let's go live to our official belly flop pool with our official belly flop security guard.ter? have you tested the water yourself? >> guillermo: yes, jimmy, it is nice and warm. >> jimmy: it's nice and warm. let's meet our expert panel of judges. first up a 12-time olympic medalist in swimming. ryan lochte is here with us. ryan. [ cheers and applause ] los angeles, should belly flopping be an official event? >> yes. 100%. >> jimmy: and ryan, have you ever belly flopped? do you even have a belly on you? i'm not sure you do. >> i've got a little belly. >> jimmy: all right. very good. ryan lochte is here. our next judge is a model, actress, recording artist. you read a lot about her on bossup. say hello to amber rose. [ cheers and applause ] amber, you have the absolute perfect hairstyle for a pool-related event. it's like you're already wearing a swim cap. >> i came prepared. >> jimmy: you did come prepared. and finally, in the anchor position, businessman slash entrepreneur, he happens to be one of the "shark tank" sharks. damon john. damon, hello. [ cheers and applause ] >>

there are flip flop shops everywhere, so they'd be able to go to your closest flip flop shop.ur causes. trevor: we truly want our customers talking about their cause that's on their wrist. i'm wearing a watch that's actually a special edition in honor of my mom, and i lost her a few years ago to breast cancer. so many people see this on your wrist, and i'm not very good at talking about it, but if someone asks, i can. when i wear this watch, it's like having a piece of her with me at all times, and i get to tell her story every day. brian: the story and everything, i can tell you guys are pretty great guys, so, you know, we appreciate you guys showing it to us. marly: i believe that it does have a lot of potential with the causes, and it resonates. every cause is gonna resonate with someone. i think that's what's gonna sell this product. brian: there's a real story behind it of where these came from. that's what makes this special. and if you guys can tell that through the marketing and the packaging, which it looks like you guys have really got a good start on that and where

flip flop flip flop that we keep hearing from washington on syria i mean do you take taylor since words at face value because i mean i thought it was interesting but i mean what's what are these guys going to say tomorrow go ahead joe. no i do not his words at face value i don't think they know what the hell they're doing it's clear that look at the during the campaign trump said he would not announce what his plans are you know military plans or does want to give the enemy the heads up now obviously tactically in a battle that's you don't do that but the strict strategy of the united states for the middle larger middle east or in syria has to be explained to the american people whether we agree with it or not at least the obama administration you know pretty much stuck to regime change which we you know most of us on this show ever agree that that's a mistake but trump we don't know what exactly they're trying to do there except iran iran seems to be the underlying theme in everything you do everything they say . they've this seems to be shaping up some conflict with iran which is an e

the latest is one of the country's most iconic brands of havana flip flops. issues are part of the jnf group owned by the billionaire batista brothers have been forced to sell off the brand to help pay three point two billion dollar fine for bribery. many brazilians had boycotted products from that group to protest the corruption connections. having owners have brought the managed to maintain their home turf appeal. outside hurst has more. how the honors the go to footwear for carefree beach goers and an icon of summer style have become emblematic of brazil itself? and in the process worth the one point one billion dollars that three brazilian investment firms recently paid to control our part at us which manufactures the flip flops. or this or the manufacturer has position have a young man's as something which is the soul of brazil. and today they have become a desirable object enough being very well marketed. so now have a young man's is a synonym of the brazil that us done very well for itself. now the colorful flip flops have been touched by the long shad

we know, but is it hot enough to wear sandals or flip-flops to work? >> yes. >> the "new york times" created a buzz when it asked that question we sent tom sherwood out to ask folks walking through dupont circle what they thought. take a listen. >> of course. it's way too hot to have shoes on. >> i think it depends on the work environment. >> reporter: you have sandals on. >> yes. we have a more relaxed work environment. >> as long as your feet don't smell. >> i think that men wearing sandals to work is a little bit awkward. seems more unprofessional. >> one woman said men probably don't have a pedicure and we don't want to see their toes. >> i think i have beautiful feet. >> suherwood said he doesn't lie the slapping shoes that flip-flops make. what do you think? are flip-flops appropriate for work? more than half of you responded no. you can weigh washington facebook page. wendy has posted her feet. >> i can see if you are arguing before the supreme court there are places it's not appropriate. in general i think it's okay. i have never seen sherwood

