he was chosen as a stockholders meeting to hire the best lawyer in new england and go to albany, new york, the capitol of -- not the capitol, but where the supreme court of new york was, the supreme court, and resist the attempts of new york to sell this land again. meanwhile, new york had sent the albany county sheriff with 300 men to survey and seize the farms of settlers in the benington area who would not budge. they stood with guns by their sides in their fields until they went away. most of the posse were dutch who represented the british lords and were not about to cooperate. land riots had already been taking place in new york by this time. well, ethan allen, as the chosen one, went before the supreme court in albany and was laughed out of court. he wrote about it. he began writing about the rights and claims of the settlers. he explained the grander of the justices. what he also knew is the chief council for the royal province of new york owned 60,000 acres of vermont land. the chief judge owned 170,000 acres or was claiming to own in vermont. they all have conflicts of inte

albany to boston, hartford to philadelphia.e upper 60s and lower to mid-70s with shower chances around this afternoon. pittsburgh drying out eventually, 72. into the nation's capital, we have some shower chances around today. unfortunately, the shower chances stay with us for the duration of the workweek and into the weekend. what we will see will be progressively warmer readings. 82 for friday. saturday, up to 81. across the nation down through the southeastern states, still some shower and thunderstorm chances for atlanta. 80 there. orlando, afternoon storms possible. miami, surprisingly dry. partly sunny and 90. full sunshine continuing into the southern plains. highs still into the 90s, above average. unfortunately staying dry. minneapolis tomorrow, 56 with more rain around. into chicago, by thursday, mostly cloudy and 63. still hanging on to rain chances out east. >> all right, ryan. thanks so much. >>> well, a new arrival rocking the show biz world. at least our little world here at 30 rock. plus, charlie sheen is about t

sing both classics and new tunes at family sing-along at the albany library. >> sounds like fun. all right, bill. thanks so much. here is a look at the headlines in entertainment. >>> we told you earlier this week about a big job possibility for ed murphy? well, apparently he got the job. murphy will host this year's 84th academy awards show. the program being held by action comedy director brett rattner who murphy just finished a film with. murphy's emphasis on comedy will be a departure from recent years in which the academy focused on elaborate song and dance numbers and hosts with dramatic backgrou backgrounds. >> how did that go. >> ouch, bill, below the belt. >>> elsewhere one-time kid star miley cyrus is dramatically reworking her image. in the current issue of asia's "prestige magazine." she says she doesn't miss doing "hannah montana" where she became bored doing the same thing every day. >>> and talk about an image change. check out lady gaga in the latest "harper's bazaar." no wake-up, no wig, no wardrobe. she wouldn't call it au naturel. saying whether i'm wearing lot

meanwhile, new york had sent the albany county sheriff with 300 men to survey and seize the farms of settlers in the bennington area who wouldn't budge. they stood with their guns at their sides in the fields until the posse went away. .. in the middle of the wilderness. but he also new is the chief counsel for the province of new york owned 60,000 acres of vermont land. the chief judge owned 170,000 acres or was claiming to in vermont. they all had conflicts of interest. so allen went back and the leaders of the 29 settlements got together at a meeting at the catamount tavern which became the unofficial capital and they decided to form a militia with captains in each town and the captains elected the colonel, don and he was paid. so he is one of the first paid american rebels and for four years of the green mountain boys held off the new york sheriffs and drove out and would be new york settlers. now how they did it today well, you might not approve of completely if you call what vigilantes' samore terrorism and dependent. the first time they visited you tried to start a farm with t

umbrella weather from albany to new york to philadelphia. even d.c.fternoon thunderstorms possible. 78 there. got two systems at play. one across the eastern provinces of canada, dropping a cold front through the heart of the nation. a lot of tropical moisture. that's why we could see locally heavy rains across the eastern seaboard for the next few days. 70 in new york this morning. 70 in washington. but then when we move into the northern plains, minneapolis at 47 for the last day of summer how about that? 55 in chicago. fall wasting no time establishing itself in chicago the next few days. fighting off cloud cover today and tomorrow. highs in the lower 60s through the weekend. a chance of some showers, highs still to the lower 1w6. the rest -- lower 60s. the rest of the nation enjoying sunshine in kansas city, 70. only 55 in minneapolis. a wet weather pattern today and tomorrow across the eastern seaboard here. again, could see locally heavy rains from washington all the way up to boston. that's your forecast. lynn, back to you. >> all right. thank

volunteers in 1867 he went to the closest law school he could find in northern ohio which was in albany, new york so he is an alumni where i teach. millard fillmore is a complicated figure. most americans know very little about him other than that he has perhaps the weirdest first name of any american president and it goes down from there. he is little remembered and no one quite knows why he was there. i would like to give you some perspective on that. i should say that what you are going to hear would not make him happy if he were alive today. this will not be a flattering talk about i want to start on the upside by a pointing out there are a number of pieces of millard fillmore's life that were quite wonderful and this institution is one of them as many of you know. he was one of the founders of the buffalo historical society and the first chancellor of the university of buffalo and indeed in many ways fillmore's greatest accomplishments were here in buffalo. his greatest accomplishments were as the city builder and institution builder and the man who understood the importance of his

