for the eastern seaboard, we're going to have to wait until sunday.t's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. >> hey, bill, i'll take it. thank you so much. >>> coming up, wall street roars, data shows job numbers improving, and why ben & jerry's is suing a porn filmmaker. that will keep you sticking around! your first look at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >>> coming up, a benches-clearing brawl, a costly error and now you see him, now you don't. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. i'm so g lad you called. thank you. we're not in london, are we? no. why? apparently my debit card is. what? i know. don't worry, we have cancelled your old card. great. thank you. in addition to us monitoring your accounts for unusual activity, you could also set up free account alerts. okay. [ female announcer ] at wells fargo we're working around the clock to help protect your money and financial information. here's your temporary card. welcome back. how was london? [ female announcer ] wells farg

the storm is going to sit and linger off the eastern seaboard the next week. near bermuda next weekend. it will send large waves and rip currents, probably dangerous beach weather today through the next couple of days on the eastern sea board. be careful, swim near lifeguards, dodge those afternoon storms because of that humidity that will pop up this afternoon. that's a look at your national forecast. now the weather outside your window. we'll continue to watch a chance of showers and storms many areas of east coast including miami, d.c., baltimore, philadelphia. pretty much all the way up the coastline. we are dry in the middle of the country. hot, austin 99. >>> looks leek what's left of isaac, that moisture, going to bring rain to the east for the next couple of days. >> it's going to be a wet labor day, we didn't want that. >> not all day. >>> ben hinsy's ready putting bain under the microphone. and the breakfast worth so much they're stealing it from warehouses. >>> this weekend, this movie set a record at the box office. the kind of record you don't wan

strong influence of moisture targets much of the eastern seaboards. we already have reports of about 50 to 100 millimeters on the western seaboards around mindanao, and the ground is really loose, the land is very well saturated, so mud slides and also flooding, especially in the coastal areas, are going to be a very high risk in the next few days. we'll keep a close eye on this system. the unfortunate fact is it looks like due to the warm seawater it's going to be intensifying into a typhoon, possibly by sunday into a typhoon status. we'll keep a close eye on this. we have a stationary boundary that stretches across the southwestern islands of japan and into southeastern china. and this is a heavy rainmaker, and it actually brings stormy conditions, as well so, this will be impacting muff of the islands here. then they'll be moving towards western japan on your saturday, and then in towards eastern japan on your sunday. so stormy weekend ahead of us into the next 24, 48. 100 millimeters of rainfall could be found here in and around the southern provin

it will trigger a few thundershowers as it moves on to the eastern seaboard. a dense fog of the golden gate bridge. high pressure over the eastern pacific and low pressure that will begin a little bit later. it will close down a little bit. out the door this morning i will have partly sunny skies of the coast given a little bit of time. the they will have partly cloudy. we the members of the mostly in the '70s today for the forecast. 78 from milpitas and 80 degrees than in morgan hill. only six degrees in stinson beach. petaluma 82. 68 degrees in richmond. but was up to 71 today. more sense of . >>> he made as much as a location that opt for a nonprofit industry. the initial reports just coming into our newsroom saying there's a possible chlorine leak. then maybe some street boxes of the 400 block of portal. this is to holdoes not allow going on out there. a lot of fog this morning across the golden gate bridge. you could really see on the severance is the site of the span. no delays so far through nevada or some of the. >>> an insider's account of the way that

some milder air will come up the eastern seaboard. we'll see some cooler air start to tap in as we head toward the weekend. so a warm day tomorrow. southerly winds are in play. the clouds, they're also in. that cold front comes in during the course of your wednesday afternoon. thursday, right now indications are a blend of sunshine and clouds. that will allow for our daytime highs to get into the 70s. the question is does this front come back toward the north as we head into friday and the weekend. the indications are, that's the potential. so here's the forecast model. a few of the spotty showers coming in. tomorrow morning's commute, you'll run into a spot shower. there's going to be showers that push in late in the afternoon on wednesday going into wednesday evening before this front starts to shift toward the south. in terms of what to expect future temperature wise, into the 60s. 64 at 11:00. your overnight lows much mild per in comparison to last night. temperatures tomorrow lower 80s in many locations. d.c. around 84 degrees. i

