the bison is the mascot for howard university, my alma mater. galludet chose the name wilma in honor of the first deaf woman elected to serve in the republic of south africa's parliament. howard university chose the name zora in honor of the author, poet and civil rights activists. >> we will assume that both of the bison are indeed female. >> we're going with yes. >> we're probably not going to get a chance to check, so there you go. >> we won't get that close, nor do we want to. >> bison no longer in short supply. that's a good thing. >>> it's hot out there for the bison and the people. >> warm in here. >> i was surprised to see the video of the bison running. that's impressive. it's not the best exercising weather right now outdoors, but we will see cooler drier air move in tonight and that will stick with us until we get to the holiday weekend. of course, that timing again. let's start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam, wide view here and you can see the kennedy center right in the center of your screen and it's

. >>> today erika gonzalez had the honor of delivering the commencement address at area alma mater, university texas pan american. she addressed the graduates in spanish and english, saying, it's her highest honor to give the graduation speech in front of her utpa family. nats keep their streak alive in a wild >>> boy oh, boy, if you ducked out of that nats game after the seventh inning stretch, you would be forgiven. >> the crowd looked great tonight and i'm they are glad they stayed up for this game. it seems like a different player stays up every night and adam la roche stepped up his game, driven in six runs and tonight his two-one homer changed the complexion of the ball game. looking for his first win in his last five starts. pirates up a run, two on, two out for gabby sanchez rips one into left. here comes the second, not going to get there, two-one single there. pirates go up 3-0. gave up three runs in five innings of work. it didn't matter, adam la roche, nats down, 3-1, delivers a two-one shot into right, what a clutch hit by the first baseman. that deserves a curtain call. with bryc

. >> that's right, for example your alma mater is offering a $5,000 stipend and my alma mater is offering a $3,000 stipend. that could add up in your decision making and that is some concern but for student athletes who have been restricted for so long in terms of getting extra benefits especially as it relates to going to college, some are critical of it and they didn't say the exact same argument you just raised. >> and the question of whether this should apply, to all schools, if not, athletes. >> men's football and basketball they're revenue generating sports. this could relate to swimmers, gymnastics and golf. but for those individuals who could go on and win olympic medals to give the school prestige, one school versus another. >> michael appreciate it. researchers have found a link between vitamin d and developing alzheimer's later in life. more likely to develop the disease. researchers found that people who did not have enough vitamin d had a 53% higher risk of some form of dementia. alzheimer's is if leading form of dementia affecting 5 million people in the united states. >>> v

my alma mater, howard university, is working toward a winning season.alk about what happened in the first game. >> they've already lost their first game is what it comes down to. >> just throw me on out there. >> i'm sorry. my alma mater, rockets, they play this evening, so i have nothing to say yet. obviously, a lot of games on the docket. now from tailgate town, just outside cnn headquarters in atlanta. he's working the weekend. >> that's true. that's true. >> reporter: hey, what's going on guys? i'm super excited. i'm hanging out with my new best friends. these are west virginia fans. oh, yeah, this is my absolute new best friend right here. west virginia mountaineer. grew the beard and everything for this. >> you know it. >> reporter: i've got some huge games. the president needs to declare this a national holiday. the start of college football, am i right guys? top 25 matchups on the radar. florida state take on oklahoma state in tallahassee. we're also keeping an eye on the 12th ranked georgia bulldogs who take on the clemson tigers. and then geor

he and his wife decided to settle on the west coast near their alma mater stanford university. >> i chose to avoid new york city. i never felt as if i was really part of that community, even though i have a lot of friends in it. you know they say the person that has the most toys when he dies wins. that's insane. why would that be true? i remember when i first started i was talking to someone about an investment situation, and there was someone trying to take control of the company. that guy is an idiot. the person i was talking to said, he is worth a lot more money than you. i am thinking, am i dumber than everyone working for me? no, and i am not smarter than everybody i am richer than. >> is that why you left wall street? >> i didn't think it would be a great place to have little kids, and if you like the great outdoors. it is hard to re-create. >> steyer tries to get out to his ranch a few times a week. in addition to raising grass fed cattle it plays host to local schoolchildren who come to visit dorothy, the 300 pound pig. >> the rule is don't name it if you want to eat it, but this