i'm okay -- megyn: albany! those are my people! me tell ya, we don't get a lot of tornadoes up in albany, new york. lindsay phillips was in her car when she caught this on tape. the tornado cutting a path of destruction -- look at this. let me tell you, folks, you know, the most exciting -- the only tornadoes we see in if albany happen at the seat of government. they don't happen in the sky. fortunately, no reports of any serious injuries. the twister damaging homes, knocking down trees and power lines. the area still reeling from the damage >> president obama, this is your army. we are ready to march. let's take these son of a bitches out and give america back to america where we belong! thank you very much! [cheers and applause] megyn: joining me now to discuss it, brad blakeman, former deputy assistant to president george w. bush and dick harpootlian. brad, i see you giggling as you listened to it. why? >> i think it's thug ri at its best. it's what unions are good at. it's what we've seen in wisconsin and other places, intimida

fog right now across to the ballpark, into oakland, alameda, albany, berkeley, emeryville, fruitville, fog will be in most neighborhoods tomorrow. highs from today, they were cooler. antioch, 88 degrees. fairfield 80. the inland antioch had exposures to temperatures. drop off today. these are the highes. some of them. arrows go south. temperatures tomorrow will cool off further. >> what is the good news? we are not talking about fires. in september. that's unusual. i have to tell you. august, september, we usually have a fire somewhere. this weather pattern has been such that it's been a real advantage to northern california in terms of not getting a quick handle on fire. lots of lightning strikes but the fires because of the rain was kept short. tomorrow, bay, low 60s. berkeley, low 60s. cooler tomorrow. slow burn off. especially in oakland. 70 tomorrow clayton. 75 present wood. -- brentwood. this is the fog foot print. if you saw that, you would go tomorrow morning, there is that much fog, tomorrow is on the cool side. the fog modifies the morning temperatures, adds humidity and mak

eastshore freeway sensors picked up that roadwork from albany down into emeryville. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the bay area campus that's on the chopping block that's coming up. >> plus the president wrapping up his west coast tour today. his final stop before heading east. >> pencils, pens, notebooks, many kids don't have the most basic school tools. the sacrifice by bay area teachers to help students succeed. ,, [ male announcer ] for sore muscles use new bengay cold therapy. it's pro-cool technology releases armies of snowmen masseuse, who cuddle up with your soreness and give out polar bear hugs. technology. [ male announcer ] new bengay cold therapy. the same technology used by physical therapists. go to bengay.com for a 5-dollar coupon. ♪ hershey's chocolate syrup. >>> good morning. we still have a full freeway closure. eastbound 4 shut down at loveridge for overnight paving work. should wrap up shortly. we'll have more in a few minutes. >>> president obama wrapping up his whirlwind tour of the west coast this morning. last night he was raising money down i

cat skills, flood warning, albany. also hartford. many areas got soaked from irene. this put us over the top. thankfully, this right here is hurricane katia. that's some of the rain bands. that stayed offshore. i can't imagine what would happen if that moved off of the east coast. thankfully that stayed offshore. we don't think any other tropical systems are heading our way. we have two other schls. nate and maria the two we have to worry about. yesterday there was a slight chancee this could move to the northern gulf. now thinking that's not the case. all of the computers are in excellent agreement. the bay of campeche would look at a possible category 2 hurricane as it makes landfall. as far as we go here to the united states, we're looking safe from that storm. maria, still question marks on it. not overly concerned there. as i hid ead to the weekend, we hope to take a break. >>> no help from big ben sends stocks reeling. your business headlines are straight ahead. >>> coming up, peyton manning goes back under the knife, andy roddick cracks in the u.s. open, and i

some ongoing paving work from the albany exit towards powell in emeryville.es are once again reopened on westbound 80. bart 47 bart trains all running on time. ace looks good. muni and caltrain also reporting no delay. things can change at a moment's notice in the department so remember kcbs once you do hit the roads. they're our radio partners. and you can find them at 740- am and 106.9-fm. back to you. >>> time now 5:46. let's take a look at some of the top stories on this wednesday. >>> about 45 minutes from now, a house hearing begins on the federal loan guarantee for the east bay solar company solyndra. lawmakers will grill white house officials about the loan to the company last month. >>> an explosive found at a japantown home. police found bombs. a man is under arrest. >>> back to court today for the woman arrested after game show host alex trebek chased a robbery suspect from his san francisco hotel room of the the suspect says she was at the hotel as a prostitute and claims she didn't steal anything. >>> the city of san jose is moving ahead with tig

