june of last year, in atlanta, an atlantic southeast bombardier jet successfully landed with the left only partially extended. the incident is still under investigation. and in 2002, an atlantic southeast aircraft successfully landed in spite of a left landing gear failure. the ntsb determined that failure was due to a fatigue crack in the landing gear. it would be surprising if that were the case of this incident boss the bombardier jet in this case is only a year and a half old. the national transportation safety board and the naa will be investigating. the airlines say it's very proud of it crew and it will be working with investigators to determine the cause. >> all right. hope they find out. thanks, allan chernoff. >>> you're in "the situation room." happening now, american troops are accused of killing afghan civilians for sport. we have the interrogation tapes and the shocking admissions as the troops themselves try to explain how highly trained soldiers allegedly could turn into a group of killers. >>> and sarah palin, newt gingrich and three more republican presidential prosp

atlantic southeast airlines is now working with the national transportation safety board to find outwhat went wrong with the landing gear. >>> some researchers are increasingly convinced there is a connection between food and mood. people who don't eat well also don't feel well. not just physically, but mentally. but could a poor diet really lead to depression? nbc's scott gordon takes a look at the link. >> reporter: is there a link between the food you eat and the way you feel? a connection between junk food and depression? >> we just had jalapeno poppers and onion rings. >> reporter: a british study found there is a link. that a poor diet, especially of fatty fried foods could contribute to irritability and even depression because it deprives the brain of needed nutrients. >> good mood, i eat good food. bad mood, i eat bad food. >> it doesn't cause depression, but it may contribute to the severity of depression. >> reporter: baylor dietitian says the secret is more vegetables and natural foods, and less sugar and less processed foods. >> a diet that is not complete in all nutrient

sparks and flames horrified the passengers saw on the delta airlines flight operated by atlantic southeastlines. the plane's wings scraped the runway. the flight attendant gave urgent instructions. stay down. stay down. stay down. >> it is frightening to hear the woman, the flight attendant "head down, head down," that gets me shaky. >> the 26-year-old took the video, one of 60 passengers flying from atlanta to the airport weapon the landing gee malfunctioned. we obligated the audio transmission between the pilot and control tower. >> we will proceed over to john f. kennedy and ask you for an emergency landing and if it is not obvious, i want to confirm we declaring an emergency. >> we understand you have right gear stuck. >> it is stuck-up. the other two are down. >> whole plane was doing their prayers and both flight attendants, the male was saying, reading off the protocol of the security measures and everyone was getting nervous, what do we do? what will happen? >> the pilot began to lower he started taping from the cell, the cabin was silent. >> well, almost. >> stay down. stay down.

the flight operated by atlantic southeast airlines is travelling from atlanta to white plains when theilot discovered the mechanical problems. >> and they kept saying keep your head down, we're going to make an emergency landing. they must have balanced it on one wheel and seized it over to the wing and that is -- he did a great job. i was nervous there for a minute. >> and wow. after landing, the passengers praised the pilot and crew for the actions and fortunately, no one was hurt. >> and very close. >>> republicans have been criticism mr. obama's plan. >> the bill helps small businesses in time for term election. >> there you go. >> reporter: president obama puts his signature on the small business jobs act he said will help small businesses in need of cash and hire new employees. >> it's going to cut taxes, going to make more loans available for small businesses. it's a great victory for america's entrip moves -- nurse. >> reporter: the legislation creates a $30 billion fund to expand credit access for small businesses and includes $12 billion in tax cuts. meanwhile, the senate tak

. >> ken hall, atlantic southeast. i believe the legislation that's been signed recently has a potential of putting all of us as a profession between a rock and a hard place when we encounter the pilot choice we all know is coming up. has anyone on the committee, or has alpha given any thought to how we're going to react to that? are we going to look at potentially changing our american business model, which is one of always hiring experienced pilots, and adapting a model that has been used with some success in europe of hiring pilots with zero hours, and creating mentored programs that get them from zero hours to a fully qualified crew member status? where does the panel stand on that? >> that's a very good question. oh, thanks, that's my question. you bring up a very, very interesting point, because world-wide admonitio is being considered. it has it's basis in admonitio training. we will upgrade the certificates all pilots have to have. we are at least here in the united states going to see something that you could

