baby josiah looks great. wow, mom is my hero. >> it was remarkable. >> we'll have more on that ahead. our top story this morning is the nasty weather from coast to coast. it's extreme heat here in the east. flooding rains out west. what is the the latest for everyone? >> there are two more days of rain in the southwest. in phoenix we saw wild storms that moved through producing a rapid amount of rain that lead to the flash flooding. it swept away cars and homes. look at that about to crash into the bridge there. we saw this type of situation because the monsoonal moisture is in place and we're pumping in extra moisture from a remnants of a tropical system over the pacific pacific. in california we saw crazy thunderstorms that closed the beach. santa monica pier saw wild light thing. they triggered the chance of fires to spread, you know when you have a lot of lightning but not that much rain the condition are dry. in los angeles we picked up .83 inches of rain. it is a record for the entire month of july. we

baby josiah arrived weighing at 10 pounds and three ounces. >> we did it! okay. >> that would have been -- it's great to have you with us. maybe you should have named his carson. >> you know the car and the sun. >> just an idea. >> oh, because you weren't the first. you have the name. good morning, guys. >> joining us from texas. everybody is doing great. we have so many questions. the first being how are you both so calm during that? dad you keep driving, you turn on the go pro. mom, you're like my hero. >> i don't know. it was -- it was difficult for me to stay calm. it definitely helped that he was being so calm. i was pretty much freaking out. i was not wanting it to happen there. just didn't happen. >> some people who saw it -- guys wanted to know why you, dad, would continue to film. >> for one thing, we don't own a cell phone, so if we had pulled over we couldn't have done anything better than just going on and getting to the birth center where we had mid wives waiting to get us excellent medical care rather than me not knowing what i'm doing on the

and josiah was born right in the front seat, 10 pounds and three ounces. >> i was probably freaking out way more than i should have. but i really didn't want to have him in the car. i was scared. i didn't know if he would be breathing okay. >> well, they did have it in the car and as you can see, the baby is doing okay. as i mentioned, no cell service so they had to do something. they wanted to get to the hospital as soon as possible. and by the way, baby and mama are doing just fine. how about that? >>> some incredible pictures from south africa. pro surfer, attacked by a shark while on live tv. cbs reporter charlie d'agata has that story. >> reporter: nick fanning waited for his first wave of the final unaware it could have been his last. when this thrashing shark lunged at him from behind. then knocked him off his board. a wave hides what happened next. but for a moment, the triple world champion is nowhere to be seen. >> i started getting pulled under water. and then the thing came up, and i was on my board. and it was like right there, i saw like the whole thing just thrashing arou

in the white house, when he was president, he had a badger named josiah, a baby badger he would feed. a colonial animal, he raced it when he was young, picked it up in kansas, it would go attack somebody if it didn't know you. there are pictures of the roosevelt children holding the badger, you know. but when the badger met somebody he didn't like, it would go and bite them. they had to get it out of the white house and it ended up living in sagamore hill, it's buried in the sagamore hill property, josiah the badger. the emperor of ethiopia gave him a hyena. he had a horse, algonquin, that would ride the white house elevator. it used to be called the executive mansion. theodore roosevelt is the one that named it the white house. he had a dog named skip that couldn't bark but climbed trees would sit on his lap. parrots, snakes, turtles pockets full of nuts to feed squirrels on the white house lawn. while he's president he wrote a book about the birds of washington, d.c., which was a definitive kind of ornithological checklist while he was president. the reason i mention it in this part

is known as the fort washington flag to collectors now it descended in the family of philadelphia, josiah harmer who in 1775 joined the american cause, he served as an officer in the first pennsylvania regiment and served all the way through to 1783 and then became a general and leader in the first american regiment. so the actual first post-war united states military and fought in the indian campaigns in the old northwest until he retired after an inglorious defeat known as harmer's defeat in ohio. so the harmer flag or fort washington flag descended in the family until the early 20th century. at first glance, it appears to be very related to the dansy flag. it has the regimental colors that we've seen and it has a device in the center here, this is an image of fort washington. so the family tradition at the time in the 1920s was that this flag had been hoisted over fort washington which was an american military base essentially where cincinnati, ohio, is located today. of course, this type of flag is not the sort of flag you hoist over -- not a garrison flag which is usually made of a w

. >> over 6 million people have watched their newborn baby josiah's arrival on youtube. >> i can't believesomething like that. >> thousands commenting most of them positive. but some less than thrilled. one person writing, there are so many things wrong with this. another posting at some point, anyone with common sense would realize you're not going to make it. pull over and help. into for one thing, we don't have a cell phone with service. we couldn't have caused anybody if i had pulled over. number two she said she wanted me to keep driving. >> jonathan said he filmed at his wife's request and they're both glad to have the moment saved forever. >> for a while, what do i do? i'm trying to think, what can i wrap him in. i was like my shirt's long. i'll wrap him in that. >> the proud parents relieved their bundle of joy is happy and healthy. >> he's going to be famous before he knows his own name. >> mara schiavocampo abc news new york. >> that's true. >> wait. >> i was talking to karen, our producer upstair. i said only a 22-year-old would be able to do that. karen confirmed she's 22. beca

. >> reporter: over 6 million people have watched their newborn baby josiah's birth on youtube. >> im positive. some less than thrilled. one person writing, there are so many things wrong with this. another posting -- at some point, anyone with common sense would realize you're not going to make it. pull over and help. >> for one thing, we don't have a cell phone with service. we couldn't have called anybody if i had pulled over. number two, she said she wanted me to keep driving. >> reporter: jonathan saying he filmed at his wife's request. and they're both thrilled to have the miraculous moment saved forever. >> i was like, what do i do? what do i do? i was trying to find something to wrap him in. finally, i'll wrap him up in my shirt. >> reporter: the proud parents relieved their new bundle of joy is happy and healthy. >> he'll be famous before he knows his own name. >> reporter: lesia says her other two kids, both girls, they got to the hospital way too early with them. that's why they waited so long this time. clearly, the timing is off. >> each time it comes quicker. >> reporte

in the new hampshire house of representatives and was an education policy research fellow at the josiah bartlett he hasfor other policy. published numerous studies on education choice programs with organizations such as the friedman foundation for educational choice, the pioneer institute, the caesar rodney institute, and is widely published in print and online media. he received his masters in public policy for the john f. kennedy school of government at harvard university. jonathan butcher surrogates education director for the goldwater institute. his work as appeared in journals such as education next and the georgetown journal of law and public policy. his commentary has appeared nationally in places such as real clear policy, national andnal, townhall.com, newspapers across the country. he is a member of the arizona department of education steering committee for the empowerment he isrship program. and also a senior fellow at the beacon center of tennessee. he previously studied education policy the department of education reform at the university of arkansas and worked with the sch