this is the famous scene in atlanta. the aquarium is situated across the world of coca-cola and centennial park. when you go there it is a full day where you park once and walk too the attractions. even the children's museum is right there. >> and you have a little friend with you, too. >> this is depot, not nemo. he is the mascot of the georgia aquarium and he is awfully adorable. >> pretty cute. >> in terms of taking a bike tour, tell us about that trip that you took. >> well, the bike tour company of atlanta is brand new. they are the only one in atlanta. here we are getting instruction on how to ride a bike. they always say, you know, it's something you pick up from decades ago. literally has been decades since i was on a bike and i have to say i was a little sore but anyone can do it. we went through neighborhoods of atlanta. we went to the oak lawn cemetery which is a famous cemetery where former mayor maynard jackson is buried. the author of gone with the wind and a lot of other dignitary and we crossed 85 which w

here's what it looks like around atlanta.ng down out of tennessee through northern mississippi. some are on the severe side. we're talking about penny-sized hail. and winds of about 60 miles per hour. the rain pulling out of atlanta, stretching down through southern alabama. and another portion through kansas, into missouri and northern arkansas, too. stronger thunderstorms out here. ft. smith and fayetteville. you're looking at dry conditions. a developing squall around that region. it's drifting down to the southeast at about 20 miles per hour. heavy downpours, lots of lightning. heat warnings out there. fayette through wichita, and tulsa. to the west a little farther, yesterday, phoenix. i know you're the desert. it's hot in the summertime. you tied a record yesterday at 115. today, you'll get to 114. that is the record if you reach that. we talked about the space shuttle, too. lightning got a little close yesterday and on saturday, as well. struck the tower a couple of times. you see the shot right there. they are right i

this was the scene last night in atlanta, georgia, sight to see. stay with hln as we will have coverage throughout the hour and the morning. >>> not all of the fireworks went off as they should have. just take a look at these pictures from north carolina. two people were killed when this truck here literally blew apart. it was carrying a load of fireworks for a professional july 4th display . three injured, part of the show. investigators looking into what may have caused that explosion. >>> to florida now where the local sheriff said the lightning just came out of nowhere. it hit a crowd of people celebrating the july 4th in lakeland. one man was killed, 18 others were hospitalized. >> we know that there was no rain at the time. there were a few clouds in the area according to the preliminary information we received. but obviously nothing at all would indicate to them that there was a danger. and as a result, one man died. >> now, whether experts say lightning kills more people in florida than any other state. >>> michael jackson fans trying to wi

and betty in atlanta. >> reporter: i hear you fine.ere's, unfortunately, a long delay in our satellite communications. i'm in a remote -- i hear you fine, t. j. unfortunately there's a long delay here. about this helicopter crash, it occurred before noon local time at kandahar air field, to the east of where i'm located now. a civilian helicopter crashed. the spokesman for that air base is not giving any details about whether there were any injuries or deaths at all. he has not even identified really what kind of a helicopter it was, aside being a civilian contractor. and he did say, though, this was not as a result of hostile fire. this has been a difficult day for aircraft around afghanistan. we're getting reports from the u.s. military of a military helicopter making a hard landing, t. j., in eastern kunar province and there were injuries, some of the crew have been treated, have been rushed to medical care after that took place. no reports of insurgent activity behind that crash. t. j., yesterday we had for the first time a war pla

atlanta, when i came here for the first time, it was -- atlanta was what new york city was to people in pittsburgh or something. it was the real deal. i looked today, my publisher has me set up in place on peachtree street. one of the most pretentious names, never lived up to the reputation. i woke up this morning at 8:00, 7:30, knocking on the door by a lady who spoke a foreign language wanted to clean up my room. i said what is it? i have been at a restaurant all my with my friends but here i am at 8:00 in the morning, apparently you punch a button inside your room and a big electric sign, clean up room. then a tv set is a painting. it is on the wall. tumwater in painting and you have to punch the button and the painting goes up in the wall and you can shed another button and a tv set goes on. i have to call the engineers to come in to tell me about all that. then i discovered something truly remarkable. they have mirrors in the bathroom to make you look 20 pounds lighter than you are. what a cruel thing to do when you have to go back home and discover the truth! i am staying at th

tough commute in atlanta. notice the rain there, and then that real big shield of rain stretches out over the ohio valley into pennsylvania. western parts of nosh, new york city, right around philadelphia, you're going to get heavy rain today and we'll talk about the travel delays, the impact on that in just a little bit, robin. >> thank you. appreciate it. this is a great story achlt man drew a "go to jail" card in the game of monopoly. the game became all too real when the cop showed up at the front door. people, people, people. what he's accused of doing that put him behind bars. >>> bail has been set at $2 million for a woman accused of kidnapping a baby girl taken from her mother's womb. what a story. julie corey has not been charged in the mother's death. the woman's body was found stuffed in a closet in a massachusetts apartment building on monday. the mom was 23, and she was eight months' pregnant. her family is trying to cope. >> trying to understand it and trying to comprehend it. it's been very, ver

