from the board of education, emily mores. [applause] and i could go on and on with the -- mr. mayor to be of the people who are here celebrating with you on this very historic occasion. and it was all made possible by this fine collection of people to my right whom i've introduced by name and now let me ask the president of the san francisco board of supervisors, a man who chaired the historic meeting where the vote count was done without the assistance of our folk who normally count votes which is kind of the way i prefer to have votes counted in elections. you get better results. the president of the board of supervisors, david chiu. [applause] president chiu: good afternoon. so mayor brown, i want to tell you the score of the game upstairs. two numbers. 11 to zero. [applause] this is an historic moment for san francisco. and i want to first start by thanking my colleagues at the board of supervisors. we may not -- please clap for them. we may not always agree. but on this great man, edwin lee, we came together and thank you for that. [applause] i also want to thank the many

emily is more familiar. >> it is. we try to give you descriptions of what's going on weatherwise. have to use technical terms. haboob is one of them. tropical storm emily, as you mentioned, this has been on our radar screen for quite some time. this is just off the coast of the dominican republic and about 100 miles south of port-au-prince, haiti. it's been dousing hispaniola with heavy rains for 10 to 12 hours. in the mountainous areas they've probably already received eight or nine inches. it could be a dangerous situation for the folks in the bahamas and potentially florida. let's get to the forecast track now. as of 5:00 this morning, freshly updated. our models are all over the place once this thing gets over hispaniola. florida still in play, the southeast coast of the carolinas still in play as well. we'll give you another update at 11:00 when the new models come out. folks in the east coast of florida, it's still a distinct possibility this comes your way. it's a definite that the heat will continue across the southern plains. we saw a slew of all-time record-breaking high

things are looking more encouraging emily will turn away from south carolina and florida, so your forecast has improved but anyone along the florida east coast, the storm should be closest to you come sun up saturday and all during the day saturday, probably wind and rain. but then the storm should hook and curve away from the eastern seaboard. so right now it looks like possibly florida's problem on saturday. and that will be about it. not a huge hurricane or anything, so just a rainy, gloomy day, which by florida standards and because of the drought would tually be welcome. yesterday this was off the charts. we've been talking about a hot summer. we were 114 degrees in little rock. it was hotter than phoenix, arizona at 111. this 114 w the hottest temperature ever in little rock. dallas was right behind it, 109. we still have heat warnings in effect for 13 different states this morning. advisories continue all the way through georgia and the carolinas. so today just like yesterday. the difference will be in some areas kansas, missouri, also down through ten seen, northern alabama, we got

. >> shepard: tropical storm emily tropical storm no more. broken apart at least for now. s warn it could pick up in the next few days. before they downgraded emily to low pressure system it pounded parts of the dominican republic and haiti. keep in mind more than half a million people in haiti are still homeless after last year's earthquake. emily's intense rain and flooding damaged homes. port-au-prince live from port-au-prince. >> shepard, what we don't see right now in port-au-prince, haiti, are buses filled with evacuees moving to higher ground and shelters. instead, what we see really are houses like this. little tents here that they put some plastic heating and garbage bags on top and put rocks on tried to tie those down. that's what the government is telling these people run up to the storm, tie the tents down with rocks. that's the best we can see being done here. a man going around with a loud speaker. no one taking refuge or moving to higher ground. in defense of themselves. even though the storm has lost some of its power as it has moved over the mountains, some

emily has more from washington. >> investors watched wall street for the numbers, they look to washingtone words. in a midafternoon statement, the fed said that risk to the economy have increased, so the interest rates will remain exceptionally low until 2013. immediately after the announcement the stock dropped. >> we have a debt crisis. that is all on the door of the president. his policies are responsible for this. >> it is not a lack of plans or policy that is the problem is the lack of political will in washington. >> a new poll shows that people do not like what they see in washington and it is personal. only 41 percent of people say that their own member of congress deserves to be reelected the first time ever that a majority of voters wanted to vote out there rep. disapproval of the republican party is up. democrats hold steady and a tea party has more negative views. michelle bachman says that the tea party is not to blame. >> we will get this triple a rating back and we will do it in this is how we will do it. we will cut spending now. >> the federal reserve says that it is talk