gorgeous weather up and down the eastern seaboard.s in the pacific northwest with temperatures in the 80s. we're looking at rain and thundershowers in the northern mississippi river valley. high and dry and a few showers in the central great lakes and a few hit or miss showers down ini >> good morning. it should turn mostly sunny as we head for the day. high temperature between and that's your latest weather. >> thanks, al. >>> coming up next, money and real estate. we answer your questions right after this. copd makes it hard to breathe, but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now i can be in the scene. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator working together to help improve your lung function all day. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more than twice a day. people with copd taking advair may have a higher chance of pneumonia. advair may increase

we are looking at quiet conditions up and down the eastern seaboard. get out towards cincinnati, chicago, st. louis, things looking fine. next weather maker, a cold front out to the west in chicago and that will start to impact our weather as we get into the weekend. here is a look at your surface features. it is all about high pressure for the next couple of days. nice and dry here through friday. as we get into the overnight hours of early saturday, it looks like we'll have cloud cover and the possibility of a few showers. i think we'll have much of the energy that will stay north and west. we'll be close enough that we can see a few showers around here during the day on saturday. that will be our next chance for a little rain. today, beautiful, 81 degrees, more sunshine. winds here out of the south and west at about five miles per hour. they won't be a factor for you. there is your accu-weather seven-day forecast. tomorrow, temperatures in the mid-80s. the next chance for showers on saturday. again, scattered showers. night terribly big deal and tem

it does we'll have pretty good upcoming waves and the rip current will be very high along the eastern seaboard. surfers will love it but it will be dangerous for anyone going to the beaches. showers along the air yas. look how hot it is still in texas. we'd like to get rid of those 100s. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. today in chicago, 87 degrees. the front is kind of stalling out just to your south. you'll be okay. memphis still very warm at 95. look at oklahoma city, 103. we really haven't gotten any rain in a long time. so the heat in the middle of the country still with the drought conditions are very severe. >> unfortunately. all right, bill, thank you. >>> coming up, eight on the way for spain and italy, everyone wants a piece of american airlines, and the current economic conditions for the tooth fairy. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, justin bieber has a new tattoo. what is it? how many does he have? and what was the first? so many questions, so little time. stay tuned. >>> another milest

you can see a few high, thin clouds along the eastern seaboard. the storms yesterday were pushed along by a cold front. the low temperatures this morning were down around freezing. 40 degrees in cincinnati. 60 so far for the low, but it could go lower than that before midnight. we're expecting temperatures to drop through the early evening. we could get below 60, especially in outlying suburban areas. 71 degrees in the afternoon. six degrees below average. we are running in a cool weather pattern and it is a lot drier. these are the current temperatures. 68 on the coast at ocean city. watch the two. -- 24 hours ago, still in the '70s. tropical-like air and then the dry air came in behind that with the dew point numbers down in the '30's and '40's. a solid 20 or 30 degree drop, that means a lot of moisture scoured out of the atmosphere. clear skies and light went and a dry atmosphere -- it cools off quickly. high pressure to the west, clearing out skies as you can see. hanging around thursday and friday. the front will can hear it a chance for a th

high temperatures up and down the eastern seaboard. 70's. baltimore, 79. low 80's, all the way down to a plant, georgia. picture-perfect weather. it does get warmer to the left, -- to the west. from 86 high in chicago, to 60 high in minneapolis. there is a slight chance for an isolated showers and thunderstorms friday night. in the meantime, beautiful. said it -- 79 for the day. first time since june the third since -- that we had a low under 80 degrees. -- a high underrated degrees. it looks like the coolest of the air has moved out. we are not seeing these temperatures dropping as dramatically. even not in western maryland, where we have had 30's f 40's the last few nights. it will not be shot -- it will not be quite as chile the in the morning. 63 downtown. a secondary area of high pressure in south carolina. the front just west of chicago will move in. it will arrive friday night. tomorrow, another george's -- gorgeous day. even for most of friday, it will be warmer and more humid. the storms will stay out on the mountains. it is later friday night the