. >> la ciudad de atlanta, es considerada la zona cero para los narcotraficantes mexicanos. >> pueden o hasta birmingham, alabama. >> los mexicanos han asumido gran parte de distribuciÓn. >> en un suburbio de atlanta, operaba una cÉlula de un twcí]w de las drogas, y cuando las autoridades entraron, encontraron a un dominicano en un sÓtano, con evidencia de haber sido torturado. >> puede ser una casa donde vive una familia. >> la telaraÑa de distribuciÓn establecida por los carteles estÁn en obras a que llega hasta el otro extremo del paÍs. milwaukee es un destino importante de cocaÍna y marihuana que llega desde mÉxico. h@ >> primero se colecta, lo transportan a chicago, en grandes cantidades, se colecta el dinero, y luluo a mÉxico. >> los operativos realizados recientemente por las autoridades, han dado como resultado mÁs de 900 personas arrestadas ligadas a los cÁrteles de sinaloa y del golfo. sin embargo, todavÍa hay 20 millones de personas que gastan $64 mil millones para comprar drogas ilegales. >> un soldado lleva desaparecido una semana, dijo que iba a una localidad cerca de la

it's a fancy place in atlanta. the high house was a fence is bliss they had here when i used to come trooping to but i'm so glad to be back tonight to talk about the the battle of vicksburg which i'm sure all of you're last minute with a. if you want, you're fixing to start. [laughter] when i was in high school i had a history teacher and i'm sure everyone of you have the same history teacher. this guy one of being a football coach which is already are to the university and he said and why was it, one was that and why was it important so we will try to answer that question vicksburg in the civil war was an enormous confederate fortress along the mississippi river about midway between memphis and new orleans and that was important because it reared up about 200 feet on big laughs at of the river merges the size of a 20 story building, fibre 6 miles bristling with confederate cannons and foreclosed the people in the middle west and iowa and chicago and all those places out in the midwest, hogs and timber and all the

atlanta -- when i came here for the first time, i was in college. atlantic was what new york city to people in pittsburgh or something. i mean, it was the real deal. but i look today -- now, my publisher has got me set up in a place called a mansion on peach tree street, which is one of the more pretentious names i've ever heard but it lives up to the rep that's [laug5nb&hc% >> let me tell you, i got waked up this morning at 8:00 or 7:30 or something by a knock on the door by a lady who spoke a foreign language wanting to clean up my room, and i said, what is it? i've been out at this bones restaurant all night with my friends and here i am at 8:00 in the morning. and she said well, your signs out. and i said what sign. apparently you punch a button inside your room and a big electric sign comes up and says clean up room. [laughter] >> then they got a tv set in there that is a painting. i mean, it's on the wall above the desk and it says modern painting. and you have to do like punch a button and the painting goes up in the wall and then you punch a

atlanta, low clouds. rain as well. we'll see delays at this point. the heaviest rain is now beginning to pull on in toward maine. it's getting out of vermont, new hampshire, new york state and massachusetts. you might see showers later today around areas like boston. flash flood watches are still up there. >> i know a lot are watching right now. the storm is a coming. >> yeah. i'm giving it about 10 minutes before the leading edge gets right around downtown and when it does you're going to feel it. the winds will gust around 50 to 60 miles an hour for you. make sure you're away from windows when that happens in the next ten minutes. >>> our i-report of the day is from aiken, minnesota. i-reporter neal moore shows you how the town is getting ready for the relay for race, the annual fund razing event to fight cancer. businesses all across town are getting into the purple decorations. learn how you can learn to be an i-reporter. >>> a doctor admits that he operated on the wrong knee of a patient, but this is the problem here. it's not the first time he

new york, atlanta, new york, by this evening, atlanta, by this afternoon. you know, these big airports could slow you down by an hour with showers and storms expected. rob oen? >> thanks. you know, there is an angle to this hotel bombing in indonesia that you wouldn't expect here. a sports angle p one of the top soccer teams has changed its plans because of what's happened there. rafer has more on that. good morning. >> manchester united, they're kind of like the new york yankees of the soccer world. they're well known and have a huge following. they're on a world tour. they're headed to play for the first time ever in indonesia. here they are recently in japan as part of that tour. they were scheduled to stay in the rits carlton. that was one of the two hotels that was bombed today where at least nine people were killed in the attacks. they say their thoughts go out to all of those affected by the blast. >>> meanwhile in other new, in golf's oldest major tiger woods all over the place. very frustrated in the first round. listen to it. >> don't do it. sorry