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he and his wife chose to settle here on the west coast near their alma mater stanford university, andands of miles from wall street. >> i intentionally chose not to live in new york city, which is the center of investment in the united states. i never felt as if i was really part of that community, even though i had lots of friends in it. but you know the old saying, the person who has the most toys when they die wins. that's insane, right? why would that be true? and the idea that if you make -- i remember when i first started farallon, i was talking to someone about an investment situation, and there was someone who was trying to take control of the company and i said, that guy is an idiot. and the person i was talking to said, he's worth a lot more money than you are, tom. i don't think he could be so stupid. i started thinking, am i dumber than everybody who is richer than me? and i think no. and i'm not smarter than everybody i'm richer than. >> is that why you left wall street? >> i just didn't think -- i didn't think it would be a great place, and i don't think my wife thought

alma mater, hey pal? you ready? can you pick me up at 6:30? ah... (boy) i'm here! i'm here!) too late. i was gone for five minutes! ugh! move it. you're killing me. you know what, dad? i'm good. (dad) it may be quite a while before he's ready, but our subaru legacy will be waiting for him. (vo) the longest-lasting midsize sedan in its class. introducing the all-new subaru legacy. it's not just a sedan. it's a subaru. >>> wusa9 news is sponsored in part by your local toyota dealers. >> welcome back. you know it's all about raising money and awareness about als, a very terrible disease, but the ice bucket challenge has some fun to it as well. two weeks ago tomorrow i challenged our own dave owens here to the ice bucket. i thought he was running scared, but he wasn't. he was on vacation. now he's back. now we bring sports producer omar out here in the wrinkly t- shirt that will most certainly be helped by the cold water. gentlemen, have you any words? >> i'm going to challenge all my local prep reporters. >> i'm challenging the whole sports department. >> let's do the ice bucke

was a star basketball player who dreamed of playing for the university of michigan, his mother's alma mater. >> from an early age that was a bond we shared. >> reporter: but when austin was just 8 years old, tragedy. his father, steven, an avid pilot, was flying the family in their small plane when it crashed upon landing, killing his mother and his two siblings. austin and his dad became each other's lifelines through their grief. >> i'm what kept him going. and he's definitely kept me going. >> reporter: but just eight years later the unthinkable. he and his dad were in another plane crash that killed his father and stepmother and left austin with severe brain injuries. did you ever think like, i'm not going to be able to make this? >> no. never. >> reporter: even with his family gone, austin didn't give up. re-learning how to talk and walk, building up his basketball skills with a private coach. >> my dad and mom raised me to be an uncommon man. the uncommon man gets up at, you know, at 5:00 in the morning to workout, to get stronger when no one else is. and it takes an uncommon man to d

made you excited about learning, you strongly agreed that the professors at your, modern -- at you alma mater cared about as a person and you had a mentor that encouraged your goals and dreams, if you say strongly agree to those three questions, it doubled your odds of being engaged in work and thriving in your overall well-being. think about how profound that impact is. we saw no difference of these impacts by type of institution, whether you graduate from a public, write it, selective institution. no difference by type of institution. ,ut if you had that experience it was astronomically different in terms of your trajectory for success. here is the killer. only 13% of college graduates in the u.s. hit that mark. are you kidding me? .his is not dropouts these are not high school graduates. these are college graduates. on the one simple measure of having felt that they had a mentor, only 22% hit that alone. eight out of 10 college graduates do not feel that they had a mentoring relationship in college. we have got to be doing better. people that are what is wrong right now. it may be the syst

schools like adrian's alma mater, eastern illinois. >> that coach came to my house and sat down in my house, and told my mama and my daddy, we want your kid to come to our school, and we're gonna take care of your child. >> so football was your gateway to a four-year degree? >> mm-hm, and that's why i worked so hard at football. because coming from a family that didn't have much and living in a homeless shelter, living in housing authority, i felt that that was going to be the only way to pay for college, without stressing my parents out. >> you were pretty successful at eastern illinois? >> i was the captain, i felt that i did whatever coaches wanted me to do, and i was having a good time until my concussions and bad health situation came up. >> did you talk to coaching staff? >> yes, i talked to coaching staff, and they just said when you come back in a few days, you'll be fine, and take these pills, called kepra, and they said as long as you take your medicine you'll be allowed to play, but they still kept going on throughout my career. >> he had head injury after head injury after

