>> your opinion about we need to make baltimore special that other regional cities, or other cities of the same regional breakdown, that makes homicide go up? >> what makes baltimore unique? based on the homicide rate you are talking about? >> what about the city in particular that other cities don't have to provide that? >> i'm trying to understand the question basically -- >> basically what makes baltimore unique, is there anything that makes baltimore unique? >> well, if you talk to baltimore city, a special on the east side or the westside, you see a lot of abandoned homes. where's the future come with the kids, was the education system itself? i asked him to say their abcs and they don't know. education system i think it's to be better. a lot of people live on the streets these days so they tried to do the best they can. i'm not trying to explain, i'm not trying to make it right what they're doing because it's not right, but you got to educate the people of little more and that's why i start with elementary system because a lot of these guys in middle school and high school alread

baltimore unique? >> based on homicide? >> what about the city in particular the [inaudible] >> i'm not understanding the question. >> basically is their anything that makes baltimore unique that involves the homicide rate. >> if you drive to baltimore city especially on the east side you are going to see abandoned homes to get the education system themselves. ask them to see their abcs and they don't know it. the system needs to be better and a lot of people living on the streets where these days to be the best they can. i'm not trying to make a right what they're doing because it's not right but you have to educate people a little more and that is why they should start with the elementary system because a lot of them in high school and middle school are from different gangs and it's like the bounty hunters themselves most will commit their crimes at 15 to 16-years-old, kids in middle school and elementary school. we have to do something to try to educate these kids and a starts of the elementary level and not the middle school and high school l

>> well, if you drive through baltimore city especially on the east side of baltimore and the west side of baltimore, we're going to see a lot of abandoned homes. and look at the education system itself. i've put people in the box, i ask them to say their abcs, and they don't know it. so the education system, i think, needs to be better, and this is a lot of people living on the streets these days, so they're trying to do the best they can. i'm not, i'm not trying to explain -- i'm not trying to make it right what they're doing because it's not right. but you've got to educate the people a little more, and that's why i say start with the elementary system because a lot of these guys in middle school and high school kids are already in gangs. it's like the bounty hunters itself. most of the kids who committed that crime and set that man on fire while he was still alive was 15 and 16 years old. they were kids that were in middle school and elementary school. we have to do something to try to educate these kids that these things that they're doing is not right. it starts at the elementary

baltimore special? or a regional breakdown? >> based on the homicide rate? >> what about this city in particular that they may not have? >> i am still trying to understand the questions period what makes baltimore unique? >> especially on the east and west side where the education system is i put people in a box so the education system needs to be better and people living on the streets. they tried to do the best they can. i am not trying to say it is not right but you have to educate the people little more and start with the elementary system. just like the bounty hunters themselves in years old. we have to do something to educate these kids that the same as they are doing at the elementary level. some of those grades are fine but you have to know that to you can be when everyone to be but most of the kids that are going through the high schools are ready to join the gang. >> but to expound, it is a grand experiment from isolation as policy. everything is extreme weather property taxes and car insurance. [laughter] and somehow that we can isolate baltimore to keep those problems from coming into baltimore county and ma

and i said this in the book, 22 and half years i've been a baltimore city police officer. a lot of times we are working these cases but a lot of times i had to sometimes put my family second to help other families get closure in life. and my wife is here tonight. she sits over there. and i want -- [applause] >> thanks for putting up with me for 22 nephews. my two daughters are back there, also. ashley and candace. >> and my fiancÉ is over here. >> thank you guys very much for coming out and putting up with the heat. you guys will be glad to sign copies. we have copies of the book on sale in the back. the bar in the back is open. please feel free to browse around. thank you very much. [applause] >> next on book tv oscar hijuelos talks about growing up in new york city in the 1950s as a such cuban immigrants. it's about 45 minutes. >> thank you. we are thrilled to be here today with oscar hijuelos. those of you who know him probably know him best from one pulitzrizeht novels which won a pulitzer prize, but first for a latino writer.has had m he hasil had many milestones sie

. >> also in maryland, baltimore city, joe miller says wet, windy, falling trees, standing water. tone nestaten island says rain and falling. lisa in suffolk county, huge rain -- capital letters. and from new jersey, rain, tree limbs down, the sewers are clogged, causing flooding on the streets. >> that could be a problem as we move into the next couple of days. we have heard from officials, this won't be a 24-hour-type thing. raw sewage making its way into -- you know, into public areas, could be a major problem as we watch all this. continue to send your stuff. there are thousands of floors,ers here in new york, oh glass windows and all of that type of stuff. that could potentially shatter if high winds come along. does the birth rate really go up nine months after a hurricane hits? geraldo rivera breaks down fact versus fiction. >> a single storm and a single event up and down the east coast. >> this is a huge, huge rain maker. >> the concern about the fact that this is a very low-lying area, it's a barrier island that could be cut off. >> it is going to be a true test of the i

