while president obama looks to pick up campaign cash in the big apple. susan mcginnis is in washington with details this morning. susan, good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, good morning, terrell. yeah, we'll see if romney can get through poland and a foreign policy speech there today without controversy. this is after he inadvertently insulted the british in london and then made a comment in israel that is upsetting palestinians. mitt romney got an enthusiastic welcome in poland. >> we want you to be president of the united states. >> reporter: the presidential hopeful wraps up his overseas trip today with a foreign policy speech in warsaw. monday, romney picked up an endorsement from less was lensa, who invited romney to poland. >> governor romney. >> reporter: but romney is also being criticized for comments he made at a fund-raiser in israel monday morning. speaking to donors, romney said israel is far better off economically than neighboring palestine because of cultural reasons. a palestinian spokesman called the comment racist. the white house ca

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a similar scene in the big apple. no reports of injuries after a possible tornado hit the city in southern new york. power lines and trees were toppled and hospitals were placed on disaster alert. the state of emergency is in effect until 8 this morning. those severe storms knocked out electricity to more than 200,000 customers in that region. it provied a spectacular lightning show. a lot of people are wondering how long it will hang around and they have plans for the weekend. >> exactly. but you know it's going to hang around for today. we will be in the warm sector. we have to wait for the cold front to pass. clark of the air masses. we have cloud out there right now charley. that could hold temperatures down a bit. but the dew point that's what i am concerned with. the dew points are in the 70s so when you have that much moisture that much energy and fuel you are working with, there is is a possibility for that severe weather to come as we go into the afternoon time frame. we will keep our eyes peeled as we zoom i

and company an organization that markets the big apple around the globe he also serves as marketing vice chairman for brand usa every eighty five visitors foreign visitors it comes to the united states you creates one job. and because we have so many different visitors you know we have over ten million international visitors in two thousand and eleven and now we have well over three hundred twenty five thousand jobs in the hospitality and travel and tourism industry so it's a huge boon to the economy but some argue quantity may not equate to quality it does tend to create fairly low paid service industry jobs so it doesn't tend to create great jobs having people in the business of manufacturing or high end services you know medical services business services tends to create much higher quality or pay jobs and tourism which tends to create a law jobs for people cleaning hotel rooms and serving meals i decade ago the idea of an american president betting on tourists from brazil china and india for jobs would have raised many eyebrows. today however two hundred million dollars is being spen

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until i got a job in the big apple. adjusting to city life was hard for me.nd becoming a fulltime indoor cat wasn't easy for atti. but we had each other and he had purina cat chow indoor. he absolutely loved it. and i knew he was getting everything he needed to stay healthy indoors. and after a couple of weeks, i knew we were finally home! [ female announcer ] purina cat chow indoor. always there for you. >> live from america's news headquarters i am marianne rafferty. wildfires in colorado had the most destructive fire 93 percent contained. the property damage well in excess of $110 million. the economic impact expected to be much greater with so many businesses forced to close. 30,000 people were driven from their homes. and syria's president's hassad accusing the u.s. partnering with terrorists seeking to topple his government. he won't step down in the face of international challenges. coming after military conducts drills how they might react to an attack from foreign militaries. now back to "huckabee." for your latest headlines go to foxnews.com: on fox

. >> the nationals are in new york a bite out of the big apple. ♪ i've never felt this way before, butt's a scary time to be a woman. mitt romney is just so out of touch. [ female announcer ] mitt romney opposes requiring insurance coverage for contraception. d romney supports overturning roe versus wade. romney backed a bill that outlaws all abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. there's so much we need to do. we need to attack our problems -- not a woman's choice. [ obama ] i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. [ obama ] i'm barack obama, organic artichokes, organic lettuce, organic kale... does your cauliflower have a big carbon footprint? not at all. that's great. melons!!! oh yeah!! well that was uncalled for. uhh...mr. gallagher. incoming!!! it's wasteful. you know jimmy. folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico sure are happy. how happy, ronny? happier than gallagher at a farmers' market. get happy. get geico 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. >> we continue with a labor of local war hero. a soldier is about to get around home much more easily. of s

