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i'm lester holt in for brian. here in washington, talk of war and peace at the lincoln memorial where martin luther king jr. delivered his famous "i have a dream" speech 50 years ago today. president obama headlined a chorus of speakers saluting the racial justice that changed this country. a lot more on that in a few minutes. >>> but first, the remmings in this city about a possible military attack against syria as early as this week over its use of chemical weapons. tonight the pentagon says the u.s. military is ready to attack but in an interview this evening president obama says he has not made a decision to order a military strike. and new pressure on the president. the speaker of the house is demanding he make the case for any military action against syria. we want to begin our coverage with nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell in our washington newsroom. andrea, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. diplomacy came to a dead end at the united nations when the russians again blocked

you got a good rod. >> brian: here is lesley. er: the british are not coming. they voted no to attacking syria along with the united states. france is unsure, needless to say. will the president go it alone? senator rand paul joins us here live in just a moment to react. >> anna: first, here is justin moore performing "small town usa". ♪ ♪ a lot of people called it prison when i was growing up ♪ ♪ this is what i love ♪ 'cause everybody knows me and i know them ♪ ♪ and i believe that's the way we're supposed to live ♪ ♪ small town usa ♪ if it's saturday night ♪ baby by my side ♪ hank junior and a six pack live ♪ ♪ don't say no a ♪ round ♪ ♪ turn around barry ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ ...and a great deal. . thanks to dad. ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ nope eeeeh... oh, guys let's leave the deals to hotels.com. nice bear. ooh that one! nice. got it! oh my gosh this is so cool... awesome! perfect! save up to 30% plus an extra 12% off with coupon... now until labor day. only at hotels.com we've always been on the fore

. >> if you have any questions brian dikes is here to present the item. >> we already have a motion and a second i'm assuming that there's no questions or comments on this item. can we please open for public comment on this item. >> and no members of the public wanted to address you on that item. >> okay please do come up. >> yes i'm a business manager with iron workers local 377 and i appreciate all your support on this project we want to get started out there a lot of people anxious to get to work. thank you. >> public comment is closed. >> can we take a roll call on this item? >> aye. >> 4 ayes and item 8 is approved. >> thank you can we please move to item number 9. >> agreement number to add new work scope and increase existing budget by 510 thousand not to exceed -- >> directors, if you have any questions, brian is here. >> i move approval. >> is there any public comment on this item? >> seeing none public comment is closed roll call on this item. >> director harper? >> aye. >> director lloyd. >> aye. >> that's 4 ayes and item 9 is approved. >> thank you can we please move to item

take over. >> all right, brian. here we go. y don't you take -- turn around. walk forward. now to your right. make a hard right. >> straight, straight. >> stop. now say this, hey, buddy. >> brian: hey buddy. >> you. >> brian: you. were. >> turn to your left. >> you, me, a hot tub, patrick swayze movie tonight. >> brian: what do you say? >> take the glasses off. [ laughter ] >> brian: he's in. looks like he's in. he we know to my high school, guys. you happy? >> he know what is you're up to these days. that was just a warm up. that was an easy one. >> brian: that wasn't easy. >> all right. turn around. walk straight. turn right. turn left. stop. turn right and say excuse me. >> brian: excuse me. >> excuse me. >> brian: excuse me. >> sir. >> brian: sir. oh, i'm sorry, i thought you were my sister. >> brian: now take the glasses off. [ laughter ] >> brian: that went well. >> brian: what's wrong with you people? >> here we go, brian. >> brian: i have to work tomorrow. you get to go home. >> we're not done with you yet, man. turn aro

>>ainsley: so good to be here. >>brian: why are you pumped up to be here? nsley: because it's friday. the coast guard is playing. i get to sit with you guides. >>brian: keep going. evidently i'm not dressing cool enough for this girl. tell me why else are you happy? >>ainsley: great coffee. and barbecue. free barbecue and uncle cracker is here. >>brian: uncle cracker is here. i missed him last time. he's going to be singing a little country. he's right before kid rock. kid rock is the coolest guy to sit on that couch. >>ainsley: i share an office with anna kooiman and she brought in an ottoman from her apartment. >>brian: what about the chair? >>ainsley: she has one of those too. >>brian: she brought in an ottoman. anna is on the show. we could interact. >>ainsley: we'll ask her. let's get to the news. a lot of developing news. we're expecting big news on the economy this morning. the labor department releasing the monthly jobs report for july. economists are predicting slow growth with an increase of just 184,000 new jobs added. that's a slight dip in the u

