two sailors went missing on friday, as they were driving from one u.s. military compound to another there in kabul. what's still baffling however is how they ended up 80 miles to the south in logar province where the armored suv driven by the two sailors was first spotted. the taliban set up an ambush, there was a shoot-out, one american was apparently killed. now u.s. military officials will not confirm the details of that account but they can't refute it either. an intensive manhunt is under way, search operations there in that area of afghanistan this morning, u.s. military have set up checkpoints, passing out leaflets with photographs of the two soldiers or two sailors offering $20,000 reward. >> to the extent the taliban has acknowledged this does that suggest there are going to be some negotiations or demands for their release? >> well, there are some reports already that one taliban group, not sure who it is exactly, are

demanding the release of taliban prisoners in exchange for the body of a dead american. however, u.s. military officials repeated rather strongly this morning it remains u.s. policy not to negotiate for the release of hostages. >> nbc's jim miklaszewski, mik, thanks so much. david gregory mott rater of "meet the press," joins from us washington, d.c. good morning to you. >> good morning, lester. >> this is another troublesome episode in a difficult and deadly year for u.s. troops in afghanistan, a change of leadership recently. david the fact is we've been reporting this but oil and other things have been competing for the headlines. is this going to become a growing crisis for the administration as americans start to focus on the number of deaths there? >> well, as that intensity increases. i don't think there's any doubt about it but we've still seen over the years that there has been a kind of disengagement from the hell that is the afghanistan war for our troops day in and day out and there are

bigger strategic questions that i think people are looking to washington to grapple with, and whether the strategy is really working. i don't think a determination can be made based on a horrible incident like this. it is still the larger picture of whether we're achieving our goals, defeating the taliban, whether the taliban now comes into the fold of a government. these are the very thorny issues that general petraeus and of course the president are dealing with. >> another story competing for the headlines is the economy. the president wants to focus people back on it. i know in the coming week after other distractions, you taugd to talked to timothy geithner the treasury secretary for this morning's program. you asked him how and when the economy is turning around. let me play the answer and we'll follow up. here it is >> okay. >> what you would expect is a more moderate paced recovery than is typical and that's what we're seeing but again you are seeing recovery. you're seeing private investment expand again, job growth starting to come back, and that's pretty encouraginencoura. >> that's a pretty optimistic answer.

the american people convinced by that answer in the sense of optimism? >> no, clearly not. not if you look at the polling in terms of the satisfaction with how the president's handling the economy and even if you listen closely to secretary geithner, can he talk about moderate recovery, hiring beginning to come back, but it doesn't answer the question as to why there is still such anemic growth, such sluggishness when it comes to hiring, because businesses are not confident in what's going on in washington, they're not confident about the overall trajectory of the recovery and that's what the government has to deal with and examine what more it can do when the private sector isn't saying hey we're ready to move forward. ben bernanke wassation the outlook is unusually uncertain, that should make people worry. >> david a story out of "the sunday times" in the uk that could be a source of another potential controversy for the administration, details a letter from the administration sent to scottish authorities saying the u.s. would look more favorably on the compassionate release of the lockerbie bomber al megrahi,

released for compassionate reasons, they would like that better than having him transferred to a libyan prison. does that jive with statements the president has made in the past on the subject? >> on the surface it does not because the president, the administration has said that it was a surprise that the release actually took place and you heard that just this past week from prime minister, british prime minister david cameron as well. we don't know much more beyond that based on this report just yet and whether that was really a uniform view within the administration, or just the ambassador's view at the time. clearly, the government's position was that he should not have been released. >> david gregory, thanks very much. >> thanks, lester. and now let's take a look at what else is happening with our top headlines, let's send it over to the newsdesk. >> good morning to all of you. we begin in germany where a deadly stampede at the love parade techno music festival

killed 19 people. 340 were also injured after mass panic broke out saturday, when police closed off a tunnel entrance more than 1 million were in attendance. the concert has been canceled for good. rusher prime minister vladimir putin met with russian spies who were swapped in an exchange with the u.s. putin himself a kgb agent during the cold war says he promised them a "bright future" and said they will live interesting lives. ten people pled guilty earlier this month to being sleeper agents for russia while living undercover in the u.s. back here at home now where the coast guard has called off the search for four people missing after a medical transport plane crashed friday. the small plane was heading to the mayo clinic when it lost power and plunged into lake michigan. the pilot survived and an investigation is ongoing. finally on a much lighter note the dog days of summer just got a little bit easier, and tastier, not for us, sadly, but