. >> only available in the big apple coming to other cities later this year. rob nelson. >>> 5:13. good morning. new yahoo ceo marissa mayer' decision to take only a few weeks off once she gives birth is cause -- quoting my maternity leave will be a few weeks long and i will work throughout it. the 37-year-old was named as yahoo's cheek executive monday and started yesterday. her decision is renutting debate over work/life balance. >> i wouldn't idealize this as a move forward for women it could be seen as a move back. >> i think women have the right to choose how they want to raise their children and how much time they want to take. that's up to her. >> mayer and her husband are expecting their first child in on. >>> safety regulators investigating complaints that the throttles can stick on some ford and mazda suv's and cause a crash. investigation includes 730,000 ford escapes and mazda tribute the 2001 to 2004 years all have six cylinder engines. nhtsa has received 99 complaints. the agency says there were 13 crashes, one death and nine injuries. the thrott

now restaurants in the big apple are healthier and lower in fat. >> researchers believe this sort ofnge could have a major impact on america's fight against obesity. >> reporter: foods like this aren't often considered the healthiest items on the menu but they're better for you in the big apple than in most cities. >> we looked at what the average amount of trans fat was in lunchtime purchases at fast food restaurants and we found that trans fat weren't down. >> reporter: five years ago new york city became the first to implement a trans fat ban in all of its 24,000 restaurants. they calculated the nutrition content of nearly 7,000 receipts from orders. they found diners ate significantly less trans fat and there was only a slight increase in saturated fat. >> you can walk into your favorite restaurant, order the exact same lunch than you ordered and it has much less trans fat. nothing else has changed. >> including the taste and how much it tastes. what appears to change is the customer's risk for heart disease. >> we know when trans fat intake goes down, cardiovascular disease risk

she says you can rest assured she will take a piece of home with her to the big apple. >> i hope to represent.c. with class and dignity. have a little fun along the way. >> you have until 3:00 today to vote for her. more information on how to do so, wjla.com. >> the five finalists will be flown to new york city to compete for the chance to co- host on july 24. that is her birthday. >> we have to make it happen. she is great. just a lovely lady. we want to see her make her dream come true on her birthday. we have to go online and vote for her. we have that information on our website and twitter, trying to promote everyone voting for her. >> still ahead a sesame street character making parities. -- pardodies. ♪ ♪ more when "good morning washington" continues.

a prototype was lifted into place last month after a flight to the big apple from its previous home, the smithsonian. still ahead on "washington weekly", it is back to the intense heat once again. steve rudin has a look at ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] rtl wallet can help you be that peon who's good with money. see what's free to spend. move money with a slide. save with a shake. feel good about your decisions. >> hopefully you enjoyed the heat and humidity today because he will have to get used to it. >> today was like -- 96 degrees at reagan national. tomorrow when you walk out the door it will be like, oh. >> even though it was 96, it did not feel as hot as it could. >> the hot weather is coming back, so get ready. it is not so bad out there right now. the rain the showers have come to an end across the immediate metro area but off to the west of us, not too far, in front royal they are looking at moderate. rain. 96 degrees the high. temperatures range from 94 at b.w.i. and 90 in cumberland. 93 and culpeper. it is 81 degrees. most the cloudy skies at reagan national airport. if t

tuesday to match houston's offer but with the addition of felton it appears lynn-sanity is over in the big apple. >>> finally back to new york where the knicks biggest fan made the catch of the day. teixeira taking a swing. look out. bat goes flying into the crowd. the lucky fan made the grab and doing the right thing by being in the perfect spot. and that is spike lee. even showed off his swing. by the looks of that hack, spike may want to stick to directing. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm bill seward. >>> madonna embroiled in french politics. a self-appointed candidate for "american idol" judge and katie says no to suri. >>> plus, we'll introduce you to a one-of-a-kind mayor of this alaskan town. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." the heat is going to expand. relief in many areas as we go into thursday, but today 100 degree forecast for minneapolis. chicago, 96. 96 in d.c. hot and humid pretty much everywhere from the rockies to the east coast. as we look towards tomorrow, we get the front to cool you off in minneapolis. we'll be near 100

