from houston to jacksonville. rain slick on i-94 from business mark to milwaukee. and from sacramento to fresno on i-5. windy on i-40 from flagstaff to albuquerque. >>> if you're flying, delays possible in minneapolis, atla a atlanta, and san francisco 37. >>> have is new hope for millions of people battling cancer. two new drugs are showing promise in helping fight melanoma, and a third drug is helping women at high risk for breast cancer. >> reporter: researchers consider this a stunning success. when melanoma attacks organs, it's difficult to treat. >> this is going to be a revolutionary way to treat patients with cancer. >> reporter: there is a new drug, vemurafinen. corky is one of those patients whose melanoma spread to his organs. >> if it continues to work the way it's working, it's fantastic. >> reporter: it was so effective in keeping patients alive, those on chemo were offered this instead. >> we have tears of joy in clini clinics. when we have a patient really sick from melanoma, we have enrolled them in these trils. in 72 hours, they're better. unbelie

another stormy day with high winds, hail and a chance of tornados around jacksonville, savannah, raleigh, charleston, west virginia and d.c. look for severe weather from denver to amarillo, texas. showers around chicago, detroit, the eastern great lakes and northern new england. thunderstorms from salt lake city to helena, montana. >> 65 degrees in billings, 94 in albuquerque ken a sizzling 104 in phoenix. 94 for the victory parade in dallas. mostly 80s in the northeast. 93 in miami. >>> the casey anthony trial begins a new phase but will she take the stand? >> then buyer beware. newly recalled cars showing up on used car lots. >>> a rather tough night in vancouver. unfortunately, drunken, angry hockey fans take to the streets after the stanley cup finals. >>> the financial and political crisis in greece jolted investors around the world after riots erupted in athens over new budget cuts. there are fears that greece could default on its debt. it could set off crises in other debt-ridden countries such as portugal and ireland and threaten european's banking system. all of that in turn cou

and rain makes for a slick ride on houston to jacksonville. and on i-94, from northern minnesota to bismarck and billings. icy spots on i-80, from sacramento to reno. >> and if you're heading to the airport, the only flying delay expected today would be out of new orleans. the big easy there. >>> it is understandably new yo news here in new york. of course, we're talking about anthony weiner. and his admission of what happened with the twitter pic. pics, we should say. "new york daily news" with yeah, i'm a schmuck. >> and "the new york post," never short with a headline there. put up this picture to many people's shock. >> "the new york times" understated. >> a picture of him giving his speech there. acknowledging he was not exactly truthful in many different ways. >> right. >> the new york democrat is refusing to resign saying he has done nothing illegal. and 1 of the women who says she got more than 100 messages from weiner. she spoke with chris cuomo. >> reporter: congressman weiner took the stage. he was quick to accept fault. was meagan

. >> grand powers, the founder of the global day of prayer, he joins us by skype from jacksonville, florida. great to have you on the broadcast. graham, you started this in hometown of south africa in 2001. today it has gone global. you expect hundreds of millions to be praying, how did this grow so fast so quickly? >> it was god's plan, none of us can claim any credit. starting in 2001 with 1 stadium, 45,000 people in cape town at the tip of africa. it would roll up through southern africa and spread out around the globe. it has been an awesome roll out to see how god has taken this single stadium and rolled it out, last year 220 nations participated. we understand 400 million people participated in some format. it has been an amazing roll out. >> those are truly incredible numbers, staggering numbers, hundreds of thousands of people gathering together for one single purpose to pray. when you started this back in 2001, graham, what was the vision? what did you hope to see in the process, now several years later? >> god clearly showed it would be a day of repenitence and prayer, gathering p

plebiscito celebrado el 18 de marzo: una carta sospechosa que llegÓ a la oficina de marco rubio en jacksonviller almidÓn de maÍz. >> dos acusados policÍas que fueron acusados por violar a una mujer. es lo Último que quedaba en su contra despuÉs que fueron exagerados de los cargos de violaciÓn, el juez ahora tiene 2 semanas a responder a la solicitud. >> un reporte dado a conocer por la uniÓn americana de libertades civiles revelÓ que el uso de pisto pistolas elÉctricas no ha disminuido y su usada muchÍsimo que desear y no se le da el entrenamiento adecuado y ha dejado unos 300 muertos desde que comenzÓ a utilizarse >> dentro de poco la venta de animales domÉsticos podrÍa estar prohibida en san francisco, como perros, gatos y tambiÉn peces, escuchÓ muy bien, prohibir la venta de peces la idea ha despertado pasiÓnes a favor y en contra. >> le guste o no san francisco gran parte del paÍs es liberal con ideas extremas y prohibiciones algo graciosas, reforzando la impresiÓn es la primera en prohibir las bolsas de plÁsticos, el aÑo pasado prohibiÓ los juguetes. >> san francisco tiene muchas reglas to

