timpson is in east texas.hat morning in may, something residents there are not really, really used to, happened. a 3.7 magnitude earthquake. >> east texas has experienced a space shuttle crash, a devastating hurricane, and now add earthquake to the disasters. seismologists first recorded the trimmer around 10:15 this morning. a 3.7 earthquake was felt in portion, shelby, nacogdoches, and pin oh las counties. >> a 3.7 earthquake in east texas. sort of unheard of. the city secretary told a news station she initially thought a nearby train had derailed. she said it shook the whole city hall for about 15 to 20 seconds. even the experts couldn't seem to figure it out. gary patterson said survey geologists are baffled by the event. quote, it's not where we would normally see earthquakes in texas. kind of a mystery in timpson, texas. no injuries were reported. there was some minor damage to local buildings, but a 3.7 magnitude earthquake came and went and nobody seemed to know why. then a week later, it happened agai

people from the florida panhandle all the way to east texas are getting ready. >>> isaac's winds are blowing north to the gulf coast. the storm is on course to hit land somewhere between new orleans and the florida panhandle as early as tomorrow. the governors of louisiana and mississippi both declared states of emergency. in florida the storm threatened to wash away scott anderson's family crab fishing business. >> i was very stressed out for the past couple of days. >> reporter: but the $10,000 worth of traps stayed intact. along key west, shops remained boarded up. the loss for business owners was a game for surfers. >> with much of the town closed because of the storm, local piers were flooded with onlookers. >> we weren't able to leave because the airport's closed. we have been enjoying it ever since. >> reporter: jacquelyn foster and amelia king flew in from west virginia for a bachelorette party that was supposed to end sunday. isaac's winds canceled their flight but didn't ruin their trip. but forecasters warn isaac's winds could get much worse later this week, possibly stren

equipment trying to move and clear this up from the area in texas and all of this happening in wills point and that's 45 miles per hour miles east of texas. the man jumped out moments before the train and truck coliseum lied and two block area was evacuated and as you see, it is still very much an active scene as drews try to -- crews try to clean up the mess. >>> the bill deals with domestic violence and it's designed to protect people from having to pay alimony to spouses with sexual felonies. the governor will either sign or veto it by the end of september. >>> people in vallejo they want more to be done to deter illegal activity. something we have been following but some say this approach is not a affected. they complain the stay away orders issued to prostitutes are not enforced and city officials are now promising to look into the problem. >>> two bay area sisters who are gold medal olympics, here is maggie showing off her medal half the week. she and her us pan will honor them in a ceremony at oak hill park this saturday and they will answer any questions from their fans and the community. >> congratulations. it is so nic

a slick commute in the south to east texas.hunderstorms drench roads in the four corners of the southwest. >>> if you're flying today, airport delays possible in charlotte, atlanta, new orleans, and miami. >>> scientists at nasa are flying high this morning celebrating a successful laning on mars. >> this is a great moment. the rover, curiosity, had touched down on the red planet after a 350-million-mile journey that took three months. clayton sandell is at the jet propulsion lab. >> reporter: good morning, rob, good morning, sunny. this mission was eight years in the making. it traveled 352 million miles. went through seven minutes of terror. early this morning, it all came down to just one moment. the mars curiosity rover made a flawless landing. >> that rocked. seriously, is that cool or what? >> reporter: on the way down, the craft transformed six times. 76 explosives fired in synch. the rover almost immediately began sending back these pictures. >> that great things take many people working together to make them happen is

