. >> glen did it like this: ♪ galveston, oh galveston galveston ♪ it was almost patriotic, you know.er] ♪ oh, galveston >> and now we get to the rather strange, very long piece de resistance that is "mcarthur's park." actor richard harris first put it on the charts. later donna summer took it to the disco, giving webb his only number-one hit. ♪ the song is filled with oblique metaphors about a romance gone bad. ♪ someone left the cake out in the rain ♪ i don't think that i can take it ♪ cause it took so long to bake it ♪ >> lyrics like that made "macarthur park" a classic, but also a song people love to hate. humourist dave barry named it the number-one bad song of all time, but webb continues to perform it himself without apologies. [cheering and applause] these days he's something of a songwriter emeritus. >> i can't tell you how much we enjoyed your show. >> thank you. ♪ i put it in the music >> he's still writing and commands such respect that for a collection of his best-loved songs last year, the studio was filled with stars, ranging from willie joel... ♪ and i need you more th

and city leaders in galveston, texas are preparing for tropical storm don to make landfall. that is expected late today or early tomorrow. right now don is moving over the central gulf of mexico. the national hurricane center says the storm is expected to weaken as it moves toward texas. but they say city leaders should be ready. >> it's a time to looks at the evacuation plan today. if it's not this storm there could be one in the next couple of weeks. >> it could dump 3-5 inches of rain in and around the galveston area. that is welcome news as much as 90% of texas is dealing with a drought. >>> iranian leaders say it's too early to tell if rebels blew up a vital gas line. it halted all gas shipments from iran to turkey. no one was hurt in the blast but kurdish has sabotaged pipelines. >>> investigators released a final report detailing the 2009 crash of an air france jet. 228 people died when that plane went down in the atlantic ocean. the report blames pilot error for causing the crash. the crews pilot scheduled to come out of a high altitude stall and that doomed the figh

officials in galveston, texas, getting ready for tropical storm don.te today or early tomorrow. right now it's over the central duffel of mexico. it will weaken as it gets closer to texas. residents should still be ready. tropical storm don may dump three to five inches of rain in and around galveston, which actually is good news. it's or than 90% of texas is dealing with a drought. >>> let's check in with sal. no drought. >> not really. we had traffic increasing in the last half hour as you hit the roads. there's an earlier crash on interestate 280 near saratoga. that was cleared about a half hour ago. now we have slow traffic. i think 101 meet be better this morning for a driving into san jose, better getting up to sunny vail. 237 has slow traffic. it was light earlier, uncharacteristically slight. on the until i metz freeway we see lighter conditions. you will see some slowing. it's not as bad as it is the other four days of the workweek. will the's go to steve. >> a big fog bank. there was a cap on it the last couple of days. that's kind of cool sh

if we see that landmark deal on arms reduction and cooperation on of galveston and of going forward in preparations for russia succession into the world trade organization the obama administration is all for it and hillary clinton has once again expressed the american leadership's full support for russia joining the w t o an agreement also was signed by foreign minister lavrov and secretary of state hillary clinton this wednesday is the long awaited agreement on adoption after scores of horrible incidents involving russian children mistreated by their adoptive parents in a number of cases murdered by them russia had to stress the need for an agreement and a better oversight over how the adoptive children are treated in their families and the deal finally went through finally came through and it was signed this wednesday the points of vision to include. you know a ban on independent adoption adoption will only be conducted via licensed agencies also the agreement states that all foster children from russia will retain their russian citizenship until they reach legal adult adult and that

meteorologist predict it'll hit land late tomorrow between galveston and brownsville and say there's not much chance it'll turn into a hurricane. people along the beach are taking the prospects pretty much in stride. >> on to the weather, today felt a whole lot like yesterday. over tochief meteorologist bill martin. not that i'm complaining. >> it was a little warmer today than yesterday. it's a slow gradual warming. you can see the fog of course it's a big city out there and you can see out by twin peaks, twin peaks notching out the fog there. it's a topographic feature and it knocks the fog. that's why the noe valley, it's a nice little bay area microclimate. the temperature over the area will go five, six, 10 degrees warmer than what you would find in san francisco. mount diablo in the distance. upper 80s out toward livermore. there's the cool bite along the coast. and yes that's what summertime looks like in the area. that's about what you would expect, right along the coast 50s. inland, 90s. that is a little warmer but low mid-90s out toward sacramento and stockton. the heat is

