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statewide system done in a few yes, there is. god bless the geeks. they will save us all. right now on "first look", president obama targets isis over syria. surveillance flights okayed, a step closer to expandsing air strikes. following michael brown's funeral, what's next weeks after the arrest? a big night for "breaking bad" and "modern family." 14-foot great white sighting off the coast of massachusetts. we begin with a new threat to isis. the pentagon is poised for a new fight in a new location, expanding the target zone from iraq to syria waub a major undertaking coming as the president okayed intelligence flights with drones and supply
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planes. the decision is critical as claims isis is growing, and force of possibly 17,000 fighters in syria and iraq. syria supports surveillance, but stops short on air strikes. >> the president has not decided to per sue military action in syria. >> this marks a second mission in inside syria. special forces were sent in to rescue foley and others, and that mission failed. 18 -year-old michael brown has been laid to rest, and now a new test for the in addition with policing. more than 4500 mourners gathered in st. louis to pay final respects to the slain teen. after eulogy after eulogy, they listened to antedotes about the 18-year-old, and al sharpton charged them and the nation to take steps to combat police misclinton. >> michael brown does not want
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to be remembered for rye not. he wants to be remembered as the one that made america deal with how we going to police in the united states. america, it's time to deal with policing. we are not the haters. we're the healers. >> two weeks after violent protests sparked by brown's shooting death by police officer and handling of the investigation, a new usa today poll found 65% of americans believe the police did fair or a poor job, compared to 35% of americans feel they do an excellent or good job. in louisiana, a renewed sense of mistrust of a family of 22 -year-old man who police say died of a self-inflicted wound while in the back of a police
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cruiser in march. they say he shot himself in the front of his body and declared the death a suicide. the corn's report contradicts the report. the coroner found abrasions on the face, but failed to test the hands for gun powder residue. they refusion to release video or indicate when they expect to wrap up the investigation. the family is still deciding on whether to file a lawsuit. former fbi director is in the hospital this morning. he was seriously hurt after a car accident in vermont. state police say free's suv veered off the road into a mailbox. he was by himself was flown to the new hampshire hospital. he was fbi director from 1993 to 2001. new finger pointed in the va scandal, possible proof delays were not linked to veteran deaths. the claim comes from the office of inspector general centering around 40 vets who died at a
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hospital in phoenix. they cannot determine if care would have saved them. this forced the va boss to resign and a $15 billion system overhaul. last night, the emmy's honor the the best shows and performances, and there was familiarity to the night. we are in los angeles this morning to bring us a full wrap 37. >> "breaking bad." >> reporter: a high night monday night. >> thank you so much for this wonderful farewell. >> reporter: that extenned to costars aaron paul who won best supporter acting honors and "breaking bad's" star, winning best actor for the second year and fourth time overall. >> i can only say i have gratitude for everything that happened. >> reporter: the one honor they did not get went to the second win as best actress for "the
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good wife." >> what a wonderful time for women on television. >> reporter: it was a wonderful night for other previous emmy winners. the star the "big bang theory" won for the fourth time and third best actress win was sealed with an extended kiss from brian kranston, her former comedy costar. yeah, he was on "seinfeld." tieing a record with the fifth straight win. >> "modern family" has been a wonderful dream. thanks for not waking us up. >> reporter: the amazing race won for the tenth time and colbert, and wins celebrated -- >> he made us laugh, hard. >> reporter: the loss was remembered, billy crystal's tribute to robin williams. >> it's hard to talk about him
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in the past because he was so present in all of our lives. >> reporter: a poignant farewell on a memorable night. in addition to robin williams, the academy honored other stars who passed this year including hoffman, gardner, and caesar. francis, back to you. >> thank you very much. a lot to bring in sports this morning. we start with opening day at tennis's u.s. open. on the men's side, novak did not disappoint showing off the strong serve, a lucky bounce at the net on the way to a straight set win. the rest of the high seeds avoided upsets on the men's bracket. alec baldwin was in attendance. a pesky bee would not get off her game as she moves to the second round.
