good morning. looming threat. hurricane warnings now posted for the dominican republic and haiti as tropical storm isaac churns in the caribbean. this as the mayor of tampa says he's prepared to call off the republican national convention if isaac poses any risk to public safety. >> health officials struggling to keep the west nile virus from spreading. so far 41 people dead, more than 1,100 infected across 38 states. this morning experts are warning it could get even worse. >> and that's not harry. a british tabloid use as stand-in to recreate a nude fotfo photo of prince harry as the

royal family stops the real one from being published. as for harry he's back home facing a different kind of dressing down today. it's thursday, august 23, 2012. >> announcer: from nbc this is "today" with mat lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm matt lauer. a lot of people talking about tropical storm isaac. it slowed down overnight. it is expected to become a hurricane. >> that has organizers of the republican national convention worried. al will have the latest straight ahead. >> and more on our investigation on food trucks delivering spoiled goods to grocery stores. he told us about the problem

last year but instead of getting better, apparently it's only getting worse. something to think about as you sit down to feed your family this morning. more on that coming up. >> and as we mentioned, prince harry and those controversial photos. heap also did some swimming with u.s. sensation ryan lochte. what else he has planned. >> the arrows. >> and it's the undisputed hit of the summer, carly ray is here to perform live. let us begin on a thursday morning with tropical storm isaac. al's upstairs and he's tracking it. al, good morning. >> good morning, matt and savannah. this is a massive storm. it's not that strong yet but its diameter is about a thousand miles. that's the distance from atlanta to boston. right now 255 miles south,

southeast of san juan, puerto rico. 40 mile-an-hour wind, moving west at about 12 miles per hour. the system right now looking like the eye of the storm is just west of san juan, puerto rico. the path brings it across just south of puerto rico and friday across santa domingo, moves into cuba early sunday morning and then takes aim on to southern florida as probably a category 1 storm, hitting key west sometime early monday morning and continuing its way up the coast and may be making landfall somewhere again around tallahassee. now, we also are looking at a european model. this is all pretty much coming all together. but you can also see how this system starts to affect florida even before it makes landfall. sunday morning the rain starts to make its way into miami, key west, all the way up the coast, and then into the panhandle and continuing on into the middle of

next week on into the southeast and mid-atlantic coast. a lot of rain with this system. it could become a minimal hurricane at a category 1 but maybe even make a category 2 before it makes landfall. we continue to track it. >> al, thanks. now what's on track to become the worst year ever for the west nile virus in the united states. we go to houston, texas this morning where aerial spraying is now under way. janet, good morning. >> reporter: this is a full fledged public health emergency. because there is no vaccine by the west nile virus, people need to avoid getting bitten or we need to kill the infected mosquitoes. small planes were in the air spraying pesticides. it is an uphill battle because the west nile season is still very young. a new round of spraying to combat what is on track to be

the worst outbreak of the west nile virus ever seen across the u.s. across the country, an alarming increase in the cases of the west nile virus. officials didn't mince words. >> this is literally a matter of human life or death. >> 1,100 people have been sickened by the virus, 43 is died. that's more than double than just a week ago. more than half are in texas. >> we need to interrupt the transition system to try to save lives. >> domingo is weak, walking with a cane and he has blurry vision. he spent 11 days in the medical sen kerr with a furious case of the virus yet survived. >> i was feeling real drowsy, real weak. i started having trouble reading. i went to lay down to see if things would get better. >> reporter: in dallas and north

texas, the epicenter of the outbreak, they've launched dual assaults. planes are spraying insecticide at night and looking for pools of water. finish ewing fines for those who have tires filled with water. texas will need the help as the season doesn't end for at least another month. >> it's a late summer disease. the fact that we've got so many cases this early and it so widespread does not bode well for the future summer. >> and the cdc is warning that those numbers are very likely to rise and not just here in texas because there is some delay in getting the numbers to health officials. and also, savannah, it takes between 3 and 14 days after the bite to develop any symptoms of the west nile virus. back to you. >> dr. nancy snyderman is nbc's

chief medical editor. good morning to you. first of all, this is on track to be the worst outbreak ever. why is it so bad this year in. >> we didn't get the cold snap, we had a soggy spring so all the water has been stagnated in little pools. even a bird bath in the back yard can be enough of a breeding ground for thousands of mosquitoes. >> a lot of folks might not even realize they have the west nile virus. >> mile case -- severe problems, seizures, stiff neck, headache. if you're over the age of 70 and you have any symptoms, get to the emergency room. >> and for the mild case, do you need to go to the hospital? >> there's a vaccine for horses. there's not a vaccine for human beings. that's going to be fast tracked now i think. if you have any of those systems and feel lousy, it iv therapy, taking care of the aches and pains and making sure you're okay. >> i want to ask you about

something else, a new study that shows older fathers have been more likely to have children who have autism or schizophrenia. >> we've been following this for years. for years mom's ages have been related to things like down syndrome but for schizophrenia and autism, it seems to be related to the dad and it has to do with genetic mutation. we're still chipping away at what we understand causes this problem. >> dr. nancy snyderman, thank you so much. here's matt. >> thank you. how will the gop deal with hurricane or tropical storm isaac if it threatens next week's convention in tampa, florida? peter alexander has more on that and the latest war of words out on the campaign trail. peter, good morning. >> matt, good morning to you. this is not the forecast the republicans were calling for,

