showers and thunderstorms in the midwest, especially from kansas city up through nneapolis. the rest of the country looks nice, but a little hot in the deep south. that's a look at your wednesday forecast. now here is a look at the weather outside your window. thunderstorms as i mentioned around kansas city today, could locally have 2 to 3 inches of rain. minneapolis,cooler. for you, a little rain mixed in with maybe some breaks every now and then. temperatures there, much cooler in th60s and 70s. let's take a look at that thursday forecast and that heavy rain, lynn. it's going to move from the midwest towards the great lakes. >> all right, bill, thank you. >>> stocks stumble. japan propped up the yen. and you won't believe who's going green. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, lady gaga, the lobbyist? flexing the power of twitter. >>> reggie bush mak the biggest return of his career and the yanks and the rays need extra innings, again. you're watching "early today." >>> good mortgages morning. welcome back to "early today." france is one step

the remnants hermine dumps heavy rain from texas to kansas. showers along the pacific coast, from northern california, through oregon and washington. showers and thunderstorms from here in new york, to northern new england. scattered showers across florida. and mostly 80s from miami up to boston. 70 in detroit. 68 in chicago. and 79 in kansas city. phoenix is just shy of 100. salt lake city, 85. seattle, 64. >>> there's more amazing video of those fierce winds in michigan. about 230 miles north of detroit, they created a sandstorm, covering pretty much everything in sight. workers at the national park in empire tried to respond quickly to any downed trees or roads covered with sand. >> tough times in michigan. >>> still to come this morning, a story that's making headlines around the world. >> you really think that jesus ere todaif he were here today, would say, pastor, go burn that holy book? >> absolutely. >> we hear from the pastor planning to burn copies of the koran. >>> and a look at the progress in the effort to rebuild new york's groun

we also have some big thunderstorms in kansas.try, this is probably the worst of it today. this will head towards kansas city this afternoon. some big storming rolling out there. so the forecast for today, the only travel trouble spots if you're flying would be kansas city up into minneapolis. chicago looks nice today. it's hot in dallas. in san antonio and houston, you can't catch a break this summer. still temperatures in the mid-90s today. it's pretty hot down there from new orleans all through florida, also. but, lynn, the tropics, very active. the rest of the country kind of quiet. >> bill, thanks. >>> another pop star is headed to jail for bad behavior while driving. plus, lady gaga, the lobbyist, flexing the power of twitter. your first look at entertainment is straight ahead. you're watching "first look" on ms mbs. running there? dancing there? flying there? how about eating soup to get there? delicious campbell's soups fill you with good nutrition, energy, farm-grown ingredients, and can help you keep a healthy weight. he

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we have rainfall moving up through kansas city. thunderstorms likely in kansas city and a lot of heavy rain from minneapolis into wisconsin. by tomorrow, some of that wet weather is going to move through chicago and eventually in areas of the east coast, it will be cooler. one hot day again on friday. look at d.c. at 94 tomorrow. >>> if you're watching us in chicago, illinois, india is calling. experience indian culture and music with yoga classes and much more at the annual world music festival at the chicago cultural center. >> bill, thank you. now here is an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. a slimmed down slim cut joaquin phoenix made his return to late night to late night with david letterman. he apologized to the host for his bizarre appearance a year ago. both made an effort to stress letterman was not in on the joke at the time, despite one of the show's writers having recently insisted that letterman did know. as for what's next for phoenix, new york magazine reports he's in talks to appear with leon

i mean, ones that made a trip from kansas to europe and back to kansas. it is a whole education we need to learn about. you were talking about best practices, that is something we hope we'll be able to share at this event. that somebody, the mayor told me that in china they followed suit. i had no idea. there are all kinds of ingenious ways people have figured out how to live in a more sustainable way. we need to know about them. i want to get to 2 final questions and i want to bring up your questions. that is the idea i hear often times expressed in opposition to this whole slow food movement, it is an elitist movement. it is a movement for the haves, we simply can't afford it. it is great for you and all of those folks out in the bay area, for the rest of us on fixed income, this doesn't work. >> i think that good, wholesome food is a right for everyone in the country. it is the reason we want to feed every single child at school. and i don't mean that kids come and buy their food at school. i am talking about feeding children a breakfast, a lunch, and