how about atlanta? out to here big-time change and a couple of nice sunny changes and the humidity is still out there. look at the clouds coming in right now. a little daytime heating and a good chance of thunderstorms this afternoon around atlanta. that's your forecast, richard. more in a little bit. >> i love those sunrise shots. >> they look good, don't they? we won't see the sun because it's cloudy, but we'll see a little bit it. >>> general motors took a big step forward overnight, but the question now is, will it find a way to be profitable? x; >>> we're getting reaction now to what disney calls its first deadly monorail crash in four decades it's been running. a 21-year-old monorail driver died sunday morning when his train plowed into a parked one. see that damage right here. another employee and a family of six were also on board. they are okay. witnesses tried to help but could not get inside. >> we literally tried to gain access into where the driver would be. we were able to gain access into

back to atlanta, 90 degrees. just last weekend we had temperatures that were nice and cool in the 70s. no such luck today. 92 in washington. 86 in new york. back to denver we go with 78 degrees. 91 salt lake city. vegas a cool day for you. cool with 98 degrees. 104 in phoenix. as you make your way up into the pacific northwest, seattle 86 degrees for your saturday. you know, speaking of saturday, speaking of the weekends, even speaking of washington if you're thinking of a good weekend getaway why don't you try the great city of tacoma? here are some pointers for you. tacoma, washington is all about museums. >> tacoma is on the puget sound. there are wonderful water views there and it's really seattle's second city, a city that's coming into its own right now. >> tacoma has three amazing museums within a two-minute walk of one another. the museum of glass, the washington museum, and tacoma art museum. >> the tacoma art museum provides the chance to get creative in the open art studio and the washington state hist

this time, it's in atlanta. what happened to vernon forest on hln news and have yous. weather, most of us are think about the flu, especially the hunn or so-called swine flu. but doctors are concerned as many as one in five of us could get h1n1 this fall. one doctor is predicting many cases will be diagnosed as early as september. as susan hendricks explains in today's health minute, researchers are ready right now to begin testing possible vaccines to make them available in the next couple months. >> reporter: the race is on. that is how the government is describing its efforts to find an effective swine flu vaccine before possible autumn resurgence of the h1n1 virus. both congress and the food and drug administration held meetings on h1n1 thursday morning, and the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases are set to begin testing potential vaccines at its network of medical facilities around the country in the next few weeks. trials will soon be under way in houston, cincinnati, atlanta, seattle, s

they have been okay against atlanta so far. swept in atlanta but at least beating the braves 2 of 3 at home and they are coming back this weekend. by the way, we were told that they did change that play by zimmerman to one error. it was two and now it's back down to one. the nats' beleaguered defense will take all the good news they can right now. anderson hernandez waging a good bat will here, 2 balls, 2 strikes. >> rob: i count about nine roster changes with the washington nationals. i'm not sure if i'm right or wrong but i don't think that's it and that's the thing, you know. mike rizzo, frank kasten trying to give manny acta any chance to win ball games. the guys that are not doing the job will be accepted dunn. elijah dukes, very talented young man but if you are not going to do the job son cyst at any timely, they'll get somebody else to do t not personal. this is business. this is your job. you have to show up to work every day. bring your a game, bring the right attitude. >> bob: andey lime ya dukes did get two hits out

to randy kessler, defense attorney, out of atlanta. just because this drug was administered, we don't have proof of cause of death. isn't that needed for criminal charges? >> you also need to know the doctor's intent. mens rea, the intent. what did the doctor intend to do? he may have died of something else. >> it is confirmed tonight, it is breaking news, cnn, ted rowland, has confirmed that dr. conrad murray administered the powerful drug that authorities believe killed michael jackson. what that does do is it links a doctor that is a suspect in this case, he is a person of interest, search warrants have been executed at his home and office along with the powerful drug and michael jackson. >>> tonight, we are on the search for nancy grace's number one fan. send us an e-mail or an i-report telling us why you are nancy's number one fan. the best submissions will air on the show. you can win an autographed copy of nancy's new novel, "the 11th victim." plus, a chance to win a trip to new york city to meet nancy yourself. get your video c

from the cnn center in atlanta, georgia. this is cnn sunday morning for july 26th and i'm t.j. holmes. >> good morning to you, i'm brooke baldwin sitting in for betty this morning. thank you for hopefully sticking around with us. >> yes. well, vice president joe biden. what am i going to say next? he has said something that some say maybe he shouldn't have said. some candid comments about russia. now the white house scrambling to do a bit of damage control this morning. we'll have more on the story and exactly what he said coming up. >>> plus, she is packing up. we've seen the -- not necessarily moving on. alaskan governor sarah palin leaving state's top seat as governor, but most likely remain in the spotlight. >> how do you think she should remain in the spotlight? do you even think she should? what should sarah palin do next? you can talk us on twitter, facebook, on our blog, and cnn.com/newsroom. but first, the vice president talking and saying that the administration is on track in battling the recession. this is what he said in an opinion piece written in today's "new yor