a man at a batcher party near galvest galveston, texas lands a bull shark.are told the bride hasn't gotten away either. the group caught a couple of more sharks. this was the biggest. >>> in providence, rhode island, police can charge people under 18 for sexting and stronger penalties for people who send photos to others. >>> foreclosures filings plunged nearly 30% the first half of the year and sounds good but not what it seems. alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. >> the headline sounds good but when you read deeper into the report and you find out why. what is happening banks are taking their time foreclosing because remember that scandal last year? banks got into a lot of trouble for signing off on foreclosures without following the proper protocol and now ktaking a lot longer to process. it takes 318 days, almost a year to process an average foreclosure. i'm talking about from the initial notice to the final sale. what you see happening is kicking the can down the road. meaning get ready for more foreclosures to flood the market. >> alison kosik

the beaches near galveston look like a perfect day for a family outing right now but clouds are gatheringfurther out to sea. the storm is nearly 700 miles offshore with 40-mile an hour winds and tropical storm don could hit shore by tomorrow. but forecasters do not think it will become a hurricane. >>> time now 5:25, a host of a popular tv game host is about to have surgery tomorrow after putting his own personal safety in jeopardy. alex trebeck showed up on crutches. he was hosting an event at google's after an event. he hurt his leg chasing a burglary suspect out of his hotel room at the marriott marquee. the hotel referred to trebeck as the victim. >> the victim woke up and said there was somebody in his room. the victim did give chase to the suspect. >> that suspect identified as lucinda moyers of san francisco. she's due in court today. most of the items taken were recovered right near a hotel ice machine. >>> the official word is expected later today. new york mets all star carlos beltran is expected to be formally introduced as the newest member of the san francisco giants. beltran

galveston, texas, needed over five inches of rain to get back to normal. they picked up 0.25 of an inch. do i see anything brewing in terms of organized systems? national hurricane center is watching this area well east of the wind ward islands. even if it goes to texas we don't know that part yet. that's a look at the national picture. here's a closer look at the weather for your weekend. >> everybody make it a great day where you are. for the rest of the headlines here's betty. >> good morning, everybody. an investigation is under way into why two delta airlines planes had a collision on the tarmac at o'hare airport in chicago. it happened as the planes were backing away from the loading gate. both planes had minor damage and no injuries. passengers were placed on later flights. >>> a u.s. army soldier is held without bond this morning accused of plotting a terror attack on ft. hood, texas. private nasser abdo was planning to bomb the base and a nearby restaurant frequented by military personnel. it would have been a replay of a 2009 deadly rampage. nass

it's people in michigan and in galveston, texas, and in new orleans. >> people in michigan climb up, they build a big platform up in the air. they climb up into it, um, parents and children. they put on ascension robes so that when the world ends, they will be well-dressed when they go up into heaven. they take a picnic lunch with them in case it doesn't come right away or in this case they need a little something to eat on their way to heaven, and can they just sit there and wait. and this was really happening all around the country. there are lot of stories about the gulf coast where they're doing this. charleston, all work came to a standstill. lots of people said we don't have to do any work at all because we're not going to be around here in another week. and that day, of course, everybody is standing there watching their watches and the clocks on the church towers just waiting to see what's going to happen. and what happened was nothing. [laughter] and then they had to go back to work and say, so the world is not going to end. now what are we going to do? how are we going to re