on the morning of february 13th, 1884, roosevelt was in albany at the state assembly and he received a message saying he was now the father of a little girl. and later that afternoon, he received another message saying that his wife wasn't doing very well and he should come home. so he got on the train and headed back to new york city on a very foggy night and he didn't get home until midnight. he went to his mother's house which is where his wife was staying during the final weeks of her pregnancy. and he knocked on the door and his younger brother, elliott, who would one day be the father of eleanor roosevelt answered the door and said immediately there's a curse on this house. not only was roosevelt's wife gravely ill but so was his mother and within the next 14 hours both his mother and wife died. his wife while he held her in his arms. his mother died of 5 for identification at the age of 48 and his 22-year-old from kidney failure. it was wright's days. the days leading up to the funeral roosevelt was in a daze and about this time he wrote in diary for joy and for sorrow my life

. >> peter jauntionon is president of the johnson advisers, and joins us from albany new york. >> with the news out of greece, duej the worst is over? >> it could be. if we look at the performance of the markets taking last week out, but look at the performance of the market since the middle of august, it has been pretty encourage, , stock market up, and investors migrating back to the sulsector of the market. the and economic numbers have been okay, not great. but okay. leading indicators for the economy have risen in the month of august, and i think they'll rise in september. so on balance, i think there's a chance we could be out of the woods, out of the difficult times, but i wouldn't want to bet on it. >> tom: let's take the data points here's the market, the zip over the last 90 segs. it rallied nicely off the lows last week. the question is, can it be sution tainable, the rally? >> i think it could be sustainable. we could have an up market between now and the end of the year because the economic numbers are still okay. but you're not going to get anything particularly great or

this is all one week after irene caused flooding in the area it touchdown near the state capital of albany i'll look of the weather nationally bomb the weather in the eastern portion of to stay active buying midweek you can still see a lot of activity into upstate new york and pennsylvania. very active and what they're on the eastern coast we're starting off with a blanket of fog across the bay. your temperatures right now are in the '50s and '60s afternoon highs '70s and '80s ho when.. when. warming to5 degrees in san francisco today when. we may climb into the low 80s in sonoma brut was sure it fairfield week warm up to the upper 80s tomorrow it is going to be hot temperatures in the upper 90s '70s for the coast mostly sunny conditions throughout the workweek time right now 6:47 a.m. >> most trances agencies are on reduced schedules and we are updating that for you bart service does not start until 8:00 a.m. muni service begins at 8:00 a.m. that means noah's serve as for a's train or the dumbarton express and the all made up ferried back >> light traffic in both directions and this is lo

and fillmore knows that the people in buffalo and albany are less sympathetic to aboliti abolitionists than the people in syracuse. when they're indicted and jailed, a local politician puts up their bond so they can be let out of jail. his name is senator william henry seward. [laughter] >> fillmore writes a letter to daniel webster in which he says, god knows i detest slavery. and when one looks at fillmore's administration, one would only say that if the almighty knew this, no one else did. [laughter] >> because he does everything he can to preserve and protect slavery. ultimately, his administration founders on these issues -- while he's constantly cow towing to the south and hoping southerners will support him in the 1852 election. he loses the nomination. tragically his wife dies shortly after that. tragically his daughter dies shortly after that. he goes on the grand tour to europe, travels around europe. meets queen victoria, who says he's the hansomest man whoever she met, one wonders what kind of opthamologists they had in england but certainly he was a good looking man. he ha

it'll cool oakland and albany. but watch what happens there'll be fog right along the coast.for not that many days this year. we're starting to see 100- degree readings. fire danger definitely up tomorrow. air quality definitely down. it's going to be very warm as we head to hot as we head into your thursday as well as temperatures will start to trend down. for now in the next couple of days it's a real warm one. especially in a heat advisory: red flag warnings no. we're not going to see the big winds but it's going to be warmer to hot compared to what we've seen. these are the cities especially in this town that will be the hottest tomorrow. the highest temperature, 99 in brentwood. 98 in the antioch and 95 in pittsburg. along the bay and at the coast, temperatures will be in the 80s. your numbers are going to be more in the 60s, maybe mid-60s. if the sun goes down a little bit more you will see temperatures in the upper 60s but much cooler there. your five day forecast, with your weekend in view. the next couple of days will be hot. big heat up and slightly cooler for the b

and it will push inland but not as far inland as livermore valley or walnut creek, fog in albany, four to eight degrees cooler, still 90 near inland. tracking this, this is down the road weather story. towards friday and saturday in the weekend, some tropical moisture could trigger thundershowers. that is bad news if that occurs. that would be bad news, because dry lightning this time of year, we're seeing what is happening in the calaveras county area right now. so you don't need anything as far as lightning. the heat in the valley, less than what we saw today. still very warm, some clearing coastside, forecast highs, cooler as i said about four- eight degrees, 92 out in livermore valley. and as you come up on the five- day forecast, with the weekend in view we do stay pretty hot inland. looking at temperatures tomorrow, cooler, popping up on friday, cooler for the bay area weekend. fire season, we sat here last night, hot, we'll probably talk about fires. >> a good thing it is not windy where the fire is burning in calaveras county, that could be a big problem. >> thank you bill. >>>

