we had record-breaking heat in the mid-atlantic, could see it again today. heat warnings and advisories out from the south up through the mid-atlantic. temperatures topping out again in the upper 90s, triple digits, that's what the thermometer will read. it's much more oppressive. factor in the humidity and it will feel like well into the triple digits. it will feel like it's 124 in richmond, and it could be days before any significant relief, jenna, comes to us. >> chris warren, thank you. now here answer lester. >>> we want to turn to the war in afghanistan, the search for two american navy personnel who went missing on friday. jim miklaszewski is nbc's chief pentagon correspondent, monitoring the situation. what is the latest? >> this is the worst nightmares in afghanistan, there's still confusion exactly what did happen. what we did know is that these two sailors went missing on friday, as they were driving from one u.s. military compound to another there in kabul. what's still baffling however is how they ended up 80 miles to the south in logar province

. >> the mid-atlantic and south will be hot. highs could reach 97 in baltimore. 98 in atlanta. 96 in new orleans. it should be cooler in the northeast. 86 in new york. 80 in boston. chicago and indianapolis, can expect highs of 94, with detroit reaching 93 degrees. >>> and when we come back this morning, the war on terror's newest front. ordinary americans bent on jihad. >>> and new video just coming in. severe summer storms in the midwest. flooding roads and shutting down a major airport overnight. ♪ think fast, go slow ♪ now i know ♪ freedom is all that i need [ female announcer ] ladies, raise your spoons. now there's nothing left standing between you and a satisfying breakfast. introducing special k low-fat granola. with 50% less fat than the leading granola and 5 grams of fiber per serving, it's a satisfying way to help you manage your weight. special k low-fat granola -- a taste of freedom. it's a satisfying way to help you manage your weight. twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. guys. can i help you? i'm sandy and i hea

as the gulf coast awaits the leftovers of bonnie, much of the mid-atlantic and northeast parts of the country are doing a slow roast. brutal heat and humidity with triple-digit heat indices are creating dangerous conditions. the midwest is trying to recover after violent storms and floods. rehema ellis picks up our coverage from manhattan central park. >> reporter: hi, lester. today there are excessive heat warnings in effect in 11 states. besides the oppressive temperatures some places are dealing with the effects of torrential downpours that caused major flooding. in some parts of the country, the summer continues to sizzle. >> it's humid and hot, sticky and even the breeze is warm. >> even hot in the park. >> reporter: another heat advisory was issued in new york when temperatures climbed to the mid 90s. that combined with smothering humidity made it feel like it was over 100 degrees. the hot, steamy weather triggered a flurry of thunderstorms. lightning bolted above yankee stadium friday. a rain delay even affected the concession stands. >> this is shaping up to be the warmest jul

. >> thousands of jobs on both sides of the atlantic depend on it. so it's in the interests of both our countries, as we agreed that it remains a strong and stable company for the future. >> three months have passed since the underwater explosion that caused the massive spill. fishers near the gulf of mexico say they're worried about their future. gloom in the fishing industry is persisting despite reports from bp that a new cap installed last week has plugged the leak. fresh oil and gas leaks have been found in underwater locations other than the spot where the cap was installed. some experts say new leaks could occur. fishing industry observers say it's too late now, even with the cap in place. they say the damage to the ecosystem is irreversible and people have been robbed of their future. >> the damage is done, huh? the oil's everywhere now. you ain't ever going to get it out of the water. >> the cost to the industry is estimated at about $1.6 billion in louisiana alone. >>> the international conference on afghanistan has agreed that the country