after that ordeal, he wrote in the magazine of his alma mater, marquette university, that "prayer was the glue" that enabled his freedom. leaders of some of the most ancient churches in the middle east issued a joint statement denouncing the emergence of armed extremist groups, which they say are threatening the existence of christians throughout the region. catholic and orthodox patriarchs this week visited christian refugees in northern iraq who were brutally forced from their homes by isis. tens of thousands of iraqis have been displaced by the fighting, adding to an already burgeoning international refugee crisis. according to the united nations, there are nearly 50 million refugees worldwide, the highest number since world war ii. >> pope francis surprised some this week by lending his measured support for military intervention in iraq. >> on the trip home from a visit to south korea, he said it was permissible to use force to stop a "unjust aggressor." the pope also said he had cleared the way for oscar romero to be beatified. romero was the archbishop of san salvador and an inf

a prayer service was held in his memory at marquette university, his alma mater. foley was a devout catholic. >>> religious leaders from across the nation were among those attending this week's funeral services for michael brown, the unarmed african-american teenager shot by a police officer in ferguson, missouri. several faith groups have been gathering signatures for petitions advocating full accountability in the brown case and systemic changes to police procedures nationwide. clergy have also been urging more training in nonviolence for those who want to protest. >>> growing alarm this week about the spread of ebola in west africa. the world health organization said the number of infected people could reach 20,000. more than 1,500 have died from the outbreak so far. many of the cases are in liberia, and faith based relief officials there say that ebola has induced a citywide panic in monrovia, the nation's capital, where medical facilities and staff are in short supply. >>> a former vatican ambassador to the dominican republic is facing possible extradition by

joe's and coached the alma mater. and also the sixers.ast night there was a packed audience to remember his legacy. ramsey's son chris remembered his father as a man of god. >> he ran his life the last 16 years. he always thanked the big man upstairs. >>> st. joe's planned a separate memorial after ramsey died in april. dr. jack ramsay was 89 years old. >>> sheriff's officials in california are defending their decision to release the details of robin williams' suicide. police say that the actor died by hanging himself with belt. some say the level of detail is too much. but the department says disclosures are required by state law. meanwhile, broadway theaters dimmed their markese for the legendary entertainer. at one theater, broadway's "aladdin" led a sing-along after the closure of the show. >>> now your nbc10 weather with meteorologist are brittney shipp. >>> good morning, we have a nice stretch of weather as we wind down your work week. we're going to see less humid conditions into tomorrow. sunny skies but by the evening, you could

my alma mater penn state completely different central pennsylvania got slammed with heavy rain and thunderstorms think afternoon. we saw them with the rain delay in williamsport now those storms are moving east but they're dying as they do so. you can see it's turned out a bit overcast here this evening as we look live from skycam3 campbell's field forward toward the ben franklin bridge you can see the low cloud deck over the city. that's about it for now. you can see we're also watching some clouds build in in our northern suburbs take look at a time lapsed video from nazareth area middle school. the clouds blue sky earlier today, but then the clouds really started to stream and now it's starting to get darker there. best chance to pick up steady showers will be in our far north and west suburbs as this line notice it's really falling apart but as it moves not poconos and lehigh valley still showers holding together maybe a sprinkle moving in to portions of chester county her over the next hour are so. but not seeing any real thunderstorm activity out there you should be fine if you're out and

phil is taking haley to visit his alma mater. loved college.re hoping some of that enthusiasm rubs off on her. go, bullfrogs! dogs. bulldogs. i feel like you do that on purpose.

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it's all about cheering for the old alma mater and renewing acquaintances.ook at who is back, maryland. >> the team colors are eerily similar, all the trademark m. replaced by an r. yes a rebranded region, the fridge is back in football. >> so many people have texted and e-mailed me about how i'm back in football. >> ralf is a rutgers man now. he took over as offensive coordinator. >> i've learned a lot here and when you're still learning things that's a good thing. that makes football even more interesting. i like who i'm working with, i like being here. i'm very happy. >> ralf was a far cry from happy following the 2010 season when he got fired despite leaving the terrapins to a 9-4 record and winning the a.c.c. coach of the year award. >> the people that were responsible for me leaving were maryland people. and you know, one of the things that was tough for me to come back was the last game i coached was the military bowl. and i don't know how many coaches coach their final game with people in the stands cheering their name and have signs thanks ralf. i t