>>> as for the fed, its new outlook suggests that the us economy will remain weak for two more years and as emily smith explains it's already the battleground for the 2012 presidential campaign. >> reporter: while investors watched wall street for the numbers today, they looked to washington for the word waiting for the federal reserve's latest summary of the economy. in a mid afternoon statement, the feds said that risks to the economy have increased. so interest rates will remain exceptionally low until 2013. immediately after the announcement, the markets dropped. stocks have fallen 15% during the past two weeks and it has only heightened the political blame game. >> we have a debt crisis. that is all on the door of the president. his policies are responsible for this. >> it's not a lack of plans. it's policy that is the problem here. the lack of political had in washington. >>> a new cnn orc international pool finds people don't like what they see in washington and it's personal. only 41% of people questioned say their own member of congress deserves to be reelected. the first time ever a maj

for more on tropical storm emily, we're joined by rob marciano.how is it looking and where is it going? >> it's not going anywhere right now. the latest advisory from the national hurricane center shows it to be stationery. at one point it was moving westerly at 16 miles per hour, just booking along in the eastern caribbean, and now it's hit the brakes. basically what's happening is the center is redeveloping in another spot. you're seeing quite a bit of convection, thunderstorms around the center there. so that would indicate strengthening, but the air kroft that has been flying in there all morning is not reporting any sort of good organization or strengthening as far as the winds are concerned. . but regardless , the rain will e a huge issue. here is the forecast tresk. we don't take to hurricane strength, as a matter of fact, it may have a hard time getting over the mountains of hispaniola, but what gives us because and uncertainty as we get towards friday and saturday, obviously the continental u.s., southern bahamas, potentially the southeas

reporter emily schmidt has more from washington. >> late sunday night, president obama made the much anticipated announcements. >> the leaders of both parties in both chambers reached an agreement to reduce the deficit and avoid default. a default that would have had devastating effect on the economy. >> it would extend the debt ceiling by $2.4 trillion in 2012. it includes roughly the same amount in spending cuts over ten years. >> it will allow us to avoid default and allow to us pay our bills. it will allow to us start reducing our deficit in a responsible way. >> while leaders agreed to the plan, it still needs to go before congress for a vote. >> i want to read exactly what is in this deal. secondly, i listen to speaker boehner and read his comments and it appears that this deal is a deal that is similar to the bill which he introduced, of course, which i voted against. >> we just pass ed boehner's bill. this is very, very similar. i think my conference will be there to support the speaker and support the plan. and be able to move forward past this debt ceiling crisis. >> leader

no more emily. that is good news. we have gone through five names on that list., in case you missed it, earlier this week noaa has upgraded their forecast for the remainder of the hurricane season. and you might be saying to yourself, i've heard a lot of people say what happened to hurricane season? how come nothing is going on? we've already had five storms, by the way. well, we're just getting into that part of the height of the season. it really kind of takes place between mid-august and mid-october. so we're looking at a few more storms they think. this is the updated forecast here, 14 to 19 now. seven to ten of those becoming hurricanes. three to five of those becoming major hurricanes. so we've got a big chunk of the season. if you had to guess right now, joe, guess what the temperature is in oklahoma city. >> 104. >> you know, you would normally think that that would be a good guess, as close to where they have been for the last 60-plus days or so. well, believe it or not, they got a big, big break today. >> really? >> yeah. we were expecting a couple of t

i'm going to have the complete forecast, we'll look at the weekend more directly. >>> storm emily has fallen apart. the storm is still packing a bit of a punch soaking haiti and parts of the dominican republic. some evacuations were ordered because of flooding but no deaths were reported. the national hurricane center says there's still a risk of flooding and mud slides. >>> some students have lost their spot in dorms but wait until you see the housing choice they've been offered instead. >>> it's one of the biggest road construction projects on the peninsula. but there's tunnel trouble at devil slide. why it could open much later than expected. >>> a government guide to help eating but can you afford to follow it? we take a closer look at the cost of healthy eating. >>> a tax passed years ago was supposed to go to community organizizations but it hasn't. learn why the city is holding on to the money the this year. sis, help me create my oasis. ok, romantic garden? oh, is there a castle nearby? no, but there's a charming farmhouse. right next to my posh castle! i'm sensing a theme her

this is more serious because tropical storm emily is now in the caribbean sea. this is where the warm water is and it's surrounded by land, so emily has to hit some land area. the question is how much can she strengthen and will she survive to hit united states. right now heading into the extreme eastern caribbean sea. haiti may get the worst of it as far as heavy rains in the days ahead. so here's the new forecast just out from the national hurricane center. two things we like to avoid. storms going into the gulf of mexico because the water is extremely warm and then it usually does hit the u.s. we like it to curve out to sea into the open atlantic. this storm will be interesting because it has to go first through the mountainous terrain of hispaniola. there's tall mountains here. there's a chance that emily won't survive that. if it does survive, then it will have a chances to regenerate. the hurricane center right now thinks that they're going half and half, they think it could dissipate, it may survivsurvive. it will be close to florida or the bahamas. and t

