, 18 days flying the same routes that amelia earhart did.s time amelia has modern technology on her side. >> she was using celestial navigation which was using the stars to know her position in space. >> she probably had radios. >> she barely had radios. small hand-held device which will allow us to send out texts and tweets through gps satellite. >> if successful she will be the youngest woman to fly around the world in a single- engine aircraft. she hopes this flight will raise awareness and encourage women to fly. >> i'm assuming the probably wanted a little clearer skies this morning for take-off. >> it would have helped. i'm in sales, not production. [ laughter ] >>> pretty warm weather next week and it will ramp up one day at a time coming up a couple of degrees a day after bottoming out yesterday. we began that warming trend today. most highs today were going to be about 3 to 6 degrees warmer than they were yesterday. and on the satellite and radar you can see that most of the action that low is just really moving out to the east and

her name just happens to be amelia earhart. we get her story tonight from nbc's joe fryer. >> reporter: it's almost destiny that the sky would become a second home for someone with the name amelia earhart. >> i did to a certain extent feel like i had to become a pilot. >> reporter: her family thought they were distant relatives of the legendary aviatrix. so ten years ago, this adventurous modern-day amelia earhart started flying and before long became a traffic reporter in a helicopter. >> there are no problems to worry about today. >> reporter: she made plans to recreate her namesake's around-the-world flight, the one that ended with earhart disappearing in the pacific ocean in 1937. then came news the two amelias were not related. >> if you believe anything for 30 years and you're told it's not true, it's tough to take. >> reporter: but she decided to fly on. at 31 years old, this earhart also hopes to make history, becoming the youngest woman to ever circle the globe in a single-engine plane. the trip is expected to last nea

next week amelia earhart will try for a better outcome. the pilot and reporter is planning her own flight around the globe tracing the path of the woman she's named after. amelia earhart, nice to talk to you. >> good to talk to you. thanks for having me on. >> it's a pleasure. so who gave you, the family name we get, but who gave you the first name, mom or dad? >> i think it was the combination of both. dad had the last name and mom is very creative. let's give her a name in a no one will forget, and the legacy to the past, and until i was 18 i went by amy. but i realized at 18 it was a great name to have. >> any pilots in your family? >> not really. i'm the first pilot. >> you have this name and then you say, okay, what am i going to do with my life. i'm going to be a reporter, why not also be a pilot. is that how it happened? or is there a different story of how you became a pilot. >> that's exactly how it happened. every day of my life i have been asked, your name is appea amelia earhart, are you a pilot. until i was 21 i would see disa

this modern day amelia will try to complete that trip, retracing much of that historic flight. >> my dad's last name, being earhart, gave my parents a really cool opportunity to give me a name no one would forget. and i certainly fell down that path. >> reporter: amelia has ten years of experience as a pilot and will have a co-pilot, shane jordan, aboard. to see them take off is a wonder for 83-year-old mooney ballard of newark, who watched that flight and flies planes now for fun. >> i just couldn't stay away. i had to come back. it's kind of like come back to meeting the first amelia and thanking her for the adventure i had as a young child. >> reporter: amelia is making the journey to honor the other amelia earhart and encourage more women to learn to fly. she also has a foundation to help pay for flight school. >> that was my geeky dream. every girl wanted to be a princess, and i wanted to be a pilot. >> reporter: the former weather and traffic reporter is confident she'll complete the journey, because today's planes are equipped with such advanced technology. reminding everyone of amelia's quote. >> the whole

well not that the amelia earhart, this amelia earhart, amelia rose earhart of colorado, the former weather and traffic reporter at our fellow nbc news station used to be embarrassed when people kept asking her about whether she was a pilot, they'd follow up with would she fly around the world like the original amelia earhart? she eventually said why not. she was ten years experience as a pilot will recreate the flight around the world that her name stake attempted 77 years ago from here. it's a 28,000 mile trip, but as you know, the pioneer disappeared in 1937 over the pacific ocean. today's amelia was asked by her friends whether she'd be afraid about her trip ending badly, but she has a way to calm the butterflies. ask her why she's doing this, amelia says she wants to honor amelia earhart and her legacy and support women in aviation. she also has a foundation that puts women through flight school. modern day amelia though will have a co-pilot this time, shane jordan with her. they expect the trip to take between three weeks and one month. that'll be 17 stops in 14 countries. live in oak