a big day in the big apple is coming up next.f you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own. if you've got a business, you didt build that. somebody else made that happen. my father'hands didn't build this company. hands didn't build this company. through hard work and a little bit of luck, we built this business. why are you demoning us for it? it's time we had somebody who believes in us. someone who believes that achievement should b be rewarded not punish. we need somebody who believes in america. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. moving you forward. >> here we go. the redskins open camp tomorrow chance towe had a rgiii so let's climb the mind of the redskins' rookie. >> i just feel like you have to helpat you have to do to team win. we are the ones that have to the plays. of guys will like what we do. am an emotional player. i know how to control my emotions. success for us is winning football games. how many that is, i d

lin sanity going from the big apple to the h town. the knicks will not match the offer offered to jeremy lin so he's most likely to accept a zeal with houston. this past season he became a nationwide star helping the knicks to the playoffs. good deal. >> that's going to be really interesting to see if he will be at good in houston. >>> 6:25. straight ahead, learn where the redskins rank on the list of the world's most valuable sports teams. >> taking a gamble on table games in maryland. find out what's going on today in the free state. >>> commute time. let's toss it over to monika. >> on the northbound side of i- 95, not a bad commute. things looking good from dale city all the way up the line here in springfield and over the beltway through annandale and tysons corner. i'll be back with more coming up in a few minutes. you're watching 9 news now. + >>> we are back at 6:29. this is always your place to get your weather first. here's a live look at the u.s. capitol. you can see the sun reflecting off the dome. a steamy 81 degrees on t

the big apple has raked in $259 million after one year of same-sex marriages. >> coming up the red soxtop a skid, the indians squeeze by, and an early look at olympic gold. >>> plus, the 2012 dream team sends a message to the world's second ranked team. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> and after today, we're slowly going to end our amazing heat wave in the middle of the country. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." and in sports, for two nights in a row, the philadelphia phyllis have come back to win against the brewers. after trailing late by three or more runs. here's nbc's mario solis with a look at all your sports headlines. >> hi, there. good morning. the first half of the philly season was a major disappointment, but for the second straight night, they've given their fans a reason to smile. another game, another late-inning comeback in philadelphia. rallied from four runs down on monday and five runs down yesterday. carlos reworld series with a bases-loaded double.

jason kidd is leaving dallas and headle to the big apple. signing a three-year, $9 million with the knicks. they may lose a budding perennial all-star. according to reports they have offering jeremy lin a $30 million contract. the knicks have until july 14 to match it. the race have pulled out of of the ray allen sweepstakes. they signed chauncecy billups and jamal crawford. allen met with miami yesterday. >>> to baseball now, thrilling ending between the phils and mets. new york down one with two outs in the ninth. sacks full. murphy plunged papelbon. he scrambles, can't make the play. everyone's safe and in comes a run. gets the rbi bloop single to fall. mets get to papelbon and get a win, 6-5. >>> cheer up, philly fans. ryan howard is expected to make his season debut tonight. similar situation between the nats and giants after washington ties it in the ninth. adam laroche wins it. grounds it to second. giants try to turn a double play. can't make it off. nats rally to sweep the giants, 6-5. >>> not a bad week for kevin youkilis. smacks h

then we changed it to the big apple. >> it's the -- >> jon: come here and let us take your (bleep) wasginal. i wish you all the best. it's always nice to see guys doing nice things, trying things. killer joe is a hell of a movie. >> do you have any kids coming. >> jon: do i have more? do you know something i don't know? killer joe new york on friday and select stoins august 3. matthew

then we changed it to the big apple. >> it's the -- >> jon: come here and let us take your (bleep) wasish you all the best. it's always nice to see guys doing nice things, trying things. killer joe is a hell of a movie. >> do you have any kids coming. >> jon: do i have more? do you know something i don't know? killer joe new york on friday and select stoins august 3. matthew ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing new dentyne split to fit pack. it splits in to two smaller, sleeker packs that fit almost anywhere so you can take them everywhere. dentyne split to fit. practice safe breath.

