you know, in my hometown in east st. louisa checkpoint in fallujah than you are at a stoplight in east st. louis. that's because cheap illegal handguns are so available, so ubiquito ubiquitous. you can get one anywhere. inner city children report a higher incidence of ptsd than war veterans. if you take that kind of pathology and layer it over with the availability of handguns, then certainly you're going to have an increased number of murders on the streets of this country. you had 50 shootings in chicago over the course of just two weekends. that has to end. >> yeah. dana, things feel hopeless right now in the fight for the -- for gun control. but i would remind you that the brady bill was first introduced to congress in 1987. it faced enormous opposition from the nra, failed for a long time to get support in congress. and was ultimately signed into law in 1993. so dana, is it fair to say that while things may look bleak now, there are reasons to be relatively optimistic? >> well, i think there's a sense of despair now, and,

he was involved in gang related activity on both sides of the wall since he was a teenager in east st. louise serving time at another prison. >> because the incident happened at ft. madison in the '70s, it was hard to get a knife. so i made a knife out of bone, out of a t-bone steak. we used to get steak back in the day. i sharpened it down and i was going to stab the guy with it. before i could stab the guy with it, they had busted me with it. they saw it in my hand. they took it. the name stuck. the guys in the penitentiary called me t-bone. >> but it was taylor's desire to rise to the top of the gang hierarchy on the outside what led him to conduct the cold-blooded murders. for which he will spend the rest of his life behind bars. it happened at a ruckus party in waterloo, iowa. when police arrived to shut it down, taylor grabbed one of the officer's pistols. >> i just shot the man three times, right? everybody broke and run. and the other police, he was still down, right? so i ran over there and i shot him three times. it wasn't because i was on no drugs or alcohol. i wasn't impaired, yo

. >> our state police do work with communities in the east st. louisrcement authorities. you've got to have teamwork. so i'm always open for mayor or anyone to talk to us about working in that area. but it has to be done in a coordinated fashion with the local law enforcement with their full cooperation. >> the governor was referring to state police. even though the governor did not dismiss deploying the national guard. >>> six years after it debuted, people cannot get enough of the iphone. apple sold a record nine million new iphones and that's just for the first three days of the new iphone 5s and 5c. shares are getting a big boost on the news. >>> still to come in the "newsroom," emmy snub? jack legend left out of the annual memorial. a move his son calls criminal. [ female announcer ] when it comes to your smile, the coffee you drink adds up over the years... causing deep, set-in stains. crest 3d white whitestrips go beyond where most toothpastes can reach, safely removing stains below the enamel surface to whiten as well as a $500 treatment. crest

east. from detroit down into portions of the midwest including places like chicago all the way down into st. louisad severe thunderstorm watches in effect yesterday. those have since expired, but as this front pushes towards the east it will cool down areas behind it. but the severe thunderstorms are going to be a problem. meanwhile across mexico, moisture continues to push into texas, and heavy rain a expected to cross the state today. >>> 13 people were injured when someone opened fire in a park in chicago. the most seriously injured a 3-year-old boy. the boy is in critical condition. he was shot in the cheek and was at the park with his mother. it took place at cornell square park. at least ten ambulances responded to the scene. investigators say this may have been gang related. >> there were a lot of shots, it was like boom boom boom boom boom. >> it happened so fast. i heard shots and came over and there were a lot of people down. >> this comes nearly three weeks after chicago saw an outburst of violence over labor day weekend. >>> a car bombed exploded at a camp in yemen. killing 20 soldiers

st. louis today as that front continues to make its way further into the east.st storm we have in the world right now is make its way towards hong kong and expected to make landfall on sunday. this is a supertie phone in the united states this would be considered a category 5 hurricane. as it makes its way towards hong kong by sunday, and we are talking about flooding, blinding downpours, this is a very dangerous storm. we're going to monitor it today tomorrow and into sunday as we continue to really sen our thoughts and prayers out to the folks there. richelle back to you. >>> thank you. steven hawking a brilliant profess professor scientist and author. he is the subject of a documentary. >> reporter: think of cambridge, think art, think science, think history, but movie premiers? think again. yet this is no ordinary film. this is no ordinary man. >> there's nothing like the movement of discovering something that no one knew before. >> reporter: the subject is professor stephen hawking, one of if not the most famous scientist of his again ration. and this is hi