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. >> mike singletary didn't have much to clap about in kansas city. close game second.mith gets picked off by flowers. flowers steps in front of michael crab tree and kicked the ball to himself. chief didn't waste any time turning that into points on the next play. castle, out of the back field rookie leads with the score 7-0 chiefs. lead 10-3 half time but really truly dominated that first half kansas city lines up castles wide receiver jones takes a snap gives it to mccluster who leaves it for himself. no one covers dwayne who fools the shot, 17-3 chiefs let the route begin kansas city beat the niners at their own gap, rack up over 200-yards on the ground. each run for over 90-yards, chief wins 31-10. dropping the 49ers to 0 and 3. >> i have no answer. don't know what to say at the moment. we definitely have to get it together right now. >> only 3 games in, still got 16 games, i mean like i wouldn't go call in right now i wouldn't call it like that right now but at the same time we got a lot of work to do >> we going to be all right man. we just got to get a win. >> t

and flooded on i-5, from kansas city. and i-80 from des moines to omaha.and from el paso to albuquerque. >> if you're flying today, you can expect some airport delays in seattle, phoenix, houston, minneapolis, kansas city and chicago. >>> this morning, we are expecting to hear from an atlanta minister who is now at the center of a growing scandal over sex abuse accusations. >> lawyers for bishop eddie long have strongly denied that he traded sexual favors for cash, cars and other gifts. here's abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: bishop eddie long is considered one of the most anti-gay pastors in the country, who once said that homosexuality is a spiritual abortion. if today's accusations are true, he might regret the day he led thousands through the streets of atlanta in protest of gays and same-sex marriage. >> woman and woman and man and man is not right. so, that's why i stand by the bishop. >> reporter: in the lawsuits, filed by three, young men he recruited into the youth ministry at his gigantic church outside atlanta, they describe him as a sexual pr

gave up only one run, four hits and the a's beat kansas city 3- 1.us to spend anymore time thinking about or talking about both the niners and raiders lick wounds and hope for short-term memory loss. after yesterday's dual disasters is maybe sit around tonight and way some inspired football. that we saw. rain pelts new arrowhead stadium in kansas city. the chiefs explode anyway. on solid ground jamal charles. 56yards touchdown kansas city and more from the big play. chiefs all of a sudden in the afc west. it's dexter mccluster taking a punt and they won't take him. they'll get a look at his back side. 94yards and gone. kansas city builds a 27 lead and they old on to stun san diego in a game that went to the final play 21-14. exactly the kind of game you think the jet/ravens to turn into like running up a brig washington. willis mcgahee scores from a yard out. his line on the night six carries, minus two yard and you know ravens' linebacker ray lewis played a part drilling the jets' dustin keller. all night long from both teamand it is raphael nidal.

gave up only one run, four hits and the a's beat kansas city 3- 1. hideous to spend anymore time thinking about or talking about both the niners and raiders lick wounds and hope for short-term memory loss. after yesterday's dual disasters is maybe sit around tonight and way some inspired football. that we saw. rain pelts new arrowhead stadium in kansas city. the chiefs explode anyway. on solid ground jamal charles. 56yards touchdown kansas city and more from the big play. chiefs all of a sudden in the afc west. it's dexter mccluster taking a punt and they won't take him. they'll get a look at his back side. 94yards and gone. kansas city builds a 27 lead and they old on to stun san diego in a game that went to the final play 21-14. exactly the kind of game you think the jet/ravens to turn into like running up a brig washington. willis mcgahee scores from a yard out. his line on the night six carries, minus two yard and you know ravens' linebacker ray lewis played a part drilling the jets' dustin keller. all night long from both teamand it is raphael n