in the dixon trial mayor sheila dixon was on trial in baltimore city and i was not a judge in baltimore city but because all the judges in baltimore city recused themselves they asked me to come in and do it, and in that trial she was basically tried for to kind of summarize it inadequately but to summarize it would very succinctly there had been a gift cards donated to the city to give to kids at christmas time to pass out to portage at christmas time and she was accused of using those gift cards that have been given to the city by the poor shall friend to buy christmas gifts for her own family. and so she bought genex box for her nephew and a couple other gifts like that. a hint here if you are doing that as you know gift cards are hard to trace, but what she apparently did according to the evidence is she went to best buy and had a rewards card from best buy that had her identification so she used her gift cards but wanted to get the rewards so at the same time she used the gift card she used her reword card and allow the prosecutor to track the gift cards back to her. so watch out f

and i was not a judge in baltimore city but because all the judges in baltimore city recuse themselves, they asked me to come in and do it. and in that trial, she was basically tried, to kind of summarize it, in adequately, but to summarize it very succinct way, there have been some gift cards that have been donated to the city to give to kids at christmas time, to pass that to poor kids at christmas time. and she was accused of using those gift cards that were given to the city for the poor children to buy christmas gifts for her own family. and so she bought an xbox for a nephew, and a couple other gifts like that. i can't hear. if you're doing a comic gift cards are very hard to trace. but what she apparently did according to the evidence is she went to best buy and she had a rewards card from best buy that had her identification on it. so she usually gets cards but she wanted to get the rewards. so at the same time she is the gift cards, she used her rewards card here and that allow the state prosecutor to try to gift cards back to her. so watch out on trying to get that last disco

the city of baltimore struggling to get the transit system up and working for tomorrow morning. many of the roads are still closed there. hundreds of thousands still without power and having watched this all the beginning middle and end of the storm from the position on the beach in ocean city maryland elway is there. doug glad you are here. are they going to open for business? ocean city is a big resort like atlantic city without gambling. >> it is a big resort. they opened it as quickly as they could. you saw what it was like with the rain coming down and the winds howling. the eye of the hurricane passed virtually right over us about 2:00 a.m. we woke this morning to find the city virtually unscathed. the city fathers called essential personnel back at 9:00 a.m. and determined at that point there was virtually no damage. we can get this city open right away. they opened it to the public at 12 noon today. about the only people to return were the surfers. take a look at this giant swell quite a ton tras -- con fras fr -- contrast from the life threatening seas yesterday. they w

cities like new york, washington, baltimore, boston, cities that aren't used to being prepared for a hurricane. they could all get slammed by this storm this weekend. right now, irene, a category 1 storm, it is pushing sustained winds of about 85 miles an hour. irene has also claimed at least one life in north carolina. we do have special hurricane coverage for you this morning that spans that coastline, from north carolina all the way up the atlantic seaboard. we're live in washington, new york city, both big cities are in the hurricane's potential storm track. but we need to start with where the hurricane made landfall, and that is in north carolina. i spoke with the north carolina governor, bev perdue, about an hour ago about the damage she's already seeing from this storm. >> we expect the whole east, just about 43 counties, to be affected in some way or the other. 3.5 million people are the total number who is live in that area. so they've all battened down their hatches. we are also in the middle of a robust agricultural season, and so later this afternoon, we'll start trying t

i am working on helping trade baltimore city head start to access social emotional skills for the social and the emotional foundation. one thing that was talked about today is how to access and measure this impact. it is happening heavily in maryland but i was wondering if someone wanted to comment on those efforts and the kinds of programs nationwide. >> it is a national program funded jointly through the office of head start and child-care. folks are really out and about and worked with several states to develop several models. we see that moving forward and will be a huge part of the system. >> please join me in thanking members of the panel. [applause] >> i want to announce that three years from this date we will have an event on how this worked out and if you are willing to sit next to the national head star director, on september 13th we will release poverty and income numbers for 2010 and we will have an interesting event in this room and our hope is many of you as possible can come. thank you for coming this morning. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]

july is going down in the record books as one of the hottest ever for areas like baltimore, washington, d.c., oklahoma city, dallas, texas, wichita falls. now, as we head to august, we're going to have another week as an historical heat wave races through the heartland. so this is where the heat has been and this is where it stays. we keep having these troughs the up here in the northwest. that's why our temperatures continue to struggle. with all the heat in the middle of the country, we need a shift to the west to get out of that pattern. 111 in phoenix, 100 in boise. but seattle and portland that's where it continues to be cool right look the coast of california. the monsoonal flow, it peaked up through southern california. we also had unusual rain in areas around seattle, especial toll the east of seattle. high pressure kept many areas dry. looks like a decent day today in many areas. that, of course, is a peak at your monday forecast. >> and not too bad along the west coast. >> no, they've actually had a cooler than normal summer, unlike the rest of the country. >> yuma, arizona, the hottest spot on t