4951, but here's what the captain was dealing with: on the delta flight connection operated by atlantic southeast airlines. his right wheels were stuck in the up position and he had to try and land the plane on the left wheels and the right-wing. >> what he was worried about was that the aircraft could have done a cartwheel on the runway or if the aircraft wing, dropped it down too hard, could have broke the wing and spilled the fuel and you have a real great emergency because you probably would have fire. >> reporter: captain conroy was able to bring the plane down safely and saved 64 lives that night. >> yeah. and we know that catching a flight is not easy. you have to take off your shoes, limit your liquids and the list goes on and on. the starks talking about easing the post-9/11 restrictions. we have more on the security changes that could be coming your way. straight ahead at 5:45. >>> and forget the running shoes. these ladies are rocking sky- high heels for a good cause. what made the race to the finish a record setter. next. words alone aren't enough. our job is to listen and find ways t

. >> reporter: delta connection flight 4951, a twin engine crj-900 flown by atlantic southeast airlineswas flying from atlanta to new york's white plains airport when the right landing gear refused to come down. realizing they may need a bigger airport, the pilots diverted to jfk, and asks controllers there to clear a runway. >> right gear is stuck up, the other two are down. >> the right gear is stuck up? okay. would you prefer a 3-1 left or right? >> when the landing gear's not coming down you know you're going to have an accident, for sure. the plane's going to swerve in the direction of the retracted gear. >> reporter: the delicate balancing act, putting the plane down on just two out of three landing gear. >> heads down. stay down. >> reporter: the few images from a cell phone captures sparks flying at plane's wing dragged along the cement. despite fuel on the wing, no fire. once out of the plane safely, relief. >> whoo! >> nerves. >> reporter: and praise for the pilot who pulled it off. >> great job. no complaints from me. >> reporter: and from one curious passenger, a question ab

southeast up through the northeast. scteredhowers and even som thunderstorms will be in the forecast. sght risk we could see severe storms mainly from the mid-atlantic down through the southeast. nice temperatures through the middle part of the country. he west, to still dealing with the heat >>> a break in the rain tomorrow along the east coast, but it will quickly return by thursday and into the beginning of the weekend. we stay dry through the middle of the country and the heat backs off even more to the west coast. now to your event of the day. if you are watching us on wcyb5 in bristol, virginia, the official birthplace of country music allows you to hear some tunes at the live bluegrass music eventt the downtown center. that's your early event of the day. >> and trivia for you, congress made that official in '98. so it truly is the birthplace -- >> veronica, very impressive. >> there you go. i'm a lover of all music. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. does she finally get it? that's the current lindsay lohan question. she visited a homeless shelter last weekend and is saying all the right things about addiction

look for the hot weather from the gulf coast on into the southeast, mid-atlantic states, the heat and sizzling conditions in the southwest, as well. >>> here's a beautiful view from the mountain looking over san francisco. mainly clear skies. already near 70 outside in san francisco. oakland, san jose, well on our way to temperatures getting close to the 90s by lunchtime. still no sign of a sea breeze just yet, but that will fire up later this afternoon. that means the peninsula and coast will see highs early in the day, late morning to early afternoon. then the inner bay will cool down while 90s to 100 degrees continues inland. the sea breeze will cool us off big time for the weekend. >>> don't forget get your weather any time of day or night. go to weather channel on cable or weather.com online. matt? >> all right, al, great job down there. thank you very much. we'll see you in a little while. coming up a rare medical condition that prevented a teenager from eating anything for more than half a year. look how great she looks today. we're going to talk to her. but first, this isdan "

that delta flight was operated by atlantic southeast airlines which says faulty landing gear was to blame but you can hear the passengers applauding. >> a lot of relief and applause when they landed safely. yoo, that's certainly good news. 7:24. let's check in with sal castaneda where he is going to be telling us about south bay getting slow again. sal. >> traffic is very slow on northbound getting up to highway 17, northbound 17, traffic is busy as well, coming down through campbell and getting up to the airport and 101 is slowing down approaching 880. also this morning we're looking at the community if you are driving out to the westbound 24 corridor, our 680 southbound, slowed to walnut creek a little bit, 24 through lafayette is getting busy. no reported delays right now on b.a.r.t. we keep checking in with them. and this morning's commute westbound, if you are driving there soon you should expect a 20 to 25 minute delay. williams you get onto the bridge it's okay into the city. here is steve. >> all right sal. thank you. except right by the coast it is clear, sunny beginning to warm