st. louis to kansas city, mid-90s today. humidity levels will be high and everyone on the east coast all this hot air is slowing heading our wayc. in areas from boston to new york, one more summer day wednesday it looks like low to mid-90s. >> where were you in 1992? >> '92 i was graduating high school? >> you were. >> i'm a couple years older than you. it was my sophomore year in college. >> it's that obvious. >> that's the last year the pirates had a winning record. one more sports note. they have a winning record. >> bonds and bonilla. >> and yep and now gm, i went to college with. congratulations. >>> coming up on "morning joe" the presidential push and the white house puts the president front and center tonight but can he vicinity a war wary public to support syrian air strikes and when we come back "around the cooler" a follow up to this incredible twerk video. the information you need to know when we come back. i guess you do need to know bit. is really made of cheese? [ crisp crunches ] whoo-hoo-hoo! guess it was. [ male announcer ] pringles, bursting with more flavor. [ female announcer ] at 100 calories, not all food

east bay hills and mt. diablo range. if you headed to the game, sunshine and temperatures in the low-to-mid 80's in st. louishich is well above average. here is our seven-day forecast, temperatures are below average tomorrow, and we will warm up friday and saturdays sundays monday, and tuesday, calm and very mild for this time of the year. wins are not a big issue but they will be at the manage's cup and they will get faster but they will get that all deciding the last race in. >> thank you. are you ready? 49ers day on abc7 news is almost here. well carry the nfl broadcast of the 49ers and the rams game tomorrow with the coverage beginning at 4:00 with special context at abc7news.com, facebook and on twitter. 49ers great jerry rice take over at 4:30 with a pre-game slow and after the game, as well, when it ends in stimulus. >> coming up, a real nailbiter: who wants to be a millionaire contestants can get into the history books. >> at 3:00 on katie, fantasy versus reality, with >> check out this ferris wheel, it is on treasure island right now because there will be one huge party in the middle of the bay toni

st. louis there, 98 degrees. all the hot air in the middle of country heading east for one more day of summer on the east coast andfeel like 100 to 105 today. stay by the pool, the lake if you can. you're watching "morning joe." i turn ed 65 last week. i turn the math of retirement is different today. money has to last longer. i don't want to pour over pie charts all day. i want to travel, and i want the income to do it. ishares incomes etfs. low cost and diversified. find out why nine out of ten large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus, which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before investing. risk includes possible loss of principal. lecoca-cola is partneringg. with nashville parent and charlotte parent magazines, along with the mayors of those cities, in the fit family challenge. a community wide program that offers free classes that inspire families to get out, enjoy moving together, and even track their activity online. it's part of our goal to inspire more than three million

east a week of, we are talking 92 degrees with 89 over and danville. richmond quickly captured national forecast. we're talking thunderstorms for st. louis today. but like pretty active weather in miami but if you're getting on a plane headed to the east coast nothing but some time at low 70's for both new york city and washington d.c. print your extended forecast here and the bay area shows temperatures can be even warmer as we head into tomorrow with '90s expected for at least a few east bay and 1 spots. by friday so we will cool things down and introduce the possibility of rain. those are evening chances which will continue on saturday and expect quite weather as lief. traffic on the bay area moving smoothly. now looking at any accidents. i do want to show you your approach to the bay bridge. don't see any way here at the pay gates. quick check from your traffic maps. drive time 12 minutes for hercules to berkeley coming down the east for freeway. westbound 24 is a clear shot through the caldecott, tunnel. no accidents to report for those of you driving through the san ramon valley. parts of mexico are devastated after two storms that touched

at that threat again today as the storms push towards the east from detroit down into indianapolis and maybe as far back as portions of st. louisi want folks on the roadways, i-70, i-80 to use precaution again, looking for damaging winds, hail and isolated tornadoes. actually, yesterday in texas in a city called moore, we did have a report of a tornado touching down, because these storms are so volatile. >> that's all of the moisture from manuel, continuing to push and really fuel these storms as they continue to drag towards the east. i-70, i-80, i-35 from dallas into houston, and as far south at corpus christie looking at heavy rainfall. behind the front, it's cooling down tremendously. 36 degrees right now in rapid city as we track further on into the east across omaha, 53. in chick, it's 68. that's ahead of the front. that is going to fuel the volatile storms this afternoon, and really on into tonight. damaging winds, hail and a chance for isolated tornadoes from detroit into indianapolis, back into portions of st. louis. i really want folks in that area to use precaution. a shower or thunderstorm friday, sunday into monday