especially with roughly 70,000 people heading that way. and it may not need a direct hit to cause havoc in that area. in tampa, even an average summer thunderstorm can cause roads to flood. the city's mayor says public safety will always trump politics but rain or shine state and party officials expect the show will go on. with the potentially high-octane hurricane threatening to swamp next week's convention, mitt romney and paul ryan are focusing on the issues, focusing on what they say is president obama's mishandle of the economy. >> we've had four years in a row of a president that's built trillion dollar deficits. it's bad economics. >> president obama said the private sector is doing just fine. this is the obama imaginary recovery. >> reporter: come paining in las

vegas wednesday. >> republicans inongress led -- no, no, no, don't boo. vote. >> reporter: the president is betting he can convince voters his election is not a referendum but a choice. >> get ready to stand with me and get to polls with me and make phone calls with me. this november we will win nevada and we will win the election. >> this is a clear choice. the republican plan is to cut more taxes on upper income people and go back to deregulation. that's what got news trouble in the first place. >> reporter: still dominating the national debate, congressman todd akin's definance after he spoke about what he called legitimate race. >> my message was one standing in principle, not politics and on the principles that made america such a great nation.

so this was a decision made by the citizens of our state and not by party bosses. i believe that's the principle here. >> he urged his colleague to abandon his bid and said later if elected he would follow romney's lead. >> mitt romney is going to be the president, the president sets policies. his policy, i'm comfortable with it because it's a step in the right direction. >> reporter: the president tried to capitalize on the outrage surrounding congressman akin telling guests at a fund-raiser saying this is an individual who hits on the house committee of science and technology but somehow missed science class. but it representative, obama said, it's an effort to go backwards instead of forward on

issues that will bring us back to 20 years ago. >> now let's get a check at the other top stories this morning. natalie, good morning. >> three northern california counties are in a state of emergency this morning as the explosive ponderosa wildfire rages. miguel, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. firefighters have done a remarkable job keeping this fire in check. it is roughly 55% contained but it is still very much a threat as we found out on the front line. exploding across forest land, northern california's ponderosa fire blew up wednesday. even the most seasoned firefighters scrambled to safety. >> it's coming up hot and hard! >> reporter: at least 500 structures are threatened, 69 homes have already been lost, an erratic fire that today son the move.

beating back flames with help in the air and 2,000 firefighters on the ground, crews have made progress on the front lines, but this fire fight is far from over. feeding on dry forest land for five days now, this fire continues to make runs. crews are worried the next one will be into a neighborhood. >> our goal is for you folks not to have to leave. >> reporter: in the mountain community of mineral, 750 people, many of thechl sem seni have been told this may be their last safe chance to pack up and leave. flames grow closer to homes every day, conditions ripe for deer instruction. what makes this season so bad? >> reporter: dead and drying vegetation, drought-like conditions and increased lightning. >> reporter: a mean fire season ravaging the west. and here in california the fire season lasts year round. the most dangerous months are still ahead, september and

october. the good news at this fire, they hope to have it fully contained within a week. >> miguel, thank you. a new first-person glance into the raid that killed osama bin laden, written by one of the navy seals who participated in the mission. the book "no easy day" was published anonymously. the author was a member of seal team 6. >> the fda has identified the source of a recent salmonella outbreak. chamberlain farms in indiana could be one source of tainted can't lope. some 178 people have been affected across 21 states. two people have died. a formal recall of those mellons is now under way. >> a fiery train wreck this morning about 40 miles east of dallas, texas. a fuel tanker cro eer truck was

to cross the tracks when a train slammed into it. the driver was able to escape before impact. . let's go to kayla tausche. >> good morning. the congressional budget office says it if doesn't avoid the fiscal country cliff this year, it could be heading for a recession next year. >> and the anchorman threw to the reporter with a proposal. >> going over to astrid. maybe we can kanoodle.

>> we're not going to be kanoodle. >> oh, i thought we meant chat. >> awkward. >> i love astrid. she's like you know what we're not going to be doing? >> shut it down! >> don't you guys try to kanoodling. >> it not chat. no chatting. >> as opposed to noodles. i like noodles. let's show you what we've got. in the southwest it has been raining like crazy. yesterday las vegas picked up its second wettest day, 1 3/4 inch of rain.

more monsoonal moisture coming on in. that's going to mean anywhere from 1 to 3 >> mostly sunny skies on this thursday. we're in the low to mid 80's towards the afternoon. >> and that's your latest weather. savannah? >> thank you. an investigation is under way in maryland to determine what caused a deadly train derailment that led to the deaths of two teen-agers. the young women were sitting on a railroad bridge and had just tweeted of themselves minutes before they were killed. tom costello is in ellicott

city, maryland this morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. they've got a big mess to clean up here. most of the rail cars are gone but they've still got a mountain of coal spread up and down the tracks here. it now appears that these two teen-age girls, these childhood friends, were quite simply sitting in exactly the wrong spot when this passing train derailed right on top of them. whatever caused this tragedy just after midnight tuesday morning, it came without warning. two 19-year-old friends were sitting on the bridge over main street with their backs to the tracks. they just tweeted a photo of their feet dangling from the bridge with a message "drinking on top of the ellicott city sign and looking down on old ec, a last night together before returning to college. minutes later a passing coal train derailed right where they sat, 21 of 80 cars off the track. they were killed, buried in