for pooches across the pond. that's thanks to the new ice cream truck in london dead indicated to canine customers. there are two flavors surfed, a meat-based dog eat hog world and canine cookie crunch, made with dog biscuits. it's so hot it's actually kind of looking good. are you with me? come on. >> i was going to say would the dogs know if i was third in line? they'd wait anyway, right? >> thanks. chris warren is back with a check of the brutal weather. >> brutal is right. much of the nation will continue to absolutely bake again today. we could see record temperatures in the mid-atlantic and also adding insult to injury here, slight risk for some severe weather for the mid-atlantic, that cold front possibly producing some storms all the way out to the ozarks. meanwhile even the upper midwest and into the rockies it will be very, very hot, that's a look at

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us if they could buy lemonade, and we said it was okay, and that it was only $1, and they gave us the $1 and i put it in the box and one teenager, he looked in the box to see how much we raised, and then he picked up the box and said "thanks for the delivery" and took off running down the road. >> and mom, danielle, i understand as soon as you saw this you made a bee line, took off after the three of them. did you get them? >> yes, i caught two of them. the third suspect got away. we were able to catch the two of them down the street from our house as quickly as the girls screamed, "they stole our money" i was gone. >> what i do understand and what i guess if there's a silver lining here the community has really come forward and donated a lot of money and gifts and everything to the girls to sort of get them back up and running. can you give us an idea what's been donated so far? >> the girls have received money

from all over the country, maryland, colorado, cincinnati, through waterford township has donated money, pontiac, cedar point tickets, and you know, it is unbelievable the outpour from the community that these girls have received. >> savannah, i know you've received -- >> we want to thank everybody. >> savannah, you received a lot of money so far. can you tell us a little about what you're going to do with the money you received from the community? >> well, i'm going to try to buy some more clothes. >> go ahead. >> you're going to buy some more clothes, savannah? what else? >> not much anything. >> she's a little nervous. >> i'm sure. i understand some of it is going to charity as well which is great. danielle behan and girls thanks so much. i understand the lemonade stand is back up and running in the

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breaking news in san jose. a 7-year-old girl is dead after a fire tore through an apartment complex. it happened in an apartment unit at hamilton avenue in san jose. at the intersection at meridian, behind dick's bakery. five children and two adults were staying in the unit. five are being treated for injuries at nearby hospitals, and another person was treated on the scene. their injuries range from scrapes ask cuts to minor burns. that little girl who died is from north carolina, and was only in town visiting family when the fire started. investigators say it is unclear what started the fire. right now, the complex is sealed

off for the investigation, and 25 people are displaced from six units. we will have an update at 7:00 on the bay area sunday. as firefighters battle flames from that apartment complex, another fire started in it san jose. that one around 3:00 in the morning at a duplex on witan avenue. the fire department says one person suffered a burn. crews contained the fire within 40 minutes. the cause of that fire is also still under investigation. and a 7-year-old girl is in the hospital this morning of a pit bull attacked her in oakland. that has happened near the intersection of 82 hadn't avenue around 2:45 yesterday afternoon. police say the dog bit her head, but she is expected to survive. animal control seized the dog. the attack comes just two days after unneutered pit bulls in concord killed a 2-year-old toddler. the boy's step grandfather is facing charges. the san francisco police department is looking for advice on how to handle its internal

investigation. the examiner says it is asking the lapd with help at it's crime lab because of displaced evidence. the internal affairs unit and inspector general will head to the city and offer advice and training. excuse me. summertime cold and allergies. >> i feel bad for you. what do we have for you? i don't know. yeah, a lot of people are dealing with that. i've heard a lot of people talking about pollen, as well. if you have -- trees by your house -- that's probably affecting people, as well. we have fog, 52 in san francisco, 53 in livermore. 51 in napa. we'll show you the satellite and we have fog due to a little spinoff the coast. i was talking about this yesterday. it is not moving. it's also bringing the end from the southwest and all due to the fog, that keeps us on the cool side today and through the week. another feature to point out, a big ridge of high pressure out to our east.