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serena debuts today in the wake of a new "sports illustrated" article discussing the wimbledon melt down saying, quote, i didn't want to take anything if you want to ask i took drugs. i didn't take drugs, i'm not on drugs, i'm not pregnant, although, i think a baby would be great. >> in the air, center field, is there room in the yard? jones back at the wall. jones up, oh, yeah, he got it! throw coming in, trying to turn two, and he got that too, he's out! >> not the only one to put on a show, back-to-back homers, and o's win it 9-1. monday a great day at the office for captain jeter, honoring the retiring shortstop for the check for his foundation and drove in two runs to beat the royals 8-1. woods sends the swing coach packing with a pink slip after four years and no wins, tiger,
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battling back injuries, will not be back until december for the match in florida. finally, he's one of the nation's top defensive backs and newly named captain on the usc trojans, but josh shaw saw his 7-year-old nephew struggling in the pool, jumped from the second story balcony to rescue the boy, but his landing on concrete caused two high ankle sprains keeping him sidelined indefinitely. cue the "jaws" music. >> outside my door, right here. >> look at that, a state police chopper hovered over the beast, he's nearly 14 feet long, forcing everyone on the sand. it eventually swam back into deeper water, and one scrawled into the sand, you need a bigger boat. sound familiar, right?
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classic line from "jaws." in this case, it was the shark that kept people out of the water, not cristobal. >> with shark week, they swim up to three feet of water. >> looking for the seals. >> not for us. the new update from the hurricane center, 75 miles per hour winds, forecast path is unchange. still influencing and bringing nasty weather tat areas of the southern bahamas, and dominican timely dried out, but they got beneficial rain from the storm. only area concern left is bermuda. the storm skirts west, east of the outer banks, a fish storm. it is parallel pretty much to the east coast. yesterday, a brutally hot day in the country, hottest day of the summer, a 100 all the way get in the car from san antonio to dallas, oklahoma city, drive to st. louis. the heat index was worse in the areas.
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we are going to cool off today in chicago, but we still have a heat warning in effect for the st. louis area. that cold front, by the way, thunderstorms on it, and this morning, we are getting drenched from omaha to des moines. this is really strong thunderstorms moving through southern portions of iowa and northern missouri. interstate 35 could be a difficult drive in northern missouri through iowa as we go throughout the morning. there's the forecast. it's a warm day. likely be one of the hottest days until next summer. getting to that time of year where we're not going to have a lot of hot days left, and today's one of them. >> get them while you can. will not last. thank you very much. a senator accuses president obama of duller little bit of duty. a fingernail polish to combat date rape drugs. talk about blurred lines. take a look. you're watching "first look."
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is buying twitch, streaming video games streamed on the went for nearly $1 billion, the largest deal in amazon history, and zappos, 55 billion last month, most of whom watched others play game. buffet likes burgers and donuts, helping finance the turnover of tim horton's. the move comes as some call for a boycott of burger king if they move to canada for tax reasons. jerry brown signed a bill requiring smart phones to come with a kill switch, rendering them useless if lost or stolen. smart phone theft makes up half of all crime in california. back to you. >> thank you very much. graham had harsh words for president obama in response sot joint chief recommending military action in syria if isis is a direct threat to the u.s.
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homeland. he said, the president is derl little bit in his duties by not confronting isis wherever they reside including syria. morning rush hour on i-66 in virginia, the length of the highway went squiggling confusing drivers, temporary tape peel off on the highway, and crews have since fixed the problem. four north carolina state university students have come up with this, a nail polish that changes color when exposed to date rape drugs called undercover colors. when a woman stirs the drink with the finger, and if the drink changes color, she knows something is wrukt. the product is the in the experimental changes. has to be hot there. they believe they found a 6-year-old sheep never been sheered. they hope to break the record for the most fleece yielding
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substantial time on the phone with nine world leaders talking about issues from the crisis in iraq, the middle east, and the ebola outbreak. to the crisis in ukraine, the article points out that nine is the number of rounds of golf that the president played. the house of representatives spending $350,000 to sue president obama for allegedly abusing executive power. house republicans hired a law firm that they will pay $500 per hour. the irs investigates financial mistalking about like fraud and identity theft scales back on fighting crimes due to budget constraints, cutting the number of investigatorinvestiga. berneny sanders might run for president and going to iowa next month at the same time as hillary clinton whose political aspirations he's been critical of. a new poll shows massachusetts democrats would overwemingly