big storms in kansas this morning. you can see how they are coming through kansas city. that moisture will gather. storm system will develop over there. it is going to move east northeast. we will watch this cool front across the region with not much moisture here. some showers in new england and then the rains through missouri and kansas. as we look at the nine future cast we will put that in motion for you. here's the front. maybe a few clouds with it is all we can muster. not going to get rain unfortunately. the showers to the north. tomorrow morning a little northwest breeze. looking pretty good. tomorrow looks like a nice day. high pressure builds in and then our attention to the west. this system will start to pull out by thursday morning head to chicago and st. louis with some showers and thunderstorms. but it is moving east northeast. potentially by friday, as the front gets close, thursday night even a few showers an here. as far as any big rains until the lows track to the south we will be hard-pressed to get a good soaking rain. in the tropics, two systems to

severe storms today from omaha to kansas city. more showers in the pacific northwest. stretching down to california. rainy from northern idaho to eastern minnesota. south texas gets showers, spun off by hurricane karl. >> unseasonably cool to the south. billings is 53. fargo 59. minneapolis, 64. pleasant along the east coast. new york 75. baltimore, 79. in the south, it is hot. dallas is 97 and new orleans 91. >>> and when we come back this morning, some stunning numbers about how many americans are now living in poverty. >>> plus, many questions this morning about a story that initially attracted so much sympathy. a woman admits she made up the story of an attack that deformed her face. she now admits she did this to herself. >>> and more on our top stor >>> overseas markets are ending the week on a high note. tokyo's nikkei average rose 1.2% today. hong kong's hang seng is higher. in london, the ftse opened higher. on wall street, the dow added 22 points yesterday. and the nasdaq ticked up two points. >>> fresh evidence this morning of the toll that the recession is

soy thought it was a kansas city fan celebrating.but i walked out in the hall, i'm on the sixth floor and the shooting happened on the seventh. the cops told me to get back in my room, so i did. >> meantime, just about four blocks away near the intersection of sutter and franklin streets, an armed man barricaded himself in his apartment for most of the day. police and crisis negotiators responded to the scene around 1:30 this afternoon. the incident wasn't resolved until about 7:30 tonight when officers used tear gas to force the man out. the man is facing several charges. >>> with a little more than a month to the november election, it's looking like tuesday night debates between meg whitman and jerry brown might just be critical. that's because tens of thousands of voters are still undecided right now. our sacramento station has a look. >> reporter: a "los angeles times"-usc poll shows jerry brown ahead of meg whitman by just four percentage points. the latest field poll has them in a dead heat, with 18% of voters undecided. >> i t

severe storms today from omaha to kansas city. more showers in the pacific northwest, stretching down to california. rainy from northern idaho to eastern minnesota. south texas getsspun spun off by hurricane karl. >> unseasonably cool to the south. billings is 53. fargo, 59. minneapolis, 64. pleasant along the east coast. new york 75. baltimore, 79. in the south, it is hot. dallas is 97. and new orleans, 91. >>> and when we come back this morning, some stunning numbers about how many americans are now living in poverty. >>> plus, many questions this morning about a story that initially attracted so much sympathy. a woman admits she made up the story of an attack that deformed her face. she now admits she did this to herself. >>> and more on our top story. a major storm affecting millions across the new york city region overnight. oh, it's not just today. with our free loyalty program, you earn great stuff like accident forgiveness and bigger discounts just by staying with us. oh! ooh! so, what you're saying is, it gets even better

