are moved to the gulf coast, mississippi gulf coast after katrina and helped with the recovery. if anyone down there has done a significant amount of time on the gulf coast you know how close to the edge people live. today i was talking to a friend of mine who directs the national estuary program down there. he was mentioning that there is a lot of money flowing around. it is nice that bp wants to do the right thing and make people whole after the oil still, but i am very concerned about the wetlands and the restoration. i was going to make a plea that you use whatever power you have to make sure that the money goes to the right people and the right places so that we can get the restoration we need. none of the money was coming to the people who were doing the restoration. i know their reasons for that and that takes a long time and having worked in government, i know that. that is a request that i have and i wonder if you have any thoughts about that. >> thank you for that very heartfelt, and and we. i think you are absolutely right. the . i think you are absolutely right. the

and the gulf coast fund, an amazing organization that was found after katrina to link about 200 small community-based organizations across the gulf so that they could organize together really stepped up in response to this disaster to do the same thing in response to the oil disaster because what we heard time and time again -- what i heard time and time again as i traveled through the gulf coast was people who had just recovered from katrina, from gustav, from rita, from ike. who had worked so hard to get themselves back on their feet financially, emotionally, spiritually and then the oil struck. and you could feel just this sense of sorrow and, you know, how can we get a break sort of, you know, we worked so hard and now the oil is here. and the gulf coast funded organized in response to katrina and now in response to the oil disaster and they helped bring these five community members to london and this was byron emclay who's the president of the louisiana oyster men's association and tracy coons of the louisiana shrimper association, her husband, mike, five incredibly powerful spea

thunderstorms are possible along the gulf coast and a few lingering showers out west. >>> in sports, milwaukee completed a four-game sweep of florida. the brewers prince fielder field hit a three-run homer to the right field in the fourth inning and milwaukee went on to beat the marlins, 7-2. >>> in kansas city with the bases loaded at the bottom of the 11th inning, a single to center driving in the winning run. kansas city beat toronto, 3-2. >>> the university of southern california has been stripped of the 2004 bcs national football title. the action was for rules violations involving former usc star running back reggie bush. the ncaa found that bush received improper extra benefits in that season and ruled ineligible to play. >>> when we return, a look at the top stories. >>> and steve jobs unveils the future in the cloud for apple. steve jobs unveils the future in the cloud for apple. she felt lost... until the combination of three good probiotics in phillips' colon health defended against the bad gas, diarrhea and constipation. ...and? it helped balance her colon. oh, now that's

how did the obama administration handle last year's bp oil spill off the gulf coast? a hearing on capitol hill will start in about 25 minutes from now some republican lawmakers plan to criticize the response to that crisis. coming up at 6:15 we'll bring you a live report from our washington d.c. newsroom. you'll hear some of the comments from the head of the committee holding that hearing this morning. >>> the united states and pakistan forming a joint intelligence team now to go after top terrorism suspects in pakistan this follows secretary of state hillary clinton's visit to pakistan last week. she gave pakistan officials a list of the most wanted terrorist targets. the joint intelligence team is part of an attempt to restore trust between the u.s. and pakistan after american forces killed osama bin laden during a secret raid in pakistan last month. >>> the pastor of a menlo park church is on leave this morning in the bay area's latest church sex scandal. the archdiocese of san francisco relieved the father of his duties after learning he struggles with a sexual ad

that when i started writing this book in the gulf you could not get an environmentalist in the gulf coast to say anything bad about the oil industry. these industries are oil and fish. oil in the gulf is part and parcel to being there. one of the stories i tell in the book is of the fish cam -- the shrimp and petroleum festival in morgan city louisiana. they king and queen are on my books sitting in the throne with these crystal crowns and made in crystal is a green oil derrick coming up out of the crown and a pink shrimp wrapped around it which pretty much scribe's the relationship between fish and petroleum in the gulf. one of the things we learned was that while the gulf think of itself as a pitcher state, it really isn't. i work in boyle. and dole is the petra state. 86 percent of the gdp is from oil. louisiana, 8% of its gdp. this is not up petro state. and what the people who worked in the industry tell me by the end is, you know what, we to do it. this is not save. we don't like it. it's dangerous. give us something else to do. we cannot do it. we cannot organize for it here. it's