coal. >> can you imagine how horrible it was and how horrible it must be for, you know, their family, their parents. our hearts go out to them. >> reporter: it's now up to the ntsb to determine why the drain jumped the tracks. importantly the three-man crew insists they never applied the emergency brakes. investigators say the automatic emergency brakes were deployed as it was already derailing. >> there's a lot of forces of derailment. we have to look at the pieces of rail and examine each one of them. it's going to take some time. >> they had gone to high school together. elizabeth was studying the james madson university in virginia, rose studied nursing at the university of delaware. a youtube video captured rose innocent lif clowning around and singing an original song. ♪ referring is going to be all right ♪ >> through years the tracks have

attracted generations of young people looking to play and party. >> being on the tracks you have a nice view of the town below and the river so it just a really good sightseeing place. i'm not going to be up there anymore after that event happened. it's just dangerous. >> reporter: valerie's 17-year-old daughter recently said she and her friends climbed on that same bridge. >> i brought her here today to see how dangerous it is to walk on the train tracks and how fatal it can be. >> reporter: two local college kids home for the summer lost in a single, awful moment. investigators say it could take months to determine the cause of this accident. they're looking at the speed of the train. they're also got data from the black box reporter on board the train and the locomotive had a vid video camera on it. services for these two young women will be held this weekend. >> what a tragedy.

>> still ahead, the fallout from prince harry's wild night in las vegas. will he be h

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>> this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am stan stovall. a boat crashed in anne arundel county sends seven people to the hospital, and a delegate was among those injured. county fire officials said there were nine total victims, five of them children. at last check, don dwyer was listed in stable condition. let's check on the morning commute with kim dacey. >> a couple of problem spots on

the major roadways. one on the eastern ave, another on the east side of the beltway. in harford county, would still, corporate drive, we have an alternating traffic pattern. in the white for area, route 165 remains closed. your alternate will be pylesville or renewed. the trail to raiment has shut down main street between old columbia pike and westchester road. we will give you a look outside the major roadways. the outlook is showing delays all away from belair road to perring parkway. 95 to 4 mckendree looks good northbound and southbound. >> keeping our eye on the

tropics. tropical storm is it is heading west -- isaac is heading west. keep our eye on florida. the national hurricane center has aimed at the west coast of florida. 65 degrees and b.w.i. thurgood marshall, 74 downtown highs in the mid 80's this afternoon.

♪ it's 7:30 now on a thursday morning, the 23rd of august 2012. those young ladies in a packed crowd on rockefeller plaza. and we'll hear from carly rae jepsen and owl city in our 8:30 hour. and we thank them for stopping by. we'll go outside and say hello to all those nice people in just a few minutes. meanwhile i'm matt lauer and here's savannah guthrie. >> hey, i just met you. >> this is crazy. >> and here's my number.

>> lose it. >> i had to try it. look at who is here with us, ryan lochte. he's certainly been keeping himself busy, including a late night in vegas with prince harry. >> also, a hidden hazard in some of the foods you buy. trucks that deliver items that may be putting your family's health at risk. jeff rossen exposed this problem last year. this morning he's here with an update that's not going to be something you're going to like to hear. let's begin with the fallout over princess harry's partying ways in las vegas. stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, matt. this has whipped up a storm of issues here in the u.k., above and beyond whether or not harry acted appropriately. there are two main questions, where was his security and what should or shouldn't the press do with these photos? princess harry is back in london

behind royal gates but the scandal roars on at a fever pitch. las vegas may have seemed like a good idea after a summer of royal duties. some harmless fool partying and a swimoff with u.s. gold winner ryan lochte. but the prince may have some regrets after these naked photos turned up online secretly taken late eight night in harry's hotel suite, an embarrassing remind earn he can never escape the public eye. back home a friend of the family defended harry on the bbc. >> his charitable activity and his role as a soldier are much more important than a bit of tittle tattle. >> reporter: the photos are everywhere, except at the british press. the palace has gone to the press cop plants commission here to argue the photos taken in harry's hotel room are an

invasion of privacy. but the press have done everything but run them. this is the cover of the identify sun." look closely, it's actually a recreation. here a reporter on the street has no problems showing the photos, even zooming in. >> he's doing what everybody else does, isn't he? >> reporter: public reaction is mixed. >> is that good behavior for an heir to the thrown. >> not really. >> do you forgive him? >> of course. it's harry. we love him. >> reporter: for some the real issue has been the prince's security detail. were they responsible to make sure this didn't happen? not necessarily. >> it's not up the bodyguard to worry or be concerned about the private antics of their charge. but you are responsible for the security. in this case nothing happened to him. he survived and he's on his way back to london to meetle fallout. -- meet the fallout. >> reporter: the palace has no

further comment, though ensiders think harry to get a earful from the family and could get a hearing from the military. british soldiers are supposed to act appropriately in uniform or in this case, out of it. martin bashir has covered the royal family extensively. and robert jopson is a royal commentator. robert, what's the reaction over there? is this a private matter or cause for concern? >> reporter: well, matt, i think the palace will try their best to dust this one under the carpet. they don't really want this one to get out of control and they've done their best to keep the press tamed, if you like. the british press hasn't used any pictures of harry and i think that's strange given that the whole of the world have been looking at them and 63 million people on the internet. it's causing a kurfuffle, if you