that's a monsoon over the desert southwest bringing showers and thunderstorms to the sierra today. for us, with the flow coming our direction from the south and southeast and southwest today, we continue to get some cooler air. if you're headed to the a's game, 1:05, taking on the white sox, just near 70 degrees at the coliseum. 67 for a high in downtown oakland, 62 san francisco. 70s north of the bay. you have to head to concord for 80s. and we cool off next week. so kris, stay inside. the weather is just keeping us cool. >> thank you very much, craig. we'll be back with you right here at 7:00. so

and we're back on this sunday morning, july 25th, 2010, our thanks to a fun crowd enjoying the hot and steamy summer morning with us, braving the humid conditions. are we being dramatic? it's hot out. it says 82 degrees but it is humid, steamy. >> we're not being too dramatic, not like drama classes on thursday. >> we're always being dramatic but no more than usual. >> outside on the plaza i'm jenna wolfe with long with lester holt. to come a huge surprise for a family in colorado. >> a big bear breaks into the car, he actually opens the door. and gets in and puts it in neutral and drives off and

crashes, sounds like it's a set up to a joke. today we'll talk to the owner of the car and the neighbor about how this was discovered and how they got the bear out of there. >> apparently the bear smelled the peanut butter and jelly sandwich in the car and decided he had to have it so badly. >> who hasn't had a peanut butter and jelly craving. still to come next week, former president bill clinton and secretary of state hillary clinton will have a son-in-law that's because chelsea their daughter is getting married, and this morning we're going to tell you why this up into actual has become so hush-hush. we are going to talk about how the heat, we're all complain being it but our animals can't always complain about it, we don't always get the clues. we'll talk about precautions you should take before you take your pet on the road. a lot of folks traveling by car or airplane, you need to know specific precautions. >> speaking of the road i took the ultimate road trip, come along as i find out why more and more women are actually riding high on their own, getting into

the motorcycle craze. july is actually national women's motorcycle month, i'm not sure if you knew that. we went to your old neck of the woods up and down the pacific coast highway and that was me in the red. >> had you ever ridden on a bike before? >> one of the few things i haven't done and you have to get a license like you do a regular car so i had to ride on the back of one, i couldn't ride my own. chris warren for the weather channel is with us today with another check of the weather. >> it's checking out to be hot and sticky no, doubt about that for sure. we have people out here in the heat celebrating 30 years today, and is it hot enough for you? >> it's very warm. >> very warm. where are you from? >> pennsylvania. >> how does it compare? >> it's hot down there, too. >> just down the road. where are you from? >> a. polic annapolis, maryland. >> is it a break for you here? >> it's shadier. >> where are you from? >> canada. >> how is the weather treating you here? >> it's good. >> let's take a look at your

forecast for today. along with the heat we are going to have some storms right in the mid-atlantic, possibly some severe weather. things could get dicey later on as the cold front moves through. taking a look atom row the heat remains, it is going to stay very hot throughout much of the country. good morning to you. happy sunday. fog all over the bay area. quite a bit of it. 52 in san francisco as people are out running for the half marathon and marathon. and we've got 60s along the beaches today, very low 60s due to the fog and cloud cover. 70s around the rim of the bay and 60s. a couple 80s in warmer spots, you have to head well inland closer to the central valley to get to 90s. that's the story not only for today, but the rest of the week ahead. good solid sea breeze coming through will keep us rare mild this week. hot outside. let's head back in with the ac and lester >> chris, thanks very much. to colorado for a bear of a story, imagine waking up in the middle of the night to a car horn blaring, thinking maybe

it's one of your neighbors who was up too late but instead it's a bear causing all the raucous, what's what happened to beth kaplan. a bear climbed into her neighbor's car, the bear gets to the shift lever and the car starts to roll. for more we're joined in a "today" show exclusive by renee, ralph and ben kaplan. good morning. >> hi. >> good morning. >> betyou hear a horn and get i your car, what happened when you reached the car with the blaring horn and what you saw? >> i can. i had already been awake and my story is what led up to that. i can say at that point it had been 90 minutes, after 45 minutes i decided i was wide awake i'll go investigate and grabbed my flashlight and my

