. >> hey, can you bring out jake? is jake next?a snake. oh, wow. >> i need you in the same shot as the snake, talking about critters united. >> i got to warm up -- i need like a shot of vodka or something. >> we can get that. can we get ron a shot of vodka? >> [ bleep ]. >> take a step closer to the couch. >> oh, wow. >> and another step closer to the couch. >> you look awesome right there. >> and one more step closer to the couch. >> can you turn your body that way? that's awesome. he's looking at me -- he knows i'm scared. >> okay. and action.>> hi, i'm ron artes >> hi, i'm ron artest of the los angeles lakers, here with jake the snake. >> cut. the snake is way out of focus, that's my only problem. it's so close, i can't even tell it's a snake. >> stand right there at the end of the couch. >> so if she gets right here? >> that's perfect. >> ok. >> what's up? i'm ron artest of the los angeles lakers, and there's jake the snake. jake is a five foot long albino python -- >> let's go with a cuter animal. let's just go with a fuzzy, c

and on that note i'm joined tonight by our own adam vs the man a military analyst jake negative neo-con nancy deliberate so and dr christopher swift fellow at the national security law center out of the university of virginia gentlemen thank you so much for joining me tonight good to be so it could be some good news on foreign policy about restoring limbs at least but are we looking for some good news tomorrow from a bottle announcing the withdrawal from afghanistan jake you have some kind of inside track on this what's your take only we would hope but it's not going to happen basically tomorrow president obama is going to get up in front everybody and proclaim those successes we made in afghanistan and give us the proclamation a profound number of somewhere between eight and twelve thousand troops that's very specific you're going to stand behind that is pretty eight to twelve thousand twelve thousand troops i can put every dollar i have behind it based upon my sources inside the pentagon all right so what would be the significant of that it depends on whether the eight to twelve thous

>> okay, jake, thank you. stand by for a moment, because we want to take up a different topic, our ongoing reports, we call "washington watchdog." tracking the use of taxpayers dollars. and to remind everyone, jake was told that national security reasons prevented taxpayers from knowing how much was spent on the congressional perks of two gyms with a swimming pool. so, what happened when you pressed again for the information today, jake? >> reporter: well, abc news was told by the house appropriations committee they would have answers for our questions about how much this taxpayer subsidized perk, the congressional gyms, cost, how much taxpayers are on the hook for. but what they gave us was thin gruel. as we discovered, the house and senate gymnasiums are kept secret. the public and the press are not allowed inside to even see what they look like. okay, thank you. only for members. today, we were told the true costs of the gyms are hidden, buried in various budgets. staffers who work at the house gym and main

from saturday horse crap at the jefferson memorial at a special panel still fall on nola new verses jake negative neo-con nancy delivered with man on man sexual harassment allegations and why p.t. blue takes on a new meaning the french still hate freedom a bank was foreclosed on in florida and the war on us continues in minnesota as young american soldiers keep dying in iraq for international banks we've got a new military industrial facepalm but you can keep smiling because you're watching at home versus the man. this past weekend i return to the jefferson memorial to stare down the police state . the police apparently have such of my challenge to a dance off and we're out in force but thanks to you all of you who made phone calls to the park police to get me released last week and all of you who reminded the men in blue costumes with guns they keep things nonviolent and to all of our wonderful backup dancers are we were victorious whether or not this means you effectively have freedom of control over your own body on government property is yet to be seen but wait when i talk about the

what that's the first i've heard about jake being good for my credibility but maybe when we go to an hour long show all right from our segment on the government warning labels on cigarettes yesterday yes weren't they pretty we have a comment from adam sixteen web we've had this in australia for ages and it's a good idea it's not just about telling people not to do it because it puts an unnecessary strain on the government health care hospital system. hey adam sixteen web people shouldn't be forced to pay for the consequences of other people's decisions in the first place only all right and facebook where i recently updated my relationship status tanner when word writes how did you end up breaking it to your right hand well it wasn't easy. and to clarify james w. my rights people claimed you started trying to start a riot at the jefferson memorial financial backing of a foreign government and they think that paul supporters and libertarians are the crazy ones l m a o well james we did start right for freedom and technically i do have the backing of a foreign government but i didn't re