tropical storm emily is no more it. a low pressure trough and all warnings and watches have been canceled. concern about heavy rain in haiti. hundreds of thousands of people there are in makeshift shelters and villenerable to flooding and mudslid mudslides. recalling 36 million mounds of meat. they are suspending production of ground turkey at the arkansas plant. federal officials say the outbreak of salmonella has bacteria that killed one person. there is new evidence that there may be liquid water on mars. nasa researchers identified features on slopes that appear to be left by flowing water fating in winder and coming back in the spring. summer temperatures would make the flows possible. although a theory, scientists are excited since it could mean on mars. the number of americans relying on food stamps to stave off hunger hit an all time high. $45.8 million people according to the government. that's almost 15% of the u.s. population. the new members represent a 34% increase from two years ago. the highest concentrat

emily comes ashore this afternoon on hispaniola where more than 600,000 haitian earthquake victims remainill pose a threat to the carolina outer banks this weekend. >>> emily may not hit south ?h@c more pressing problem at hand, a tornado. the twister ripped through several towns in broward county yesterday afternoon, damaging dozens of homes, uprooting trees and knocking out power. >>> and with that let's take a look at your wednesday weather now. showers and thunderstorms around louisville, indianapolis, cleveland, and pittsburgh. and some evening storms from d.c. to philadelphia, new york, and boston. >> another scorcher across the south with record heat likely in cities in texas. drenching monsoon rains and flooding in the west from albuquerque to salt lake city. >>> here is something you don't see every day here in the big apple. right there on the ledge, yep, that's a peacock. >> yes, indeed. it's been perched there on the fifth floor of a fifth avenue luxury apartment building so we know he's got good taste in real estate since bolting from the central park zoo yesterday. the zoo i

more of the eastern seaboard could be impacted by emily as the storm hugs the coastline. . keep in mind it's always good to have your hurricane, family disaster plan and preps in place before the hurricane hits. we're certainly in the heart of hurricane season. we're in the heart of summer. the heat indices are climbing all the way to 115 across the mid south. get ready for records to be broken today, talking about more triple-digit numbers. >> unbelievably holt. bonnie, thanks so much. the word of the day is pro forma. find out what it means specifically in the context of this debt debate. it's 54 minutes after this hour. there's another way litter box dust:e purina tidy cats. tidy cats premium line of litters now works harder on dust. and our improved formulas neutralize odors better than ever in multiple-cat homes. so it's easier to keep your house smelling just the way you want it. purina tidy cats. keep your home smelling like home. that's not going to satisfy you. come on. it's time for a better snack. try this. it's yoplait greek. it has two times the protein of reg

tropical storm emily is 200 miles away from the dominican republic and haiti and they are getting ready for an emergency. she pushed past puerto rico but flooded several roads. more flooding is expected as emily heads west. the forecasters say the strongest winds and rain are expected this afternoon in haiti. residence living near the mountains are encouraged to get out of there because of the danger of mud slides. >>> a 17-year search appears to have finally ended in lake tahoe. a diver recently found a body near the bottom of the lake. investigators are using dental records trying to make a positive identification. it may well be the body of the 44-year-old donald windeker. >>> 5:24. the tackle box of a missing bay area fisherman has been returned to his family. ktvu was there last night as the family of donald lee met mike and cheryl fuller of mexico. it arrived after a group of mexican fisherman fished it out of the water. lee's wife said she is grateful they returned it. >> they could have used it, but instead they wanted to return it to us. and they made a special trip just to bring it. 80 miles. >> lee and six friends went missing after their boat capsized

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. >>> tropical storm emily could bring more misery to haiti now. 600,000 people are still living in tentsorm is unleashing major downpours on the nation. u.n. peacekeepers on the alert for mudslides. >> it's hard to say how much rain they have gotten but it's parked over hispaniola for 10 to 12 hours. as of right now, it's stationary. the latest observation show the center of it somewhere around here about a hundred miles south of port-au-prince and torrential rain rains across the country here. it will not only dump a lot of rain but lose a little bit of its punch. 50-mile-per-hour winds not how well that will hold. as it emerges in the southern bahamas going forward. it gets into the southern bahamas is a threat. pretty confident about it going off towards the north and east. what we are not confident about how far to the west it gets. southern florida and southeastern florida, pay close attention to this. because it's a very good possibility that it makes direct landfall or at least scoots the coastline enough to where you get some wind, maybe some storm surgery and maybe, in some case