. >>> no one was hurt in a fiery collision between a freight train and a tanker truck in east texas. the accidents happened around 1:30 at wills point about 45 miles east of dallas. authorities say it appears that the collision happened after the big rig got stuck on the tracks. the driver of the tanker truck jumped out of the vehicle just moments before the train hit. >>> this was opening day at a new chick-fil-a red in san jose and people lined up early. tara moriarty is telling us what they are trying to win and why they are shrugging off the recent controversy over gay marriage. >> reporter: the first 100 people in line received a coupon for free meals for once a week for the whole year. >> we are nuts for chick-fil-a. i had for, like, breakfast, lunch, dinner, midnight snack, like two months straight. >> reporter: you are a fan of chick-fil-a. >> waffle fries. >> reporter: richard cully traveled more than 3000 miles to be here. >> i actually eat in chick-fil- a six days a week. >> reporter: fans of the atlanta chain grabbed their tents and sleeping bags. >> i'm dedicated to chick

a slick commute in the south to new orleans and east texas.nderstorms drench roads in the four corners of the southwest. >>> if you're flying today, airport delays possible in charlotte, atlanta, new orleans, and miami. >>> well, this is exciting. scientists at nasa are flying high this morning celebrating a successful landing on mars. >> this is a very cool moment. cheers -- wait for it -- went up as soon as the team learned that the rover, curiosity, had touched down on the red planet after a 350-million-mile journey that took more than eight months. clayton sandell is at the jet propulsion lab. in pasadena. good morning to you, clayton. we know you're on a delay. good to have you with us live this morning. >> reporter: good morning, rob, good morning, sunny. this mission was eight years in the making. it traveled 352 million miles. went through seven minutes of terror. early this morning, it all came down to just one moment. the mars curiosity rover made a flawless landing. after a harrowing seven-mint plummet to the ground, using technolog

collision to tell you about between a truck and a freight train that prompted evacuations in an east texas neighborhood, we will have more on what we are learning about the cause of this crash. >>> traffic is moving well if you are driving up to the tunnel between walnut creek and oakland, it is a nice drive and we will have more on the commute and the bay area weather. hey, there's barely a line at space mountain. you there ! i am looking for someone, hair black as night, skin white as snow ! yeah, yeah, i got that ! she is at the castle. dad ! honey ! but she's on the move. disney mobile magic, on verizon. you wouldn't happen to have an apple ? find characters, access wait times for the park you're in, and enjoy premium features when you download disney mobile magic, powered by verizon. . >> welcome back, a fiery collision, it happened 45 miles east of dallas. they believe the big-rig became stuck on the train tracks. the driver became stuck moments before it hit. the area was evacuated. >>> they do not plan to extradite julian assange. he asked for asylum because they plan to extradite

of course we will see 60s along the coastline to for nine east texas like livermore. as we head into the afternoon high temperatures you conceive yourself neighborhood by neighborhood we have warmer conditions compared to what we saw yesterday. now it looks like we could see 96 per antioch and plenty of sunshine reportedly there. >> erica: turning our attention to the north bay it looks like we will see a slight breeze, 80's for the most part here and i degrees over in napa. we have much warmer conditions for downtown san francisco. >> erica: your kron4 seven day around the bay forecast shows a warming trend. temperatures could hit triple digits by friday and saturday and sunday we are above the seasonal average. it looks like high pressure is firmly in place. we should have some relief by the start of the next work week of we have overall warm conditions, 90 in men and upper all--90's inland and then we have 60 for the coast. >> george: thank you erica, now we continue to monetary hot spot for your commute around the bay area. unfoldingy starting with a bridge check

>> no one was hurt in a fiery collision between a freight train and a tanker truck overnight in east texas. the accident happened around 1:30 this morning in wills point. that's about 45 miles east of dallas. authorities say it appears the collision happened after the big rig got stung on the tracks -- stuck on the tracks. the driver of the tanker truck jumped out of the vehicle just moments before the train hit. >>> time now 7:15. the united states says it does not plan to extradite wikileaks founder julian assange despite what he's claiming. he says he asked for asylum in ecuador because he believes the united states wants to execute him. for publishing classified documents. assange is hiding now in london. he's fighting extradition to sweden for questioning about sex crime accusations. the state department says assange is just trying to deflect attention away from the allegations against him. >>> well, coming soon, a first person account of the raid that killed osama bin laden. one of the members of the u.s. navy s.e.a.l. team 6 has written a book about that raid under a fake name. a mi