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. >> yes, we are both well, from the cnn center here in atlanta. i'm t.j. holmes. >> good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. >>> it is 10:00 a.m. eastern here in atlanta. 7:00 a.m. pick, but we have a lot of news to tell you about. let's begin with this. president obama's address to africa. the president wrapped up a speech in ghana just last hour highlighting the importance of africa as part of our interconnected world. going trite our white house correspondent suzanne malveaux joining us live from ghana's capital. he talked a lot about democracy and the fact africa is responsible for africa but the u.s. is ready to support and lend a hand. >> reporter: you know, betty, you're absolutely right. this is one of those countries that has a stable democracy, and something that is really attracted presidents from the united states. both trips when we saw president clinton back in 1998 offering a trade and opening up trade to this country. president bush just a couple of years ago when he offered aid to help combat malaria and aids, and

from the cnn center in atlanta, this is cnn sunday morning. sunday july 12th, good morning, everybody. >> going to get another cnn in there somewhere. >> there's a bug on the tv, couple behind us, up above. you know where you are. >> this is 8:00 here in atlanta, 7:00 a.m. in chicago, our executive producer's hometown, we always have that in there. also 5:00 a.m. for folks in the san francisco bay area. wherever you are, thanks for being here. it's going to be an interesting week of breakthroughs or break downs. you never know what you'll see at these confirmation hearings. but she's on the hot seat this week. they start tomorrow, the confirmation hearings and republicans are expected in the case here, the opposing party, to grill her pretty good. democrats expected to support that nomination. we'll take a closer look at the justice. if confirmed, she would become the first latina on the highest court. >>> a live look now at space shuttle endeavor on the launch pad this morning. you know yesterday's liftoff, apparently was a no-go, watching it

currently 55 in detroit. 57 degrees in cincinnati, atlanta with 65, atlanta with 74 degrees.nd we're headed for highs in the twin cities about 78, 73 in chicago, and 81 in kansas city. there's a reason why we've had this cooldown. we have high pressure building up over parts of the corn belt. at the same time, a low pressure system. this would be a giant conveyor belt in the atmosphere. wind spins around a high clockwise. counterclockwise around a low, so that's going to draw in cold air across parts of the southeast. that's the reason why we've had the cooldown. on the other part of the country, entirely deferent. that something different is going to be the warm temperatures coming in from the gulf of california and the desert southwest. 111 degrees, expect in las vegas. 113 for phoenix. and later on today as we wrap things up, you can expect the chance of severe weather in parts of the front range of the rockies, central and southern plains, and even the texas coast by the late afternoon. that is your forecast. let's send it back to you at the desk. >> all right, reynolds,

people in atlanta will tell you it hasn't been your normal summer in many areas. this is a storm this morning. look at this on radar. 46-mile-per-hour wind gust just south of boston. you can see it's curled right up. it looks like a tropical storm or nor easter. it's not tropical in nature. this is drenching a horrible amount of rain here through the mountain areas of new hampshire, back through areas of massachusetts and just outside providence. providence has picked up two inches of rain. we also have showers and thunderstorms along a front from raleigh to norfolk. eastern carolina, you could get storms "early today." all that wet weather will exit during the day.

. >> 80 in detroit and minneapolis and 85 in omaha. 80s from boston to atlanta. seattle dips below 90 for the time since sunday. boise claims to 96. phoenix is the hot spot at 110. >> finally a cool down in seattle. >> i think also for phoenix. >> a little bit. >> teens and tweens are getting all revved up this week. >> they are taking part in the qualifying run for the soap box derby national championship set for this weekend. the stock cars can go up to 35 miles an hour once they pick up speed from the top of a hill. there's no motor course. they rely completely on gravity. >> those cars are just one loose wheel away from being our lead story. >> oh, don't say that! >> you got to be careful on those things. make sure the nuts and bolts -- >> thank you, depressing. we'll be right back. ♪ i'm a soap box racer in the derby, the gravy on top of the

>> i'm here with carrie from atlanta. >> i have light eyes. how often should i wear sunglasses? >> if you have light eyes like i do you probably already know that your eyes are very sensitive to that light. and the answer is, even for people who have dark eyes, your eyes can take a beating from the uva and uvb rays so the real answer to you is to wear sunglasses every day. and look at the hang tag that's on your sunglasses. because the sunglasses should be polarized and filter out the damaging rays. if those glasses are fashionable but they don't filter out the rays, they're not doing any good. and the reason that's important, ann, is because sunscreen -- i mean sunlight to your eyes is the number one cause of cataracts and blindness later in life. >> holy cow. i thought you wore them to look cool. >> no. they should be cool, and keep you from getting cataracts. >> very good. now we've got a viewer e-mail from kristen in oregon. she writes i've heard infants under six months shouldn't use sunscreen. is there a reason for this or

