>> yes. >> katie lee is here.thout us. >> we'll get to that in a little bit. >>> first let's take a check of the weather. actually, actually, i was on my way to do weather. >> first things first. >> time-out, reset. let's go inside and say hello to russ mitchell first at the news -- >> you know -- >> since i zorbed, everything is shaken a little bit, russ. >> it's all about you, isn't it? >> sorry, buddy. >> good morning to you at home. >>> ford motor company posted a surprising second quarter profit this morning. the nax's second largest automaker posted a profit of nearly $3 billion due to income from debt reduction. >>> police in houston, texas, suspect rival gangs were behind a drive-by shooting on the campus of texas southern university. last night shots rang out, and people were sent run frg a community rally which featured a popular local rap star. six people were wounded when gunmen in a car opened fire. >>> and america's first granny, marian robinson, has made a rare public appearance away from the white

our pal katie lee is grilling kebabs this morning.deo we think is a lot of fun. you've probably never played dominoes quite like this. the workers at a warehouse in england set up 41 mattresses. first guy goes, next guy goes. they brought down the other 40, and they called the guinness book of world records and said put us in. guinness has, in fact, confirmed this feat has never been tried before. therefore, these people may wind up in the guinness book of world records. >> the largest one-day filing of workers compensation claims in warehouse history. >> it did look painful. the mattress comes down right on the person behind you's legs. no injuries were reported. >> fibulus antibula. what is a fibula? is there a fibula? >> be nice, dave. >> i play the fibula. i'm going to fib right now. let's take a look at the weather. how about this? 40 years of marriage, 55 years of friendship. it's good the numbers look like that. where are you all from? >> atlanta, georgia. >> you're here for your honeymoon? second honeymoon? >> yeah. >> friends

this week -- one night last week i heard katie couric interviewing spike lee. it was "48 hours" and got over 8 million viewers. you say enough all right. s she asked him about race and b.e.t. awards and jamie foxx saying michael jackson belongs to african-americans. we're having a good conversation about race. >> you had matt lauer and larry king at neverland interviewing jermaine jackson. sharon, i'll give you the floor. >> i want to make another point. that secret room was long known about and viewed and -- >> you're saying it wasn't so secret? really? the "today" show said it was. i wanted to make a different point it reminds me when john lennon died, was murdered so suddenly. i remember being a young person at that time and thinking i was surprised at the overwhelming amount of media coverage at that time. i wonder if there's a generational thing. >> that may be true. sharon, you work for "the new york times" and worked for "the washington post." they're covering this jackson story and a lot of other things as well. the other other story near traction on th

was going hand in glove with this story, and i think on the show i cited an interview katie couric did with spike leemmented about jamie foxx' comments on the b.e.t. show, and there was, there was a lot of stuff happening in that discussion, and i think if people were paying attention, they were smarter about race after the 13 days of coverage of michael jackson than they were before, and that's a good thing, i think. yeah. >> is this a good place, david? i'm going to bring the reverend back in. as we were going through all of this and i was sitting there with soledad o'brien, who's going to do "black in america 2" and i said, boy, oh, boy, isn't this a perfect place to launch an open conversation about race rand about those issues? because there were things michael jackson did that people weren't even aware he was doing at the time. changing hearts and minds, but not being preachy about it. go ahead, reverend, then i'll let david chime in. >> that's true. michael jackson made tremendous strides in increasing racial comfort levels, that he never got credit for and in part because he never did it for

lee goldberg soldiering on through illness and despair. he is here this morning. >> despair? >> it's tough to be sick. respect you being here. >> we play hurt. we play hurt. yeah, we really do. katie the redhead newlywed. how are you? >> doing great. >> your husband's name is. >> jesus. hello. >> where is he? >> he's probably sitting on the couch watching this. i would li to remind him to take the dogs out and clean up before we get home. >> wow. who wears the pants? katie, you need your space already after two weeks. >> no, well, we've been together seven years so -- >> i see. >> i love you, honey, i do. i promise. >> you made up for it. absence makes the heart grow fonder. 102 in austin. better staon the couch, jesus. it's hot out there. storms across the carolinas, along i-95, deep south strong storms, heat across texas. northern plains big storms even possible tornadoes. it is beautiful across southern california. tomorrow's outlook, well, it's actually a quieter weather map. strong storms moving into the midwest near minneapolis, big thunderstorms there. still some scattered storms down south. hoping t >> we are warming up very nicely today on is monday. the is lots of sshe,i

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