and next -- is brian here? no. okay. all right. so we're all set and mia i would like you to enlighten us more in all that you're doing in social emotional learning. >> sure. i had some slides but i'm not sure -- no, we have a handout that went around to you and more detail about what social emotional learning is because i think we rise a little bit today and i came from seattle and i know many people have brought up that term today and i get the sense from this group that you're at kind of a high level of discourse and you have a general understanding. could i see a show of hands for those of you that social emotional learning is a familiar term? and those that feel you have a deep understanding of it? okay. great. thank you. i want to introduce myself a little more so you have the context of what i do. i work for a nonprofit in seattle "committee for children" and we have been around for about 32 years. we're nonprofit and we do both education and advocacy and on the education end we develop be curriculum and the curriculum is us

now the world is waiting and watching to see how things play out here to discuss america's options when it comes to syria i'm joined by brian becker he's a national coordinator at the answer coalition he's here with me in d.c. . is a middle east analyst in new york and from miami it was most often the executive director for the syrian emergency task force gentlemen thank you so much for joining me let's start with you was the u.s. it is moving ships toward the shores of syria and readying cruise missiles plus the secretary of state john kerry is speaking out as well as british foreign minister william hague upping the rhetoric in this intervention so my question to you is is it western intervention in syria becoming a more realistic prospect. i think that way that the secretary of state spoke today and came out sort of saying unequivocally that the regime is the perpetrator behind the chemical weapons attack and in the way that he spoke about it i think that signifies that there will be some sort of military action or a military response by the united states and international community so i think now we're coming to a point

brian here is one of the students with the house.hey, brian. >> i like the open air feel. >> finished in two weeks, that's the idea? >> we'll have the house done in two weeks. take it down to southern california for the competition. we invite everybody to come down to see our house. >> right here. >> the house is a smart house which means we can control everything in the house from the lights, you can click on, for example, right now we are standing right about here. >> is this the nook? >> yes. we can control the lights overhead and completely dim them, change the temperature of them, kind of the feel of the house. >> but the house is smart because it might say, hey, maybe you shouldn't use lights? >> exactly. the house can use sensors. hey, it might be smarter to open the windows and shades and try to turn the lights on. it does all of that automatically or you can manually control it. >> as we walk around towards the back, once this is done, you can -- it's a big cocktail party without the cocktails. they have solar panels which a

thank you for joining us here. >> great to be here. >> brian: i'm gone for 30 days. re. >> i have tested it. i know it's possible. i just came off a month on the road and i was packing only in my carry-on. but the planning all starts before you even get to the packing. step one is organizing your clothes, mixing and matching outfits. you're not packing 30 outfits for 30 days. you're packing basics that can mix and match, coordinate. that's the first step. getting your stacks ready to go. >> brian: here we go of the first off, shorts, pants. >> bottoms. bring basic bottoms, jeans. you've got eight bottoms here. i have about six bottoms. first let's talk about the luggage. >> brian: the girl is packing first. >> we both have pliable suitcases. 21 inches, 22 inches. they're fantastic because they mold and shape to your items. >> brian: not hard sam sonite suitcases. let's try to achieve packing two bags. shoes. >> pack from the bottom of your feet up. so shoes go in first. you want to kind of frame the suitcase. frame it out. >> brian: i'll frame mine. >> okay. >> brian:

mom was right. >> steve: what goes around comes around. >> brian: here is the thing, it might turn out> steve: that's kind of what will rogers said once upon a time. >> brian: whatever happened to him? >> steve: he's got a statue in oklahoma. >> brian: he passed away? >> steve: yes. all right. meanwhile, we've been talking about obamacare. we know it was supposed to bring down the cost curve. but we know in reality it's turned the cost curve the wrong direction. the affordable care act unaffordable. now there is news that a big company where the wardrobe is brown is not going to insure spouses of many employees if they actually can get their health care elsewhere. in other words, if some of the spouses for ups employees work for another company and has health care elsewhere, they better take it 'cause they're getting cut off by ups. >> anna: this company is so well-known for taking care of their employees. that's one of the reasons people want to work there is because of the incredible benefits. they don't get doors. but anyway, there is a reason for all this. rising medical costs. her