this comes to us from jacksonville, florida, the home of a very different kind of hero, one of the cover of a cereal box. haley received and recently won a two-year battle with bone cancer to commemorate her big victory, she's been given access to a very exclusive club. the 10-year-old's picture and story will be placed on boxes of cereal and breakfast treats. haley appreciates the honor, but she's even happier than her story will give other cancer patients something to believe in. absolutely right, haley. good for you. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning, everyone. we will turn up the heat today. humidity is not quite in the present range. 70 at rock hall. the heat index will be up around 100. we have a slight chance for a thunderstorm this afternoon. it will be a hot, steamy day. >> 72 degrees on tv hill. here's a look ahead to 11 news today. >> some local school districts already taking precautions to be the heat. we will have some tips. >

this comes to us from jacksonville, florida, the home of a very different kind of hero, one of the cover of a cereal box. haley received and recently won a two-year battle with bone cancer to commemorate her big victory, she's been given access to a very exclusive club. the 10-year-old's picture and story will be placed on boxes of cereal and breakfast treats. haley appreciates the honor, but she's even happier than her story will give other cancer patients something to believe in. absolutely right, haley. good for you. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> 72 degrees already at 4:28 this morning. and that's just the beginning. good morning to you. i'm joe krebs. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to news 4 for this june 7, 2011. we begin with breaking news off the beltway in bethesda. the exit from the inner loop to river road is closed for a serious motorcycle accident. tracee, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. we just spoke with maryland state highway officials who are saying this is a double fatal accident. two

this comes to us from jacksonville, florida, the home of a very different kind of hero, on of the cover of a cereal box. haley received and recently won a two-year battle with bone cancer to commemorate her big victory, she's been given access to a very exclusive club. the 10-year-old's picture and story will be placed on boxes of cereal and breakfast treats. haley appreciates the honor, but she's even happier than her story will give other cancer patients something to believe in. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> one newborn hippo may be little, but he's quite important. once of less than 3,000 pigmy hippos known to exist today, this little guy is a sign of hope for his species. not only are they endangered, but males are even more endangered in captivity. zookeepers hope to raise the awareness with his presence. >>> new technologies including touch screen consoles, internal cameras on video game systems and video call capabilities impressed the crowd yesterday. the week-long expo proves the standard joy stick

. >> reporter: hamilton county, florida, is about a two and a half drive from jacksonville but the lifespan is 7 1/2 years, less than women in libya, where the lifespan here is 80. >> i say i need to lose weight, i need to do this and that but i don't ever do it. so. >> reporter: and your daughter? >> same. >> reporter: sue thornberry is 34. she doesn't smoke but loves her fried southern food. >> i'm not active, other than working and home, that's it. i don't exercise much and i don't eat real healthy. >> reporter: hamilton county is one of 00 u.s. counties where the life expectancy for women declined, that's a quarter of the counties in the united states. >> progress for women has been worse for women than men. >> reporter: dr. christopher murry and his team looked for life expectancy for women, found wide disparities for women from county to county, even from state to state. >> for large parts of the u.s., for many, many counties, we are not achieving the improvement in life expectancy that is medically possible. >> reporter: women in collier county, florida, live the longest, 86 years. t

and from jacksonville to miami. slick with ryan on i-80, from omaha to des moines. also on i-70 across kansas. wet on i-5, from seattle to sacramento. icy spots on i- 0 in the sierra nevad nevadas. >> if you're flying, airport delays are possible in boston, new york, philly, d.c., and san francisco. >>> a new warning this morning about the possible link between cell phones and brain cancer. >> an international panel of experts is sounding the alarm. jim sciutto has a look at the research and the reaction. >> reporter: this is your brain with the cell phone turned off. and this is your brain with the cell phone turned on. notice the red areas at the top. studies established that radiation increases brain wave activity. the w.h.o. concluded that low-level radiation from cell phones can possibly cause cancer. a 2010 study showed that people who used cell phones for more than ten years has doubled the rate of a rare brain tumor. the director of the w.h.o.'s cancer research arm said, in a statement, given the potential consequences for public health, it is important to t

and from jacksonville to miami. also drenched on i-75 from toledo to knoxville. 94 from the twin cities to detroit. flooding on i-90 and 94 in the dakotas. >>> and if you are flying today, airport delays are possible in new york, boston, philly, d.c., chicago, atlanta and also minneapolis. >>> a busy friday. all right, well, at the very least, the aftermath of wednesday night's stanley cup final should be an indication of just how seriously canadians take their hockey, but this was a lot of goofballs. >> it was. british columbians are devastated by the loss to the bruins, but on top of that, they're embarrassed by the behavior of rioters who trashed downtown vancouver overturning cars, setting fires and shattering store windows. >> i'm really upset. i'm embarrassed. i live here. i'm a true fan. vancouver did an amazing job getting as far as they did, and we have this. >> i'm really angry to see -- this is my city. it belongs to all canadians. >> yeah, that was unusual i think of that country. nearly 100 people were arrested. nearly 150 needed medical treatment an