taking the first life of amelia mary earhart in 1937 and amelia rose earhart, myself. se our flight plans and amelia never got a chance to do that. she left that plan open, i'm not her relative, i'm truly inspired. we've been doing info graphics. a flight around the world has never been socially documented. we can stay socially engaged around the equator. #flyamelia. it's not just learning how to flight. part of the training the ocean survival course. boy, that training was unlike anything i'd ever gone through before. i had a bit of fear of the ocean my entire life. being in the water makes me nervous. my yoga training has been a huge part of my preparations for the flight. i get one hour to myself thinking about why am i doing this, the passion behind it. the flight with amelia foundation the charity i started to put young women through flight school. the board of directors here decided the girl whose get the scholarship. amelia one of the role models will get out and like, let's do this, let's get you your pilot's license. what better role model than a woman? >> i'm

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there will be an attempted finish of a flight started by amelia earhart 75 years ago. amelia rose earhart was named after the famed pilot who tried to fly around the world. 9 modern flyer is trying to create that. she felt a kinship. >> amelia left a legacy in 1930s and we still think of her disappearance and she is researched and talk about her in all facets and i hope the legacy that i can leave is the adventure still continues. >> showing take off at 8:00 and will last 2 1/2 weeks around the world. she runs the fly with amelia foundation which encourages girls to become pilots. >>> good for her. >> taking off from oakland today. >> breezy and a few clouds and can't wait to see her end the trip on a better note than the original amelia earhart. >> good morning, everyone, here is a look from the roof camera with the wind blowing and that is the big story moving through the afternoon. right now, i will show you what happened overnight, the east bay hills .08" where we received the most and san jose enough to make the ground wet. through the central valley, the showers a

>> you're watching "today in the bay." >>> its been more than seven decades since famed pilot amelia earhartdisappeared trying to navigate the globe. >> inless than two hours from now, a 31-year-old woman with the same name will try to retrace earhart's steps. "today in the bay's" nannette miranda joins us live at oakland's iowauation museum where the plane takes off in just a few hours, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. and people are already starting to gather here. in fact, i already spoke to somebody who saw amelia earhart in 1937 take off here. so he's here too and just the excitement is building. of course we have here amelia rose earhart who will be taking this journey. how do you feel, what do you do to prepare? >> i sure am excited. i've been planning for about year and a half. we put an extra fuel tank on bod board and we're ready to go. we arrived yesterday here in oakland and we're departing to kevin to kick off the flight. >> reporter: awesome, i think because of your name, you were destined to do this trip, right? >> yeah, you could say. i'm not related to amelia, but my

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her parents name her amelia rose earhart. >> aviation's leading lady, miss amelia earhart. >> reporterve her a great positive role model and also give her a name that nobody will ever forget. that's certainly been the case. >> reporter: she took her first flying lesson at 21. >> we start off our flight here -- >> reporter: and found a career as a tv traffic reporter. now her parents' decision and her determination have come together. this morning she leaves on an 18-day, 28,000-mile trip around the world, flying the same route that earhart did in 1937. >> got a small hand-had held device which will allow us to send out texts and tweets through gps satellite. >> reporter: though not directly related to earhart, they share not just a sense of adventure -- >> she was using the stars to know her position in space. >> she barely had radios. >> she barely had radios. >> reporter: but a goal -- getting more women into the cockpit. >> although women have not taken advantage of some of the benefits, air travel is as available to them as to men. >> reporter: she was the first woman to fly solo a

this modern day amelia will try to complete that tri retracing much of that historic flight. >> my dad's last name being earhart gave my parents a cool opportunity to give me a name that nobody would forget and would inspire me through amelia's passion and adventure. i certainly fell down that path. >> reporter: ten years of a pile at a cough-pilot on board. it a wonder who watched that 1937 flight and flies planes now for fun. >> i couldn't stay away. i just had to come back. it's kind of like coming back to a meeting -- the first amelia and thanking her for that adventure that i had as young child. >> reporter: amelia is making the jern journey to honor the other amelia earhart and encourage more women to learn to fly. she has a found dags that helps pay for flight school for young girls. >> growing up, that was my little geeky dream, you know, every girl wants to be a princess and i wanted to be a pilot. >> reporter: the former tv weather and traffic reporter is confident she will xheet the journey because today's planes are equipped with such advanced ten reminding everyone of ama amailia's quote. >> the fu

