. >> now i live it flagstaff as a science writer so this project launched me into their career i have a second book out and i am working on the third talking about planetary catastrophes. one is about water issues of the southwest my second book and the vision for that book was a mythical reverb -- river that stayed on maps over 75 years but it did not exist there is no oh river flowing from the great salt lake to california with this abundant water we use that as of metaphor to think about how we think of water and the ability to assist a nest. >> howdahs tucson get its water?. >> some from the oer but lot comes from the colorado river 300 miles away it is a very long canal and a write extensively about it constantly bringing water from other places or can we live within our means?. >> is the space flight not on the forefront today so what are they doing?. >> it is doing wonderful things they're doing research of aerosolized system will be recently we got pictures of pluto that was fantastic and then there other things like astrolabes which is so important because we think they ceded

flagstaff is 48. 86 in palm springs. las vegas at 85. ridge of high pressure here, weak system to the north. it's kind of a quiet day for us, which is good because we had one extreme to the other. 60s, 70s, 8 east, far -- 80s far enough inland. a little warmer into wednesday. but this is mainly for inland areas, nose inland from the coast and then after that it looks like it cools down again on sunday. >> there you go. all right steve. >> thank you. >>> tsa agents see all sorts of things in carry on bags passing through security, right? but this could be a first. a giant lobster. >> a what? >> yes. >> this photo tweeted out by the tsa giant 20-pound live lobster, surprisingly the tsa doesn't ban carrying lobsters as long as you keep them in the clear plastic spill proof container. spokesperson said that lobster was in a cooler, by the way it cooperated very nicely while going through its pat down. >> i can't get my sunscreen through but you can bring on a giant lobster. >> good to know. >>> all right. well a rare map of disney land creat

. >> naked man flying in flagstaff arizona nearly killed a freezing rain. trooper arrived on the interstate after someone reported a naked man was lying in the median. >> when the trooper arrived the man ran towards the troops vehicle and began hitting it with the fist. then he got back in the car and rammed the trooper's vehicle multiple times. he suffered minor bruises and was taken into police custody without incident. the trooper is home recovering and is expected to be okay. glad he's going to be okay but what a wild story. >> any time you hear naked in a story you know >> coming up later today on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 many people who love yoga say it helps tone and lengthen their muscles. doctors say yoga is good for people dealing with chronic pain. we'll tell you all about it coming up today at 5:00. >>> and finally at noon babies first steps a cute and tiny polar bear cub is growing up. >> the two month old cub's first steps were caught on camera in queensland australia. handlers say the steps mean it won't be long before the baby ventures outs

they carriedhings these flags on, you can see on the flagstaff's that were all surrendered in appomattox. some of them are nice pieces of wood. some of them are also just tree branches. they are making do with whatever they have. when lee surrendered to general grant, he surrendered only his army of northern virginia. he did not surrender any other armies, although grant had asked him to. there was over 100,000 soldiers still in the field. appomattox was just the first surrender that happened, but certainly not the last surrender that ended the war. effectively, it did. one of the larger armies in the field was general joe johnston's army in north carolina. it had been lee's goal to meet with general johnston. those after they supplied their armies and continued their efforts. johnston surrendered about three weeks after lee surrendered. besides the portrait of the store that you see here, the spurs, the gauntlets, the sash, and this chest all belong to the general joseph johnston. the last surrender that occurred on land was by stan wadde. we do not have any of his items other than a po

phoenix 91, although flagstaff 46, republicans pass of high pressure to the south, so we are doublingoff where we should be, it's long overdue, just -- i knew we would pay for that cool weather, we are seeing things balance out from that hot weather and we are. 90 in clear lake. 86, antioch, brentwood, 72 for oakland. temperatures 90s, santa clara, 78 downtown san jose. east san jose 91 or 82. 78 in palo alto. 64 in daly city, 68 in the city. each day inland temps will bump up a little bit by average thursday. friday, saturday a little warmer, then bring it back sunday. >> all right, steve, thank you. >> you're welcome. >>> new this morning, a special memorial ceremony for the seven sailors who died ten days ago in the collision at sea when the uss fitzgerald collided in the sea of japan with a cargo ship and the compartments where the sailors were asleep were flooded. the commander said while the entire navy is mourning the deaths of the seven sailors the crew acted with hair women to make sure no one else died consider consider hair itch -- reuters news service saying the fitzgerald

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flagstaff cool at 55. we do have a low cloud deck giving way slowly to sunshine. hence the high pressure will build in for a warmup inland. 60s and 70s and 80s in brentwood and antioch. by the coast it is the 60s. warmer inland temps but not much change coast and bay. >> thank you, steve. >>> a new program -- not really a new program. it has been in existence for years. the city has the monty to do -- the money to do it but it is having a hard time finding the people for the program. >>> the mere presence of your smart phone, even if you're not using it, can hinder your ability to get things done. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome back to mornings on 2. the time is 7:22. wall street is once again being affected by what is going on in washington, d.c. >> pam cook is back with this and more in today's money business. pam. >> some traders say the republican's decision to delay the vote on the health care bill, investors want health care signed off so lawmakers can move on to tax reform. the news does not seem to affect the indexes this morning. the opening bell rang in pretty big gai

flagstaff in the low 90s it doesn't change much on thursday or friday for that matter we evare dealingt wave travel restrictions will probably be in place if you are thinking about traveling out to the southwest, keep that in mind the heat will be there at least through friday aside from that, the travel problems, dealing with sunburn issues and dehydration, heat exhaustion and heat stroke heat is a dangerous part of summer unfortunately, they are dealing with it in a record way in the southwest. >> michelle and melissa, back to you guys >> awful stuff thank you. let's check back in with brian in washington, d.c. with more on what he has ahead including speaker paul ryan, of course >> yes he is coming up. a lot of real heat in the southwest. a lot of heat over tax reform in the northwest side of washington, d.c. coming up, house speaker, paul ryan, you just heard him give that major speech on tax reform will be our guest on cnbc. we are going to talk to him about when they think they can get it done, where should corporate tax rates be, how many individual brackets should we have and w