let me take you back to the big apple. and a long distance, 2-0 game.he bases loaded. everybody is running. that will score runs easily. 3-2 nats. ryan zimmerman. he gets a fat ball, ripping to center field. trying to score from first. nats win 8-2. the talk of the day is the historical and unprecedented decision to fine penn state and reduce scholarships and everyone seems to have an opinion. some of the biggest names in football have been put on notice. these sections leveled barack penn state football and will continue to do so for years to come. those reverberations are resonating beyond state college pennsylvania. >> it is an ongoing educational progress -- process. making sure that we're on the same page and make sure your guard is up. at any moment, that one decision that you make that is not positive for you and your family and your university could affect a lot of things. >> the atlantic coast conference gathered for its annual football kickoff. coaches and administrators promoting and celebrating the best of what college football has to offer

then we changed it to the big apple. >> it's the -- >> jon: come here and let us take your (bleep) was original. i wish you all the best. it's always nice to see guys doing nice things, trying things. killer joe is a hell of a movie. >> do you have any kids coming. >> jon: do i have more? do you know something i don't know? killer joe new york on friday and select stoins august 3. matthew >> jon: that's our show. here it is your moment of zen. >> owz on the main road there were some hiccups. american hurdler was stuck on a bus that got lost for four captioning sponsored by comedy central ♪ i'm going down to south park, gonna have myself a time ♪ ♪ friendly faces everywhere ♪ humble folks without temptation ♪ ♪ going down to south park, gonna leave my woes behind ♪ ♪ ample parking day or night ♪ people spouting, "howdy, neighbor" ♪ ♪ heading on up to south park, gonna see if i can't unwind ♪ ♪ mrph rmhmhm rm! mrph rmhmhm rm! ♪ ♪ come on down to south park and meet some friends of mine ♪ you want to save money on car insurance? no problem. you want to save money on rv insurance? no probl

big three? and i'm thinking of facebook, amazon to mcdougal, apple. >> guest: a big five. eric schmidt, you know, the executive chairman of kugel -- elizabeth wasserman -- google. this website. also has what i think is the premier tech conference in the country. all things digital. our tenth year. he spoke last year and talked about the gang of four companies that are dominant now he was tweaking microsoft. and the five are apple, amazon, google and microsoft. what makes those the principal competitors is that they all own platforms on which other companies are building products and services said that they control these big egos systems in which are racists and services and software and apps. also competing with each other, at least in certain ways. you might say, well, apple is a harbor company. amazon mostly sells products and digital content. google is mostly search and advertising. and that's true, but they all are kind of in each other's business. they sue each other regularly. and so that is the big battle right now between those. >> host: when those five companies s

big profits for a big three carmaker and apple and samsung duke it out in court.ison is here in new york with more. ash, good morning. >> good morning, terrell. stocks in asia were up this morning on the hopes european leaders will take steps to head off the continent's debt crisis. tokyo's nikkei rose almost 0.7% while the hang seng in hong kong was up just under 1%. >>> business is booming for chrysler. the american car-maker reported a $436 million profit in the second quarter this year. quite a turn-around from last year, when it lost $370 million. it was the best quarter for chrysler since the company emerged from bankruptcy. >>> a two-day rally on wall street was snapped on monday. the dow posted a minor two-point loss, while the nasdaq dipped 12 points. >>> a jury has been selected in the trial pitting apple against samsung. apple claims samsung's smartphones and tablet computers are illegal knock-offs of the iphone and ipad. samsung claims the designs are industry standards that have been around for years. lawyers for both sides are expected to make openin

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. >> temperatures, 90s in the rockies. 70s pacific northwest p and 80s from omaha over to the big apple. >> and coming up. bombshell new audio in the jerry sandusky scandal as penn state faces a new lawsuit. >> also ahead, major recall on popular suvs. the problem gas pedals that can stick. >> and later call it the guy aisle, the storm making it easy, like we want to say, putting all of the stuff men like in one place. >> amen. >>> welcome back, everyone. the recall of a popular ford suv is expanding this morning. it now involves nearly half a million escapes and mavericks from about a decade ago with v-6 engines and cruise control. more than a dozen crashes and one death are blamed on the sticky throttles. >>> new cars are using less gas than ever. a private research firm finds new cars in the first half of this year averaged just under 24 miles per gallon. that's one mile better than a year ago. that's as car makers prepare to meet tougher government standers down the road. >>> this morning twitter is apologizing for the second major outage in five weeks. the service is back up and ru