a second term so what can we expect then though what does it all mean for the answer let's turn to jake deliberate oh an afghan the veteran himself now an outspoken critic and co-founder of rethink afghanistan and for a more personal perspective we have ours award of an afghan american blogger who's speaking to us from boston welcome both of you great to have you both on the program jake i'll start with you you know it's the beginning of the fighting season in afghanistan the general is certainly made clear that they they want the current levels to continue to really make good on what progress they say they have achieved there is this misguided approach by obama to announce a withdrawal you know at this is the right time it's a critical time for two reasons one he made a promise when he surged in his west point speech he made a promise that he would begin withdrawal this time he didn't say how much it was producers' to be based on conditions on the ground so it's good to withdraw and secondly the reason is good because the american people have become weary of war and as a result of the

jake tapper, abc news, washington. >>> now there has been a lot of buzz about this gym before.010, a representative questioned the locker room etiquette when the then chief of staff came running in naked as a jay bird, changing, wanted to bring uh ann eup an issue. >> a tad awkward. >> at least throw the towel on. >> right. got to be a rule. >> there we go. i love my olivia newton john. whole "physical" album on my

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>> leading us off tonight, jake tapper at the white house. thank you, jake. >>> and, there is an outcry tonight, because of pakistan, and what that country did. pakistan, which receives billions of dollars in u.s. assistance, arrested the people in that country who helped the united states find and take down osama bin laden. word of the arrests came as some of the heroes, the american heroes of that mission, came home, and here's martha raddatz. >> reporter: the american sailors who buried bin laden at sea came home today, greeted as heroes. >> it absolutely is historic and we're proud of that. >> reporter: not so for the some half a dozen pakistanis vital to the mission. their reward? detention by pakistan's top spy agency. the man who owned the safe house, from which cia operatives were able to photograph and monitor movement in the secret bin laden compound. he was detained. the man who copied down the license plates to track those coming and going, especially bin laden's trusty courier, who was the key to finding the terrorist mastermind.

blogger and military analyst jake tapper tell. but the question of the u.s. led war effort is one that also frequently comes up on the campaign trail over the weekend many of the republican candidates for president gathered in new orleans for the republican leadership conference to talk about their ideas for how to move the country forward among them congressman ron paul the only candidate who has said from day one that the u.s. should not be involved in any of the work for its and we should withdraw our troops and our money from iraq afghanistan and libya now one time this was an idea that was. radical on the fringe even and it's one that must be registering more and more turns out that ron paul won the straw poll there and while it was barely a contest six hundred twelve to the next in line candidate jon huntsman score three hundred eighty two perceived front runner mitt romney just seventy four votes ron paul in an interview this morning on the today show is that as he has an idea about why he's getting so much the port especially from the young people it'

and betting videos could have become a felony obama is going to stop you dangerous you to paris to jake deliberate joins me to check in with lou from his tour in europe the winner of the dance party at deejays video contest for cantwell is going to be in studio tonight as our terrorist dancers betty dickey and jason talley we've got fornicating chickens resistance to the t.s.a. and i'm not refer to them. feeling their resistance and a special appearance from none other than hitler i don't need something to distract you all polishing your dance shoes for tomorrow that's why there's adam versus the many. individuals can now opt out of obamacare don't like the government boss you around blowing you into spending your own private wealth you know say mandating that you purchase mediocre health insurance never fear you have an alternative now and if you feel so feel compelled to resist the mandate you always have the liberty of to sing to earn less money this according to obama solicitor general in the uncool market see all who made this outlandish statement for the us six court circuit court