it struck near albany last night. crossed interstate 90, damaging homes, uprooting trees and tearing roofs off some of those homes. no reports of any serious injuries. police in phoenix are searching for a container full of explosives, stolen from the airport. they were conducting a police training exercise friday when a cooler packed with explosive tubes, commonly used in the mining industry, went missing. explosives cannot be detonated without additional equipment and some degree of expertise. >>> police in texas investigating the death of a man found at the home of nfl player antonio smith. 100 people attended a party at his home in houston saturday night. the mention morning, the body of a 37-year-old man was found at the bottom of the swimming pool. police say it appears to be accidental. >>> and arizona has slapped a $25 fee on people who visit loved ones in prison. certainly getting a lot of attention. according to "the new york times," the one-time background check fee, as it's called, has acciden angered pris

how about that 43 in albany? again, skies mostly clear this morning. philadelphia, 54. buffalo at 51. what happens today? the northeast, still lots of sunshine. still dry. 63 with some clouds in boston. 72 in new york. 72 in philadelphia. coming from the west will be rain chances on the increase in the days ahead. it starts today in buffalo and pittsburgh. we had a cool sunny weekend in new york. today, enjoy the sunshine. 72. then rain chances come back tuesday and thursday and friday. i don't think it will rain all day each and every day, but at least a chance is back. those sunny days, well, we'll give them a break for a few days at least. across the northern plains and into the deep south, showers and thunderstorms on the move. this is the weather that will be coming into the mid-atlantic and northeast on tuesday. for this morning, violent weather coming into locations across east-central texas. storms through dallas overnight. some strong, gusty winds tucked away in this line of storms. also into memphis as well. watch out for some travel delays in both locations.

this touched down in upstate new york just outside of albany. no one was hurt but several homes were damaged. >> although it has not been confirmed its roster is likely to blame for this damage in alabama. >> i heard pump wind. it was a hell of a wind. >> hope this year set a record for extreme weather. there had been $10 billion plus national disasters since the start of the year. in the past decade only to those and they came close with eight of them. so far to dazzle of and we have had a deadly ground hog day blizzard in the midwest, no less than five operas of tornadoes in april and may, the worst killing 141 people in joplin, missouri. flooding the mississippi and missouri rivers. the ongoing drought and heat wave has caused $5 billion so far. hurricane eye ring cost at least 7 billion. the government will release its august stand but summer to dazzle of and is expected to be the warmest, record. cities from newark to amaryllis texas set all-time high temperature records. in some cases records going back to the '30s. the bottom line, this y

the traffic is moving along pretty well as you drive out past the construction zone at the albany hill. the lanes are open. you see the construction crews are on the side now. it's not causing any big delays at all really. this is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza it is light and sometimes on fridays we do have light commutes. these last few haven't been so light. if you are driving in san jose it has been a tough week in the south bay. right now we are starting off well. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal. a very happy friday. patchy fog. it looks like a little bit on the sonoma and marin coast. what is there should burn off. you have to give a little bit of credit to the fog it hangs on under very difficult circumstances. for most it will be a clear morning. either cool to mind and then sunny and good to go. 60 at fairfield. 59 at concord and livermore. 59 hayward. right at 60 for mountain view. yes that 49 is at the oakland airport. low 50s for san rafael, napa, and santa rosa. there are wild swings here. a good ten degrees on just the lows. west at six at sfo. south, southwest

the heavier rain shifted now up into the hudson valley from albany to king ston. another area of heavy rain developed in central pennsylvania. and one narrow line of showers that will be moving through d.c. over the next hour. so there is plenty of rain out there. we had flash flood warnings for the scranton area. all the green is where we have river flooding. we expect moderate to major flooding next two days because of all this additional rain. in the next 48 hours this is how much additional rain we'll get. still possibility of another inch in new york. inch, two inches in philly. you notice from northern virginia through central pennsylvania, this is the bulls eye, four to six inches of additional rain on top of what we've already gotten. we also don't want to forget hurricane katia out there. this is not a problem for anyone on the eastern seaboard as far as rain and wind. but the waves from the storm as it makes its turn away from us are going to be right along the coast. we're already looking at 13 foot waves over the north carolina coast. rip currents will