temperatures around the country cooler air filtering out of the great lakes towards the eastern seaboard to mid 70s. 104 phoenix. unlike yesterday we had that severe weather along the east coast getting quiet all major airports across the lower 48 and regional california airports on time. >>> 4:48. this morning more violent protests are expected in the muslim world after french satirical magazine published several cartoons today featuring caricatures which resembled prophet mohammed. they say they are using freedom of expression to comment on the news in a satirical way. yesterday 500 palestinians demonstrated in east jerusalem against the u.s.-made fill being ma mocks. >> -- prophet mohammed. the low budget film has sparked violent protests throughout the mideast. >>> defense secretary panetta continues his trip through the -- he met with the minister of defense of china yesterday as he tries ease concerns over the united states increase in military in the asia pacific region. he said the u.s. is trying to have common concerns and confident the two countries will be i am -- able to impr

right now it is packing winds of 126 kilometers per hour, so especially in the west eastern seaboards of mindanao, those waves are going to be much higher and picking up to about 2 to 4 meters high during your weekend. so do watch out if you are in the coastal areas. now, this rain is actually just dumping across much of the philippines due to the positioning of this jelawat. strong influence of moisture targets much of the western seaboards. we already have reports of about 50 to 100 millimeters on the western seaboards around mindanao, and the ground is really loose, the land is very well saturated, so mud slides and also flooding, especially in the coastal areas, are going to be a very high risk in the next few days. we'll keep a very close eye on this system. the unfortunate fact is that it looks like due to the warm seawater it's going to be intensifying into a typhoon, possibly by sunday into a typhoon status. we'll keep a very close eye on this. we have a stationary boundary that stretches across the southwestern islands of japan and into southeastern china. and this is a heavy

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by the time we get to sunday it's blown all the way through the eastern seaboard so a lot of o people will get their leaf from the summer humid and heat. well, if you're watching us on nbc 10 in philadelphia, pennsylvania, in near biwilmington, portraits through a love of food, art, and travel at the fish tails at the delaware scepter for the contemn rare arts. and that's your "early today" event of the day, lynn. >> nbc 10, my alma mater. >> youral alma mater. >> it is. >>> now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. a at the box office this weekend this could be the first time in four years no movie will pass the $10 million mark. it's a slow one. the words a romantic thriller looks to have the best shot at the top spot. another thriller, the cold light of dede bus after sitting for quite some time on the studio shelf. that's never a good sign. and last week's champ the horror film, "the possession" i still can't get over we have to show this video. it's also got the top spot. >>> elsewhere i'm disappointed about this one. after nine years of marriage amy

as far as the forecast goes, we are watching on the eastern seaboard that storm system moving through this morning. this afternoon a lot of it should clear out from d.c., to philly to new york. this morning the rain will be with us. through boston, it will linger. texas, you've got some rain heading your way especially today and tomorrow. that's a look at your national forecast. now you can look at the weather outside your window. >>> so the big story as we head into the upcoming weekend will be that heavy rain that will be developing over texas. probably one of the heavier rain events we've seen in a while. it will be including showers and thunderstorms also. not easy to find a sunny spot today. the weekend, besides the texas rain, looks pretty good for most of us. that's coming up. >>> thanks, bill. spain cuts back, blackberry bounces and zegat stacks up your favorite fast food. animated monsters scare up laughs at the weekend box office. >>> coming up, the referees are back, the tigers make history and the catch of the year. you don't want to miss it. you're watching "early today."

fall cool snap moving through the upper midwest, 69 minneapolis, 64 denver 80s up and down the eastern seaboardwe don't have organized areas of severe weather all major airports on the west coast on time. showers developing from minute -- check out our flight tracker any time you need it, abc7news.com. >>> huge turn-out in lafayette last night to celebrate the life of brett olson the college student who drowned in the sacramento river after he was missing for one week. alan wang has the story from acalanes high where the memorial took place. >> utterly grief stricken at the loss of my dear, sweat boy brett. >> reporter: the father of brett olson who died on the sacramento river told the crowd of nearly 1,000 how much his son loved people and life. >> by my estimation if you use dog year calculations, i believe he lived much longer than the 20 years he spent on this earth. >> reporter: olson's father expressed his astonishment at the way his community in lafayette mobilized to find brett. he disappear during a labor day gathering call the chico float. >> the wave began the social media was lit u