here. the imam who defends this thing coming up. >>brian: just when you thought you were up on all the latest fashion trends, a new one is all the rage. look at this. it is a pooch purse. now it's gone. "fox & friends" starts now. ♪ ♪ >>brian: the all american summer concert series about to start. any moment the tower of power will be jamming into that stage with a shoehorn. all of them are here. we have free food out on the veranda. they do not have to grill. they get to eat and they get to play. and they entertain new york city as shannon comes in from washington early for the madness. >>shannon: we're excited. and the song what is hip must be about you? with a pooch purse? >>brian: yeah. we'll finally get to the bottom of that. the tower of power is the most powerful name in news has a lot of power. we also have richard skaggs coming up and also huge news happened overnight as we were e-mailing back and forth and i was watching you last night on special report. seems like a lifetime ago. good thing we got you that jet deal and the jet ba

regime did not allow people to go and these are not things that will go on my own and so let's get brian in here brian what were you going to say the united states government has been on a course to overthrow the government in syria because it's an independent nationalist government it was formally syria was formally a colony they did the same thing in libya they bombed libya in two thousand and eleven. they invaded iraq in two thousand and three we see war after war after war what's the real reason for the war it's not because one government has a better or worse human rights record it's not about chemical weapons the middle east possesses two thirds of the world's oil the us wants to show that it's going to control this resource rich part of the world the the bush administration and the obama administration are doing the exact same thing using chemical weapons as a pretext to carry out in illegal act of aggression against a sovereign country the people in the united states by the way by by a margin of ninety percent ninety percent oppose any military strikes on syria. the prospect of a devasta

geraldo is here next. >> brian: right. he's earning his keep what makes your family smile? is. backflips and camm, ok!s. ching! i like the fact that there's lots of different tastes going on. mmmm! breakfast i'm very impressed. this is a great cereal! honey bunches of oats. i hear you crunching. a quarter million tweeters is beare tweeting. and 900 million dollars are changing hands online. that's why hp built a new kind of server. one that's 80% smaller. uses 89% less energy. and costs 77% less. it's called hp moonshot. and it's giving the internet the room it needs to grow. this&is gonna be big. hp moonshot. it's time to build a better enterprise. together. ♪ and now there's a new way to do the same for your dog. introducing new purina dog chow light & healthy. it's a no-sacrifices, calorie-light way to help keep him trim... ...with a deliciously tender and crunchy kibble blend he'll love... ...and 20% fewer calories than dog chow. discover the lighter side of strong. new purina dog chow light & healthy. >> ainsley: good morning to you. it is friday. you made it through th

here. firefighters still working on this. 100% contained. reporting live, back to you . >> thanks so much. >> brian hackney is here with the weather. you said this weather trend is going to go on for three years? >> it seems that way this time of the year. going to be on the cool side. the usual fog and low clouds. numbers running about the same they have been the past couple days. as we look live towards the twins back to back bay bridge. santa rosa, low 50s is working. 52 degrees. 56 in concord. and 55 in oakland. and san francisco in the city 54 degrees. we're as much as 13 degrees below where we should be. just santa rosa at 83 degrees is 13 degrees cooler than average. we're only going to hit 70 today. san jose 82 is the average. 72 is what we're going to hit. all week is cool. the entire forecast in a few minutes. let's get a look at the road ahead. >> thank you, brian. they pushed that stalled big rig pushing the right lane just west of the tunnel. they cleared it out of the way. unfortunately now we're left with a back up. activated metering lights early. now we're seeing a long delay. it i

eastern here on nbc. >>> that's our broadcast for this thursday night. thank you for being with us. i'm lester holt in for brian we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> welcome everyone. a live look over the san mateo bridge as drivers navigate around the bay bridge closure. this morning i heard the commute went very smoothly, but look at it now. traffic slowly moving across the san mateo bridge highway 92. we also want to take a live look at our traffic map. 101 south getting towards the san mateo bridge on the left hand side of the bridge moving very slowly. also 880 heading toward the san mateo bridge slow as well. >> i'm raj mathai. this is the longest period of time the bridge will be shut town since the earthquake in 1989. this is the commute on 880. it's moving. it's a little sluggish, but it's moving. now let's take a live look at the drive on 101 north. this is from our foe owe journalist norbert lee who is driving north there on 101. once again, it is a clowe commute, but things are moving at a slow pace. we have the latest on the commute.