wet on i-90 albany, new york, to buffalo. i-80, from buffalo to chicago.nd i-70, from pittsburgh to indianapolis. >> if you're flying, a couple of weather-related delays are possible in chicago and detroit. >>> and there was more dramatic testimony in the manslaughter case of michael jackson's doctor yesterday. we hear from the first person, actually, to call 911. >> and jackson's personal chef also took the stand. abc's jim avila reports from los angeles. >> nothing but the truth, so help you god. >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: alberto alvarez might be the key witness in the case against michael jackson's doctor. first in the room where dr. conrad murray was desperately working to bring their boss back to life. it was alvarez who finally dialed 911. >> we have a gentleman here that needs help. and he's not breathing yet. he's not conscious. >> where is he at now? >> he's on the bed, sir. he's on the bed. >> reporter: for the prosecution, alvarez makes it clear, the doctor, who is a cardiologist, is not doing cpr correctly. pumping his chest on the soft surfa

temperatures generally running this way 5rks 2 ear, 52 albany,. check out the forecast. again, showers and thunderstorms pretty much dominate the entire area with the exception of boston. 70 degrees with mostly cloudy skies, but philadelphia, 79 and as we go into the extended planner here, the shower chances stay with with us each and every day. we could see locally heavy rains, even thunderstorms on thursday, highs at 80. friday, 77. now, the mid-atlantic, not the only game in town. a lot of wet weather here across the southeast. atlanta, savannah, charleston, all with showers and thunderstorms this morning. one wave of energy moving up the east coast, a stronger area of low pressure across the northern plains right over top of minneapolis and duluth as a matter of fact with that front dropping and cool air behind that, but all of this will work in tandem to bring pretty tight rain chances to the east of that front for the next two days. so from cleveland to boston down to atlanta and orlando, wet weather dominating. but nice in kansas city today, we will say that, 71.

. >> terrifying moments near albany, new york. this driver pulled off the interstate moments before a tornado tore through last night. it damaged homes and knocked down trees and power lines. some 30,000 people lost power during the storm. no reports of serious injuries. the national weather service used video as evidence to confirm a tornado did touch down. >>> after soaking louisiana for five straight days, tropical storm lee is now a tropical depression and is finally moving on. it left plenty of flooding in its wake. take a look in jefferson parish. a levee breech flooded the community. now the floodgates are leaking. the army corps of engineers is working on the problem. >>> in central mississippi, lee dumped up to ten inches of rain today forcing dozens of families in one apartment complex in jackson to evacuate. floodwater was knee deep in the parking lot of the complex where cars were flood out. a nearby creek overflowed its banks sending more water into the complex. >>> the weather, strange weather continues. in texas now

. >>> we got a live shot of 80 berkeley, east shore freeway as you make your way from hercules, albanythe toll plaza. if you are around cordelia junction, there is a box in the lanes. toll plaza, no delays this morning as you come into san francisco. upper deck is smooth sailing all the way downtown. san mateo bridge, might find a little bit of fog as you head in the westbound direction. no delays i should say. the upper section, high-rises are moving well in foster city. westbound ramp southbound 880 until 5:00 this morning. 80 drive as we were mentioned on into the maze. 101 and 24 is looking good. check the latest drive times at abc7news.com. click on bay area traffic. >>> santa cruz county has one of stiffest paper and plastic bag laws in the state. supervisors voted in favor of an ordinance that bans free plastic bags at stores and levies a fee for paper. restaurant customers would be allowed one bag to go at no charge. the new law takes effect next year. >> a gumbie in trouble with the law? he has turned himself in. he went to police yesterday and admitted that he was the man in

sebastian all here to albany and from then on but still could not make it into the top ten by the days and last fall out will now take a twenty two point seven second age into some this half a dozen remaining stage but he still only got a mathematical chance of claiming the overall title a small one about with just three races left on the calendar. and finally let's get to grips with one of the sport's most breathtaking tiffany's free diving the thrilling and dangerous pastime is becoming more and more popular across the globe and russia well it's no exception richard brown porfiry caught up with one of the world's best brushes natalia who explained more. the principles of free diving is simple to try to dive as deep as possible with the use of breathing apparatus and then return to the surface fully conscious however this is certainly not as straightforward as it sounds the top men can dive an expanse of two hundred meters and incredibly spend over eleven minutes underwater taking a breath and russia after seeing this piece is totally feasible with the crate training first of all it's

a tornado spawned by violent thunderstorms in the wake of irene did some damage to albany. the twister was a half mile wide and touched down for more than 10 minutes in amsterdam, new york. trees and power lines were knocked down. windows were broken, and parts of roofs and siding were blown off. there were no serious injuries. >> wow. near amsterdam, roberta, where my little sister lives. scary. >> did you speak with her? >> i haven't talked to her yet. phone service was out. >> i spoke to my son about irene. he slept through it >> typical college student. >> the weather genes are not running in the family. >>> looking out from the city of san francisco towards the bay waters where a small craft advisory is in place. boy, could you not ask for a better looking labor day in the city by the bay? due east to dublin. looking out towards mount diablo. the winds beginning to pick up late day. let's look at the currents in and around the micro climates right now. we're in concord currently, clear at 83. oakland visibility is unlimited in the upper 60s. 70s in cab jose in the sout

