. >> we are learning more details about tomorrow's public memorial for michael jacksonville.eive ral of hollywood's elite will participate. >> we have details from los angeles. they are the chosen few. >> golden tickets. more than 17,000 fans who won a spot inside began picking up their tickets and wrist band today. he'll see all these people up there from heaven. >> there are still no specifics about the program, there is now a partial list of those who will participate including stevey wonder, line el ritchie and jennifer hudson. >> also overwhelming. the more than 1 paupt 5 million fans who registered but didn't get a seat, that's what concerns police who will lockdown streets within a quarter mile of the arena allowing only those with a ticket wrist band to enter. >> it's impossible to do anything without a scene. also today, a los angeles judge shifted temporary custody of his estate from his moth err to long-time lawyer and friend listed in his will. it is our desire to do everything in our power to do everything michael jacksonville wishes. including his mother raising

, monkeys and more at the jacksonville zoo and gardens range of the jaguar exhibit. >> thanks so muchnow here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. the morning after michael jackson's farewell, the grumbling has already started over its cost. california is broke and los angeles is laying people off. so yesterday's $3 million plus price tag for police and other security to be paid for by taxpayers is making some people mad. according to e online, efforts to get aig, the staples center owner, to pick up part of the tab has been refused. >>> hundreds braved heavy rain in london last night for the world premiere of the harry potter. rupe effort, who recently battled swine flu, was able to make it. michael bay made megan fox audition for the first film, get this, by having her come over to his house and wash his ferrari while he filmed her. >>> finally, paris hilton spent fourth of july weekend with a jeweler in lebanon, staying at the world's largest hotel suite. her parting gift, half a million dollars worth of diamonds. and i'm sure it was probably worth every pe

one hour or more, boston, and jacksonville to orlando, half hour. even just to drum up extra business. when the bucket goes out this time of year, people are in desperate need.

. >> was michael jacksonville murdered. in an interview with a london tabloid. la toya lashed out saying she believes 100% her brother was killed. >> >> it is said if investigators may have determined who provideded pop star with the powerful drug, that person could be charged with manslaughter. >> there's a lot of pressure for teens to do well on the s.a.t. or other tests. parents are blaming one company of take advantage of that desire. >> the sceem that got parents to buy expensive products they couldn't return. when a market ever called and promised to increase her son's sat score, she bit. >> as soon as she mentioned my son and education, that was the key right there to get me to pump the c.d. >> the company was the sat/act test center in texas. she bought a cd for $119 including a subscrippings to a scholarship website. >> as soon as i got off the phone, i realized i had made a mistake. returns are difficult. they tell me you have to open it and get a label out. if you open it, you can't return it. if you don't open it, you can't get the label. they can't

this is making its way into bel air and hickory here and east of jacksonville now. there's another thunderstorm cell here around harford and butler. well, there are gusty winds and hail coming out of this also. this extending down to the south west. we've had a few reports that there's a little bit of rotation in the storms. that's a possibility with the severe weather. there's another cluster and no warnings at this point. all of the warnings to the south and virginia. this is moving to the north east and we could have more warnings for the southern parts of the shore and the beaches. we have thunderstorms in place and downpours and gusty winds for the thunderstorms there. we'll show you the watches and warnings. the watches in darker counties. we'll keep you up to if anything else comes out. the storms came in overnight and died down and another round got going today. that's what we're seeing now. it's because of a cold front coming our way. the winds are pumping up the moisture. the dew points are into the 70s. that's very tropical. until the 70s, because of the

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the warm, humid air to the south, 95 degrees in dallas, jacksonville 81.ssentially this warm air will come back. we just have to wait another three, four days. low pressure off to the west will continue to push towards the east. it will drift to the south, keeping the heaviest rain across richmond and the carolinas tomorrow. it will not keep the showers away from the immediate metro area. we could pick up a quarter, half an inch of rain by the time it leaves. to the north, pa., new york city tomorrow, generally nice. delmarva beaches, ocean city, not so great. daytime highs tomorrow, 70-75, the water temperature 70. mostly cloudy tonight, scattered showers approaching from the west, temperatures around 60-65. in the morning, mostly cloudy, scattered showers, into the low 70's. by the afternoon, a high around 75 degrees, some rain, the wind out of the east at 5-10. the extended outlook, mid 80's tuesday and wednesday, but friday and saturday, it will start to feel a lot like summer. not only will the temperature increase but so will the humidity level. that