supposedly not local, people in michigan and galveston texas and new orleans. >> people in michigan climbhey built a big platform up in the air. a kind -- the climb up into it. parents and children. they put a sense in rhode so that when the world and is there will be well dressed and they go up into heaven. they take a picnic lunch with them in case it does not come right away or in case they need a little something seat on their way to heaven, and they just sit there and wait. this was really happening all around the country. there were lots of stories about the gulf coast. charleston almost came to a standstill. lots of people said we don't have to up to any worker at all because we are not going to be around here in another week. and that day, of course, everybody is standing there watching their watches and clocks in the tourist -- church tower is just waiting to see what's going to happen. happened was nothing. and then they had to go back to work and say, so, the world is not going to end. now what are we going to do? or we going to repair the city and live together? >> so how long

the landfall is expected across the texas coastline anywhere from brownsville to just south of galveston and corps-- corpus christi, the forecast is for it to be a strong potential storm. beneficial is going to be the rainfall. we'd like to have it farther to the north and through san antonio and dallas. anybody in texas will take any sort of rain they can get. a ton of rain in chicago. they've set records as far as july rainfall, more thunderstorms expected today. that's where we'll see flight delays, chicago, could see delays up and over an hour. detroit, tampa, orlando, miami and san francisco as well. on the space front news here, want it tell you about a new discovery from nasa, orbiting potentially the earth's orbit are these asteroids called trojan asteroids. they've seen these kind of whirling around jupiter and saturn and usually asteroids don't orbit around planets but we haven't seen many orbit around earth. this could be interest that we keep talking about man visiting asteroids. >> right. >> so this may be an easy way to do it, some that are close to home. >> we have one. gr

so many of the places from the johnson space center to a night out on the rock in galveston. please welcome to the stage ben mezrich. >> so am i wrong that when i heard that the title of the book was "sex on the moon" i thought that was a drink that the college kids have at south padre. >> it does sound like a drink, right? my wife came up with the title. so i was not the dirty mind behind the title. but the main character did spread moon rocks on a bed and had sex with his girlfriend on the moon. so that's, you know, i'm afraid it's getting caught in a spam filter. >> right. the e-mails go out. >> but yeah. >> as i was reading it, i kept thinking, you know, sort of the processes the title and where did it come from. you get to a moment later, it becomes evident as to why the book is called that. >> right. >> very quick, because i'm guessing many people haven't had the chance to read it. you don't want to give away. >> right. i tend to give away too much. tell us about that'd -- thad and what he did. he is the most complex individual that you have written about. take that mar

shows out of galveston, texas. here's why we're watching it. galveston bay opening all the way down to the tip of texas. and this is where we think don will find itself somewhere in that area. i would call it maybe south padre island-ish by about 2:00 a.m. on friday morning. so, it could be a weekend of much-needed rain that extends from that area right around corporation, right around brownsville into san antonio, san angelo could get the benefit of this. houston may get a little bit of rain out of this but at the most it looks like about 2 to 6 inches. giant thunderstorms popping. just about the same location, kind of stalled zone that will get thunderstorms as we've seen in the past couple of days. and warming up on the eastern seaboard. we think w a little north carolina, texas and kansas in the house. back to you, lara. >> awesome. >>> good morning, america. here's a look at what's ahead on our "gma" menu. from the red carpet to the courthouse, "gossip girl" star, leighton meester, filing suit against her mom. and her mom suing her right b

says thursday it, should say friday talking about a storm very close here somewhere between galvestonwards brownsville, shep. >> shepard: they have got a bad drowlt down there. >> the worst they have ever had. dryest ever seen on record. they're going to get rain out of this. drought everywhere in texas. notice around the houston area this model bringing good rain across houston areas just east of that and i think we will be seeing more make its way to the center part of the state by the time we get to saturday. >> shepard: possible insurgents in iraq and afghanistan, now making its way to dozens of police departments nationwide. that's raising some serious concern among privacy advocates. we report, you decide next. plus the father of amanda knox, that american student convicted of murder in illustrationly believes his daughter could soon be free. foxy knoxy details just ahead. there's more barbeque time in every bag of kingsford charcoal. kingsford. slow down and grill. ♪ ooh baby, (what) can i do for you today? ♪ [ feme announcer ] need help keeping your digestive balance? align ca