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support hillary clinton over their senator, elizabeth warren, if they run for president. she repeatedly said he's not running for president in 2016. ohio democratic senator brown is leading for a boycott of burger king after they are working on a merger deal to lower the u.s. taxes. brown favors in state ohio base white castle and wendy's and that'll wrap up the morning dish of "scrambled politicpolitics." we'll see if brown has it his way. >> i liked how he picked the ohio based company. what about taco bell, come on? >> maybe a run at the border, not what you want to do. let's talk about this, serious business. first off, the president improving intelligence flights, drones, planes this oversyria, and the white house, they've basically been saying when it comes when it comes to committing the president on
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consulting them, but when it comes to the safety of the united states, they might need to act. zero in on the executive versus congressional authority here and legality of what they have got to consider. >> well, the constitution is kris call clear on this issue. only congress can declare war, but hold on a second. >> hold on. >> there's so many exceptions that have popped up over the years and courts approved it's almost meaningless at this point. we had all kinds of shooting and bombing and invasion of the years congress never approved where their power lies, though, it paying for it. they want to cut off the checkbook. the president will have a hard time doing it. >> what's the step now? congress comes back, weighs all this, and very, very, you know, sensitive steps. >> i'll tell you the next step. complain and do nothing. that's most lickly to happen, right? be careful, the president is not yet saying he's going to bomb. this is surveillance flights, look, don't touch when it comes
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to syria, but it does feel like we're headed in that direction. >> sure. we heard saying it's not a matter of if, but when, when is this going to happen? okay. talk about bk here over white castle and all these other ohio based. we're hearing about that to save a couple tax bucks, right? >> outrageous really. it's our money, we're the customer. we're the employees. burger king should pay taxes in america the the maneuvers making some kind of relationship overseas. they still are supposed to pay taxes here, but they as a rule the maneuvers to pile huge debt on the american operations so it won't officially show a profit, and then they'll use the low tax rates other places. >> senator brown of ohio says boycott burger king. i loved the flame broiled whopper, so you think that's going to work, people will do that? >> you can come around to the big mac if you try it, i think. it's possible.
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>> quarter pounder with cheese. >> go get them, sherrod. go get them. >> thank you. >> good to see you. just ahead, good looking men, listen up, why did you perk up, ellis? we have a job up your alley, but only if the price is right. plus, reports that the terrorist group isis generates over $2 million a day to fund the mission of domination. details ahead. sure. take your time. built-in nav, heated seats for mom, dvd with wireless headphones for the kids! and tons of room for the golf clubs! golf clubs, and strollers. shhh ... i love this part. so what do you think? i think it's everything we wanted. great. discover for yourself why more people find their perfect car at carmax. carmax. start here. losing your chex mix too easily? deploy the boring potato chip decoy bag.
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day thanks to the revenue sources like oil sales, kidnappings, smuggling, and extors. from the world report, exambassador has no immunity and could be tried for sex abuse by dominican court. he's accused of sexually molesting young boys in the dominican republic and found guilty by a vatican tribunal. more emmy news, celebrities tried to avoid traffic to the red carpet this year, and one rode a bike to the event. the "ed mo earn family" stars tried calling an uber to get there. kimmel tweeted a picture of he and his wife on the l.a. metro wearing rain bow suspenders in honor of the late robin williams. when they were on the red carpet, silverman open a purse to reveal this. that is liquid pot, it's legal in the state of california where
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a prescription. there's klum using the man cure cam to not show this, but twerk. might regret that. this is hayden revealing she is having a baby girl cradling the baby bump. the role on the "hangover" the lead in the richard pryor biography, and the highest paid actor is ash don kutcher earning $26 million. >> "two and a half million" still that big? >> his costar, $19, and how the met your parents, $1 billion and ducky would be worth that much money. >> comedy rules because they play over and over an reruns. >> the "price is right" is making headlines, looking for a male model to sell cars and help
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contestants win. >> thomas roberts could model. >> that's "first look," and now here's thomas roberts, the "price it right" model, the new one. over her career, she's won five emmys, had 18 nominations. >> yeah, yeah, he was on "seinfeld," yeah. >> all right. that was many of the impromptu exattention grabbing moments from the kiss session to the spinning controversy. the winners, the losers, highlights of last night's prime time emmy awards. details emerge in the mcdon soap oprah, the court admission from the governor shedding new light.
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and case dismissed, what texas governor perry hopes for asking for criminal charges to be dropped, but if they are, what happens to the cool wanted t-shirts he's selling? this is "way too early." >> yeah, answer me that. a dozen of those for christmas for you. i don't know what to do with the shirts. i'm thomas robert, welcome to "way too early," the show that did not stay up to finish the emmys, but we have a suggestion for the spinning sophia controversy. you'll have to wait for it coming up in twitter. developing news overnight with the american assault against islamic state militants. surveillance aircraft are flying over syria after president obama gave approval over the weekend. the campaign includes manned flights and drones, could be a sign that the u.s.
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