flooding from i-35 from kansas city to wichita.east from i-95 from new york city to new england. slick also on i-45 from houston to dallas and i-40 from texas to new mexico. >> and if you're supplying today expect airport delays in kansas city, dallas, houston, boston and in new york. >>> for months, we all watched as millions of gallons of oil from bp's blownout well spread across the gulf of mexico. >> but where did all that mucky sludge actually end up? some scientists say they know. their answer is rattling some government cages. matt gutman has the story. >> reporter: for 86 days bp's doomed well gushed crude oil into the gulf, over 180 million gallons. 17 "exxon valdezes," so where did it go? a noaa study last month said 75% of the oil was scooped up, burned off or evaporated. now researchers say they have a simpler answer. it sank. >> no, it's not gone. it's in places where nobody looked for it. it's on the bottom. a lot of it is on the bottom. >> reporter: dr. joye and her team have been taking core samples. she said she fo

. >>> and in kansas, severe weather conditions produced a storm of baseball-sized hail. it's caused significant damage to properties, including vehicles. youtube video shows the dangerous impact of large hail stones that it made 80s hit the ground. early estimates have rang up upwards of $1 million. >>> now here is nbc meteorologist bill karins with your weather channel forecast. here in new york, people are all talking about it. >> i'l give yothe update on the wichita hail storm you just showed. there was a piece 7 inches in diameter and that ti the record for theargest hail ever in kansas history. that tornado that went through brooklyn, five blocks from my house. i walked much of the damage yesterday. it will be annteresting call if it was straight line winds or a tornado or not. my guess is most likely it will be straight line winds, but we'll find out officially today. now, to the dangerous situation in mexico, hurricane karl has rapidly intensified. look at the eyepop out right there. varicruz is in lane for a rough day toda we have hurricane igor out there, still

3 kansas city.ven, 72-72. but forget about catching texas, the rangers now 9 games up. feeling the heat, reggie bush took the offensive today. he has decided -- he's decided, obviously, the heisman committee eventually, he said i will forfeit my 2005 heisman trophy. he's become the first heisman winner to relinquish the award. his parents lived in a big house, $300,000 loan from agents, reggie didn't want to pay back the agents, and they sang. >>> meanwhile, vince young who came in second that year, he was the quarterback who beat the raiders on sunday said hey, give me the trophy. and you know how that works, texas' college could get one for their trophy case and vince young would get one. no word from the heisman committee. but he says say hey, reggie is out of there. >>> stanford is off to a 2-0 start. and with that comes with some honors. thomas, a junior from houston texas had five tackles, a couple of forced fumbles, stanford off to its first shutout of ucla in 69 years. >>> one and done for r

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minneapolis, kansas city, chicago. hot air out ahead of it to the east coast. saturday, still in the mid 80s along the mid-atlantic. thunderstorms in florid you'll see only 63 on satday in chicago. very cool weekend for you. by the time we get to sunday, finally, the front pushes off the eas coast. areas like atlanta, you can take a big sigh of relief. it will be much cooler in washington, d.c. overall, a dry weekend forecast. >>> well, if you're watching us on who13, des moines, iowa, check out the state's largest arts and crafts fair at the iowa state fairgrounds. that's yo "early today" event of the day. i'm going to my last fair, my last funnel cake of the summer. it's a sad, but enjoyable event. >> yummy. i love those deep fried foods. >> deep fried oros. >> and twinkies. >>> on the silver screen this weekend, look for a razor close finish. the obvious, "wall street was one of the iconic movies of the '80s. michael douglas is featured as gordon gekko. interest is predictably high among older movie goers, but only so-so with the ynger crowd. it is only the

my thing is, next week they play kansas city and they lose, they will be 0-3. i will be back with complete highlights in a few minutes. >> we will be right back. done with all these lists. and driving all over town. i want one list. for one store. [ female announcer ] at safeway, you get it all. great quality and great prices. so you just need a safeway list. [ male announcer ] with thousands of everyday low prices you'll save all over the store. [ female announcer ] with club card specials like honey bunches of oats just 2 for $5 and safeway butter top breads 4 for $5. [ male announcer ] quality and low prices. so there's one stop for everything. [ female announcer ] at safeway, that's our promise. that's ingredients for life. >>> we broke this story, a major flaw in the transit system. that's it. commuters found a way to open the gates with a wave of their hands. tonight stanley tells us how they are responding to the issue. it's a story you will see only on chron4. >> reporter: last thursday kron 4 showed you a flaw in muni's gate system. it's a flaw that al