we're talking about new york city, d.c., baltimore, boston, philadelphia.his is now a category 1 storm. it was a category 2 yesterday. don't let that fool you to hear it's been downgraded. it is still packing 90-mile-per-hour sustained winds. 35 miles off the coast of north carolina right now. again, 90 miles per hour, sustained winds, that is a higher end of category 1. it's still close to being category 2. we're expecting this to make landfall in the next few hours. warnings are in place all up and down the coast from carolina to massachusetts. airports, the metro airports up in new york will close to all incoming flights at noon eastern. also amtrak, greyhound, they are canceling some of their services and the major airlines. if you need to fly or a loved one needs to fly because they are canceling a lot of their flights. get this, can you imagine the subway system in new york shutting down? that's going to happen today at noon. new jersey, philadelphia are doing the same thing today. mandatory evacuations in some of the lower lying coastal areas, includ

the clinic i am working with now is helping to train the baltimore city head start. i know that one of the things we talked about today is how we access and a measure of the social-emotional impact. i know that it is happening pretty heavily throughout the state of maryland. i was wondering if someone wants to comment on those efforts. >> it is the national program right now. it is funded jointly to the office of child care. they really are out and about around the country. they have worked with several states to develop separate models. we see that moving forward and will continue to be a huge part. >> please join me in thanking the members of the panel. [applause] i give you very short notice for this event. three years from this date, we will have an event on how this worked out. on september 13, in this very room, the census euro released its poverty numbers and income numbers. we will have an interesting event in this room. i hope as many of you as possible can come. thank you for coming this morning. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning insti

already heavy rainfall towards baltimore, up towards new york city, and even boston reporting light to moderate rainfall. here is the track of this system as it will continue to move very slowly to the north northeast overnight tonight. just off the coast here at 11:00, starts to move into the new york area. by 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning could be the roughest part of the system, and by tomorrow afternoon it will move through boston and head on up toward eastern portions of canada. we'll have a detailed look and a look at our forecast coming up. >> alan: speaking of new york city, the subway system is shut down today. the bustling city was unusually quiet as the first rains from hurricane irene showed. broadway shows and some sporting event were cancelled. the mayor says 50-80% of the population has left. the city has been warning people for days not wait to evacuate. >> would be fun to say i walk around in a hurricane, but wouldn't be fun to say it from your hospital bed. >> alan: the city offer rides to residents who need it. 1400 people are staying in she shelters tonight. the threat

or into baltimore or cities up and down the northeast corridor, there are lots of tunnels and bridges that the trains go up and under and through and all of that is going to have to be looked at and we are looking at many hours of shutdown of service of amtrak, and obviously, these will vary by lines and some they can quickly check and determine, but what an amtrak official says that this is basically what amtrak goes through on the west coast when there is an earthquake, and they are doing the same thing here. so, a lot of this is new to us on the east coast, but i'm sure a lot of the viewers on the west coast are saying, welcome to the party. >> right. >> but that is a considerable, and that is a considerably going to affect obviously the afternoon commute and potentially tomorrow morning for amtrak and the northeast corridor, and secondly, a homeland security official tells me that a quick pulse around washington, d.c. finds no reports of any damage or any injuries from the earthquake here in the washington area, tamron. >> all right. thank you, pete. now, over to bill kcahill with

after the carolinas, barreling straight for new york city, hitting baltimore, d.c., philadelphia on its way. then boston later. today, president obama warned americans to take precautions now as he cut his own vacation short. tonight, in new york city, major mayor michael bloomberg has ordered mandatory evacuations. more than a quarter million people who live in low-lying areas of this city, told to move out. >> we wouldn't be doing it now if we didn't think this storm had the potential to be very serious. >> reporter: new york city hasn't seen a direct hit in more than 100 years. and hasn't seen devastation like this since the great hurricane of 1938. this is the view tonight atop the empire state building. you can see, there are tourists from this country and all over the world for that extraordinary view of new york's harbor. this harbor has long buffered the city, protected the city from extreme weather. but the concern tonight is that this storm could actually have the opposite effect. that's why they're so concerned about the low-lying areas of manhattan. in fact, in that harbor,

