♪ hey coney island >> more recently, historic coney island has been caught in a controversy about itso revitalize much of coney island which became seedy and rundown as city people moved to the suburbs. new york approved on wednesday a large redevelopment plan, filled with hotels, apartment, and stores. >> let's be honest. the best days for coney island have passed unless we do something. and here we are doing something to try to give it a real future. >> frustrated coney island activists watch the vote occur. they see corporate america destroying an iconic part of the fabric of new york. >> there's not enough acres left after you sit in a lot of hotels and stuff that doesn't belong in the amusement area for rides for the very amusement that -- >> the traffic -- >> the city says the cyclone and the wonder wheel will survive along with new amusement attractions. jobs and housing are promised for local residents. 55-year-old mark page was a the board walk with his family. he's seen the ups and downs of coney island as a life-long resident. >> it's modern. we have to step up to the futur

♪ coney island ♪ hey, coney island >> reporter: more recently historic coney island has been caught inoversy about its future. new york city and developers want to revitalize much of coney island which became seedy and run down as city people moved to the suburbs. new york approved on wednesday a large redevelopment plan filled with hotels, apartments, and stores. >> to be honest about this. the best days for coney island have passed unless we do something, and here we are doing something to try to give it a real future. >> reporter: frustrated coney island activists watched the vote occur. they see corporate america destroying an iconic part of the fabric of new york. >> there's not enough acres left when you are stick all these hotels and stuff that doesn't belong in the amusement area. the rides are the very amusement that are attracting. >> reporter: the city says the cyclone and wonder wheel will survive along with new amusement attractions. jobs and housing are promised for local residents. 55-year-old mark paige was at the boardwalk with his family. he has seen the ups and downs

. >>> plus, speaking of contests, you are no doubt familiar with coney island's famous july 4th hot dogating contest. but we have the highlights of a much more mammoth contest. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning to you once again. hope your morning is going well so far. looking good across much of the northeast. think of mainly central new york from even syracuse back to just east of buffalo. better chances for some showers, especially into the afternoon. not so much on the east coast, major cities. so your airlines shouldn't be too many delays there. however, back from atlanta, charleston, back through florida, will see a good chance of showers and potent thunderstorms in the afternoon hours. some will make their way toward boston later on tomorrow afternoon. if you're watching channel 3 in chattanooga, learn how farmers use animals to plow fields and how the animals do the work at the wild park ranch exhibit. that's your eastern event of the day. >> they have a great john deere exhibit, too, right? >> sure. the replacement. >> exactly. bad attempt at humor. sorry, todd. >

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like a lot of these players, he lives on nearby coney island. >> standing in the corner, just sitting around in a schoolyard, but we do go up, we got to practice. >> it's showtime here on coney island. >> in a neighborhood famous for sun, surf, and sideshows, it is now not uncommon to see cricket thrown into this eclectic mix. the local sports store does a brisk trade, and many of the kids buying are playing in the nypd's competition. lords in london may be the game's most hallowed ground, but it was right here on manhattan that for its first international match was played way back in 1844. the match was between united states and canada. the canadiens beat the americans by 23 runs, and the game here has been in decline ever since. next year, the nypd expects the competition to get even greater. >> cricket in the big apple. from elton john to guns and roses to madonna, one group has represented a group of musicians. their latest addition is said to have a great voice. they're deciding is the pope -- their new signing. after a series of negotiations, the cd is to be released in november

probably not as many as the winner of a coney island contest. >>> michael jackson fans play the ticket lottery. i'm in downtown los angeles. we'll have that story coming up. ♪ [ music ] >>> welcome back. south carolina authorities say they've got a serial killer on their hands. so far five people have been shot and killed in the rural cherokee county town. the murders have left streets deserted on what should have been a beautiful july 4th celebrated outdoors. some residents say they're taking extra precautions while others say they're not going to let it alter their lives. >> not going out alone or playing outside with the children alone. being more watchful. keeping the lights on at night. >> most of the people i talk to just aren't going to let this dominate their life. >> i have my protection in the house. i'm just not going to change. i'm not going to let something like this change my attitude or what i do. >> the latest victim a 15-year- old girl who had been helping her father in the family's furniture store when she was shot. her father als shwa sootted and killed. authorities