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testimony flopped largely because there wasn't anything to say for him the only reason it was elevated was because of the fact that it was a a late revelation that this meeting that occurred but still once again pretty much enough. berger typical of most people hadn't heard him speak before yesterday and in private means but not a lot i think a lot of people looked at him and thought well you know this is probably you almost couldn't script this if you're if you're president much better than i think things played out for well the political fallout i think is going to be pretty damaging if there is no wrongdoing found in these investigations and they are going to take a long time but unable to produce any new information after a three hour meeting i find that rather interesting congressman kevin kramer nice to have you with us tonight very good always my thing said turning to international news european leaders continue to criticize american sanctions meant to punish russia for alleged election meddling manila chan is following the story tonight manila that's right at today we're hearin

. >> see the 83-foot belly flop. >>> and what is going on here? >> art! is going on. >> how you can buy a star beetle's best works. >> who is the player behind the beetle? that's what i want to know. this person knows you can sell anything online. >>> pretty cool video was posted the other day. claire and andy are leaving france and heading back. before you know it, you can see the white cliffs of dover. you see the british flag. that's sticker number 20. this is 15,000-mile journey that featured 20 countries including the uk, france, italy, greece, turkey, china. i've been following this journey since day one. here's cool video as they were crossing the alps. and all kinds of videos from the massive country from china. they just decided one day to go from hokkaido, japan, on two bikes and just head west. it was called peddling west and they have just finished the journey. they have been saddle sore and heading west for two years. >> that's incredible. >> that's such a great journey. i love the people that decide to do this that make the mental decision t

it can be dressy on women. >> somebody said tom sherwood did not like the sound of the flip-flops. >> with that especially if they get wet. >> we would love to talk about anything but the weather. it is just nasty out there and getting worse each day. >> over the next couple of days could be dangerous heat. we are already in orange level as far as air quality goes. we could be worse than that. the heat index has been around 100 nice shot of the bridge off in the distance. you can see the haze there. that haze going to continue. 95 degrees currently. we will drop to about 91, maybe 92 at 6:00 tonight. 87 by 9:00 and 82 degrees by 11:00. 93 down towards fredricksburg. i think tomorrow everybody gets there. we didn't see much in the way of thunderstorms at all today. that will be the same deal tomorrow. the only exception was towards chesapeake bay did see storms develop just north. a couple of stronger storms there. tomorrow hit the pool. that will be a good day for it. hot, hot and hot. temperatures into the 90s. heat index 100 to 105 degrees. make sure if you are headed to the pool ma

flip-flops can cause permanent damage to your feet.( tiffany ) experts warn that walking in flip- flopsr your natural stride, resulting in shin splints, achilles tendon problems and lower back pain. if you wear then too often it can also lead to minor, but irritating problems such as chafing, blisters and soreness. ( darya ) doctors advise people to only wear flip-flops for a short peroid of time. and if you do get flip-flops, get them with some arch support and a cushioned sole. (james) and i'm tracking your morning forecast. a full weather report right after the break. (james)(tiffany)(darya) welcome back. let's get a check of the weather this morning... (james)it's a another cool start to the day as low clouds and fog at the coast are ushering cooler air into the bay. early morning temperatures are in the 50s and 60s. expect plenty of sunshine again this afternoon as skies clear by mid morning. high temperatures this afternoon will be slightly warmer than yesterday. look for upper 80s inland, upper 70s by the bay, and 60s at the coast. looking at the rest of the week, the weather doe

well,ing they are cool and they are green and they are comfortable. >> but flip-flops. it's a piece of rubber >> the power of branding and marketing. >> i know. there we go. i go for cheap flip-flops personally >> that is actually surprising a compliment, though >>> kid can rock sbher takening that he will run for u.s. senate the outspoken supporter of president trump drew attention to a kid rock '18 for u.s. senate website saying that it is absolutely real. he also promised a major announcement in the near future. this would be a big surprise >> yeah, the 46-year-old michigan native, maybe be it's time >> next trending story on, peyton manning roasting kevin durant at last night's espy awards and it has the internet talking. let's have a listen. >> this team was so dominant that kevin durant told me he wants to play for them next year and i got to tell you, i don't think you'd start for that team, kevin. russell westbrook, what do you think? >> i thought that was preft funny. kevin durant did not like that always all >> but this is all for fun. >> he didn't think it wa

