burl was painting in miami and i was assigned to paint with him. no one else would paint with him because there was a rumor going around about him that he was, yeah, one of them. he was accused of being, and i found out for myself that old burl was an intellectual. and intellectuals didn't cut it at the sign painting circuit. anyway, burl grey influenced me a lot. he's the one that lit my fire to get into science. and many of the ideas i had about things were-- burl sort of demolished. he was a very philosophical type and he was a nontheist. and he, you know, convinced me that things were so much simpler if you took a more scientific view of the world and there's so much that we're taught to believe or that we come to believe that simply isn't true. and how does one determine what's true or not? do you find out when you're an old person ready to die that everything you've been doing is just junk? well, you know, we each need a knowledge filter, sort of, to tell the difference between what's true and what isn't true. and burl convinced me that the b

burl was painting in miami and i was assigned to paint with him. no one else would paint with him because there was a rumor going around about him that he was, yeah, one of them. he was accused of being, and i found out for myself that old burl was an intellectual. and intellectuals didn't cut it at the sign painting circuit. anyway, burl grey influenced me a lot. he's the one that lit my fire to get into science. and many of the ideas i had about things were-- burl sort of demolished. he was a very philosophical type and he was a nontheist. and he, you know, convinced me that things were so much simpler if you took a more scientific view of the world and there's so much that we're taught to believe or that we come to believe that simply isn't true. and how does one determine what's true or not? do you find out when you're an old person ready to die that everything you've been doing is just junk? well, you know, we each need a knowledge filter, sort of, to tell the difference between what's true and what isn't true. and burl convinced me that the b

>>> burl brewing, the tropical storm set to make land fall. where it will hit and the path it's set to take. >>> good evening everyone thanks for joining us i'm adam may. the southeast part of the country is already preparing for burl. duarte j era ldino is reporting that it's packing a punch and it's bringing surf. >> reporter: tropical storm burl gets close to shore, the surf is getting so rough officials shut down the beach. >> this storm has a potential to produce localized flooding, downed trees and power lines that can impact the public safety. >> reporter: berel is expected to make land fall late sunday into monday and hit parts of florida and georgia. five to 6-inches of rain could fall in some areas. the storms started causing dangerous conditions saturday reds flags went up in flagler beach florida. the waves were treacherous. >> whenever you're paddling out there and those waves are just crushing you it's tough to get out. that's when i know. no time to go back in. >> reporter: forecasters say berel will likely flush out memorial da

. >> smiling is one thing, laughing is another, was that your burl 11? >> no, it isn't my burl 11, it's an artist named ralphco zach that shows jesus leaning back and not laughing guffawing. >> a real knee-slapper. >> it's a real knee-slapper, that's right. >> do you find that gained any assemble tans in the united states? >> yeah, i mean, that picture is fairly popular. >> the phenomenon, the potential reality. we know jesus was all human, we know he was all god because he has a divine nature, i say "we know," this is the christian theology, at least that's catholic theology and it's i think still -- a few orthodox episcopalian, you're a episcopalian. >> sure. >> who believe in the die vin origin, there's a dual nature, a god and man nature but both were fully fulfilled, if you're fully fulfilled human sense incongruity and laugh, right. >> correct. >> when you mention this to people it seems inappropriate, does it not? >> it does because people think religion's supposed to be serious. >> you think it's a joke. >> the laughing jesu jesus? >> no, do you

this could be the next storm burl. we are going to be busy in the fox news extreme weather center. keep it tuned here. we are looking at scattered showers across the northeast. a lot of folks are traveling. they are going to keep an eye to the skies. upper midwest severe weather overnight last night two tornadoes reported then upset l unsettled weather. all weekended long but that's no the case. severe threats through missouri valley. here is the area of concern you are going to see all weekend long. the low pressure system that could become tropical. here are the computer models we think on sunday a good shot at some sort of land fall even if it is a storm off the coast it will cause some problems. of course for the beaches. so if you live in this area you need to pay close attention to the local weather forecast. we will be live all weekend long we have you covered ladies. >>> memorial weekend. >> it is that time of year again. thousands of men and women in new york for fleet week. i spent some time-out side. good morning, anna. >> good morning to you. heather. 2012 is going on.