listening -- >> brian: we're doing a tv show. >> we have plenty of people listening. >> brian: thanks to you. real quick. herefending the program. where is the c.i.a. chief of staff? these guys from 2008 are coming out now. it's incredible. >> that's the thing, brian. the president really has backed away from it. he was very strong. now it's backing away. it's totally taking a back seat and he has backed away. it's disconcerting. no question about it. >> anna: all right. let's kind of switch gears and talk about actually one of the nsa's harshest critics, rand paul, going against chris christie. what's the future of the republican party, all this shooting inside, is the party big enough for both of them? we heard chris christie say that rand paul and libertarianism is dangerous for the republican party. what are your thoughts? >> they've got factions of the republican party, there is no question. whether it's defunding obamacare, we have some people feeling strongly about it and other people feeling that they shouldn't be doing it in the republican party. and if they would all get together, they could do some

there is some genetics here we haven't sorted out yet. >> brian: he landed at 11:30 last night. he loves to do. >> i know. he still makes his shots. >> brian: there you go. >> steve: do you give him like a buck a shot, 'cause he's awesome? >> it's funny. you gave us the ball. he got hit by last time. we got rerouted to the tulsa airport. he shot that ball into a trash can for four straight hours. >> brian: are we friends? >> steve: give him five. >> brian: all right! there you go. thanks, titus. one more shot. all right! >> gretchen: he sinks it. hey, brian. >> brian: if we can stop with the chemical weapons, the world will be a better place. >> gretchen: hey, i got a tweet from dennis. why is the kid not wearing a helmet? [ laughter ] >> brian: they want to know why the kid is not wearing a helmet. >> i thought we should come with a football helmet in case. >> brian: this went well. >> gretchen: we got to go. we're back with our final hour right after this ♪ let's do our homework. ♪ let's look out for each other. let's look both ways before crossing. ♪ let's remember what's imp

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for traffic, here's liza. >> hey there, brian. good morning, everybody. silicon valley, everything is calm. we didn't have any major problems overnight, no major construction projects. so all lanes are open for you right here 101 approaching mckee in san jose. that is looking really nice. 280 through downtown also a nice option for south bay commuting. in the north bay, we did have an earlier accident in san rafael. that's been cleared up. no delays as you can tell here from these live pictures southbound traffic looking good approaching the golden gate bridge toll plaza and the highway 4 commute which is always one of the first commutes to back up this morning so far we are looking at very light traffic westbound looking great leaving antioch, pittsburg heading into the concord area. and our first bart trains are out of the yard on time no delays for bart, ace, muni and caltrain. >>> new this morning, a 12-hour hostage situation in rural louisiana ended in tragedy overnight. police officers, s.w.a.t. team and bomb squad members surrounded this bank in th

and here is brian. >> it's that tgif forecast. goodness it's fog and drizzle and we have more of the same. the extent to which it's going to be this morning, no rain in the forecast but it almost feels like it. the numbers this morning are in the upper 50s. we have uniform overcast and windshield wipers all the way from livermore to downtown down san francisco. we have a warming trend and details coming up. first let's check traffic. >>> even a little bit of minor drizzle can cause big problems on road at least that's the case this morning. we are not confirmed this is actually weather-related but eastbound 580 at grant line a new overturn crash blocking at least one lane. it's counter-commute. out of tracy things are light 14 minutes between the altamont pass d

." >>> good morning, everything, brian shackman here, friday august 9, also this morning, a hockey general manager trades his own son. and since we love political implosions, we have one out of australia a little bit later on the cooler. >>> and another embassy shut down, this one in pakistan, in the country's largest city. right now only emergency personnel remain there. u.s. citizens are being warned to delay any nonessential travel. this terror threat we're told is separate from the one that has kept 19 u.s. diplomatic installations shuttered throughout the entire week. meanwhile, there are new details on the evolution of al qaeda's organization. u.s. officials say that al qaeda ayman al zawahri gave his -- proposed by a regional leader based in yemen. it suggests more of a bottom up approach rather than leaders ordering a 9/11 style attack. >>> also the u.s. has upped it's u.s. drone strikes. u.s. forces launching three of them since thursday against targets in yemen killing 12. 34 people have been killed in drone strikes since late july. >>> the u.s. actually enjoying levels of popula