emily tonight. it has now brushed past puerto rico, targeting the dominican republic and haiti where more than half a million people, remember, are still living in makeshift shelters after last year's earthquake. as for florida, portions of which are in emily's possible projected path, latest forecast from the national hurricane center tells us any impact from emily won't be felt there until saturday afternoon. >>> problem for much of the country tonight continues to be extreme heat. a deadly heat wave now in its second month with excessive heat warnings in effect across the country tonight and 18 states hitting temperatures above 100 degrees today alone. nbc's lee cowan is in blisteringly hot phoenix, arizona, tonight, with more. >> reporter: phoenix knows hot. but with a predicted high of 115 today, even the desert loving ostriches at the zoo had to be hosed down. >> i lived here my whole life and even for me it gets hotter and hotter every summer. >> reporter: arizona joins at least 17 other states today that topped the century mark. 12 are in excessive heat warning tonight, all putting a drain o

emily is a tropical storm no more. in fact it's just remnant right now. dissipated today. passed over haiti and dominican republic. it did produce flooding rain in this area and remnant still producing some rainfall in some parts of the caribbean but the tropical storm has ended. let's look at national conditions for tomorrow as you know the southern half of the country actually most of the nation but tomorrow southern  under the incredible heat wave. projected high pressure for tomorrow. 110 in phoenix. 108 in dallas. that's the 35th consecutive day of triple digit temperatures in dallas. if new orleans high humidity. many mid 90's throughout the south east so heat wave continues but her in the bay area weather looking nice. tomorrow we expect painly sunny skies in the inland area. not very warm though. certainly not by general standards up in the north bay high of 84 clover dale 86 at clear lake and inland east bay 84 antioch 82 livermore and fairfield 81 concord down at morgan hill 83 degrees mainly 60's and 70's around the bay and clouds will remain along the coast li

emily is threatening haiti and the dominican republic. the storm is bringing heavy rain and 50-mile-per-hour winds as it heads for landfall. in haiti, aid workers are scrambling to help the morehan 600,000 people still living without shelter after last year's earthquake. emily is expected to continue toward cuba and by saturday may bring rain to florida. >>> "cbs moneywatch" time now on this purse. u.s. stocks make a rebound. ashley morrison in new york good morning to you. >> good morning to you terrell. a mixed day for asian stocks. japan's nikkei was up 0.2% and hong kong's hang seng's lost about 0.5%. a late day rebound on wall street, the dow wiped out a triple-digit loss to finish 30 points higher and the nasdaq closed with a gain of 24. >>> a new report says the country's biggest banks are still charging high overdraft fees. the consumer federation of america surveyed the 14 largest banks and says their median overdraft fee is $35, the same as it was last year, that $35 charge can be triggered if customers overdraw their checking account by as little as $5. >>> you may soon be able to buy popular cholesterol drug lipitor without a prescription. the pharmaceutical giant

it would no longer be tropical depression, it would be tropical storm emily. 23 winds were to intensify moreg about a tropical storm but a hurricane. what we forecast with this, at least the last forecast path from the national hurricane center does a couple of things. the forecast has it retaining a tropical depression. we get into monday afternoon. should pull north of bermuda. it looks like it's pulling away from the u.s. in terms s of heavy wave action along the coast. unfortunately rain is not going to be big in the picture for texas. hot, very, very humid and with that, the high heat is going to be brutal. parts of the ohio valley into the midwest, storms may pop up into the afternoon. for those of you who may be heading up to watch the big race in new york, what you can expect for the triathlon, the chance of thunderstorms, maybe heavier storms into the afternoon with temperatures mainly into the 70s and 80s by midafternoon with a 60% chance of that precipitation. let's talk more about the heat, though. 105, 100 in memphis, 96 in kansas city, back over to denver and salt lake city. 97

tropical storm emily is expected to make landfall on haiti today. a major concern because morellowing last year's earthquake. 20 inches of rain could fall in parts of the country. >>> meanwhile, here at home, more than 100 deaths are now being blamed on the extreme heat this summer. the dallas area is expected to reach 100 plus degrees for the 34th-consecutive day. >>> and more americans than ever before are using food stamps. 15% of the population, a record high, now relies on them. unemployment figures may be a part of the explanation, as layoffs hit a 16-month high in july. many of them in previously safe industries. >>> and in new hampshire, investigators looking into the death of 11-year-old celina cass have impounded her stepfather's pickup truck. they also entered the girl's home with a search warrant. celina's body was found a river monday one week after she vanished. an autopsy failed to determine her cause of death. >>> casey anthony can continue to keep a low profile, at least for now. she will not be forced to report for probation today for check aud conviction. abc