like, about that. >> let's stick to the press side about this. are the members of the press and the media there concerned about a lawsuit or are they concerned if they publish the photos they'll be cut off completely from the royal family? >> reporter: i think it's basically because of this inquiry of press authority. the press here have been drinking in the last chance salon before law comes in. they don't want to take that chance. the press self-regulatory body has been set up by themselves and it's their laws layer not really allowed to breach and one of them is not taking photographs in a private room, in this case a hotel suite. >> martin, this is a single man doing something behind closed doors, some kind of a game of strip billiards. so we know he's not that great a billiards player. should these photos be out

there? >> well, the photos were taken and they've been made available, but that to me isn't the biggest issue here. the biggest issue here is that if you cast your mind back to 1997 when prince harry's mother died, diana princess of wales, the royal family was at low ebb. helen mirren won an academy award for her depiction of her majesty as someone out of touch. weep just had the olympic games where the british royal family were everywhere and now it's taken 15 minutes to remind us of this kind of -- >> you know how much i admire you. i couldn't disagree with you more. i think if you were to hold a poll in this country right now and say which member of the royal family would you most want to be friends with and hang out with for a weekend, this guy winds going away. >> i would like to spend an evening with him as well.

but the british taxpayer spend as huge amount of money protecting a royal family. this guy goes to a hotel, and winds up playing strip youker with him a group of people. and when the duchess of wales was caught in a picture sucking toes, she was displaned. >> i could have gone without the sucking the toes picture. >> sorry. >> reporter: i think there will be an interview, the military will want to know what he's doing. but those facing criticism is

the scotland yard -- though it not his job to protect the image, it's to protect the prn fr -- person say from a terror attack. all they had to do was take the phone off the girls and say that's what we do. i think that's a rather stupid mistake. it would have been a rudimentary thing. >> on a scale of one to ten, how much damage has been done? >> with regard to harry's reputation zero. everybody nopknows he's a playb and likes to have fun, as far as the roum protection bureau ten, as far as the kingdom about a

five. >> okay. al? >> we're looking at temperatures in the 90s in the mid river valley. 60s in the pacific southwest, 70s in northern new england, beautiful day here in the northeast, rain through central florida. look for more monsoonal moisture in the southwest. gorgeous day in the southwest >> southern parts of the state starting out with some fog. we should see mostly sunny skies.

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carrying unsafe food bound for your breakfast table. now police say it's actually getting worse. we're on patrol with the indiana state police. no radar gun. we're going to pull him over right now. >> yes. >> reporter: instead officer kelly is armed with a food thermometer. >> i'm getting an initial temperature of 53 degrees in your trailer. this summer's been particularly bad. >> reporter: indiana. if you eat it, it was likely hauled through here pu but if the units are off, food can turn foul. on our first stop, trouble. police athis truck's refrigerator isn't working properly. by law the food should be at a

cool 41 degrees. some of it was pushing 60. >> we have sour cream, we have cheese, we have dairy drinking right here. >> reporter: and these are all over temperature? >> yes. >> reporter: and there are yogurts in here, too, for kids. all destined for a dozen grocery stores. local officials condemn it and chuck it. remember, you could have eaten this. the driver told me he's actually relieved the cops stopped him. >> reporter: it's good this food didn't make it to the stores, it could have made people sick. >> i'm glad it didn't make it. >> reporter: his company tells me it monitors food temperatures carefully and claims the driver would have disposed of bad food before delivering it. how dangerous is this? >> it's very dangerous. somebody could actually die by

consuming some of this food. we're playing russian ruoulette with our food supply. >> reporter: how fast is the bacteria growing in the back of these trucks? >> growing roughly every 20 minutes. >> reporter: that fast? >> that fast. >> reporter: and the worst is yet to come. >> that's not even water. >> reporter: this truck's refrigerator is broken. the inside temperature? 101 degrees. meat and chicken are even atr t attracting supplies. police find raw meat with juices dripping through the box. even if watched, it could still make you sick. >> this is all from the chicken stuff that ran off to the floor. >> reporter: this food was headed to popular chinese restaurants in indiana. not anymore. the trucking company didn't

return our calls. while police did find many trucks doing the right thing -- >> we're at 35 degrees inside the trailer, which is absolutely fine. >> reporter: too many are in violation. cops say some companies actually shut off their refrigeration systems on purpose. >> these systems run off the diesel fuel. they shut them off to save money. >> reporter: this trucker claimed his refrigerator wasn't working. but as we were shooting, he suddenly turns it on. >> reporter: jeff rossen from nbc news. why was your refrigeration unit off? can you talk with us? >> i can't speak with you. >> reporter: his company told us the refraj rateor was on when he left the warehouse and called it a mechanical problem. >> they save a few dollars here and there with us at risk. >> reporter: today indiana is one of the own states targeting these food trucks.

believe it or not there is little federal oversight and state police captain wayne andrews is boiling. >> the feds are not doing their job. it's been left to the states to fix the problem. >> reporter: in 2005 congress told the fda to come up with stricter guidelines for food trucks. almost seven years later the fda hasn't done it. congress even set a new dead line of july 2012, last month, and still nothing. the fda declined to go on camera but sent us this e-mail: >> the rule making process it can take time and we are working diligently to strengthen and modernize our food safety system. >> if this doesn't make them act, i don't know what would. >>and until there's action, police say for every truck they stop, countless more get away, most of it headed for

restaurants and groceries stores. by the way, the responsibility lace on the grocery stores and restaurants to their food as well. they're not doing this either. >> still ahead, the woman who has lived the last five years without buying anything new for her family. that's after these messages. ♪