baltimore's mayor says the city's infrastructure fortunately did not sustain any damage. >>> that east coast quake is a far cry from what we've experienced here in the bay area. health and science editor john fowler with why some say there's a world of difference here. >> reporter: we've been following if seismic network and have found two aftershocks in virginia. 2.2, 2.8 following today's 5.8 main shock. it struck the eastern flank of the appalachian mountains. >> geologically this is a very exciting area. the last time we had an earthquake of this magnitude was more than 100 years ago. so we're talking about a significant event. >> reporter: moody has extensively studied the area. >> brick buildings can be quite fragile in the case of an event like this. >> reporter: the appalachians are squeezed by the spreading atlantic. >> this earthquake is occurring on one of these ancient 300 million year old appalachian thrust faults. >> reporter: today's earthquake fell over a highly populated area. >> it's a world of difference between the shaking that's perceived on the east coast as compa

the clinic i am working with no is helping to train the baltimore city head starts to incrasease the social- emotional skills. one of the things talking about today is how we excessive been measured those impacts. i note it is happening pretty heavily throughout the state of maryland. i was wondering if somebody wanted to comment on those efforts and those programs nationwide. >> i will stay quickly that this is a national program -- i will state quickly that this is a national program. several folks are out and about around the country. they have worked with several states to develop state models. it will continue to be a huge part of our revamped system. >> please join me in thanking the members of the panel. [applause] notice for short this event. i want to announce that three years from this date, we will have an event. if they are still in a good mood, and then on september 13 in this room we will -- the census will release its poverty numbers for 2010. we will have an interesting event in this room. i hope as many as possible can come. thank you for coming this morning. [applau

to baltimore and philadelphia, new york city, your fifth hottest july ever. and those temperatures continue to be very warm in the cities. we had a little thunderstorm blow through morning city in the middle of the night. it cooled off the air a little bit. there's also a batch of thunderstorms coming down just outside of buffalo and in between buffalo and rochester, so western new york, you may see flashes of lightning in the sky and get a quick down pour. later on today, everyone will have a chance of thunderstorms. it will be hot and dry once again. most areas in the 90s. d.c. today around 98. we do cool it off in d.c. a little bit towards the eptd of this week, but it's been an incredibly hot summer and it continues. >> hottest july ever on record? >> not just july ever. all time month hottest ever for washington, d.c. >> all right. you're allowed to use the word brutal. >>> the final harry potter film reach as magical milestone. plus everyone's little blue guys managed to smurf up a big surprise at the box office. your first look at entertainment is stra

cities. new york, philly, baltimore and d.c. temperatures for the most part will make it into the low 80s in most cases, maybe mid 80s, but this is as good as it gets for a friday in the middle of summer. as far as the rest of the country, showers and thunderstorms today, widespread, minneapolis through iowa. later today we'll see more thunderstorms in area of missouri. right now we have some heading for kansas city. southeast dealing with storms. saturday, if you're planning things out, the east coast for the most part is going to be okay on saturday, increasing clouds at the worst. the rain in the middle of the country. on sunday all that rain will head to the east here. rule of thumb is east coast. saturday is your good day, sunday is the bad day. >> in the meantime, today all we need is sunglasses? sounds good. can the apes hang in at the box office or will a best-selling book turn movie debut take first spot? you're watching "first look" on msnbc. the trip around the world you never took. the best-selling novel you never wr

after the carolinas she went straight to new york city, hitting baltimore and d.c. on the way. then boston later. president obama cutting his own vacation short warned americans to take irene seriously. >> i cannot stress this highly enough, if you are in the projected path of this hurricane you have to take precautions now. don't wait. don't delay. >> new york is bracing for a direct hit. the city that never sleeps will have to walk. the mayor has shut down mass transit. 370,000 new yorkers have been told to move. >> we wouldn't be doing it now unless we not the storm was going to be very serious. >> on the new jersey shore, forget about it. >> get the hell off the beach and get out. you are done. you have maximized your tan, get off the beach. >> amtrak has cancelled trains and they have cancelled thousands of flights up and down the coast. >> these waters in new york harbor behind me might seem calm now but some have them reaching shoulder level. that would flood battery park where i'm now standing and could even flood the subway. now, back to you. >>> 2.3 million people are

right around, just off of washington, baltimore, towards atlantic city, we go towards 5:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m., in the vicinity of philadelphia. and towards new york city. heading on then to the south of bos ton going into sunday about midday, but what is in particular very interesting about this is that where you see the orange shaded area, that is where we are looking at 60 to 80-mile-an-hour winds. so from new york to boston, that is where we are looking at some of the highest wind gusts that we are anticipating as we are going into the overnight hours and about midday coming up for sunday. >> all right. karen, thank you very much, and we will be back to you. and yes, 8:00 a.m. is high tide in new york city. we will go become to new york where the city is in high alert as hurricane irene gets closer and closer. cnn's live coverage continues. ♪ [ jim ] i need to push out a software upgrade. build a new app for the sales team in beijing. and convince the c.e.o. his email will find him... wherever he is. i need to see my family while they're still awake. [ male announcer ] with global ser