talks about katrina, we had obliteration, it looked like the hand of god had just wiped away the gulf coastsome places for miles. we had hurricane-force winds 40 miles inland. and to get people to where they got confident that the coast was going to come back, where they had hope for their families and their communities, where they were willing to return home was an enormous part of the job. in this case, keeping people calm. you know, you had an oil well blow out 100-plus miles away from be our coast. and i should say at this point this experience for us was a little different than for louisiana. louisiana was closer to the well, they got wet, brown oil into some of their areas. we didn't. we were about 108 miles from the well head to the city of gulfport, and by the time oil got to us, a, it had been a long time since the well blew out; b, what got to us you would not recognize as oil. there was this orange mixture of water and the remnant of oil that the oil people call mousse. and then there were what we call tarballs and tar patties. when i was a kid, we used to go to the beach, we use

talks about katrina, we had obliteration, it looked like the hand of god had just wiped away the gulf coast for blocks, and in some places for miles. we had hurricane-force winds 40 miles inland. and to get people to where they got confident that the coast was going to come back, where they had hope for their families and their communities, where they were willing to return home was an enormous part of the job. in this case, keeping people calm. you know, you had an oil well blow out 100-plus miles away from be our coast. and i should say at this point this experience for us was a little different than for louisiana. louisiana was closer to the well, they got wet, brown oil into some of their areas. we didn't. we were about 108 miles from the well head to the city of gulfport, and by the time oil got to us, a, it had been a long time since the well blew out; b, what got to us you would not recognize as oil. there was this orange mixture of water and the remnant of oil that the oil people call mousse. and then there were what we call tarballs and tar patties. when i was a kid, we used to go

how did the obama administration handle last year's bp oil spill off the gulf coast? later this morning on capitol hill some republican lawmakers plan to criticize the administration's response to that crisis. coming up for you at 5:00 5:00 we'll have a live report from our washington d.c. newsroom with some of the comments from the head of the committee conducting the hearing this morning. >>> the united states and pakistan forming a joint intelligence team now to go after top terrorism suspects inside of pakistan. all this follows secretary of state hillary clinton's visit to pakistan last week. she gave pakistan officials the u.s. list of most wanted terrorism targets. the joint intelligence team is part of an attempt to restore trust between our two countries after american forces killed osama bin laden during a secret raid in pakistan last month. >>> the pastor of a menlo park church is on leave this morning in the bay area's latest church sex scandal. the archdiocese of san francisco relieved the father of his duties after learning he's struggling with a sexual

slick on i-10 along the gulf coast and from missouri to colorado. >> if you're flying, delays are possibleboston to charlotte plus memphis and kansas city. >>> well, we turn back to one of our top story, the arrest of notorious mobster whitey bulger. >> yes, despite a worldwide manhunt he managed to elude capture for years living quietly inside california. >> investigators they say f fnd guns and hollowed out history books and cash stuffed in the walls. david wrath has more background. >> reporter: in boston whitey bulger is the stuff of legend. the archetype po irish mobster, even won the massachusetts lottery a few years before his indictment. >> everybody knew knew he ran the rackets but there was a myth in south boston. it was that whitey bulger never hurt anyone that didn't deserve it and the other myth was that he kept the drugs out of southie and they were just that, a myth. >> reporter: a myth worthy of a movie. >> makes me curious to see you in this neighborhood. >> reporter: martin scorsese based the jack nicholson character in "the departed" on whitey bulger. the mobster's young