. >> tropical storm emily is expected to dump heavy rain in the dominican republic and haiti. the threat of flooding has prompted some people to be evacuated. morere still without shelter in haiti. emily, fifth named storm of the season is on a path to affect the u.s. east coast this weekend, possibly during into a hurricane off south carolina by monday. we'll be keeping our eyes on it for you. [ man ] they said i couldn't win a fight. but i did. they said i couldn't fight above my weight class. but i did. they said i couldn't get elected to congress. but i did. ♪ sometimes when we touch ha ha! millions of hits! [ male announcer ] flick, stack, and move between active apps seamlessly. only on the new hp touchpad with webos. but when she got asthma, all i could do was worry ! specialists, lots of doctors, lots of advice... and my hands were full. i couldn't sort through it all. with unitedhealthcare, it's different. we have access to great specialists, and our pediatrician gets all the information. everyone works as a team. and i only need to talk to one person about her care. we're more than 78,000 people looking out for 70 million americans. th

. >>> tropical storm emily could bring more misery to haiti with 600,000 people still living in tentsers on alert for floods and mudslides. ♪ happy birthday dear mr. president happy birthday ♪ >> and the president turns 50 years old today. he attend an early birthday bash last night in chicago, attending two campaign fund-raisers. chicago native jennifer hudson sang "happy birthday" to the president. you are now caught up with the headlines. "america morning" back after this. >>> okay. they were part of the troop surge in afghanistan. now a group of army soldiers is talking to jason carroll about what they do when they're not out there. we often see them when they're out there fighting their battles. what do they do when they've got some down time on the base. jason carroll joins us now. >> not a whole heck of a lot. >> play cards. >> play cards. that's one of the things they do. >> camel spiders? >> we talked about those yesterday. this is a side of soldiers we rarely get to see. i really pushed for the guys to give me a peek at what they do when they're not out on these missions, wh

emily colson. we'll have those on in a couple of weekings . more with c >> we are back.harlie one of the big surprise timothy geithner said for sometime, there was no way it would happen. watch the interview with peter barns. >> is there a risk that the united states could lose triple a credit rating. >> no risk. >> so standard and poor's is wrong the united states will keep the triple a credit rating. >> absolutely. >> mike: why is he still there? >> i have been asking that question. >> mike: i was against his confirmation. this should seal the deal. >> he was one that was supposed to prevent the financial crisis . where was he? it is interesting about geithner the market went up 500 points had he was announced but before he was confirmed. at least obama didn't appoint bill ayers. >> mike: he couldn't have done any worse. >> and then one of his first public statements on a bail out and i broke the story. the market went down 500 points because he was so uneven and out of his depth. this whole crisis proved . last week, and the reason why, obama is pressuring the state a

more jovial feeling. strip mall vacancies now at 11% are the highest in 20 years. emily langley says she works weekend in a near by mall. >> you still have people with money that want to come and spend their money. then there's a few people that are just there to look. and i mean i guess i would say, if anything it's people are shopping less. >> i used to go at least once a week. but i try and avoid them now because i know there's a trap for me, if i go i'm going to see something i want and i'm going to spend money i don't need to be spending. >> i have to center that around payday, then i have to figure out which payday i'm going to the mall. >> reporter: more and more folks are going to the internet, dollar stores and big box discounters. >> i went to the mall this sunday, and we looked around but we didn't end up buying anything because just the prices were a little high for us. >> so you went to cosco? >> yes. >> reporter: what did she actually buy? >> i think i spent more money on food and less money on clothes and things that aren't necessities. >> reporter: as big

emily off the coast of florida. that's dissipated now. those water temperatures are very ripe for morel development in the upcoming days. there you can see the satellite picture from emily, which should not be a factor. in case you missed it earlier this week, i want to mention something really important about the hurricane season. while it may have seemed like it has been a slow start, it's been busy with five named storms. now noaa has come in with an upgraded forecast calling for a few more storms than they originally anticipated. they're expecting now between 14 and 19-named storms. 7 to 10 of those becoming hurricanes. 3 to 5 of those major hurricanes. the heart of the hurricane season, between mid-august and mid-october. so things will start getting busy, we think, in the upcoming weeks. >> good luck, diana but look out for emily. we appreciate it. >>> new york yankee alex rodriguez under fire for reportedly playing a game he's not supposed to how is he taking the heat and why? that discussion after the break. a layered with creamy peanut butter or rich dark chocolate flavor. lig