coney island, new york, annual nathan's hotdog-eating contest, two-time champion joey chestnut nicknamed jaws will try to head off legendary kobayashi who has hinted this could be his last year. how about shin-soo choo. having a night for the indians. a 10-3 game, bottom of five, choo gets all of that one. it will just make it out. a three-run variety. choo 4-5, two home runs, seven r.b.i.'s and four runs. >> i don't want to talk about my criminal records. >> and with that, manny ramirez is back from suspension. already good, how much better will the dodgers become? at wimbledon, roger federer is now only one victory away from history -- standing in his way, america's best chance since pete sampras. >> tiger, tiger, tiger. tiger woods is hosting his own tournament in d.c., this week. so far, the world's number one is making it look awfully easy at a difficult track. and it was a busy friday for hedo turkoglu. after passing on portland, how did he end up in toronto? we'll tell you, right now. captioning by captionmax ♪ >> welcome to espnews. keeping you current with the latest breaking ne

well, she's going to coney island and the july 4th hot dog eating contest to take on the world champ.he says she'll be ready. >> of course you heard the announce are say these were the three horsemen of the esophagus. one of the things they said on the web site was eternal glory and now you see why. >> i can't even watch it. the pained look. when morning comes in the middle of the night, [ rooster crow ] it affects your entire day. to get a good night's sleep, try 2-layer ambien cr. the first layer " dissolves quickly... to help you fall asleep. and unlike other sleep aids, a second dissolves slowly r to help you stay asleep. when taking ambien cr, sleepwalking, .and eating or driving... while not fully awake with memory loss for the event... as well r as abnormal behaviors... such as being more outgoing or aggressive than normal, confusion, agitation and hallucinations may occur. don't take it with alcohol... as it may increase these behaviors. allergic reactions such as shortness of breath, swelling of your tongue r throat may occur... side effects may include next-day drowsiness, d

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chestnut scarfed down a record six hotdogs in 10 minutes to win the annual hot dog eating contest at coney island titleholder takeru kobayashi. what an accomplishment. >>> 10 minutes later? >> we do not want to know. >> nice weather for the fireworks, temperatures in the 70's. tomorrow, not as pretty, but we will take it. >> thank you for being with us tonight. we will be back at 11:00. - ♪ no me another meatloaf ♪ - ♪ forget the mac and cheese ♪ - ♪ oh no ♪ i want some fun piled on a bun ♪ ♪ i want a manwich, please... ♪ make tonight a manwich night. - ♪ i want a manwich, please ♪ - ♪ ahh-ahh-ahh. ♪ you don't have to be a witch either, it's true ♪ ♪ you just have to love a fun, tasty dinner ♪ ♪ and wearing some of that dinner on you. ♪

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puppy's owner planned to sell her to a coney island side show until this woman came forward and offered0 for the puppy. once precious is strong enough, her fifth leg will be removed. new owner hopes precious will enjoy life as a normal dog. >> the kennedy space center in florida celebrated the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing with what else. a giant moon pie. a chattanooga bakery donated the pie, 40 inches in diameter and weighed 55 pounds. megan gilliland, fox 45 news "late edition". . >> given the road trip to chicago, new york and boston, you knew the would struggle out at this time. heading into tonight in the bronx looking to avoid losing their fourth of five games thus far. on the road trip. and the top of the first. after brian roberts led off the game with a double. markakis grounds a single up the middle. scores from third. o's take a early lead. and bottom of the first. jeeter, leading off. hits one deep to right field. watch markakis go back, leap, and grab it. jeeter, possible extra bases. rich hill appreciates the effort. bottom of the third. new york down. ransom