. >> the twister hit northwest of albany in an area devastated by flooding from hurricane irene last week. there are reports that some buildings were damaged. >>> one week after the fact more than 16,000 homes remain without power in seven states. connecticut remains hardest hit. in new jersey president obama visited flood ravaged residents yesterday. he promised federal assistance to help towns recover. >> the entire country is behind you, and we are going to make sure that we provide all the resources that are necessary in order to help these communities rebuild. >> but paying for it all may be an issue. the federal emergency management agency has less than $800 million in its disaster relief fund. >>> jobs is shaping up to be the number one issue for the race to the white house. several republican candidates are on the road and president obama defends his record in detroit. tara mergener is in washington with more with. good morning to you. >> good morning to you, terrell. now that labor day is finally here the gop hopefuls are picks up the pace and so is president obama. presiden

the midwest and came back the following year and buried the entire midwest again and as far east as albany and the dust continued to blow for the rest of the decade. the sky would turn black and red with thousands of tons of boiling dust. animals and people choked to death. children went out to suffocate. the worst day that they could remember was april 14th, 1935. palm sunday. they call it black sunday. winds of 80 miles an hour with the topsoil and red clay from nebraska dumped on the dying town of tampa, texas. woody recalled when the dust cloud hit it looked like the ocean shoving down on a snail. like the red sea closing in on the israel children. baptist and a pentecostal and religious fundamentalists believed this was the end of the world. this was god's judgment being visited on a wicked people. as woody recalled we thought we were done for. thousands of us packed up and lit out. that year, he wrote the first of many songs about the death of his community and hundreds of others across the southern plains. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ o cf1 o ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> thank you. woody left his wife

temperatures into the lower 70s. 68 in hartford, 59 in albany, 69 in boston. a wet day across the northeast and into the mid-atlantic. we could see thunderstorms from philadelphia to washington, d.c. mid-70s there. 73 in new york. the concern throughout the weekend will be the potential for some heavy rains here. 2 to maybe 4 locally,5 inches of rain from d.c. to boston. you're in for a wet weather forecast. the next five days with a chance for showers each and every day. the heaviest rains will be at least through saturday night. temperatures into the upper have for the next few afternoons. we dip down into the southeastern states. that's where everything is organizing right now and will lift off to the north. there's a cold front moving through western ohio right now. that will team up with moisture across the southeast. all the deep moisture will fuel the heavy rain event. it's cool, it's dry, it's nice. 52 in kansas city, 8, finally dry in dallas and 87 and dry in new orleans. from atlanta to the northeast, also down the florida peninsula, showers and thun

take a look at the camera in albany. traffic is still moving westward from 580 in the upper east shore freeway. in the next several minutes, we are going to see the traffic which is already crawling, come to a complete stop. that is likely to take a lot of pressure off of the bay bridge. anyone coming from 580 or the nimitz is going to have a very easy ride getting to the bay bridge this morning. that is likely to continue for a while longer. looking at some of the other bridges, a quick bridge check. the san mateo bridge has been a problem free and still have the westbound. there are no delays on the stand. your golden gate bridge ride still looks good for your trip in from marin county even with the heavy traffic on the span from southbound highway 101. 8:47 a.m.. let's get a check on weather. >> we will begin in the east bay. wanna creek showing a lot of sunshine coming down. as you saw in the golden gate bridge camera, not everyone sees the sunshine. in san francisco, cloudy skies over the city by the bay. cloud cove

this twister touched down west of albany last week, traveling along the mohawk river, tearing off roofs, blowing out windows and damaging more than 2 dozen homes. >>> in japan, the worst typhoon to strike that country in seven years. this deadly storm delivered heavy rain, triggering mudslides and killing at least 34 people. with dozens more missing. in a country still reeling from the earthquake and tsunami six months ago. >>> back in this country, there's little to celebrate this labor day for the millions of americans desperately looking for a job. 14 million americans are out of work. the unemployment rate is stuck at a stubbornly high 9.1%. president obama will unveil a jobs plan thursday he says will include bipartisan ideas from the past. at times the tone at the detroit labor council rally he attended today was anything but coupkum ya. abc's jim sciutto is at the got some straight shooters. teamamers' james hoffak l reblan rhetoric even further, accusing belong. >> reporter: but what the president revealed of a jobs ge projects to help put more than the more than a million unemp