across the country 69 in salt lake, 65 seattle, 71 portland, eastern seaboard mid 70s to 80 atlanta warmestphoenix and dallas 90s. most major airports on time. newark has flight departure delays. back down here at home all regional airports on time. check out our flight tracker abc7news.com at the bottom. >>> 4:49. president obama set to address the united nations general assembly in a little more than two hours from now. he's expected to declare anti-american rain and riots among muslims will never force the united states to backtrack on diplomacy. there's little doubt the campaign will hang heavily over his speech. >> mitt romney is in new york set to address the clinton global initiative's annual gathering. romney continues to hammer the president's handling of foreign policy. >>> president obama and first lady are special guests on the view this morning in the interview taped yesterday barbara walters asked if mrs. obama might one day run for the presidency. >> she should run for office but says she doesn't want to. [ applause ] >> the president: look, michelle would be terrific, but te

rest country still feels like fall in the great lakes 60s there 70s, 80s eastern seaboard, 74 seattle we have flight arrival delays into charlotte, wet weather st. louis, kansas city, strong storms heading towards dallas fog could cause delays at sfo. >>> the u.s. army is being told to stand down this morning. members are being ordered to take part in suicide prevention training in response to a major spike in suicides this year. the army has seen 116 in seven months. the army wants to make sure troops know there are resources available to help and those in current combat operations or the medical field won't be involved in today's stand down. >>> to the race for the white house. president obama and mitt romney will be campaigning in the same state again today, virginia this time after a day in ohio. in a new two minute ad set to air today, president obama promote as economic plan he says will create one million manufacturing jobs and cut oil imports. he's leading in the polls in ohio where he once again linked romney to his comments that 47% of americans are victims who depend on gov

look at the 60s across the eastern seaboard and in the 40s and 50s back behind the cold front.t will feel like fall as we go throughout the rest of the week with temperatures dropping back down into the 70s. still hot in the southwest with highs well above 100 degrees especially in the desert southwest. thursday, not too many improvements temperature wise. it will still be a little bit cool. if you are watching us on kprc local 2 in texas, checks out paintings. of birds and texas at the museum of printing history. that's your "early today" event of the day. it's so fun. >>> all right, dylan. thanks so much. >>> here's an early look at today's headlines in entertainment. could a reconciliation being near for twilight's robert pattinson and kristin stewart. the two have recently been spending time together in secret. the couple broke up this summer after she was photographed cheating on him with married director rupert sanders. >>> friends of the late marvin ham lish came out for a star studded memorial service honoring the composer at new york's juliard school of music. barbara

part of the next weather system, which will follow this big area of high pressure on into the eastern seaboard as the high moves out, clouds move in. mid to late day tomorrow. start with a good looking day. the sunshine fading further and further behind cloud cover by tomorrow afternoon andevening, and by monday morning first thing, the rain drops will be very, very close. may even have had a renegade sprinkle or two. that's just about. it the real steady, heavier rains arrive here monday late afternoon, evening and last through most of the day tuesday. for your overnight hours tonight, high clouds, light winds and nice and chilly out for you folks west of the blue ridge. milder in town. then your sunday forecast, nothing to complain about here. a little increase in cloud cover late in the day. we'll stay dry tomorrow for sure. monday rain drops, the early as monday morning rush. most likely lunchtime or thereafter. tuesday is washout category and stretch the rain drops into early wednesday, just a precaution. >> thanks, chuck. >>> coming up in sports, the terps try and go 3-0 on the young sea

better day for many of you, but before that happens, flooding potentially rains hitting the eastern seaboard and we also have the potential for some severe weather from new jersey down into eastern virginia, particularly you can be dealing with damaging winds and the potential for tornados to occur. behind this system cooler air is going to drop temperatures, 22 in chicago, 12 in winnipeg and the pential for frost in the early hours of the morning in the northern plains. okay. as we go into europe, still wet and wild across the north. a scandinavia will be dealing with a couple of low pressure systems over the next several days and then we have the front moving all the way from finland towards the pyrnees. we're talking about berlin, 16, will fall by a couple of degrees into thursday. vienna cooling down as well. athens 27 degrees and you can expect that to drop down, too. down here where it is a bit warmer in the southeast, this is where the storms are going to be a little bit more on the violent side. now here is your extended forecast. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." do sta