severe storms of the reference to the atlantic area with lightning strikes blasting holes in homes.his is all whole of canada caught fire everyone got out safely. dozens of homes and businesses had my lightning. the theory has been hit by flooding that has cut off roads and damage to buildings in rural kentucky two cadets from fort knox injured by lightning and one in stable condition and the other young woman is in critical condition. this is the women being taken to the hospital their to been dealing with extreme heat out there and the army said the storm hit them hard and fast almost no warning. -during the storm there were about 40 sleep and strikes in the area. flooding is still a nightmare in china the heavy rain just keeps coming it at least 823 people have now been killed in flooding this year. hundreds more still missing nearly 700,000 homes destroyed. there's concern now about or reverse overflowing china's faced with a lot of rain every summer but this they say is the worst year for flooding in more than a decade. >> a live look from san francisco and immigration rally an

the atlantic charter which was written in one nine hundred forty nine with well before the open door poised clearly said we are in. you know. any european member who share these values in the. choosing to be part of these alliance it can contribute to the to the value of the land is welcome so there is nothing to do with the expansion to the east to the north to the south to the west we have an organisation in which any nation willing to abide to these values can be and when i say any i see any european nation large beak small or medium and even. even very large do you think that do you ever see russia as being a member of nato at some point i would respond to your question with a question would you i am no i do put no limitation to male rights because the planning as thomas friedman said is flat and when he's fled there is no rising and as things change who knows what the future will bring thank you very much for taking some time and speaking with us today. the latest news on the week's top stories from r.t. abnormally high temperatures break new records in russia where the intense

in the meantime pre-season friendly is are in full swing across the atlantic to see through the latest english club to try and secure a few new followers in america but they will need to do better to impress any prospective fans in the future following suniel defeat at the hands of. sporting lisbon city one of the world's wealthiest clubs finding themselves a goal down just twenty three minutes and so i get my jollies heading home supply the lisbon team second was europe last car equals death flick setting up jani and the twenty four year old didn't miss a game of off the thirty eight minutes she will need to improve faustin dreams of a first english ground to three years is to be made even a slight possibility. and stay with the ball and off to. brazil to the world cup final a coaching change was inevitable and the decision has been made. as well leave the five time champions from now on the c.b.s. to forty eight year old men as a soft of whom announced they refused to release their coach. was the federation's first choice in recent he has meant as a slab corinthian sand before them g

five years ago our team looks back at the history of nuclear bomb development on both sides of the atlantic. a severe drought us forces state of emergency in central russia the unusually dry spell is turning normally fertile farmland into a desert the republic of just one of many areas which are suffering as our correspondent sean thomas reports. a natural disaster is taking place in central russia painstakingly slow in the making but impossible to stop unseasonably high temperatures and extended periods without rain are leaving farmers without the possibility of a harvest moon. you see because of the unprecedented drought the crops are not late and they are empty the plants are underdeveloped they are good neither for grain nor for livestock feed we have harvested almost everything by now and it only covers about half of what we need. is one of sixteen regions along the volga and urals that have declared a state of emergency an area more than twice the size of switzerland which faces losing a billion dollars this year and some of. this region is going to have trouble sustaining itself farm

cried both people were spared the echo of that blast carried far beyond the atlantic and the soviet union experiments with nuclear energy were on the way too but just like the u.s. and this research institute on the black sea coast the main roles were played by german scientists this used to be a top secret nuclear facility but aside from these lines the entrance was guarded by soviet soldiers the lab will see it in deep inside up cause a subtropical paradise. three hundred germans top nuclear physicists their assistants family members and even personal chefs were brought to this clue's compound in a pause by the order of joseph stalin in one nine hundred forty five the nazis were famous for their highly developed nuclear research programs so after world war two moves german physics and chemistry professors at almost no other option but to work for a washington if fierce competition between the us the saw in america to get hold of nuclear weapons was on and even though the us were the first to successfully carry out a nuclear test their rivals caught up pretty quickly chess if you had to