michael sam was at his alma mater missouri's season opener yesterday afternoon when he found out the team released him. the rams cut sam, along with 20 other players, to get their roster down to 53 players. the head coach said the decision to release a defensive end was not easy. >> i was pulling for mike. i really was. and i don't say that very often. but i was. mike came in here and did everything we asked him to do. >> sam publicly acknowledged he's gay back in february. the rams picked him near the bottom of the draft three months later. after he was cut he used twitter to thank the rams for the opportunity, vowing to keep working for a year in pro football. if not signed by another team, he could be assigned by the rams and placed on their practice squad. >> caltran said work on interstate 280 is on schedule. all northbound lanes from 101 to the king street off-ramp are closed for the holiday weekend. crews are replacing two bridge hinges as part of a seismic retrofitting project on 280. >> it's been around with san francisco traffic and it's time for repair. this hinge has noth

. >> reporter: and then enjoying his alma mater's first game of the season on saturday. he made football history as the first openly gay player drafted by an nfl team. >> it's amazing to think by what just doing what we can, we can all touch, change, and even save lives. >> reporter: sam cut, despite garnering a team best six tackles against the miami dolphins thursday. the coach says this decision is based solely on football. >> there was no distraction. i was pulling for him. it didn't work out. it just didn't work out. >> ethan westbrooks, a lineman a little more versatile. it was a tough call. but that's the reason why, i think the rams keept ethan westbrooks over michael sam. >> reporter: overnight, sam taking the setback if stride, saying in a series of tweets, i want to thank the entire rams organization and the city of st. louis for giving me this tremendous opportunity. adding, the most worthwhile things in life rarely come easy. this is a lesson i have always known. the journey continues. a fighter on and off the field, telling our robin roberts he hoped to be

michael sam was at his alma mater when he got the news. the st. louis rams cut sam, along with 20 other players to get their roster down to 53 players. head coach jeff fisher says the decision to cut the defensive end was not easy. >> i was pulling for mike. i really was. and i don't say that very often. but i was. mike came in here and did everything we asked him to do. >> sam publicly acknowledge head is gay back in february. the rams picked him near the bottom of the draft three months later. after he was cut he used twitter to thank the rams for the opportunity, vowing to keep working toward a career in pro football. >>> one person died this and two others were hurt when they fell from a cliff near daly city. the coast guard says it happened early this morning after three men broke through a fence many palisades park. the rescue team found all three victims on below on the beach. shawn caring on the from santa rosa was pronounced dead at the scene. the two survivors were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. >>> still to come on abc 7 n

you even fell. >> my alma mater. >> watch espn's coverage of the first ever college football selectshere dishing on her exciting return to television. all next. ♪ ♪ you know what they say you you'll connect withnte, your doctor any time, ♪ anywhere. another way care and coverage together makes life easier. ♪ become a member of kaiser permanente. because together, we thrive. ♪ ♪ >>> what a fun morning we are having with meredith vieira. welcome back. you just got back in the swing of things. >> remembering it all. >> all coming back and it is all coming back. you got to tell us about it "the meredith vieira show" starting in a couple of weeks. >> start shooting shows, we got seven done so i feel like i'm getting my wind. i'm still nervous but -- >> this is something you've done. obviously done "the view." done news magazines and been a journalist and did the "today" show. >> "millionaire." >> this is something different. >> it's a combination of all the skills that i've acquired through almost 40 years in the business so there's a lot of storytelling from my years as a journalist and

the typewriter -- my alma mater. may become an heirloom, i don't know if. it's the same kind of thing when you go out and look, people want to see your -- >> guest: yes. the typewriter is part of the process for me. c-span: what about the little -- >> guest: it's like an old car you've been driving for many years. you just want to -- kind what about the little house you do all your work in? >> guest: yes, right. i don't know. i don't think about that, brian, but thank you for asking me trying to maybe i can get an answer sunday from the. in this book, a couple people you write about our friends, more than a couple. you've got a big painting on one page of lafayette county also right about de tocqueville coming here while everybody else was going there. put those in context. put lafayette county context. >> guest: lough yet was the last living here of the revolutionary war at the time these young people were starting over to paris. several of them, and the willard, samuel f.b. morse and james fenimore cooper had all been involved with lafayette's famous visi