. >> after the carolinas she barrels straight toward new york city, hitting baltimore, new york, d.c. and baltimore on its way. president obama, cutting his own vacation short, warned americans to take it seriously. >> i cannot stress this highly enough. if you are in the projected path of this hurricane, you have to take precautions now. don't wait. don't delay. >> new york is bracing for a direct hit. the city that never sleeps will have to walk. for the first time mayor michael bloomberg is shut be down mass transit. in man has tan a quarter million people have been told to move. >> we wouldn't do it now if we didn't think it had the potential to be very serious. >> it be of it would it could be worse sense 1938. on the new jersey shore, forget about it. >> get the ellis off the beach and get out. you are done. >> with winds up to 100 miles an hour, flying debris can become deadly. >> it can launch projectiles that are large enough, heavy enough and traveling fast enough to kill a person. >> flights are cancelled up and down the coast. more than 400 at newark alone. washington expe

the clinic i am working with now is helping to train the baltimore city head start. i know that one of the things we talked about today is how we access and a measure of the social-emotional impact. i know that it is happening pretty heavily throughout the state of maryland. i was wondering if someone wants to comment on those efforts. >> it is the national program right now. it is funded jointly to the office of child care. they really are out and about around the country. they have worked with several states to develop separate models. we see that moving forward and will continue to be a huge part. >> please join me in thanking the members of the panel. [applause] i give you very short notice for this event. three years from this date, we will have an event on how this worked out. on september 13, in this very room, the census euro released its poverty numbers and income numbers. we will have an interesting event in this room. i hope as many of you as possible can come. thank you for coming this morning. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning insti

. >> after the carolinas she barrels straight toward new york city, hitting baltimore, new york, d.c. and baltimore on its way. then boston later. president obama, cutting his own vacation short, warned americans to take it seriously. >> i cannot stress this highly enough. if you are in the projected path of this hurricane, you have to take precautions now. don't wait. don't delay. >> new york is bracing for a direct hit. the city that never sleeps will have to walk. for the first time mayor michael bloomberg is shutting down mass transit. in manhattan a quarter million people have been told to move. >> we wouldn't do it now if we didn't think it had the potential to be very serious. >> it be of it could be the worse sense 1938. >> that the the sign for me it's time to go. on the new jersey shore, forget about it. >> get the hell off the beach and get out. you're done. >> with winds up to 100 miles an hour, flying debris can become deadly. >> it can launch projectiles that are large enough, heavy enough and traveling fast enough to kill a person. >> flights are cancelled up and down t

low-lying areas, especially in somerset, dorchester, even in annapolis and potentially in the city of baltimore will be very vulnerable to the tidal surge that comes with the hurricane, along with the winds and the felled power lines and everything else, so this is a very serious and potentially deadly storm. >> governor martin o'malley of maryland, like all the governors along the coast, be prepared to fend for yourself for a while, take care of yourself and your family and anyone in your neighborhood who might need some help. thank you so much, governor. >> mach, candy. >>> more on irene on the program tonight, including one governor's warning that the hurricane is not a cry wolf syndrome. >>> and libyan rebels act on a tip on where gadhafi may be hiding out. ♪ with diabetes, it's tough to keep life balanced. i don't always have time to eat like i should. and the more i focus on everything else, the less time i have to take care of me. that's why i like glucerna shakes. they have slowly digestible carbs to help minimize blood sugar spikes, which can help lower a1c. glucerna products help me k

baseball games scheduled for baltimore, philadelphia and new york city are almost certainly strikeoutsfinal round of the barclays golf tournament has already been called off. and columbia university and new york university, two of new york city's largest private college, freshmen move-in day is being moved to monday. >> doing it in the middle of a hurricane probably would not be the best experience. >> reporter: even the long planned official opening of the martin luther king memorial in washington, d.c. has been postponed until later this fall. >>> at the end of the day, i think everyone wants to have a successful event and wants to ensure that everyone is safe. >> nothing beats this. >> reporter: but irene the bride and david are not going to be deterred. they are going ahead with their wedding instead it will be indoors at home. well, they are really one determined couple. also defiant. they plan to tie the proverbial knot at 9:00 sunday morning which, dan and bianna, is roughly when hurricane irene is pounding that part of connecticut the hardest. >> it will be more memorable for t

the city of baltimore struggling to get the transit system up and working for tomorrow morning.ds are still closed there. hundreds of thousands still without power and having watched this all the beginning middle and end of the storm from the position on the beach in ocean city maryland elway is there. doug glad you are here. are they going to open for business? ocean city is a big resort like atlantic city without gambling. >> it is a big resort. they opened it as quickly as they could. you saw what it was like with the rain coming down and the winds howling. the eye of the hurricane passed virtually right over us about 2:00 a.m. we woke this morning to find the city virtually unscathed. the city fathers called essential personnel back at 9:00 a.m. and determined at that point there was virtually no damage. we can get this city open right away. they opened it to the public at 12 noon today. about the only people to return were the surfers. take a look at this giant swell quite a ton tras -- con fras fr -- contrast from the life threatening seas yesterday. they worked so hard in