in order to preserve peace they seem to be cooperating with their very dangerous of the course of albany and also it is so other given of serbia here in new york has sent a letter to the president of the security council asking for an emergency meeting of the work of the security council and russia is supporting this request in order to prevent. dramatic and dangerous developments in the course of a but. we're going to have some other interesting debates in the security council first of all whether to convene that meeting or not and to me this will be reality check. on. whether indeed the security council we in the united nations are interested in preventing disputes and peaceful mediation of situation like this so we'll we'll we'll be following those developments and we'll see what is going to happen in the security council it's interesting you bring up cause because kosovo unilaterally declared its independence and we pursued. port of the united states and in many european countries this was done outside the scope of the security council and it was done with the backing of the us and y

moment we are facing a possible very dangerous escalation in tension was announced by the course of albany and authorities in prishtina basically to take over a northern course of a by force and another very disturbing element of the situation is that the international presence is ok for the nato force there and other european a war mission ulick's which are there going order to preserve peace they seem to be cooperating with a very dangerous plan of course of all being in a sort of a sort. of serbia here in new york has sent a letter to the president of the security council asking for an emergency meeting of the security council and russia is supporting this request in order to prevent those sort of dramatic and dangerous developments in the course of what. we're going to have. rather interesting debates in the security council first of all whether to can mean that meeting or not and to me this will be reality check. whether indeed the security council we in the united nations are interested in preventing disputes and peaceful mediation of situations like this so we'll we'll we'll be foll

some of the big projects, 80 between albany and the mes, that is being repaved. the other big one is in marin. all of 101 basically from navato to san rafael has been repaved. it is a welcome sight for anyone who has to drive on those roads. >> the giants are taking on the san diego padres. carlos will tran was back after missing a previous game due to the illness. a giants' rookie in his first major league at bat had eight to run home run. the first giant to do that sense will clark in 1986. on to the coliseum, the oakland a's were not as fortunate. the athletics have a day game today at the coliseum. >> we are back with more in a couple of minutes. here's a live look outside as san francisco. the fog is clearing a lot quicker than it did yesterday. we will be right back. >> increased security on all bay area bargains is as the country marks the tenth anniversary of the september 11th attacks. they will closely monitor all bridges across the state including the golden gate and san mateo bridge is. officials say while they are always looking for suspicious activi

albany. 80s livermore valley. concord upper 80s and 90s towards the delta. next couple days a warming trend. fire danger comes up. something i want to mention to you, increasing swells. ocean swells. in livermore, showing you the high, 88 degrees. a swell from the south. southern hemisphere swell. why are they dangerous? any beach that faces south, around here doesn't get a lot of wave actions. but when you get a south swell they get hammered. we got it coming right now. it's on its way. divers be wear. i wouldn't go diving. we will talk more about this. it's good size as well. we will talk surf and your forecast and how hot it will be tomorrow. >>> oracle under investigation. the accusations of misconduct as they do business in africa. and the end of ramadan, the celebrations as a man hunt marches on. . >>> new report says the united states loses $12 million every day in iraq and afghanistan was of waste and fraud. the report says there is poor planning and poor oversight and federal money is sometimes funneled to warlords. all of this dates back 10 years.

underemployed so if more insight into a bomb is proposed jobs act and what it might entail let's go live to albany usa we're joined by economist rockwell lew very good evening thanks for being with us lou rockwell from the what was it were you from the little bit of a mrs institute think tank i just wanted to get that out to tell our viewers to give you on the program now given that quite frankly disturbing data from last month what is on the table for america tonight. well barack obama is probably going to propose more keynesian solutions that is more government more government spending more inflation more so-called government jobs government stimulus government payments to the labor unions to build bridges and build roads but all of this is you know we always have to keep in mind there are two sorts of jobs there are real jobs in the private sector where people do work that actually benefit society and people are willing to buy their products and whether you're improving the economy and then there are parasitical jobs sort of anti jobs or government jobs and actually subtract from social well be

>with no major problems in albany we do have overnight construction between all be accident and paul st.. no delays on public transit line. some >> prosecutors have struck out with barry bonds they will allow longer pursue the remaining charges of the home run came and perjury case this came just days as the judge with the upheld his kit her addiction. bonds could still face that would jail time on the one guilty charge and the they could be appealed to by his attorneys for >> 30 8:00 a.m. we had a fairly positive day on wall street yesterday we will have more runs that when we come back this is a live look at walnut creek. time now for 40 4:00 a.m. to power plants had in new jersey were forced to close down this happened four days after that storm passed through the state is still dangerous and now the real work will begin >> once the water starts to recede we will have to go into the sec couldn't faze going house-to-house and make sure furnaces and hot water heaters and other things that have passed components are checked before it is starter to of all employed a explosions >> that