michael sam was at his alma mater season opener missouri yesterday afternoon when he found out the team released him. the rams cut sam, along with 20 other players, to get their roster down to 53 players. the head coach said the decision to release a defensive end was not easy. >> i was pulling for mike. i really was. and i don't say that very often. but i was. mike came in here and did everything we asked him to do. >> sam publicly acknowledged he's gay back in february. the rams picked him near the bottom of the draft three months later. after he was cut he used twitter to thank the rams for the opportunity, vowing to keep working for a year in pro football. if not signed by another team, he could be assigned by the rams and placed on their practice squad. >> caltran said work on interstate 280 is on schedule. and ramps are closed for the holiday weekend. crews are replacing two bridge hinges near cesar street for repair. >> >> it's been around with san francisco traffic and it's time for repair. this hinge has nothing to do with the recent quake. it was scheduled years out in advance

of history and holds the chair in american civil war history at dickinson college of course the alma mater of both president buchanan and chief justice taney for what that's worth. matt is the author of a number of books and articles including lincoln's sanctuary which is a history of the soldier's home where lincoln would go during the summer and he is the author of a forthcoming book which i think will radically force us to think about lincoln in a new way. it's hard to imagine anything that could force us to think about lincoln in a new way since there is so much on lincoln that what else is there to say? his new book will be called "boss lincoln" and he is going to look at lincoln as a party and presidential leader. i'll turn the podium over to matt pinsker and also let him talk to us about mr. spielberg and "lincoln goes to hollywood." >> well, thank you very much. to paul and don and everyone here, it is an honor to be at a symposium like this and speak about spielberg's lincoln is important for us to do. this is a movie that is now about a year and a half old and not just a biopic a

my alma mater. >> yes, yes. >> seth: and are they enjoying it? >> one graduated.. and he now works in spokane. >> seth: all right. >> and he just anchored his first broadcast. >> seth: oh, that's great, congratulations. [ cheers and applause ] >> he graduated last year. and then our daughter lily is a rising senior. >> seth: oh that's great. >> but you know, i have a little bone to pick -- well, i did an event for northwestern. and you made a tape for them. a video. >> seth: yes. with stephen colbert. >> with stephen colbert, and the idea was the people in the audience, they're watching this video and then you're supposed to appear live. and it's so exciting. well, colbert did appear but you didn't. >> seth: i didn't, no. >> you did not. >> seth: no. >> he raked you over the coals. he said mean things about you. >> seth: yeah. >> the audience agreed. cause you hadn't been there. >> seth: in my defense there was an old woman in my building -- >> you're gonna blame this on an old woman? >> seth: -- that needed help moving. and i said no to her. and i felt like if i

. >> since you all are ivy leaguer, you have to give a shoutout to my alma mater cal state north. >>> reports surfaced that google executive could take over his old job. is the obama administration trying to strengthen its ties with silicon valley? >> i think you're right, why not? think about all the criticism that government got for how it handled obamacare, and how much better the technology should have been? they want to have silicon valley on their side. they want the smartest minds in terms of technology to help make all those government systems better. >> dom, the last word on this one. chinese online shopping is offering virtual partners, the service reportedly has they girl friends or boyfriends calling or texting you to wake up, say good night, listen to your complaints, for under $5 a days. before you answer whether you would do it, we want our viewers to weigh it. do you think virtual companionship would work in the u.s.? join the conversation. would you go for it, dom? >> i'll tell you what. for $5 a day, ebl probably find other uses. i'm for the passing judgment. i proba

i spoke with president frederick about his goals for his beloved alma mater. >> welcome.orning. good morning. >> this has to be one of the scariest experiences of your life. >> reporter: orientation day for incoming freshmen at howard university, including international students from 20 different countries brought back a flood of memories for dr. wayne a. i. frederick. >> i came here 26 years ago with a big dream. my dream was to become a physician. >> reporter: the 16-year-old freshman was new to howard and this native of trinidad was also living on his own in this country for the very first time. >> the thing that touched me the most was that there were no limitations on my possibilities. and that's how i always felt. i never felt there wassing in i could not -- something i could not do. >> reporter: he achieved his dream and dr. frederick sees as one of his primary responsibilities instilling that same level of confidence of limitless possibilities in today's students. the day you were interim president, the day after when you were president, what changed? >> it was an