4th of july competition, joey chestnut defeated long time rival kobayashi in the '94th annual coney island eating contest today. chestnut cloud down 68 dogs in ten minutes. nasty. farce farce that is a new world's record, congratulations. >> still ahead on tonight's cbs evening news, remembering these door roosevelt, the theodore roosevelt, the man who established our national parks. same cost, but a lot more fun. i felt this deep lingering pain that was a complete mystery to me. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia muscle pain and then he recommended lyrica. fibromyalgia is thought to be the result of over-active nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain. lyrica is fda-approved to help relieve the unique pain of fibromyalgia. and with less pain, i can do more during my day. how sweet is that? lyrica is not for everyone. tell you doctor about any serious allergic reaction that causes swelling or affects breathing or skin, or changes eyesight including blurry vision or muscle pain with fever or tired feeling. lyrica may cause suicidal thoughts or actions in a very small number of people.

>>> i fourth of july tradition in new york today, tens of thousands of people headed to coney islandor food, fun and what else, the nathan's hot dog contest. the champ, joey chestnut is the winner for the third straight year. >> i'm so happy about it, i'll support everybody. >> reporter: joey swallowed 68 hot dogs in ten minutes. that's nine more than he did haft year. don't know how he keeps it all down. >>> in washington d.c., the fourth of july celebration started with a parade along constitution avenue and ended with fireworks over the washington monument as the band played patriotic music. >>> earlier today, president barack obama spoke with the military at the white house and told service members they were the latest, strongest link in the unbroken chain to the continental army. >>> emily, nice to see that honoring those. >> the weather certainly held out for it, too. not tomorrow, though. cooler temperatures and 76 degrees for the afternoon high. we'll clear out once again on monday, though. a slight chance of an afternoon or evening storm on tuesday. getting back to those nor

the puppy's owner planned to sell her to the coney island side show until this woman came forward and to pay $4,000 for the puppy. and once precious is strong enough her fifth leg will be removed, her new owner hopes precious will enjoy life as a normal dog. look at the puppy. >> how cute. >>> in an attempt to set a world record in chicago that required a sense of humor. last night the chicago outdoor film festival tried to break the guinness world record for the largest number of people wearing groucho marx glasses. put down the cigar, jamie. the record was set in 2007 in missouri but an official count from last night has not been released. the crowd wore the glasses for 10 minutes and enjoyed the 1933 marx brothers classic "duck soup." >>> next, we're going to talk about gas guzzling. >> want to learn how to get cold hard cash for your gas-guzzler? the president wants to help you, but will the deal make financial sense in your household? i'm brittney rdon. that story coming up. carol! denise! you've lost weight! it's just all these giant things make me look small. (chuckle) i hate d

a coney island freak show owner wanted to buy lily and put down a $1,000 deposit. the north carolina woman' bid won out and the drama is not over yet. the side show owner says he had dibs and may sue to get lily back. >>> i'm reynolds wolf for hln. a chance of stormy weather in the ohio valley and into the midwest. and here's the culprit. we have a lot of moist air from the gulf of mexico clashing with the frontal boundary and as you make your way further back out to the west and montana, even into idaho, we could see a chance of severe storms late in the day. the biggest threat from this possibly large hail and maybe damaging winds. further to the south across the four corners, we could see scattered showers. mixture of sunshine and clouds and then into texas the big story is heat and plenty of it with high temperatures right back into the triple digits. dallas 101 expected high. 96 in houston. coupled with the high humidity, feels warmer. 92 in memphis and washington, d.c. 86 in new york. 89 in miami. tampa with 91 degrees and back into denver, 78 degrees. 91 in