we're expecting rainfall down toward mobile with the heaviest in jacksonville this weekend. go ahead and take you to atlanta. you can see why the visibility isn't too good out there, so there's about a 15-minute delay. high temperatures about 87, but cooling down to lows of 60, so cooling this weekend. robin? >> tom watson turned back the clock and turned out a stunning performance at the british open. love to see that, rafer! >> it just continues to impress. watson, 59 years old and outplaying tiger woods and other guys young enough to be his grandchild. he is currently tied at second at the british open, but he says being out on this course has been spiritual, and interestingly, it's the same one where he famously won one of the greatest golf matches of all time in 1977, 32 years ago when more than half the guys in this tournament weren't even born yet, including a guy he played with, a 16-year-old who was shaking his hand there. >> he was schooling the 16-year-old, huh? all right, rafer, thank you. >>> you remember the octuplets mom, the woman who had eight children that

meanwhile, temperatures down south florida. 75, jacksonville. 84 degrees in miami.ok at the moisture dn here. dew point temperatures, low and mid 70s. the air was juiced up. they did have powerful storms. even around cape kennedy today. tomorrow, the endeavor will be storms. watch it for the launch. 67 in chicago. big storms today. the weather system that will head this way for late tomorrow. probably crossing the area early sunday morning. and while those storms really have died out, they will regenerate tomorrow. the weather front comes on through the area. so the radar is currently quiet here. i do think that after 6:00, 7:00 p.m. tomorrow. through saturday night. 8:00. 9:00. storms rumbling through. the leading edge charleston. roanoke. isolated storms. not very strong. nearly an inch out of the storms. illinois. rockford. d.c. monthly rain, .012. we could use a little wet weather around here. watch the futurecast. blue. those are the showers and the storms. overnight you will notice clouds increase. and then again, late afternoon. north, western maryland. washi

exxonmobil liable for damage caused when 26,000 gallons of gas seeped into groundwater from a site in jacksonville. but now lawyers for the residents affected say exxon wants to throw out or bring back the amount of damages awarded. the post-trial motions hearing is set to begin 9:00 this morning at the county circuit court in towson. >>> driving downtown about to get even longer. >> sherrie johnson live to tell us more about a roadblock in your morning commute. >> reporter: good morning. these are not so bad now on lombard street in downtown baltimore but later on today we could see congestion and that is because the lombard street improvement project begins today. crews have already blocked off the street here with several lanes to start work on that project. the improvements were scheduled to begin in early spring but it was delayed because of a massive watermain break. since then most of the infrastructure repairs have been completed and now crews can start the next phase. since most of the work has been completed, crews will start work on milling, resurfacing and sidewalk repairs. transportat

the two-alarm blaze started shortly after 8 this morning in jacksonville. about 50 firefighters fought the flames. the man in the house was treated for smoke inhalation, but we're told he is expected to be okay. a smoke alarm being credited tonight for saving the man and his dog. >>> a maryland senator now calling for federal oversight of subway trains. senator barbara mikulski's bill was prompted by last month's deadly collision between two metro trains. nine people are killed in what is the deadliest crash in the history of the rail system. the bill would require subway trains to carry digital data recorders like the black boxes on airplanes. mikulski points out there are federal safety standards for buses, trains, and airplanes, but not for subways. >>> a road closing to tell you about tonight. the csx and the maryland highway administration will close both eastbound and westbound maryland 132. that's west bel air avenue at the railroad crossings for five days beginning monday. csx will be repairing the railroad tracks at the crossing. drivers traveling

a report that police in los angeles are treatinging michael jacksonville's death as a homicide. and a subpoena is issued to his long-time determine owetologist. as you know, we are throwing a wedding life on the plaza and you fepped bring it about. we'll look at weather and traffic together before you said out to >> it may not be the best day to go downtown if you don't have to. these impairs will last until late fall. lomard and mlk down to two lanes of traffic. just giving you the heads up on that. major problems scombected there. we have a few areases we are tapping the breaks. you make your way down to the beltway. things are getting a little bit heavier but not all that bad. >> briefly, a possible major earth earthquake in new zealand. a 7.8 magnitude earthquake. there's a tsunami warning. i'm sure the today show will have more on that. >> nothing like that in our local weather. a slight chance of showers and storms after midnight. 88 degrees the forecast high for tomorrow. more clouds on friday. the weekend with a slight chance of showers. and back up into the 80's. thanks