showers in the pacific northwest and pop-up thunderstorms along the gulf coast into the carolinas. heat advisories and warnings from oklahoma to minnesota. >> 90s in minneapolis. omaha and kansas city and 101 in dallas. phoenix heats up to 106. upper 90s in albuquerque. and colorado springs, 82. here in new york, rather comfortable. 92 in atlanta and 89 in miami. >> it's about time. we were cold then we were hot. nice temperate day. here we go with summer. >>> coming up, some business news. it is a bombshell really. despite its troubles american airlines announces a radical plan sure to please passssgers. >>> justin timberlake's new role. internet mogul. his new plans to revive myspace. >>> all right, and the new wet and wild ride for your next trip to the beach. >>> and news that's bound to send shock waves through the airline industry. american airlines is ready to replace its entire domestic fleet. this morning's "wall street journal" reports that american is negotiating with airbus and boeing to buy 250 planes. now, this s al would be worth about $15 billion. american airlines

latest satellite picture shows isolated storms along the gulf coast and light rain in the northwest.ater today expect intense heat from the desert southwest to the southern plains. cool and partly cloudy in the northeast and some severe storms are likely in the midwest. >>> in sports this morning, the dallas mavericks nba champions. everything was working for dallas against the heat. they had the "d," nailing threes. dirk nowitski was clutch all night. they humbled miami 105-95 to nail their first championship. nowitski finished with 21 points and named mvp. >> if i would have won one early in my career maybe i wouldn't have put the work and the time in the last 13 years so this feels amazing. >> in big "d," thousands of fans took to the streets to celebrate their team's big win. police reported no major problems and after all the hype in the beginning of the season for the stars of the heat, lebron james and dwyane wade will have to wait another year. >> any time you get to the top of the mountain and you fall off it, definitely a personal failure. >> the word choked is overused in

i moved down to the gulf coast, mississippi gulf coast right after katrina and helped out with the recovery and if anyone down there has spent a significant amount of time on the gulf coast, you know how close to the edge people live. and today, i was talking to a friend of mine who directs the nationales tu area program down there and he was mentioning that there is just a lot of money flowing around and it's nice that bp wants to do the right thing and make people whole after the oil spill, but i'm very concerned about the wetlands and the restoration and i was going to make a plea that you all use whatever power you have to make sure that the money goes to the right people and the right places so we can get the restoration we need. none of the money was actually coming to the people who were doing the restoration right now. and i know there are reasons for that and it takes a long time. i know permly having worked in government -- personally having worked in government and that's just a request that i had. >> thank you for that very heart felt comment and plea. i think you are absolutely

tropical storm or the atlantic hurricane season threat of floods and mudslides mexico's central gulf coast states companies that are in the situation ready to order the evacuation of oil platforms necessary the rains have already been falling across to say many parts of the country this won't be the central gulf coast region still recovering from region flooding last year. almost seventy years ago an entire nation of people displaced from their homeland all hundred thousand were scattered around them they are still not made to feel welcome and the culture of their ancestors teams with a question it takes up a story. as it turns out this colorful ad which carried across the world was an inviting everyone and in time people can make their way back to georgia the lines of their ancestors. where we would just come back to our lands and it's hard to georgia that's what we've been fighting for and dreaming of for many years there are some four hundred thousand people with this dream spread across the globe there have been left with no homeland mishaps and heard so often described as the twice de

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showers and thunderstorms from along the gulf coast. >>> and we're looking at 90s in dallas, new orleans and miami. about 80 degrees here in new york and 88 in atlanta. fargo only gets up to 60. 71 in minneapolis and about 81 in detroit. phoenix, a scorching 110. sacramento, 96 degrees. >>> coming up, the ultimate bernie madoff memento goes on the auction block at almost half the price. >> yeah, going broke, saving money, there you go. >>> then could this be the future of photography, the camera that lets you fococ your shot after you take it. >> i could use that. >>> and it was seen for miles around, a dangerous fire burns for hours. hours. >>> think that the economy is recovering? well, fed chairman ben bernanke says not so fast. the fed cut its forecast for this year to under 3% growth and expects the economy to stay slow until next year, and despite that, the fed is not planning any policy changes. bernanke also says that interest rates will be kept low. >>> a new sign of trouble at the post office, which will stop putting money into its employees' pension fund so it can hang on to c