looks back at the history of nuclear bomb development on both sides of the atlantic . the friendly nature of russia germany relations was on show when chancellor angela merkel visited president medvedev this week the leaders in a light hearted mood seem keen to push forward the latest trend in international relations burger diplomacy. let me draw your attention to the fact that germany is number one on the list of russia's partners we have long time relations which have not been spoiled even by difficult chapters in our history. when it comes to russia and germany has relations with other countries it's not like in school where you have just one friend we can have many friends germany and russia have their own issues they're completely different in nature to transatlantic problems it's useful for us to be able to discuss them together the room for dialogue doesn't exist in the same degree with president obama as a does between us but the u.s. relationship is still very important and i think president medvedev also would like to read to read that this conference is no w

are able to take some confidence from unexpectedly strong corporate results from both sides of the atlantic when you know it's not business. to look at the stock markets of europe is growing in the afternoon the rest of the warming to that the federal reserve report this morning personnel forcing growth capital is lending support three percent higher that's off the posting a fifteen percent rise in first half profits but north korea has revealed some bad news off the board to profit fell forty percent to two hundred ninety million dollars experts say the phone maker is lagging behind its small for innovation. here in moscow markets have made up the borders losses there are up almost a percent one of its own two and a half percent higher. than twenty five million dollars last year a thirty percent. pay rise but drew owner of the plan the suffered a terrorist blows yesterday is down. food chain length says he's back in the black the same petersburg based discounts are posted a profit of eleven point three million dollars last year after a twelve point four billion dollar loss in two thousand

. >> and the atlantic hurricane season gets started at the beginning of june. are you surprised we haven't seen more activity given the forecast of a very active season? >> reporter: yeah, a little surprised. right now we've had two storms, hurricane alex, the first hurricane in the atlantic basin, in 25 years. or, rather, 15 years. and now alex -- or bonnie. we typically see or first named storm by july 10th, so we're right about average, but a far cry from that record setting season of 2005, 28 storms by july 23, seven storms and three hurricanes. it only takes one. and for those of you complaining about the heat and humidity in new york and around the country, this morning on the beach, it's 85 degrees and the heat index already at sunrise is 95. back to you. >> yeah, who is complaining? us. mike seidel, thanks very much. >>> anne thompson has been following the evacuation of the area around the bp well in the gulf of mexico. she joins us from venice, louisiana with more on that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lester. you'll get no sympathy here on

i found a new metro atlantic conference today. k quickly, let's go down the line. sunday, what do we have? >> sunday, mountain -- there it is. thunder. >> we've got rudy with monday. >> monday going to be cloudy. perfect recovery day from the garlic festival. >> tuesday? >> mild again. >> it will be hot again. >> friday warm again. hot, hot in the hot tub, hot. >> there you go. your forecast for gilroy and beyond here in gilroy. some of the sights and sounds. we'll see you back at 11:00. >> bring saturday with you, too. he was pumped. bring saturday. >> money ball. paying out a little cash. kirk suzuki is the beneficiary of this. a's had an off day yesterday but billy bean working on keeping one of his most productive players in an oakland uniform for years to come a four-year deal for kirk suzuki. scott mcgrew has more. >> a's making a big announcement. catcher kirk suzuki will stay here. four-year contract extension through 2013. a large plot when he is at the plate and behind the plate. a lot of this, too, for what he represents in the clubhouse. >> i'm blessed

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across the atlantic, the dow jones industrials also trading in negative territory. the euro is going strong, in gaining against the u.s. dollar. the number of jobless rose slightly here in july. the federal labor agency says there is no cause for alarm. t unemploymt ra rose 0.1%. there are 3.2 million people without a job. germany's short-term scheme, which helped people hang on at the top of the financial crisis is being p psed out. they believed that the economic upswing is enough to keep the german jobs market stable. >> germany's economy is recovering and the job market with it. this has led the economics minister to an optimistic prime -- optimistic prime minister. >> democratic factors will play their part and the economic recovery is robust. >> the federal labor agency is more cautious. the aftereffects of the crisis are still clear and warns the government's stimulus programs are winding down. >> the economics minister has a right to talk things up. we are more factual and restraint. >> full-time jobs have risen for the first time since the p crisis. analyst