[ jake sighs it's ok. ♪ like a good neighbor, state farm is there ♪ oh hey jake! my car got jacked.les guess you're walking. you got those figures for me yet? ♪ like a good neighbor, state farm is there ♪ with an intern! nice work. casual wednesdays! casual wednesdays! [ both laugh what?! [ male announcer state farm agents are there when you need them. [ bell chiming [ male announcer want to pump up your gas mileage? come to meineke for our free fuel-efficiency check and you'll say...my money. my choice. my meineke. >>> there's no way. it's legacy. i'm thankful to be here and i'm honored to be here as i always tell people i'm trying to be the next. if i was ever going to try and be the next, his blueprint and his work speak for itself. >> one of the greatest icons that we have living in the united states. he's influence on music, his influence on culture, his influence on world peace. he's just -- he's quincy. >> one of the things you've done and really made a pathway for other people behind you is you've taught us to own our own stuff, whether it's copyrights, negatives, your films

jake tapper, abc news, washington. >> interesting political season, that's for sure. >>> after a day of high-level talks between the president and chancellor merkel, the mood turned to a festive one. on the menu, tuna tartar, salad from the first lady's garden. james taylor provided the evening's entertainment. notables on the 200-person guest list, our own diane sawyer. >>> the new mayor of las vegas is intimately familiar with the man she's replacing. in fact, they've been married for 49 years. caroline goodman, wife of oscar goodman, won yesterday's race with 61% of the vote. oscar was prevented from running again because of term limits. >> inside scoop there. >>> coming up, the nation's top banker says that an economic boost is just months away. >>> then, another woman reveals her online flirting with congressman anthony weiner. >>> and a massive warehouse blaze keeps firefighters pretty busy overnight. >>> the nation's top banker still says the economy will improve this year. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke says the recent slowdown is the result of temporary factors. high

[ jake sighs it's ok. ♪ like a good neighbor, state farm is there ♪ oh hey jake! my car got jacked. chuckles guess you're walking. you got those figures for me yet? ♪ like a good neighbor, state farm is there ♪ with an intern! nice work. casual wednesdays! casual wednesdays! [ both laugh what?! [ male announcer state farm agents are there when you need them. [ female announcer before allegra, allergies kept julie inside. after allegra, she's outside all day. [ male announcer children's allegra. effective, long-lasting and non-drowsy. [ female announcer after children's allegra, kids have it all. >>> welcome back. we're still here with barry, monifa and michael. talking about the incarceration crisis. we're moving from analysis now to solutions. team, please tell me, what can we do now, people obviously will say don't commit the crime, people will say be responsible, don't do drugs, don't steal. all of us i think are in agreement on that but moving beyond that point, what do we do in terms of this mass incarceration thing? >> well, what's a solution. solution is a multi-step approach

as jake tapper explains others who have collapsed under the weight of similar humiliation have foundk from ridicule to redemption. >> reporter: three years ago eliot spitzer, then the powerful democratic governor of new york resigned after the revelation that he had a proclivity for prostitutes. now he has his own show on cnn though stories like weiner's can create moments of awkwardness. >> i sympathize with anthony weiner. i know he is going through torment. >> reporter: f. scott fitzgerald said there are no second acts in american lives but that's no longer true. america is a sand of second, third, fourth chances. hugh grant, marv albert, pee-wee herman, kobe bryant, all scandalized, all doing great today. former republican congressman mark foley resigned in 2006 amidst a sexting scandal of his own. he now hosts a radio show in palm beach, florida. then, of course, there is the comeback kid himself former president bill clinton, elected and re-elected and now heralded for his work in developing countries among other causes. >> as a general rule, most people can come back from scan

jake tapper, abc news, washington. >> now, there's been a lot of buzz about this gym before.ssa questioned the locker room etiquette when the then chief of staff came running in naked as a jay bird, changing, wanted to bring up a certain issue he didn't vote for. >> i imagine those discussions are a tad awkward. >> awkward? throw the towel on. >> right. got to be a rule. >> there we go. i love my olivia newton john. whole "physical" album on my ipod. we'll be back, everyone. we'll be back, everyone. ♪ new hershey's drops. a lot of hershey's happess in a little drop of chocolate. pure hershey's. >>> all right. it's that time of the week where we look back at the sights and sounds that made headlines. the week started with the wonderful news about gabrielle giffords. >> that was the highlight. then of course there was the big republican debate. once again though, it was about the lowlight all about weiner. >> so, today, i am announcing my resignation from congress. i have made some pretty serious mistakes, and i need to redeem myself. i'm working hard to get back to normal and