residents of ocean city, maryland, given mandatory evacuation orders. the mayor of baltimore declaring a state of emergency in his city. in delaware the governor ordered tens of thousands of residents to move inland and warned about the storm causing more damage than the state has seen in 50 years. in pechb opinion the governor declared state of emergency. philadelphia will shut down its public transit this weekend. in new jersey the governor there warned that this could be the worst storm to hit new jersey in 60 years. he issued mandatory evacuations along the shore. >> you know, i saw some of these news feeds that i have been watching upstairs of people sitting on the beach in asbury park. get the hell off the beach in asbury park and get out. you're done. it's 4:30. you've maximized your tan. get off the beach. >> the storm even forced the casinos in atlantic city, new jersey, to close for only the third time in their history. in new york city for the first time ever 300,000 people are being told to get out of their homes in low-lying areas. >>> several major hospitals and

strong storms today, but sunday afternoon and evening, we have to watch out in the big cities again. d.c., baltimoreilly, new york, boston, hartford, and providence. you could be looking at a very stormy sunday afternoon. keep that in mind for your plans. also, probably one of the bigger weather stories that will doppler throughout the weekend into next week. the next tropical threat. a very large tropical wave is about to head for land areas there around the virgin islands, the st. lucia area, martin ique. that's the problem throughout this week. near puerto rico on monday. now, this storm is going to be covering a lot of the land wrar. filths near the land areas, it will be weaker. if it stays out over the water, it will be stronger. by the time we get to friday, whatever is around, probably thursday into friday, it will be right near florida. anyone with plans in the southeast at the end of this upcoming week needs to play close attention to this forecast, and watch this system. if it does get a name eventually it would be irene. your weekend forecast, from boston, new york, to d.c., to philly. a

we will talk specifics for your city of baltimore. >> new at 5:00 p.m. decision 2012 is heating up on the campaign trail. the new faces in the republican race with the white house and how president obama is trying to regain support on the road. also, an adoption nightmare, an american couple caught up in an international struggle. how their adopted child may actually be a kidnapping victim. an opting out of junk mail. how one bay area city is asking residents to help fight the paper jam. and dog the kidnappings on the rise. why thieves are targeting your dog and which one is that more risk of being stolen. that is all ahead. >> google once the patents. they need them they said this about the buyout. our acquisition of motorola will increase... which will better enable us to deal with mobile threats. >> it makes sense because apple makes a software and hardware for the iphone. but google just makes android the operating system now they can make the hardware and software. this is great for smart phone fans and the android tablet fans. this should be some e

cities. we are talking about boston, d.c., new york, philadelphia, baltimore.hurricanes will be tested this weekend. as i bring in jacqui jeras, our meteorologist here who is in the hurricane headquarters with me. jacqui, we know the airports in the new york area and all incoming traffic will be stopped at noon. tons of flight cancellations. you can imagine a new york without a subway system? we will see that starting at noon. >> that is the thing. we are worried about the storm surge and it could get flooded. those areas flooding the subway and battery park and parts of manhattan will get flooded as well. up the hudson river and east river. all of those areas we are concerned about. we can hope for new york city that this will weaken a bit before it gets there. that's the optimistic outlook. you need to be prepared for the worst at this time. the peak of the storm, for new york, by the way, coming in tomorrow morning about 10:00 or noon. it depends on the timing. it is expected to pick up forward speed as it heads in this direction. let's talk about where the

city. there are some places in baltimore you don't want to go. alleys where commerce is illegal. where a person's life story can go one way or it can go another. but the secrets, those go along for the whole ride. unless -- here he is. this is john. tonight he'll tell his secrets, some of them. as we watch, he'll risk maybe everything for love. >> i'm angry. i'm angry! >> and if it doesn't work, will he ever have the life he wants? he is 30 now, a plumber, engaged to be married. we can see from the start that he is painfully shy. >> you're sitting here kind of an accomplished guy and you've got a nice house and you live with a beautiful woman and you're planning to get married all this sort of thing. how did that happen? >> i don't know. >> given, that is, where he began. >> i started running in the streets, using at 10 or 11. it was a means of taking myself out. just because the drug i started off with was a very hallucinogenic and took me to another place. >> and yet the story of john, what happened to him, how he got back from that other place changed his life. it's frankly in

