. >>> also in california, dozens of wheelchair users set out to break the guinness world record for the most wheelchairs moving in formation. the foundation which organized the gathering says 193 people showed up blowing away the old record of 105. the event was held to honor today's 20th anniversary of the passing of the americans with disabilities act. >>> and in florida, as they do every year, more than 100 ernest hemingway clones came out to honor the literary giant who lived in key west in the 1930s. this year a 64-year-old named charles took the top prize and aside from the beard, charles says he shares a lot with papa hemingway including a love of fishing, a love of drinking, and a love of women. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc's meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. good morning to you, bill. fortunately, he doesn't really share a love of writing. you know, that one could have just put him over the top. >> no one could be quite that good. it's a fun impersonation. it's a fun place to be if you've never been there. you c

the figure is suspected to be recognized by the guinness world records. >> translator: it was really fun to challenge the record. i enjoyed myself. >> i hope the record will help attract the world's attention to gaza. >>> since the haitian earthquake six months ago, japanese volunteer groups have played a central role in providing medical aid. a leader of a major medical team there a powerful earthquake on january 12 left port-au-prince in shambles. the quake killed 220,000 people and affected more than 2 million others. with us in the studio is a man from haiti. thank you very much for joining us today. now, six months have passed sints t since the earthquake in haiti. please tell me what it is like there today. >> well, unfortunately, the recovery activities have not occurred very much. port-au-prince, the capital of haiti, you can easily found that there are still buildings destroyed and only garbage on the streets. people started their business already. therefore, people are moving, transportation also moving and rush hour is there. it looks like the work has already started but

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both the current guinness and those bags a sunni muslims yet in this city religious unity it couldn't outweigh the hellish brutality. in fact it was right before friday prayers in a spiritual time for a muslim that the slaughter began. well the viciousness of clashes was beyond description but to be even more shocking was the reaction of. the caretaker government of. taking care of everything bob its own subjects' being burnt alive. this. speed of this crisis was. so. brutal. no i the law enforcement know they army intervened when the clashes began to spread hours later i doubt weaponry and equipment are in the hands of the biggest gangs. what is on the street when you talk about the armed forces were interest being on hopefully in the four to actually cure and also cleansing men in uniforms or shooting of strong bottles with gasoline in people's houses you know one of the citizens would run out there would shoot them. with when is going to. wasn't the first time that the courteous authorities to dido washing down and people being killed. two months prior to the massacre almost ninety

. >>> and, finally, after earning $730 million and selling more than 30 million dvds, the "guinness book of world records" is recognizing "the saw" movie series as the most successful horror movie franchise of all time. >>> a marlins walk-off homer, the orioles' walk-off ejected, and a-rod nears a historic milestone. >>> plus, ichiro may be best known for his bat, but he is not bad with a glove either. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> in weather, we're going to talk about bonnie. we're also going to give you your weekend forecast. that's all coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> well, good morning to you. if you are just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, houston astros' pitcher roy oswalt looks like he has his eyes set on the st. louis cardinals. here's nbc's bill seward with an early morning look at all your sports headlines. >>> hi, everybody. with the trade deadline a week away, the st. louis cardinals have emerged as the front-runners to make a deal for astros' pitcher roy oswalt. according to sources, oswalt would wave his no-trade claus

. >>> and in texas, family, friends, even a representative from the "guinness book of world records" gathered to celebrate one very special birthday. that woman right there, eunice sanborn, the oldest person in the united states, turned 114 years old this week. and just in case you're wondering, the oldest person in the world was born just a few months before her. >>> and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc's meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. 114, bill. a lot of stuff you could get done in 114 years. >> you should. >> i know. >> everything's bigger in texas, even the birthdays, right? >> that's true. >> amazing. >> well, we wish her luck. and as far as yesterday went, it was hot. it was hot for her in texas and everyone else. 97 in dallas, 95 in san antonio. everyone in texas was in the 90s or 100s. we also had 100-degree heat once again from phoenix right up through vegas. it wasn't quite as widespread. we have a little bit of a break in certain areas here. we're only 80 in sacramento, where the day before that, we were up arou

. >>> well, the next time you have a free weekend, you can try for a guinness world record.hat's what these dutch gamers did, setting a new standard for nonstop gaming. they played red redemption for almost ten hours. they were allowed a ten-minute break for every hour played. but there were strict rules about energy drinks. coffee alone. >> just the coffee. the thumbs and fingers. >> and the rear-ends, right? >>> next on this tuesday morning, flooding in parts of the midwest. >>> plus, the war of words between sarah palin and the mayor of the big apple. >>> and is glenn beck going mayor of the big apple. >>> and is glenn beck going blind? 00000000000 0 >>> parts of eastern wisconsin are drying out after getting swamped by torrential rain and flash flooding. streets were inundated by rising water. and many household muches were unable to keep up. >>> flash flooding would hamper drivers from nebraska all the way to new york. water-logged on i-70, from pittsburgh to st. louis. flooding on i-35, from kansas city to des moines. >> and if you're flying today, expect some airport

that's 168 years of dog years but the guinness folks say they need some more proof.ory coming up. >> doesn't look a day over 160. chichi. good morning, america. along with sharyn alfonsi, i'm bill weir. bianna golodryga, hope you're sleeping in somewhere this morning. it is sunday, july 25th. and from furry little creatures to vicious undersea predators, we're taking an up-close look at the secret world of cannibal squid this morning. >> who knew? >> this is really fascinating. a team from national geographic attached critter cams to some of these skid to see how they behave down in the depths and they don't play nice. this is calamari that could eat your face coming up. >>> and we've all been fascinated with this story, the barefoot bandit, a folk hero. the teenager who evaded police for years was finally captured this month, and his lawyer is finally speaking out. he's spoken to him at length. he has some interesting things to say. >> let's start off with the news and andrea canning fill in for ron this morning. hello, again. >> good morning, bill and sharyn. hello