single most important energy development in the global energy scene since the discovery of the east texas field in the 1930s. for the u.s., this is unqualified good news. now, are there local impacts are there fence line issues for neighbors and are there concerns? of course there are. and those won't go away because we're seeing a lot of drilling in areas that haven't had it before. >> brown: so, kight, let's go to very specific issue of course at the heart of the new technology that allows a lot of this new production is tooking. so, kate sinding, talk to us a little bit that's. the obvious plus suget more and it's what cost? >> right, ye, fracking, the development of fracking combined in the case of many of these resources with horizontal drilling that allows for them to develop resources where they previously hadn't thought that they economically could do so. what those two technologies involved mean together is significant amounts of water usage, significant generation of waste waters, generation of air pollution, lots of traditional pollution, significant amount of water involved in

it hammed this morning in wills point about 45 miles east of dallas, texas. authorities are still on the scene trying to figure out exactly what happened. >>> there will be a moment of silence held at saturday's redskins game for a prince george's county police officer adrian morris. morris died during a high speed pursuit on monday. police are still looking for a second person involved in that pursuit. and funeral arrangements have been announced for officer morris. a viewing will take place on monday, august 27, from 2:00 p.m. till 4:00 p.m. and from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. at borgwardt's funeral home located in beltsville, maryland. funeral services will be held next tuesday at woodstream church on lottsfield road in mitchellville, maryland. >>> the race for the white house is even closer in the battleground states. a new cbs news-"new york times" poll says that president obama is holding on to a lead in ohio but danielle nottingham reports that mitt romney is closing the gap in two other key states. >> reporter: a new cbs news- "new york times"-quinnipi

wells fargo announced yesterday of forming a home builder banking group for clients on the east coast, texas and the midwest and the group's leader said it's an improving market to be entrepreneurial looking for new business opportunities. local builders are mixed. we had one in texas saying that credit is easing rapidly but we spoke to one in south carolina who said not so much. and even bird anderson admits there's some credit out there, just not a lot. we have more on the blog. tyler? >> thanks very much. >>> let's go to brian shactman for a market flash. >> i refinanced. don't get me started on that stuff. illinois tool works at a 11-year high today. itw. they die vested about 52% of the construction and this is a bullish move for them. of course, with jack welch's group. buying that 51% stake for about a billion dollars. they're going to use that cash to buy back shares and deal with some other elements of their business. right now, it is up almost 3%. sue, back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> up next, apple tries to grow a tree in your living room. we've heard it before, certainly.

texas. for the east coast, it's not till late today for the big cities from new york to baltimore to d.c. and philadelphia, probably during the evening houring is when you'll see your best chance of storms. over the weekend be prepared iffer saturday morning iffer the clouds and showers to linger. probably the jersey shore. by the afternoon it will get better. the front stalls out in the deep south. that's where you're going to deal with afternoon showers and storm. i'll tell yo whau. enjoy the great lakes and mid-ohio valley. it will be a perfect wecht. >>> support children's literacy by checking out an exhibit featuring the works of 27 children's illustrators. that's the giving tree project at the danforth museum of art. and that's your "early today" event of the day, lynn. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. a group of aging action heroes, i'm sure they're glad we're calling them that, they're going for numbe one at the box office. it's "the expendables 2." it's supposed to finish number one. sylvester wrote the sequel