jacksonville, fla., sammy, a republican. look on the other side of the aisle, what do you see? caller: out franklin went and stole the election. -- al franken went and stole the election. a clown in the white house and now in the senate. they control it all. we will see the damage. i get tired of hearing these democrats wanting universal health care. if they are bunch of losers. all they want is something for free that somebody else has to work for like me. 80% of the people are happy with their health care, including me, and these people, they want something free. like these caller this morning, just talking about the rich republicans that go out and work. i guess the democrats, they just don't want to work and they want something free. i appreciate you taking my call. host: appreciate your calling. another tweet -- i think that deep in the bowels of the capital that the democrats are terrified. they now have little excuse not to socialize the u.s. rich, independence caller -- independent caller. caller: thank you for taking my call. al franken getting the senate seat -- you k

of gas seeped into groundwater from the leaking pipe at the site of a former exxon station in jacksonville but now lawyers for the residents affected say exxon wants to throw out or significantly reduce the amount of damages awarded. the post trial motions hearing is set to begin at 9:00 this morning in the county circuit court in towson. >>> 6:06. supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor returns for a full day of questioning before the senate judiciary committee. yesterday the judge became a witness for the defense, her own. in hours of questioning sotomayor rejected republican senators' assertions that her feelings or bias would influence how she decides cases. >> do you believe that your background will effect a result in cases? >> my record shows that at no point or time have i ever emitted my personal views or sympathies to influence an outcome of a case. >> this very reserved and very factcal and very considered nominee is -- is being characterized as being an activist when she is anything but. >> the judge also wanted to set the record straight especially concerning remarks she says cr

shortly after 8 this morning, fire crews were called to a two- alarm fire in jacksonville. about 50 firefighters worked to put out the flames. the man in the house was treated for smoke inhalation, but we're told he is expected to be okay. investigators are still working to pinpoint the cause of that fire. >>> a maryland democrat has introduced a bill calling for federal oversight of subway systems. senator barbara mikulski's bill was prompted by last month's deadly collision between two d.c. metro trains. nine people were killed in the crash, making it the worst accident in the history of the rail system. there are federal safety standards for buses, trains, and airplanes, but not for subways. >>> there is word tonight of another swine flu-related death in our state. this is the fourth person to die from the virus in maryland. health officials say the victim is an adult from the eastern shore with no apparent underlying medical conditions or risk factors. authorities say no other details will be released in order to protect the privacy of that family. the centers for disea

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independent line from jacksonville. caller: in beat up -- being from florida, if you do not have to mark your ballots correctly they should throw the vote out. what i wanted to say is i hope that mr. franken, being liberal, progressive, or whatever he may be, is physically responsible because if we keep going down the road we are going down, we will spend ourselves right into a bitter recession than we are already in. with that, i will let the young lady speak. guest: well, in terms of al franken being a celebrity, i think that did help him with name recognition. as i said earlier, he announced in february of 2007. so, he had a two-year long campaign he sensibly. so we tried very hard to work through some of those things. that is where i would come out as far as that is concerned that, yes, it helped him with name recognition but there was a lot he had to overcome as well because they had a background as a comedian. there are republicans who think this is a sign of the apocalypse, if you ever watched him on "saturday ni

. >>> now to jacksonville, florida, where a special pet- sized oxygen mask helped bootsy recover fromse fire. the homeowner and her granddaughter had already been taken to safety when firefighters discovered the cat under furniture with burned ears and covered in soot. after given treatment, she opened her eyes and she was able to move around. her owners took her to an emergency vet for a check canup. >>> drivers in oregon aren't reason too sure what to make the street sign. the city of eugene says it was put in place to explain a complicated u-turn. drivers must now make a left turn after the left turn lane was removed, or something like that. >> it looks confusing. >> certainly not on the driver's man yul. >> looks like a tattoo. >> that's all i get out of it. >> looks kind of scary looking. >>> coming up, cashing in your old gadget for a costco credit card. how we have made it very easy for you, when abc 2 news at 5:30 starts in just a few minutes. (announcer) if you think all batteries are the same, consider this: when a tornado tore through holly, colorado, air life denver took t