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. >>> 75 years after amelia earhart took off from oakland, another amelia earhart is hoping to complete the journey. the 31-year-old is not related to the pioneer aviator that disappeared over the ocean in 1957, but she left to go around the world. >> the whole reason that she does what she does is to repel the future of women who will fly tomorrow's airplanes, so that's me, and i am flying tomorrow's plane. >> her plane, though, does have gps system in it. completing the trip would make this earhart the youngest woman to fly around the world in a single engine plane. and we wish her well. >> yes. >>> still ahead, do these faces look familiar? new photos authorities hope can help crack a bold theft. >>> a big win for antiabortion advocates, the nation's highest court struck down a massachusetts law today that limited what protesters could demonstrate outside abortion clinics. the supreme court ruled so-called buffer zones violate protesters' first amendment rights. the case is being very closely watched in san francisco, which has a similar buffer zone law. nbc bay area's mark matthews

todain denver she will take off, attempting to retrace the first amelia earhart's adventure. inal earhart plane acific in 19. went missing in n earhart plans to travel some 28,000 miles in a single engine aircraft. you can follow amelia rose earhart's around the world adventure online. go to nbc10.com and look for a link that tracks her flight. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> clouds moved in first thing this morning and they're still in the area. they will not be here all day long. we'll see sunshine breakthrough and the temperatures will climb from the 60s and 70s into the 80s this afternoon. but through it all today, the humidity is going to stay nice and low. right now, we're looking at temperatures that have come down. you can see a few clouds over center city and some other spots you're seeing the clouds as well. they're already starting to break into the pocono mountains and in the lehigh valley. the clouds are thinning out as well. those are northeasterly winds that are blowing. those are the winds that have brought our tempera

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the 31-year-old pilot is not related to the older amelia earhart, but she says she will follow her flight-thousand miles. earhart never finished that trip - she disappeared in june 1937. her younger counterpart sees this as a chance to make things right. >> we want to close our flight plan and she never got to do that. 77 years ago that flight plan was open. i was very inspired. i want to close that flight path plan for her. >> earharts says the trip will take her two and a half weeks and she plans to make 17 stops in 14 different countries. the mars rover "curiosity" is wrapping up the first year of its mission to prep for a *human landing someday. and the rover celebrated its anniversary with a "selfie." actually, it's been on the red planet for 687 days -- a *martian year. during that time, the rover sampled the soil, and determined that mars can support microbial life. it also took radiation levels, to determine whether human visitors need extra protection when they land there, one day. >> we need a rover to determine that? >> demetrius is not here so i get to read all the signs near

. >> yes, 77 years ago, amelia earhart disappeared.rt though is setting out to re-create the flight. the young earhart, though not related, felt a kinship with the pilot. >> amelia left a legacy. back in the 1930s. of course, we still think about her disappearance. people still research her and really talk about her in all facets so i hope the legacy i can leave is, you know, the adventure still continues. >> >> earhart's trip around the world is expected to last 2 1/2 weeks. >> that is interesting. she is gorgeous. first off. stunning. seems very smart and into aviation. you can track her almost 25,000-mile journey on ameliaearhartproject. com. and on flightaware.com. >> going to have to check that out. >> you know, she was a former breaking news and traffic and weather reporter, the woman who is trying this expedition. >> more interesting work. >> maybe she found out about the japanese robots. >> good luck to her. >> sound like she has some talent. >>> coming up -- the star hauled out of broadway show hours ago in handcuffs. the brea

amelia rose earhart is recreating her namesake's around the world flight. earhart, she is not related to the historic aviator but shares her passion for flight. she begins her nearly three-week long journey tomorrow. we wish her a safe trip. that's going to do it for us. thank you so much for joining us. have a good night. we'll see you tomorrow. bye-bye. >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- jennifer lawrence, craig robinson, the cast of "a gentleman's guide to love and