here, 5:30 a.m. eastern time. this is "way too early." morning. brian shactman here. tuesday, august the 13th. also later in the cooler, yet another political gaffe from the land down under. in australia. plus barnacle in the house to talk about pete rose and what he had to say in the backdrop of the p.e.d. suspensions. >>> we begin with a story that could have national implications. bloomberg vowing to appeal after a judge ruled the stop and frisk policy to be unconstitutional. the judge called it a policy of indirect racial profiling that demonstrated a widespread disregard for the fourth amendment. backers say stop and frisk has been instrumental in slashing new york's crime rate. even saving the lives of thousands of young african-american and hispanic men, the very people the practice is accused of targeting. >> we want to match the stops to where the reports of crime are. i don't think there's any question that one of the problems we have in our society today is that victims and perpetrators of crime are disportionately young minority men. that's just a fact. we go to where the reports o

we have to remember, tony, eric is not here, brian leonard is not here, those are your three fullbacks on the roster. we had the tight end getting into the back field all evening. there's one of those situations right there. it's difficult to take a tight end and put him in as a blocker. >> kenny: another opportunity for tebow. tebow fires down field and the pass is deflected away, nearly intercepted. aaron dobson, rookie out of marshall, the intended receiver. >> tony: he just got that ball off. watch him in the pocket right here. i mean that pocket is closing in, closing in, he just gets that ball off. he's actually wrapped up by one of the defenders around the waist. >> kenny: the defenders collided. tebow now 1 of 7 now hands it off to bolden. bolden gains six down to the 39 yard line. story early for the patriots, tom brady completed his first 11 pass attempts. danny amendola, six receptions and a touchdown. brady over his first two preseason games completing 18 of 20. and leaving the patriots on three touchdown drives in four series. >> daryl: i think it's one of the things that

here's elizabeth. >> thank you, brian.rash now on the lower deck of the bay bridge heading out towards oakland. one lane is blocked heading towards the upper deck a touch lighter than usual so we can call this "friday light" backing up towards the overcrossings in the busiest lanes. metering lights are on. let's get to our maps. the traffic alert is in effect but we're hearing they are wrapping things up in the clearing stages westbound 580. right lanes are blocked approaching 680 and the dublin interchange. they were hoping to reopen lanes within the last few minutes by 6:30 but obviously that's not the case so as of now, traffic is still really jammed. it looks like that travel time is updating right now. it's not zero minutes. it should be more than a half hour between the altamont pass and the dublin interchange. also, other than those two hot spots, everything else is pretty much "friday light." berkeley looks good towards emeryville. the macarthur maze a lyle sneak peek a live look by ashby. mass transit all continue

." >>> good morning, everything, brian shackman here, friday august 9, also this morning, a hockey general his own son. and since we love political implosions, we have one out of australia a little bit later on the co

seeking answers that might prevent another tragedy of the kind that happened here. brian ross, abc news, yarnell, arizona. >> and our thanks to brian ross. >>> and now we're going to take you to japan where there is a frantic scramble under way tonight to stop more radiation from polluting the pacific ocean. 300 tons of contaminated water pouring into the ocean every day, out of the dangerous fukushima nuclear power plant. abc's cecilia vega tells us about the race to keep radioactive material from reaching our shores. >> reporter: it is a staggering revelation, nearly 72,000 gallons of radioactive water a day are pouring out of the fukushima power plant and into the sea. we know countless items of debris have made their way from japan to u.s. shores, but is radioactive contamination reaching america, too? the canary in the coal mines say scientists is the blue fin tuna, served up in super markets and restaurants here. it begins its journey in the waters off japan's coast racing all the way to america's west coast. stanford university researchers say they have found trace

and brian is here . still cool out there. >> getting less gloomy in the weather department.ll plenty of clouds out there. little slower to burn off today. that's why santa rosa is 13 degrees below average for this time of the year. kind of almost have to pinch yourself to remind yourself it's august. supposed to be in the throws of summer and deep freeze. mid to high level clouds out there on the east bay shore line. more sun in san francisco than at the east bay shore. 67 degrees. oakland's at 59. san jose has warmed to 67. san jose will top out 6 degrees warmer. the winds are bringing low clouds on shore and hugging the coastline. out of the west. and up in fairfield, gusts pretty good coming out of the southwest at 24 miles an hour. calm winds in santa rosa. here's what we're looking for. continuation of the cool readings. the low clouds come back in tonight. and not much in the way of big changes. this weekend warm things up all because of this. the low pressure that continues off shore. also mixing the marine layer up a little bit and we're getting choppy clearing today