sahel kazemi was laid to rest today in a private ceremony near jacksonville, florida. >>> the white supremacist from maryland accused of opening fire inside the u.s. holocaust memorial in washington, d.c. last month is still unable to go to court. a federal public defender told a judge today that james von brunn's condition has not changed much. he is bedridden, but able to hear and talk sometimes. another hearing is set for july 30th. von brunn faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of guard stephen t. johns last month. von brunn was shot in the face by other guards. >>> police in howard county are investigating a shooting tonight. authorities say last night, 18- year-old keontae johnson was playing when a fight broke out. he was shot in the torso. he was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition. police are offering a $1,000 reward and are having anyone with information to call them at 410. 313-3200. >>> there is much more to come on abc 2 news at 6. coming up, where is the beef? some folks become cows to get a free meal. that's cute! >>> and it's not exactly a national treasu

they're heading right towards the jacksonville, greenville, fayetteville area that has been inundated by heavy amounts of rainfall. it's available on your computer, 24 hours a day, seven days a week at abc2news.com. here is the forecast for tonight. a few little light scattered clouds around. there are the showers that we're talking about, passing down to the southeast of us. overnight a lot of the clouds are going to dissipate, a nice evening. during the day tomorrow lots of sunshine, nice temperatures. saturday here comes a system making its way in our direction. it will line up with shower and thunderstorm activity with the heaviest stuff from central pennsylvania up into new york state. there is a chance we could see some showers here late saturday evening. here is your forecast. for the overnight period, mostly clear, showers to the south. you just saw them on the radar, but we're a long, long way. we'll see an overnight low of 63 degrees. during the day tomorrow, almost a carbon copy of today. high tomorrow of 82 degrees. and that is your 2-degree guarantee for tomorrow. your ex

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two had dated for a few months and vacationed together and her sister told the florida times in jacksonville that mcnair was planning to divorce his wife and marry her. funeral arrangements figure to be finalized today as the shock continues. richard. >> known as a family man, right? >> he was known as, yeah. >> thank you so much, sir. >>> a violent counterattack from the taliban today as thousands of u.s. troops close in on the afghanistan poppy fields that supply most of the world's heroin. a minivan blew up killing two afghan soldiers and injures 16 following a gun battle with insurgents. the u.s. is trying to clear the taliban out of the region before next month's elections. >>> now to a suspected serial killer's fifth victim who died in south carolina over the weekend. it was 15-year-old abby tyler who died saturday, two days after she was shot. all five were killed around gaffney, south carolina over the last ten days. investigators think this is the man behind those murders. he is believed to be in his 40s with salt and pepper hair, around 6'2". the town is rallying to make sure, thou

jacksonville with the spot to michael vick. the jacksonville sun reporting that vick's name hasn't come up once during any of the club's personnel meetings. vick received conditional reinstatement from the nfl. >> baseball trade winds swirling. he's made the latest pitch to land ace roy halladay. scott kazmir has been the subject of trade rumors as well tuesday. he made his pitch to stick with tampa. >> also, broncos wideout, a hefty 55 without taking part in practice. and the hornets on the take for tyson chandler. count 1 is on the board with the >> the cubs have won 9 of 11. they're down to the astros top nine. ryan dempster started for chicago. he was coming off the d.l. to start. even out with a broken toe. roy oswalt left the game in the second inning with a lower back strain. went an inning and two-thirds. 11-6. houston, miguel tejada with a two-run homer. with five ribbies in this game. >> meanwhile, the cardinals play tuesday night versus the dodgers. half game back of the cubs in the nl central. this game, no score. i

expect to see a good bit of rainfall from tampa and jacksonville and miami as well. we'll watch the storms out there. from texas all the way to north and south dakota big showers and thunderstorms fire up throughout the day today. you see the showers and thunderstorms from grand island, nebraska stretching into kansas city. let's go out live to atlanta where as he mentioned a few moments ago, a record cole morning in atlanta, 61 degrees. just gorgeous, no pollution, clear skies. a beautiful morning. high temperatures today for atlanta climbing into the 80s. it will be warm but a dry hite there. great day to enjoy the nice weather. we're going to continue to monitor the weather situation and let you know where you could have air travel delays. i'll let you know where those problems will be in a minute. >> thank you. appreciate it. >>> i may want to skip the jelly doughnuts and coffee in the morning. you will not believe how many car crashes are caused by people chowing down. the troops and today we sa absolute captain sean con lynn jr. this time he's in afghanistan. h