( ríe ) no te burles. es en serio.gada. "raquel", me decía, "estudia para abogada. es una buena profesión". parece que seguiste los consejos de tu mamá. mi papá nunca le dijo nada a roberto. aunque yo sé que él prefería que estudiara para ser médico o para ingeniero. ahora comprendo por qué. ayúdenme! con cuidado. parecía que había pasado años y años pero por fin sacaron a roberto. el padre rodrigo vino a buscarnos y fuimos corriendo a la tienda. iroberto! no se preocupe, señorita. está inconsciente, pero parece que está bien. ¿no está seguro? aparentemente está bien. respira normalmente, no tiene fracturas la temperatura y la presión son normales considerando lo que ha pasado. de todos modos es necesario llevarlo a un hospital para hacerle un examen completo. veré que lo llevan a méxico directamente. poco después, metieron a roberto en un helicóptero y lo llevaron a la capital. a la mañana siguiente, angela y yo salimos del pueblo esperando que cuando llegáramos al hospital roberto estuviera bien. seguro que se pondrá

there we have burl. he's supposed to stay at least mostly off the coast to the east.ward jackson vill, basically weakening to a depression. still expecting heavy rain to push in through jacksonville, and pushes up the coast pushing through charleston and eventually off the coast of the outer banks and not affecting ocean city. that may be something to keep in mind if you plan a vacation. thunderstorms possible to our north and west by afternoon. baltimore not likely to get as affected. for tomorrow, for memorial day, if you have the day off, a few more clouds, up to 91 with hot and humid conditions. this is when baltimore could see an isolated thunderstorm in the afternoon, though most areas should stay dry. forecast in the 70's tomorrow. a few more clouds building in tonight. partly cloudy there tomorrow. up to 80 there in ocean city for memorial day. we dry out into the week. notice how temperatures drop to the mid 70's by next weekend. >> if you have lawn work, you would probably grab a hedge trimmer and go to work. one mall is turning to goats to do the job. >> th

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germany rejected the idea.the gd burl leerlin would work with the -- said berlin wouldoorat >> we will stick toreenma betwen chancellor merkel and president hollande. we wl all strive to work together on this. >>radernyay not agree on eurobonds, but they are where they have to work tetr to solve the problems. eectis were high, but the disappointment is now even ear. after all the hype surrounding their ipo las wkfabook shares have plunged. immediately aerhe ipo, it was only the unditingks that kept the stockrodiin below the issuing price. on mdafabo began its decline. >>nrafu, plummeted 16% below its offering price. inay trading on wall street, they were down more traders said it was clearly overpriced. for more on the markets, dorte sends us this from the frankfurt stock exan. >> after retreating week determined by the eoris, trers were inspired to come back today. it's a pretty strong start into the new trading week, but the ise d n appear -- did not disappear. aosblex fm t eurozone is not possible a reason -- no longer aean r ni grexit -- greek exit. it isurngnta crisis mood again a

if it gets a name, it will be burl. bud is developing in the pacific. the hurricane season is off to an early start this time around. partly cloudy is our forecast today. 82 to 87 and the high. south wins, five to 10 knots, 1- foot shot on the open waters of the day. isolated storms or two could pop up. sunday, again, maybe an isolated storms down in virginia. memorial day weekend, and saturday, 88, isolated spot possibility did sunday, 90, mostly sunny. memorial day itself, 91. scattered clouds, hot and humid conditions. we see the warm weather over the weekend, and monday night, tuesday, and wednesday, rain chances. >> according to a new poll, a majority of marylanders will vote in favor of allowing same- sex marriage in the state. according to public policy poll commissioned by marylanders for marriage equality, 57% of likely voters would vote to uphold the same-sex marriage law, up 12 points from an identical poll taken in march. recently, president obama and the naacp showed support for same-sex marriage, and some think that might have helped the s