good for him. >> kickatize with flip-flops. -- kicks it with flip-flops. >> really good cause. >> less chance of getting hurt. >> header or anything, just run it. >> true. >> thank you. >>> straight ahead, pulling the plug on obamacare, what it could mean for california, we sit down with the state treasurer. >>> plus, chris christie in the hot seat, literally, why the new jersey governor is getting a lot of criticism over his time in the sun. >>> and the best of the best in the bay area, the 25 oth annual hula competition. social media... to attack what ieves is unfair news coverage a y shows him >>> president trump continues to use social media to attack what he believes is unfair news coverage. a tweet yesterday shows him literally fighting with a man meant to represent cnn. mola lenghi is at the white house for us tonight. >> reporter: after focusing much of his attention in the form of those twitter attacks on the media, the president shifted his focus to the world stage and how he is preparing for meetings with other world leaders in the g20. >> reporter: president trump spent the

the maker of havaianas — perhaps the world's most famous brand of flip—flops — has been sold for $1.1oking to raise cash after being caught up in brazil's corruption scandal. havaianas are one of brazil's best—known international brands, with over 200 million pairs of flip—flops sold per year. the boss of qatar airways says it still plans, despite the us airline is deciding to terminate the pair's are sharing agreement. on wednesday american airline said it was ending its co—share deal with both qatar airlines. it said it believed the two were getting a legal state subsidies, something which they denied. irish business leaders have called for a the european union to provide a state aid programme worth more one billion euro state aid programme from the european union in order to protect irish firms in the event of a hard brexit. the irish business and employers confederation said that if britain left the customs union, it would massively disrupt trade, leaving irish firms exposed. britain is ireland's largest trading partner, supporting 400,000 jobs. the us has said it wants to renegot

flip-flops can cause permanent damage to your feet.( tiffany ) experts warn that walking in flip- flopside, resulting in shin splints, achilles tendon problems and lower back pain. if you wear then too often it can also lead to minor, but irritating problems such as chafing, blisters and soreness. ( darya ) doctors advise people to only wear flip-flops for a short peroid of time. and if you do get flip-flops, get them support and a cushioned sole. ( tiffany ) we are learning about new dangers of drinking diet sodas. artificial sweeteners found in diet drinks may actually cause weight gain. that is according to a new study from a university in canada. ( darya ) it found that people who drank diet sodas routinely had an increased body mass index and risk of developing heart disease.( tiffany ) the study found that artificial sweeteners are linked to a long-term increase in body weight. researchers say that diet drinks can affect your digestive tract, impacting digestion and your overall health. ( james ) your bay area forecast is next. ( tiffany ) plus... we continue to follow breaking ne

. >>> belly flop disaster. >> it just sounded like a big splat on the water. >>> then, hit-and-run nightmare >> and the motorist fleeing, can you believe he is dean of students at a private school? >>> and lena dunham controversy over the dog she gave away. she said it bit her on the back side. >> she was doing what was best for the dog. it was not going to go over very well. >>> then, first daughter wars. >> caught in the middle of the president's latest twitter attack. >>> then you have never seen a masseuse do this. lady gaga, kanye west, and