the half-mile deep quake was felt from washington, d.c., through baltimore, philadelphia north into new york citygh toronto, canada and detroit, and in the south, down through north carolina and into georgia. in washington, the pentagon was evacuated for a time, as was the state department. office workers flooded downtown streets >> when the floor started to shake, i couldn't stand. my friend turned around and said, "i haven't been drinking." >> sreenivasan: and in this age of terrorism, many initially thought the hand of man, not mother nature, was at work. >> it started shaking violently. everyone stood up. we thought maybe a terrorist thing. >> i didn't make the connection, between 9/11 being a few weeks away, but my first thought was a terror attack. my building shook too violently for it to be anything normal. >> i was in my office and i thought it was terrorist attack, and so i was pretty scared. >> sreenivasan: and even with congress on recess, thousands of staffers still at work fled buildings on capitol hill. >> first, you heard the shaking and the stuff moving, and then you felt the gro

a category one or a category two, crossing east of baltimore, philadelphia, right over long island, new york city, early sunday afternoon. you're looking at a storm surge of maybe up to 10 feet in some inlets and bays. rain up to 15 inches. wind speeds still hurricane force. possibly around lower manhattan. wind speeds are higher away from the ground. the ground acts like friction and slows things down. higher up. in the downtown skyscrapers. something we don't want to see moving towards new york come sunday. now there's one little bit of hope if you look at the satellite view we have a weather system there crossing through the great lakes. there is some hope that that might scoot irene further offshore. that is something we're hoping for tonight, but it looks like irene is going to make a beeline up the east coast through sunday impacting almost every major city on the eastern seaboard. back to you. >> it is fascinating to see the course of the hurricane. thank you, rob. we'll keep a close eye on what's happening with irene. go to nbcbayarea.com and click on the weather tab. >>> attorneys for ba

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baltimore 91. a wet 84 in the twin cities. 86 in omaha and 82 in detroit, motor city. >>> and most people scuba divesee fish and other marine life. but for those who want something a little different, there is an underwater art exhibit on an artificial reef made from a former air force missile tracking ship. >> isn't that super cool? >> that really is. >> an austrian photographer is exhibiting a dozen works on the side of the ship which was scuttled two years ago off the coast of key west. the photos include images of the ship which were digitally enhanced then encased in airtight frames. isn't that really cool? >> that's so neat. >> have you been scuba diving before? >> i have not. >> that would be awesome to do. >> i wonder how much the paintings are or the photographs? >> are they for sale, perhaps? >> it's an exhibit, he's an artist, he's selling his work. that's a great idea. >> don't touch the artwork, or the artificial work. >> we'll be right back with more "world news now." spending too many nights alone at the spacebar. will love ever find me? ♪ oh yes! ♪ what about love?! [ female announce

in baltimore, maryland, the walls crumbles on this warehouse. and in new york city, the d.a.olding a press conference when that earthquake hit. and you could see it in his eyes. workers with the d.a.'s office and the press in that room moving swiftly to get out. with the tenth anniversary of 9/11 approaching, this rumble was not welcome in manhattan, where there was chaos in the streets. >> it's scary when you are all the way up there, on the 14th floor. it's not easy. you have all these thoughts running through your mind. it's scary. >> reporter: nor was it welcome here in washington. the sounds and the scare that followed brought great concern that this was something else. while back at that train station, this waitress, who watched all of the glass and plates shatter at the restaurant stood outside with us as her phone rang. >> i'm fine, i'm fine. >> reporter: her family grateful that she was okay. the original reason we were coming to washington today was to report on the upcoming tenth anniversary of 9/11, and diane, there were so many people e re in washington and up in

a baltimore/philadelphia, a couple of the new york city airports, jfk and newark were closed down and that caused a big ripple effect. and then evacuations started in places like washington, d.c. you had a little trouble getting to our camera, didn't you? you got caught in traffic there in the washington area? >> that's absolutely right. d.c. traffic, not good to begipp with. and when you add an awful lot of shaken people, a lot of people having to evacuate early from their buildings. it can cause -- what we would cause a "secondary hazard." >> you were at the u.s. geological survey at the time? where were you when you were hit? at our headquarters building in reston, virginia, that initial feeling you're wondering what it is but as the shaking continues for a little bit it becomes pretty obvious and so i dutyfully got under a good solid object, my desk. the concern, prebl not for seeing an actual building collapse. but you can get a lot of damage just caused by what we call nonstruck occural damage. bookcases falling over, light fixturing falling and we're seeing lots of small damage