thunderstorms from houston to jacksonville. snowshowers in the sierra range. record highs in the nation's midsection. >> 90s from minneapolis and chicago to kansas city. and just as hot from dallas into baltimore. cooler along the west coast, with 62 in seattle and 77 degrees in sacramento. >>> coming up, the latest departure from the white house economic team. >>> then, the guru appears. apple's ailing ceo takes the stage to give his newest offering. >> look thin, too. >>> native hawaiis call her pele, the goddess of fire, is at work again this morning. >>> the chairman of the president's council of economic advisers is leaving to return to teaching. austin goolsbee was in danger of losing his professorship at the university of chicago. republicans say the departure is another sign that the administration does not have a clue on the economy. but goolsbee says the economy is on-track, despite recent setbacks. >>> gas prices are down another penny. the energy department says the average for a gallon of regular is $3.78. it's the fourth week in a row prices have

first time we've had a democratic mayor in jacksonville, florida, in 20 years? we won a state house race in new hampshire, a tiny, ruby red state house race where the right-wing policies of the new hampshire governor -- of the new hampshire legislature were on display and the voters reacted and rejected that. we just elected in new york 26 a red, red congressional district in a special election because the republicans want to end medicare as we know it. voters rejected that so, the most recent opportunity for voters to weigh in on the republicans' policies have resulted in democratic victories. >> quickly -- >> we're just about out of time, but i want to ask congresswoman wasserman schultz about gabby giffords. new pictures today and she looks terrific. >> doesn't she? >> of course, having been shot in the head earlier this year. one of your closest friends. what's going on? >> she is. i talked to her on the phone for the first time. we had a wonderful conversation. she spoke to me in full sentences, initiated those sentences instead of just responding, which is

administration which is the third administration consecutive leave it is that his pledge to remove jacksonville record making efforts necessary to get congress to do that i think that this year it will do so it has publicly said that it supports it and when vice president biden was here in moscow in march he said that he personally would be leading the administration's efforts in congress to get it lifted. and it's both because that war is no longer relevant it's an anachronism and i think out of respect for our own legal traditions we should remove laws for the books that are no longer valid but also because it has a very will have or would have a very material impact on american business interests. when russia gets into the w.t. you know if we haven't lifted it we could be told that we fully mean joining the media and having the this was true it was in stark. sure from having the most favored nation status of all the other members of the w t o but it would mean that we the united states would not be able to extend that to russia because of really russia would have no obligation to extend m.f.

that's roughly the size of the city of jacksonville, florida. that's gone up in smoke.ighters say they are struggling in some areas. although it is a bit windy here today. firefighters say they expect there to be calmer conditions tomorrow. here at the monument fire tomorrow, about 90 members of the national guard are going to be sent to this area to help firefighters on the ground. they say conditions here are bone dry. they are ripe for another explosion of fire. but crews hope they'll be able to gain the upper hand over the next several hours, guys. >> okay, reporting live from arizona. wow. six states battling fires as we speak. stay with us for "nightly news with brian williams" in about ten minutes at 5:30 for the latest on these fires. >>> also helpful reminder -- or is it too invasive? up next, why the internet, why google isagkpede it sent to alll message it sent t all of its e-mail users this weekend. arizona. google is backpedaling over a >>> we have good news from the gas stations. statewide prices are down another four cents in this last week alone. the ave

us if it chose not to you both are not new to the studio and really we been talking about the jacksonville agreement very think you were you one of the guys who said that there let's leave it to the americans because because it's in their interest there's the rub here i remember now is it's not i was discriminated today it's the american business discriminated the how you do you think this is the reason why they finally want to have that i think as a representative of american business community. here in a way american russian business community here was up with the correct of course they are from joining up with your american companies would like to work in a russian market under similar world european or asian carp and i understand so of course it's but i don't think i can say that this is only their interest or our interest it's received. it of the interest of both countries i think it would to repeal this amendment and know that you know that we're on its ascent and i think because all presidents are suspending every year the deer you know this certify compliance yes but then this is a

in florida, from jacksonville to miami.in also makes for a slippery ride in the rockies and i-5 from seattle to portland. >> and if you're heading to the airport today, the only airport expected to face delays is kansas city. >>> we're getting a closer look this morning at how well congresswoman gabrielle giffords is progressing. new photo was posted to her facebook page. >> for what she's been through, she looks terrific, her hair is shorter. here is bob woodruff. >> reporter: until today, the only picture we had seen of congresswoman giffords was this one. hand in hand with her husband, mark kelly. but now, for the first time since the shooting in tucson, we see her face. her characteristic smile, her upbeat spirit. the photos were taken by a professional photographer on may 17th, one day after she traveled to florida to witness her husband, the commander of the shuttle "endeavour," launch into space. along with the photos came the news that before the end of this month, congresswoman giffords will be released from the me