at the kansas state fair.astest and most accurate texts in the contests and she has her younger brother to thank for correcting a scoring error that would have eliminated her. >> mitchum plans to use part of her $1,000 prize money to take her brother out to dinner. her brother recognized an error in someone else's text so he should get more than a dinner if you ask me. >> no >>> for years as many of you know lasik eye surgery has been promoted as a quick way to correct vision. millions so far have had the procedure. >> now a former fda official who helped get lasik approved in the first place is warning against it. elisabeth leamy explains why. >> reporter: lasik surgery promises a chance at 20/20 vision. but a former fda official says hindsight is 20/20. knowing what you know now, would you ever recommend lasik to somebody you care about? >> no, absolutely not. >> reporter: dr. morris wexler was part of the fda team that green lighted lasik surgery in 1995. but then he says he started hearing about devastatin

kansas city, 72. chicago, 69. still very warm in the southeast. 90s from atlanta up to washington, d.c. that's a look at your friday forecast. now here is a look at the weather outside your window. temperature in atlanta once again in the 90s. in mississippi and alabama, we've had record heat the last few days. washington, d.c., one of the hottest spots in the country. of course, the weekend forecast is coming up. >> all right, bill. thank you. >>> unexpected unemployment, the rent a car war continues and the crocodile conundrum. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, more than 20 years later, can wall street's gordon gekko hit box office gold once again? >>> a milestone for ichiro, and one hand, one interception. you're watching "early today." >> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm amara sohn. here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> for the first time in nearly a century, the state of virginia has carried out an execution on a woman. last night, 41-year-

a lot to talk about on the east coast. >> record hail in kansas. horrible storm in new york city. 100 mile-per-hour winds sure doesn't happen and now a devastating hurricane, one of the strongest we've seen make landfall in a long time. hurricane karl, more impressive than igor out in the atlantic. smaller but intense. look at the eye clear itself out last night. looks like it's going to head pretty much due west, maybe a tinge to the south of that. way too close to veracruz. just north of them. calling for a category 4 landfall. rare event. you don't get a lot of category 4s anywhere in the world. having one today in the southern gulf of mexico. west coast, a flow of moisture off the ocean. areas in or organi s in oregon. and more rainfall later in the day. the forecast for today, cloudy as that storm lingers off the coast here. not too cool. temperatures mild, 60s and 70s. you're not going to see much in the way of sunshine. still very hot. phoenix expecting 107. that's a look at your friday ke. 81 and partly cloudy. >>> and speaking of the weeke

took kansas city in the opening game, liar, liar. what's that about? >>> what about that. >>> well, that's the first i've heard of the score. have we mentioned that? >> no. that's the first time. >> i thought, well, maybe i slept through the show. >> no, and maybe that was the finish up. >> well, it was a beautiful thing last night. we had a huge crowd down at the field house. >> good. >> we did an bereaveuate -- an abbreviated post game show because of the lightning delay. and it's weird to see the lightning delay in the football because of the time of the season. they're very, very serious about that. next time you're at the rustle street coliseum. look at all of the lightning abatement. they even through the monday night football broadcasters off of the field. everyone out of here, now. as a matter of fact, is it light enough to bring this up. let me show you the day part. we'll throw it to on. we'll get a shot from the harbor cam. they take that real darn serious. it's sunny today and 60 degrees now and 77 midday and this evening

