harlan coben in the house, sharing five of his must-read -- oh, the beard looking very nice, harlan. ahead on the third hour, we'll focus on the cost of college expert advice on the best ways to save and pay for it >>> and a reminder, we are looking for your questions we've got a new series and we're calling it "asked and answered." we'll kick things off. we'll focus on back-to-school season head to today.com/question, ask away we'll have the experts on hand with answers by the way, we have so many birthdays, al, have you noticed? i see a 60th i've got a twins who's 14. we've got zoe. we've got your 60 -- i feel like it's birthdaypalooza >> we've got dori over there >> we've got dori's birthday >>> mr. roker, a check of the weather? >> let's look ahead to your weekend and show you what we've got. showers and thunderstorms in the northeast, mostly sunny in the mid-section of the country with record highs down through texas. some relief finally for the pacific northwest. on saturday, we've got a great day, great lakes, mid-atlantic states into the southeast. expanding heat in the mid-s