- this is a guy who's evolved, flip-flopped, switched our way. switched our way. he's more sane, more conservative, more whatever. - so as long as he switches in your direction. - i'm okay with that. - hypocrisy and inconsistency are okay. - right, because i've already accepted the fact that i'm married to, we're married to this serial, you know. there's a famous joke that says, people say, "is donald trump gonna be impeached?" i say, no, he won't be impeached, he'll just leave us for a younger country. (laughing) - good one, good one. - paul begala actually told me that one. we know who we're in bed with, is my point. - why are we surprised? - so if he gets his act together, i'm not gonna hold the things he said against him. - let me switch into, we have some time left but let me switch over to the question of the conservative media as opposed to conservative politics. this is an interesting moment to be considering, we're sitting here today as fox news is blowing up. the departure of bill o'reilly following the departure of roger ailes, the departure of gretchen

will be looking at virtual reality technology, and asking if it's the next big thing or the next big flop afternoon and welcome to bbc news. boots has apologised for dismissing calls to cut the cost of its because it claimed that doing so would "incentivise inappropriate use". today, the firm apologised for what it described as its poor choice of words and said it would look for cheaper brands. campaigners have welcomed the move but say it should have come sooner. our only disappointment is that it's taken this long, and really the threat of a boycott by its customers for boots, to reach this position. this was a position reached by superdrug and tesco far earlier. with me now is caroline farrow, columnist for the website conservative woman. good afternoon to you. what do you make of the latest development in this, well, it's angered a lot of women. it has. it's a shame that boots have capitulated to public pressure and to actually what was little more than a social media campaign. boots is saying that originally said they didn't want to encourage inappropriate use. what they meant by tha

this afterjeremy corbyn accused the government of flip—flopping over public sector pgy- flip—floppingor pay. wages are rising by 2.196, and inflation is nearly 3%, 6 million workers already earned less than the living wage, what does the prime minister think that tells us about seven years of a conservative government and what it has done to the living standards of those people on whom we all rely? to get our public services and our house services delivered to us. at one point theresa may seemed to lose her voice and the chancellor lead over and poured her a glass of water, this after she had echoed the comments by the chancellor, saying there needs to be a fair balance struck between taxpayers and public sector workers. it isn't fair to refuse to take tough decisions and to load debts on our children and grandchildren for the future. it isn't fair to bankrupt our economy because that leads to people losing jobs and homes and that is unfair to go out and tell people that they can have all the public spending they wa nt have all the public spending they want without paying for it. what

. >> it's absolutely amazing that under the right circumstances, a producer could make more with a flophan he could with a hit. >> the essence of "the producers" is that these two folks, bialystock and bloom, want to rip off a bunch of investors, and by creating a flop, the investors won't want their money back. they raised 25,000% of what they actually need. they create this what they think is going to be a flop, "springtime for hitler..." ♪ springtime for hitler and germany ♪ >> ...and of course it becomes a hit, and they go to jail. these investors trusted bialystock and bloom. they couldn't actually monitor them. they turned out to be bad eggs. that is the problem with capital markets. that is the problem with me giving money to people and not knowing what they end up doing. >> reporter: but of course, for every bialystock, there's a buffett; for every bernie madoff, a thousand honest brokers. because there have always been two faces of finance. >> this is actually my favorite book about finance. it's from 1688. >> reporter: ah, yeah, it was a good year for finance. >> it was confus

havaianas are one of brazil's best—known international brands with over 200 million pairs of flip—flopsetailer game digital. game said sports direct had bought 1111 million shares and that it looked forward to working collaboratively with the company. last month, game issued a profit warning, blaming poor supplies of the nintendo switch console. and wills could be texts or emails in future. the law commission for england and wales has said that wills should be updated and brought into the modern world, and that the current rules were unclear and could be putting people off from making one. the commission has launched a consultation on the proposals. let us have a look at the financial markets. it has been dipping in and out of negative territory today. astrazeneca is weighing on the health sector and royal dutch shell is tracking fuel prices lower. burberry continues to do well despite a very explosive january —— annual general meeting taking place today with concerns over the level of executive pay. better than expected sales numbers, boosted by strong sales in china, has lifted the sh

sprite is a flop. michael, what you think of michael moore on broadway? for small, you haven't seen it but could you give me your post take on it. >> i'm not a michael moore basher if you get the old michael moore. he's funny on broadway, if the jokes work and if it does not become an anti- trump rant, it could be an enjoyable evening but if it's going to be two hours of dashing donald trump, it will be tedious. tom: something tells me it will be two hours of bashing trump. [applause] you have made strange calls in your time and was at the play wicked -- what did you tell mark i have told you too much about my career. i have a very good friend who is the producer of wicked and i went out to see it in san francisco where they try shows out of town and the show was in trouble. the craters were fighting with everybody and didn't get good reviews. i went out with my friend afterward and he was in the dumps he had $14 million on the line and he said what i do i said listen, your great producer but sometimes you get flop. close it in san francisco, return as mu