gusty winds, hail, flash flooding and isolated tornadoes in south dakota, nebraska and kansas. rain in the northern rockies and new mexico. thunderstorms from oklahoma city to south texas. meanwhile, showers in florida and northern new england. >> 0s in boston and new york. just shy of 90 in orlando. 73 in detroit. phoenix will heat up to 104. and colorado springs is 93. it's 84 in sacramento. 80 in portland. and 72 in seattle. >>> and after the break, money news is next. are we headed towards a second recession? warren buffett weighs in. >>> presidential publishing. the president's newest book, intended for a much younger audience. >> a >>> republicans are standing firm when it comes to a tax increase on wealthy americans. the brief hope of a compromise ended with the gop digging in. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell says every senate republican will oppose allowing a bush-era tax cut to expire, even for the nation's wealthy. >>> it is time, now, for a check of this morning's stock market activity. tokyo's nikkei average fell 22 points today. hong kong's hang seng rose 90

and kansas city 86. the hot 103 in phoenix. 82 in salt lake city. and 70 in seattle. >>> a champion you might want to keep your distance from after his latest conquest. >> the world's number one competitive eater has lived up to the name once again. joey "jaws" chestnut chowed down 47 burritos in just ten minutes at the new mexico state fair over the weekend. now, in case you are doing the math, that is 11 pounds of tortillas, beef, beans, and green chili, all for a grand prize of $1,500. >> another well-known competitor in these kinds of competitions, the black widow, she was nowhere in sight. you might remember she actually beat chestnut in a chicken wings eating contest just last week. 47 burritos. >> $1,500. what? say joy >>> and welcome back, everybody. even tho even though that massive gulf oil leak has finally been stopped, lots of questions still millions of >> the biggest mystery, what happened to those millions of tt gutman has the story. one group of scientists say they know where it is. well gushn has the story. >> reporter: for 86 days

it's a very warm morning from kansas city to atlanta. temperatures in the 70s this d.c. there's really not much in the way of cool air out there east of the mississippi. now, the rainfall today. you need your umbrella definitely up here in the northern plains. a lot of heavy rain likely from minneapolis to rochester, minnesota, northern wisconsin will get drenched of the later on this afternoon big thunderstorms likely around kansas city, also pushing up through iowa. you have a slight risk of severe storms but down in the southeast, just an incredible amount of heat. huntsville, alabama, yesterday had their 100th 90-degree day of the calendar year. typically they only have 50 so i mean we're talking just unprecedented heat in many areas this summer. as far as that rain goes, here is rochester, minnesota, a lot of flash flood warnings there in central wisconsin. minneapolis, just light rain for you at least so far. forecast calls for as much as 2 to 3 inches of rain today and tomorrow, minnesota and northern wisconsin and that's why we had the potential for river floodin

this front today will cool off kansas city and st. louis and also chicago with some light rain.s i mentioned eventually it makes its way to the eastern seaboard. look at this. today, 95 in washington, d.c. this has been an incredible, incredible streak of hot conditions there and i mean 95, almost the end of september. >> what happened to autumn? >> it will arrive on sunday but this will be an unusual day on the eastern seaboard. >> bill, thank you. >>> unexpected unemployment, the rent-a-car war continues and the crocodile conundrum. your first look at the business headlines is straight ahead. >>> a milestone for ichiro. bautista joins an exclusive club. when i was seventeen, i was not good to my skin. what i wouldn't do for a do-over. [ female announcer ] neutrogena® clinical skincare helps restore collagen depleted skin to undo the look of a year's worth of skin aging in just 4 weeks. clinical skincare. neutrogena®. [ dog barking ] [ sniffing ] [ male announcer ] missing something? like 2 pairs of glasses for $99.99 at sears optical, with bifocal lenses for just $25 more per

louis, through kansas city. wet conditions on i-94, between minneapolis and fargo.-95 in florida could also get pretty wet. >> if you are flying today, expect airport delays in seattle, minneapolis and kansas city. >>> sarah shourd is enjoying freedom this morning in the country of oman. the american hiker was finally released after spending more than a year in a jail in iran. >> the fate of her companions still jailed in iran remains unclear. t.j. winning has shourd's happy reunion with her family. >> reporter: it was a much-anticipated and loving reunion at the oman airport. freed on $500,000 bail, sarah shourd is headed back to the united states, after 14 months in an iranian prison. >> i want to really offer my thanks to everyone in the world. all of the governments. all of the people that have been involved. >> reporter: the only contact with the outside world during her confinement came in may. a brief, tearful visit with her mother. a mother who now says her daughter is sick, with a potentially precancerous condition. >> i especially particularly want to addr