smoke billowing in from georgia is causing asthma-like symptoms in jacksonville, florida. also in florida, 50,000 recorded lightning strikes helped spark 400 fires, blackening 300,000 acres of land. and just in the past 24 hours, 78 new fires. so, what's going on? >> well, we're seeing prolonged drought. we're seeing more weather extremes. >> reporter: firefighters are focusing not on stopping fires but reducing their intensity. and above all, saving lives. today, not a single person has been killed from this year's fires. but it may take some of the forests, especially in the southwest, diane, about 100 years to recover. >> it does look like quite a scene there. thank you, matt. >>> and a 22-year-old marine lance corporal is behind bars tonight in a washington, d.c. terror scare. the area around the pentagon was thrown into chaos this morning by a backpack loaded with suspicious materials. the fbi says he apparently acted alone, but who was he? and what exactly was his plan? senior justice correspondent pierre thomas has been on this story all day. pierre? >> reporter: di

. >> reporter: a single mother of three, kimberly parrish of jacksonville, florida, enrolled in an oonline for-profit school in 2008 with two goals in mind. >> i was hoping to ideally get a job that would allow me to be home with my family, allow me to pay for health care with my family. >> reporter: but after taking out $9,000 in student loans, parrish says she quickly learned that the degree she was studying for wouldn't get her the job she wanted-- processing medical bills. >> in the end i found out that it was a big deception. >> reporter: a cbs news investigation compared for-profit schools to public institutions like community colleges. we looked at how likely graduates are to pass their licensing exams for jobs like nursing and veterinary technicians. we surveyed nine exams in five states and in each the results were the same: students at for-profit schools were less likely to pass the state licensing exam in their field than students who attended a public institution, even though they were paying on average about five times more in tuition. >> in choosing to enroll in a for-p

. >> reporter: hamilton county, florida is about a two-and-a- half hour drive from jacksonville, but the life span of women here is 76.5 years, less than women in libya, where the life span is 80. >> i said i wanted to lose weight, i need to do this, i need to do that, but i don't ever do it. >> reporter: and your daughter? >> same. just a little bit shorter. >> reporter: sue thornbury is 34, she doesn't smoke, but loves her fried southern food. >> i'm not active, other than working and home. that's it. i don't exercise much and i don't eat real healthy. >> reporter: hamilton county is one of 700 u.s. counties where the life expectancy for women has declined. that's a quarter of the counties in the united states. >> progress for women has been much worse than for men. >> reporter: dr. christopher murray and his team looked at life expectancy for every county in united states. they found wide disparities in life span from county to county, even within the same states. >> the big high-level message here is for large parts of the u.s., for many, many counties, we are not achieving the i

hundred fifty six orlando florida one hundred sixty five denver colorado one hundred sixty five jacksonville florida one hundred seventy five colorado springs colorado one hundred eighty six las vegas nevada one hundred eighty six austin texas one hundred eighteen i am the mayor by a large margin houston texas three hundred seventy three speed traps and if you're in one of those ten cities i want you back there be bandits about all right with decadent overspending tax parasites bankrupting their municipalities nation i've got to plug their budget gap somehow right now and i just have the cops deal for it after all the unemployed masses are such easy prey. all right and as the police become more desperate they become more corrupt unfortunately cover up seem to be a new cart of standard operating procedures as the internet age brings a new level of scrutiny in miami beach footage has been released of a police officer snatching a camera from a local ten news reporter covering the brutal memorial day shooting in this instance the newsman's camera was locked in the back of an officer's car withou

i went to the doctor here in jacksonville. another doctor does the replacement.e works with striker. he showed me all about it. he had the model of it and i said, this is an easy decision to make, actually. i did it and got my new knee and it's working good. >> we have the striker website up on the computer here. the viewers can see it there. you're featured there. they have a question and answer thing to see if you're a proper candidate for a new knee. >> yeah, it's really pretty easy. it's one that a lot of people are hesitant to make. it's a traumatic surgery. it's a big deal. they're sitting there and opening me up and giving me a new part. that's there on the bone. it doesn't sound too good. it's really a decision i would say 99% of the people are glad they did it. after they made the decision, they're glad. they get their life back and the function of the knee back and minimize nearly all of the pain if not all of the pain. you get out of that arthritic condition that you're in. it's easier to get your normal life back. for me, playing golf at the highest l