thank you, jake. good to see you here in washington. >>> and a lot of you have been writing us online, already, about this headline. one week into june, america is in the grip of pulver tizing summer heat, stretching from texas all the way to the big cities in the east coast. and even in the north, highways are buckling in the heat. steve osunsami in atlanta tonight with america sweltering. >> reporter: in woodstock, georgia today, where it felt like it was nearly 100 degrees -- you don't carry a sweat rag? >> no. >> reporter: sergeant keith smith showed us how in the world he keeps cool, wearing a bullet proof vest under his shirt. it's a device called the cool cop. an officers here are attaching it to air conditioning in their patrol cars and connecting the other end to a sweet spot underneath the vest. because it makes the difference? >> definitely. it makes you, you know, when you are holt and miserable, it puts you in the mood of, this is all you can think of. when you get in the vehicle and put

jake tapper, abc news, the capitol. >> yes, so nice they have time to work out. >> that is nice.that's going to raise a lot of eyebrows am that's what's making news in

he sits down with jake tapper. and also weighs in on the budget talks in d.c.s not all that hopeful about them after president obama's feisty press conference. and does a little handicapping of the republican field, including michele bachmann. so, a lot to get to. >> he does not hold back at all. >>> and get ready. the royal road trip is under way. prince william and kate, they're on their way. their first royal tour. they're coming here to north america. >> a lot of excitement over that. >> there sure is. >>> we begin with what appears totoe a huge breach of airport security. a nigerian man was able to board a plane here in new york with an outdated boarding pass, a stolen i.d., no less. all without getting caught, until he tried to do it again. abc's lisa stark joins us now with exclusive details there in washington. good morning, lisa. >> reporter: good morning, robin. well, this man boarded a virgin america flight at jfk airport. not with just one outdated boarding pass. but he was arrested and found with ten other, as well. all of them in other people's na

as jake tapper reports, hovering over the meeting in that room, the stories of cuts already made and their consequences. >> reporter: on monday, first responders in california stood by as a suicidal man walked into the bay. why? due to budget cuts, they no longer train for water rescues. so, they watched 53-year-old raymond zach drown. >> it's damn frustrating. >> you have to make budgetary decisions based on what you have in front of you. >> reporter: riverside, california, has spent $105 million on a new high tech high school, built to alleviate packed classrooms. but come fall, the school will not open. why? >> they don't have enough money. >> reporter: the problem is even bigger on the federal level. in washington, d.c., republicans say with $125 billion in new federal debt each month, the federal government needs to make even deeper cuts. they proposed cutting this year's $35 million from the food safety inspection service, responsible for maintaining the safety of meat, poultry and eggs. and almost $53 million in transportation security grants to cities, which help fund explosi

>> all right, jake. and all of this will be one of the topics on "this week." they will be tackling it on sunday. >>> and, a lightning bolt was hurled today by outgoing secretary of defense robert gates. earlier, we were with him in afghanistan on his final tour. and, today, he ended with a speech, filled with tough talk aimed at nato allies, saying, you'd better carry your weight and keep your promises. here's martha raddatz. >>> reporter: robert gates has always been a straight talker, but he has saved his strongest words for last. with a blistering criticism of some nato nations that he said have promised much and delivered little. >> those who enjoy the benefits of nato membership but don't want to share the risks and the costs. this is no longer a hypothetical worry. we are there today and it is unacceptable. >> reporter: the secretary got specific. libya. while every one of nato's 28 members voted in favor of the mission, less than a third have taken part in the strike operation. >> many allies are beginning to run short of munitions, requiring the u.s.,