a modern day amelia earhart begins her trip around the world. and her name is amelia earhardt too. >>> i can promise smooth sailing the next couple of days and low humidity, we'll talk about another beautiful weekend in the seven-day forecast. >> plus, ducis rogers looks at what the sixers have in store for tonight's big nba draft. >>> 77 years ago amelia earhardt vanished in the pacific. now another amelia earhardt takes off for her flight. she is no relation and this trip will raise funds for flying lessons for more young women. the 28,000 mile trip. while our area overwhelmingly push for a win in the world cup, there were a few people on the other side. a group of german fans rooted on their team and they ended up beating the americans but both teams advance to the knockout stage. we like that. >> yes, we do, and people on facebook and twitter say how does that work. >> and ducis rogers here to talk about sports. >> still going to the knockout round, the second time the u.s. will get there, a win or tie, the united states needed that to move o

it's almost destiny that the sky would become a second home with someone for name amelia earhart. >> i didn't catchier name. >> i'm not related but my dad's last name gave me a cool opportunity that would inspire me. >> amelia earhart wants to complete her name sake's famous journey. >> expected to last three weeks with 17 stops in 14 different countries. >> roger roger. >> she'll fly 28,000 miles, 80% of it over ocean. >> it is clearly her dream and now coming to fruition. >> and today's top trender, signal strength. >> from the beginning he has been severely criticized on conservative talk radio. >> i wanted this guy's policies to not succeed. i didn't want national health care. i didn't want all of this debt. i didn't want all of this incompetents. >> nothing grinds my gears worse than some chowder head. >> correct in the assessment of the barack obama's ability to run the country. >> pushes politics further right. >> the president stands for things the right wing loathes. >> the country suffers when liberals succeed. >> now he brags about it. >> dealing with a president for whom

. >>> amelia earhart touched down in oakland as part of her attempt to fly around the world.no it's not a headline from the 1930s. it is happening right now. amelia rose ehrhart was named after the famed pilot who disappeared in 1937 trying to fly around the world. the modern ear hart is trying to recreate that flight. even though they're not related ehrhart says she always felt a kinship and was inspired to make the journey. >> being named after amelia earhart has led my life in so many different directions. the most impactful course is planning the flight around the world. i started seriously planning a year and a half ago. and in the meantime i've been running the fly with amelia foundation which encourages young girls to get involved in aviation. >> ehrhart will take off from oakland tomorrow morning. the trip is expected to last two and a half weeks when she will return to oakland to complete the journey. >>> you probably hert diane sawyer is taking on a new role at abc news, stepping down from the anchor chair to cans trait full-time on spruinterviews and specials. sawy

. >> new video as amelia earhart heat shields are compromised. we what's that alarm?ures. fuel cell two is down. i'm going to have to guide her in manually. this is very exciting. but i'm at my stop. come again? i'm watching this on the train. it's so hard to leave. good luck with everything. watch tv virtually anywhere with the u-verse tv app. with at&t, the u-verse revolves around you. >>> former senator howard baker asking a question about president nixon during water gate hearings. he died from complications of a stroke today. >> newest attraction on fisherman's wharf celebrated today honoring civil rights pioneer harvey milk. his nephew helped unveil an exhibit and reflected >> this was a prophetic vision he had we'd get to a day you'd have a major attraction having an lgbt rights activist, here. he looked great. >> the new mad yaum tousseau's is located where the san francisco wax museum operated for decades. >> well, locals and tourists say one of the family sites along the water front is missing these days. >> she wanted to share feelings. >> what is it normally li

. >> more to come on the next half hour of "action news" at 5:00, her name is amelia earhart and shes about to finish the flight that her namesake didn't finish. >>> hello again, here is what is happening on "action news" tonight. a missing boy is found but the mystery of how he got there is still unsolved. >> supreme court puts the -- and the would be thief breaks a gas line in an apartment building we'll tell you what he is after. >> the 11-day search for a missing detroit boy is over. but the questions remain, 12-year-old charlie bofle was found behind a barricade in his father's house, a house that was searched repeatedly. now lindsay janis has the detail. >> reporter: details about a boy in detroit missing for 11 days and he was found alive while he was on nancy grace. we have reports that your son has been found alive in your basement. >> what? young charlie bafle hiding in the basement of his father's home. even cadaver dogs search the house. police say the boy was hungry, but appeared