>> you know, do we discuss -- steve knows what happens in kansas, stays in kansas. >> thank you veryy and find out really what happened in kansas to that man. >> that's right. that's after the show show. douglas kennedy in the newsroom. thank you, sir. >> see you guys. >> all right. meanwhile, headlines for you. iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad says he's staying out of the trial of the two hikers being detained. josh fattal and shane bauer have been held for over a year after being caught crossing into iran accident accidentally. they've been accused of spying. a third hiker was released earlier this week because of health concerns regarding her. >> arlington national cemetery confirms now the remains of three vets were buried in the wrong place. the cemetery exhumed the soldiers' bodies after persistent calls from the vets' families. earlier this year, an investigation discovered that hundreds of graves were mislabelled and burials were botched due to poor management and makes you wonder how many others could be out of place. >> you're right. more than 10,000 birds found themse

kansas city cooks the niners. and we end it with golf.yk's bunker shot, a shot worth $11 million. he gets up and down to win the tour championship and the fed ex cup. that's your plays of the day. congrats to the gold pride and their gm who used to work here. finally a bay area champion. and stanford is at 5:00 here on abc7 on saturday. that's gonna be a great game. both undefeated. the winner of that will win the pac-10. >> i know who you are pulling for. >> yes, we know. >>> that's it for this edition of abc7 news. for leigh glaser and mike shumann, thank you for joining us. our next newscast is tomorrow morning at 4:30. good night. dan: i had a biopsy and i had high-risk prostate cancer. i was depressed. i was shocked. sometimes cancer makes you feel very lonely. the doctors can do their best to cure the cancer, but it takes all of the other stuff to make you a whole person again. i've been given a second chance. announcer: at sutter health, our story is you. for more stories, visit sutterhealth.org.

third quarter kansas city lines up castle wide receiver, jones takes the snap hands it to mccluster,t over throws to beau who fools gold stein. 17-3. great great play calling by kansas city and they beat the niners at their own game racked up over 200-yards on the ground. jones and charles each run for over 90-yards, chiefs win 31- 10, 49ers 0 and 3. >> i have no answer. don't know what to say at the moment. we had definitely have to get it together. right now. >> only three games in got 16 games in the season so i mean like i wouldn't go call in right now i wouldn't call it like that right now. but at the same time we got a lot of work to do. >> we going to be all right man. we just got to get a win. >> championship on the line hayward for women's preprofessional soccer they finish with a bang. marcus tacks on a 4th goal in the closing seconds, and the gold pride win 4-0 to win their first championship game congratulations. >> cool. all right thank you. >>> all right so you've heard of dinner cruises now there is a dinner bus. yes. there is. bay area has been blazing new trails agai

. >> highs in the 90s from dallas to miami. 74 in chicago. 86 in kansas city. and 67 in minneapolis. just 60 in billings. 70 in portland. and 80 in colorado springs. phoenix still warm at 91. >>> your money news is next, including desperate times for one, major brewery, now giving beer away for free. >> sounds like a good plan. >>> plus, america's war on bedbugs. the best and newest ways to keep the critters away from you. >>> the federal reserve is growing more concerned about the pace of the nation's recovery. the fed on tuesday did signal it is ready to act, hinting that it will pump more money into the economy if necessary. the fed is now more concerned about prices falling than rising, which could lead to a drop both in wages and in the value of homes. >>> the fed's announcement is not having a huge impact on stocks, though. overseas stock markets are pretty mixed this morning. tokyo's nikkei average fell 0.4%. in london, the ftse opened slightly lower. on wall street, the dow added seven points yesterday. meanwhile, the nasdaq slipped six points. >>> twit