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. >> he is with the atlantic shark research foundation. sharks are mistaken for greater whites is more likely to swim this these waters. this photo was taken near big sur. it belongs to a basking shark. they expect the signs will draw more people to the beaches? >> people go down they might see one. it's a needle in a haystack. i don't know if it keeps them out of the water. >> the beach was packed and plenty of people were in the water. >> i'm still going out. i'm on vacation. you come here to go in the water. >> some did heed the warning and is taking their own precaution. >> i don't think i'm going swimming but it's fine for me. >> beach and water is not close to the public, lifeguards are on alert. lisa amin gulezian, "abc 7 news" >> you know what, today may not be the greatest beach day, that is if you like it on the warm spot, that is something we're not going to have. very much fogged in. >> yesterday was almost winter like. we're starting to see, you can see from the live shot, we've got pretty good visibility but we're seeing a li

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now editor and blogger for atlantic business channel. guest: "atlantic monthly" is one of the old as magazines in the country, probably the world. we have a bunch of different channels -- business, on all different topics with and business. the cross between business and politics. financial reform and that sort of thing. host: the phone numbers on the bottom of the screen for our guests. he is daniel indiviglio from the atlanta business channel. we have a line for democrats and republicans and independents and there is a fourth line for small business owners. we will put it all up on the air here. we will hear a short piece from denver 90 as he held an event. >> the formation and growth of small businesses depends critically on access to credit. unfortunately, those businesses report that credit conditions remain very difficult. making credit accessible to sound small businesses is crucial to our economic recovery and so should be front and center among our current policy challenges. host: what is going -- is going to take to get credit

pre-season friendly are the order of the day currently across the atlantic city the latest english club to try and secure a few new followers in the us but they'll need to do better to impress any prospective found in the future following a rock through defeat at the hands of sporting city one of the world's wealthiest clubs finding themselves a. target that includes thirdly. at least one team second well it was just pure class. death. and again that's the picture on the fight game over after thirty eight minutes. ross leaves dreams of the first english trial in forty three years it's been even a slight possibility. cities cross-town rivals manchester united are also on an american tour no game for them on the day though so plenty of time to chat goalie edwin funder star speaking out about what it will take for the club to win a record nineteenth english title while ryan giggs offered his thoughts on syria new start in new york. only is. this tremendous plays a world class player has been for the last ten years and. all he can bring is good for the american game because he's a he's a wo

this will be our second tropical storm of the atlantic hurricane season.s now just south of the bahamas and expected to head in toward the gulf of mexico aiming for the lower mississippi valley, especially around louisiana. where likely it will make landfall. slow strengthening is expected in the next 48 hours, but already it's been bringing quite a bit of rain to the caribbean islands as well as the florida peninsula, and expect that to continue. and that rainy area will head northward. all of you in this area really need to watch out and keep updated with what your local reports are telling you. that's a look at your weather for now. and i'll leave you with your three-day outlook. ♪ ♪ >>> tinndged by etheir loved osa prefecture, ntl jan message tham ot "bel will kim rinformation. bu stedly idha the ntbu tesf aer sthkoa. eanon i aewonreeonct fureorrsp,ait s edd inhe

otherwise, that rain continues to head in an easterly direction and starts moving into the mid-atlantic states on tuesday. as for highs, we're looking at 34 in new york. and 34 in d.c. staying pretty hot in the east. also, looking at a lot of reds across the mississippi valley. there are heat-related watches in effect for you. definitely take precautions if you are going to be out and about. denver will be pretty hot during the day. 32 degrees for your high on tuesday. that is a looka the your weather for now. here is your three-day outlook. >>> the asian development bank says it's time to end government stimulus measures across asia. this is to avoid overheating and ensure steady growth in the years ahead. in is a semi-annual report, the bank says it expects economic growth of just over 8% for southeast asia this year. the report covers 14 economies, including china, south korea and those in southeast asia. as economies have expanded rapidly, the report warns about overheating and rising inflation. it says governments should now terminate extra spending and other emergency actions in m