. >> and amelia earhart kicked off her around the world flight, no relation to the original amelia earhartue the original's legacy. those are some of our top stories on friday, june 27th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> happy friday morning to you. >> ooh. >> great to have you back. >> good to be here. >> this is not so bad. i have a good dance partner. >> thank you, i will take that. we will begin with unfold drag ma following the detroit child who went missing for 12 days. the boy is out of the hospital but not allowed to speak with his father or mother. >> police have taken action involving two other children who lived at the home. tara edwards of our detroit station has more. >> reporter: the 10-month-old baby girl and 4-year-old boy of the couple take any way into custody. child protective services. 12-year-old, and the stepmomis is in custody. for what, is not clear. >> i can't comment on anything. >> reporter: earlier the 12-year-old's father who has been candid over the media over the 12 days his son was missing was tight-lipped. the boy was found in his

a modern-day amelia earhart. be sure to tune in to the "cbs evening news with scott pelley" tonight and we'll see you >>> good morning i'm erika von tiehl. we have an update for you on breaking news this morning, a double stabbing in olney. a woman in her 70's and man in his 50's are in extremely critical condition right new at einstein hospital, after a violent attack in their home on the 5900 block of north fourth street. it is in the clear who stabbed the residents or if it was a domestic disturbance. investigators say the scene is compromised by a hording situation and a presence of 20 cats inside of that home. >>> right new lets get your forecast for the day and big changes coming right katie. >> oh, definitely yeah humidity is first thing you notice walking out the door but i suggest if you are going to be west and north of philadelphia today thaw keep your umbrella at the ready because showers and probably heavy thunderstorms start to move in. in the necessarily of the severe variety but rather heavy rain

amelia earhart was one of the first racers. the first pilots will leave at 8:30 and must fly to eight airports on their way to pennsylvania. >>> the san antonio spurs have landed the miami heat two-year rain atop of the nba. >> and the final seconds set to kick off. san antonio is back on top once again. >> the spurs won the title of game five last night with 104- 87 victory. it was revenge for the year before when miami beat san anyone know. this is the spur's fifth championship since 1999. >>> coming up serving up a a side of education. the announcement starbucks is making about a new benefit it plans to offer its workers. and explosion at a parade sends three children to the hospital after a civil war reenactment went terribly wrong. d >>> welcome back. time is 4:51. a father's day fishing trip took a deadly turn in antioch. while trying to reach the line, he slipped and fell and hit his head. friends tried to help but were unable to revive him. oakland church had organized the outing. police have not released the victim's i

and another amelia earhart is getting ready for an around the world flight. we'll talk to her about her trip. those stories and more coming up tonight at 6:00. number 1 on world charts. eve is inspired by the suffering she has seen on her continent in darur's refugee camps. >> i had the voice in nigh hea . artist is dedicated to improving lives of girls in africa. the only thing i know as an african person that can education. freedom. >> i knew it was the right thing to do. we did it. >> she speaks openly about what africa. >> everybody 0s something to the continent. everything single rich country 0 us a lot. >> i spoke to kijo in a recording studio in new york. >> you were well educated as a child. how did your early education of playing a role in your future success as a person? >> i think that when you are educated and you learn and you read a lot about not only your own culture but other people's differences. you see sim laverties and uniqueness of people. and i think, also, that education, what it does is that it empowers you in the way that you don't fe

i'll have your forecast coming up next. 0001>>> special visitor toufrped down in miami by amelia rose earhart on round the world flight. not related, but her trip called the amelia project is planned to cleat the 1937 around the world flight fwi original earhart. a minimum of 17 days. about 100 hours of flight time. the symbolic flight is ground breaking on its own, once completed, amelia rose will be the youngest woman to go around the world in a single engine aircraft. >>> vickie, nice evening out there. and clear skies over the golden gate bridge. the sea breeze not too strong, it is up around 30 miles per hour. but lighter elsewhere. so temperatures still mild in the 60s, the 70s, and this time tomorrow, we're going to see temperatures a lot warmer. because things are going heat up. not only for tomorrow, but for monday as well. starting out tomorrow with just some light fog by the bay, up the coast, should be all gone by 8:00 to 9:00. sunshine through the rest of the day, going up to 70 bayside at noon, mid 80s for the inland valleys at noon and going up into the mid 90s as we head into

