. >> toasty, thank you, bern. >>> still to come, another reason to never pick up a cigarette. women smokers have more to worry about. >>> here are the top stories on wjz-13 at this hour. for instant updates for all of the day's news, go to wjz.com. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> in today's health watch, if you're a woman and you smoke, you're 10 times more likely to suffer narrowing of the arteries. it affects the lower extremities and leads to significant leg pain. it increases the risk of having a heart attack. women who quit smoking can reduce the risk. >>> high costs of cancer treatments is too expensive for most americans. doctors are meeting and they say that even patients with insurance are abandoning care because of the substantial payments. >>> you'll want to check back in tonight for an angry bus driver. it's not what you'll see, but what you'll hear on the videotape. >>> and babies make nine. meet the parents of the country's newest sextuplets. that's after dr. phil. >> bern's over here cringing. >> the five-day forecast is next. ,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> the humidity is heating up,

. >> thank you, bern. you know what that always means you get in your car and that 90 pops up. >>> look at this bullpen on the outfield. mommy i don't want to get hit by that ball. i'm scared. >> grab a glove. >> that's kind of the way they play sometimes. we'll talk about it when we come back. ,,,,,,,,,, >>> stan is here with our wjz the fan sports report for a brief moment today i thought, maybe they're going to have a 9th inning come back. >> the keyword there is -- >> brief moment. >> brief moment. orioles nowhere else to look but up from the bottom of the standings. contact on reyes. that's a ground rule double. rbi batting 290 right now as ambino scores. later on though, was it the blue jays who just decided to tee off. 2-8 alfredo simon got a little piece of that too. takes 2-3. elsewhere former o' aubrey huff now with the san francisco giants unintentionally snug right in the mug. look at it one more time, can you hear aubrey's pain. the giants won 2-1. >>> french open men's final. federer disappoi

bern has a look at tomorrow's forecast. >> enjoy today because tomorrow the warm up begins. we start out very comfortable in the morning, if you're going to head out for a run that is the time to do it. as you head into the afternoon those temperatures start going up close to 90 degrees. the humidity will start to build. however it really kicks in after tomorrow. so for the rest of the five day here's bob. >> it won't be all that humid tomorrow. but by wednesday and thursday it will feel probably close to 100. the temperatures in the upper 90s. chance of a thunderstorms yes with friday the front coming through. it'll drop a little bit back to 66 and only 86. with the chance of a thunderstorms again on saturday. so some relief but two very hot unconfidentable days headed our way. >> we'll get ready for it, bob. >> we'll get ready for it, bob. >>> still to come, a tough ,, [ male announcer ] want to achieve more with your money? pnc virtual wallet gathers your spending and saving in one place. credit and debit purchases, checks, bills, and other financial information. it lets

and 18-year-old australian bern yald yard tomich.nga in the semies he'll overtake nadal. and kate and william today at wimbledon. pippa court side for the match. and there is lop yedz, the scot steam rolled the spaniard. >> and feel good story of the year for giants has to be richer ryan voguelsong. he began a 12-year journey around the world on his back to the giants. >> the low point came last year, i got released from the phillies around the break he thought the career was over after playing for giants, pirates, phillies and three years in japan. and there when barry zito went down, he got a start on mother's day, pitching skpism a third innings. >> to have a performance like that, and it gets a standing ovation was unbelievable. >> after 12 years he is learning from teammates, his improved focus turned his career around. and is now an all star candidate. >> if i can be a part that have and have that name of an all star attached to my name it would be amazing. >> and tim would strike out and nobody is out. and bottom seven cracks

bern bernanke spoke in atlanta. he said temporary factors such as high gas prices have weakened economic growth this year but he said he expects things to improve in the second half of the year. >> over all the economic recovery appears to be continuing at a moderate pace. be it at a rate that's uneven among sectors and frustratingly slow from the views of unemployed workers. >> coming up at 5:30, are we headed for a double dip rescission. find out what president obama had to say about that today. >>> starting salaries at google are beating out bay at other silican valley firms. google's immediate starting salary is just over $34,000 a year. >>> in a speech to international bankers, they made no comments on steps that banks might take. the nasdaq was down one point at the close at 2,702. >>> blue shield of california announced a change in the way they do business that gives money back to members. it's starting with $180 million with earnings last year. policyholders will get a 30% credit on their october bill. that'

the fed is not planning any policy changes and bern berp says interest rates will stay low. more money trouble at the post office which will stop putting money in the employee pension fund to save cash. people switching to e-mail cost it billions. new government statistics show more americans are working on the weekend than ever before. the survey found 35% of americans work on the weekends. that did include however games of golf with clients. i'm peggy bunker. >> that's work. spiderman toby mcguire and others are involved in a game of poker. they were gathered at a posh hollywood hotel but retterman is accused of using his clients' account money for gaming activity. to make it worse, he pled guilty to running illegal ponzi scheme. lawyers for the victims want the money back from the games. the suit also named comedian dave caplan. >>> the legal dispute between facebook founder mark zuckerberg and two of his harvard classmates is over. twin brothers cameron and tyler winkalboss dropped a lawsuit that attempted to undo the $65 million settlement they agreed to in 2008. the ca

thank you, bern. hvern we have a special edition of kron 4 news..m., 30 wrought at 8:30 and then 30 rock-kron 4 news and 9:30, thursday night we will be right back. live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. >>pam: 5:30, the same-sex marriage in california took their case to court once again today. this time they're asking another judge to throw out the overturns decision. walker had a conflict of interest because he is k in the could benefit from the decision by marrying his long-term partner because he is gay. this was outside the federal court this morning protesters held a rally to speak out about the issue. before the u.s. district judge. proponents of proposition 8 that there was faceless. the efforts were just an attempt to qualify based on his sexual orientation. >> the struggle to marry will continue as i mentioned, loving, committed couples are going to stand up for their family. with dignity. regardless of how long it takes we will be here. we hope that day comes sooner, then later. >>pam: legal experts saying that there

i dealt with that i married my present wife, bern nah debt, and i mention it had to her one day. -- how do you calm that person down? how do you console that person? and i just dealt with that for so long until one day, i realized that there were people coming out saying what had happened to them and i did that. i saw todd bridges, i believe it was who revealed his experience and i mention this in the book and it was weight off my shoulders. it was something -- pain that i had dealt with for years in my heart. and i drank and i did drugs and everything that proved to be a temporary bandage -- band-aid, i should say. now i feel better. i mean, is it gone totely? no. it is still there. >> never goes away. it never goes away. >> one of the headlines out of your book, when you were an amateur i guess the story goes, trainers, even a promoter perhaps sexually abused you. >> well, they asked me whether i had mentioned the name. you know what these two individuals are dead. they had families. and i don't -- you know, that became a part of my life. it's not my life and i moved on. well,

. >> barbara starr is live with us at the pentagon and peter bern join from us the washington bureau.his could mean. >> reporter: good morning to both of you. we know this is a covert war being led by the pentagon, by u.s. military forces. some support from the intelligence community t cia, but make no mistake, this is led by the u.s. military. later this morning leon panetta will be on capitol hill for his confirmation hearing as the new secretary of defense. yemen may emerge front and center. panetta has already told the committee in advance of the hearing about his concerns about al qaeda in yemen. let me read a little bit to you about what we have obtained about what he has said about all of this. he's talking about aqap, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. that is al qaeda in yemen mp he says, quote, aqap is intensely focused on conducting a new near-term attack against the united states and poses an immediate terrorist threat to u.s. interests and the homeland. al qaeda and its affiliate aqap are still actively plotting attacks with the principal goal of successfully striking the