more of the same. not too many huge concerns out there now that emily is gone. >> all right. thank you very much. >>> stocks plunge. banks are inundated with cash, and what to expect later today. your first look at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >> reporter: tiger makes his return. rays and blue jays need extras, and no glove needed for the catch of the night. [ man ] they said i couldn't win a fight. but i did. they said i couldn't fight above my weight class. but i did. they said i couldn't get elected to congress. but i did. now i'm trying to make it in music. ♪ sometimes when we touch ha ha! millions of hits! [ male announcer ] the new hp touchpad. get it now for $100 off, starting at $399.99. ♪ new splenda® essentials™ no calorie sweetener with b vitamins, the first and only one to help support a healthy metabolism. three smart new ways to sweeten. same great taste. new splenda® essentials™. >>> welcome back to "first look," i'm veronica de la cruz. here are some of the top stories this morning. syrian forces continued a brutal crackdown for a fifth

emily which could make landfall this weekend. the fifth named storm is expected to reach the dominican republic and haiti later today. the threat is morencern for haiti which of course is still recovering from last year'sth quake. the weather channel's nick walker joins me now. all right, what is emily's path at this point, nick? >> right now it's moving toward the west, contessa. we expect it to turn a bit more toward the northeast. of course, if it remains a tropical storm it would come close to the florida coastline or even the carolina coast. the jury's still out. heavy rain down to puerto rico. four to six inches could fall. flooding and mudslides a very real possibility, not only there, but over the isle of his pan yellow la including haiti. we have hundreds of thousands of people still living in tents after last year's earthquake. it could be devastating the flooding and mudslide threat there. we'll expect to see the storm move over the island tonight and then if it re-emerges on the other side, that is an if at this point, it could bomb a tropical storm after being wait a secondened considerably by the mountainous terrain here

the international red cross said they will more than double the budget to feed starving children. >>> tropical storm emilythe latest disaster making it difficult for people in haiti. steve harrigan is live in port-au-prince. good evening. >> reporter: the first rain is falling in the capital of port port that could prove to be -- port-au-prince that could prove to be a long night for haitian. 600,000 still live in the tents. emily has been downgraded from tropical storm to tropical wave, the danger here and reason the government put its people on red alert the rain. there could be anywhere from 12 to 20 inches of torrential rain. in the best case scenario, that could prove to be a nightmare. but it could produce flash floods. the rains killed 28 people in june. heavy rains could kill a lot more. government preparation, it's been perfunctory. we have seen tape put up and men going around with loud speakers talking about evacuation. for many people, there is no place to go. the newly elected president has had zero appearance. he's a former pop star. on the recent outing he was pelted by people with soda bot

emily. it has since broken up over haiti, that is good bt still a soaker to those producing plenty more rain, 300 millimeters possible for hispanio hispaniola. the threat of flooding landslides will remain high. for the united states, we'll see cplfhe frontal boundaries extending across the area. scattered showers all along it. a couple of places maybe lki ateve atr threat in the midsection of the united states but other areas too will see possibly some heavier downpours as well as thundershowers. highsemn pretty hot in the southeast, 44 in oklahoma city and 40 degrees in houston too. atlanta see mpatesis i the mid-30s. and finally a look at europe and scattered showers and thunderstorms will be widespread across a lot ofonneal europe today. also looking at showers that have been impact the british isles into the peninsula. along the alpine region and these mountain areas will be particularly vulnerable to the heavyowou awe a potentially stronger thundershowers. we want to watch out for that. highs on friday, 24 in paris and 25 in london, not too bad. 25lsin vienna. still hot in athens comin

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emily. the tropical storm brought high winds, heavy rain and minor flooding to puerto rico. now it is aiming straight for the dominican republic and haiti. more than 500,000 haitians still living in temporary shelters after losing their homes in the earthquake of february 2010. emily could skirt florida's east coast by the weekend. >>> up-and-down day for stocks. fears of another recession drove stocks into an early slump but they have been clawing their way back. alison kosik live at the new york stock exchange. alison, finally some numbers in the green. >> reporter: exactly. we had a little whiplash in between. we're in the green, as you said, the dow up ten points. the nasdaq better by 21. you know what brought stocks back? the white house came out and said, it doesn't believe the u.s. economy is in danger of a double-dip recession, though it acknowledges there are challenges to the recovery. but don't tell investors that. they're still on edge, the dow still trading below that 12,000 mark, on reasons you can pick your poison. what's worrying them? first of all, moody's said the u.s. can keep its aaa credit rating for now. but it lowered i