coast, low to mid 60s from half moon bay, bodega bay into san francisco. 70s and 80s along the eastern seaboardt great lakes 60s and denver. 96 he knicks. -- 96 in phoenix. rain and thunderstorms ohio riff valley stretching to 70 back to denver there could be delays there right now all quiet at regional airports in the bay area. abc7news.com at the bottom. >>> iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad set to address the general assembly at the united nations 7:30 our time this morning. he told reporters that a new world order needs to emerge away from what he calls american bullying and domination. ahmadinejad discussed solutions for syria being dismissed question of iran's nuclear ambitions and claimed despite western sanctions his country is better off now than when he took office in 2005. >>> seismologists from uc berkeley say they've develop add earthquake warning system that that works friday they will ask congress for funding. it uses sensors planted all over the bay area detect seismic waves from an epicenter the goal to send electronic alerts over the internet to the general public. >> it c

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from florida all the way up the eastern seaboard. let me show you this. look at the latest forecast models. now, you know, when we watched them with isaac, every one would be different. you looked for the trend. what is the trend for the last runs? the trend is west. take a look at that left line here. the red line. it takes it toward maine. we'll have storms that have creased through that area of maine. it's taken some lives. we want to watch closely to see how close it will get to the eastern seaboard. we have a lot of time to watch it. a couple of days left. >> thank you so much. >>> josh is here with the news headlines this morning. hey, josh. >> good to see you. hello to you. good morning, everyone. we're going to get to the developing story northeast of los angeles. the red cross setting up an evacuation center as the massive wildfire marches out of control. spreading across the angeles national forest. more than 4,000 acres have now been burned. and abc's david wright is there on the front lines to show us just how dangerous this fire is becoming.

part of a huge weather system running all along the eastern seaboard. as the front moves through, it's made a mess of air travel. it's dropping a ton of rain in a short time, in addition to some localized outbreaks of severe weather tonight. >>> still ahead as we continue, news about a growing health problem for america's kids. could a common chemical in our daily environment turn out to be part of the problem? >>> and later, how did a photographer get those controversial photos of a future queen of england? tonight how they can peer into someone's private life from a long distance away. >>> just when you think this nation's obesity problem can't get much worse. new numbers are out tonight showing it is sadly. according to a new analysis of cdc numbers by the trust for america's health. more than half the people in 39 states will be obese by the year 2030. two thirds of americans are already overweight or obese. and the analysis shows that unless something changes, every state in this nation will have an obesity rate above 44% in less than 20 years. our

a very humid day up and down the eastern seaboard.drier air trying to push into new england. partly cloudy skies today. lower humidity levels for philadelphia northward. southward that, front is hung up down here. there are showers this morning in coastal areas of delaware. so forecast-wise, should be dry just about everywhere. still very warm. this tichl year we're only supposed to be around 80 degrees. we're going to be 92 in d.c. a slight chance for a shower or storm in albany and northern new england. best chance of a shower and storm through missouri and possibly hit and miss storms down there in north carolina. >> all right. bill, thanks so much. straight ahead, why britney spears can't be like kim kardashian. >>> and the actress whose driving record is giving lindsay lohan a run for her money. >>> plus, what kim kardashian says has to happen before she'll mary kanye. your first look at entertainment is straight ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. ♪ [ male announcer ] the first look...is only the beginning. ♪ ♪ introdu

river into new england that we'll be dealing enouhe uing offet he weekend, a lot of us on the eastern seaboardl have to deal with clouds and on and off rain. >> sounds like a good morning to check with your airport before you get out. we turn to sports now. the n york papers. america's shame. ane t the new york "post," has a referee with a seeing eye dog. it front page ws. 70,000 or so voice mlo the office of the nfl after the disputed call monday night gave the seahawks a win they shouldn't have had. on the heels othat call which followed a particularly problematic week, the nfl released a statement yesterd sayingn part in is a broad nsncy of officiating can and should be improved. how to accomplish that is a critical issue vatting the two sides in this negotiation. we are prepared to make reasonable economic compromising and we will invest more money in officiating as long as it ensures long term improvement. recent struggles have even begin the presidential candidates a little common ground. be in tweeted nfl fans on both sides of the aisle hope the lockout is settled soon. and romneyeighed