keys and my cell phone and slowly drove because intermittent honking, two to three beeps every two to five minutes and i was just on an investigation to solve my mystery. >> and the car was moving, right, when you saw it in. >> no, i can't say that it was. >> were you shaking? >> i had to locate where it was so when i called the deputies i could tell them where it was at. i drove halfway up the driveway, heard the honking and then i turned to the right and saw the tail lights flashing. that's when i knew that i had verified where the sound was coming from, but at that point, i didn't go to the car. i called the sheriff's office. >> they showed up. in the meantime you called the story household and ralph, your wife answered the call. tell me how this went down. >> that was great. >> you know, that dreaded phone call at 3:00, 4:00 in the morning and stacy laid there saying, oh, no, oh my god, oh, no.

she never did say what had happened so when you're getting that call you just want to find out what the heck is going on, and finally she told us, she said, "there's a bear out there in the car. and the police are here and beth is on the phone." so that's how the whole thing started and i went off to get to ben, his bedroom is right outside where the car was, very close, and we woke up ben, i jumped his case a little bit, asked him how his car was and had he locked it and things of has nature. >> right. ben i understood they wanted to take a pellet gun and shoot your window out. tell me how they got the bear out. >> that was their first thought, let's shoot the window out and maybe the bear will climb out the window, and you know, after much thought and they decided to tie a rope to the door, backed up and they unlocked it with the remote and just tugged on the rope and the door opened. the bear sat in the car for a

little while and then he just walked out and ran into the woods. >> how is the car? >> the car is actually totalled on the inside. you can't even recognize what was inside and what was what. it's completely ripped out. >> i understand he left a calling card for you, huh? >> right in the driver's seat. >> well, that happens sometimes, we know about bears in the woods. ben, ralph and beth, thanks for sharing your story with us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. up next the wedding everyone's waiting for, a sneak peek at chelsea clinton's upcoming nuptials, that's right after these messages. list. the cost always makes mom freak. mommy. mom. hey, mom. good times. mom, the back to school list is here. looks expensive. graphing calculator, flash drive, pencils, p-- that was easy. good times.

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are each planning weddings in rhinebeck. an idyllic village known for stately historic mansions along the hudson river and the twins understand why chelsea clinton her fiance marc mezvinsky may want to tie at knot here, too. were you invited to the wedding? >> no. >> reporter: are you okay with that? >> fine. it's beautiful in rhinebeck, the place is beautiful on the hudson river. >> reporter: you know where it's happening? >> i think so. i've heard, supposedly. >> reporter: one week before an event that so many expect to happen here, rumor and speculation substitute for fact and real information. joan howe is a wedding planner but not "the" wedding planner. everybody has to talk about the wedding with the if, maybe rumor. >> i know. >> reporter: it's weird. >> it is very weird. >> reporter: a local photographer snapped this picture of a tent going up at the 50-acre astor courts estate where rumor has it some 400 guest guests will celebrate a wedding

the clintons have guard like a state secret. some guests are supposedly staying at the exclusive belvedere this weekend. anything going on next weekend? >> no comment. we don't permit other people here so you have complete privacy. >> reporter: rhinebeck's mayor has said for certain the police force with just 14 part-time officers and three patrol cars is going to need help next weekend. >> biggest concern is the crush of media, paparazzi and curious onlookers. >> reporter: charles stocks a wine named for a nearby town that he's heard every guest will receive. >> sales of wine haven't taken off yet. i'm hoping, you know, i'm hoping wine takes off. >> reporter: the celebration has begun, even though so much is still a secret. we understand that everyone who needs to know like the caterers, the rich and famous, the designer making chelsea's gown have promised the clintons they will keep things under wraps. one week to go, we think, expect the town of rhinebeck to be turned upside down with everyone