atlanta, minneapolis, more storms. morning fog, and that should get out of there by midday, so 1:00, everything should be just fine. >>> a guy who made only 20 grand on the pga tour walked away with a $50,000 car. wait until you see the amazing hole-in-one that helped him get the amazing ride. . >>> sarah palin fired a few parting shots before she stepped down as alaska's first female governor yesterday. take a listen to this zinger against hollywood. >> by the way, hollywood needs to know, we eat, therefore, we hunt. [ applause ] >> of course, richard lui has more on palin's hollywood slam. you're going, what does that mean? >> yeah, robin, she was talking about the right to bear arms, the second amendment. remember, she is an avid hunter and she warned alaskans about possible hunting moves. >> you're going to see possible hunting circuses from hollywood, and here's how they do it. they use a delicate, tiny, very talented celebrity starlet. they use alaska as a fund raising tool for their anti-amendment funding causes

joel mill we are wall street capital funning in atlanta.d from the high end market in new york city. dolly lynn, vice chairman of prudential. dolly, we'll start. but it is all about my needs and i rent. i was a divorced guy. i rent and i'm getting ready to go back in the market in brooklyn heights and start trying to buy. should i keep renting because prices will keep falling? >> i think it is really an individual analysis. everyone has to sit there and say for me, here's the story. so we would have to locate your information and your situation and then the property you're looking at, the property you're renting and go through it. it is not about broad strokes. >> it really isn't about broad strokes. we're cable television. i'm for some broad strokes. brett barry of phoenix, you were saying in the notes, 75% of the home sold in one county are foreclosures or short sale. this doesn't have to be a bad thing. aren't the buyers getting good buys in that case? >> g fantastic buys right now. unbelievable. the hottest selling lt of the market is p

and atlanta, 83. that's wrap on your forecast. we're going to send it back to you guys. >> i like how you do that. push it off. nice move. you're smooth, reynolds. >> hey, that's what they call me. >> thank you. from the lower 48, let's talk alaska. how does sarah palin follow up her bombshell? we'll have the latest statement a la her facebook page. >> months and months after waiting al franken knows he's the winner. now he can't sit back and celebrate. now he'll have to go to work. contain a nitrogen-enriched cleaning system... that seeks and destroys engine gunk... left by lower-quality gasoline. it protects engines from performance-robbing gunk. try new nitrogen-enriched shell gasolines. you all want to run your businesses more efficiently, so we've brought in a team of experts to help. one suggestion is to make your shipping more efficient with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. call or go online for a free supply and up to $160 in offers from authorized postage vendors. shipping's a hassle! weighing every

>> guest: atlanta georgia. actually a suburb of atlanta, door velte, which now is in the middle of the city but back then was on the outskirts. my dad worked for lockheed. we thought it would be perfectly normal for people to have paintings of c5a in their living room. we would go to sunday school with tie tacks and it was either missiles, planes apollo rocket. i'd seriously need to ask my dad what he was thinking. >> host: private school or prep school? >> guest: no camano, church, when we go to sunday school on sundays, but it really was the wonder years, it was middle america, it was the suburbs and was a great childhood. we moved around and moved to the meridian mississippi upstate new york five or six years and then we settled down on florida, pensacola florida where my mom's side of the family was from. went to public schools for most of my schooling. one of my best experiences negative 1969 being the first class of an integrated school. my parents didn't send us to private schools. where a lot of the whi

here in atlanta. 5:00 a.m. in chicago. 3:00 a.m. in phoenix and we appreciate you starting your sunday with us. >> we always say the time in chicago because our executive producers in charge of this show -- >> that's her shout out to her family. >> she's from chicago. there you go. all right. the vice president, what do you think i'll say next. yes, he said something that many people say that maybe he should not have said. he said something about russia this time. political advisors said it could cause serious damage to the u.s.-russian relationship. we'll have more on the story and removing the foot from the mouth coming up. >> also, he's a mean and lean on the golf course. he's an amazing athlete. a boating trip with his family four years ago turned tragic. >> i looked down. >> jordan thomas lost his legs but managed to survive. now he's fighting for better health care for families who can't afford it. first let's look at some of the stories developing overnight. >>> first one to tell you about some of these demonstratations acros

she had lost her job in atlanta. she was a victim of downsizing but all her networking and class-taking and volunteering paid off. this week she is starting her new job as an information technology analyst. here's her best advice for job seekers. >> the best advice is pretty much to -- to stay focused, to be positive. not to depend on any one job search tactic. don't just go to job boards. don't sit back and wait for jobs to come to you. and the best advice is that network. networking, networking, networking. >> that's fantastic. >>> one more success story, another "30 second pitch," contessa tucksen is on the job thanks to a contact who saw her here on cnn. she's working for a major company as an operational audit manager. >>> now, if you want to be part of our pitch, go to our website cnn.com/kyra or tweet us at kyracnn. a great idea. being able to get out there and use all the networking you can to get a new job. >>> rather, let's go back to chad myers. we were talking to him and he was telling us about tornadoes.