you were at all concerned about national security have no fear according to our own military analyst jake negative neo con nancy a deliberate oh the army is about to get a lot less gay will have that for this one time a blue cancer fund molineaux dance on the grave of a v.w. that's anthem for more global warming we've got all eighteen holes of fail from the obama golf trip with banner a little blowback from libya you know bombing civilians tends to have effect the. same people often magine that let's see we've got a special edition of you the viewer and something about flooding and of how our nuclear nuclear power plants somewhere in the bronx but don't worry we will respect the media blackout here on adam vs the ma'am. all right so we've already been over how obama's kind of lost some of his hit back there with the college crowd and now that it's not to say that he's not going to keep a good chunk of his voters hypnotise going into two thousand and twelve but when eighty percent of college graduates are moving home. we've already thank the parents today so please don't forget to thank th

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it comes from jake schoneker at the university of california berkeley's school of journalism. his story is about cambodia's most recent efforts to come to terms with its bloody past. >> cambodia is a land in transition, emerging from a violent past. in the late 1970's, a quarter of the pop little was killed by the khmer rouge. now the new generation is coming of age and helping to rebuild this war torn country. i came to cambodia to find out how survivors of the genocide are confronting their former oppressors, to the youth who will decide cambodia's future. for years, the killing fields have been a place of memory and warming for the two million lives lost during the khmer rouge genocide. thousands were killed here and dumped into mass graves. now it's a museum and one of phnom penh's biggest tourist attractions. this man knows the killing fields well. his name is him hoy and he's a former khmer rouge prison guard. >> i killed five people. i did it at chunk x. i was forced to kill them. if i didn't do it, i would have been killed myself. >> he worked here at phnom penh's noto

what is going on in the white house right now, jake, in terms of concern about this very matter? there's no clear, sort of giant to take him on, and yet, policy and economics might do that? >> i think there's an understanding that there will be a giant in, whether it's mitt romney and george and i have talked about this. probably more likely tim pawlenty, because romney alienates a lot of tea party p conservatives, pawlenty is a real opening for him assuming palin doesn't run. i think there's a real understanding that there while be a formidable public opponent. president obama got every break he could possibly get in 2008 and still 47% of the country voted against them. they do not expect that opposition to go down. they think it will go up. this could be a one or two-point race and a lot hinges on the economy. right now the president does not have a strong economic message. you saw the highest disapproval number for him when it comes to the economy. 59% of his presidency that is a disastrous number, and it could spell trouble for his re-election. >> in the first quarter, housin

the past week many adam vs the man viewers have been talking to jake about a segment we did with with our own craig dixon called those damned ron paul people take your response. well folks over the last week there's been many of you ron paul supporters and you've been e-mailing me tweeting me facebook me and i even received a few random phone calls and generally everybody's mad at me they're mad that i would call for compromising the most radical e-mail received was in response to what was said regarding the legalizing of heroin to all of us ron paul supporters let's just be clear the few things first if you want to win if you want and if you want to win you have to think about winning you can want your weed all day long you can claim liberty and arco capitalism all day you can call for the legalizing of heroin prostitution and you can dance the night away in the jefferson memorial and you can yell hoot scream and campaign all day for ron paul but here is the fact of the matter heroin weed prostitution and dancing are not winning issues secondly demonizing policeman is not a winning i

yeah i know this is the same props again but let me ask you jake. would you rather take the side of the chancellor see this is the problem. you can't take them seriously we're having too much fun you're right but you know we are taking over the republican party i don't know if you noticed it's not happening it's an utter lie if libertarians are the ones that control the republican party for the future of libertarianism in general is dead well we're not saying that all libertarians who were including ron paul supporters like members of veterans for our paul such as yourself would put you to have some some fair criticism of the those those of us hard core who share the philosophical grounding with the with mr felt the need to make this clear it's it's ok to be philosophically libertarian as long as you're willing to be politically smart so for instance it's better sometimes to compromise in some of your beliefs if you can slowly work your way towards what you eventually want the problem with one of my major problems with most of ron paul supporters is