brian, it's so boring here. when are you coming back? i'll be back soon, stewie. and i gotta tell you, though, this seminar is great. i'm really learning a lot. i'll tell you all about it when i get home, okay? i'll talk to you later. wait, wait, hang on, brian! there was, um, something else i wanted to tell you. what? um, the mail came a little later than usual today. yeah, stewie, i gotta go. ooh, wait, hang on, hang on! did i tell you about... that over there? stewie, i can't physically see what you're pointing at. i'm getting off now. bye. (phone beeps off) well, your loss, brian. that thing over there is pretty interesting. huh? an alien in a grass skirt juggling torches. yeah. all right, you're all done. go. come on, stewie. time for bed. oh, get a job! peter, what are you doing home? i thought you'd be out on the town with quagmire and his dad. lois, you're not gonna believe this. quagmire's dad's gay. what? quagmire never said anything about that. i don't think he knows. it's like he doesn't even notice it. really? well, then how do you know he's gay? and

>>brian: if it is going to help your personal life, why not really help your personal life. >>anna: heree yours? just kidding. already have it. >>brian: hey baby, come here often? of course you do. we've been tracking you. >>steve: caleb says this: hey i just met you and this is crazy, but here's your s.s.n., phone calls for the past three years. any way those are actual things off of twitter using hash tag. >>anna: i've got one for you. you are made in heaven. i've heard that one. is your dad a baker? because you've got some nice buns. >>brian: that's a good one. i don't think you need the n.s.a. for that. >>steve: who need the n.s.a. when you've got anna? >>anna: i've getting to be an old maid. i've been around awhile. >>steve: you've heard these before? >>anna: yeah. there's another one here that i like. i feel like i've known you before i ever even met you. >>brian: that's from the n.s.a. we have to find out later from you what works. we know they're out there. we've got to find out the ones that work. >>anna: i need to find out. >>steve: e-mail us with your suggestions to n.s.a. pic

brian shactman here. we have a story about the relationship between twitter and tv watching. put it this way. i need a few more followers here if we're going to get this thing right. we begin with a pretty disturbing story out of pennsylvania. a man is in custody this morning accused of shooting and killing several people at a town meeting. he's accused of opening fire through the window of the meeting in ross township, which is about 15 minutes outside of pittsbur pittsburgh. he then reportedly walked in and started shooting at random. one witness said he was wearing a blue hawaiian shirt as he shot three people and injured two others. . he went back to his car and according to police got another gun. he was bear hugged and shot with his own gun by a local official who was at the meting. he had an ongoing fight with township officials over threats that his property would be condemned. >>> also this morning, you'll probably hear just a little bit today about alex rodriguez. yesterday the he received a 211-game suspension related to performance-enhancing drug and the investiga

took a lot of work from the department of technology to the department of city planning, i saw brian strong here early and ken rich from the mayor's office. a whole host of people, and we have john green who is our department captain, who earlier this morning gave a very special blessing upstairs in the dining facility to all the members at station 1 and for blessing this building and all the work done here. few other folks that i would like to acknowledge, local 798, the men and women presented by tom o'connor behind me, thank you, tom. as well as some of his members of the executive board here, thanks very much to local 798. there is two retired deputies here. i have seen this happen. i'm grateful they came back because it's this early phase, he got us where we are at today. thank you very much. [ applause ] and also retired deputy chief of operation patrick guard who was a member of station one 1 gaevend us -- gave us a lot of input. most of my command staff is behind me. just like when you go out and run a call you count on each other as a team. i couldn't stand here doing what i do without

. >> if you love the weather, brian is here to tell us. >> it's on the chilly side. it's going to be about as warm in maine as some of the warmer parts of the bay area. agusta is 78. and we'll hit 78 for most parts in the bay area. numbers will nudge 80 degrees but a lit of a repeat performance. around the bay, it's cloudy and inland, low clouds right now. those will burn back inland at least. the clouds will persist along the shore line and partly cloudy and cool side at the margins of the bay. low is just staying off the coast and it's finally going to pack its bags and head inland but not until thursday and friday. it's going to lower the temperatures. we'll stay cool to mild today and drizzle along the shore line. but if you do go to sacramento, 88 will do it there. possibility of dry thunderstorms at tahoe and yosemite. and with those dry thunderstorms, maybe not the best day to climb which i had planned on doing. 70 at mountain view. 73 san jose. 79 pittsburg and 8 0 fairfield. temperatures in the mid 70s and pleasant along the 680 corridor. up in the bay low 7