let me take you live to atlanta. you're traveling down here today, thunderstorms in the forecast. kind of an erie looking sky here. beautiful. but the high today, # 8 degrees in atlanta with a good chance of thundershowers especially this afternoon and through the evening. and then tonight it will die back down again. >> look at chicago. you'll see a cold front around the region. thunderstorms going over today. right now just a couple of pockets of rain. also the sea breeze has come back for you. stanford couple of thunderstorms. places like orlando. the he's out west is still there. >> here's what we're already watching today in the "morning express" planner. defense and homeland security officials tell congress whether the country is prepared for another terrorist attack. hook for discussions about nuclear threats. >>> at 10:30 eastern there's a court hearing for the man accused of killing dr. george tiller who provided late-term abortions. >>> and at 2:00 p.m. governor arnold schwarzenegger is expected to sign the

the atlanta tea party organizer joins us now. >> the atlanta tea party was to take place in a suburb of atlanta at an old abandoned macy's building that is being restructured now. we were called in last thursday, which i believe was june 18, and we were told at the time that political events were not going to be on this simon place mall, which was privately owned. they told us we could not have our event because we were a political event and because they were concerned about the fact that we were using the term "protest." glenn: simon propertys is owned by melvin simon. he is a billionaire. he is one of the largest donors to obama. his wife was on the inaugural committee, et cetera, et cetera. this guy is a big fund-raiser and so is his wife for the d.n.c. -- simon properties. it just doesn't ring a bell. don't know why -- i'm sure they love freedom of speech. the state of michigan's unemployment ate has hit 15.2% for june. hang on. i'm being told we're supposed to go for a low number on this. i didn't know we were keeping score like golf. this is the highest monthly rate in 26 years

we are working police in atlanta, too, who are looking for suspects in the killing of a former boxing champion. a three-time belt holder shot to death. details now on what the police are calling the foot chase that followed the incident. and the 11-year-old boy who was at the scene. that, and the death thatglitter girl. shepard: an arrest in the hit- and-run death of a former "american idol" contestant. we knew her as glitter girl, and this is a picture of her. she was killed over the weekend in the state of new jersey. police say she suffered fatal injuries to her head. she suffered fatal injuries. the injuries were to her head, stomach, and chest. she was hit by a car. we're told the 23-year-old man who was driving a car has been charged with reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident. she was best known for her angry rants against the judges. she took her finger and flipped off the camera. she slipped off the judges, and they made a big show out of it. -- said she slipped off -- she flipped off the judges, and they made a big shot of it. >> simon didn't like me. he used

>> guest: pour in atlanta georgia base suburb of atlanta. now in the middle of the city but was on the outskirts. my dad worked for lockheed martin we thought it was normal for people to have paintings of airplanes in there linger we would go to use a new school and it was the their missiles, planes, or apollo rocket ships. i did not need to ask my dad would he was thinking. when we would go to church, this call on sunday. it really was the wonder years. it was middle america. it was the suburbs and a great child hybrid removed around we got transferred with two mississippi. been removed to upstate new york or fibers six years than resettled in florida of. pensacola where my mom's side of the family is from. we went to public schools for most of my schooling. one of my best experiences was 1969 being the first class of the integrated school my parents did not send us to private schools were a lot of the white flight had gone because 69 was the first your misses a beat schools were integrated. it was a great experience. my mom said she did no

chance of storms later today from atlanta to charlotte, to savannah. orlando, a possibility of storms, that will include during the launch possibility this evening. well, if you're watching wwlp 22 news, that's springfield mass, see displays from the front line of war from ancient egypt to world war ii at the toy soldiers, history in miniature. that's your eastern ooechbt on the day, dan. >>> thank you. >>> big laughs, awkward moments and plenty of controversy were all in fashion at the box office. bruno, starring sacha baron cohen as an outgoing fashionista went straight to the top. with $34.5 million. they're not sure if this can match what borat made. now, in just two weeks, this animated family film has earned $120 million. and transformers, revenge of the fallen, still has some gas in the tank. robots in the skies came in third with a little over $24 million. and finally, according to tmz, if charlie sheen asks you to clip his toe nails, you better do it. the two men star reportedly left a $100 tip after getting a $50 pedicure. >> you're telling m