so if you have a flight to jacksonville, that's where some thunderstorms might slow you down. in terms of the heat across the middle of the country we found it. dallas 93. 90 memphis. a nice one in chicago, 77. if you want triple-digit heat phoenix is the place. pacific northwest 66 for seattle and 80 in los angeles. as for our weather we will keep it mostly sunny. our temperatures, take a trip to the upper and mid-80s but the humidity really not that bad. are you ready for the chimes? that means it is time to put down the toothbrush and look at the screen. the seven day is up. 85 tomorrow. on thursday cooler and 81. more clouds by the afternoon and night. over the weekend we will build in toe the 90s by saturday and scattered storms on sunday. if you look at the right, the rundown is up all the time. if you miss my seven day we always have you covered. >> the traffic alerts are there and i'm also on-line. you can friend me on facebook, shoot me an e-mail, follow me on twitter. i'll hook you up with a opinionallized traffic report. my word. biggest delay out there is 24 minute

joining us from jacksonville, florida, t.j. hart, program director for wsky talk radio. i think what all americans want to know is what's behind this? it doesn't make sense for seven, possibly eight, people to be involved in a home invasion robbery. that never happens. it's too many people that could talk or somebody could make a mistake. home invasions are usually one or two, outside three. do you know what's going on here? >> you're absolutely right. in a home invasion, it's usually one, two, or three, it's lightning fast, it's over with. in this case, it is still a mystery. they did make off with the safe, so robbery is one of the motives. however, this family is very well known in town. they are known to have money, as the family has also run some businesses throughout the community, too. we also understand that a few of the suspects have spent some time on that property, especially one in particular, and the woman that was just brought in is a real estate agent who was also a person who had properties right near the home as well. it's still a mystery to law enforcem

to florida and that's where we've been seeing a problem for the space shuttle launch and from jacksonville all the way down to miami, scattered showers and thunderstorms. now this chance tomorrow will start to lessen. today we're looking at a 60% chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. tomorrow 30% chance. but we could see the worst part of the day as far as any chance for storms pop up toward the evening hours. we'll have to keep our eye on that. otherwise very hot temperatures down to the south. we will tell you more about that and what you can expect for the rest of the weekends coming up in the next hour. >> thanks very much. >>> one of the most complexing issues facing capitol hill is health care reform. two figures have emerged, leading the charge for a bipartisan compromise plan. montana senator is a democrat and iowa senator, a republican. the two lawmakers are in a series of meetings that are trying to develop a health care reform plan that they believe will please everyone. senator grassily is joining me on the phone. good to have you with us. >> thank you very much. glad

>> hey, greg, this is josh in jacksonville, just hanging out with a couple of local friends of you and just filled a watermelon with vodka. i'm going to name it bill because it is so fruity. >> greg, i enjoy "red eye." it is like you are barbara walters and bill is elisabeth hasselbeck or something. keep it up. >> always delightful. i never get tired of it. keep calling me on the direct line. say something smart, intelligent, witty at 212-462-5050. we will clothe close things ouh the post game wrapup of tv's andy levy. to see clips recent shows go t' fox news.com/redeye. ♪ you know i don't believe you ♪ when you say that you don't need me! ♪ [ female announcer ] why go part of the way clean? swiffer duster extender reaches up to three feet, to go where others can't. and traps and locks dust and allergens. swiffer cleans better or your money back guaranteed. [ phone vibrates ] ♪ don't you want me baby? bounty extra soft can help. pffft in this lab demo, e sheet out-scrubs... two sheets of the bargain brand. for value that works extra hard... and feels extra soft. bounty extra soft. i lo

joining us from jacksonville is a political commentator and a radio talk-show host. mike, let me talk -- start with you. one is the issue with cambridge, whether or not there was any racism involved. why on earth with the president jump in the middle of this and take the bait from a reporter at a press conference that was supposed to be about health care? >> well, i think the president did a great job in dealing with the issue in a straightforward way. we don't get too much kickback from political leaders when it comes to police officers. because there was a personal situation where he knows the professor, you have a situation. if a police officer, the sergeant says that he is taught about sensitivity and racial a@profiling. if he does not understand why professor gates is up said, he needs to do some retraining before teaching else. mike: i have set the alarm off at my own home and the police come out, when they do i am glad to see them. i apologize to them for getting them there unnecessarily. if someone is seen pushing the door to my home, i don't care what color