we want to watch it closely to see how close it will get to the eastern seaboard or how close it will get there. we have a little bit of time left. >> thank you so much. >>> josh is here with the news headlines this morning. hey, josh. >> good to see you. hello to you. good morning, everyone. we're going to get to the developing story northeast of los angeles. the red cross setting up an evacuation center as the massive wildfire marches out of control. 4,000 acres have been burned. and david wright is on the front lines to show us just how dangerous this fire is becoming. good morning to you, david. >> reporter: good morning, josh. we're at a staging area for some of the 500 firefighters that are battling this blaze. that glow you see over my shoulder, that's not the sunrise. that's the fire over the ridge. labor day weekend up in smoke in the san gabriel valley. campers, hikers and labor day picnickers all had to evacuate. >> we saw the smoke next to us. and we started packing. >> reporter: 12,000 visitors normally come here for the holiday weekend. three hikers were stranded behind

south central states will see scorching temperatures topping 100 degrees today while the eastern seaboardthe panhandle get soaked with rain. the great plains and eastern ohio valleys should be dry. look for thunderstorms to roll through the southwest. in sports this morning, a pair of extra innings thrillers out west. bottom of the ninth in san francisco. pablo sandoval's fly ball to center field, they're hoping will end it. jason upton makes the catch and crashes into the wall. >> then one is hit over the right fielder's head going for a triple. this brings home the go ahead run. arizona wins it 8-6. >>> no late inning magic for the dodgers. the dodgers fall in extra innings to the padres thanks to 11th inning rbis by logan forsythe and chase headway. san diego wins this one 6-3. >>> the rays for the american league east is as tight as can be. the orioles facing the blue jays, homer over the left field fence. that's all the scoring baltimore needs. they win it 12 47b 0. >>> and new york, running into trouble in tampa bay. evan long i don't remember i can't blasts a homer to left and puts

fairly dry along the eastern seaboard.a risk of strong storms from northern arkansas all the way on up into southern michigan. beautiful in the pacific northwest. actually a little on the toasty side. 92 in portland. 88 in boise, 104 in dallas today. we expect the rip current risk to continue up the coast as we see leslie make its way to the north slowly. >> good morning. we're expecting a lot of sunshine. it will be another warm day. >> what happened to your sign? >> we had some complications. making it for his birthday. >> happy birthday. >> happy birthday. >> it's says -- savannah. >> all right, al. thank you so much. coming up next, a friday to get you ready for fall, everything position from fashion to food and travel coming up right after this. forest fresh full tank brain freeze cake donettes rolling hot dogs bag of ice anti-freeze wash and dry diesel self-serve fix a flat jumper cables 5% cashback sign up for 5% cashback at gas stations through september. it pays to discover. chase scene netflix coming soon extra b

the severe weather that struck the eastern seaboard this weekend including tornadoes here in new york city. we have a report from michelle franzen. >> reporter: up and down the east coast cleanup today after a series of violent storms. >> look at the tornado. >> reporter: that even spawned a pair of tornadoes in two new york city neighborhoods. the first twister formed over the atlantic before moving on to land ripping through a sea side community on the edge of queens. ten miles away a more powerful tornado tore through a densely populated brooklyn neighborhood damaging several homes and downing trees. >> my son was looking at it out the window. he was like we are gelting hit by a tornado. >> reporter: homeowners are still assessing the damage in this neighbor but feel lucky that no one was injured. >> we have been fortunate nothing happened. >> reporter: the threatening skies caused delays at sporting events. in new jersey rutgers football fans ran for cover. washington was hit hard with winds of nearly 60 miles per hour. in virginia and maryland the storms toppled trees and left 15

now i mentioned the whole eastern seaboard has a chance of the showers and storms. the middle of the country is incredibly hot still. it's going to be about 100 degrees today in areas like texas, all the way through oklahoma, 90s from kansas city to denver. so it doesn't feel a lot like the beginning of september, it feels like july or august. but for you in charlotte and the rest of it on the east coast, definitely have that umbrella handy. you'll need it at some portion of the day today. >>> we appreciate it let's turn to sports now in a shameless bid to win over the crowd in charlotte, we begin with the single most important story in all of sports, the carolina panthers. they decide to leave for sunday's season open anywhere tampa a little early, late laer today to avoid the circus that is the democratic national convention. the panthers stadium will serve as the venue for president obama's speech on thursday night. and as of two weeks ago, hundreds of workers have been inside the stadium, installing generators, wiring and decorations for that event. >>> ironical