the german finance minister said burl leerlin would work with the partners. -- said berlin would cooperate. >> we will stick to the agreement made between chancellor merkel and president hollande. we will all strive to work together on this. >> france and germany may not agree on eurobonds, but they are where they have to work together to solve the problems. >> expectations were high, but the disappointment is now even greater. after all the hype surrounding their ipo last week, facebook shares have plunged. immediately after the ipo, it was only the underwriting banks that kept the stock from dipping below the issuing price. on monday, facebook began its decline. >> in frankfurt, it plummeted 16% below its offering price. in day trading on wall street, they were down more than 11%. traders said it was clearly overpriced. for more on the markets, dorte sends us this from the frankfurt stock exchange. >> after retreating week determined by the euro prices, traders were inspired to come back today. it's a pretty strong start into the new trading week, but the issue did not appear -- did not

second storm i think will be named burl. >> burl? as in burl ives? that name for a woman. >> i think it's a woman's name. the first was alberto. we alternate. >> he's forgetting everything you taught him about weather. >> 92 sunday. 92 for memorial day. enjoy hot temperatures this weekend. >> very good. thank you, sir. >>> now let's find out what's happening with traffic. for that we go to lauren demarco who is in for julie wright. good morning. >> good morning. if you are heading out to the beach, leave early or wait until later tonight. recommending you leave before 10:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m. live look at the bay bridge at this early hour it's looking great. traveling route 50, no issues from the beltway out to the bridge and across it toward kent narrows. moving to trafficland, accident reported on the beltway on the outer loop near georgia avenue, right lane was blocked. extra volume there. to the right of the inner loop, you are moving well. other than that, no real problems around the beltway. 395 is jammed from before duke street past semi

and now a tropical disturbance could turn into tropical storm burl over the weekend.'t happened this early in 104 years. add in hurricane bud on the west coast of mexico, and we're seeing something completely new. >> this is the first time in recorded history that we had a preseason named storm in both the atlantic and eastern pacific basins. >> reporter: despite all this early activity, noaa predicting a nearly normal hurricane season with 9 to 15 named storms, including as many as 8 that could grow into hurricanes. three are predicted to be major with winds over 111 miles per hour. but predictions only mean so much. last year was the sixth year in a row without a major category 3 hurricane hitting land in the u.s., but it was still a very active season. in fact, there were 19 named storms last year. the third highest on record. category 1 hurricane irene caused nearly $16 billion in damage last year along the east coast. there's a 40% chance this storm will become a tropical storm in the next 48 hours. but whatever its form, most of the forecast models keep it near

the milton burl show. so many people would go to the bathroom at a commercial break that water pressure would fall in some cities. start warning people. could you hold it in or go before? this was a sensation television and available and accessible to everybody. it wasn't elitist at all. finally, talk about a conformist culture. james dean or marlon brando. marilyn monroe, a sex object, but she moves the boundaries of sexuality. this is an era of a lot of creativity culturally, a lot of things going on, a lot of change. it serves as a basis of the '60s, a revolutionary cultural change. still it's there in the '50s. sex appeal and rebels. rebels without a cause. even james dean would die in this era. the lead art. pushing the boundaries of art. it wasn't conformist at all. and a youth culture. look at elvis presley. he was able to bring african-american music to white people. when he showed up on the ed sullivan show, and over 80% of television viewers watched it in the late 1950s on that show. it was a sen

tropical storm burl could form this weekend. >> here's your forecast. heavy rain in florida.rstorms around pittsburgh, cincinnati, louisville and indianapolis. snow showers the dakotas, northern rockies and pacific northwest. more snow near yellowstone park. >> expect 90s from texas to florida. upper 70s around the great lakes. 94 in phoenix. and 75 in salt lake city. >>> here's a morning special delivery, literally. meet lily goldsboro of provo, utah. she was born on monday. check her out. >> she was born in a hurry. in such a hurry, that there wasn't even time to get to the car. her grandmother had to catch her so she wouldn't fall to the ground. >> man, oh, man. >> lily was 7 pounds, 8 ounces, 19 inches long. baby, mom and grandma are all doing fine. >> oh, no. >> as a man i'm going to ask you

we're tracking tropical storm burles. >>> wjz is live with details on what went down where one personson was stabbed. >>> and adam jones had contact with the orioles, now it,,