a lot of moisture in the southeast, pushing into the mid- atlantic. you can see the someone in the -- the spin in the atmosphere bringing us lots of rain. some could be heavy at times. can i not rule out thunderstorm activity or even some severe thunderstorm activity developing in parts of our viewing area later today. five-day forecast, high today about 74 degrees. cloudy, rain showers and some rain heavy at times. just want to check one other thing. and then tomorrow 80 degrees. rain during the first part of the day, certainly in the morning, into the early afternoon. wednesday partly cloudy, thursday another chance of rain showers, friday 74 for the high with mostly sunny skies. so friday i would have to say at this point looks like the nicest day of the workweek. >> we sure do get it all at once. we are a city of extremes. >> the last year or two we are. >> did you hear what he said, julie, we should be looking forward to friday. >> you're not already? as soon as that alarm went off at 2:45 i was looking forward to friday. >>> if you ever have a d

june 11th, 2009 an atlantic southeast airline crj 200 made an emergency landing in atlanta. may 23rd of this year jet another skywest crj 200 touched down safely in ontario, california. bombardier released a statement about the latest incident saying, quote, the aircraft has logged more than 27 million flight hours and more than 22 million take-off and landing cycles so these are very good and reliable aircraft. >> you mentioned five similar incident the last two years. is that unusual? >> reporter: it is unusual. it is not that uncommon for a tire to blow, which makes landing a little more nerve wracking but for the landing gear to fail a a altogether is much more serious. the planes are commuter jets and make short flights, many flights a day and there is more wear and tear on the landing gear but still something like this shouldn't happen. >> what about the faa announcing any plans to ground aircraft or do additional safety inspections in light of this? >> reporter: no word from the faa yet but will certainly be taking a look at this problem happening twice in rapid succe

but here is what the captain was dealing with on the delta flight connection operated by atlantic southeasts. his right wheels were stuck in the up position and he to try to land the plane on the left wheel and right wing. >> what he was worried about is that the aircraft could have done a cart wheel on the runway or if the wing, if he dropped it down too hard, could have broken the wing, spilled the fuel and now you have a real great emergency because you probably would have fire. [ applause ] >> reporter: the captain was able to land the plane safely and saved 64 lives that night. >> i'm a bit more appreciative of the skills that pilots have. that you are putting your life in their hands. >> passengers say despite the landing gear problem, the plane touched down relatively smoothly. there were no injuries on board. and steve and allison, everybody has that camera phone so the video was there for everybody to see. and it is dramatic. and it does make you appreciate your flight crew. >> yes, it does. absolutely. >> thank you so much. >> you bet. >> i think if my plane was going down, the ca

. >> reporter: the plane operated by delta regional carrier atlantic southeast airlines had only two of its three landing gear deployed. firefighters and rescue crews stood by in fear of the plane exploding into a fireball. this was a call from the crew to the tower. >> rescue one, 64 souls on board and 6,000 pounds of fuel. >> people were emotional there. are tears, a lot of tears. you're in a tough situation. >> reporter: as the pilot prepared to land he uttered what could have been his last words. >> -- roger and -- >> reporter: you touched down tipping the plane to its right dragging its wing and generating a shower of sparks. >> when those sparks were flying, people were definitely -- you know, it was definitely scary. >> reporter: it's a landing many are already comparing to the usair ways miracle on the hudson from january 2009. one aviation expert says the skillful acts of the pilot prevented what could have been a disaster. >> if this pilot doesn't do the landing by the book and do it skillfully, the consequences could be catastrophic. >> reporter: for no one on the flight w