st. louis but he came as far east as maryland where he allegedly robbed four banks including this one ina disguise that was often a pair of sunglasses which resembles the pair he wears on his facebook page it was only matter of time before people would recognize 19-year-old andrew may burr as the i-55 bandit. he turns himself in in 24 hours. >> have you seen this man? he may have robbed ten banks. >> they say someone is bound to recognize him. >> it's an electronic billboard and top ten list and there's nothing better. >> reporter: the crimes began back in may when he became known as the i-55 ban did hitting a trio of banks near the proximity and near his home in illinois. >> he's happy almost 90% of the time. >> kenny and ashley were high school classmates of mayberry. >> yeah. he was never violent. never got in trouble or anything like that. >> he was really the nicest guy ever. he made everyone laugh. >> reporter: by june mayberry was in maryland hitting four banks in the statehi alleged allegedly visiting his mother. he carried out each robbery the same way by handing a note to the t

st. louis and chicago. 86 degrees today in st. louis. 83 degrees in chicago. that is well above average. but well to the eastels like fall. temperatures konts be more perfect. low humidity and temperatures in the 70s. but back behind it, we are also in the 60s and 70s. once the cold front moves through not like we will see a huge surge. cold air into the plain stapts behind cloudyd morning, partly skies and temperatures between 70-76 degrees and 73 downtown and 74 in southern maryland. >>> that is your latest forecast. lester? >> thanks very much, dylan. >>> still to come, turning tradition on its head. should couples split the cost of the engagement ring? would that be really so bad? we will fened out what some people think. what you think after these messages. fened out what some if you have the audacity to believe in straight talk, not double-talk. if you have the nerve to believe that in a puzzling financial world, clarity is king. [ man ] if you believe nothing beats a sit-down for knowing where you stand. [ male announcer ] join the nearly 7 million investors who think like you do: face time and think

east bay. the earlier slow down, what's up as you come out of the altamont pass. >>> 49ers getting an early start on week four of the season. they are in st. louisonight to take on the rams, it will be a tough one for the niners, they are without all pro defenseman aldon smith who reportedly entered rehab earlier in the week. patrick willis questionable. the game starts at 5:25. if you haven't heard apple's tim cook joined twitter. >> jimmy fallon took a look at some of the quotes on twitter k. >> thanks to the customers for the weekend. and later he tweeted just sold 9 million new iphones. do the math, suckaz. then i got 99 problems but a glitch ain't one. here's the last one here. congrats to blackberry for being acquired for 4.7 billion. i found 4.7 billion in an old pair of khakis. >> cook, by the way, has more than 246,000 followers this morning. if you haven't seen it yet have you seen the justin timberlake with the hash tag thing. it's going viral. >> i have something to do. >> maybe a commercial break. i'll take a look. >> hash tag and we'll look over here. that's a look at fremont. the headlights a smooth easy drive. we'll get you orien

st. louis and chicago. 86 degrees today in st. louis. 83 degrees in chicago. that is well above average. but well to the east like fall. temperatures konts be more perfect. low humidity and temperatures in the 70s. but back behind it, we are also in the 60s and 70s. once the cold front moves through not like we will see a huge surge. cold air into the plain stapts >>> good morning. anthony slaughter, not a cloud in the sky. temperatures will be very comfortable later this afternoon. 74 in san francisco. san jose will be at 82 degrees. we do have sure in the forecast. some of those will arrive as early as tomorrow morning in the north bay and eventually spread to the golden gate. tomorrow afternoon the showers move in and will stick around through monday. >>> that is your latest forecast. lester? >> thanks very much, dylan. >>> still to come, turning tradition on its head. should couples split the cost of the engagement ring? would that be really so bad? we will fened out what some people think. what you think after these messages. fened out what some if you have the audacity to believe in straight talk, not