to head to the tropics where we are watching this area of disturbed weather, and this could become burls we go into the weekend. so this will be our second tropical storm of the season, both forming before june 1st. that's the official tropical start. and as we look at this, this will begin to slide off toward the north and east at about 15 miles an hour. if your travels are taking you to the bahamas, that would be a nice vacation, that's for sure, and maybe even cuba, they're dealing with some flooding and rain there. so speaking of the rain once again, we do have the chance for some isolated storms popping up as we go into the afternoon. that's all heat driven and that will continue as we head through the remainder of your memorial day weekend. for today i'm going with 85 degrees. it is going to be warmer than what it was yesterday and feel warmer because of that humidity. as you head out to the game, make sure you have a nice cold beverage in hand. first pitch 7:05, temperature coming in right around 82 degrees, the winds will be e so to 10 miles an hour. and check out your beach for

. >> what the next one is burl, not to be confused with bird or bern. >> we would like a bern. . >> noeady have a -- >> bern, thank you. >> let me bring you inside the ropes. sometimes on wednesday tim bern and i are all here for the noon news. one week i work with bern, one week i work with tim. bern there's times we look at you and go where does she get the energy? >> it's like a whirly thing. >> there you go. i have my caffeine over there. >> bern -- there's an area of low pressure over south dakota bringing snow. >> all the while looking at computer models, looking at pictures on her phone of her twin boys and also combing her hair. it's like what is going on. >> have to get ready for the show. >> quick update, how are thunder and lightening by the way is this >> they are doing fantastic. they're going to make an apoorns -- appearance down here today. their first oriels game. >> what time does everything get going? >> i think we get started around 10 o'clock. hopefully all the kids will be if -- in their seats. the game is at 12:30 >> so we are done by 11:00 that's why we've shorte

and on the peninsula burling game if you are trying to catch a flight at sfo the rose are clear.'s go to steve. >> thank you. mostly clear. today will be very similar to yesterday. changes start tomorrow and a big change on friday. today's forecast expect for patchy fog along the coast mostly sunny. 50s and 60s and low. although the breeze must be tailing off a little bit. still north, northwest at santa rosa. only southwest at travis. west, northwest san jose. it's still there but not as stock as it was. 50s on the temps. low to mid. looks good today. sunshine but high pressure is building right out here. which will send the system up there. right on top of us. very unseasonally strong and cold for this time of year. but in the sierra nevada there could be about two to four inches of snow friday into saturday. so just so you know. sunny breezy today but a little warmer for some. very close to yesterday's number after some patchy fog mainly along san mateo coast. a little bit up in mendocino county. clear hawk 80. nevada 76. san rafael 74. fairfield 79. same for pittsburgh. 77 li

the task force was holding a briefing outside mills peninsula hospital in burling game when one officerown gang member going inside. he was wanted for burglar. turns out the man had already been arrested and just been released from jail. the gang task force ended up making two other arrests during the first night of the operation. >>> 6:48. getting high school students to stop cutting class. coming up add 7:06 -- up at 7:06 the antic they are using to get student's parents involved. >>> tara is in for sal. there has been quite a few accidents. >> it has been okay. the accidents we have had are pretty minor. so we're in breath good shape in that arena. if we head outdoors. let's take a look at your maps. they were running a traffic break right here 280 northbound it's just north of john daly boulevard. not sure what the traffic hazard was. we'll keep an eye on it for you. and add the bay bridge toll plaza we do have metering lights on as you head into san francisco this morning you might be looking add a 5-10 minute delay. traffic not too badly. and finally down in the south bay 280 at t

now the task force was holding a briefing outside mill hospital in burling game when one officer recognized a known gang member going inside. he was wanted for burglar. >> it was a happenstance that he happened to be there. he has a very violent past. >> it turns out the man has already been arrested and had just been released from jail. the gang task force made two other arrests during the first night of a 16 week operation. >>> let's get everybody going now. sal is off but tara is here. what happened in the east bay? >> we are keeping an eye on the accident in the livermore area. we can show you it's a big rig verses a car. 580 westbound at first street. it has been moved to the shoulder. up next we have a live look at 237 near milpitas. traffic on the upper portion of your screen there heading west toward san jose no problems to report. and finally along the east shore freeway those headlights there is lots of them heading westbound as you drive toward mccarthur maze and on to the bay bridge toll plaza. we have no delays but of course that will change over the next hour. 5:39 let's check