we have a statement from the airline, atlantic southeast airlines which is a subsidiary or allied withxtremely proud of the actions and professionalism december played by the flight -- displayed by the flight crew and cabin of flight 4951. you can see why, they did a great job. many of you have them to thank for doing that. >> yeah, we certainly do. they're definitely heros in 60 passengers' hearts at this point. jon: that's for sure. john predham, thanks. great story to tell. >> thank you. jenna: police arrest an oregon mother of two for bank robbery. wait until you hear what this woman told the bank teller before she took off with the cash. >>> plus, the scratch news sank the u.s. warship during world war ii sending dozens of sailor toss their graves, and now a disturbing discover about the wreckage of one of those ships. that's coming up. for strong bones, i take calcium. but my doctor told me that most calcium supplements... aren't absorbed properly unless taken with food. he recommended citracal. it's different -- it's calcium citrate, so it can be absorbed with or without food. c

sparks and flames are what passengers saw when aboard the delta airlines flight operated by atlantic southeastand the plane's wing scraping the runway as the flight attendant gave urgent instructions. >> heads down! stay down! >> it is frightening to hear the woman, flight attendant, heads down! heads done! that kind of gets you -- gets me a little shaky. >> reporter: allessandro took the video, one of 60 passengers flying from atlanta's to westchester county airport when the landing gear suddenly malfunctioned, fox 5 obtained the audio transmission between the pilot and the control tower. >> proceed over to j.f.k. and, ask for the emergency landing over there and, it's completely obvious, want to confirm we are declaring an emergency. >> i understand, you have a -- your right gear is stuck down. >> the right gear is stuck up and the other two are down. >> the whole plane was, you know, doing their prayers and both flight attendants, the male flight attendant was reading off the protocol of the security measures, and, everyone is just getting nervous, what do we do, what will happen. >> the pi

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atlantic southeast airlines praised the professionalism of the crew saying he was very proud of their actions. these days getting a landing gear stuck is rather rare, though it is mechanical, you can get malfunctions, the ntsb will be investigating to see why the gear didn't come down in the first place. >> tom, lucky it turned out the way it did. tom costello in washington. thank you very much. let's go back to new york and ann. >>> as we have been reporting this morning, this week nbc news is going to be taking an unprecedented look at the state of america's schools. we'll be having a live interview with president obama for a full half hour coming up this morning. we have got nbc's tom brokaw here to set all things off on learning plaza. good morning. >> good morning, ann. i've been covering this subject for 40 years, a lot of documentaries for nbc and other outlets as well. there has never been a time in america when education is a more critical issue and understand the magnitude of this issue, you simply have to look at the numbers. >> reporter: today, american 15-year-olds rank 2

the southeast and mid-atlantic, get ready for significant rain. we have drought going on. that will be beneficial when it moves on later in the weekend and monday and tuesday. >>reporter: there is a tropical storm brewing in the caribbean. is it headed to the u.s.? >> very interesting. the storms we have been dealing with are away from the eastern seaboard and now you see the storms and they develop into the caribbean when you get to late september and october and this here is the stock market making landfall right there toward honduras and nicaragua. very uncertain down the road with this. probable dealing with this for quite a while and maybe having effects across the seaboard on the east coast. >> a manhunt underway in florida for four robbery suspects who cops say used an explosive device to hold up a bank. the latest ahead. stay tuned. ♪ [ male announcer ] ever have morning pain slow you down? introducing bayer am, an extra strength pain reliever with alertness aid to fight fatigue. so get up and get goin'! with new bayer am. the morning pain reliever. the more you sp

we still have to worry about rip currents all the way to the mid-atlantic states, heat throughout the southeast, where temperatures could break records all the way from the gulf coast on up into the ohio river valley, sunshine out west, 72 degrees in los angeles, bus some morning fog giving way to plenty of sunshine, that's >> good morning, everyone. we're off to a quiet start, but we're ofp quickly.et start, but high temperatures will >> this morning on joy's diet s.o.s., registered dietitian and nutritionist joy bauer is helpihelp ihelp -- we have an interesting question from zoe. she's joining us live via skype. what's your question? >> i was recently diagnosed with pcls. i'm a healthy 35-year-old and feel devastated with the possibility of getting heart disease, diabetes and complications in pregnancy with the help of medication, any nutritional help would be much appreciated in my new battle against this syndrome. >> zoe, we really feel for you with this situation. tell folks who don't know, what's pcls? >> it's formally known as polly cystic ovarian syndrome and it affects many, many wome