meanwhile the woman who killed mcnair, she was buried friday in a small ceremony at the gravesite in jacksonvillea. she was 20 years old. dated mcnair who was married with four sons in recent months things turned badly. she shot him before shooting herself in a condo in nashville just a week ago. steve mcnair right now by the way his body and family and friend are on the way to mount olive, hometown, 30 miles away where he will be buried this afternoon. back to you. >> thank you for being out there, larry. >>> chicago's children are dying. dozens of school age children have been killed in what one observer recently called a tidal wave of urban violence. we'll take an indepth look at youth violence during the next hour of news. to give you a preview. a look at a story from back in may. >> all right. spell your name. >> how old are you? >> i am 10 years old. >> trevon bosley sits in front of a video camera. his mom asks him questions about his older brother who was killed. >> but you had fun with your brother? >> yes. >> do you miss him? >> yes. >> okay. so the day when all this took place, you was

her burial was yesterday in jacksonville, florida. as for steve mcnair, he was buried about 30 miles away. don, back to you. >> all right, thank you very much. we appreciate you reporting on that. >>> one more good-bye that we have to talk about for michael jackson. this time in his boyhood hometown of gary, indiana. take a look. boy, that's some dancing, huh? thousands of people gathered last night in the city's minor league ball park for a celebration featuring the reverend jesse jackson and michael jackson's father joe jackson. they left gary when he was 11 years old but he never forgot the place where he and his brothers got their start in a local talent contest. boy, looks like it was a whole lot of fun happening there in gary, indiana. >>> i have a quick update for you now on the michael jackson death investigation. all right, i just got off the phone with lapd sources and they told me just moments ago that it remains a death investigation, not a criminal investigation. they don't want to overblow the word "could" because it cou

who to knows yet, but buffalo, jacksonville, tennessee, nashville, charlotte and washington are rumored to be in the hunt. and those teams have to weigh a few more victories, potentially, if he eases into an offense. he is a gifted athlete, against the marketing angst at a withato along with peta investigations and the fact that he had recurrent, repug nant and terrible behavior, although the other side of it, as you say, 23-month sentence is over. he lost $40 million in salary and endorsements. and most people say he paid his debt. but the controversy will plague that team no matter where he goes. >> you talk there about remaking this image. rick, can a team -- is it a team's responsibility, can they really help him, and i guess reshaping his image and helping him market himself or is it really solely up to michael vick to show who he is now? >> well, i think it is a little bit of both and you know it. michael vick has to stay on the recalcitrant, repet tant, straight and narrow path, but it is also up to a team to make it easy for him shine in that respective community. he may not be

storms today and they seem to be hugging the gulf coast of new orleans over to tallahassee and jacksonville. staying north of tampa for the time being and the middle of the country is looking dry but turning hot again. down to the desert southwest. they are going to be in the triple-digits. meanwhile regional travel, buffalo chilly and 68. 70 boston. 81 in new york city. 91 in raleigh. a rain-free day and we, too, are looking at some rain-free weather today, tomorrow. there's the clouds on thursday. slightly cooler, 81. 90 by saturday. that's going to be the warmest day this week. and the better of the two weekend days. on sunday, scattered storms and 88. don't forget you can get your forecast first thing in the morning if you follow me on twitter. my i.d. is weather kim. let's send it over to jessica. >> thank you so much. >>> have we got a deal for you. veteran travel journalist lauren powell has last minute summer bargains and is here to share her insider tips. thank you for agreeing to give it up. >> well, you know, this is the one summer where the last- minute traveler can actually fin

orlando, in and areas through jacksonville, look at miami with a dew point temperature of 77 degrees.t of moisture down south. helping to feed pretty heavy and gusty thunderstorms there. the nasa shuttle facility and cape kennedy seeing gusty storm. they have that launch coming up tomorrow. 78 the temperature here. no problem. while it has been so cool in the northeast in new england, look at boston, just at 71 degrees. 74 in new york city. and the heat has been intense and unrelenting in parts of the south like texas and oklahoma. dallas, texas, this is their sixth day this month where the temperature has gotten over 100 degree sxhs had five days last month where the temperatures was over 100. wichita, the 8 degrees. that's not even factoring in all that moisture that is down south. and wrapping the two together, heat indeshgs, what it feels like, it has been intense through this area. the southern plains and the south. and 80 is our current heat index. i think by tomorrow with the temperatures getting into the upper 80s, more moisture across the area because our -- our wind is going