the atlantic hurricane season has brought the threat of floods and mudslides to mexico's central gulf coast states all companies are monitoring the situation ready to order the evacuation of the oil platforms if necessary heavy rain was falling ahead of the storm and forecasts saying you know parts of the country also could be swamped central gulf coast region is still recovering from major flooding last year. almost seventy years ago an entire nation of people were displaced from their home that four hundred thousand were scattered around and today made to feel welcome in the country of the ancestors. takes up a story. as it turns out this colorful ad which aired across the world was an inviting everyone and entire people can make their way back to georgia the land of their ancestors we heard him say we want to come back to our land to miss hartill in georgia that's what we've been. dreaming of for many years there are some four hundred thousand people with this dream spread across the globe there have been left with no homeland mishaps and turks are often described as the twice deported p

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directly to the environment restoration and recovery of the gulf coast region. i personally support and ask congress to support the recommendations of secretary of navy mavis report published in september of last year. mr. chairman, like you we are committed to working with our federal and state partners and we appreciate the opportunity to be before you today. >> thank you. mr. kief? >> good morning, and thank you for the opportunity to testify on behalf of offshore towing and how we have been impacted in the gulf of mexico as a result of the bp disaster, the moratorium and related issues. offshore towing is a partnership with three smaller marine towing companies who collectively who compete for the gulf of mexico. providing service in the oil and gas sector primarily towing drilling rigs to and from various locations in shallow water. we are located along the gulf coast of louisiana and collectively employ approximately 110 people. although the moratorium has been lifted and the shallow water sector was not to be impacted as the deepwater sector, substantiall

hopefully the gulf coast area is ready to go forward in the future.we want to fix their economic problems that have been severe and will want to look at this as a not virginity as they know you share nfs meant, a baseline and future projection for a more environmentally positive environment on our coast. thank you for participating in allowing me to participate in this hearing. >> thank you messenger sessions. >> really think learned a lot from this incident from the status of our baseline research along our coasts and oceans. senator victor was very eloquent and violet on the subject of how far behind we are in the stock assessment and how dated most of those are in areas in which coastal flooding and weather event and increasing social novels and all of that arafat and what can happen along the shores and to develop -- development capacity when these to be taken we seem to be way behind on later such studies. her physical oceanography we seem to be -- have a far from robust baseline in terms of current and temperatures. if we are going to address th

talks about katrina, we had obliteration, it looked like the hand of god had just wiped away the gulf coastor blocks, and in some places for miles. we had hurricane-force winds 40 miles inland. and to get people to where they got confident that the coast was going to come back, where they had hope for their families and their communities, where they were willing to return home was an enormous part of the job. in this case, keeping people calm. you know, you had an oil well blow out 100-plus miles away from be our coast. and i should say at this point this experience for us was a little different than for louisiana. louisiana was closer to the well, they got wet, brown oil into some of their areas. we didn't. we were about 108 miles from the well head to the city of gulfport, and by the time oil got to us, a, it had been a long time since the well blew out; b, what got to us you would not recognize as oil. there was this orange mixture of water and the remnant of oil that the oil people call mousse. and then there were what we call tarballs and tar patties. when i was a kid, we used to go to