wet on i-10 from jacksonville to new orleans and also in south texas rain makes for a slippery ride ont lake city to helena and i-5 froro seattle to portland. >>> flying airport delays are possible in boston charlotte, miami and salt lake city. >>> day two of an fda hearing on the breast cancer drug avastin opens later this morning near washington. >> the drug's maker launched a last-ditch effort to keep the medicine available. karen travers reports on the emotioiol testimony from the hearing's first day. >> reporter: five years after she was diagnosed with pat cancer, pat howard says she can't believe she has to beg for the drug she says is keeping her and many other women alive. >> due to avastin i'm experiencing a quality of life that is nothing short of miraculous. >> reporter: doctors and patients like howard made personal appeals to the fda to keep the breast cancer drug avastin available to them. >> i believe avastin coming off the market would be devastating to my breast cancer patients. >> reporter: the drug was approved in 2008 to treat advanced stage breast cancer that has s

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stormy from jacksonville, up to d.c.ge, william and catherine are set to arrive in southern california july 8th and stay until july 10th. the royal newlyweds will spend their first night in los angeles at a business event, supporting uk trade and investment followed by a reception at the british consular general residence. in hancock park. and the prince will also play in a charity polo match in santa barbara with the duchess awarding the trophy to the winning team. that evening, prince william and the former kate middleton will attend a black tie dinner at the renovated theater to introduce young british film talent to hollywood executives. one celebrity who's excited about the royal visit is their close friend, soccer star, david beckham. >> it will be exciting for them, i'm sure. they have many other things going on in their lives, but it is incredible to have them together and have them married. >> reporter: the royal couple will meet inner city youth involved in an arts program located on skid row. >> the royal coup

and you're looking at jacksonville, illinois. this city received nearly half a foot of rain in less than 24 hours from friday into saturday. so, very dangerous situation there. in fact, there's a state of emergency in that city. meanwhile, take a look at widespread rains in the northern plains, as well as central plains. some of the heaviest amount will fall in the dakotas, up to 3 inches is expected and dallas expected to have another day of triple-digit heat. today will be the seventh day of >> b >> bianna and dan. >> thank you, jackie. >>> sad music news today, a towering figure in the world of rock is gone. they called him the big man. not just because he was 6'5". clarence k4re78 clemons, the original sax player from the bruce springsteen e street band has died of complications of a stroke. ron is back with a look back at an amazing life. >> amazing. for nearly 40 years the sound of clarence clemons' booming saxophone had fans interstained from a bruce springsteen and the e street band. springsteen introduced as king of the

. >> later this week three other republican white house hopefuls speak at the a convention in jacksonvilleidates concentrate on raising campaign cash with the second quarter fundraising coming to a close at the end of the month. fred? >> thanks so much, paul. for the latest political news, you know exactly where to go. cnnpolitics.com. >>> perhaps you're traveling this summer. up next, we'll show you some must-have smartphone apps to help you navigate through your vacation. you'll want to see this. back in a moment. >>> i'm sergeant cynthia mess messerschmidt. i'd like to wish a happy father's day to my dad. i love you, dad, for all you've done for your country and all you've done for me and my family. love you, bye. >>> this father's day weekend we're asking you and our staff to share the best advice from dad. one of our writers, james dexter, his dad jimmy had this faurl advice to offer. "it's the lazy man who does the most work." so whether you are traveling or just grilling out, we have the newest, hottest apps to help you save time and money this summer. earlier i spoke with gaming an

or he should know, because the state did a study just a couple of years ago in the jacksonville area and they abandoned it because the study showed that there wasn't a drug abuse amongst the welfare recipients. what he is doing is giving ugly legitimacy to an unfortunate stereotype that has been in this country for a couple of decades that all welfare recipients are a bunch of drug abusers. >> mr. simon, let me ask you this though -- do you see any up side to what he is doing? a lot of people -- aside from -- the drug testing maybe treats people like suspects who are already down on their luck. that's one part of it. but what about the part the governor argues, that this kind of encourages that kind of accountability in families. do you see no up side to making sure that state taxpayer funds are not using or going towards subsidizing somebody's drug use? >> t.j., i work for the aclu and it is our job to prevent the trampling on the constitutional rights of the people of florida. i don't see an up side of violating people's constitutional rights, namely subjecting people to an intrusi

people in jacksonville, ill.looding. >> it was coming of the hell so fast. coming up the-hill fifth >>reporter: the impact will remain much longer. in washington, emily shred, kron 4 news. >>pam: of this video is out of commit missouiri, even fish swimming in the streets. levees have failed to hold back for rising missouri river. causing over poor fog surrounding neighborhoods. >> kimberlee: the latest tech talk. with another gaming, if sega they got away with some sensitive information. they said that personal information names, dates of birth, e-mail addresses and passwords were taken from a least 1.3 million customers here. the company emphasized that it is not hold any of confidential information such as credit card information but it is investigating the break-in. also, " beautiful people thought, " a 30,000 people ugly people. last month, the virus allowed to the maximum on the people into the elite site with having to go to the mandatory rating system. white applicants received an e-mail that said " sorry