pete in jacksonville writ i thought toy that alan forier was investing, would any of th traders follow heo. they're cuttg costs, raising premiums. greabalasheet. they'll y back shot. i hate chasing it, but wellpoint makes sense. do you like at? >> i do. finally a message from donn new yorkwith today ace sharp clin ice, is this a signal to buy or stay awa >> i think you wanto wait a bit. the exanges will move a little lower. >>> all right. you got your answers coming up, whether you should get into this na right now. plus the final tde iur first move for tomorrow. we'll be back in just a ment. >>> time n to reveal who made the most money today in the whole entire world? cording to a report published today, eddy lambert has been selling large bloc of his auzone stake. he has unloaded mo than $538 million in autozone. lamp has watched his 23 millioshares climb from 115 a 52-week high. would you take profits? >> yes. >>> and beforereveal who made -- actually -- >> we st didt. >> special squawk box ogramming note for tomorrow. >>> state of the states tomorrowree governors. so tune in for tt

joining us from jacksonville is a political commentator and a radio talk-show host. mike, let me talk -- start with you. officer, and an ultimately a mistake made and a person who is a middle aged man very intelligent a law-abiding citizen ends up in jail because the police officer felt he had to win that situation, then common sense did not prevail. i tend to go on the side of thinking about history when we think about this because at one point in time, the police was the ku klux klan was the police. we do know that history. mike: we are not talking about the ku klux klan here. i want to make this comment. i want the police to win. i want them to win. when i think about the police. >> no, you want the citizen to win because the citizen outranks the police. mike: going against a burglar. >> it wasn't a burglar. mike: we didn't know it at the point. we thought it was. >> this is what is so wrong right now with this story and opeo, you should follow the lead of president obama who did everything but apologize today and fall all over himself saying he used the wrong cho

joining us from jacksonville, florida, t.j. hart, program director for wsky talk radio. i think what all americans want to know is what's behind this? it doesn't make sense for seven, possibly eight, people to be involved in a home invasion robbery. that never happens. it's too many people that could talk or somebody could make a mistake. home invasions are usually one or two, outside three. do you know what's going on here? >> you're absolutely right. in a home invasion, it's usually one, two, or three, it's lightning fast, it's over with. in this case, it is still a mystery. they did make off with the safe, so robbery is one of the motives. however, this family is very well known in town. they are known to have money, as the family has also run some businesses throughout the community, too. we also understand that a few of the suspects have spent some time on that property, especially one in particular, and the woman that was just brought in is a real estate agent who was also a person who had properties right near the home as well. it's still a mystery to law enforcem

problem area, especially north florida from apalachicola to cedar keys, spreading over towards jacksonvillend daytona beach. your beach day is probably going to be ruined throughout the afternoon. otherwise it is gorgeous. kansas city 7. st. louis is nice. atlanta doesn't have the humidity for once. which is perfect. and not bad in new england, either, chris. so not too many problem areas. we'd love to get our friends out west a little bit of wet weather, maybe on a monday through friday would work. >> honestly, i think they'd take it almost any time with all the water restrictions and everything else that's going on. 115 in phoenix? >> it's supposed to be hot, but i don't think that makes a difference, does it? >> it's a dry heat. >> yes, i love when they say that. >> it's hot. 115, it's hot. coming up, he was more than just the face of cbs news. walter cronkite brought all of us in america to the front lines of some of the world's most notable stories. from the assassination of jfk to the moon to vietnam. we take a look at how his reporting impacted an entire nation, next on msnbc. imodiu

. >>> jacksonville, you get five bedroom and three bathrooms.obably a nice swimming pool in the backyard, too. the three most important thing in real estate, location, location, location. and we go across america tonight and check the real estate temperature in different parts of the country. and phoenix, you know, prices there are down 50% in a year or two. brett barry, realtor at home. joel mill we are wall street capital funning in atlanta. and from the high end market in new york city. dolly lynn, vice chairman of prudential. dolly, we'll start. but it is all about my needs and i rent. i was a divorced guy. i rent and i'm getting ready to go back in the market in brooklyn heights and start trying to buy. should i keep renting because prices will keep falling? >> i think it is really an individual analysis. everyone has to sit there and say for me, here's the story. so we would have to locate your information and your situation and then the property you're looking at, the property you're renting and go through it. it is not about broad stroke