a beautiful sun realize over the big apple and new yorkers getting their input to the plan to limit the size of sugar drinks and in theaters to being no longer than 16-ounces. they're not using the sweet language at all. markets and some chains like 7- 11. hear not going to be affected so the big gulp stays intact. a hearing on the proposal the department of health they have more than an earful. >> what will the government be telling you next. what time to go to bed. how big my steak should be. how many chipsky have. >> i'm here to speak in support of the policy, we believe as we go to funeral homes and hospitals and visit people who suffered from obesity, this is an issue in the communities. >>> and a battle in the he appointed the board members who will vote on the measure in september f passed, it will go into effect next march. >>> so do you use foul language at work? if do you be careful t could cost you a job. and even the stressful of days it is easy to let a few, more than a few words slip but swearing in the work place can put a dent in your reputation. >> the majority thought

the big apple has raked in $259 million after one year of same-sex marriages. >> coming up the red soxtop a skid, the indians squeeze by, and an early look at olympic gold. >>> plus, the 2012 dream team sends a message to the world's second ranked team. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> and after today, we're slowly going to end our amazing heat wave in the middle of the country. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." not financially. so we switched to the bargain detergent but i found myself using three times more than you're supposed to and the clothes still weren't as clean as with tide. so we're back to tide. they're cuter in clean clothes. thanks, honey. yeah. you suck at folding. [ laughs ] [ female announcer ] just one dose of tide original liquid helps remove food stains better than an entire 40 load bottle of the leading liquid bargain brand. that's my tide. what's yours? >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." and in sports, for two nights in a row, the philadelphia phyllis have come back to win against

the big apple just the latest place caught up in this deadly heat wave. the heat wave gripping much of the midwest added more misery today. >> i'd rather have it 20 below zero than 102 degrees. because 102 just drains you. >> extreme heat extended to the east coast and mid atlantic. >> in washington, d.c., triple digit temperatures left parks and playgrounds empty. experts issued a warning now blamed for deaths nationwide. >> it is important that everyone is at risk. heat-related deaths do not discriminate. >> reporter: in new york city, central park runners took precautions to work out early to beat the heat. >> it is harder, trying to drink water and go slow. >> reporter: more than 33 states have seen triple digit temperatures. when you factor in the heat index, how it feels, it is more painful. >> you can look at it in the records. 3,000 plus records have been broken this week alone. >> 200,000 people still without power. in hard hit west virginia and the d.c. area, utility crews worked over time trying to restore power after more than a week of being

jason kidd is leaving dallas and heading to the big apple. has a verbal agreement to sign a three-year, $9 million deal with the knicks. new york gets an aging hall-of-famer and they may lose a budding perennial all-star. according to reports the rockets have offered jeremy lin, a 4 year, $30 million contract. the knicks have until july 14th to match it. >>> another quick note, the clippers have pulled out of the ray allen sweepstakes and say they came to terms with chauncey billups. alan met with miami yet. >>> baseball now. thrilling ending between the phils and mets. new york down one with two outs in the ninth. sax full. he scrambles but can't make the play. everyone is safe. in comes a run. mets tie it at 5. david wright ends it on the very next pitch. gets the rbi bloop single to fall. mets get to pap pal bon. cheer up, philly fangs. ryan howard is expected to make his season debut tonight. >>> similar situation between the nats and giants. adam laroche wins it. grounder to second. a double play but can't pull it off. in comes the winni

we'll show you the amazing video coming out of the big apple lighting up the sky there. and how a problem with opd's radios may have left the president vulnerable to danger. >> coming up later in this broadcast, 49ers' desean gold settled for $6.2 million. 49ers not respecting him. the as got knocked off in toronto. and a record crowd in london. >>> a storm roaring eastward through the ohio river valley has dropped temperatures by 20 degrees in some places. and look at this! it's brought with it some damaging storm, lightning, hail, and high winds have been downing trees in and power lines in ohio, other pennsylvania, and new york city, leaving more than 200,000 customers there without power tonight. weather watchers say a tornado may have touched down in new york causing major damage. >>> a transit man is under arrest for having sex with a minor. alexander pollack is originally from tennessee. he moved to felton and befriended a 13-year-old girl at a shopping center. pollack lived in his red toyota celica and would offer the victims rides. they say that's when the girl