making all that moisture and all that humidity and all that heat spread through the southeast and up through the mid-atlantic today. it'll be a little shock to the system for some. here's that st. louis radar as i mentioned, just light rain for you right now. heavier storms, it looks like it just developed north of kansas city. the white dots are active lightning strikes. you could be watching a little bit of downpour activity especially the east side of the city this morning. as far as the rain forecast goes, watch out. as far as the forecast goes, heat on the east coast. very unusual end. >> extended summer. bill, thank you. >>> the fed speaks sort of and why freedom of speech is not necessarily the best idea while on holiday. your "first look" at this morni morning's business headlines are straight ahead >>> the twins clinch. yankees increase their lead and what do you get when you combine tiger woods and michael jordan? you're watching "first look" on msnbc. [ female announcer ] sometimes you need tomorrow to finish what you started today. for the aches and sleeplessness in between, there's new motrin pm

moisture moving up from the southeast to right through the mid-atlantic and up through the northeast. one once again for today. you can see heavy shower now from the district out through pittsburgh, that's where we are looking at some of the heaviest rain. today, i don't think we'll see all-day downpours but some downpours from time to time and that risk of severe weather will ramp up for this afternoon. today the worst weather is along the east coast. dry through the middle part of the country with high pressure in control. temperatures running where they should be this time of year. out to the west, the heat backing off. still hot in l.a., though. tomorrow be much of the same from the west to the middle part of the country. the east coast does get a break in the rain. but then it quickly returns thursday with another system that comes up from the southeast and then we'll dry out for the weekend. veronica? >> that is not good news. >> sorry. >> not good news. there's so much green on the map on the east coast, i can't even see it anymore. we have to figure something out. >> i will. >

lot of scientists about waves that were happening in intense storms, say, in the north atlantic or off the southeast coast of africa that were disappearing ships and with more volatile extremes in the ocean and extremes becoming more extreme in weather and nature they believe these waves are going to become bigger and the biggest storms will become bigger. so i believe that he's going to be ready for that. >> that's really the life's goal is to be prepared. .. >> rose: for the moment? >> yeah. and you don't know when it is. it could be today. it's not going to be today but i know it could be that's the kind of notice you're going to get. >> rose: how do you know you'll be there? if you think it's a remote possibility, you here that? >> and because my life is set up so that i'm in the north pacific where the largest storms have the potential to be during the prime system when they're going to happen. i could be sick or injured, but i'm trying to reduce the variables as much as i can so i have the most amount of opportunity by being in the right location, being physically mentally prepared and and the

. >>> severe weather causing travel delays in the southeast and mid-atlantic states.h that. >> it's coming in waves, don. an ugly mess across the mid-atlantic and a lot of problems all the way across the place. flood watch in effect in virginia and down across georgia including atlanta where we could see three to six inches of rain easy. real concerned about the flood threat and boston, city metro, philadelphia, rain and atlanta, charlotte and washington, d.c., could reach over an hour and delays in miami and tampa. here's a look at atlanta where it's been raining pretty much all day long. a live picture downtown where it continues to be wet and you're under that flood watch. we do expect to see standing water on roadways in addition to smaller rivers and creeks which go out of their banks, we're also concerned across the appalachians, too, don, that we could see mud slides. big weather news tomorrow in the southeast. >> really. all right. thank you very much. >>> let's check the stories that will be grabbing the headlines in the week ahead from the word of politics t

atlantic. karl has already battered southeast mexico. residents have sandbagged nearly 30 miles of roads to prevent more flooding in the area this weekend. in cancun, hundreds of people evacuated as heavy rains and winds knocked out power to the rural areas there. bill karins joins me now to talk about this. karl just upgraded recently, correct? >> the storms that form rapidly and don't give people a lot of lead time and this will hit in 36 hours and people in mexico won't have time to prepare and get out of the way. this could be a major hurricane come this time tomorrow. this storm is rapidly forming and whether it's the united states or mexico, rapidly forming storm right before a landfall, bad news. so, this is carl. hurricane hunters just flew into it and they found it is at hurricane strength. these are the cities in jeopardy. and it looks like poza rica the area at most concern. here's the forecast track from the hurricane center. they take it as we go through friday as a category 2 storm and they say it's not out of the question,