everywhere in red in the 90s, east coast, mid-atlantic, the middle of the country, back through the desert southwest especially steamy. the area in pink above 110, widespread. you notice the exception right on the coast there. you're always going to be cooler near the ocean, san francisco and all the way down to san diego and l.a. once you went a little bit inland, a little warmer. added sacramento on this map. they were 99 degrees. it was 30 degrees cooler right near the water than it was in interior california. the valley was very, very steamy. yesterday even medford up there around 91. we have some monsoonal showers and thunderstorms in arizona. also some clouds lingering up here in the northwest. that's why it's going to be slightly cooler there. just dry, warm weather continues through the region. here is your forecast for your tuesday. very steamy from vegas to phoenix. high humidity levels, too. also 92 intray shower or thunderstorm especially by the rim into the flagstaff and around the grand canyon. showers and thunderstorms not in california, oregon or washington. plenty of sunsh

later this afternoon into this evening from boston down to new york city, including philadelphia, atlantic city and now our nation's capital. behind theer weather will be in place. however, it's still going to be humid but not quite as warm. syracuse, 84, buffalo, 80, burlington around 81. across the south central, it's been very hot with temperatures well above the normal. rob, vinita, back to you guys. >>> the nation's midsection could be hit with severe storms. des moines and cincinnati could see storms. >> denver is having a heat wave1 soo. southern california has cooled down to more reasonable readings. anchorage is a cool spot at an enviable 64 degrees. >>> when we come back, new criticism over the shuttered gm. that's part of your business news straight ahead. >>> and deadly flooding in kentucky. thousands are without power and water and it could be that way for a week. stay with us. ♪ [ instrumental: upbeat ] hey, max. [ announcer ] your dog's one of a kind. and now, you have the power... [ giggling ] to help significantly extend his healthy years. a groundbreaking 14-year study by

homemade explosives slipped across the atlantic into the hands of the ira. the world's first full scale car bomb or was now ready to begin. and the material to make the bombs was lying around in every farmer's barn in ireland. shanel callaghan was the senior ira bomb maker at the time my understanding is that . it was running up explosives and guess what yet garrett great difficulty in getting hold of the military commercial explosives to get small amounts that you could steal from quarries you could buy some of them not could find the money not to use that net nitrate was probably the biggest commercial for the lives in the public the government had a share in the complete manufacture. the british took countermeasures to make it more difficult for the ira to make. simply boiling up fertilizer to make explosives no longer works. but the ira also found ways around those restrictions. and ramped up their car bomb or. tommy gorman was one of the ira's top bomb makers in belfast in the one nine hundred seventy s. . tommy's job was to assemble the bombs set the t

. >>> in florida, authorities are looking into what caused a 60-foot yacht to sink into the atlantic ocean. the captain of the boat said the alarm went off, so he went to look in the engine room and saw the ship was taking on water. he was able to climb into a dinghy and was helped to shore by the coast guard. >>> and who says couch potatoes are lazy? two students in utah are certainly dispelling that myth by getting around town on their motorized couch. it was built from a motor from an old wheelchair, but forget about hitching a ride to class school officials have since placed a campus-wide ban on any type of couch transportation. glad they cleared that up. >>> and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc's meteorologist bill karins with your weather channel forecast. you know, bill, where i went to college, those couches were usually in the front yard of all the frat houses. if we only thought to put a motor on them, it would have been brilliant. >> we thought all the inventions were gone with einstein. it's in front of us. now we just need a refrigerator t

