. >> host: next call from galveston, texas. you are on the air. galveston? let's take a call from california. go-ahead. >> caller: thank you. very much. and thanks to mr. acosta for all he has done. i would like to know the hole between policy and what he has experienced needs to be taken apart between what politicians are doing and what he is experiencing on the ground. i wonder if he has any ideas if his second book is going to try to involve that for his viewpoint on policy that has gone wrong here. >> guest: the second book we are working on actually deals with a criminal organization i infiltrated that was based out of ecuador and partially based in the bahamas as well. our second book is going to deal with that criminal organization but i do hope in the future i will get to that issue about policies we have in place. we have a lot of retired folks that have the experience. not only those that are retired. individuals within the service have spent years working on this issue and have a lot to contribute. i hope as a nation we address this issue in the n

. >> finally tonight, pinheads and patriots. 23-year-old bill omar was visiting galveston, texas, on july 4th when he left his year-old pit bull in his car. temperatures outside got up to 88 degrees, and sadly his dog died. omar was charged with felony animal cruelty. apparently he found some humor in all this. >> his galveston police department mug shot, bill cody doesn't appreciate the trouble he's in. amanda harding and her boyfriend say they saw omar park in front of the neighbor's house yesterday in galveston with a 1-year-old pit bull dead inside. >> he was already drunk. he was just yelling at it, like "get up, get up, get up, because one of my family members walked over there and seen the dog, you know. it was horrible. >> they say they decided to call 9-1-1 because they say he left the dead dog in the car and went to party with the neighbors. >> bill omar is a pinhead who faces up to two years behind bars. that's it for us tonight. thanks for watching. i'm laura ingraham. bill will be back >> sean: welcome to this special edition of "hannity" tonight i will be swroined by fl

apparently he found some humor in all this. >> his galveston police department mug shot, bill cody doesn'ta harding and her boyfriend say they saw omar park in front of the neighbor's house yesterday in galveston with a 1-year-old pit bull dead inside. >> he was already drunk. he was just yelling at it, like "get up, get up, get up, because one of my family members walked over there and seen the dog, you know. it was horrible. >> they say they decided to call 9-1-1 because they say he left the dead dog in t

from galveston to charlotte to raleigh, greensboro dealing with some rain. most of the heb rain will be along that stationary front. we'd love to give arkansas the rain. central georgia could use it. it would be cruel if all the heavy rain stays in northern louisiana and mississippi but maybe we'll get lucky and some of that will clip arkansas that desperately needs it. for our forecast today, it's a typical july forecast. warm everywhere and thunderstorms in the southeast. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your window. today many areas will be into the mid to upper 80s. a few locations will be in the 90s. indianapolis, 92. we'd love to get some rain into the ohio valley where the crops are really hurting. nothing too dramatic. >>> coming up, revising downward on wall street, american cities going bust, and which of the united states is the best for doing business? your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, tom cruise may have started a mission impossible, but if katie holmes could play

he reeled in this shark in galveston. mom recorded the whole thing. they took pictures and then they let the shark go. this apparently isn't the first time that hunter -- do not try this at home. >> please. >> his parents say the young man reeled in a seven-foot shark last fall. he is experienced at this. but still -- >> hunt terer the daredevil sha boy. >>> what a difference a day makes. >> wow. i mean really, wow. 105 saturday, 102 yesterday. heat index of 110 yesterday. and today we topped out at 87 degrees. that is nice for this time of year. and we ended the heat wave on a good note. this was shot earlier in the d.c. area. high clouds streaming by. you get the orange and red hues as the sun continues to go down. the sunset just after 8:30 and the days are getting shorter. you might start noticing that. record heat. it has been on the hot side but how hot was it? the first time in over 80 years we are seen four days in a row of 100 degrees or higher. the first time was in 1930. and this was the first time we had 11 days in a row of 95 degrees or h

the texas coast, beaumont, port arthur through galveston and an few showers near houston popped up. a few areas this morning a rough drive. otherwise, a quiet weather map the entire northern half kuch country. a warm weather map and not the incredible heat wave we've seen over the last the two weeks and hoping to get rain. arkansas one of the worst drought spots in the country along with colorado. the potential, especially eastern half of arkansas, a little rain. showers and thunderstorms hit-and-miss throughout the south east and a warm typical summerlike day for rest of us. enjoy. >> thanks, bill. >>> revising downward on wall street. americans city going bust, and which of the united states is the best for doing business? your "first look" at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >>> coming up, griffin strikes is rich, an all-star blowout and what fans know the rest of us don't. you're watching "first look" on nbc. ♪ [ acoustic guitar: slow ] [ barks ] ♪ [ upbeat ] [ barks ] beneful playful life is made with energy-packed wholesome grains... and real beef and egg.