holding company but you named a whole bunch of the companies but also court furniture entire railroad burlern so at the age of 81 of course it's important for these shareholders and ultimate wall street to know who will eventually take over but he keeps tight lipped about it. he december say there ace succession planned but i talked to him late this afternoon i brought up one of the quotes during the meeting where he answered shareholder questions and i said who is giingt to be. you said today whoever takes over don't worry about it. he understands the corporate culture of burke shyer and i said so it's a man, right. he said yes it's a man because he has women manager we got that out of him but we wanted to know his thoughts on the economy and what it would take to get the economy back. until he said household formation and people moving back into owning homes we will not see this economy come back. what would hurt tonight he believes that a value added tax. if that were to be instituted. it's not a good idea and what about raising the minimum wage. you heard calls from some points of the

we also have already had alberto, and now we might over the weekend have burl.ing cloud cover south of miami and that little box there, about a 30 to 40% chance of becoming later on. you get the chris and the debbies and some of them sound familiar because they recycle the names every six years. >> come up with something original, right? >> yeah. >> thank you very much. hopefully we'll be safe and sound in our beach vacations this year with the hurricanes or lack thereof. we talked about this run aconvey teenager in texas mistakenly deported to columbia and is suing the government and we'll talk about the strength of the case and we're on the case. weather. nice weather coming up today through this tuesday. evening. you don't have anything on your calendar for this evening. fantastic..linguica. i found 5 restaurants whose reviews mention linguica fairly close to you. joke. two iphones walk into a bar.. i forget the rest. that's funny. was it something i said? yes it was. >>> the family of the american teenager deported to columbia now suing the federal governmen

but ever since milton burl decided to put a model in front of a refrigerator and created modern television, it takes the advertiser and the platform to figure out how to use whatever platform you're using. 900 million people, you got a fish there. you just have to figure out how to fish there best. >> daina, i get what you're saying. and have i often questioned the model itself there is a lot of faith that goes on with companies advertising, getting a direct return on its money. but you have to admit, the revenue that existed for television, cable, facebook, isn't a traditional advertising model effective for that reason? >> i think the model is shifting. it's not about region frequency anymore. it's about how do you participate with these new constituents. and really, the onus is on us to make the experience really about a relationship. and it's not that it doesn't work, it's that it's very fundamentally changing from the way it used to be. >> so what is it going to look like in five years? what is the more effective model? >> the more effective model is that we are engaging in relationsh

past recipients like lucille ball, milton burle.e hollywood reporter, guess what, barbara walters, she will step in and be roast master. that's what they pride themselves on. i'm sure betty white can keep up. >> she is sharp and looks beautiful. amazing. coming up, new report that might have cows thug about changing its mascot from the golden bear to the bookworm. >>> dow jones down 600 points. >> no matter how you slice it, live look from san jose. hp pavilion. sun coming up. take you on oar to sonoma grade seeing traffic flow on by. we will be back in a moment with all the day's news. [ male announcer ] with all your car does for you, he really wants to hear those three little words: chevron with techron. care for your car. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. (woman) the fund-raising was the easiest part. people were very giving. complete strangers wanting to help. i knew someday i was gonna do this walk. if i can do this, you definitely

disturbed weather and this could become our second tropical storm of the season and that would be burlr eye on that as we go through the weekend. for today just a chance for some isolated showers in the forecast as we look at the future trend. as we head over to traffic with lauren, have a nice day. >>reporter: thank you, lynette. we are dealing with these problems this morning on 695, there is an accident right on the outer loop at parrington parkway you want to watch out for. a 25-minute delay traveling that route up towards delaney valley road. as far as the west side is concerned, a live look at liberty road. fortunately all is clear in this incident. a nice easy ride as you make the ride down towards interstate 70. not the case on the jfx. 22 miles an hour southbound at cold spring lane. there is an accident in downtown boulevard on west pratt street at south monroe street. if you are getting an early start on your memorial day travel, 97 is nice and clear. that will remain the same on route 50 all the way across the bay bridge. it will be a nice easy ride to the beaches. that's a