increase in speed the next 12 hours and it could make landfall anywhere from the texas and louisiana border, east to the alabama florida border. that's uncertain now. it's a well established upper level system. we haven't got a lot of change. we do have storm surge to be concerned with. now it's maximum sustained winds at 65 miles per hour. but tropical storm force winds extending out 205 miles. if you look at this track, you can see by monday evening, cat 1 hurricane. it's going to strengthen into a category 2 hurricane before it makes landfall. then once again, revert back to a category 1 as it hands over land and dissipates into a low pressure system. the cone of uncertainty is wide. where will it make landfall and will it stay on this track? seems like it shifts to the west more. the models are a little bit inconsistent with each other. but the majority of them continue to shift it to the west, and it's going to be steered more by a subtropical high pressure system that's there. that's one of the things we're watching and new orleans definitely has to keep their eyes posted. here's a look now

heavy downpours parts of alabama into mississippi and there on into east texas. going to make the mosquito population any better there. storms flaring up here in the eastern lakes, getting into western new york. all lining up with a cold front. here it is. it's this front that will march its way to the east. some storms we see could pack a bit of a punch. severe threat for parts of the east coast into the deep south. damages winds and hail is the main risk. by saturday the front is along the east coast and trailing back across the south. that will shift south for sunday. a lot of the gulf coast coastal states will stay wet. behind this front cooler air for our friday. temperatures a good five to ten degrees below average. fall like air mass in place fours by saturday. chicago 77 degrees. 82 and an enjoyable day in st. louis. back to you. >> you were not the first one, joe to ask that question. >> let's talk about it after the break. >> our trading block tackles stocks and bonds. paul o'neal is our guest host and find occupant if mosquitos are good for anything. t

people from the east portion of texas all the way to the florida panhandle are now waiting for isaacarrive. residents are boarding up and preparing for the big storm. thousands of people living in low-lying areas have already started evacuating. isaac is taking a track eerily similar to hurricane katrina. that hit seven years ago tomorrow. the date isn't lost on the residents or the officials in that part of the country. >> we just hope it's not to that level. we are better prepared to manage it but of course it adds to the anxiety to all of us. >> the national guard has activated more than 5400 members already. they want to be ready to deal with whatever isaac leaves behind. the storm is already being blamed for 24 deaths in the caribbean. >>> it is 6:37. jessica doyle is off today but we're still watching your money and isaac is already having an impact. you can expect to see a spike in gas prices over the next few days. oil refineries in the gulf are shutting down ahead of the storm. the gulf processes 44% of crude oil in the united states so a prolonged shutdown could have a huge

and a football stadium in texas for high school football. >>> east palo alto police are looking for two people who forced their way into a home run this morning and beat and shot someone inside. that attack happened about 9:30 in the 1000-block of wheat street. the victim is in stable condition tonight. a website saw the suspects -- a witness saw the suspects take off in an early 2000s brown nissan altima. >>> after being held captive for 18 years, dugard is ask -- he was on parole at the time after serving 11 years on a 50 year sentence. now dugard is suing the federal government alleging that parole officers are probably to blame for her captivity. her attorneys say justice department lawyers unfair a former chair of the commissioner not to serve as a witness on her behalf. >>> here in the weather center, we're talking about a mini-heat wave. hot temperatures set up for tomorrow. even hotter for thursday and friday. [ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway: dinner...is...served. tonight, take it easy and enjoy your favorite soup, salad and hot, hearty sub. like the toasty bi

east. >>> the orioles in texas. the rangers would put up nine runs on the board in the fourth inning.drian beltre hits his second homer of the inning and third of the game. >>> d.c. unite hosted the chicago fire. a 19th minute, no score. -- d.c. united hosted the chicago fire. they beat the fire 4-2. some people will go to great lengths to satisfy a rumbling tummy but one guy if san diego takes it to the next level. >> he has an appropriate nickname for his midnight snacking. >> i guess they were so irresistible that he had to come back again. he did the same exact crime. he just took a couple of bucks and the rest was food. >> she is talking about her fresh delicious bakery goods stole bin a midnight thief now dubbed the sticky buns bandit. >> watching this guy being all tell sthi, going behind the case, bringing in a sack, taking all the goodies out. whatever he didn't take, he wrapped it up nice and neatly. i think maybe he got a couple coffee or something afterwards. >> this was the second time he broke into her popular mission beach bakery. the second time, she was ready for w. n