thunderstorms from the gulf coast into south carolina.indy with hail and heavy rain from the dakotas to the northern rockies. showers from seattle to portland. that sounds unusual. extreme heat from oklahoma to minnesota. >> and if you were wondering, yes, we are listening to a song from "grease." 80 in boston. 92 in atlanta. triple-digit highs in dallas and phoenix. 98 in colorado springs. 78 in salt lake. >> can you sing "o canada" if we were to do that now, speaking of singing? ♪ o canada >> it would be a pleasant 5 in ottawa, canada, where prince william and his bride will arrive later today. it will be the first official trip for the new duke and duchess of cambridge. >> the royal company have a week's worth of events to attend in canada, which is part of the british common welt, of course. >> technically. >> and next friday they will travel to california for a three-day stay. we can't wait to have them hit the states. kate's first time. >> they're coming here. they're going to be a guest on this show. >> that's right, we're going to

most shrimp comes from along the gulf coast in florida and alabama and mississippi and louisiana and texas. in fact i had a shrimp dish in tony's italian restaurant in new york that was the best i ever had. when it comes to shrimp. i am like buba. >> shrimp of the food of the sea. you can broil it and bake it and saute it and do shrimp creolu . shrimp stew and shrimp salad and shrimp in poitatos and shrimp sandwich. that is about it. i never thought i would be mad about shrimp but i am. even though our country is broke and trying to borrow more than the 14 trillion we already owe. some genius appropriated and spent your money and my money on shrimp. i am not talking about fried shrimp and barbecued shrimp or grilled shrimp or shrimp and grits. they are studying how shrimp can function on a treadmill. not eye bit of money. no. $503,000 to watch shrimp on a treadmill. you know what, i don't care what shrimps do on a treadmill. i don't want my shrimp going to the gym. i want them to go to the grill or oven and table and skinny to outrun me. i want them to fat to nourish me. it is not th

hopefully the gulf coast area is ready to go forward in the future. we want to fix their economic problems that have been severe and will want to look at this as a not virginity as they know you share nfs meant, a baseline and future projection for a more environmentally positive environment on our coast. thank you for participating in allowing me to participate in this hearing. >> thank you messenger sessions. >> really think learned a lot from this incident from the status of our baseline research along our coasts and oceans. senator victor was very eloquent and violet on the subject of how far behind we are in the stock assessment and how dated most of those are in areas in which coastal flooding and weather event and increasing social novels and all of that arafat and what can happen along the shores and to develop -- development capacity when these to be taken we seem to be way behind on later such studies. her physical oceanography we seem to be -- have a far from robust baseline in terms of current and temperatures. if we are going to address t

there was a challenge in the gulf coast. thank you for coming. was much appreciated. that is a great challenge house in this situation how many were you aware in the tylenol scare of the 70's? you probably remember it. was a small isolated incident but it changed marketing forever , and today i can still think about the tylenol scare. you were granted last year by seeing oil gushed out below the surface for 80 some days and then you heard about it a shorter period of time. how do we change that? we can't go back and two earned media which is basically the evening news, and you have to remember during the valdez, the evening news and you had the newspaper, morning to evening newspaper, you've got the internet, 24/7 so the branding was more complete this time. what we are going to have to do and bp contribute to the loveless as well as the federal government, what we have to do is understand what synopsis are in the consumer's mind and message them out of that connection where we can change a bill we are never going to forgive the tylenol scare we have to convince them

but that's still the gulf coast. he's been instrumental in developing some of the apparatuses to help make shrimp fishing less damaging to sea turtles and other sea life that we care about there. so he's been quite involved in that. and mike is from louisiana, way down on the big foot where louisiana sticks out into the gulf of mexico. it's one of the gulf of mexico's largest otherwiser harvesting companies. are your oisters being served here tonight? so you will have a chance to taste his oysters when we are done here. i'm delighted that he's here. and you've already heard from dr. lubchenko. so there we are. let me turn to done boesch and say, ok, it's been a year since the oil spifment how do things look? when we saw the videos that brought back all the memories of how horrible everything looked a year ago, what's the state of the gulf right now from the position of an ocean nothing grapher? >> well, nature is a wonderful thing and it treated the oil in the organic substrait, a lot of it grew and devoured much of