he was shot at this red light at the intersection of albany/crescent.re hoping that his unique car with pink and red paint on his buick. police are requesting help from the public. >> san francisco police are canvassing this area on thursday to try to learn more about the fatal shooting. this homicide happened in broad daylight at this intersection behind me. just off of this element exit. they're passing out these fliers. police are targeting of motorists for witnesses. >> whoever witnessed this horrific crime that they witnessed it and i hope that it will generate more leads. >> officer what walk alon the sidewalks and questioning drivers. police say they do not believe this, side was random. >> it appears to be targeted. >> in san francisco, kron 4 news. >>jacqueline: more warmer weather. no fog. a cool down coming up. your forecast coming up in a few minutes. man: we need a good night's sleep. woman: which means a little heat to keep us warm. and a good dose of support for my back. some over-the-top comfort couldn't hurt. and our perfect dream facto

the national weather service says the tornado touched down near the state capital of albany.he area hit was already one of counties eligible for federal assistance after irene. back in the bay area a look at the golden gate bridge. it is a little hazy as we look towards the north. let's get the latest on this forecast. >> we are waking up to some fog. you can see from our shot mt. tam isaak did. a lot of locations wicking up to a low cloud cover. into the afternoon we will see mostly sunny conditions for everyone and a slight warming with the big heat wave coming in by tomorrow. we have a summer like to others to look forward to. tamara looks like inland spots are well into the upper 80s into the afternoon and cooling back down to the '70s by 8:00 p.m.. around the bay we could warm into the '70s in : back down to the sixties this evening. the coastal warming to the mid-60s. right now temperatures are in the '50s, slow to warm with cloud cover hanging around. as we take you into the afternoon we will see plenty of 80 degree weather. and the san ramon valley upper 80s. lebron 8

this is in albany. cloudy and of the even over the east bay hills west along the coastline and peninsula. that is what we are dealing with this morning. a quick check on the map shows that we're seeing the heaviest of the fall to the north. visibility is less than a mile. from the golden gate bridge crew santa rosa with pockets of dense fog were visibility will get down to less than one-quarter of a mile. san francisco towards sfo there is fog at ground level. that is causing delays for arriving flights into the airport. at last check the delays were just under one hour. oakland and san jose are still on time. >> now, where we expect in the fall to go? at 9:00 a.m. patchy at best the campus and much of the day. it will pull back by noon and hang their through most of the day. it will pushed inland by 7:00 p.m.. it stays at the coast even through 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, a fairly strong northerly wind is what is keeping it at bay. that will contribute to some of our high temperatures tomorrow. tempera

a montana room arrested at abe international airport -- albany international airport for having a gunr purse. she says she had no idea the gun was there. officials say that's no excuse. she was charged with misdemeanor possession. she later posted bail. that same day, security screeners confiscated this replica gun from a passenger's carry-on bag. >>> this morning, the house of representatives, approved legislation to keep the government up and running through next tuesday. a bipartisan agreement ended in a dispute over disaster relief spending that threatened to cause a partial shut down of the popular government. with most house members away, the approval takes place through a legislative maneuver known as unanimous consent. that allows as few as two members to approve a bill as long as no one objects. >>> four u.s. senators are in libya right now meeting with members of the national transitional council which is running the country. this is the highest level of delegation to visit libya since moammar gadhafi was overthrown. it includes john mack cane, who was one of the -- john mcc

we've got a live shot on the 80 freeway heading westbound, hercules through albany and berkeley, no majorng. once you get into the toll plaza they have just turned the metering lights on. generally slow out of central valley this morning. westbound 580, you'll find pockets of slowing all the way and up over the altamont pass on to the 680 junction. no stalls or accidents and typical slow traffic. highway 4 out of antioch and all the way towards the concord area way under 20 miles an hour. under 10 miles an hour as you head out of antioch. popular drive times, there you have the highway 4, about half an hour as you head outside of concord. 580, about 37 minutes on 880 and nimitz from 238 to the maze, about 15 minutes. >>> sue, thank you, 6:39. >> was it the investment. $35 million interview that has landed him a dream job. with trading under way, bil big board, the dow is down 53 points. we'll get a report from jane king. >> and dianne feinstein says that her reelection fund may have been wiped out. >> and has the city gone to the birds? drastic new proposal that could change the look of e

the midwest and came back the following year and buried the midwest again and also as far east as albany sky would turn black and red with thousands of tons of dust, animals and people choke to death, toddlers wander out into the dust drifts in the suffocate and the single worst day that any of the dust bowlers could remember was april 14th 1945, palm sunday they called a black sunday and that is when the wind of more than 80 miles per hour with the topsoil and the red clay from as far away as nebraska dumped it on the already dying town that in the texas, and he recalled that when the dust cloud hit it looked like an ocean was chomping down on the snail like the red sea was closing in on the israel children he said and the baptist and pentecostal religious fundamentalists believed this was literally the end of the world, this was god's judgment being visited upon the wicked people and as he recalled, we thought we was done for, thousands of bus packed up and led out and in that year he rode the first of many songs about the death of his community and hundreds of others like it across th