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east over in napa county. apart from that, we're sunny mild to breezy aconsiders the bay area now. 49ers playing the rams tomorrow evening. high temperatures about 84 degrees in st. louis coast. cool up in the pacific northwest tomorrow. and state wide across california tomorrow we can expect generally mild conditions, highs into mid-70s throughout central valley. 76 down south in fla -- los angeles here in the bay area, high temperatures reaching into mid owe to upper 60s in coastal locations. mid-70s around the bay. remaining breezy tomorrow because of the strong breezes and occasional gusts we have a red flag warning for the bay area hills for high fire danger until friday afternoon. by friday should see winds tapering off a bit and it will be warming up. >> still ahead mike shumann joining us live from st. louis. 49ers getting set for rams we'll have a preview coming up here on abc 7. >> could the dmv garnish your wages? what dmv can do to pay fees. nice car. sure is. make a deal with me, kid, and you can have the car and everything that goes along with it. [ thunder crashes, tires squeal ] ♪ ♪ so, what do you say? thanks... but i think i got this. ♪ [ male announc

president obama's position on the middle east is contested in the capsule, and i think it is largely unassailable in the country. if president obama goes to st. louis, chicago, san francisco, los angeles, and seattle, he will get criticism for his reticence. and the president has actually invited that popular reticence by suggesting that east asia is where the future lies and the middle east is where old conflicts simmer. all these things have to be taken into consideration as one thinks about iran policy. i will say one last thing. we really need an iran policy, not just a proliferation policy. we need to figure out how to negate iran's influence in the region, how to weaken the iranian regime at home. if you have a broad-based policy, it will fit in there. you kind of negotiated arms control agreement with a country that you are accusing of sponsoring terrorism and your capital at the same time. i mean, you're negotiating measures on the nuclear issue with a country that you are turning -- [indiscernible] we need an iran policy. all these pieces kind of fit together. >> let's spend a couple minutes before opening the panel to questions to the aud

president obama's position on the middle east is contested in the capsule, and i think it is largely unassailable in the country. if president obama goes to st. louis, chicago, san francisco, los angeles, and seattle, he will get criticism for his reticence. and the president has actually invited that popular reticence by suggesting that east asia is where the future lies and the middle east is where old conflicts simmer. all these things have to be taken into consideration as one thinks about iran policy. i will say one last thing. we really need an iran policy, not just a proliferation policy. we need to figure out how to negate iran's influence in the region, how to weaken the iranian regime at home. if you have a broad-based policy, it will fit in there. you kind of negotiated arms control agreement with a country that you are accusing of sponsoring terrorism and your capital at the same time. i mean, you're negotiating measures on the nuclear issue with a country that you are turning -- [indiscernible] we need an iran policy. all these pieces kind of fit together. >> let's spend a couple minutes before opening the panel to questions to the aud

st. louis, chicago. you get a chance to get a bit warmer. fall-like, you would say. you would be right. as you work on the eastthe only thing that could come between you and me is kevin spacey. where are we going? >> inside to lara. >> sam with all the star this is morning. here's a look at what else we have coming up on our "gma morning menu." it's our exclusive backstage access. we'll talk about who niailed th fashion and maybe who didn't. >>> and suzanne somers is talking about the age-defying secrets in her new book. coming up live on "good morning america." wisest kid in the whole world? the girls and i need... a new activity. [ giggles ] ahh. so i see. that's a pretty color. do you have campbell's tomato soup? do i? [ snaps finger ] [ wisest kid ] campbell's tomato soup with grilled cheese. perfect together for fun times together. so what should we do next? i'm liking braids. yay! yay! [ gong ] [ wisest kid ] m'm! m'm! good! yay! yay! (pop) (balloons popping) i can see the edge of my couch! (balloons popping) milk vs. breakfast burrito (ding!) ooh, my scallions! winner: milk! always protein! never greasy