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. >> a woman will finish an attempt by amelia earhart would tried to fly away the world. she has the same name and let is trying to re-create the flight. they are not related but she we felt a kinship. she will take off from oakland this morning and the trip around the world is expected to take 2 1/2 weeks. earhart runs the three with amelia foundation which encourages girls to become pilots. >> the lead up to the aids walk if san francisco is 50 and running and michael finney hosted the kickoff event with the walk held july 20th. we are a proud sponsor. 6,000 people were part of the first aids walk in 1987 and now it has green to 25,000. all of the funds go to research and supporting people who are living with h.i.v., a, and hepatitis. >> people still need help and medical care and pay their rent and get their bills paid. we hope to be close to a cure but we are not there. we have accomplished a lot but we have a ways to go. >> organizers hope to raise at least $2.6 million. the san francisco aids walk is less than a month away and you can call the number on your screen

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. >> a woman will launch an attempt to finish a flight started by amelia earhart 75 years ago. she was named after the fame pilot would disappeared in 1937 while trying to fly around the world. the mod everyone earhart is trying to re-create the flight. >> she left a legacy in 1930's, and we still thing of her disappearance and research her and talk about her in all facets and i hope the legacy i can leave is the adventure still skins. >> she will take off from oakland at 8:00. the trip is expected to last 2 1/2 weeks. she runs the fly with amelia foundation which encourages girls to become pilots. >>> meteorologist mike nicco is here with exciting news on rain. >> we had some. >> even a drop. >> maybe it will help the yard a little bit. yard, garden, trees, everything is stressed because of the drought. as we lock from our camera to the east bay hills, i will show togethers up there and rocky ridge is in the east bay hills at .08" rain. mother nature came through. it was more oppressive, the showers, as they moved through the industrial valley and you can see in the highest el

they put down in the middle of the central pacific, not too far from where amelia earhart was lost.the only food they had was the pilot was savvy enough to put four oranges in his flight suit. they landed and these eight guys ended up on three rafts. no food, no water. they had not been able to figure out the radio to tell anybody where they are. they were 2000 miles in any direction from land. no food, no water. most of the guys had taken off their pants and shoes and socks because they thought they might be swimming. that turned out to be a bad idea. when sun came out, they got sunburn. their skin broke out into open sores. the salt water came over on them. they got saltwater on their back sides. it was pretty awful stuff. huge sharks were always swimming around. the sharks like to rub their backs underneath the very thin opening. the largest one was the size of a bathtub. these guys were jammed together. the sharks would slap their tails. they saw fish, but they could not catch them. they toyed openly with doing things like cutting off the pinky or an earlobe for fishing. they di

amelia earhart >> reporter: if their heart is successful, she will become the youngest woman to circumnavigateworld and a single engine aircraft your heart is 31 years old. >> reporter: is not just learning about part of the train but is also a survivor unlike anything that has ever gone through before. so that can help me a little concord a little that fear of being in water also makes me nervous. and get one hour to myself and i think about why and the leanest and the passion behind it. >> reporter: the board of directors >> the board of directors here with this week we decide on which girls receive scholarships. >> what better role model than a woman. >> reporter: i am about to fly this plane all the way round the world that will see you in oakland. >> pam: coming up at 530 the drivers who deliver fuel to gas stations are on a sick out kron4 will tran was in female announcer: female announcer: when you see this truck, it means another neighbor is going to sleep better tonight because they went to sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic event. choose from a huge selection of tempur-pedic models

. >> i am amelia earhart is about knowing know bounds.. it's about billing a library of rare heroes for their children. that's what we're doing. >> you're the best selling author in the adult category and children's category. you say you're most prouft proud of it. >> we all have them, this is mine. >> i hope you start a cartoon series. >> we love the book, brad. >> thank you very much. >> we love them. thank you. >>> this morning a group of young performers travel from broadway to hollywood soo. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning." >> from its original home in broadway. >> we're the cast of clint eastwood's f >>> for more than eight years "jersey boys" has been on broadway. it was only a matter of time before haollywood got on track. good morning. >> good morning, charlie it's not under for a stage play to find its way to the silver screen. what's so unusual is to find the actors to go with it. but in "jersey boys" the story of frankie valle and the four seasons started as a stage production. the opportunity proved rewarding and emotiona