that is according to researchers at university of texas in galveston. most were 15 or 16 years of age. 77% of the girls who had sent sexts were sexually active compared to those who had not. they also had a higher chance of engaging in risky behavior. >> video of a little girl just five years old swimming with sharks is getting an emotional response from parents around the country. abc 7 news received a lot of comments and you can see that people have plenty to say about it. >> look how close they are. >> home video making a splash online shows the little girl in water off the bahamas. that is her, snorkling with sharks. the water may not appear deep nor animals menacing but remember, they're sharks, and nya is just five years old. at the beginning of the video, posted by her parents, it sounds as if her mother is nervous. >> are you at a save distance? >> i was having second thoughts. >> but the daring family from connecticut decides to go for it. >> you didn't feel scared? >> at no point did i feel like this is dangerous. like going on a roller coaste

houston, galveston, lake charles, louisiana. we've got flash flood watches, flash flood warnings over the next 24 hours, over seven inches of rain will fall. in florida more heavy rain as well. expect, again, between the next 24 hours, tallahassee down to naples, anywhere from two to >> good morning.rain we could use some rain. a slight chance you'll see some rain in your neighborhood. >> that's your latest weather. natalie. >> al, thank you. this morning on "today's" home, summer friends in decor, bright colors and bold prints making quite a splash. kat good morning. the '80s, maybe not for everyone. >> maybe not for everyone. it's huge in fashion, why not the home. nothing says the '80s like neon. can you do this in your home. let's start with this chair. it's a classic cafe chair, reimagined in this fluorescent pink, from abc home. $150. it really does just add that edgy punch to a room. >> right. >> if you like to roll your sleeves up, you can do this yourself. they carry fluorescent spray paint. for $6 you can actually spra

hunter stevens reeled in this bull shark off the coast of galveston. dad helped him pull in the shark. before they took pictures and released it back in the ocean. here, son, open his mouth. >> apparently this isn't the first time he's call a shark. last fall they reeled in a 7-foot one. >> the dad was making the video, so that's why the son this to take on the jaw-opening lines? >> what's that line from "jaws"? "we need a bigger boat." >>> that's a little shocking to see a little boy doing that. anyway, what a release this morning. >> it's over. it is over. >> forever? >> the longest, hottest stretch of history is where we've seen temperatures. >> we just barely survived it, too. thank goodness it is over. most of us, just about all of us have the power back on. last night, i was one of those people that lost power again last night. >> you didn't. you didn't lose power 6 fist time. not the first time, but last night. >> for how long? >> 2 1/2 hours. >> my goodness, poor baby. >> it was horrible, i couldn't believe it. hot temperatures out there, you k

jews are liberal overwhelm galveston and interested in the social progress not only of themselves butothers. there is is no question that the domestic policy of the democratic party has attracted jewish support. in the area of foreign affairs, both the democratic and republican parties are quite similar. regrettably. i would like to get out of afghanistan today. both the democratic and republican parties --. >>neil: it makes no sense. say what you will of george bush, he could not have been a better friend of israel, yet --. >>guest: he did better than any other. i was this supporting --. >>neil: but they did not. there were no many. >>guest: they thought that getting about 26 or 27 percent of the vote --. >>neil: that is a big deal? >>guest: normally they get 23 percent of the vote. i thought george bush was a wonderful president. the republicans don't think so today regrettably. i think he understood terrorism like no other president and that's why i supported him. but i'm for president obama's re-election. i think he has done a good job. >>neil: you were critical of the post netany

marshals to seize the carnival "triumph" which was about to sail from the port of galveston. he brought along a camera crew to document the event. >> we're here to execute a court order. >> reporter: the court accepted his suit on behalf of the family of a woman killed on the "costa concordia," thus compelling carnival to post a $10 million bond before the "triumph" could sail. >> this is done very often with merchant ships and other types of ships. but to my knowledge this is the first time in u.s. law that a cruise ship has been seized. >> reporter: call it a long shot or a stunt, but eaves is bent on forcing his cases into u.s. courts and into the lap of the carnival corporation, which had more than $15 billion in revenue last year. >> we wanted to do this because we wanted the american public to be aware that the same inadequate standards that were on the "costa concordia," the same training, the same captain discipline on the "costa concordia" is the same lack of standards on every carnival cruise ship that floats. >> reporter: citing pending litigation, carnival decline

the first one happened on galveston street in the ft. totten neighborhood last night. a 19-year-old was shot and killed. three other males were wounded while they were just watching fireworks around 8 p.m. several hours later police responded to reports of another shooting in the 600 block of morton street. two men were shot. one of them was shot in the face and he died. the other is getting better. police are searching for suspects in both of those shootings. >>> a woman is telling a terrifying story about being sexually assaulted in broad daylight in the ballston mall it. happened in a public parking lot yesterday. the 23-year-old said she was walking to her car around 2:30 when suddenly a man grabbed her buttocks from behind and sexually assaulted her. when she started screaming, that man took off. she left the garage and called police. >>> police also now say a string of four late night burglaries in silver spring might be linked. the burglaries took place in the woodside and woodside park neighborhoods on bennington lane, fairview road and mcneil roads. all four b