the nfl commissioner told the former atlanta falcons quarterback he can come back to the nfl.e is free to sign with any team he wants to, and vic will be able to attend training camp and play and the final games but will not be able to play for the regulareason until at least early october. it is said he is being punished for his role in a dogfighting ring, but he is remorseful. he also says it is not a birthright to play in the nfl. >> i have said many times before the plane in the nfl is a privilege. we are held -- that playing in the nfl is a privilege. we are fell to a high -- held to a higher standard. i think he has failed in his responsibility, and it is his opportunity to earn the chance to get that privilege back again, and that is up to michael. >> wwill have more at 11:00. the district attorney says the former new york giants wide receiver will be spending time in jail. the manhattan d.a. says he wants another player to spend time i jail for carrying a gun to a new york nightclub. press has pleaded not guilty to the charges -- burris has pleaded not guilty to charge

showers from atlanta back through birmingham.etter chances for strong storms coastal carolina, southern georgia. especially this afternoon the fact that we're talking about rain now. so rain early in the morning to help stabilize the atmosphere. there's a look at the showers across the 90. not a threat for boston or new york city. however, tomorrow they will continue to the east and likelien increase in their scope across much of the area. meanwhile, a look at temperatures this morning. here's a look at your regional forecast. let's check out your local. providence, rhode island, 83 degrees, sunshine today. again, clouds will be increasing across the area, especially into tomorrow. louisville, kentucky, 84 degrees. myrtle beach, good chance for some thunderstorms. so, dan, yeah, a areas coming in with showers today. though more on the way tomorrow. we'll take a close look at that forecast coming up. >>> not a good day if you're going out to beat the zombie record. >> it's going to be a tough one, especially in southern south caro

we're talking about 84 for a high in atlanta on a day like today. that's normally what you get in october. we're talking unseasonably cold. in chicago, 67, kansas city, 77, denver, 82. when you get back out to the desert southwest, the cold air is long gone. we're looking at 115 degrees in phoenix, 83 in los angeles, and death valley yesterday 126 degrees. let's start with the nighttime lows. this is where it gets interesting. 56 in minneapolis, 58 in chicago, guys, fast-forwarding into monday morning, we might have temperatures into the 40s in the twin cities and chicago. here in atlanta, possibly into the 50s. let's enjoy it while we can. we know we have the rest of august, september, even october we'll get right back into the 90s, possibly 100s. >> the 40s? that means folks will busting out the coats in summertime? >> it will be fantastic. i don't think we'll hear too many complaints. >> a brief relief. can we get that nasa picture back up? we've been watching this this morning and it is simply fascinating. >> it's awesome. >> it it just rolled a

. >> it's 6:00 here in atlanta. 3:00 a.m. out in oakland, california. we have a big week. confirmation hearings for that lady right there the president's pick for sonia sotomayor. you know how this pretty much goes. the republicans are expected to grill her pretty good. democrats expect to prop her up and make her load good. we'll look at this nominee. the first hispanic on the high court if confirmed. >> i want to give you a live look at space shuttle "endeavour" on the launch pad this morning. yesterday as blast was a no go. so we'll tell you why it was delayed and when the next attempt will be to send it into outer space. >> it's been a long week for the president last week. he finally made it back home with his family. here's a shot of them arriving at the white house. just after midnight last night. it included arms talk with russia. he was at the g-8 in italy. the last stop, of course, was the 17th century castle in ghana that made africans slave. then anderson cooper gets a one on one exclusive with the president in ghana. >> 5,000 people gathered in hattiesburg to

let's go out live to atlanta where as he mentioned a few moments ago, a record cole morning in atlanta, 61 degrees. just gorgeous, no pollution, clear skies. a beautiful morning. high temperatures today for atlanta climbing into the 80s. it will be warm but a dry hite there. great day to enjoy the nice weather. we're going to continue to monitor the weather situation and let you know where you could have air travel delays. i'll let you know where those problems will be in a minute. >> thank you. appreciate it. >>> i may want to skip the jelly doughnuts and coffee in the morning. you will not believe how many car crashes are caused by people chowing down. the troops and today we sa absolute captain sean con lynn jr. this time he's in afghanistan. here's his fiancee beth. hi, beth. >> good morning, robin. this is beth marchkum and i want to send a message to my fiance. sean is so dedicated and strong and it's not just for me. he does it for the guys that he is with. he's constantly working to be a better soldier and leader and find ways to make his trips more successful. i miss him, and

we need rain around atlanta. had light showers here, but also has us in a ground stop at the airport. we'll talking about that and a look out west, robin. more record highs from seattle to portland. portland yesterday 105 to 106. extremely hot again today. we'll get to that in a half hour. >> thank you. arsenic, mustard gas, tanning beds? a new study says they may have more in common than you might think!  >>> today's salute to troops goes to sergeant benjamin kassau in iraq on his second deployment in two-and-a-half years, and his family wants him to know how much they are missing him. go ahead, guys. >> hi, robin, this is rebecca, and this goes out to my husband, benjamin kassau, and we have a beautiful 4-month-old and 3-year-old and we can't wait for him to come home and see us. we pray for him every day, and he is our hero. and we love him very much. >> so sweet. thank you. >>> if you have somebody in the service, we would be so honored to help you salute them. go to cnn.com/robin. >>> a group of national c