host: in jacksonville, florida, mary on our line for republicans. caller: good morning. as a u.s. veteran of foreign wars, i was stationed in berlin and i was standing outside that when gaddafi blew it up. now, these democrats that are anti-war and our government have never, ever erkssmelt death or seen their cam rads with missing limbs and arms. this is an issue about getting someone who has killed americans. bottom line, and i don't think the president should ask anybody for permission to accomplish that goal. thank you for letting me air my views this morning. . host: next up is texas on our line for independents. go ahead. you need to turn down the sound. caller: my name is shawn. i'm a former air force member. my personal opinions about all the wars that's happened over the years is i feel it's been a waste of our government's time, a waste of our economy's time, i feel that if the government could spend as much time as they do with the wars with the american people and helping our economy, that our economy would produce more than it has ever had before. i also feel that the

we've got a red flag warning up for parts of northern florida including the jacksonville area, gettingously, a big deal. midland, texas, seeing 108, tallahassee 103, saint simons 99 degrees, and las vegas just finally hit 100 degrees. that is really, really late to get 100. it's been cool across parts of the southwest and very, very wet across parts of minnesota and parts of eastern iowa and another day of torrential rains this morning across illinois and parts of chicago heading into lower michigan. if you're traveling through chicago there are going to be some delays at the airports. back up to you. >> thank you. >>> coming up next on "american morning," if you own an ipod, or an iphone really, is what we're looking for, that that's what you lock, a good chance we know your pass code. >> a study when wives are sleep derived the marriage suffers, but that's not the case with the hubbies. is a lack of sleep hurting your marriage? send us an e-mail, tweet, tell us on facebook. it's 18 minutes past the hour. ♪ [car horn honks] our outback always gets us there... ... sometimes it just tak

thunderstorms, houston to jacksonville.w showers in the sierra. >> 95, twin cities. 93, chicago. new york, 88. atlanta, 91. phoenix, 97. and albuquerque, 89. 60s in seattle and portland. >> you had a tragic day yesterday. i know this is tough for you. a resident canucks fan. you are not going to look this one. stanley cup finals game three last night. this one did not go well for your boys from vancouver. >> not so well. not as well as the other night. >> daniel need a tissue. >> once the bruins started scoring. they really didn't stop. the final score was more like a football game frankly. 8-1. oh. >> ouch. >> 8-1. a huge hit on horton, roman the first period. the bruins got really annoyed by that. fortunately game four tomorrow night. make the canucks can redeem themselves. >> they will the we have faith in the canucks the we are both rooting for them the. >> we will be back with more "world news now." >> poor guy. hó [ researcher ] you've got a lot of reasons to take care of your smile. but most of us don't realize that

and kazi, this is sad, rejected by his mother and in jacksonville.y. because apparently cheetahs and puppies do very well together. >> where can you see this? >> at tampa, busch gardens. and if you want to visit kazi, you can stay at the wingate at windham at tampa, a rate for $120 a night and a shuttle bus takes you to busch gardens and free wi-fi. >>> next up, aurora, the orangutan. >> i love aurora. she's a the houston zoo. and aurora, when baby orangutans are born, they have to be held by their mothers 24/7 for six months straight. but since aurora's mom is nowhere to be found, the zoo keepers and volunteers are holding aurora around the clock. >> isn't that precious. >> something so cute about it. >> with a stuffed animal. >> so cozy. >> she feels loved. >> she wins so far. >> you can see her at the houston zoo and stay at the hotel icon in downtown houston. $135 a night. >> let's talk about the owl. >> this is a controversial choice, currently the owl is winning in the budgettravel.com poll. not my favorite. >> that is not cuddly. >> the oil is

. >> and a lovely couple from jacksonvil jacksonville, florida. >> i believe that's alan. >> you are them fight. nobody's fighting. >> someone else actually played danny in the pilot. we almost -- we were this close to missing the glory that is saggett. >> he is something in person. he has got quite the mouth. >> yes. uh-huh. >> back to kathy. >> tell me where you are from. >> broomfield, illinois. >> i forgot. which tv dad was born on the same date as his co--star? >> i'm going to go with c. >> that's a good choice. >> totally guessed it right. >> they both played the keatons on family ties. they actually have the same birthday. june 21. a lady never tells her real age. june 21. so we can wish them a happy early birthday. >> we're going to take a look at a clip. watch this. which of the following tv dads was almost cast as bar owner sam malone on the show cheers. was it tony danza? patrick duffy? >> tim duffy. >> no. it's perfectly fine. she's going to go to sleep so well for this. >> she almost got two of them. neither of those two. >> ed o'niel was almost cast. sam is like the bas