if you plan to travel to ocean city, our latest traffic pulse system, burl, maybe onshore by it thursdayters will be a little bit rushed into the next couple of days. >> another update at 8:56. >>> 8:30 now on this memorial day monday morning. the 2th day of may, 2012. and we have a big, exciting holiday crowd right here in rockefeller plaza. just ahead, they will be rewarded with a live concert from r&b sensation bobby brown. good morning, everyone. i'm savannah guthrie, alongside peter alexander, and bobby brown, we know is a hard-working man. he was in atlantic city until 2:00 last night. doing a concert. just got in to new york 6:00 a.m. >> and he is ready to play. he's got fans here early this morning, too. >> from boston. >> yes. >> like you guys really are here because they want to be on tv. coming up, not just today a big concert, but these week a series of big concerts. american idol's 16-year-old powerhouse singer jessica sanchez, she is going to be here on thursday. and then on friday, this is one of the hottest acts in all of country music, it's the band perry and they will j

also watching this area of disturbed weather that could be our second named system, burl.ing to remain unsettled. we even have winter weather advisories across portions of the northern rockies. so there is that area i was talking about of concern because a lot of the tropical models that we look at show us that this system is going to eventually make a left-hand turn and possibly make landfall perhaps a tropical storm later on this weekend. so along memorial day weekend, i'm going to be here watching this system. so we'll keep you up to date from the fox news extreme weather center. back to you. >> alisyn: ominous spaghetti. >> thank you. if you're wondering if new york city had been taken over by the military, it indeed has. time for the 25th annual fleet week celebration and anna has the scoop on the hudson. hi. >> hey there. good morning to all of you guys. it's really a neat thing, isn't it? we're seeing all these men and women in uniform all over from central park to times square, you name it. fleet week, new york, 2012 is going to be rocking the city until this wedne

myself have for science in their districts and appreciate forestry and supporting a healthy and vibrant burl americana. a proper management and the role before service goes far beyond the interest of the members of the subcommittee. the forest service manages 155 national forests, which makes up 193 million acres across the great nation. since the inception, the national forests have been intended for uses which include timber harvesting, energy production, mineral extraction and recreational activities. the forest he titles it to decimate bill included several diverse provisions pertaining to all aspects of forest street and including such as participation in conservation and energy programs. but many of the forestry programs do not need to be reauthorized this farm bill, it's important to review these programs to ensure they are being carried out in a manner consistent with the purpose. we will hear ideas for improving program delivery for a forest land owners and those in the timber industry and we will also hear about polls a service can promote harvesting which is critical for forest he

victim assistance and numerous outreach programs the fbi and its partners are working to make the burled-- world a safer place for our children. chairman lehey and grassley, thank you for letting me discuss, this and it would not have been possible without your support. i'm happy to answer any questions you might have. >> before we came in here, you and i discussed the question of forensics, and you know the "washington post" recently reported the review of potential errors in hair and fiber analysis by fbi forensic experts, review hups of cases in the 1980s and 1990s but it was not disclosed to the people or the defense attorneys. the post reported the review was very narrow, and the evidence in the case with regard tested despite questions about techniques and lab personnel. now, there's a lot of attention in this committee over the years and both parties about this. the predecessor says these problems have been corrected but what actions have been taken? do you have a way to ensure that all questionable evidence is retested? do -- are there ways to making sure that notifications are m

burl was painting in miami and i was assigned to paint with him. no one else would paint with him because there was a rumor going around about him that he was, yeah, one of them. he was accused of being, and i found out for myself that old burl was an intellectual. and intellectuals didn't cut it at the sign painting circuit. anyway, burl grey influenced me a lot. he's the one that lit my fire to get into science. and many of the ideas i had about things were-- burl sort of demolished. he was a very philosophical type and he was a nontheist. and he, you know, convinced me that things were so much simpler if you took a more scientific view of the world and there's so much that we're taught to believe or that we come to believe that simply isn't true. and how does one determine what's true or not? do you find out when you're an old person ready to die that everything you've been doing is just junk? well, you know, we each need a knowledge filter, sort of, to tell the difference between what's true and what isn't true. and burl convinced me that the b