texas. those bands are on the east coast of florida that is from this storm. to the right of tampa. that to on the east coast of florida all the way to the texas panhandle, that is how much rain it is. you can put it in washington, dc and you would feel the rain in new york city and all the way down to raleigh, north carolina. it is a killer, huge wind storm? no. is there a lot of rain? yes. it will be highly entertaining watching us get wet when it happens but not as entertaining as the arrival of the romneys. they are down in tampa and it will be a barn burner. >>carl: i hope the animation is as good as the lead in. finally made to tampa. mitt romney came this morning. he was originally not planning to come until thursday when he gives the speech but there was talk perhaps he would make a surprise cameo tonight after his wife's speech and because of isaac the plans went out the window and they had to my down together. he got here a few hours ago, meetings with finance, and a couple of key delegations. on the way, his senior strategist talked about down playing expectations. 2 1/2

. >> 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

east coast. but that front stalls out there texas through areas of georgia and the carolinas. you will deal with typical afternoon storms. as we look at sunday, almost everyone is cooler. 80s from denver all the way through the midwest and maybe only the 70s in some spots. and even in d.c., an unbelievably shot shot summer, enjoy a nice weekend, too. >> bill, i appreciate that. thank you. >> good news for once. >> for once. >>> all right, everybody. buckle up. to sports thousannow. the dodgers were this pittsburgh. second inning, the umpire gets fed up with the chatter there the dodgers bench and ejects matt kemp from the game for argue balls and strikes. don mattingly comes out to argue the rejection and he'll get an early exit, as well. kemp had to be held back by his teammates from making contact with the umpire. they did eventually get him off the field and continue the game. fifth inning, game tied at four, jones crushes a three run homer to put the pirates on top. they go on to win 10-6. pirates now a game up for the second wild card spot. the dodgers are just a half gam

this is in willis point, texas, 45 miles east of dallas. amazingly no one was hurt in this but people were evacuated as a precaution. >>> next in sports, the nationals go for a sweep of the braves while rg3 make it is big literally. >>> right now time to check the question of the morning. people 25 to 55 years old are the fastest growing group to do which one of these activities. >> a, take a piano lesson, b, gamble online or c, attend a nascar events. >> a lot of our facebook fans are sleeping in but keep posting your guesses. we'll reveal the correct answer at 6:54. >>> welcome back. 6:23. your weather first on this thursday morning. we're in good shape. this morning we had a little fog well west of town and southwest of town in areas toward culpeper, out toward harrisonburg and the mountains of west virginia. otherwise partly cloudy skies now. we'll be seeing the sun with a few clouds. we will see that stray thunderstorm again this afternoon like we've seen the last couple of afternoons with a midday temperature of 84. lunch time 85. >>>

texas sized storm. about 750 miles from east to west, and all the little -- about the same to the north to south. i mean we're talking about just a huge, huge storm. thankfully, it's a very weak storm. it has a lot of rain with it. the winds are extremely weak. it weakened overnight. the center has been relocating, hard to figure out where the center of the storm is. when the storms get stronger there's a central dent area of the brightest thunderstorms that's usually where the eye forms. there's really no signs of that right now. winds are only at 40 miles per hour. the hurricane hunter aircraft have been flying overnight through the center of the storm and notice these wind reports, 26, 29, 32, 28 that's a breezy afternoon. no signs of any development at all overnight with the storm. still has about 36 hours before it interacts with cuba and haiti. doesn't look at this point very good that it will be really strengthening and be a huge blow for them. the latest forecast path from the hurricane center. they do think it could briefly be a hurricane right before it makes it into haiti and the domin