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>> this is wbal-tv 11 news in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara perring here is kim dacey and traffic pulse 11. >> we have an accident left over in the city. in harford county, and an abington, a water main break an alternating traffic pattern in effect. in the white ford area, route 165 for men's clothes. -- route 1 order 65 remains closed. in ellicott city, main street shut down between old columbia and westchester road because of the train derailment as they clean that up.

live look you a outside of the major roadways. seeing some delays along the top side of the beltway. and to look at harford road is slowing from belair road to perring corp. -- outer loop harford road is slowing from below to perring parkway. slow traffic from 795 to edmondson ave. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> we have our eye on the tropics. trouble goes from is it is traveling west -- tropical storm isaac is heading west right now and could be impacting haiti and then cuba. it may impact the panhandle of florida and tampa for the convention next week. things could change. 65 degrees at b.w.i. thurgood marshall. 77 downtown. heiss around the state in the mid-80's.

a lot of sunshine today. that takes us to our seven-day forecast. tonight, we drop int

8:00 now on a thursday morning. it's august 23rd, 2012. it's a beautiful morning, perfect morning for a concert series. we have carly rae jepsen with "call me maybe" and then owl city is going to join her for another song. that's coming up in our next half hour. >> also inside we have ryan lochte, the swimming sensation, 11 olympic medal winner. he has been awfully busy since his time in london, going to

premiers, showing up on "the tonight show," partying with a certain prince. his olympic winning teammate is also here. we'll talk to brendan as well coming up. it's nice to have them in our house. >> it is. how long do you think you could go without buying anything new? >> you talking food as well or are you talking clothing, stuff like that? >> not that long. >> maybe a day, a week, a month? there's one woman, a mom, who has done it for five years and counting. she calls herself the nonconsumer advocate and coming up, how she's managed to pull it off for so long and what does her family think about this? >> we have some tips, too. let's get a check on the day's other top stories. natalie? >> good morning, everyone. federal health officials are concerned and trying to contain an unprecedented outbreak of the west nile virus that has killed

at least 41 people. more than 1,100 illnesses have been reported in 38 states so far this year, nearly four times the normal amount. about half of those west nile cases are in texas. experts believe a mild winter and very hot summer helped stimulate mosquito breeding. >> residents across the caribbean are preparing for the worst as tropical storm isaac churns through the reason. in puerto rico residents have been taping windows, stocking up on sandbags as the eye of the storm passes just south of the island. isaac could hit the florida keys by recall next week. >> last night in los angeles two good samaritans lost their lives when a driver slammed his car into a fire hydrant and utility pole. when two people rushed in to help, they were killed. >> and aniliness that does not

appear to be contagious gives people aids-like symptoms, even though they do not have hiv. >> a judge has labeled the stepmother of a missing oregon boy a prime suspect in his disappearance. in a civil suit filed by the boy's birth mother. police have yet to label her as a formal suspect in the criminal investigation. kyron disappeared more than two years ago when he was 7. >> and what has you talking online? ll cool jay is a hot search for what police call a knockdown, drag-out fight with a burglar for allegedly robbing his moment. he rose to fame with the song "mama said knock you out." he's doing what his mama said. >> and the 4 -year-old daughter of angelina jolie and brad pitt will appear in his mom's new fit

as a young princess aurora. >> and this video of nellie fertada getting attention. a new dance craze is getting started. let's go back outside to al with a check of your weather. >> giddy-up! yeah, giddy-up. oh, that's a nice sign. let's get the latest on the tropical storm isaac, 40

mile-per-hour wind, moving west at 13. the path of the storm there bring it past the caribbean and on into florida early monday morning and tuesday it's in the gulf taking aim on the wet weather. more rain in central florida has nothing to do with isaac. plenty of sun shine. gr >> mostly sunny skies on this thursday. we're in the low to mid 80's towards the afternoon.

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of the biggest stars of the london limb peacekeeper games. ryan lochte won gold in the individual medley. the superstar has been making quite a splash away from the pool ever since. ryan, it's good to see you. >> good morning. >> last time i saw you you said you were going to take some time relaxing with your family. you have an odd way of relaxing. you went to hollywood for the preemier show, you went to vegas and now you're hanging out. >> i'm just here now. >> in london it was your birthday. here's the celebration we threw for you. and he were's a picture of the celebration in vegas. why do i feel we fell short. >> i had beautiful girls with me. >> do you even know who they are? >> i have no idea who they are.

>> you have been having fun? >> i have been. i've been out of the water having some down times. >> when you were at this party in vegas, yound up in the water with a kind of little fun race with prince harry. how did it happen? >> we were at the same pool party and his people came over to my table and said, hey, prince harry wants to meet you. >> so you didn't know him before this? >> no, i didn't know him at all. i was like, all right, i went over there, went to meet him, i was fully clothed and so was he. he was like, hey, you want to do something? you want to race me in the pool? i was like let's go. >> i took off my shirt and jumped in and we started racing. >> what was your impression of him? zuch know how he's part of the royal family and everything, he's really a nice guy. he was really talkative and he wanted to meet me and honestly wanted to race. that was the coolest thing.