hunter stevens reeled in a bull shark off the coast of galveston, texas, over the weekend with a little his dad. he got it on shore. after posing for a few pictures, the family decided to release the shark back to the water. >>> close call for a tight rope walker in china. the acrobat was walking backwards on a line that reached a height of 667 feet at its highest point. his eyes covered. he slips and falls. fortunately, he was near the end of the walk so he didn't fall all that way. he said he was feeling faint and slipped because of the wind. i think walking that high would make me feel fantd, too. >>> nothing says i love you like the annual wife carrying world championships in finland. throw the ladies over your shoulders, guy. go through the obstacle course. about three football fields long. fourth year in a row, the winner was from finland. that wraps up this hour . >> reverse tandem move with the wife seems to be more popular. >>> coming up this next hour. president obama draws battle lines over the bush tax cuts. he'll ask congress to extend them for people making less than $250,

hunter stevens was fishing this weekend near galveston when, you see it right here, he reeled in a bullhark. took a little help from his dad, of course, to really bring that big fish in, and they went ahead and posed for a couple of pictures, like anybody would, and then the family decided dad would have the task of throwing the bull shark back into the ocean. whoa! didn't expect him to pose like that. >> whoa! >> but all's well that ends well, right? >> nice. that's a brave kid. >> yeah. >> he took him by the mouth. >> i wouldn't do that! don't think about that. >> we don't advise that. >> right. >> one last look at our forecast, tom. >>> have an umbrella handy. we've got rain around, with us here through noontime, then a diminished chance by later this afternoon. right now we are getting some moderate showers just north of washington, and that's going to be heading right into the metro area with some thunder and lightning over the next hour or so. and more showers and storms maybe tomorrow, but cooler weather the rest of the week, angie. >> finally nice to have some relief. thanks, to

that was near galveston. when he reeled in a bull shark. look at that.ith a little help from his dad, he was able to bring the big fish in. after posing for a few pictures, the family decided to release the shark back into the ocean, as if they had a choice. >> i wouldn't be getting my hands on that thing. >>> all right, well, today google is launching a new campaign to support rights for the lgbt community. it's called legalize love. and at first, the internet was all abuzz because they thought google was launching a worldwide push to legalize same-sex marriage, but the tech giant says the new campaign is about promoting safer conditions for gay and lesbian people inside and outside the office in countries with antigay laws. >>> hi, jeremiah. >> hello, jeremiah. >> how are things? >> okay. this is very unusual. >> yes, definitely. quite cool, you know? here i am on the screen and here you are. >> one filmmaker achieved what we've all dreamed of, a conversation with our past self. this is 32-year-old jeremiah mcdonald talking to himself as a 12-year-old

that's according to new research at the university of texas medical branch at galveston.ause the body retains the memory of exposure to these hormones long after the pregnancy ends. further research is needed before making clinical recommendations. as a massive drought continues to wreak havoc on crops across the midwest and south... it's just a matter of time efore your supermarket bill is heftier than average. and if you're into grilling burgers.. it's going to hit you harder than you might have expected this summer. scorching heat means pricier corn... and that means it's more expensive to feed cattle. rene marsh is live in washington with a breakdown of other supermarket items that will... and won't be impacted. --suggested follow-up question--1) are there are some food items 1) are there are some food items where prices should remain steady or is everything expected to increase?2) when should we expect to see prices to go up on food? coming up in consumer reports... you don't have to spend thousands... for a high-quality mattress.the 2 stores... that give you the mos

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we have a flood threat for central gulf coast of texas from galveston. looking for a threat of heavy rain, corpus christi to houston, heavy rain in southern florida as well. anywhere from one to four inches of rain from southern texas to southern florida this mo >> good morning. temperatures in the 70's spirit we expect upper 80's for highs. that's your latest weather, matt. >>> now to presidential politics and the sharpened rhetoric between president obama and mitt romney over the state of the economy. nbc's peter alexander is in houston where romney will speak at the naacp convention a little later today. peter, good morning to you. >> matt, good morning to you. the naacp, of course, is the nation's oldest civil rights organization. romney can expect to face a skeptical audience here. four years ago then candidate obama won 95% of the african-american vote but romney is hoping this community will take a listen to his policies today. meanwhile the president and romney have been going back and forth exchanging fire over everything from taxes to who is mo