her we have the united states from the east coast and in the west coast. texas, louisiana, alabama and everywhere else. then the gas goes up. willis polluting and drilling adds to the pollution. yes. how you know, you will not strike will? every other kind of mining mining, it put a new line in many countries with the environmental impact. india has the third largest coal reserves in the world. i tried to write a column saying we don't need to import whale. because of the difficulties. but to for this reason they will be more resilient. except shale oil and shale gas which is a separate technology china has the biggest with an expert of hydrocarbons so that outlook is not particularly good at all. for the large commodity importers especially with the commodity price this is especially about india he says maybe only 5% were 6%. he is quite right to put them on the political scene many things have gone wrong at the same time. but there is a great recession. but now you have flipped. when those fundamentals are created i don't think they can. with at demographic pe

minneapolis, you get a lilt rtt south of texas, it's east with showers and thunder showers.day, as well. on the west coast, taking the numbers up in the west. your last cool day in the 70s. l.a., you're at 78 degrees during the day today. steamy in orlando, at 94. what's it like in miami? i don't know. i'll tell you. i'm a few hours away from going. >> 73 right now in culpeper. 74 in college park. on our way to the low to mid 90s. sunshine. your umbrellaeed the next couple of >> all of that weather was brought to you by pedigree. we have a lot coming up. lara? >>> it is a virtual grab-bag of goodies from tory johnson today in our "gma" "secret deals and steals." you have to act fast on. logon to goodmorningamerica.com as soon as we tell you about them to get the codes and links. and tory's big savings. >> we're starting off with something big. jell manicures are all the rage right now. they're expensive if you go in the salon. this is the kit that's sold at the highest-end retailers. it's called gel hot polish. this was created for "gma" viewers. you have the light remover.

texas intermediate group. they are short. syria, middle east, iraq, this is what it's all about. prices have come off a bit, corn prices have come off a bit. darry reports tomorrow. the impact on farmers. what is your near term call? although things have gotten better, what's the permits of this devastation. >> the corn crop is gone. it's under 11 billion bushels. farmers are not going to be in as bad a straits as one would imagine. the midwest will have problems but it's not a long term implication. and i don't think john deer or the rest of them are going to be barishly implicated. you will see if the banks continue to come in, we will make the loans to get next year's crop in. >> dennis, always great to see you. >> nice to have you. >> of the world renowned gart man letter. in terms of the oil rally, i'm sure that is music to your ears? >> we have -- we think that they are going to see easing from china and we will get something from the ecb. not necessarily the fomc. i really don't think they have to do anything. i do think that we want to have a little bit more energy exposu

texas. san antonio picked up a good amount of rain. low pressure off the east coast and that storm is bringing light rain to areas of the carolinas right now. there's not a lot of wet weather but from raleigh down through pete mo piedmont, you will deal with rain showers, maybe a heavy downpour, and this will sweep through north carolina and virginia beach during morning rush hours. other than that, it looks like a dry morning forecast. a slight chance of showers from boston to d.c., mostly during the afternoon hours. and just a lot of quiet, beautiful weather out there for many of us across the country. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. this looks worse than it is. scattered storms this afternoon down through the southeast where the humidity will hang on, through alabama, am is miss, louisiana, but most of the heartland remaining dry. kind of the big story this week. doesn't look like any big heat is returning to the drought zone. >> it's august. temperatures in the 80s, not bad. thanks, bill. >>> fo

wils point, texas east of dallas.ght train derailed after crashing in a tanker truck and exploding in flames. the tanker carried over 8000 gallons of fuels. a jetblue employee suspended for robbing an 11 year old flying alone. the woman took the pouch from the boy's neck. inside was his ticket and $200. she was charged with petty theft. gretch, brian back to you. >> gretchen: praying at high school football games in mississippi may be sidelined. freedom from religion is threatening to sue 150 if any type of prayer is conducted. they say praying is illegal . our next guest is encouraging fellow christians to keep praying. >> brian: the pastor of willow point church. how did it get to this? >> i don't know. of course, the supreme court ruling came down sometime ago and this group now is threaten officials, cool leaders who actually allowed prayer over the intercom. >> brian: how valuable is it to do the prayer to the community and to the teams? >> i think prayer is very vital. actually we believe that prayer is talking