trying to get the scoop about chelsea's big day. jenna? >> ron allen, thank you. for more on chelsea clinton's wedding, we're joined by sheryl gay stolberg for the "new york times." >> good morning. >> the american public is fascinated by the first family. we've grown up with chelsea clinton, she was 12 when her father became president. is that why there's so much buzz and interest around the wedding? >> i think americans view first families as our own royalty. there's a particular buzz about chelsea, she was in the white house during a very difficult time in her parents' marriage, everybody remembers the image of her walking to the helicopter holding her parents' hands, after her father confessed his relationship with monica lewinsky and people thought how is this kid going to turn out and you know what? she seems to have turned out really well, exactly. >> two norwegian journalists were arrested thursday being around the reported area where the wedding is said to take

place. there's a lot of high security, a limited guest list. is it fair to say this is not your typical celebrity wedding? there will be paparazzi. >> i think that is fair to say. let's not forget former president bill clinton and secretary of state hillary rodham clinton travel with secret service. so that's an added element and let's not also forget that chelsea herself is an international figure so no surprise that norwegian reporters were arrested, because chelsea traveled around the world with her parents, in fact, just last week as hillary rodman clinton was visiting vietnam the vietnamese presented hillary clinton with a gift for chelsea, a white tablecloth and also a mosaic portrait commemorating the visit that chelsea and hillary made to vietnam in 2000. >> how has hillary managed to stay so hands on with the wedding when as the secretary of state, you mentioned she was in vietnam, pakistan, afghanistan, south korea this week.

how is she possibly juggling both? >> as she herself said the heavy travel schedule may testify to the fact she lacks a little common sense. we've got e-mail and she's been looking at flower arrangements via e-mail and she's been able to squeeze in dress selections and food tastings. she's a working mom, right, working moms know how to juggle. >> she's used to it. >> exactly. >> bill clinton has said he would be surprised if chelsea gets down the aisle and he manages not to cry. they have a special relationship, bill and chelsea. >> they really do. they're very, very close. you know, when chelsea graduated from high school, bill gave the graduation speech and it was the most poignant, loving speech, he talked about how all the parents felt so wonderful and happy for their kids but what they really wanted to do is just go back to when their kids were toddlers and hold them and read them "goodnight moon" one more time. you can only imagine how he'll feel seeing his only daughter walk down the aisle. >> a few seconds left.

only 400 people invited to the wedding. do we know who may be on the list? >> we know who won't be on the list and know that some sort of clinton donors and people who have been around them for a long time and maybe are expected to be invited won't be, because it's going to be friends of chelsea and her fiance, mark. >> potentially political fallout. lester and i weren't invited. we're bummed about it, dealing with it in our own way. sheryl gay stolberg thank you so much for your insight. just ahead, summer travel with your pet. with the oppressive heat weighing upon us, what you need to know before you take your pet on the road. with capital one's venture card,

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the summer travel season gets into full swing, taking their pets with them on vacation. pet expert andrea arden joins us this morning with tips for traveling with your pets, also dog sitter trying to take care of the dog in the next part of the segment. who is in the car seat. we'll talk about car seats. will you stay in there already? before we get to that, i want to talk about folks who are going to take their animals by airplane this summer. >> yes. >> what they need to know. >> i think the most important thing to consider, it's pretty warm so you shouldn't plan to make air travel trips with your pet if it's very hot. if you have to, then you should make sure to plan a flight early in the morning or later in the evening. they can go into a carrier into the seat in front of you. they have to be under 20 pound. if they can't sit under the seat they can fly as baggage but you have to be on the flight with them. >> okay. >> that usually costs somewhere between $100 and $150 each way. if you're not on the flight with them, they can go as cargo, but in any of the cases it's really best to make sure that you plan a flight that is a non-stop

flight to decrease the chance that your pet could be lost. >> a couple of other tips you have in mind? >> make sure you put something on the carrier, the crate, that clearly identifies which flight your pet is on, put their name on there, so whoever is helping to handle them really sort of files connected to them. i put my dog's name on there, make sure they know there is a live animal in there. bring a first aid kit, wipes, everything you think you might need to make sure your pet is safe and well taken care of and i.d. is really important. >> let's move down to our problem area here right now. in the car, you know, we see dogs in the window and in the passenger seat, flopping around the car. it's a danger to them and to you as well, right? >> it really is. it's just like with kids, you want to make sure they're safely secure, one of the most important things about car travel with your pets. you can get a little booster seat like this one which has a connector. >> it would go in there. >> you connect them, yes, or you can get a doggie seat belt so they're connected to the seat