popup showers along the gulf coast. >> 90s from dallas to atlanta. 78 here in new york. 62 in boston.wet 64 in seattle. and 85 in salt lake city. >>> today is bring your dog to work day. we've been celebrating that a lot. we had to show you this cutie. take a look at this. a 5-week-old puppy in stockton, california, has had quite an adventure. >> he looks pretty good now. he did get himself stuck in an uncovered sewer pipe this week. the fire department and public works couldn't reach him. >> experts from roto rooter came to the rescue. they came to my rescue once or twice. >> sometimes you need their help. >> they did get the dog out of the pipe. one hero said it was better than snaking out somebody's toilet. i can imagine that's true. the puppy needed a very good bath because he stunk like a sewer. >> poor guy. we'll have more "world news now" right after this. all systems prepare to engage. captain, unidentified object -- detergent chamber. that's a cascade complete pac. the best of cascade powder and gel combined in one vessel. brilliant. we're gonna need it. lasagna pan lower rac

scattered thunderstorms will bring wind and rain to the gulf coast and sunshine will return to the northeastin sports, the mets slammed the tigers twice. new york got grand slam home runs from jason bay and carlos beltran in detroit. it's been almost two years since a met player hit a grand slam. now they get two in one game! the final mets 14, tigers 3. >>> in the ninth inning in florida, tampa bay's evan longoria hit a walkoff home run into the left field seats. it was his fifth homer in eight games. the rays edged cincinnati 4-3. >>> in the first of two in chicago, san francisco's aaron rwowan doubled down the left field line to drive in three runs and the giants hammered the cubs 13-7, won in the night cap 6-3 as nate shierholz had three hits and barry zito pitched seven strong innings. tw wigginton of the rockies blooped a single to center and troy tulowitski came all around to score, colorado beat the white sox 3-2. >>> when we return another look at this morning's top stories and you will not believe how much somebody paid for this little piece of paper. [ female announcer ] new from

the gulf coast will have scattered thunderstorms with damaging winds and small hail. >>> here's anotherok at this morning's top stories. new york congressman anthony weiner admits he sent a lewd photo of himself over the internet and he confessed to having inappropriate online exchanges with six women. weiner says he won't resign but will cooperate with a congressional investigation. >>> a huge wild fire in eastern arizona has grown to 360 square miles. it's being pushed by strong wind and residents of a third town have been ordered to evacuate. >>> apple software and service pipeline is filled with new products this morning one day after steve jobs came off of medical leave to appear in a conference in san francisco. sandra hughes was there. >> reporter: james brown's "i feel good" introduced the apple ceo. steve jobs opened the worldwide development conference to cheers and some shoutouts. >> thank you. >> looking gaunt in his uniform of black turtle neck and jeans, jobs who is fighting cancer was only on the stage for a few minutes. >> today we're going to talk about software. we've

showers and thunderstorms in the southeast and along the gulf coast.ories from arkansas to arizona. >> phoenix pushes mercury up to 110. albuquerque 97. salt lake city 98. 80s from minneapolis to kansas city. 90s in dallas, new orleans, and atlanta. boston gets up to 82. and new york a comfortable 80. >>> we love these stories. they say that love is blind and apparently so are maternal instincts. you have to take a look at t th. >> we have some evidence here. a golden retriever in alabama has adopted two newborn kittens. nancy the dog went into full mommy mode and began nursing the abandoned kittens as soon as her family took them in. they say she treats them just like her own. >> they're so cute. it's not the first time nancy has bonded with a cat. just a few weeks a a she played mom to another kitten that the family had rescued. golden retrievers, dogs are like that, they're loving animals. >> this is amazing to me. i've had dogs and cats in the same house together and they don't often get along very well. even if they're kittens and adult dogs. >> o