in galveston, 94 degrees. 20% chance of precipitation. highs in the 90s. we're talking about the sea breeze thunderstorms that come in, pop up, drop the rainfall. a little bit of lightning here and there. they begin to dissipate. better chance of rain in mich beach with a 0% chance. temperatures in the mid-80s. savannah, hilton haead, picture perfect. cape cod 57 degrees. beautiful out there. again, here's the big rainmaker we have. this area of low pressure that is slowly moving its way to the east. when it does you'll hear the rumble of thunder, maybe even small hail by late afternoorn. back out to the central and northern plains. same situation, not a cold front but rather warm front from the southwest to the northeast. the heat remains in the desert southwest. the question may beg, how hot will it be? going from 94 to albuquerque, el paso 97. 102 in dallas, 98 in houston, phoenix, yeah, your temperature's not there. let me help you out there. about 110 the possibility into the afternoon. there you go. los angeles going to about 677 out by staples arina

joining us right now from galveston, ford atkinson. is kind of a good news, bad news thing. bad news is you've got a tropical storm headed your way. the good news is you really need the rain! >> yeah, steve, we really do need the rain. in fact, galveston is not actually in the watch area. the storm is expected to hit to the south and west of us. actually, everybody in that watch area and those just outside of it are actually as you indicated hoping that we get three or four inches of rain out of this tropical storm because it has been bone dry in most of texas now for about six months. the worst drought as a matter of fact on record so you got to be careful what you wish for. you know, you can -- you'd like three or four inches. what you don't want is 10 or 11 inches to hit you at once because that will cause some severe flooding but right now, as you may be able to see behind me, the gulf of mexico looks very normal. you see the normal waves just about 6 inches to a foot high. nothing out of the unusual. we're just hoping that in 36 h

this was caught sunday near galveston, texas.the second shark caught in two kays -- two days along the coast of texas. it's a biggie. both of them by the way were released. >>> well, today ten ticket tus day winners will take home -- tuesday day winners will take home passes to water world. the tickets are valid until september 17th. 23 you want a chance to win go to our channel 2 website, ktvu.com. do it before midnight, scroll down to the right now tab and put in the secret password, "splash." >>> a good place for the summer heat. >>> let's check in with sal for one more look at traffic. >> we're looking at traffic that's improving in many areas. 24 is a look at interstate 88 -- this is a look at interstate 880, you can see it passion the coliseum. is bay bridge toll plaza much improved from the last half- hour. if you take a live look at northbound 101 that traffic is move. let's go to steve. fog on the coast. coming through the golden gate. it's very shallow. it won't make much of an impact. otherwise, inland, sunny, warm to

anywhere from brownsville up towards galveston.will and moderate to strong tropical storm as it makes landfall saturday night into sunday morning. as we get closer to the 11:00 eastern advisory we'll let you know. by this could be a good news story especially if the storm stays a strong tahir sharif. look at drought. over 70% of texas into exceptional drought. so they need the moisture. hopefully this is a good news story and don won't affect anyone tremendously. that would be great. alisyn: janice, thanks so much. we'll start the "jeopardy" campaign. bill: we expect a critical vote on boehner's debt plan in the house. does the speaker have the votes to pass it? while we go to commercial break go to our web site foxnews.com, click on "the most read" to be. read" tab. there is a lot of interest in the debt. map a vacation on a budget with expedia. make it work. booking a flight by itself is an uh-oh. see if we can "stitch" together a better deal. that's a hint, antoine. ooh! see what anandra did? booking your flight and hotel at the