very proud of what we have been able to do for this country for efficiency and representing more workers. host: emily from columbus, ohio, good morning. caller: my sister worked for the government for 30 years. she goes into set up -- she goes to work on saturdays for free. my sister does the work for for -- myb sister does the work for like 7 bosses. guest: the way they have been able to consolidate things or by pharmaceuticals in bulk is tremendously efficient, and the rest of the country should be doing it. the way they have the electronic files on patients is jus head and shoulders above the rest of the industry. our people work very hard. every year, there are cuts spendi. to keep up the services that the public really demands si really going to be difficult. we did a survey of the public and how they feel about government and federal workers. when you say "government," 70% have a negative view. how about the va nurse in your city? "i like them." you wonder if people -- what they really think governmetn is. they think it is some bureaucrat in washington. our members are out there in the states a

as emily approached land, waves and wind began to pick up. more than ten inches of rain was expected in some parts of the country. three nato troops have been killed in afghanistan. nato officials said two died in a roadside bombing in the south yesterday, and another died in the east. so far this year, 328 international troops have been killed in afghanistan. president obama today urged congress to end a partial shutdown of the federal aviation administration by the end of this week. members went into their summer recess last night without resolving a partisan dispute over funding. consequently more than 4,000 f.a.a. employees have been furloughed and 70,000 construction workers idled. at the white house, transportation secretary ray lahood said congress should pass legislation to restore the funding immediately. >> for politicians to run around washington as they've done for the last seven months and talk about creating jobs, putting people back to work. this is not the way to do it. the american people see the fallacy in these very hollow speec

emily could hit puerto rico today. it could approach south florida by friday. we're going to talk more about it with rob marciano on the other side of this break. >>> the senate votes on the debt bill just in the nick of time. all that dikterring and delays has come with a hefty price. check it out. $1.7 billion is how much extra money they had to pain vesters in interest to sell treasury are bonds to finance its operation and if the me had been workses out even two weeks ago that money could have been saved. there could be prices from politicians too. he's some wisdom from cnn's gloria borger,part of a panel on anderson 360. >> i was talking to a senior white house official today who said, look, forecast you look at this down the road, we have other land mamarkses that are cp in november and again in december. he said, look, this could frame the debate for the white house for 2012. if the republicans are only for cuts and entitlements and not for any kind of revenue, that's something that our public opinion show the public duh not support. >> and by the way, i was on that panel. you p

emily taking a move at haiti and d.r. earthquake devastated haiti leaving parts of the port-au-prince in ruins. today, moreillion people are still homeless. and now they are preparing for the possibility of more destruction. steve harrigan streaming live port-au-prince, haiti tonight with more on this storm. steve? >> shepard, the clouds are beginning to roll in here and this country is on red alert. whether emily turns out to be a tropical storm or a hurricane really doesn't matter so much. what they are worried about here in haiti is the rain. if they do get that torrential rainfall anywhere from 12 to 20 inches of rain it could prove to be very deadly. back in june heavy rains killed 20. these rains could be much worse. haiti is particularly vulnerable for a couple of reasons. for one thing, 600,000 people are basically living on the ground in tents as a result of last year's hurricane. another reason the country has almost all of its trees been cut down and a lot of the sewage and drainage is blocked one garbage. also, cholera has spread an outbreak here and of course that is a water born disease. a lo

and emily break apart and we will look at the last few images in the bahamas look more interesting.tigate to see if it is toward the tropical storm and see if we are going to deal with impacts in florida. in florida, pay attention. probably not direct impact but we will see rain. back to you. >>clayton: and unemployment numbers showing some improvement. does that mean there are more jobs? not necessarily. dad, why are you getting that? is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. [ male announcer ] inside every box of cheerios are those great-tting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholester. is it a superhero? kinda. ♪ listen to this. three out of four americans don't get enough vegetables. so here's five bucks to help you buy v8 juice. five bucks. that's a lot of green. go to v8juice.com for coupons. you can count on us. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ introducing purina one beyond a new food for your cat or dog. what's vanishing deducti all about ? guys, it's demonstration time. let's blow carl's mind. okay, let's say i'm your insurance deductible. every year