st. louis, chicago. you get a chance to get a bit warmer. fall-like, you would say. you would be right. as you work on the east coast of the u.s.g to be a chilly start to this first full day of fall. through rest of today, the clouds Ñiwill decrease, more sunshine in the forecast. and temperatures stay below average. 69 degrees will be the high temperature for today. and into tuesday, a lot of sunshine in the forecast and we will start to warm things up towards wednesday. more seasonable and then even ut one thing everything has in common, sunshine across the board. >> there's claire danes. smile. the only thing that could come between you and me is kevin spacey. where are we going? >> inside to lara. >> sam with all the star this is morning. here's a look at what else we have coming up on our "gma morning menu." it's our exclusive backstage access. we'll talk about who niailed th fashion and maybe who didn't. >>> and suzanne somers is talking about the age-defying secrets in her new book. coming up live on "good morning america." wisest kid in the whole world? the girls and i need... a new activity. [ giggles ] ahh. so i see.

president obama's position on the middle east is contested in the capsule, and i think it is largely unassailable in the country. if president obama goes to st. louis chicago, san francisco, los angeles, and seattle, he will get criticism for his reticence. and the president has actually invited that popular reticence by suggesting that east asia is where the future lies and the middle east is where old conflicts simmer. all these things have to be taken into consideration as one thinks about iran policy. i will say one last thing. we really need an iran policy, not just a proliferation policy. we need to figure out how to negate iran's influence in the region, how to weaken the iranian regime at home. if you have a broad-based policy, it will fit in there. you kind of negotiated arms control agreement with a country that you are accusing of sponsoring terrorism and your capital at the same time. i mean, you're negotiating measures on the nuclear issue with a country that you are your attorney general insights in your capital. we need an iran policy. all these pieces kind of fit together. >> let's spend a couple minutes before opening the panel to

east, that heat continues. it is going to be toasty in little rock, jackson, all the way to st. louis. high of 90. some of these temperatures. saranac lake, 28. scranton, 40. hartford, 48. buffalo, 44. caribou, maine, 35. a chill in the air for september. and then during the day, temperatures only get up into the mid 60s to the low 70s. that's what' >>> good morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren. it looks like we're actually going to hit average highs for the first week of september. taking a live look, beautiful start to the day over the bay bridge. temperatures in san francisco do downright comfortable. 86 in livermore, around 79 in san jose and 86 in gilroy. the heat cranks, about a ten-degree jump by tomorrow. talking triple digits saturday into sunday. hope you have a fantastic thursday. >>> i mean, everybody is going to great lengths, very excited about this. in fact, look, our camera guy, scott, he actually got up on a ladder so he could get shots of our crowd. that's the height -- no, look at that. and jimmy fallon! jimmy fallon revised the puppy bowl last night on "late night"

president obama's position on the middle east is contested in the capsule, and i think it is largely unassailable in the country. if president obama goes to st. louishicago, san francisco, los angeles, and seattle, he will get criticism for his reticence. and the president has actually popular reticence by suggesting that east asia is where the future lies and the middle east is where old conflicts simmer. all these things have to be taken into consideration as one thinks about you ron policy. i will say one last thing. policy,y need an iran not just a proliferation policy. we need to figure out how to negate iran's influence in the region, how to weaken the iranian regime at home. -- if have a broad paste you have a broad-based policy, it will fit in there. you kind of negotiated arms control agreement with a country that you are accusing of sponsoring terrorism and your capital at the same time. i mean, you're negotiating measures on the nuclear issue with a country that you are turning -- [indiscernible] iran policy. all these pieces kind of fit together. couple minutesa before opening the panel to questions to the audience on two things that mi

east is contested in the capsule among people who do. i think it's largely unassailable in the country. i mean, if president obama goes to st. louiso and san francisco and los angeles and seattle, there's not much of a criticism for his past reticence. so, and the president has actually invited that popular reticence by suggesting that east asia a is where future lies and middle east is where old conflicts simmer. so that has to be, all these things have to be taken into consideration as one thinks about iran policy. i also would think one last -- say one last thing, we really need an iran policy, not just a proliferation policy. we need to figure out how to negate iran's influence in the region, how to weaken the iranian regime at home. and if you have kind of a broad-based policy, the proliferation piece will fit in there. otherwise it's kind of, you know, you kind of are negotiating an arms control agreement with a country that at the same time you're accusing of sponsoring terrorism in your capital. i mean, you're negotiating confidence-building measures on the nuclear issue with a country that your attorney general indicts fo