i travel all the time with the tornados and the fires burning, i was in jacksonville, florida of all the smog from the smoke coming from southern georgia, we have issues to deal with. i hope we have a serious conversation about climate change and stop with just kicking people because we disagree >> i'm not kicking anyone. al gore could have written that article without blasting the president as a failure. that's unusual. let's leave it. i want to quickly -- >> a failure to use the bully pulpit. >> hoary said he failed to use the bully pulpit and never presented the magnitude of the crisis and he goes on in that paragraph and on. he doesn't simply -- let me move on to one other thing that is cute and i want mare to respond to this subject. the governor of texas, rick perry is thinking of becoming a candidate. i will play a clip to get you going on this. listen to how he described twitter. >> if you had enough, take out your phone and text fed up to 95613. you can always follow me on tweeter at governor perry. >> one tweets, but it's called twitter. he has to come up to the language if

and now, is just across 200 miles west of jacksonville.he forecast right now. now, for a cooldown for the east for the next few days. looking nice. new york city, we're in the 80s today. then, in the 70s. everyone w >> that was a look at your local forecast. >>> lara, i did see the hot pants. >> on josh? >> confirming. >> thank you, colleen. >>> here's a look at what's ahead on "gma." does father know best? how pageant dads are helping their little girls grab the crown. >>> plus, could baking in the slim line pod make you slimmer? becky worley checks out the new products that allegedly melt away fat. >>> and it's a dog's life. for these pampered pooches, not too shabby. what every dog owner needs to know, coming up on "good morning america." orning america." these are ocean spray sparkling juice drinks. they have bubbles. it's real fruit juice; crisp, sparkling water; and no added sugar. and they come in these really cool cans. you want one? i'll wait a bit. all right. mm. refreshing. [ male announcer ] breathe, socket. just breathe. we kn

we were going to do something in jacksonville on a ship and, you know, because of the different military, but i think you got to give a lot of credit to our military, to the navy and our athletic director, mike hollis who really got things going and it's been a process, but it's been pretty exciting now it's coming to fruition. >> let's talk about the carrier court i should say. we got some sketches that will show what it's going to look like there on the flight deck. tell us how it will be transformed and are they going to bring the hardwoods there on the turf? >> yeah. they really are. i've seen the drawings myself and it's pretty exciting. i think it's going to seat about 7,000 people and most of those tickets are going to our military who more than deserve it. and i think it's going to be a great tribute on veterans day to them and all of the people that do so much for us and we really, when i went over to kuwait, i realized that winning and losing has a whole different meaning. so it is a way to honor our troops. i think it's being looked at that way and i think by the way the ticke

jacksonville, florida, right now. rick sanatorium speaking there moments ago.tes, kyra, five republican presidential candidates speaking at the convention. abortion is an important issue among all americans and far, far down the economy of course right at top. the top concern. among republicans and especially in the battle for the nomination, it is a little bit more important. weighs more. in fact, there's a controversy right now because two of the candidates, huntsman and mmp, refused to sign an anti-abortion plan by a major pro-life organization. playing a role right now. we eat get back to you with more. >> the president speaking in pittsburgh. anything special about the location? >> very much. pennsylvania is a battleground state and always about the battleground states. this is the ninth visit by the president to one of the battle groupd or swing states since kicking off the re-election campaign on april 4th. these are crucial states that the president wants to win again if he wants to be re-elected next year and nothing new. not like president obama is th

host: greg, we'll have to leave it there from jacksonville, florida. thank you for your call. we'll be back with valarie hays. today is june 18. we'll be right back. >> this weekend, we'll visit the nixon library and video of nixon's first speech on breaking water gate's story. the american history guides as they talk about succession in the civil war. we'll hear from duke university on the american defeat of japan. get the schedule at c-span.org/history or have it emailed to you by pressing the c-span alert button. blackberry users can access all the time. all available around the clock wherever you are. down load it free from blackberry app world. washington journal continues. host: eric telford is the executive director of write on line talking about social tools and networks used for the media network. first off, tell us what is write on line. guest: we bring together bloggers and on line activists that want to learn to use tools like blogs. folks from center right organizations and from states all across the nation bringing people together with a goal of how can we be mor

host: ok, well, we want to thank you for calling in, sami, from jacksonville, florida. and here is a tweet. and next up is david on the internet -- independent line. good morning, david. caller: i agree with the previous caller on a couple of things. he has maintained the status quo. he has maintained bush's policies and policies that have gotten us into the mess that we are in right through the obama administration. and what obama is doing, i do not know. but we need to get all of these wars. if we need to get our people home. -- we need to get our people home. that is all i've got to say. host: going back to the "wall street journal" peace again -- piece again. the deadline for all of this is july 1. we expect to hear from the president and secretary j. carney, who was working on his decision. it that could come in the next week to 10 days. chris is joining us. caller: i do not understand these people. the man is doing his job. it is not his business to have an opinion about his work. he is supposed to do the work that he has been hired to do. when somebody else comes