emily broke apart after hitting haiti and the dominican republic yesterday. hundreds of homes were flooded in h hti where more than 500,000 are still living in tents. the system could regain strength tomorrow and bring heavy rain to southeast florida. >>> national forecasters have upgraded their hurricane season outlook thanks to exceptionally high ocean temperatures. they're now predicting a busier season with up to 19 named tropical storms. they expect as many as ten of those to become hurricanes and up to five major hurricanes. >> yeah, reaching the peak of the hurricane season. >> we are, indeed. >>> all right. well, now for this morning's weather from around the nation. hail, gusty winds and flash flooding from memphis to the carolinas. stormy in the dakotas and montana with even more powerful winds and a chance of tornadoes. thunderstorms and showers around minneapolis, kansas city, des moines and chicago. heavy rain in the four corners of the southwest. >> 109 in phoenix. 91 in albuquerque and 88 in salt lake city. dallas heats up to 105. omaha, 82, detroit, 86, but it is cooler in the northeast with 7

very proud of what we have been able to do for this country for efficiency and representing more workers. host: emily from columbus, ohio, good morning. caller: my sister worked for the government for 30 years. she goes into set up -- she goes to work on saturdays for free. my sister does the work for for -- myb sister does the work for like 7 bosses. guest: the way they have been able to consolidate things or by pharmaceuticals in bulk is tremendously efficient, and the rest of the country should be doing it. the way they have the electronic files on patients is just head and shoulders above the rest of the industry. our people work very hard. every year, there are cuts spendi. to keep up the services that the public really demands si really going to be difficult. we did a survey of the public and how they feel about government and federal workers. when you say "government," 70% have a negative view. how about the va nurse in your city? "i like them." you wonder if people -- what they really think governmetn is. they think it is some bureaucrat in washington. our members are out there in the states

. >> and one more weather note this morning, florida is now bracing for its first hurricane of the season. tropical storm emily is expected to strengthen before making landfall this weekend north of ft. lauderdale. emily is now managing 40-mile-an-hour winds in the eastern caribbean. it will also dump heavy rain on puerto rico, the dominican republic and the bahamas. >>> and coming up, some box office bonanza. we have the new list of highest paid actors. can you guess who is number one? >> the answer surprised you. >> yes, it did. >>> on top of that, the newly released files of senator kennedy. showing who wanted to kill him. >>> an i iredibly rare sight, a close encounter with the largest animal on earth. >>> well, believe it or not the markets are notthowing the soror of enthusiastic reaction you'd expect after the house passed the nation's debt deal. tokyo's nikkei average lost 120 points today. hong kong's hang seng is also down in late trading and in london the ftse opened lower too. the dow lost 10 points yesterday. the nasdaq index lost 11. >>> the big reason for the market drop has to do with the yield

around the bay, we are learning more about a muni bus accident that claimed the life of a san francisco woman. it happened last friday in the castro district. officials say emilywas in a crosswalk when the bus struck and killed her. the driver should not have been there at all and the agency failed to give the driver a specific route to get to his destination as is standard practice. >>> an update to the violence atsaturday's 49ers raiders game. one man who was shot in the stomach is in fair condition. another who was beaten in the restroom is also in fair condition tonight. he had been transferred to another hospital for more treatment. [ beeping ] >> heclared his country a free nation after rebels take control of muammar qaddafi's compound in tripoli. they spent five hours fighting to take over that compound. qaddafi loyalists who tried to defend it were beaten and killed. many rebels walked out with crates of weapons and trucks with guns mounted on the back. there is still no word onqaddafi's whereabouts but here is a look inside his compound. [ shouting ] >> they feel very, very excited. very excited. we're going to go in a little bit further. you are seei

items in south florida, more on the "today" show later this morning. we have tropical storm emilylling into the gulf of mexico or race up the eastern seaboard. we'll be watching that as we head toward saturday. also to the south hurricane eugene, now a major hurricane. the system will weaken as it moves to cooler waters. some high clouds from the system, you may start to notice drifting over the bay area bit end of the weekend. we'll watch that closer to home. now, you can see the thunderstorms in the sierra last couple of days finally heading off to the east. we'll plan on pretty nice weather around lake tahoe. heat to the south, palm springs 112, 85 in los angeles through the central valley, 76 for san luis obispo. monterey low clouds and mist this morning and sunshine at times for the afternoon. 93 around sacramento. bay area temperature 80s around san jose, 67 for san francisco, 73 in oakland. north bay seeing highs in the 70s to low 80s from healdsburg south. today the warmest for a while as the sea breeze kicks in and we cool off for the first of august. laura. >> thank you

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