now in atlanta, this is quite a story. we saw your last report where one of the people you interviewed said 80% or 90% of the time you're getting scammed. >> that's exactly right. and experts say what you're about to see is impossible. it should not work. the science is not there yet. and, yet, a florida woman who paid $54,000, she believes stem cells have improved her life. >>> her program before a wii doesn't look like much unless you see where she was a year ago. >> have was limited in what i could do. >> reporter: she has copd, a lung disease that should kill her. instead of dying, she's getting better using oxygen at night now. she believes stem cells from her own body are helping her improve. barbara mckeon is a patient of this american doctor working through this hospital in the dominican republic. he's a doctor who runs a company called regenocyte they are putters. what he's doing cannot be done in the u.s. >> they work. it's substantiated by the data we're collecting. >> draw a patient's own blood, send it off to

1957, atlanta, and then you moved to new york city. >> brooklyn, new york. brooklyn. in the house.h of what we know is a southern young man or are you through and through brooklyn? >> like most -- not like most, but like a lot of people, african-americans lived in chicago, detroit, new york, summertime your parents sent you down south. so many summers it was split up. it was spent half with my father's mother which is in snow, alabama and the other was spent in atlanta, georgia with my mother's mother, and she's the one that put me through morehouse and the nyu graduate film school. she lived to be 100 years old and she's an art teacher. she taught art for 50 years and the south and for 58 she never had one white student because of segregation, and a lot of white students missed out on a great teacher. anyway, she saved her social security checks for 50 years and used that money to send her grandchildren to college. so since i was the oldest i had first dibs. >> when you read about spike lee often in the media, it is said the lead tag line controversial. do you accept that and do y

millwood said i learned a lot in atlanta.be fun to use some of that stuff to try to beat him. red sox in the al least by one game. the pressure on, the yankees winning tonight. and the red sox losing down 3-2. michael young tied this thing up with a solo home run off smoltzy. his 12th of the year. that matches his home run total from all of last season. and ahank blalock put the rangers ahead with an r.b.i. single to bring home josh hamilton. smoltz still in trouble here. two outs and a man on third for david murphy. trying to work out his troubles here in the sixth inning. if they lose, the yankees are first in the nl east. >> bottom 1, raoul ibanez. dead centerfield, gone. three-run home run. his 25th. 3-0, fighting phils. bottom four, 7-0, shane victor even owe and alfonso soriano. i got, he i got it. no, i don't got it. carlos ruiz scores. you know, lou piniella doesn't love that. out there in left field, gives soriano a standing o for that. phillies win it by the final of 10-1. back to 500. chicago's four-game win streak

lisa stark, abc news, atlanta. >>> a massive pileup on a north carolina highway yesterday involved 40 cars. but incredibly, the only injury was a broken leg. the chain-reaction wreck happened on i-40, outside raleigh. police say heavy rain is to blame. the smashed cars stretched for over half a mile. >>> an american airlines plane bound for l.a. was forced to make an emergency landing after a bird was sucked into an engine. flight 449 returned to st. louis after the crew noticed the right engine was losing pressure. no one was hurt. and passengers were put on another plane. >>> some relief is in the forecast for the pacific northwest. but not before what will likely be another 100-degree day. sprinklers were used to cool down rooftops, as seattle reached a record-breaking 103 degrees. long lines formed outside stores for fans and air conditioners. and longer lines on the highway because of overheated cars and trucks. >> it's a bad day to be out here on the road. yeah. there's nothing like it. i've never seen anything like it. >>> mariners fans got relief from the heat by standing in a

this weekend he was murdered on a street in atlanta.onight police are desperately trying to figure out who pulled the trigger. >> right hand over the top and hits him again. shepard: most folks might remember for rest as the first boxer to defeat moseley. he competed on the olympic team alongside future golden boy oscar da la jolla. he won titles in two divisions and put together a record of 41-3 with 2 knockouts. he was actually working on a comeback before that deadly saturday night at a gas station near downtown atlanta. >> the suspect approached mr. for rest produced a handgun. shepard: cops say he was putting air in his tires when he was robbed at gunpoint. he's ran off. for rest grabbed his own gun and ran after him firing as he ran. >> we are anticipating 12 to 15 shots fired. >> detectives say for rest gave up and turned around. and that's when a man jumped from a car and shot him repeatedly in the back. perhaps the only witness for rest's 11-year-old god son. >> he was able to give us some information as it relates to the perpe

atlanta, okay." so you -- are you eyeing anything you want to win? >> i want the afro picks.that's good. it's a good prize. what's your name? >> brandy. >> jimmy: brandy, where are you