texas panhandle. thunderstorms from new england to the carolinas. >> mostly 80s along the east coast. near 90 across much of the rockies. >>> coming up, beware what you eat. new recalls of produce that you may have in your fridge. >>> and shocking news from hollywood overnight about a successful director. >>> and a frightening crash and comments bay driver who was in the lead. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back, everyone. a question this morning, are we nearing a peak in gas prices? hopefully we have an answer for you. the national average is now $3.72 a gallon, five cents more than a week ago and up 29 cents from last month. experts say relief could be just two or three weeks away when production goes from summer blend to winter blend gas. >>> the risk of fire is making a recall happen. they were made by chevy, gmc, buick, isuzu and saab. at least 28 fires have been caused. >>> a different kind of recall this morning. this one involving romaine lettuce. it's voluntarily recalling the product because it may be con tamewith e.coli. >>> at least two don'ts and over 140 illnesses now

texas panhandle. thunderstorms from new england to the carolinas. >> mostly 80s along the east coast. 70s from indianapolis to the twin cities and fargo. near 90 across much of the rockies. >>> coming up, beware what you eat. new recalls of produce that you may have in your fridge. we're going to have the details. >>> and shocking news from hollywood overnight about a director behind some of the most successful films of the past 30 years. >>> and an unusual and frightening crash by a driver who was this the lead. >>> welcome back, everyone. a question this morning, are we nearing a peak in gas prices? hopefully we have an answer for you. aaa says the national average is now $3.72 a gallon. five crepts more than a week ago and up 29 cents from last month. experts say relief could be just two or three weeks away when production goes from summer blend to winter blend gas. >>> and the risk of fire is forcing a recall of more than 250,000 suvs. they were made by chevy, gmc, buick, isuzu, and saab. fires have been caused in those models by power window and door lox that have short-circuited. at least 28 fires ha

east bay valleys. finally. >>> threethree people dead including a police officer after a man opened fire near texas a&m. >> reporter: just a few blocks from texas a&m university police say a man started shooting at a law enforcement officer who wasresponded very q upon our officer's response is when they took on fire from the suspect. >> reporter: the shooter was killed along with two men. >> very close to everyone in law enforcement. he was a pillar in the community. it is sad and tragic that we lost him today. >> reporter: another officer and a woman were also shot. two other officers suffered non- life threatening injuries. it parked a cold on campus a warning for opportunities and faculty to avoid the area where there were reports of a shooter. officers mourning the loss of their colleague secured the area and investigating. >>> there is a new way to get kron 4 news and weather. here is vicki liviakis with our new channel. >> reporter: our new channel is about convenience, check in anytime for 5 minutes, 15 minutes and get weather and news information. let me show you. down here we cycle through a bunch of citi

it came across the gulf and texas through arizona and southern california and rated flash flooding yesterday afternoon it poured in victorville. 80 mi. east of los angeles an inch of rain fell and one hour in victorville they had fled and debris flows. not a lot of damage but what happen next the showers over southern california get swept up to the bay area we have lightning strokes saturday morning you can see yesterday at 11:30 a.m. widely scattered showers and thundershowers it only takes one lightning bolt to start a fire. the fuels are at record dry levels. will see what happens when we do weather in a few minutes. the thunderstorms blue east into nevada. the low pressure, began to spill over northern california and mild area will help the firefighters. >>> qualifiers destroying homes and a grinch and other western states in washington better weather helped firefighters gained ground on the taylor ridge fire it is grown to 23,000 a.. 50 homes destroyed or damaged people are now going back and not knowing what they will find. >>> which saw a friend's homes gaunt, one friend barely got out, he came back today in and found everything is