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the coney island. four more than former champ kobayashi.as we continue to give you glimpses of how independence day was celebrated around the country. >>> a postal worker who defied a bank robber got shot in the face. robert was at indianapolis bank when the gunman walked in, he tried to run, but found himself face to face with the robber. then tried to grab the gun and the robber shot him. >> god protected me. i could have died. all he did was break some bones and my jaw and the bullet has to stay in my neck. they don't want to take the risk of damaging anything. so i've got a souvenir, the doctor said. >> wow, even after being shot norman tried to get the license to the get away car. police tracked the suspect down after he crashed his car, he is now in custody. >>> the coast guard has rescued a kayaker who has been trying to make a trip around the world. a chopper picked the man up from the coast of alaska yesterday. there is the rescue chopper. the french kayaker called for rescue after a few days in the rough seas. he apparently became

farther to the north in new york and boston, high temperatures in the 70s and 80s, that for coney island going there for the hot dog eating contest, temperatures in the upper 078s along the coast. 75 in denver. could see some showers in denver later on in the day. 86 in seattle, portland, though, going up into the 90s. 69 in san francisco and 80 degrees in los angeles. take a look at what else we're going to be seeing, some very comfortable water temperatures along much of the gulf coast and for the eastern seaboard until you get to the outer banks of north carolina then those water temperatures cool down into the 60s and 70s, especially 60s as you get to the jersey shore. that is a look at your forecast. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. >>> the unemployment rate hit 9.5% in june. job cuts are affecting people across the board, but if you look more closely at the numbers, you're going to find that the rate is even higher among african-americans. christine romans breaks it down for our special "black in america" report. >> reporter: a bitter recession has laid bear some ugly sta test igs more u

coney island, if you are going for the hol dog eating contest, temperatures there mainly to the upper 70s along the coast. 86 in d.c., 80 in kansas city. could see showers in denver later in the day. 6 in seattle. portland going up into the 90s. 69 in san francisco and 80 in los angeles. take a look at what else we are going to be seeing. comfortable water temperatures along much of the gulf coast and for the eastern seaboard until you get to the outer banks, north carolina. then those water temperatures cool to the 50s and 70s, especially 60s as you get to the jersey shore. that is a look at your forecast. ima reynolds wolf for hln. >>> we are seeing a sight of new york that has been out of sight nearly a decade, the view from the newly reopened crown on top of the statue of liberty. pñpñpññ >>> it's an idea that went from the streets outside their college book store to the marketplace. these three aren't just using book smarts to make money, they are trying to do good, too. stephanie elam has today's "money and main street." >> we saw all the bookstores that the book store was sayin

that's at the nathan's national eating contest in coney island.ff against the arch rival and the event that's a fourth of july traditi since 1916. in the end, chestnut won by four dogs and in the next hour we are going to talk to joey chestnut live here on "today." stomach ache and all. that's the news. >> grateful sport, contest. >> just sweet and like -- feel good story. >> have a salad, thank you. >> our first check of the morning forecast. >> good morning. maybe the weather was nice in your neighborhood and will continue to be, however, we are going to see strong thunderstorms today over parts of the south. from raleigh to atlanta, down thugh mississippi and just north of jacksonville, there's an area of severe weather expected to break out. see damaging winds and very large hail, lightning and rain. see the storms along the frontal boundaries from the carolinas to alabama, clear across the central plains. expect anywhere from half inch of rain to as much as two inches of rain and some pockets around atlanta, memphis and down >>> well, good mo

actually, in talking with michael, we found sort of evidence and a description of a day in coney island, the fingerprints of cheever and how his perspective kind of goes from morning to dusk and gets this whole sort oflyrical view of the board walk. >> i just won erred because so many of the writers at the time went on to write fiction, like jim thompson or this person in idaho that was a one-man editorial force. there is any question about the editorial accuracy of the guides? >> that's an interesting question. a number of the guide did set up -- the states had copy editing, fact checking. for example, where the editor in nebraska who had torn -- had been a hobo but had been an english major before he had to leave college. he wound up back in lincoln, and his former professor said, go over here and get a job at the artist project and don't catch another freight out off town. so the last place the expected to be. he had had enough newspaper training to set set up -- a copy edit desk and fact-checking desk, and the talked in a memoir about how they did fact-checking and found a lot of la