. >> summer-like in the southeast and mid-atlantic, hovering around 90 in atlanta and baltimore. 82 in detroit. 88 in chicago. 78 in omaha. sacramento gets up to 84. salt lake city 74. seattle just 59. >>> thumbs up to a college student with some of the fastest fingers around. >> kansas state university senior amanda mitchum has been crowned the new texting champion. she managed to bang out the fastest and most accurate texts in the contests and she has her younger brother to thank for correcting a scoring error that would have eliminated her. >> to take her brother out to dinner. her brother recognized an error in someone else's text so he should get more than a din fer you ask me. >> no kidding. i'm still like this. we'll be back with more after i'm still like this. we'll be back with more after this. >>> for years as many of you know lasik eye surgery has been promoted as a quick way to correct vision. millions so far have had the procedure. >> now a former fda official who helped get lasik approved in the first place is warning against it. elisabeth leamy explains why. >> reporter:

southeast. now some of that air is pushing into the mid-atlantic and we're even going to make it up to boston. current temperatures this morning, we're in the 60s in new york, d.c., boston, chicago is at 66. we did get some of that rain yesterday as expected. the only cool air is montana up through the dakotas. so here is a look at the satellite and radar information. the green on this map is where it's raining. on this front, we have rain through indiana, some pushing through toledo, ohio. we have rain in arizona and still showers in south texas. here is the setup. high pressure pushes off the coast. we call this the return flow. that pocket of warm air that was over the deep south is going to move into the east today. the exceptions would be around st. louis. rain for you. also columbia getting rain and interstate 44 from springfield up to st. louis, that will be a wet drive this morning. look at these temperatures. d.c., 91 today. new york city, 86. there's that warmth that we were talking about for your wednesday. that's a look at your national forecast. now here is a look at the weather o

southeast of bermuda right now. after that, it races off into the north atlantic. maintains hurricane strength, at least through tuesday. now as far as we are concerned, if we are trying to stretch out this last weekend of summer, we'll have large swells from this hurricane. much like danielle earlier in the season. and also means some rip currents. be careful. all right, next three days, very nice tomorrow. just gorgeous. 80 degrees, mostly sunny. we have clouds coming in on sunday. not a huge deal. maybe a sprinkle. 78 on monday. cooler on monday. weak cold front goes through sunday night. upper 70s on monday. the redskin forecast mostly cloudy, warm, a light shower or sprinkle possible. not a big deal. game time temperatures 75 to 82. during the start of the game, it will be warm. don't worry about the showers during tailgating. once you go in there, you won't care about the showers. tomorrow, sunshine, 65 to start. 76 by lunchtime. 80 with sunshine by evening. temperatures right now fantastic. upper 70s downtown. low 70s in the suburbs. manassas 73 and andrews

okay, so northeast, mid atlantic, even parts of the southeast, still getting this tropical moisture feed, which is what's left of tropical storm nicole. we also have a frontal boundary and we're going to have an extra tropical low pressure up the coast. so we are not done. this is going to been -- going to be an all-day event, into friday. we have a lot of tropical moisture, jamaica, plenty of flooding there, cuba, still getting flooding reports there, and you can see this moisture reaches all the way up towards the northeast. look at all of the rain that we are dealing with. wilmington, over 20 inches of rain in less than five days for you. that is record breaking rainfall. you can see all of that heavy rain moving in towards virginia beach, up towards washington. this is a triple threat. not only are we going to get heavy rain, we're going to get high winds and the threat for foreign aidoes, the tornado watch in effect for tarts of the mid atlantic towards the northeast, d.c., parts of new jersey, tornado watch for you until 1:00 p.m. local time. they will probably extend that watch th

southeast. and then sunday, heavy rain along the southeastern atlantic coast.some fog in the area this morning but the more persistent cloud cover will be further north, along with rainshowers activity. we have a dry forecast but a >>> and of course, it's friday, that means we have to tell you about the biggest night of the week, sunday night, football night in america. that's right, this sun, rex ryan, taking his diet down to miami to the sun life stadium, 40% chance of showers as the jets take on the dolphins. this is a big one, kids, temperatures 80 to 84 degrees. it's nothing if it's not sunday, football night in america. ann? >> do you feel better. >> no, i hurt myself. i need a truss. >>> while you heal, we'll be talking about beauty and we have got some beauty rules for the younger set from bobby brown after this. i really need the reliability that the corolla provides. i am a bookkeeper, and also a prep chef, so i need to be driving around from place to place. for the initial down payment, i'm six months out from when i get to go in and buy the corolla

