how on earth did duluth become the number one city?ow, it is cold and we acknowledge that. but it is just really a great place to live. duluth, minnesota, has unbelievable access to the outdoors. in the city limits alone, i believe there's something like 16 trout streams, 175 miles of trails and then, you know, that's just in the city. it's situated along a north shore of lake superior, which is just beautiful. you know, skiing, sailing, kayaking, white water kayaking, everything right along the north shore. of course you have to endure the winters, though. >> speaking of beauty and nature, i've got to give a shoutout to provo, utah, a place that i have spent a lot of time. >> sure you have. >> described as number two on this list, described as happy valley with more candy stores and ice cream shops than bars. rock climbing, road biking and of course, of course beautiful skiing. but i have to say, sam, what makes provo so great is the people are so kind. >> yeah, exactly. i mean provo was the center of another story in this year's brac

duluth has buck naked underwear described as no sweat, no stink and no pinch. >> for the antisweat underwearhelps the sweat evaporate more quickly. you get sweaty and smelly, but the clothes don't hang on to the smell. >> reporter: reebok has a new material that is used in cars. >> i'm not just selling you running shorts, i'm selling you running shorts that will make you cooler and you'll never smell. >> when it comes to the technology it makes working out more enjoyable. if it is more enjoyable we're more than likely to do it. >> reporter: i'm outfitted in the latest technology. this head band is antisweat, and the shirt is antistink. i'm about to go on a run and i will let you know how it works. i'm back from my run, these clothes totally dry, as for this shirt, whether or not it stinks, i don't know whether or not i want to >> walmart want to make website shopping more personal. the retailer is rolling out a feature that will enable the website to see previous purchases. the new personalized website is part of a relaunch of walmart's website planned for early next year. >>> back to school

from wichita to duluth, an early warning going into this holiday weekend. >> and what a wild weatherhad on both coasts. >> especially the waves. we have to show these pictures again. this was from the wedge, there the waves come. that was frommarie, but heavy rains are a threat. the great lakes, two to three inch inches. gal vest on the, texas, three inches. and labor day, the run moving across the east coast, too. >> thank you so much. >>> and we're learning much more tonight about the condition of joan rivers. hospitalized yesterday when she stopped breathing during a medical procedure. the latest from linzie davis. >> reporter: an update on the condition of joan rivers. abc news has learned the comedienne is unconscious and has been ever since she was rushed to the hospital yesterday after suffering cardiac arrest during a procedure at an endoscopy clinic. doctors are intentionally keeping the 81-year-old sedated and under close supervision until they're more comfortable with her condition. her daughter melissa, by her side tonight saying her mother's "condition remains serious bu

from wichita to duluth, an early warning going into this holiday weekend. >> and what a wild weatherhad on both coasts. >> especially the waves. you remember the pictures we have to show them again. this is at the wedge, the famous area. the people watching the waves, here they come. that was from the storm marie, so far from land now, the high surf advisories do run out. but heavy rains are a threat. some severe storms. the great lakes, two to three inches. galveston, texas, three inches. already today. and the tropical low in the gulf, it's going to be around for most of the weekend. and labor day, the rain moving across the east coast, too. >> some indoor cooking then, this weekend. ginger thank you so much. >>> and we're learning much more tonight about the condition of joan rivers. hospitalized yesterday when she stopped breathing during a medical procedure. many questions tonight. the latest from abc's linzie davis. >> reporter: an update on the condition of joan rivers. abc news has learned the comedienne is unconscious and has been ever since she was rushed to the hospital ye

as nick minock of our duluth station kbla tells us, the extreme sport is what brought the newlyweds together that awesome? >> reporter: amy abilene can't keep her hands off her husband chad. >> he's just a big flirt. >> reporter: the newlyweds met when he moved to town. >> he moved to florida and i was his welcoming committee. >> reporter: the skydiving enthusiasts quickly hit t off. >> i was checking out what she does and everything and we started talking more and more and it went downhill from there. >> reporter: they were smitten ever since. >> shortly after their engagement on what would be amy's 500th jump a fiery crash threatened the couple's lives when amy's and chad's skydiving plane and another collided in midair. the 11 passengers onboard knew their lives were in jeopardy. shockingly they and all nine of their friends survived. >> unbelievable. unbelievable. it seemed impossible and it was so cool. >> reporter: while the sky scare would stop many from jumping again, chad and amy have made 50 jumps together since the accident. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: this time they're exchangin

duluth even has buck naked underwear described as no sweat, no stink and no pinch. >> for the anti-sweats in the thread so it doesn't hang on to odor. >> working out has more to do with your own personal intensity. when it comes to technology, it makes working out more enjoyable. >> i am outfitted in the latest technology. this headband is anti-sweat. the shirt they tell me is anti-stink. these are sweat absorbing. i'm about to go on a run and put all this stuff on a test. i'll let you know how it does. i'm back from my run. i am significantly sweaty out of breath too as you can see. these clothes i have to say totally dry. as for the shirt whether or not it stinks i don't know that i want to submit anyone to try. i am wearing the clothes. this is an eye tie stink shirt and anti-sweatpants, the catch is you'll pay 10 to 90 bucks just for the pant as lone. >> thanks for putting them to the test. >> they smell beautiful right now. >> i'm going to go work out. >> live from the abc 7 broadcast center, this is an abc 7 news update. >> good morning, i'm brad bell. it is 8:27. we want to get to