community empowerment board and she will be a terrific addition to your ranks as the new mayor of jacksonville, a terrific addition to the also have to welcome from the emanuel, who i think you all know at some point held the position at the white house as well, and also will be a terrific addition to your efforts to try to make sure that everything we do is valued and protected in washington. so, to rahm emanuel, alvan, congratulations and welcome to the conference. let me -- i want to try to take a few minutes and focus on the immediate challenges we are facing what may be put in and build this context this is the council on the new american city, and you know, there is no question that we have made real progress from the enormous challenges that we inherited. two and a half years and it's easy to forget i think that we were losing over 800,000 jobs a month on the date the president walked into office. whether you measure the progress by the more than 2 million private sector jobs that have been created over the past 15 months, and despite a disappointing report last month the acceleration o

host: jacksonville, florida. bruce, independent line. go ahead.aller: just listening to the gentleman that was on the phone before me, i just, you know, the infrastructure thing that they keep bringing up, my question has been since they started this infrastructure stuff, the 18 cents per gallon in federal gas tax that we paid is supposed to go to the national highway trust fund. what have we done with that money? they think that we are going to increase tourism with these people unemployed? where are we going to get the tourists from? i will leave it at that. host: boosting jobs and travel, tourism, was one of the recommendations, as was putting construction workers back to work. as you look at that list this morning, frederick, md., good morning. caller: thank you. i have thought about this for a long time. i have felt that they do not go far enough. they need to tighten up the trade treaties. i liked what the caller said about higher taxes for companies that go outside of our country. for the longest time they have had benefits to go outside of

host: ok, well, we want to thank you for calling in, sami, from jacksonville, florida. and here is a tweet. and next up is david on the internet -- independent line. good morning, david. caller: i agree with the previous caller on a couple of things. he has maintained the status quo. he has maintained bush's policies and policies that have gotten us into the mess that we are in right through the obama administration. and what obama is doing, i do not know. but we need to get all of these wars. if we need to get our people home. -- we need to get our people home. that is all i've got to say. host: going back to the "wall street journal" peace again -- piece again. the deadline for all of this is july 1. we expect to hear from the president and secretary j. carney, who was working on his decision. it that could come in the next week to 10 days. chris is joining us. caller: i do not understand these people. the man is doing his job. it is not his business to have an opinion about his work. he is supposed to do the work that he has been hired to do. when somebody else comes

host: jacksonville, north carolina is next. go ahead.aller: i am talking about batik of the drivers. of the drivers. like dick -- why cannot have more refreshed drivers? you need fresh tires on the road, including at night. the staff ratio would drop, but in this case they need to have fresh drivers that can stay on the road and watch where they go. thank you. guest: good companies are always concerned about the drivers and their passengers. when you see a company that is striving for a longer distance, typically nine hours or even eight hours, that will put our relief driver in the middle of that trip. many times they will fly the driver out as a relief driver so he is well rested and ready to go and the other driver will stay and get rested possibly for the return trip. when you see a company that operates the way the company did where we saw the accident in virginia, that company was not concerned about the safety of the driver or the passengers. they seemed to be willing to work that driver as long and hard as they needed to. that is

host: jason is next on jacksonville, florida. caller: mr. lahood, you are one of our best transportation secretary that we have had in a while. i am from upstate new york. i move down here to florida. saving the auto industry was the greatest thing you could have done. people do not realize. what about local towns, the local delis, restaurants, local bars? had our auto industry gone down, we would have lost more than a couple million jobs. with the environment we are in today, do you think you could be elected as a republican? i saw what they did to huntsman, that man from iowa. we need a transportation bill, but i do not think we are going to get it because we are so divided. guest: i have no intention of running for office again. it was a great privilege to serve in the house of representatives. serving in the house is a really great job. we made the most of it, did a lot of great things for our district, but i think we also looked up for the country. i consider elected office a special privilege and i appreciate the support i got from my

host: jason is next on jacksonville, florida. caller: mr. lahood, you are one of our best transportation secretary that we have had in a while. i am from upstate new york. i move down here to florida. saving the auto industry was the greatest thing you could have done. people do not realize. what about local towns, the local delis, restaurants, local bars? had our auto industry gone down, we would have lost more than a couple million jobs. with the environment we are in today, do you think you could be elected as a republican? i saw what they did to huntsman, that man from iowa. we need a transportation bill, but i do not think we are going to get it because we are so divided. guest: i have no intention of running for office again. it was a great privilege to serve in the house of representatives. serving in the house is a really great job. we made the most of it, did a lot of great things for our district, but i think we also looked up for the country. i consider elected office a special privilege and i appreciate the support i got from my