>> after the race did he say i'm throwing another kind of party at the hotel room. would you like to show up for that? >> no, no. >> he didn't talk about billiards or anything look that? >> no, after our race, we went our separate ways. >> now that you've seen the folt oaf are you sorry he didn't call you or are you happy he didn't call you? >> i'm kind of happy. i don't need that. >> i can imagine. talk to me about what else is happening for you. i know you haven't been in the water three weeks, swimming. you say that's the longest break you've ever taken. ever since i was probably about 10 years old, it's the longest break. after racing prince harry, i got that competitive edge back in me and i want to go back in the water. >> so you're going to go back in the water and start training on monday. i said a second ago what are you training for and you said "rio." you've got competitions many of them between now and then but

you're all ready to get back in the water and set your sites on the next olympic games? >> after i lended back in the states, after london, i already had my goals in mind. >> and they remained the same? >> no, they're a little bit different. >> how are they different. >> i can't tell everything. >> let look at rio in the context of london then. you won five middles, two of them were gold. so you want more? >> oh, of course. whenever i go up on the blocks, i'm not happy with second or third pip want to win. >> will you be swimming more in rio? will you take on more events? >> i'm definitely going on

different events. i'm getting hold exmy body's getting older. >> after the last olympic games i don't think you had as many opportunities as you have today, in entertainment, in fashion, in all those this evenings. they're now available to you. are you worried those will take away from your time and phoning us in the pool. >> >> not really. the trends i have been doing the past eight, ten years, i know i'm able to do other things i wasn't doing, acting. >> you're enjoying that side, aren't you? >> definitely. i can swim in front of 10,000 people but acting, that's a little hard. >> it's just a different set of skills. by the way, you're going to be on jimmy fallon tonight.

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dahlgren. >> reporter: for katie, it started as a challenge. >> i decided to do january and see if i could do one month. >> reporter: one month without buying anything new. that was five years ago. she now writes a blog on what she calls her nonconsumer lifestyle. >> a friend of my mother's got divorced, didn't want it anymore. >> reporter: to her closet. >> these sell for 750 new. dale montgomery never thought his wife's experiment would last. >> i think we'll be doing this then years from now, especially if i want to stay married. >> reporter: he's noticed benefits beyond a happy wife, like 20,000 less in credit card debt. >> you have more time to enjoy the people around you. >> reporter: he also doesn't have to take away the trash as

often. less packaging means less stuff. 14-year-old emmitt beaming over his recent sneaker score. >> how much would they have cost new? >> $100. >> how much did you get them for? >> $6. >> reporter: the kids do still occasionally spend their own money on something new and even stanley has her standard. >> nobody wants to sign up for used underwear so i don't. so i buy new underwear, socks and bras and personal care items. >> reporter: and food. but she insists she can find almost everything else preowned. >> how often has it happened to you that you buy something and your mom, sister, neighbor says i wish u said you needed that, i have an extra one. >> reporter: she also frequents thrift stores like goodwill. >> oh, my gosh! look at the price tag. >> reporter: okay, wait.

$226. >> and what does it cost here? >> reporter: 6.99. economists say it's a good thing no everyone has important is off shopping. >> there would be no demand for the new this evenings and all of us producing new things would not have jobs. >> reporter: but for her, it seems to work. >> i'm going to buy this. >> and katie wolf stanley is with us now along with our today contributor lifestyle expert. katie, we got to start with you. obviously you are dedicated if nothing else. your friends and family are used to this by now but what reaction do you get when you tell people i haven't bought anything new in five years? >> people always say that's interesting, that's great, i could never do that. you say, well, why couldn't you do that? they'll say this and that. it is something people could do.

obviously if everybody did this, it would be a catastrophic thing but it's never going to be a thing where everybody does this so it's kind archmoot argument anyway. >> let's talk about your outfit. everything here you bought for what? >> the sweater $7, a little chikeios shell, $3. the thirt i think i paid seven with, which are a naturalizer, they're $15 and normally sell for 70. >> and you have a suitcase here and you actually share this suitcase with a friend. >> i do. i don't travel a huge amount, i don't travel for work. so the times i need formal, really nice luggage are kind of infrequent. most of my friends are in the same boat. when she's going on a fabulous vacation, she boros my luggage

and when i'm going ton a fabulous vacation, i borrow her luggage. we rarely travel at the same time. >> what do you have there. >> this watch i got at goodwill for $15. i looked it up on lined it's like add 400 watch. all it needed was a battery and link taken out. >> what do do you for gifts for family? do you give used gifts? >> i do. would you like it if i gave you a beautiful antique? >> sure. >> something i've done for grandparents gifts, i get pictures printed up of the kids and i put them in used frames. what's the difference between that and a new one?

>> i think all of america breathed a sigh of relief when they learned you have exception. you don't buy used underwear. >> absolutely. >> any other exception? >> if a friend of mine comes out with a new boork i will buy their book new. >> i saw this on your blog but did you it weks tra credit you had at the book store, right? >> we're lucky because we have wonderful book stores. one is within walking distance of my house and can i take this in and get credit. >> you like to fix up things. you brought us a chair, a fixer up. >> when you buy something, there's a good point here. there's used, antique and what you can calvin tah-- call vint.

you can transform something. what has mostly changed in the world is you can do a lot of this online. >> katie, you're not the biggestline shopper but you say there's great sites out there. >> there's a whole breed of sites that have popped up. >>'s thread up for kids clothing. there's karmagoat and the proceeds go to a charity. there's yardseller.com. can you look specifically for things you want, i want a sweater or a comic book. there's another great site called never liked it anyway. and people like to look. it's the thrill also. >> of course. keep up the good work. thanks for the good ideas. coming up next carly rae jepsen

and owl city. >> this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. let's get a check of the morning commute with the kim dacey. >> we have an accident on southbound 95 at 395. that is causing back up out of the board mchenry tunnel. in the county, a crash at there. another one at ellicott city at paine street. -- main street. closures and effected due to the train derailment. in pasadena, crashed at cuba and drive.