and we should be around 80 but the satellite and radar along the eastern seaboard not picking up on anythingrms of rain not even a lot of clouds this morning. and the reason why is we have high pressure that's in control of our weather. it's going to continue to be so as we go through the next several days. so you know you got to get out there and cut the grass and do some planting and paint the house. that sounds like a good plan. today, temperatures 77 and mostly sunny and nice once again as we go through the evening. continued clear and it will be cool. 52 degrees is what i am going with and 81 degrees warmer by tomorrow, and more seasonable. and then here is a check of the 7-day forecast as we have wonderful weather for the o's games with showers moving in as we head into sunday. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook record good morning. great forecast for the orioles game. best of luck to them. if you are heading to interstate 70. no delays you are taking a live look west of the beltway and it's going to be in great shape from howard county over to baltimore county. an

as we look at what's going on, we switch the picture and we can see that basically across the eastern seaboard we are dry. 2/3 of the nation is dealing with high pressure cell and there it is right there. that's going keep us dry going through the rest of today. and even as we go through the next several days. so make sure to get out and enjoy it. if you have yard work and if you want to go for the long run do it because it's going to be a fabulous day to do so. high pressure will continue when you can see this on the future trend here. not a whole lot to see. so what i need you to do is follow the timeline and we might see a few high cloud. a few cumulus clouds popping up as we go throughout the day. just like yesterday, but still that is going to be bringing us plenty of sunshine in the forecast. we are not seeing the low cloud. those are the one that is we have to watch for to see if we are going to be seeing unsettled weather. not so much. 77 for today. mostly sunny and it's going to be nice outside. as we go through the evening, once again, we will be continued clear and cool with the tem

and willie, it looks like everyone's reward on the eastern seaboard will come on sunday, even in charlotteith a high of 80 and much lower humidity. so, the weekend we've all been waiting for, fall finally arrives. >> all right, looks like a tough weekend though weatherwise with some rain. bill, thank you. >>> turning to sports, after losing a ten-game lead over a month and a half, the yankees last night began their crucial four-game series with the orioles at camden yards, one game up for the a.l. east lead heading into this and the orioles not wasting any time. matt weeders launched a three-run home run to the opposite field in the first inning to give the orioles the 4-0 early lead. yankees rallied for five runs in the eighth inning, capped by ichiro's two-run single to tie the game at 6. but in the bottom frame in the eighth, adam jones with the play, hits a home run into the left field seats. orioles hit six home runs in this game off yankee pitching and they beat the yanks 10-6. yankees and orioles now tied again atop the a.l. east. they'll have three more games against each other ove

almost all across the entire eastern seaboard. thanks so much from the mid-atlantic all the way up north. thanks so much. all right. on the campaign trail president obama hitting the ground today running in florida. this hour he'll be speaking in kissimmee just south of orlando. earlier today the president held a rally at a college in st. petersburg right near tampa. he repeated the message he gave at the democratic national convention that he needs more time to make his plan work. >> i won't pretend the path i'm offering is quick or that it's going to be easy. i never -- sometimes i ask people to go back to 2008 and look at what i said. i said this was going to take some time because these problems had been building up for a long time. bill clinton reminded us on wednesday night it's going to take more than a few years to solve challenges that have been built up for decades. >> meantime his challenger mitt romney making his first campaign stop in another battleground state, virginia. he held a rally at the military aviation museu

but that's a whole lot of rain out there along the eastern seaboard. there is a new tropical storm. leslie is 600 miles south of bermuda. not moving much, but kicking up the surf in places like puerto rico. >>> as we mentioned at the top of the broadcast, the tsa is in the news again tonight, and some travelers may just reach their limits when they hear about this one. for all we've gotten used to over the years, shoes off, belts off, laptops out, no liquids allowed, there's something new. would you believe testing the liquids you yourself buy inside the terminal where we're allowed to have liquids? our report tonight from nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: an unexpected sight at the columbus airport, two tsa officers holding a test strip over passenger's drinks to check for explosive vapors after the passengers had already cleared security and bought the beverage in the concourse. dan holl afrnd was there with his wife and son. >> having someone come up to me and demand i submit to another search without really any probable cause seems a bit much. >> the tsa says the drink screening