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. >> launches that flip-flop? why? best known to himself.d into some kind of inner tube in the pool. >> all caught on camera. that's the other thing. that's pretty impressive. >> it is impressive. i'm afraid one of the guys is going over the balcony because they're celebrating like that. >> if they do, they'll make it straight through into that hole though, no doubt. >>> want to show you an interesting scene in england, police officer hanging around. kwhoe, did you get the license plate number of that pole? this is coming from the dash cam of that police officer. >> why is it entertaining to see people hurt themselves? >> because we're cruel and horrible individuals. >> a little depraved. this is a whale of an image caught on a drone. going to show through from california. this is a kwhael. check that out. hopefully we can play that again for you. the spout launching water into the sky and with it comes a rainbow. the producer saying this is the zen moment of the day. lord knows we need one. >> it's a gray whale that produces so much color a

that's towards were carney flip flop -- flip-flopped over last week.here is this movement on the bank of england, moving towards potentially higher rates. what would one hike signal, the beginning of a new processor just market -- >> i don't think it would signal neustar. we have to member year ago we some emergency rate hike. in a sense of humor first that, the bank would necessarily be saying -- that's emergency policy stimulus put in place for fear of what could have happened, even though it's no longer necessary. it's not necessary same -- in exactly the same way that we need a deposit rate. it's removing emergency stimulus. >> jeremy, thank you. on the program. >> coming up, latest of elements from qatar, responses to society block, to demands. ♪ >> welcome back. this is daybreak. the dollar is against the yen there is not an overwhelming sense, but a little bit more appetite with the geopolitical tensions. you look at the dollar yen and you are seeing some weakness, but don't want to overdo that. you see theit and it is strengthening and the so s

everyone says trump is flip-flopping on china, he says they are an enemy, flip-flops on nato, all thesehings, yet onrushing he is the consistent. i want to find a way to work more closely. charlie: is it because he has a grand strategy or something else? ian: i was discussing this with richard haass on the council of foreign relations today. we are both a little flummoxed. you can definitely say trump likes the strawman. he likes -- strong man. he likes erdogan in turkey, he hees xi jinping in china, likes people who get things done. you definitely can say about trump that he also is very transactional, so he's willing to put his chips in to see if you can get something done and then see how they fall. that was with obama, when he first met obama in the oval office, and with xi jinping. also the fact that obama's relationship with putin was damaged in the end, so there's an opportunity. but if you put those things together, they don't add up to where trump is with putin right now. they don't add up -- charlie: so what is missing when you say it doesn't add up? somei think there is strat

. >> what does it have to do with the flip-flops? do that. wait a minute. oh, well, no. let me back up and try again. come on. >> he doesn't want to let go of the flip-flop. >> does he figure it out? is he going in sideways? >> he's going to figure it out. >> put the shoe in first. >> i think i got it. this looks good. >> does he get it? >> come on. >> you're rooting for him. whatever happens, it's already happened, i hate to tell you. >> i'll put it down and leave. >> did he get it? >> i don't have human feet anyway. what the heck? >> that was cute. >> where am i going to wear this? >> all right. >> just drop it. >> up next -- fourth of july fashion, food hacks, craft, decor, so much more, as our july 4th i'm not here edition continues. >> you stop it. we'll be right back. important to dentists is to make sure that that enamel stays strong and resilient for a lifetime. the more that we can strengthen and re-harden that tooth surface, the whiter their patients' teeth are going to be. dentists are going to really want to recommend the