cud, duluth. the potential here, the tornado threat a le bit less. we're talking damaging winds and potential for large hail. flding also a big problem. some areas of northern montana, more than six ines of rain ll yesterday. only expecanother inch or two today. >> reporter: good mornin eryone, i'm meteorologist chris sowers with this accuweather update. storm tracke6 ve double scan looking a whole lot better than yesterday, right? there's the view from the platt bridge. we have sunine, very comfortable temperatures and low humity levels. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, we have five consecutive days of full sunshine. a nice stretch of weather. 80 degrees, 84 tomorrow. 85 tuesday, hte for wednesday, 89. eagles takingn the jets thursday, maybe >> another c oheckf your country's weather comi up next half hour. dan? paula? >> looking forward to , jason. >>> coming up on "gma," much moren the major st acking this the earthquake in northern california. we have reports of damage and injuries. we're going to talk to a reporter on the scene. but

cloud, duluth. the potential here, the tornado threat a little bit less.e're talking damaging winds and potential for large hail. flooding also a big problem. some areas of northern montana, more than six inches of rain fell yesterday. only expect another inch or two today. >> another check of your country's weather coming up next half hour. dan? paula? >> looking forward to it, jason. >>> coming up on "gma," much more on the major story we're tracking this morning. the earthquake in northern california. we have reports of damage and injuries. we're going to talk to a reporter on the scene. but again, that 6.0 magnitude earthquake striking outside of san francisco. >> this video just coming in. you can really see that there was violent shaking and damage in homes. we're hearing about flooding as well. we'll get people in the area in on the phone. >>> another breaking story off the west coast coming in this morning. chaos at an l.a. nightclub at a pre-vma party. shots fired. was one of them intended for the hip hop artist chris brown? he's been seen on vide

we will go to raymond, duluth, georgia.the war in iraq, when we talk of the bush family, to not get in there. bush and reagan told them not to go in there. now we are debating this problem, we bring it back. they destroyed this country. 99% of all of the time, the bush to war inwhy we went iraq. the second question is, we blame obama for everything that has happened, but we have the most -- in the entire world. the resident do his job. they are greedy about money. they only care about money. host: eugene robinson has in his column -- we are still paying for bush's mistake. guest: george w. bush made the call to go to war with iraq and a lot of democrats voted for it. its voted no, but 40% voted yes. democrats in the senate or more in favor of it. said my legacy cannot be defined now. it can be defined decades down the road. the legacy of iraq is not looking good now. we sit back and we listen to how the clintons, we blame everything on bush, but we blame nothing on clinton. the war in iraq is bush's fall. we do not blame th

duluth, minneapolis, down to omaha and hutchinson, kansas, looking at the severe thunderstorms along a cold front which could bring some damaging winds, large hail, heavy rain and we could also see isolated tornadoes. chicago could see severe weather. >>> northern california's in clean-up mode after last week's 6.1 quake. how to predict where the next one will hit. new technology that could offer a better warning when it does. coming up later in office politics, my conversation with reverend al sharpton. was he responding to a request when he decided to visit missouri? (knochello? hey, i notice your car is not in the driveway. yeah. it's in the shop. it's going to cost me an arm and a leg. that's hilarious. sorry. you shoulda taken it to midas. get some of that midas touch. they tell you what stuff needs fixing, and what stuff can wait. next time i'm going to midas. high-five! arg! i did not see that coming. trust the midas touch. for brakes, tires, oil, everything. (whistling) thank ythank you for defendiyour sacrifice. and thank you for your bravery. thank you colonel. thank you da

we will go to raymond, duluth, georgia. war in iraq, when we talk of the bush family, to not get in there. bush and reagan told them not to go in there. now we are debating this problem, we bring it back. they destroyed this country. 99% of all of the time, the bush to war inwhy we went iraq. the second question is, we blame obama for everything that has happened, but we have the most -- in the entire world. the resident do his job. they are greedy about money. they only care about money. host: eugene robinson has in his column -- we are still paying for bush's mistake. guest: george w. bush made the call to go to war with iraq and a lot of democrats voted for it. its voted no, but 40% voted yes. democrats in the senate or more in favor of it. said my legacy cannot be defined now. it can be defined decades down the road. the legacy of iraq is not looking good now. we sit back and we listen to how the clintons, we blame everything on bush, but we blame nothing on clinton. the war in iraq is bush's fall. we do not blame the h

the threat for severe thunderstorms capable of producing damaging winds, large hail, anywhere from duluthto kansas city. labor day monday in the northeast, scattered thunderstorms for the northeast late sunday into early monday. could see some heavy rainfall in parts of the northeast by sunday night, but it looks like many areas in the northeast, t.j., can pull out the grills and have a nice barbecue later monday. but hold off on monday morning. >> a little rain never stopped anybody. it's really about getting that barbecue going. jeanette calle, thank you. always good to have you here. >>> up next, could there be a new problem at the border? texas national guardsmen who are helping the border reportedly say they need some help of their own. breaking this down. we've got a great brain trust for you today. skin cells loose energy. making skin look tired. wake it up! with olay regenerist. formulated with a skin energizing complex, it penetrates 10 layers of the skins surface. revving up surface cell regeneration and bringing out younger looking skin. because energized skin is younger lookin

. >> bob is with us from duluth, minnesota. good morning to you? >> thank you for taking my call.hink the president is right to be slow and carefully about this. and i think the criticism that he has gotten kind of proves that the republicans are willing to compromise national security for political reasons. they did the same thing when they -- when karl rove outed valerie mraim and the congress did the same thing when they were willing to hold the economy hostage. they are willing to compromise the homeland security of the country for political reasons and i think they need to let obama just do what he is going to do and not to throw a bunch of hurry-up-and get this done into the next and going with guns blazing. thank you. >> sure. i would just say, you know, again there is kind of a balance here i think there are interventions to those who feel obama has waited three years in syria to do anything in any substantive way and that this has given the -- mrart the military talt group the opportunity to spread and have an impact even in iraq which, you know, american forces left in 2