found liable when 26,000 gallons of gas seeped into the groundwater from a former exxon site in jacksonville. lawyers for the residents affected now say exxon wants to throw out or reduce the amount of damages awarded. the post-trial motions hearing was set to begin just minutes ago in the circuit court in towson. >>> maryland's top corrections official is scheduled to testify today in favor of legislation helping to clear the way for states to jam illegal cell phones in prisons. maryland u.s. senator barbara mukulski is co-sponsoring the measure. >>> two members of a religious cult tell a baltimore judge they want to represent themselves for the starvation of a toddler. queen antoine yet and trevia williams are two of the members of a now defunct religious group accused of denying food and water to a 1-year-old, after he refused to say amen after he ate. >>> a lawsuit by towson catholic to keep the school open. last week the archdiocese says the school would be closed as soon as this fall. protesters gathered outside of the school last night while inside administrators from 15 other schools

we also had strong storms around jacksonville, heading towards the beach. so it wasn't the best sunny day in florida. unfortunately, the northeast starting to get socked in with showers and thunderstorms. we had wind damage, ef-1 tornado across parts of upstate new york. there you can see the watches have expired as of this time. if you live in new york city, philadelphia, down towards d.c., i hope you sleep well in thunderstorms because it's going to be a little bit of a bumpy night. hopefully, most of this will come out of there by midday that you might get a bit of an afternoon in for outdoor activities. slight risk of severe thunderstorms right there in the megalopolis. for tomorrow afternoon, one of the big issues we will be dealing with is travel problems. here we are, 10:30 at night almost, don, we have delays from denver to atlanta. this is pretty late in the night to still have delays. we expect to see some, especially in the northeast tomorrow. >> all right. jacqui, thank you very much. brace for it, eh? >> yes. >>> something is brewing in massach

. >> this question from rick in jacksonville.e said "i called into a mortgage radio show and the two hosts gave conflicting answers. now i don't know what to do. figured i should ask you. my wife and i want to buy a new home. she's on the deed and the loan to this house by herself. basically rick wants to know, if i buy a new home, if we do it together will he get that first-time home buyer credit. ." before you answer - explain the credit. >> there's money in maryland for first-time buyers though that tends to dry up pretty often especially in this market. the other thing is interests the $800,000 -- $8,000 tax credit. you find a nonprofit who gives you the $8,000 in advance, almost like an irs refund. then you use the money, -- then it's for first-time buyers where people haven't owned a home in the last three years. they are now talking about extending it or even raising the $15,000 in the next year to help the economy go. for now it's $8,000. for rick's question, if he buys the house with his wife it won't qualify because she

himself with two friends who controlled into accompanying him walking from memphis tennessee to jacksonville. two and half days and to what he was shot in the leg and at that point, martin luther king and other leaders of the movement saw right opportunity, step in, picked up the block. james meredith rejoined the walk. 20 days later walking into jackson mississippi with 15,000 people, thus marking the end of the white citizens' councils. now, that could suffice for my introduction talking about the power of one person committed to making change, but what the reason i was in mississippi is because a year ago the president's national debate council decided that oxford mississippi would be the location of the first presidential debate and that the subject of the debate would be domestic affairs. in another hat, i am of the co-chair of the campaign to end aids, national network of aids activists and we decided that in order to make aids and a national strategy to end aids a topic we would establish a three day aids encampment in oxford mississippi. so beginning yesterday, eight caravans from ar

wamp: madam chairman, i yield three minutes to andrew crenshaw from jacksonville, florida, who would be the vice ranking member if there were such a position, but he is an incredibly valuable asset on our subcommittee and has done just an extraordinary job this year. i yield to mr. crenshaw three minutes. the chair: the gentleman from florida is recognized for three minutes. cent cent thank you very much, and i thank -- mr. -- mr. crenshaw: thank you very much. i thank the gentleman for yielding his time. i thank him for his hard work in the subcommittee, working with chairman edwards, thank you for your leadership and your bipartisan spirit and thank you both for involving all the members of this subcommittee and drafting this legislation that i think we can all support. i ran for congress in the first place because i believed the number one responsibility of the federal government is to protect the american lives and i think the best way to keep america safe is to keep america strong. but i've been on this subcommittee now for seven years and i think we have a tremendous responsibi