jake tapper, abc news, the capitol. >> how about that?e signal in the gym, you can tweet your pictures in there. >> you have the privacy. there we are. that was just yesterday. >> apparently i work out with my glasses on. >> i am matching, curl to curl. i will challenge you to an arm wrestling. >>> don't this this coming up, talking about the hef. hugh hefner. >> little heartbreak. >>> and the american idol judge ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny >>> it is time for the skinny. i think i am up first. let's talk about "american idol" and one of the judges, jennifer lopez hinting she may not come back. talking to bbc radio. saying she was sort of on the fence about returning. though she raked in $12 million. got to premier her song "on the floor." which seems to be everywhere these days. and performed "on the floor" as well. just not sure if she wants to come back. you have to wonder if this is a negotiating ploy. >> doesn't this seem to be the case when the contract rolls around. >> what's it worth to you? >> this new lineup of judges they have done a t

our jake tapper is there with the very latest. good morning, jake. >> reporter: good morning, josh.uspiciously. 22-year-old yonathan melaku. he is a naturalized citizen from ooet yoepian decent. he tried to flee from them. in his knapsack, he had four five-pound bags of explosive ammonium nitrate. and notes that mentioned the taliban and al qaeda. they did a sweep of the pentagon and arlington national cemetery. the man is now in custody and being detained. they believe he was acting alone. and thankfully, he did not have a chance to act. josh? >> jake tapper at the pentagon. >>> meanwhile, heavy winds and dry conditions are fanning the flames of several wildfires across the southwest. the fire in arizona is half the size of rhode island and growing. winds could erase reentd progress made by fire crews. >>> meanwhile, overseas 500,000 people have fled their homes to escape flash flooding in eastern china. people were rescued,ing hanging from poles above raging rivers. while dozens have been milled in landslides. in one case, the mountainside gave way, sweeping this truck right off t

>>the white sox jake paid pulled a groin yesterday and that might land him on the disabled list againrted bothering him during his last start and he did this and i think he retired the first nine detroit tigers that he faced but in the fourth he walked three giving up a game-tying double than two batters later bases loaded for a ryan rayburn it's a grand slam homerun six runs given up in the inning by jake if that's also when he himself he says he expects to miss his next start the white sox lost to the detroit tigers also losing the series 7-3. chris bosch down after being poked in the eye and game 3 against dallas in effect his vision he tied with 40 seconds left ... the final was the miami heat up to one and a series 8886 was the score for that game. >>one of the all-time great tennis rivalries met up yesterday roger fetter was against rafael nadal and the french open final nidal won the first two sets fetter one of the third but rafael nadal is one of the greatest ever to play on clay he wins the fourth set and his sixth french open title this is his 10th grand slam title and he h

jake garrietta and going right on, britain, it does not stop. >> ngo gonzales will get to start 40 days. -- geo gonzales will get to start for the a's. if you ever peruse the n.c.a.a. record books and satellite 2004, you'll find a conspicuous blank on the page. that is because they forfeited their national title going to the outcome of the official investigation that found regy bush ineligible to play on that team because it was violating n.c.a.a. recruiting rules. he had already violent -- forfeited his heisman trophy. that gives him the distinction of surrender in a heisman trophy and a national championship. so, 2004, which look like a pinnacle for usc, it is instead a great void for the trojans. and it is the day that he reacquaint himself with his family and his freedom. released after 20 months in jail on gun charges. the first person who greeted him, his agent. after that, a much more private reunion with his wife and children, including his young daughter was born after u.s. incarcerated. the 34-year-old becomes -- after he was incarcerated. the 34 year-old becomes a free agent.