here, 5:30 a.m. eastern time. this is "way too early." morning. brian shactman here. tuesday, august the 13th.ter in the cooler, yet another political gaffe from the land down under. in australia. plus barnacle in the house to talk about pete rose and what he had to say in the backdrop of the p.e.d. suspensions. >>> we begin with a story that could have national implications. bloomberg vowing to appeal after a judge ruled the stop and frisk policy to be unconstitutional. the judge called it a policy of indirect racial profiling that demonstrated a widespread

brian is here. you don't age.t's all i got to say. >> after doing this shift, i'm 23 combraers -- years old but look at me. >>> we're starting out with numbers mostly in the 50s and fog and low clouds near the shore line. seems to be a bit of a broken record. that's in the bay area. is this august? it is. and it's going to continue cool. drizzle at the coast. low clouds as well. afternoon clearing near the shore. but not much. we'll stay on the cool side for the rest of the week. and it's all because of this cold front. low pressure off shore pretty much all summer. it will keep us that way right through the end of the week. but then as that low kicks in, this guy is going to begin to push in over northern california on thursday and friday. we'll get clouds then. for today, the clouds could slow you down. we shall see. forecast high of 68. and heading out, expect thunderm thunderstorms at denver again and in chicago. chicago gets 77 but sunshine for new york, 102 in houston. yikes. they know what august is about i

brian's is on the inside of one financial and the other is right here. >> brian's is the chemical symbol. and the other is half measure. >> i love it. it has been a pleasure watching show. >> thank you. >> a pleasure seeing you and interviewing you. >> thank you. >> watch breaking bad when the final season returns on august 11 on amc. >> let's head to toronto where eddie is joining the cast for the sequel to the hit movie, the best man. angie martinez is with us. >> smooth moves. >> not so smooth moves. the sexiest best men ever together again. >> come on. >> he rubbed my back. that is awkward. >> i was first on the set of the est man holiday, with eddie, neil, andarence. mistletoe. >> a little one. >> they pick up where theyft of. >> when you get together with a bunch of people that haven't seen each other in a while, you never know whatoing to happen. >> time to cue the new guy. eddie is shaking things up. >> i don't know if you know this? >> what? >> you are the white guy. >> eddie is a doll baby. >> her doll baby paying mia's new boy toy. >> she said there is no kissing scenes. >> i

brian shactman here. we have a story about the relationship between twitter and tv watching. i need a few more followers here if we're going to get this thing right. we begin with a pretty disturbing story out of pennsylvania. a man is in custody this morning accused of

. >> your outstanding mayor brian higgins is here. im a big round of applause. [ cheers and applause ] what? byron brown. i'm sorry, byron. let me -- what i meant was your congressman brian higgins is here. your mayor byron brown is here. [ cheers and applause ] >> this what is happens when you get to be 52 years old. when i was 51, everything was smooth. >> all right. so here's the tip. if you are older than 45, not 52, write stuff down. the memory fades for everybody. just jot some notes about names, dates, and events. it's easy. factor tip of the day. i have to do that now. i forget, byron brown, brian higgins, you know? write it down. , president obama. that is tonight. please check out the fox news factor web site which is different from billo'reilly.com. >>> also we would like you to spout out about the fact from anywhere in the world. o'reilly at foxnews.com. name a town. if you wish to upon word of the day. it's an oldie but i love it. "pecksniffian." if you say do not be apexsniffian. gram matticly incorrect. i am bill o'reill

here.[applause] your outstanding mayor, brian higgins, is here. give him a big round of applause.[applause] >> congressman! >> what? >> the mayor is byron brown! >> byron brown. that's -- i'm sorry, byron. what i meant was -- your congressman, brian higgins, is here.[applause] your mayor, byron brown, is here.[applause] this is what happens when you get to be 52 years old. [laughter] when i was 51 everything was smooth.[laughter] but your congressman and your mayor are doing outstanding work. we just rode on the bus over from the airport, and they were telling me that buffalo is on the move. that was the story.[applause] a couple other people i want to acknowledge -- suny chancellor nancy zimpher, is here, doing a great job.[applause] university president satish tripathi is here.[applause] and we've got all the students in the house. thank all the students for being [applause] here.[applause] now, today is a check-in day at the dorms. so i want to thank all the students for taking a few minutes from setting up your futons and -- your mini-fridges just to come out here.[laughter] i