cities like baltimore, new orleans, richmond, will be cut off from this funding.t is penny wise and pound foolish. i hope when people see how important the government response is at all levels in these emergencies, and they will tell their representatives, at all levels, we must find a corporate funding to get our cities and surrounding jurisdictions in shape to do the kinds of things that we saw over the weekend. what we saw over the weekend was the 61 jurisdictions at work. it will be cut to 30, and then to attack -- 10. host: what is the role of the public in this issue? guest: people need to insist with their elected representatives that at all levels, emergency response is a priority. when you have an earthquake, there is no such thing as a gated community. everybody should pitch in and make sure that police, fire, emergency medical technicians, the emergency response operatives are properly funded and the government has a reserve for to help people who are adversely impacted. the second point

city, maryland. the mayors of washington, d.c., and baltimore announced that sand bags are available for residents insense of what's happening in the northeast, new york and beyond, you've got governors of new york and new jersey and connecticut all declaring states of emergency. tolls are going to suspended on portions of the garden state parkway in new jersey. that's going to help with mandatory evacuations from atlantic city and the surrounding barrier islands. they want traffic to move as smoothly out of there as possible. new york city is also considering mandatory evacuations of coney island, battery park and parts of staten island. mary was talking about that. and there could be mass transit shutdowns. subways and trains could be shut down, emergency management agencies in rhode island and massachusetts and new hampshire and maine, all of them urging citizens to be prepared including putting together emergency kits that will last for up to three days, kits with fresh water with nonperishable goods, batteries and flashlights and things like that. i hope you have yours ready or are getting it re

and baltimore and also that's in effect along the outlying cities which tend to be inland, but as we saw with hurricane isabel a few years ago tremendous water can be pushed up the chesapeake and delaware bay and into new york harbor and into long island sound and not to mention new england, so there are multiple threats here, and really affecting tens and tens of millions of people and maybe over 50 million people, and just don't know what set of it, but we are confident unfortunately that this is going to be a just an event perhaps, an event of a lifetime. >> and bryan, we have talked throughout the day concerning the so-called clean side of the storm, and we are talking about the potential of flooding that we are seeing in the bahamas and the high winds because you will see the trees literally horizontal there, and what is your concern regarding that impact? >> well, here is the thing, in the bahamas the palm trees are made to bend, and no trees are made to bend in the wind once you get north of north carolina certainly. and so that the trees snap. so, one of the concerns among ma

baltimore. and 90 in miami. kansas city hits 90. indianapolis, 87. chicago, 83. 70s in the pacific northwest.ise to visit the zoo in idaho falls where a baby boom is under way. my kind of baby boom. >> the new star of the show is a baby monkey named soldier. he hasn't been able to hang onto his mother, so zookeepers have actually taken over. visitors can watch his progress on a tv screen. >> and the zoo is also showing off new baby birds. spurwing lapwings along with red and yellow barbets, which they have never been able to hatch before. i think i need to take a trip to idaho falls. >> all those park ranger tendencies come back with animal stories. >> i love it. and the babies, how can you resist the babies? >> the babies. >> even rob would love the animal babies. >> we'll see. >>> > re "world news now" coming up right after this. stay with us. ♪ baby love my baby love ♪ let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed aarp... medicare supplement nsurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't

baltimore. july was hottest month ever in both of those cities. not the hottest july. hottest month ever.n july in d.c. was 85 degrees. take the high and low and average them, 85 degrees. wow! that is some kind of warm, especially in the overnight hours. back at home, a beautiful picture. murkiness lingering behind it. the sea breeze brought the marine layer and clouds to most neighborhoods this morning. check out temperatures. we have 60s. redwood city, fremont, southward to south bay. the rest of us in the mid-to-upper 50s. flight arrival delays 80 minutes. low to mid-50s around most of the monterey bay. 58 in salinas. warmer there. welcome to august 1 and the same weather pattern. foggy, cloudy and cool. followed by the sunshine. the temperatures are five to ten degrees cooler. 7 in san jose. napa and redwood city, nine degrees cooler. there where we should be. the sun sets at 8:18. then we'll see the upper 70s around walnut creek and dublin. upper 60s in berkeley and richmond. low to mid-70s for the rest of the east bay shore. 80 in los gatos. mid-to-upper 70s for rest of the south ba

last night we had an event in a city of macon and the baltimore orioles, at a little place called red and this which is a radical bookstore downtown. i have a souvenir to prove that i was there. maybe busboys needs to invest in a hoodie like this. how many people here -- i know inside the beltway book audiences tend to be a little more that and up, a little more straightlaced, how many people here have been to read evans? i miss read my audience. i take it all back. it's good to see it's no longer a mccarthy era and people are willing to frequent an anarchist bookstore, a great bunch of people connected to a keypress and other progressive publishers. unlike busboys and all network of independent bookstores around the country, places that we need to patronize as many people clearly do here. because if we don't, what will we have left? it just seems barnes & noble. seems borders may soon not be much of a place to buy books at. we had a great group of activists at this red evans event last night, and one of them was an earnest young men from the sociology club at towson state college. an