. >> sun block, flip fop flops, shorts. >> water, sunblock. >>> one of the hottest new stars in the nbas living up to expectations in the dessert. mark ibanez with the sports report. >> and look at this, a fish truck carrying eels geoff turned, spilling eels and shrill all over a car. the forecast will continue in a few minutes. ing -- eels and shrill slime and all -- eels and slime all over a car. the news will continue in a few minutes. >>> mark is back now with sports, and we're talking more warriors. >> and ken wore his warriors tie and or yours stuff. but we're about to go on a basketball hiatus, because the warriors pretty much eliminated from this tournament in las vegas. they did not neat with the grate greatest success, something the franchise is not used to lately. here is president mccaw, looking great. jabari bird, a nice fake and a jumper. he had 17 points for the celtics, who easily take care of the warriors. but right before the half, mccaw again. they did review it. think he didn't quite give it to him -- he didn't you quite make it in tile, but if you're down by 21, giv

[cheers and applause] >> ready for a belly flop? showers in lancaster county, some in southern chester county, maybe a blip in burlington county and some more on the way down to the south. those mostly look like they're going to fall apart. as we take a look outside we do have cloudy skies over most of the region right now with some sunny breaks, temperatures in the 70's and your exclusive accuweather 7-day shows a nice warm high of 86 later. partly sunny, warm, not all that humid today away from the bay and the shore. tomorrow afternoon look for some rain and thunderstorms. les they say i do called the early moon and it's on the rise. see what i did there. abc's diane macedo is here with more. >> amy, good morning. weddings are awesome, right? we can all agree on that but seating charts and guest lists not so much so more and more couples say the key is the earlymoon. get away before the wedding so you can detress from the planning and remember why you're getting married in the first place. it's the newest trend in the wedding worl

if you vote against it, you will be flipping and flopping. she's saying she won't vote for it. serious problems here. real concerns on the republican side that they can even get to a vote on actual legislation or actual amendments. there's a good chance by this afternoon, they won't have the votes. >> we'll stand by and see. the lunch today is going to be hugely important. phil will be there. gate to see you, thank you very much. >>> the blame game is already starting. dana bash has the details. what are you hearing? you saw the president's tweet this morning. he basically said, blamed all the democrats, a few republicans he's not happy with. where is the sentiment right now? where does the blame land? >> all the above and even those who i speak with that are quite candid in the administration admit there is blame to go around. even realtime, kate, those of us, you covered the hill and big pieces of legislation like this, i have as well. watching the way this was unfolding, the analysis that we were getting in realtime is where are the people out there talking about the positiv

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which is so attractive with my man boobs flopping in the wind. >> he can be outrageous, but todd sharp coach in dansk history with 15 national titles as coach of the lady birds. lauren zima learned about the drama that turned the louisville students into champions. >> it is hell week and the devil is here. mentally, physically, i'm very hard on them. very demanding, and when it culminates, it becomes worth it for them. >> bigger! get low. >> how much drama are we going to see? >> is there drama? >> i think drama is your reality. >> we don't look for it. it finds us. >> she should have been in center. >> todd's series, "so sharp" premooerss tomorrow on lifetime, his outrageous style reminds us of another famous dance coach. >> i said -- >> get your finger out of my face. >> people are comparison. are you the new abby lee miller? >> do you look like it? i think we're nothing alike. neither of us are swim suit models, but beyond that, i don't see a lot of similarities. >> i feel like you were born for fame. >> ready or not, here we go. >> speaking of abby lee miller, we have our final mom

. >> incoming would happen and people would flop down for a few seconds and then just get up. >> if you'ven the tv show "m.a.s.h." and radar on the loud speaker announcing the movie for tonight, we had that system seto up. >> this system was used to save lives. >> typically, the rounds were coming from a place called corock. and the marine gets on the horn and start sending arty, arty, arty corock. and everybody went into a first hole they could find. >> my troops used the tease me all the time. they used to kid me about being uniform always dirty. red clay all over the front of the uniform. i could go from vertical to prone in a millisecond. >> life on the base lived under cover. >> no safe place at khe sahn. we all knew this by the time the siege started. there could be craters to stand in aad your head below the surface of the grrund. >> i had a bunker covered in aircraft aluminum and sandbags on top and probably could have taken a direct hit. >> the troops spent hours and hours digging in deeper and deeper. some bunkers 18 feet deep. >> we had a 106 rifle built on the edge of a 2,000 b