i am amelia earhart is about knowing no bounds. lincoln is standing up for others.a library of real heroes for their children. that's the goal here. we are a country, look around. we're starving for heroes. and this is our solution. >> you have found them. and you're a best-selling author in the adult's category and children's category but you say you are most proud of this. >> listen we're all going to have legacies. i hope that this one could be mine. >> i hope you make it into like a cartoon series for kids to watch, too. >> i appreciate it. >> we like the book brad. >> thank you very much. >> love them brad. >>> this morning a group of young performers travel from broadway to hollywood. >> coming up on "cbs this morning." >> from its original home at the august wilson theater on broadway. >> the cast of clint eastwood's film "jersey boys." wireless networks are awesome. they let us use our phones to do amazing things. but why sign a 2-year phone contract just to use them? at net10 wireless, you can use the phone you already have and keep your network and number,

amelia rose earhart is recreating her namesake's around the world flight. like her first earhart, she is not related to the historic aviator but shares her passion for flight. she begins her nearly three-week long journey tomorrow. we wish her a safe trip. that's going to do it for us. thank you so much for joining us. have a good night. we'll see you tomorrow. bye-bye. >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- jennifer lawrence, craig robinson, the cast of "a gentleman's guide to love and murder," and featuring the legendary roots crew. and now, here's your host, jimmy fallon! ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hey, thank you very much! welcome! [ cheers and applause ] hot crowd right there! hot crowd! welcome to "the tonight show," everybody. welcome to "the tonight show." thank you for being here. you look good. you look great. welcome to the show. here's what people are talking about. of course the big sto

. >>> and she is a modern day amelia earhart, name and all. llow her journey on twitter using the #flywithamelia. now she's the one who might have that parent -- >> you didn't take anything from the navy at the end? >> they gave me my flying. i'm going to go flying later today. >> congratulations. thank you very much for the news. >> thanks. >>> maria molina is outside checking on our weather at the plaza where we do have a fun concert. >> big crowd out here. hello. how is it going? you ready? we want to start out by showing you this awesome video. this happened yesterday afternoon at about 4:30 p.m. local time and it happened in alabama. right off the coast of alabama, it's a water spout. it touched down over open water and i do want to point out two things. one thing is that water spouts are much weaker than tornadoes and also water spout is not a tornado. they're two totally different things, even though they look very similar. tornadoes can form over water. it wouldn't be classified as practice water spout then. but this storm system happen

began her journey thursday in oakland, california, left from the same hangar used by the original amelia earhartpected to take about three weeks. >>> it is 8:06. let's check in with al and the weather. hopefully, al, she has great weather much of the incredible journey she's set out on. >> she is a meteorologist, so she can do her own forecast, that's a helpful thing when you're a pilot. everybody getting ready for phillip phillips. we've got a whole bunch of nbc interns right over here. hey, it's meredith vieira. she's like an intern, only much older. >> that's so nice. i come back to my home and you treat me like that. >> we're excited about the show. >> you're not excited. >> you know what it's about? >> it's all about you, that's why it's called meredith. >> such as the special. >> talk about the weather. >> thank you very much. she's helping me do the weather. pick city, lima, ohio, nbc, sunshine right through the weekend with scattered showers and thunderstorms moving through. you can see we've got heavy thunderstorms moving through the midsection of the country, topeka, kansas, clouds the

she left in the same hangar used by the real amelia earhart. weeks. >>> hopefully, al, she has great weather. much of that journey she's set out on. >> the good news is she's a meteorologist. wery yorhido her own forecast. y, it' inte violr. >> that's not nice. i come back to my home and you treat me like that? >> i'm excited about your show. >> are you? do you know what it's about? >> it's all about you. that's why it's called "meredith." >> oh, that show. i thought you meant the special. talk about the weather. >> thank you very much. she's helping me do the weather. our pick city, lima, ohio. a few scattered showers and thunderstorms moving through. you can see we've got heavy thunderstorms moving through the midsection of the country. topeka, kansas, you can see clouds there. look for warm and sunny ghutedsoit irsng t texas and new mexico and arizona. little bit cooler in t pacific northwest. 60s and showers there. also looking at plenty of sunshine here in the northeast ter look f along the southeastern atlantic coast. 104 in phoenix. look