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ridiculous. downpours are now heading for boston over the next two hours. we had numerous strong thunderstorms last night and now we're dealing with strong storms in cedar rapids. once again you could deal with periods of heavy rain throughout the morning. we had a little bit of rain down here near oklahoma, just outside oklahoma city. oklahoma is one of the driest states out there in the entire country right now. finally tropical storm leslie is continuing to spin to bermuda. everyone on the east coast, becareful at the beaches. large waves and rip currents. but the surfers, they love it. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. we mentioned the forecast map at the top. just even has a chance of showers and storms including the democratic national convention there in charlotte. last night a pretty good thunderstorm dumped about an inch of rain. they could have something simpler later on today. well, uncomfortable to say the least. bad hair day. bad hair day weather. >> so i heard when folks got in

this morning. everyone complained. well, bill, thank so much. big buzz over apple, facebook falls once again, and something very hard to picture, a vegetarian mcdonald's. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead, plus miley cyrus finds another way to say i'm no longer a kid star. i'm a grown-up. coming up, a new number one in college football, the chase in the a.l. east is over, and andy roddick is all wet. you're watching "early today."

good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry, and here are some of your top headlines this morning. the department of defense says a book by a former navy s.e.a.l. does contain classified information about the mission that killed osama bin laden, but the pentagon is still considering whether criminal charges will be filed against the author. in canada, a gunman was arrested after allegedly firing shots that killed one person at a political victory rally.

it happened at a separatist party in quebec returned to party after nine years. the party's leader will become the first woman premier of quebec. and in brazil, a fire in a slum in sal pal lowe destroyed nearly 200 shanties leaving nearly a thousand people homeless. four people were burned, but there were no deaths. a federal judge in massachusetts has ruled that state prison officials must pay for a transgender inmate's sex change surgery. the decision says the operation, which could cost $20,000 of taxpayers' money, is the only way to treat her, quote, serious medical need. students around the world can enter a contest to name an astroid that could one day destroy the earth. the astroid is the target of a 2016 nasa mission and it's given one chance in over a thousand of hitting the planet, perhaps in

the year 2182. good thing we won't be around. and now here's an early look at how wall street's going to kick off the day. the dow closed at 13,035 after falling 54 points yesterday. the s&p was down a point, but the nasdaq gains 8. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo the nikkei sank 95 points while in hong kong the hang seng plunged 284. well, tuesday started with down economic data and ended with apple riding to the rescue. august manufacturing fell for the third straight month and the sector hired the fewest workers since late 2009. in addition july construction spending fell the most in a year. ironically that data was partially welcomed by traders rooting for the fed to launch further stimulus to boost the recovery. income, gold hit a nearly six-month high on heightened stimulus expectations. on the bright side, august car and truck sales were up 20%

over a year ago. honda and toyota led the way compared with quakes from a year ago. general motors, ford, and chrysler each reported more than 10% increases. apple led a late rally after distributing invitations to a september 12 san francisco event, widely expected to be the release of the iphone 5. netflix tumbled on amazon.com's licensing epics for prime instant video just day after epics exclusive streaming agreement with netflix ended. facebook hit a new all-time low having lost more than half its ipo price of nearly $38. watch fedex. they cut their quarterly forecast blaming the weak global economy and keep an eye on 3m which dropped its acquisition of avery denison's consumer acquisition due to the government antitrust suit. finally mcdonald's is going

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good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." and in sports, the yankees lost again last night, removing new york's long exclusive grip on first place. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. good morning. in mid-july the yanks had a ten-game lead in the a.l. east and today that lead is gone. the yanks have been reeling since the all-star break and the rays handed them their seventh loss. the pinstripes are falling apart at the seams. tampa won it 5-2. orioles made a statement in toronto. mark reynolds made a three-run

shot, his fifth in five games. baltimore grab add share in the east with a commanding 12-0 win. then you have nationals. they're more concerned about shutting down stephen strasburg in first place. adam laroche with a pair of home runs and the nats beat the cubs, 11-5. speaking of home runs, m v.p. candidate miguel cabrera ripped his 14th of the season but it was all for naught. the tiger losing to the white sox increase their chance in the a.l. central? hmmle. they committed more runs in a in week. chicago leads the central by game. thumbs up to the pirates. thumbs down to jose altuve. i got it, i got it. i don't got it. no way, jose. in came two. when it rains, it poors. houston lost their league-leading 94th game. college football after robbing michigan on saturday

takes over for the spot in the a.l. post. u.s. open, andy roddick came out paug against eighth ranked martin del potro. the argentinian came roaring back, tied it at six. then the heavens opened, the second rain of the match. all they could do is laugh. they'd continue today. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. well, snooki's baby is a cover boy, and tomorrow night's headache over viewing choices is cured. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. plus, no, it's not halloween. no, these guys aren't nuts. they're actually doing something heroic. you're watching "early today."

welcome back to "early today" on this wednesday morning. a soaking rain going through northern new england. it's ending in areas of vermont and new hampshire this morning. boston is about to get wet. many areas of the eastern half of the country are very mao mid this hour. as the cold front pushes through we'll have a strong chance of storms for chicago and much of indiana and possibly later tonight toward ohio. if you're watching us on first coast news in jacksonville, florida, come meet the largest most complete tyrannosaurus rex ever discovered at a t. rex named sue at the museum of

science and history. and that's your "early today" event of the day, lynn. >> sounds terrifying. all right, bill, thanks so much. and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. lorenzo dominic lavalle bet northern at this point as snooki's baby has made his national magazine cover's debut. inside lorenzo's 24-year-old mom tells people when she got pregnant everything got changed saying, quote, the party is long gone. i am a new person. miley cyrus continues to push the grown-up envelope. a photographer she worked with has posted tasteful shots on line with her nude in the bakts tub. "live with kelly and michael" appeared tuesday as her co-host michael trahan made his debut. he said, quote, i almost lost all my tough points. i almost cried. if good news, for those of you who can't decide whether you

want to watch taylor swift sing her new song or watch barack obama accept his democratic nomination. they play add good citizen and moved up the time so now you can watch both. well this comes from kgw news channel 8 in portland oregon where in near bisalem they're masked men on a mission twochl men dressed up as superheroes to lead a crusade against the very real problem of homelessness. they go around providing basic need to those who need food and socks. they know dressing as larger than life heroes might make them silly but that's the point. they want to gain trust of those whose lives they're trying to save. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station.

>> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 5:00 a.m. >> good morning. we have a little bit of sprinkle activity this morning and it is humid. you can see a few hit and miss sprinkles and showers. take an umbrella with you. the forecast -- a chance for a shower or thunderstorm. humid, warm, high temperature into the upper 80's. we will check the seven-day forecast going all the way into the weekend. >> 77 degrees on tv hill.

>> live team coverage on the first round of speeches from the democratic national convention. >> democrats deliver on opening night. >> comments from martin o'malley. details are next. >> the roadways are lookingatar

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