one professor who made you excited about learning, you strongly agree that the professors at your alma mater cared about you as a person, and here was the final one and the most important of the three, you had a mentor during your time in college that encouraged your goals and dreams. if you said strongly agree, it doubles your aunts of being engaged in work and thriving in your overall well-being. think about how profound that impact is. by the way, we signed a difference by type of institution, whether you graduated from a public, private, top institution, u.s. world report top ranked. but if you had that experience with how you did college, it was -- it wasocal astronomical. only 14% of college graduates in the u.s. hit that mark. are you kidding me? these are not dropouts. these are not high school graduates. these are college graduates, and on that one simple measure of having a mentor, only 22% hit that item alone, so let me just say it to you another way. eight out of 10 college graduates don't feel like they had a mentoring relationship in college. we have got to be doing better. tha

in 2001 and 2002, but this is a full-time full paying assistant and a colorado state grad, your alma mater she is opening a lot of doors. >> she is. i may know nothing about sports but i appreciate other women who do. good for her. >>> let's go outside and show you what's going on, on the road. we have a couple of hot spots now continuing to grow. this is counter-commute eastbound 4 at railroad an accident there just reported apparently someone going a high rate of speed crashed another car. the westbound commute direction is what's pretty bad right now in antioch. not much of a delay yet approaching railroad but i think that could change sounds like lanes are blocked. things are improving now in san jose. it looks like they may have just reopened all lanes cleared everything to the right-hand shoulder. we know tow crews on the scene of this motorcycle injury accident northbound 101 approaching 880. so now things are just banged up to the 280--- things are backed up to the 280/680 interchange. roads are wet so be careful. oakland near the coliseum everything is fine. metering lights lights

for now, we want to thank christina bellanoti, editor in chief of my alma mater, "roll call." christina, appreciate that. have a great weekend. >>> much more ahead tonight including escalating outrage over the cia's senate computer hacking mess. the very latest on that. >>> later, we finally get our first look at a fancy piece of crucial evidence connected to bob mcdonnell. at last. you're not going to want to miss this. stay with us. hey get from alask, they think salmon and energy. but the energy bp produces up here creates something else as well: jobs all over america. engineering and innovation jobs. advanced safety systems & technology. shipping and manufacturing. across the united states, bp supports more than a quarter million jobs. when we set up operation in one part of the country, people in other parts go to work. that's not a coincidence. it's one more part of our commitment to america. ♪ fill their bowl with the meaty tastes they're looking for, with friskies grillers. tender meaty pieces and crunchy bites. in delicious chicken, beef, turkey, and garden veggie fla

and of course i must mention minneapolis, not only because it's number three but also because my alma materge, the harvard of the midwest, is just south -- is just an hour south of there. that picture is so horrible. we'll get the full rundown and more on how these towns were chosen is sam molden. thanks, sam, for being here. >> it's good to be here. >> so, sam, duluth, minnesota, minneapolis, i mean like i said, i love them, but it's cold! how on earth did duluth become the number one city? >> well, you know, it is cold and we acknowledge that. but it is just really a great place to live. duluth, minnesota, has unbelievable access to the outdoors. in the city limits alone, i believe there's something like 16 trout streams, 175 miles of trails and then, you know, that's just in the city. it's situated along a north shore of lake superior, which is just beautiful. you know, skiing, sailing, kayaking, white water kayaking, everything right along the north shore. of course you have to endure the winters, though. >> speaking of beauty and nature, i've got to give a shoutout to provo, utah, a pl

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as for how he's spending his nail biting moments, he's at his alma mater as they play. >>> let's get dylan. >> good morning, guys. labor day weekend. let's talk about your entire weekend forecast. we will see scattered showers today from the great lakes down to the gulf coast with the heaviest rain in effect through parts of louisiana. we have a slight risk of stronger storms in the dakotas. that threat area expands from minnesota to kansas an sunday. we could see some tornadoes fire up especially late in the afternoon and into the overnight hours sunday into monday. itis not going to be a wash out. temperatures 80s and lower 90s. you will notice the humidity build in. scattered showers build in. labor day, the western half of the country looks fantastic. our slight risk of storms spreads into the midwest including chicago. the east coast will be unsettled. a lot of clouds, pockets of >>> good morning. another nice day today. comfortable temperatures, too. humidity still remains low. 83 degrees for a high today with a mix of sun and clouds. winds should remain light but breezy down t