it's the coney island of the west. clint eastwood's "sudden impact" was filmed here.ractions is the giant dipper. one of the ten oldest roller coasters in the world. who says history can't be a thrill ride. the only thing with more twists and turns is california's asphalt yellow brick road with jaw dropping vistas that all gracefully lead tourists to the city by the bay. >> it's the best way to see the city. >> reporter: san francisco's famous fog, the best light. couldn't get any better than this. out here you're nothing but the wind and the waves. sail under the golden gate. >> reporter: captain kirk's sailing adventures. yes, captain kirk quietly goes where few land lubbers have gone before. offering a chance to hear your echo from under an engineering wonder. california. mother nature's play ground. with the sand, and surf, and wind. lee cowan, nbc news, somewhere in the san francisco bay. >> having a great time. hang ten. up next, one more song from the kings of leon. but first, this is "today" on nbc. and this is your movies on demand screen. oh cool. (cable guy

. >> "what 2 watch 4" saturday afternoon at the july 4th tradition, coney island, new york, the annual's hotdog-eating contest. joey chestnut -- they call him jaws will try to head off kobayashi who has hinted this could be his last year. what a night for shin-soo choo of the indians. how about having a night. bottom five. already up 10-3. make it 13-3. 4-5. two home runs. seven r.b.i.'s. he scored four runs. indians win 15-3. so on friday, shin-soo choo of the indians became the third player since world war ii for the feat in a single game.

this is on coney island. that's his main competition.y chestnut dethroned him. >> i like his her cut. >> like navies gnawing on his hair. >> these guys are not huge guys. i'm sure their moms are very proud. >> there's a woman in there, called the black widow. a tiny little lady. they eat all kinds of stuff. >> just watching it, though, you think the apocalypse is close at hand. >> rainfall in the southeast. we have a chance of severe storms. we're going talk about this rain chance coming up plus cooler temperatures across most of the nation. you're watching cnn sunday morning. oh, yeah. your diarrhea symptoms, so you can get back out there. imodium. get back out there. ( thump ) yes. ( thump ) yes. ( thumps ) yes, yes... and yes. so you really do have america's largest push to talk coverage area. yes. ok, we're going to need a lot more darts... ...and a new map. switch to verizon wireless owner of the nation's largest push to talk network coverage area and the most reliable voice network in america. activate push to talk and get this gre

. >> clayton: coney island has nothing on us...ogs as joey chestnut did to win the crown, the mustard crown, it is "fox & friends" hot dog eating contest. >> alisyn: do i have to watch it. >> clayton: you wont want to miss it, alisyn, "fox & friends" the gast nomcally challenged morning show! into good morning, "fox & friends." >> good morning, "fox & friends." >> "fox & friends"... >> alisyn: hold all my calls, please. good morning, everybody. thanks for joining you, i can't wait to see which one of you can power down more hot dogs, i don't know who i will root for now! i can't tell which is this bigger pig. >> clayton: you have to be unbiassed. dave is delicate and lights to eat mints and light things in the morning, i can power down a steak. >> dave: tender tum miss! >> clayton: haves your name in -- >> dave: my name. >> clayton: tender tummy! >> dave: coming up, so much coming out of sarah palin and things she said on her fies book account and she said she might be headed for a higher calling and what is this higher calling, we

it's the coney island of the west. clint eastwood's "sudden impact" was filmed here. gracefully lead tourists to the city by the bay. >> it's the best way to see the city. >> reporter: san francisco's famous fog, the best light. couldn't get any better than this. out here you're nothing but the wind and the waves. sail under the golden gate. >> reporter: captain kirk's sailing adventures. yes, captain kirk quietly goes where few land lubbers have gone before. offering a cnce to hear your echo from under an engineering wonder. california. mother nature's play ground. with the sand, and surf, and wind. lee cowan, nbc news, somewhere in the san francisco bay. >> having a great time. hang ten. up next, one more song from the kings of leon. but first, this is "today" on nbc. x (employee 1) subject: urgent!! bob!! i need the baker file stat!! reply!! still making changes. circle back later!! what's with the yelling? oh, our internet slows down during peak hours so sending-mails and large files just takes forever. so, we just yell. ben!!! thanks for the flowers!!! i thought