more on that tonight from abc's jake tap. >>> mr.tuart baynem. >> they are at fancy white house state dinners. >> my good friend from law sool, associate attorney general. >> in high ranking positions and, of course, in ambassadorships from france to south africa to japan. they are called bundlers, campaign donors who agree to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for a candidate. today the center for public in tech rit ish shoed a report concludeing that about one third of obama bundlers or their spouses joined the administration in some role and 80% of those who collected more than $500,000 for obama took key administration posts as defined by the white house. >> what our report shows is that it has sort of been business as usual. >> reporter: the center points out then senator obama promised a new way of doing business. >> the si cynics and lobbyistso turned the government into a game only they can afford to pay, they get the access while you get to write the a letter, the time for that kind of politics is over. >> the white hous

. >> i think jake gelineau. i'm that kind of think like who else really, jake would be good as larry. i don't know. >> michael sarah. >> what was the purpose of firing served from mci. he hasn't done much politically? is that an internet figurehead will come or what is the intro thinking there speak as i can never chance to wider internet company can have a chance to hire the founder of the net you take it. and actually it is, i think people rely on him for his wisdom and i think he's a powerful force, he's based in the d.c. area, to talk to policymakers and people who watch google come in that sense. people listen to them. so i think it was a good higher. >> unit, actually we didn't talk about the whole verizon situation. and that's the more sudden did in him because he had been previously a huge net neutrality advocate, and i think that's what these places where i think a lot of people who serve believe in the evil so they got turned around to surrounding network neutrality that one website shouldn't be favore

>> let's go to jake tapper at the white house. bianna talked about the hope in the white house that this is temporary. based on high oil prices, the japan hangover. what are they telling you? >> they say that the numbers are disappointing, but it's net positive job growth. you have to look at several months, and the overall trend. the overall trend is still positive. secondly, there are what one official called wet blankets on the economic recovery. first of all, high energy prices. and second, that disaster in japan, which had an impact on the united states when it came to job creation. no one should get too alarmed by this one month's worth of job numbers. you have to look at the overall trend. they're concerned, that we would settle back into what we had a year ago. almost a pause in the economic recovery. that is what they're concerned about, george. >> thanks, jake. we're going to pause to go to the rest of the network for a special report. >>> this is an abc news special report. >> good morning, everyone. for those of you jo

tomorrow britain will be joined by jake airyetta in curtis bay. and fans can join by getting on-line at underarmor.com. >>> still nice evening on the inner harbor. water taxis doing their thing out there and nice submarine here in front of the national aquarium. bottom line is, nice night of relatively mild night. yeah, a little above average today but not bad for june compared to some of the heat we had even in late may. humidity 40%, pretty tolerable. as we look at some of the weather throughout the afternoon, mount airy, clouds, streaking across the sky. those are fair weather cumulus clouds. even they thin out as we work into the latter part of the afternoon. manchester finding just a few clouds up here in northern -- northeastern carroll county. out over the field here at manchester high and how about a look at laurel high school annex? doesn't matter where you went today. you found weather that was really on the clear side. we had a couple of renegade showers toward poke mow on the lower eastern shore but that was about it. humidity 31% in f

like the wildly popular jake and emir series about a pair of annoying co-workers. >> i got to go to prom. you sound just like her dad. >> reporter: bits like these have won the website awards praise and by some estimates nearly a million page views a day. ♪ make we wish i was a normal girl ♪ >> reporter: comedy fans aren't the only ones taking notice. barry diller who owns match.com and the dale by beast bought a controlling take in the website for a reported $20 million plus. >> should have brought my ipod. >> i always wanted to go out listening to "kiss from a rose." >> reporter: this site has been forced to grow up and gone corporate. there are business objective, not the least of which is their goal of toppling television as our go-to source for comedy. >> reporter: it used to mean waiting for "saturday night live" and "snq all right. >> we are creating things almost in realtime so the night after the golden globes we had a natalie portman sketch up about her laughing. >> very viral and did very well. those are the kind of things we can do in realtime. >> reporter: who knew there was