. >>> well, caught off the shores of galveston, texas, a 9 foot bull shark. a man celebrated at his bachelor party and went shark fishing and caught it in the gulf of mexico. and the san diego zoo gave its three polar bears a special treat. 18 tons of snow. boy, they had fun making the snow angels. it's nice. >>> and soccer, the most popular sport in the world, right? but rarely are americans gathered around the tv screen. well, that all changed with one game and one goal, the u.s. women's team was facing elimination, down to its final minute of play against brazil when abby wambach scored a miraculous header. fast forward wednesday, the header was a go ahead goal against france. u.s. won 3-1 and is going to face japan on sunday in the world cup final. abby joins us on the phone from germany. everybody is gathering around the team and the sports bar. did you ever think it would have that kind of impact? >> you know, it's pretty amazing how much support we've femt and have received back home. we've seen some of the video, the footage of people reacting to not

preparations are under way on galveston island. don is expected to make landfall on saturday or late friday. it's possibly a weak hurricane. >>> fallout from the debt crisis reaches far beyond washington. we will talk about a small business owner that is worried about how it could affect his own company. >>> and then cover stories around the world, we also get to see great tips and get tips on restaurants and hotels and travel spots. this week's travel insider, we go to a mexican restaurant in seattle that rents kayaks. >> reporter: i am patrick oppmann in seattle. you don't have to go far to find amazing views of the water, whether it's puget sound. you have incredible water views just about everywhere you look. i am at a mexican restaurant, and you eat upstairs and then downstairs they rent out kayaks. it's a unique way to get a different view of the city. as you paddle along you see the history of seattle and go under the old bridges, and then it dawns on you that to get from that side of seattle, to this side of seattle, you ha

but emergency management teams in galveston, texas, are preparing for tropical storm don's arrival. >ty fast and by friday night, this thing's going to be making landfall. so we're not talking, you know, something that you can watch for the next seven days because it's going to be over with. >> reporter: and that's disappointing news for the lone star state. 75% of it is mired in a miserable drought. the last nine months, the driest ever recorded. this pond used to provide water for cattle. 12 feet of water, gone. leaving behind nothing butut dry, cracked mud. >> we'd love to see a tropical storm with plenty of moisture and not all the wind. would hit the spot. >> reporter: as lakes evaporate, algae and bacteria are taking over what's left, forcing officials to shut them down. volunteers are working to rescue and rehydrate starving animals. it seems the only creatures thriving are grasshoppers. without the fungal diseases caused by rainfall that keep them in check, they've taken over, eating what's left of the crops. >> we're really just getting by right now, and i don't know how much

landfall sometime tomorrow night and early saturday morning between brownsville and corpus christi and galveston the eye dealed scenario because we need the rain. bring it, they are saying. give me some of that rain. could see 2 to 4 inches in a swath here across parts of central texas. take it. ongoing drought there like never seen and the heat continues to build. in the meantime, rain across parts of northern iowa and illinois. this is what we saw overnight. places like davies county where they had a number of swift water rescues happened and no injuries reported but nonetheless the flooding continues in this area and flash floods continue. >>> we take you to france on a drier note. a town across the eastern part of france, a world record was set for the number of hot air balloons that were launched at any given time at this international air balloon meeting. so pretty pictures for you there. nice day across parts of the northeast today, but the heat is going to be building across the i-95 corridor and we probably will get back to some temperatures, not as hot as they were last week, but 88 de

walked the beach with both former president clinton and former president bush when we went down to galveston and looked at the amazing devastation. so many of us who are concerned about the tragedy in diop pin, missouri, and other places -- joplin, missouri, and other places, and i talked to members of congress who there is flooding going on in their district as we speak. here's the dilemma we have and the reason i rise to raise the question of the recapturing of already designated funds. and to realize that these are not funds that were just sitting in a pile unused. these funds are not only already designated, i'd like to say appropriated, high-speed rail dollars, but as well these funds will generate thousands of jobs. and as i read the amounts of moneys that were designated, $450 million were going to be utilized for necessary repairs in new jersey. that means that my friends on the floor of the house made a sacrifice. and i appreciate that. but high-speed rail is a valuable and necessary investment in america's future. i truly believe that there could have been a compromise, where resou