>> well, i've -- i've looked at the guinness book of world records many times, as a matter of fact, thatwas thicker than it is wide, going -- i bet i could beat that mustache guy once puberty kicks in. that's all it was. if you look at it now, those fat guys on the twins, they're average size ninth graders. >> jimmy: on the motorcycle. you're probably right. that used to be a big thing when you were a kid. >> a choice between that and a rerun of "maude." could you imagine if you pulled your kid out of his flight simulator. dad, i'm having sex with my avatar, what? i want you to read this black and white brick with pictures of freaks in it with no waists. awesome. >> jimmy: you'd have trouble with that. you have written a book. did you enjoy the writing process? >> no. >> jimmy: no? >> it was lengthy and confusing. well, do people that can't swim enjoy being thrown in a lake? >> jimmy: no. not usually. >> well, there's your answer, james. >> because i remember a time, and this is -- i know it sounds like a joke, but this is absolutely true. we were working at "the man show" and you said t

i'm incredibly proud that we recently made "the guinness book of world records" for having the longestw with the same host in the same timeslot on the same network. with that chapter closing, i'm looking forward to the future, what my next chapter will bring. for now, for here, it's time to hang up the nightly suspenders. until then, we have more shows to do, and who knows what the future is going to bring? bill maher is the emmy nominated host of "real time with bill maher" on hbo, a stand-up comic, best-selling author. we called him today in view of this announcement tonight and asked him if he'd come as an old friend. bill will be performing at the new orleans showroom on the 17th and 18th in july and at the amer ameristar casino in kansas city on july 30th. thank you, bill. >> i'm honored you would ask me to take over the desk. i'm ready to step in at a moment's notice. >> larry: so you're making an announcement tonight, too? >> do you want to finish the hour or would you like me to take over right now, larry? >> larry: well, this was tough, bill. it was time. i was ready to do it.

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on 18 he may also set a world record the previous lowest car was 58 but the record keepers of the guinness to weigh in on that. will rates see. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. made with butcher quality cuts of 100 percent pure kosher beef. people say they're so good maybe it's time they were called something new. they are the royalty of hot dogs, i call them queen elizabeefs! hebrew national. the better than a hot dog hot dog. of for the members air of regarding conduct and dressing pricing at the bay bridge, it started the first of this past month how drivers are adjusting to those new prices when they cross the bridge that story coming up as well. check on whether here's a live picture from our walnut creek camera more on the forecast with louisa. >> morning, as we stepped outside this morning might be getting ready to use your windshield wipers, low clouds, fog once again starting to see a little bit farther out there on the golden gate bridge this morning warming trend power begins today still keeping a cool cooler than whe

he is married and the wife was constantly saying, cut it, cut it, then he won the guinness book of worldllow? >> that's not nice. >> everyone makes choices in life -- >> tomorrow can we have a nice indian story? a spelling bee story? >> there's plenty of those. >> something like that. >> the next story -- i did do that story in retaliation. i thought it was funny. i'm an unapologetic, huge m.j. fan, michael jackson. i don't have much information on this funny video, moon walking through the walmart for no apparent reason. i guess he was bored or found a really good deal on some underwear. he was at walmart. just for fun. not much to say, just doing it. >> do we have any idea how someone captured this? they must have seen him going from aisle to aisle. >> he was putting on a show for the good folks there at walmart. >> i like to see things like that, or traffic cops that get into it and start dancing. it's always nice when you see someone who's actually happy out there, anywhere in life. take a look at this. this happened on interstate 495 in boston, south -- i shouldn't tell you where be

if you can't find that -- >> is that like a guinness. >> if you can't that particular kind of beer byit does. dark beer lager, dark stout have sort of like a chocolately coffee flavor to them. it pairs really well the cinnamon and ginger in the cake. we're going to let that mix up, and i have the batter already here. you want to arrange your plums in the batter. it's a really homey dessert, so you can have fun tw. it doesn't have to look perfect. >> can you turn that off? how do you do it? >> i have one eye. i'm sorry. >> here is the finished dessert, you can taste. >> hoda is going to try it. >> can kids eat this stuff because of the alcohol in it? what do you think? >> i think it would be feign. most of the alcohol burns off in the oven but it leaves the flavors behind. it adds this sevwarm decadence. >> it's good. you can taste the beer in it. >> the it's delicious. >> so over here we make blondies with chardonnay, and i love the oak bar at the plaza hotel and i wanted to make a play on words and turn it into a dessert. in this bowl we have a mission t mixture of light brown sugar