more thunderstorms are on the way for the southeast, especially along the gulf coast.weather system is headed into the northern plains, the northeast will enjoy a pleasant day. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories, a high tech flying lab is checking for radiation as a huge wildfire in new mexico burns near the los alamos nuclear facility. so far the fire is only 3% contained. >>> and in the battle over raising the nation's debt limit, president obama is challenging republicans calling for ending some tax breaks for the rich. >>> canada is preparing for a visit by the duke and duchess of cambridge, better known as prince william and kate. the royal couple will first visit ottawa, the canadian capital starting today. they'll wrap up their tour next week in southern california. >>> it's an article of faith for christians and jews around the world that god is a source of the bible. >>> now an israeli team has used a sophisticated computer program to trace the human authors of the scriptures not by name but by writing style. their findings dispute tradition

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thunderstorms along the gulf coast. more unbearable heat in the midwest and plains. >> 90s from kansas city to indianapolis. 90s from dallas to the mid-atlantic. 60s in the pacific northwest. overnight lows in the chilly 20s. and the sierra range. >> icy roads in the sierra range gave dozens of wannabe pioneers more than they bargained for. taking part in a wagon train re-enactment when they got stuck. forced to spend the night with no heat and little shelter. >> you have to wonder if they were covering snow shovels. >> very authentic. probably were not expecting that. caught a lot of people off-guard. >> would it have been a re-enactment if you have the hand warmers you put in your gloves. that would be cheating? awe thought would be cheating. anything battery operated. >> we as journalists are supposed to remain neutral in the stories we cover. what if it involves a pig in danger. >> that was the situation along interstate 70 near pittsburgh. a concerned driver pulled over and called police. before long a local tv cam

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the gulf coast will see scattered thunderstorms and the midwest gets a chance to dry out. >>> in sportsgainst the rangers and the lone star interleague series in texas. at arlington with the score tied in the ninth inning, houston's pink-hitter matt downes blasted a go-ahead two-run home run, and the astros beat the rangers 5-3. >>> in the tenth inning in miami, a ground ball bounced over the short stop head for a single to left. the runner from second base beat the throw at home plate and los angeles beat the marlins 6-5. >>> here in new york with the score tied, bases loaded bottom of the 13th inning, the mets' justin turner was grazed by a pitch, forced the winning run in a 3-2 mets victory over oakland. >>> when we return another look at the morning's top stories and some u.s. forces will leave afghanistan soon but are afghan troops ready to take over? [ male announcer ] this is lisa, who tries to stay ahead of her class. morning starts with arthritis pain... that's two pills before the first bell. [ bell rings ] it's time for recess... and more pills. afternoon art starts and so do

severe thunderstorms are heading into the gulf coast states.he northeast could hear some thunderstorms later today. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. a fast-moving wildfire in los alamos, new mexico, is forcing thousands to flee to safety. the fire has burned over 40,000 acres. more than two dozen buildings, and threatened a nuclear facility. >>> president obama travels to iowa today to promote job creation. sarah palin, who has not said whether she's running for president, will also be there, attending the premiere of a documentary about her. >>> a new report says if your young children cannot sleep at night, there is a simple solution, turn off the tv and the computer. for 3 to 5-year-olds, shows including cartoons or games, video games with violent content are the problem. sandra hughes reports. >> reporter: christine has always monitored what her daughters watch on television. one way, keeping the tv in the family room, and out of the bedrooms. >> i didn't want them sitting in their bed watching television. it's harder

also on i-40 from oklahoma city to nashville and along the gulf coast, wet on i-95 in florida. >> ifying and paying those fees, airport delays are possible in minneapolis, chicago, detroit, dallas and the nation's capital. >> no way to get around them these days. no way. >>> well, now to florida where the judge in the casey anthony trial is tell the attorneys enough is enough. >> yeah, continuous courtroom bickering prompted the judge to promptly cancel proceedings yesterday after unleashing stern words for both sides. more now from t.j. winick. >> reporter: casey anthony trial judge belvin perry warned the prosecution and defense their behavior could cause a mistrial even threatening to exclude key witnesses. >> to exclude even at the price of having to do it all over again. exclusion may be the proper remedy if it continues. >> reporter: perry threatened to hold defense attorney jose baez in contempt of court.hen it all began on saturday when prosecutors complained baez planned to question witnesses on topics not included in pretrial reports. after a long sidebar, court was adjourn