and 77 in baltimore. 90s from atlanta to dallas. 85 in kansas city. a wet 87 in chicago. and 83 in minneapolis. phoenix hits 103. salt lake city, 81. boise, 77. >>> when we come back on this tuesday, the fish fight you could soon see at the seafood counter. are engineered fish safe to eat? the government makes its decision. >>> and in hollywood news, lindsay lohan could be returning to a very familiar place, the county jail. >>> plus, the hoff, the situation, and many more shake their stuff on the first night of "dancing with the stars." >>> and getting back to today's top business story. the recession is over. a group of economists has concluded that the u.s. recession actually ended back in june of 2009. it says the economy has stabilized since then. the announcement comes before the federal reserve meets today, to discuss ways to boost the still sagging economy. >>> investors around the world are watching that important fed meeting today. tokyo's nikkei average gained ground early. but wound up losing 23 points. hong kong's hang seng is up in late trading. in london, t

stormy from kansas to south dakota. with hail, gusty winds, flash flooding, and a chance of tornados. thunderstorms, meanwhile, in oklahoma and south texas. rain in the northern rockies and new mexico. showers across much of florida. >> nearly 90 from miami to atlanta, 70s in new york and boston, 83 in omaha, 70 in the twin cities, and 66 in fargo. phoenix will climb to 104. boise's 84. and seattle is 72. >>> and a little bit of sports news this morning. delayed but undeterred. rafael nadal clinches the u.s. open championship. and of course a career grand slam. >> the 24-year-old spaniard beat novak djokovic. rain postponed their sunday match, and it interrupted again in last night's match. now, the win gives nadal the only major trophy that was missing from his collection. it was his ninth major title, putting him past the halfway point of roger federer's record, 16 grand slam titles. >> nadal said he worked very hard to get there but he never, ever imagined actually getting a grand slam. >> the thing that's so importa

state rifle association and runs this gun range outside of kansas city. now supporting a ballot initiative here in kansas that would give residents here a constitutional right to bear arms. some gun control advocates call th blatantly redoesn't tenant. >> they've determined the second amendment is applicable to states. >> reporter: he's from the brady campaign to prevent gun violence and says, he gets nervous when gun advocates talk about taking up arms against the government. >> when someone thinks that they on their own can decide the government is tyrannical and they can start a revolution or civil war, we are not following the processes or founders set up. >> reporter: the brady campaign says preparing for armed conflict it is you that is violating our constitution and bill of rights. >> well, we have a right to be able to defend ourselves from a rogue government. >> reporter: she wants to make sure the right is guaranteed, not only by the federal government, but, in kansas as well, that is it from here, bill, back to you. bill: thank you, douglas ken

severe storms from kansas city up to southern minnesota. heavy rain and flooding in the decotas to eastern wisconsin. thunderstorms in phoenix, albuquerque and el paso. showers from san antonio to new orleans. >> summer-like in the southeast and mid-atlantic, hovering around 90 in atlanta and baltimore. 82 in detroit. 88 in chicago. 78 in omaha. sacramento gets up to 84. salt lake city 74. seattle just 59. >>> thumbs up to a college student with some of the fastest fingers around. >> kansas state university senior amanda mitchum has been crowned the new texting champion. she managed to bang out the fastest and most accurate texts in the contests and she has her younger brother to thank for correcting a scoring error that would have eliminated her. >> to take her brother out to dinner. her brother recognized an error in someone else's text so he should get more than a din fer you ask me. >> no kidding. i'm still like this. we'll be back with more after i'm still like this. we'll be back with more after this. >>> for years as many of you know

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