games to see the managers looking mighty for a spot and now jake has any payroll stalls while rubin entertained in. a spot in charge critique that you present are well and vulgar post bottom up while it is serious. by second place and gee. if you jack one be playing tonight. watch the twenty four year old left side of me so i'm going to see i'm tired yes i know you'd be going start trying to take what you like. forty four times in one hundred fourteen appearances yes. so ideas with a chance then to put a bit of daylight between themselves and angie at the top of the table this evening and to whet the appetite ahead of tonight's action let's have a quick look at all the goals that flew in last friday including tear skulls dropping terry it is. live. live . live. live live. live . live live live . now meanwhile russia football captain on that eye shadow and says that same must improve if they want to qualify for your i twenty twelve the arsenal midfielder was speaking at a charity event in siberia following last week's friendly in austria where russia bring change to a goal or a stroll with camer

in france one of the bottom clearly are propping up the rest of the teams followed by spartak now jake pecker also struggling dead third bottom just twelve points. from twelve games there they are. meanwhile former world champion sebastian vettel suffered a hefty crash during practice for sunday's canadian grand prix and the red bull driver wasn't the only one struggling in montreal the german was in trouble going into the chicane before hitting the barrier hard in his first practice run and the day was disrupted again after more crashes adrian sutil snapped a suspension here and his force india car but there were no problems for fernando alonzo his ferrari was the fastest finishing his second run the thirty second because vettel recovered well from that earlier crash russian was eight fastest in his relative. measure g.p. katie stoner who is posting the fastest times ahead of the british grand prix he was quickest during practice it's the recent on friday when marco simoncelli had the second best time for a tricky conditions on the track with a mix of sun and rain storms on the team t

yesterday, jake and zack stopped by the under armour freedom bunker to help put together the wounded warrior backpacks to be handed out to injured service members recovering in military hospitals. >> growing up as a kid i. didn't think i would be in a position to do something hike this to give back to the people that you know allow us to live a free life and live in this country and do a lot of the things we are capable of doing because of the men and women brave enough to put their lives on the line. >> you can give a wounded warrior backpack to a soldier. log on and buy it which will be sent to a wound warrior project and then distribed to a hero in -- distributed to a hero in need. >>> last night, the n about. a finals game -- nba finals game4. tied at game 2 games a piece. 86-83 the final score. and dirk nowitzki scored 10 of the 21 points in the fourth quarter and guess what? he did it with running 101 fever. the guy is sick and drops 21. no big deal. game 5 thursday night once again in big d. >>> happy birthday jail young miller from northeast maryland turns 13 today. she enjoy

. >> thank you, jake. we have more breaking news. another fire in rhode island. here is video.r has the hospital for injuries. neighbors have been evacuated from the scene. the building reportedly vacant. fire is still raging out of control. natureo tonight, mother a crank up the heat. people did what ever they could cool today. he advisories have been posted for tomorrow. two people have killed from the -- two people have died from the heat. >> hello. athit 90 today officially airport. we will seek temperatures 8 to degrees higher. he index 100 degrees or higher tomorrow and thursday. chance of rain and scattered showers and thunderstorms around the area. look at the highs. 103 in minneapolis. the core of the hot air heading tomorrow. have to heate from noon until 8:00 p.m. tomorrow. theill look ahead to detail coming up in a few minutes. much.nk you very it isn check out how hot your area any time at wjla.com. we have the current temperatures on our web page. >> disturbing new information a 12ht on the murder of year-old girl. jessica nguyen was stabbed. we are hearing from t

saturday and maintains their two point lead at the top of the to know when rock bottom spotlight now jake and last night side needed only twenty minutes to take the lead down the wing keisuke on that showed some excellent control and so did so they didn't do it via the army men in front. and the sec. go read way through the second half discolor awarded a penalty you leveled have found wagner love. ignition a bitch of a mess on the spot so to know a third straight win that's a staff room in two points above the weight of the game in hand. and has been a third another two points further back after a three one win at struggling last thought a real defensive power saw the visitors take the lead after forty minutes and willing to believe is not the stock three level just after the break they were awarded a penalty for this challenge into the change that was in the spot however rubin kept pressing on runs ahead again with eight minutes to go and it's on the results of blasting him from a tight angle to one though the best was staged on the last minute after a free kick was punched away by the g