atlantic seaboard. now where you see that area of orange in calvert county, just to the southeast of washington, that is the area of heaviest rain right now. that's a band that stretches down into st. ry's county and there was circulation deteed on radar that, indeed, indicated that there was at least some

hurricane we have ever had this far in the eastern atlantic and has been a category 4 and winds were coming down with it about 1,000- miles to the southeastf bermuda and they're going to be a big pounding. both of the arms the will miss the east coast. the tropics are active, we have had 11 main storms and look at our own five-day forecast and that is completely settled, we're lucky to be protect today from theing about hurricanes. looks like the upper 70s next week, brian. you're right, september is perfect around here. >> a beautiful weekend. >>> texans are coming to up to. coming up in sports, the skins are not taking that team lightly. >>> first, the teams in the nfl being reminded of the league's immediate relation policy. it was put out after a reporter claimed she was harassed. clinton portis issued in an apology after weighing in on the controversy with controversial comments of his own the nfl deemed inappropriate. ♪ hey, look, it's grandma! oh, she's early. no...on the counter. [ female announcer ] art projects in the kitchen? bring it. i think you forgot her glasses. [ both giggling ] [ doorbell rings ] [ female announcer ] tru

atlantic ocean. look for more rain here and we certainly need it on thursday. after that it finally clears out out. southeast winds up to 25 knots. i don't think we will see much in the way of thunder, but the low of 70, 71. tomorrow, early showers and then some sunshine up to 80. the next few days, 73, good chance of rain on thursday. and cooling down, 72, only 65 on saturday. >>> coming up the ravens begin preparation for pittsburgh. >> reporter: but they are >> reporter: but they are dealing with some ,,,,,,,,,, ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] mcdonald's new chicken flatbreads. all out awesome combinations of juicy, grilled chicken topped with roasted garlic aioli and a natural four-cheese blend. mcdonald's chicken flatbreads. the simple joy of new discoveries. ♪ >>> whenever the ravens and steelers clash it seems to be two of the best defenses if football. each team trying to eke out every ounce of offense it can. we all know the steelers without ben roethlisberger and the -- may be without their -- it seems uncertain if rice will be play on thursday. he suffered the injury when he was brought down in that pl

river valley and the southern portions of georgia and southeast alabama continues to be pretty dry along the eastern seaboard especially the mid-atlantic although that's typical. jet stream to monday, there's very chilly to cold air across much of canada and hot and humid in the southern parts of this country. as long the jet stream remains zonal like it will be we won't see any big intrusion of cold air into this country. we'll have cool air masses coming southward in the northern states but all in all that does not look that cold. there are signs that maybe down the road we will see the jet stream dip in the plains in the northeast, more than a week away though before that would probably happen according to the models right now. let's go day by day, on monday as we head through the ladder portions of september into fall obviously, official fall does arrive this week, you can see showers up across the northern plain states back into the portions of the central rockies just hit-and-miss showers and thunderstorms in the muggy air to the front and lit continue to be muggy. by wednesday we will see everything quickly shifting quickly nort

southeast today. >> warnings from the mid-atlantic to new england and evacuations have already been ordered. >>> presidentays a promise about the war in iraq fulfilled. and more than seven years after it started, "operation iraqi freedom" is over. >>> teen gambling. >> i'm trying to make a profit. i pay my rent, i pay my bills by playing poker. >> they are winning and losing lots of money. just guess where they're learning all about high-stakes poker. it's wednesday, september 1st. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> it used to be you'd go to any college campus and you'd talk about poker and people are playing poker. now even high schools and middle schoolers are going into the rooms and online and cashing in. >> that is scary too. you know, i'm more of a blackjack guy than poker. still, kids that young getting into it? >> espn world series of poker, young champions who have been doing it for years. we'll have the story coming up. >> should be interesting stuff. good morning, everybody, i'm rob nelson. >> i'm mike marusarz. vinita nair is on vacation. >>> evacuations have been ordered in north