guest: he is talking about the galveston plan where certain workers were able to go around social securitynd enter into other programs. in lieu of making social security contributions, they pay into state pension funds which are very much in trouble. what they did was say you are a public sector employees and you do not have to pay anything out of your pocket for retirement because we are going to guarantee you 8% five-year. california is a great example when you allow the government to set terms for the retirement. the cost come out of existing tax payers. we all know this from any kind of basic investment manual. if you can park $500 a month into a retirement accounts through your 20's, that is worth some much more than doing triple that when you are 40 or 50. it becomes such a large part of our compensation packages. all benefits are pegged to social security. it mucks up a more individualized version of retirement by putting us into this pool. seniors will not start. seniors are doing well independent of social security and medicare. those who have needs should have those needs met, bu

host: congressman ron paul, republican from texas, representing the 14th district -- galveston, likekson, victoria, freeport, also a presidential candidate. let us go to a democratic caller in arkansas. you are in the air. turn down your tv. caller: how are you doing? thank you all for what all of you all do it on c-span. i just want to ask congressman paul -- why not mitt romney release tax records? guest: >> it is statement on that and i think the american people would like to see it happen. i have not volunteered to instruct him on what he should do. i tried to instruct myself what i should do. i think the american broadcast board and i made a statement it would probably be helpful to him to let the people know, if that is what they want, since he is the likely nominee for the republican party. host: have you spoken with mitt romney? guest: i have off and on the past months. i saw him a bit during the campaign. host: have you talk about endorsing him? guest: not directly. host: you have a plan you are willing to share? guest: no, i have no plan their we still have a convention to

host: congressman ron paul, republican of texas, representing the 14th district that includes galveston, lake jackson, freeport, serving his 12th term, also a presidential candidate. let's go to democratic caller in arkansas. you're on the air. turn down your tv. caller: how you doing? host: good. you're on with congressman paul. caller: i thank all what you do for c-span. host: thanks. please go ahead. caller: and i just want to ask congressman paul -- host: yes. all right. caller: why not mitt romney release his tax records? host: ok. mitt romney. guest: i think the american people would like to see that happen. and i have volunteered -- i tried to instruct myself what to do, but i think the american people have asked for it and i made a statement that it would probably be helpful to him, you know, to let the people know if that's what they want since he's, you know, likely nominee for the republican party. host: have you spoken with mitt romney? guest: i have off and on during the many months. host: have you talked about endorsing him? guest: not directly with him. host: and do you h

houston, galveston and into lake charles, louisiana, we have flash flood watches and flash flood warningss from tallahassee down to naples, anywhere from two to three inches of rain over the next 24. that's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, cloudy, comfortable, still not very humid. showing the radar right now, a few showers where you see the moving color out in western maryland, some of the highlands and west virginia. close up, though, no sprinkles around the immediate metro area and maybe a few in northeast washington and as we look at the next several days. here comes the heat and humidity for the weekend. highs today, mid-80s. both afternoons could get some showers and thunderstorms, as well as monday and mid-week next week. >> that's your latest weather. natalie. >> al, thank you. this morning on "today's" home, summer friends in decor, bright colors and bold prints making quite a splash. kat good morning. the '80s, maybe not for everyone. >> maybe not for everyone. it's huge in fashion, why not the home. nothing

houston, galveston, lake charles, louisiana.hours, tallahassee down to naples, anywhere from two to three inches of rain >>> we're seeing sunshine in sunol but some low clouds in the distance as we get over the grade, head towards fremont, finding cooler air that is being pumped in south of 20 and concord, southwest winds at 26 in fairfield. that's going to lead to the big cooldown in temperatures, especially in the inland areas today. we're talking some mid-70s to mid to upper 80s in only the warmest places. a droop of 10 to 15 degrees in fred. cool on the coast and around the bay and more of that for the weekend with morning drizzle, temperatures comfortable for seven days. >> that's your latest weather. natalie. >> al, thank you. this morning on "today's" home, summer friends in decor, bright colors and bold prints making quite a splash. kat good morning. the '80s, maybe not for everyone. >> maybe not for everyone. it's huge in fashion, why not the home. nothing says the '80s like neon. can you do this in your home. let's sta

gusty winds and a flood threat for the central gulf coast of texas from galveston and we're looking for the threat of really heavy rain. look, you can see it now from corpus christi to houston and heavy rain in southern florida, as well. anywhere from one to four inches of rain from southern texas to southern florida this morning. that's what's going on around the country this morning. >> good morning, tom kierein in storm center 4. beautiful morning under way. quite a bit of cloudiness and all those areas in green in the 60s and areas in yellow are low to mid-70s. and a little less humid by later this afternoon. partly sunny through the day. tomorrow highs mid-80s and then some occasional showe that's your latest weather, matt. >>> now to presidential politics and the sharpened rhetoric between president obama and mitt romney over the state of the economy. nbc's peter alexander is in houston where romney will speak at the naacp convention a little later today. peter, good morning to you. >> matt, good morning to you. the naacp, of course, is the nation's oldest civil rights organizatio