later today thunderstorms will range across much of the nation from the texas gulf coast to upper newnd. the southwest and southern plains will remain hot and dry. the northwest will be cool with highs in the 60s. >>> in sports, two of the world's top players won their matches at wimbledon, defending women's champ serena williams used an overpowering serve to continue her comeback from foot surgery and on the men's side, six-time champion roger federer kept his opponent running and easily advanced to the third round. >>> in the nba draft, cleveland made the first pick, the cavaliers selected duke point guard kyrie irving. cleveland hopes he'll be a key player following the departure of lebron james. later in the first round, phoenix took markieff morris, and in the 1th pick was his brother, marcus morris to the houston rockets. >>> in baseball, st. louis cardinals got a home run from john jay and lance burkman and crushed philadelphia 12-2. the cards are tied with milwaukee for the first place for the national league central. lance nix hit a sacrifice fly to left field. the runner fro

holds more than 700 million barrels of crude in four salt caverns along the texas and louisiana gulf coast. only the president can authorize its use in the event of a severe energy supply interruption. but until today, the white house had done that only twice-- during the first gulf war in 1991 and then in the wake of hurricane katrina in 2005. >> this is not a severe supply disruption, so i really don't think it meets its original mandate for what we should use the s.p.r. for. >> reporter: while the fighting in libya did push gas prices to nearly $4 a gallon in may, they've fallen 37 cents since then. tapping the reserves should bring them down even more, temporarily, but kopits says there's only so much ammunition in this weapon. >> so we can use it for one month, two months, maybe four months. after that, the question is then what do you do? >> reporter: in the near term it should bring relief at the pump. analysts estimate the move could lower gas prices by 50 cents or more within weeks. >> pelley: anthony, the price of oil is regulated in the market, of course, and i wonder if the gov

the heat continues through the gulf coast.hine through the plains. >>> they're excited about new kids. joey was always my favorite. we're looking good for today. we're going to see a pretty nice start to your friday. then the showers move in, and then the rain ramps up as we head through tonight. heavy periods of rain on the way tonight. all the way through sunday morning. along the coastline in particular. gusty winds and isolated thunderstorms will also be a factor. so enjoy today. 70 degrees in san jose, 71 in gilroy, seven-day forecast shows we don't get a dry break until tuesday next week. >>> don't forget. you can check your weather day or night on weather channel on cable or weather.com online. my people! [ cheers and applause ] >> matt, back to you. >> al, thank you very much. up next, strange food addictions including a woman who eats more afack thter boxes of corn are very week. .we areack afthis.r [ male announcer ] your eye doctor can't always be there if you sleep in your contact lenses. lucky for you, air optix b

thunderstorms along the gulf coast. dry and cool for the pacific coast. >> and we're looking at 67 in seattle. 71 degrees in portland. just shy of 100 in phoenix. and 85 in albuquerque. minneapolis only climbs to 65. chicago, 75. 90s from dallas to baltimore. and it hits 85 degrees here in new york. >> ready for it to cool down. >> me, too. >>> up next, the government comes down on megabanks with a new punishment. >>> and ford is out with a brand-new hybrid. we'll show it to you. >>> and then, we're looking at a big night in the big "d." dallas on the verge of an nba title, taking the lead in the series. we'll have all of the highlights of an incredible game last night, coming up with espn. >>> the government is penalizing three of the nation's biggest banks. it says that wells fargo, bank of america and chase did not do enough to get homeowners into the foreclosure prevention program. last month, the banks received $24 million in incentives. but won't get anymore until they do a better job. >>> home equity is close to