we have been alternating traffic pattern, if you want to avoid this. in baltimore county, hicks road, watch for crashed there as well. we are jammed up all the way from belair road to perring parkway on the outer loop. live view of the northwest corner of the beltway. slow on the outer loop from 795 to edmondson ave. you might see in other delays in the same area -- a loop delays in the same area. >> humidity at 81%. out of the southeast, highs in the mid-80's. lots of sunshine across the entire state. ocean city, high of 83. we stay that way, maybe just it all but warmer tomorrow, and each day of the weekend could start with fog and sunshine in

the afternoon to 20% chance for showers on sunday night. pretty dry pattern until 30% chance for rain on tuesday. >> another update a

it's the 23rd day of august, 8:30 on a thursday morning. we have a big crowd on the plaza for a couple of good reasons, actually several good reasons. ryan lochte, the swimming superstar mingling with fans out on the plaza, as is his teammate and olympic medal winner, who is in another part of the plaza and up on the stage behind us

getting ready is carly rae jepsen, who owns the song of the summer and she'll be performing that. and also performing, owl city. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie, al roker and natalie morales. >> we want to remind everybody that train will be here tomorrow. you can vote on what are the songs they are playing. the choices are "drive by "ourks "if it's love" and "save me in san francisco." >> we are going to get a behind-the-scenes look of the newest "fast and furious" installment, i think it's number six. >> and later today professionals are back and they're tackling the most pressing issues, the latest hot topics, including the latest photos of prince harry

having a little fun in las vegas. >> but first a look ahead at the weather. sunny and mild in the northwest, heat continues in the southwest. showers continue on the mid-atlantic coast on saturday. gorgeous out west and then sunday, sunday we start to see the effects of isaac moving into southern florida, rain stretching from the central great lakes back into texas, sunny and mild. >> southern parts of the state starting out with some fog. we should see mostly sunny skies.

>> don't forget, check that weather with isaac out there any time of the day or night go, to weather.com. >> that's good advice. can we say hello to brandan hanson, who is an olympic swimmer, he won two medals. brendan, nice to you have here. good morning. how you doing? so you weren't playing nude billiards with harry, i didn't see you swimming in the pool with harry. what you have been doing? >> i've been doing speaking engagements, traveling, making sure kids get to hold the medal. i think that's an important part, you reconnect with people back home. a lot of people are going through that post-olympic depression. >> i think i saw you write that or tweet that that getting the gold medal, the bronze medal was

so exciting and so was seeing other people wear the medal. >> when i was 9 years old, i got to wear a gold medal for the first time and it sticks in my head it's a dream i want to go after. you see that light up in the kids' eyes when they hold that medal and it becomes addicting. the last thing i want to do now is put this medal in a shadow box in my office. >> and you had retired in 2008. you say your have your wife, martha, to thank for your comeback? >> she was a big party of it. i married way up, al. she's been a big part of my comeback. you know, at the end of the day i thank her. >> and you thank her for a little baby -- >> girl. >> you didn't know in london. >> didn't know in london. we found out monday. she's already got me wrapped around her finger.

>> in five years it's going to be you out here with her on your shoulders. >> screaming for carly. >> what's the next thing you want to accomplish in the next year? >> i want to get the next generation excited about rio. i think this was my last olympics. >> you think? >> i know. i know this was my last olympics. i'm not going to be getting back in the water. i want to make sure the next teams that are coming up are just as dominant as this team was. there's a great history with the usa swim team and i think it's important to keep that going in future olympics. >> you're a good team captain. >> thanks for spending time with u us, brendan. we really appreciate. >> coming up, we have sneak peeks from behind the scenes of "fast and furious." andouñi

. we're back at 8:38 with a movie phenomenon that wasn't supposed to happen. but more than $1 billion at the box office later, the "fast and furious" franchise is shooting its sixth installment. michelles cou michel michelle kosinski got a sneak peek. >> reporter: one this evening about this movie, they keep coming up with driving scenarios you might not be able to dream up. car versus car versus truck versus boat, through tunnels, flying over bridges. >> i didn't know there were any rules. >> reporter: tougher guy versus

tough guy, guy versus window. even the ladies are tough. >> i love it all. >> reporter: has your character evolved? >> my character definitely evolves in this one. you'll have to wait and see. >> reporter: oh, and monster struck versus speeding train, versus fire, versus cliff. somehow these guys survive but as mystifying to them is how they are still doing them. >> there was a big explosion, many thought i had died but i rose from the ashes like the phoenix. >> reporter: oh, my goodness. but what keeps people coming back? buying the video games and wanting more. >> to keep doing something that spans this time, it feels really good. >> reporter: more than the fast engines and clothing, the plots are clever. the line between good guy and bad guy is very fine and keeps changing.