belt in the car but it's a harness. >> what do you think of that? you're not going to stay in there. i'll let you walk around. we get the idea. >> the important thing is not only keeps your pet safe but you, because you don't want them wandering around distracting you. >> other things to bring along? >> i think sometimes people forget you have to bring a good amount of food, enough for the entire trip. if you change the food on the trip your pet could get a tummy ache and don't want to deal with that at home and certainly on the road. bring toys. a lot of pets, even if they're well socialized traveling can be stressful. >> i have a dog that gets motion sick. >> the best thing to do, take lots of little trips to places you think your dog would like, for example to the dog park, most animals go in the car to go to the vet or groomer, so you could also use some of these things that are accommodative, the good behavior color from condition tent-eze, and

vets best, great for travel. these might help. what's most important is getting your pet ready for travel at home before you take them on the road for a long time. >> andrea arden thanks very much. they're fine now. >> they can find companions if people come to animal haven shelter to adopt them. >> thanks. here's jenna. >> lester thanks. july is national women's motorcycle month, and there's plenty to celebrate. a recent study showed that one in ten motorcycle owners is a woman, and the number of female riders is increasing believe it or not at a higher rate than men so as a girl who is game for just about anything, i decided to hop on and find out what owl these fearless females we're talking about. remember the iconic motorcycle themes with elvis. >> keep in touch! >> reporter: popper, the fonz? men enjoying their rides. well today they're not the only

ones two-wheeling down the road. women are now getting a leg up, riding high on their own. >> 25 million riders out there, almost 6 million are women. >> reporter: 6 million are women. >> yes. >> reporter: why are so many women gravitating towards a motorcycle? >> more women are seeing women on bikes and they see them and think oh, if she can do it, so can i. honestly there are no barriers to women getting into motorcycling. >> reporter: and not just one group of women, all women, wives, moms, even grandmothers. >> i have a 2-year-old and 7-year-old grandkid. >> reporter: how many of you guys are working, professional jobs now? >> it's the best way to start your day. >> you go to work and you're asleep in your car. you are not asleep here. >> reporter: how could you sleep? your eyes are always on the road, constantly aware of the world around you. it's part of what draws these women to the bike itself. for someone who has never been on a bike before tell me what the feeling is when you get on that bike and you take off and

you let the rest of the world go. >> you're so in the moment, there's no future, there's no past, there's only that moment, and i come home so relaxed. this is happy hour. it's a natural way to feel better. >> reporter: these women aren't just joy riders. they know their way around a bike. if i point to places on this bike you'll know what they are? like what is this? >> the gas. >> reporter: what is this? coil thing? >> shock. >> reporter: i'm shocked that you guys know as much as you do. i think a lot of people drive cars and don't know anything about their cars. you guys know so much about this bike. did you notice anything else about the group of all of us sitting here? >> we're all women. >> reporter: all women and as a proud member of that club i had to see what all of the fuss was about. i'm a little nervous. i've done a lot of thing but i've never been on a motorcycle before. can we do this? >> let a's do it. >> reporter: all right! >> all right.

>> reporter: where else would i begin than california's sunny pacific coast highway. ♪ that was great. when you're out there, you're very aware of everything around you, but at the same time, it's, i don't know, i don't have words, it's exhilarating. >> you're like in a zone. >> reporter: a zone many of these women can't live without. >> motorcycling to me is like my therapy. you're not thinking about what you're doing at work. it's just a great way to kind of refresh after a hard day at work or a hard week in the office. >> it's a rush of everything, it's a rush of adrenalin and makes me happy. >> i love the freedom, the thrill. it's just a complete sense of relaxation ♪ i'm as free as a bird now >> a lot of fun and thank you to

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let's go down washington again and check in with david gregory to find out what's coming up on "meet the press." david? >> coming up the obama administration calls it recovery summer but where are the jobs? are we facing a double-dip recession? joining me treasury secretary timothy geithner, plus the rush to judgment, what does shirley sherrod's firing tell us about race, politics and the media? it's coming up on "meet the press."

>> and that will do it for us on this sunday morning. chris warren, lynn berry thanks so of. lester, thanks, too.