the joint space project had a huge impact on both sides of the atlantic a time when rocket launches captured millions of imaginations worldwide media conceived watched the sea use reach into the sky and vividly remembers every emotion it stirred. i was in the fourth grade and it was a huge celebration not just for the school but the entire city we got hundred balloons flags and went to meet the cosmonauts and then later on we were all outside again to watch the actual launch i remember my dad who worked at the launch but he told me that this was the most important event of the century. thirty five years on and they say usable a project still fires people's feelings some are even banking on it the scenes apollo became so popular that alongside the original memorabilia a special brand of cigarettes was created just to mark the occasion that every day these were incredibly popular and were almost impossible to find on the thirty fifth anniversary of the docking they are once again missing from the city stories catch readers are the artsy moscow. of thankfully so use has always been old for a li

fluctuations must be a headache for exporters on all sides of the atlantic. the currency that bounced back it's the story now. that is how you can describe the euro. it hit its highest level in two months against the greenback on friday, briefly breaking through the $1.30 level. for months, the euro has been dogged by worries over a sovereign debt in europe. now there are worries over the u.s. economy. >> while unemployment continues to rally in the u.s., american consumers are mostly sitting on the sidelines and on their wallets. the u.s. is taking a long time to recover from the massive economic crisis. europe has bounced back more quickly. analysts say that is why the euro is headed higher. the recovery comes after a long gown spill. the currency plummeted on fears that greece could slide into bankruptcy and worries over europe's massive debt crisis. in june, the euro hit bottom at $1.18. it has gained nearly 10%. investors have regained confidence in the euro. a further reason is the upswing. billions of bureaus -- euros are apparently paying off. so our

in the mean time pre-season friendly is are in full swing across the atlantic city the latest english club to try and secure a few new followers in america but they will need to do better to impress any prospective fans in the future following a two nil defeat at the hands of sporting lisbon city one of the world's wealthiest clubs found themselves a girl down twenty three minutes into the match doggett manny jalil heading home support. the lisbon team second was last dannielle car of course daft flick setting up a unique and the gambit twenty four year old didn't miss a move off to thirty minutes since he will need to improve fostered dreams of a fast english crown in forty three years is to be made even a slight possibility. stay with the. failure to lead brazil to the world cup final change was inevitable and the decision has been made modern and there's a so will lead the five time champions from now on. the c.b.s. to forty eight year old man has a soft flume announcer refused to release the coach. was the federation's first choice in recent years men as a celeb and before them ou

the latest satellite picture shows a band of clouds stretching over the mid-atlantic states.he northern plains and northeast are looking at clear skies. and in the southwest, there are clouds swirling around along an isolated thunderstorm, i should say, but later today, showers and storms are hanging over the southeast. in the northern plains, a storm system will introduce severe weather into the region. in the northeast, it is warm, but less humid with plenty of sunshine. and in the southwest, partly cloudy skies could yield a few thunderstorms in the afternoon hours. >>> in sports, the texas rangers increased their lead in the american league's western division. josh hamilton of texas drove in three runs against second place los angeles angels. the rangers' 6-4 win puts them seven games ahead of the angels. >>> in the 11th inning wes helms of the marlins hit a bases loaded single for their fourth walkoff win this week. the 5-4 florida victory cuts atlanta's division lead to five games over philadelphia. >>> in the tenth inning, travis ishikawa of the giants hit a ground bal

in the north atlantic phase%one, the .o.t. handed exclusive control of all intercontinental trafffc to three companies. in phase two, those three companies used ttat force the other airlines out of business. -pphase three began last year. continental-unita -- continental-united cannot be isolated as an individual event3 cause price increases, but abroad can -- a broad category of consumers are at risk. when d.o.t. gave three legacy companies exclusive control over all this traffic, the d.o.t. foo legacy companies 4-5-and sii. the dessruction of competitors were companies ccn be acquired for pennies on the dollar are market power of these is. -- abuses. consumers also face the threats of service reduction in hundreds of smaller cities once thisconto three carriers, a threat that will not be addressed. problem #4 is that these mergers cannot be justified and are strictly motivated by the potential for increased anticompetitive market power. no previous merger has ever produced in material reduction in unit operating costs. no pr