>> we're like the good criminals. >> reporter: oh, of course, you're the good criminals. with scenes of loyalty, family and integrity. >> in my mind it just reinvigorated the entire thing. bingo. >> i love it when i can look at the crew and see fear in their face because we're doing things we've never done before. >> last time we had more than 250 cars that we wrecked. >> reporter: 250? >> yeah. this time we'll have more plus we'll have stuff in the air that's crashing, too. >> reporter: the newest character was a real life cage fighter. >> this movie is a big deal to me. i take it very seriously. >> reporter: but maybe nobody tax it more seriously than vin diesel, who is also a producer. >> it's very sacred to me. it's a fluke. we're not supposed to be here, we're not supposed to have taken a saga this far.

the reason why we are this far in it is because we take it that serious. >> promise me we stick together. >> reporter: and they are still together. their films are running fast and furious at the box office a dozen years later. for "today," michelle kosinski, nbc news, london. >> coming up, carly rae jepsen live on the plaza. but first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪ ♪

it is the song of the summer that spent nine weeks at number one on the bill board hot 100 and sparked a viral video craze.

without further adieu, here is carly rae jepsen singing her hit "call me maybe." ♪ i looked for you and now you're in my way ♪ i wasn't looking for this, now you're in my way ♪ your ripped jean skin was showing ♪ where you think you're going, baby ♪ hey, i just met you and this is crazy ♪ but here's my number, so call me maybe ♪ here's my number, so call me maybe ♪ hey, i just met you and this is crazy

♪ so here's my number and call me maybe ♪ and all the boys try to save me ♪ so here's my number, so call me maybe ♪ you took no time to call, i took no time to fall ♪ you gave me nothing at all, still you're in my way ♪ i beg and borrow and steal, i didn't know but it's in my way ♪ your hot skin was showing, where you think you're going ♪ hey, i just met you so call me crazy ♪ but here's my number but call me maybe ♪ hey, i just met you and this is crazy

♪ but here's my number so call me maybe ♪ and all the other boys try to save me ♪ but here's my number so call me maybe ♪ i miss you so bad, i miss you so, so bad ♪ until you came in my life i missed you so bad ♪ i hope you know that, i missed you so bad, bad, ♪ here's my number so call me maybe ♪ hey, i just met you and this is crazy ♪ but but here's my a number, so call me baby

♪ until you came in my life i've missed you so bad ♪ i missed you so bad, i missed you so, so bad ♪ until you came in my life i missed you so bad ♪ so call me maybe >> carly rae jepsen with her hit song "call me maybe." this is "today" on nbc.

well, carly rae jepsen has not one but two hits on her hands. >> the former canadian idle star has come up with a collaboration with owl city. it's featured on her upcoming album called "kiss" and owl city's album called "mid summer station." good to you have here. >> thank you so much. >> you first released this in canada and people in this country hadn't heard much of it and then justin bieber got a little bit involved and then bang. >> no, i can't say i expected that. it was a very pleasant surprise. >> everybody knows the song but what they may not know is it

started as a folk tune? >> it started the way i start all songs with acoustic guitars and we started off is he simple and it took off from there. >> when you think about a song spending nine year, at number one, that's one thing. but this has become a video phenomenon as well. all those crazy take-offs on the video. i know you've seen a lot of them. and your favorite is? >> it is tough to pick a favorite. i think for me the special one remains the justin bieber one. i know him. so it hold as special place for me. >> your life has kind of changed overnight. what has it been like? >> it's been very dream-like. i kind of wake up every day pinching myself and feeling very fortunate, very lucky to be able to live my childhood 7-year-old

girl's dream. who gets to do that. >> do you ever worry there will be a day when you stop and say to someone on the street "please don't ask me to sing "call me maybe"? >> so far it's going well. i get to hear someone else sing it. >> we all have it in our heads from hearing it once. you must have it in your head all day long. >> i'm lucky because i have the album "kiss" so i've been focusing on other songs, too. >> what are you going to sing now? >> it's owl city's song, too, called "good times." >> okay. carly rae jepsen and owl city. ♪ it's always a good time, it's always a good time ♪ woke up on the right side of

the bed ♪ what's up with this song that's inside my head ♪ hands up if you're down, if you're down ♪ it's always a good time ♪ i'm in if you're down, it's always a good time ♪ it's going to be all right, we don't even have to try, it's always a good time ♪ oh, oh, it's always a good time ♪ we don't even have to try, it's always a good time

♪ it's always a good time, oh, oh ♪ back out of my room, hit the atm ♪ it's always a good time ♪ it's going to be all right, we don't even have to try ♪ it's always a good time, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ it's always a good time, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ we don't even have to try, it's always a good time ♪ oh, oh, oh, oh, it's always a good time ♪ oh, oh, oh, oh, we don't even

have to try, it's always a good time ♪ it's always a good time then ♪ doesn't matter where, it's always a good time there ♪ doesn't matter when, it's always a good time then ♪ it's always a good time, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ it's always a good time, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ we don't even have to try, it's always a good time ♪ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, it's always a good time ♪ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, we don't even have to try, it's always a good time ♪ >> thank you very much. owl city will be back with more

music in just a little while. but first, these messages and your local news.

>> this is wbal-tv 11 news. in. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. markakis the woman is charged with manslaughter in the death of a 90--- 8 cockeysville woman is charged with manslaughter in the death of her 90-year-old mother. baltimore county medical workers discovered the elderly woman. investigators say she told officers she knew her mother had been in the bathroom but did not ask for help.

she is out of jail on $1

>> we are looking for to the beautiful day. high temperatures in the mid- 80's, right where we should be. we started out with the fog, and then mostly cloudy skies in the afternoon.