it has been a couple rough years for bret michaels. the last couple weeks were pretty intense. s guitarist announced on facebook and his website the singer has been in the hospital six times in just the past two weeks including undergoing kidney surgery. according to him, michaels had two stents put in his body past week. shortly after the procedure he insisted on returning to his tour and performed in memphis, against doctors requests. well after the show, michaels was hospitalized again and once again he insisted on playing at his next concert in knocksville. that decision put the 51-year-old in grave danger. he writes, this time it went real bad. during the show he gave 100% but he hurt himself. jumping around with two stents is bad idea. i can't explain the amount of blood and where it came from. it was horrifying on his bus after the show. bret was again taken to a hospital and this time given medication that would keep him down. the doctors basically refused to release him. michaels health scares began in 2010 after having emergency appendectomy. after that he suffered a h

. >>> rock star bret michaels had to have surgery this week.ead singer of poison was hospitalized for kidney-related issues. he ultimately went in for surgery to resolve the issue. >>> sharon osbourne announced the series "the osbournes" is making a comeback. ozzy wants people to see him clean and sober. ozzie being ozzie, clean and sober, crazy fun. >> you think entertaining enough? >> i think so. the family is so endearingly whacked. >> half of the fun of watching the first show was trying to figure out what he was saying. >> it will make it funny either way. i'm francis rivera. this is "early today." we hope this is just your first stop of the day here on nbc. >>> leading the news in "the washington post" holidays' names stricken from next year's montgomery school calendar. the maryland county board of education voted to eliminate references to all religious holidays on its calendar. it's in response to a request for muslim community leaders. students will get the same holidays off, they won't be mentioned by name. >>> and in "the boston glo

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. >>> this morning, bret michaels is recovering from kidney surgery. he has diabetes and was rushed off stage earlier this year because of low blood sugar. he is expected to return to the stage thursday in florida. >>> investigators have opened two separate investigations into potential issues involving nearly 400,000 vehicles. the first investigation by the national highway traffic safety administration involves 374,000 honda accords. the second investigation is 17,000 infiniti crossover vehicles from '08. they are made by nissan. nissan and honda say they are investigating. >>> thousands of people say old navy is charging women more than men for plus size clothing. the company is defending its decision. more than 20,000 people signed a petition on change.org to get the retailer to stop the practice. they say old navy charges $12, $15 more for plus-size women jeans but don't charge more for bigger men sizes. gap is defending its pricing. they say the clothing costs more because it has special features that men's apparel doesn't. >>> moms are more like

(male announcer) only at petsmart, save 20% on martha stewart pets® and bret michaels pets rock™ holidayn. a chilly start to your friday and an update from meteorologist bill henley. bill? >> fortunately, tracy, we have sunshine at least for now. the wind blowing and see the camera shaking and a gusty wind that will blow some showers into the area. already tracking them off to the north and west. right now, 47 degrees in philadelphia. but it's a bit chillier for potstown and mt. holly 46 degrees and sunshine to start with and temperatures will be climbing and look for showers later this morning and into the afternoon. >>> for your ride to work, jillian mele watching the roads and an accident on 76. where is that, jillian? >> 76 eastbound past girard avenue and just pushed over to the shoulder and we still have pretty heavy volume approaching the scene. 76 eastbound right near montgomery drive where traffic is crawling along there. right near virginia drive, an accident blocking the left lane and i was following a crash for a while this morning at county line road. i have just gotten word

(male announcer) only at petsmart, save 20% on martha stewart pets® and bret michaels pets rock™ holiday> a very good friday morning to you. 7:26 now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. a neighborhood lined with police tape as investigators try to figure out how a man was injured in the middle of the night. >> this all started around 1:00 this morning when a 50-year-old man called 911 to report finding an injured person outside his home. when officers arrived, they located a 34-year-old man with injuries inside the home. that man was transported to the hospital. the injuries and his condition are not yet known. police are now saying whether or not the two men knew each other, all they're saying is that the investigation now continues. they don't believe that is the case. kris sanchez. >> let's get a quick check of the weather with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you. i want to warn you about this thick fog. look at the surface here at the san mateo bridge, socked in with dangerous fog. give yourself plenty of time as you want to reach your destination safely this morning. it's a

sides on the michael brown issue are bracing for possibly another night of protests and potential violence. correspondent mike toobin is live in ferguson. hello, mike. >> reporter: hello, bret, the violent scenes from last night in ferguson cannot be repeated, those words from missouri governor jay nixon who's ramping up the national guard presence from 20 troops to 2,200. as night falls in this town, we wait to see if people will riot again. fire and mayhem overwhelmed the streets of ferguson. police used tear gas to disburse rioters, sending them scrambling as they smashed windows and looted stores and fired guns into the air. this chaos is most destructive since michael brown was shot. >> the out of towners came in and tore up our community. well our community has got to take responsibility for what happened tonight. >> reporter: people marched in chicago, new york and d.c. n oakland, they lay in the street, simulating the death of michael brown, all of it an angry reaction to a grand jury decision failing to indict officer wilson. >> there's no evidence that exists that -- and returned a no true bill on each of the five indictments. >> reporter: subsequently, ed was rel