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. >>> we're going to get more details on tropical storm bonnie from nbc meteorologist bill karins. that's coming up in just a few minutes. >>> senate democrats abandoning plans to pass a sweeping energy bill this summer that would have kept emissions of carbon dioxide. at a news conference yesterday, majority leader harry reid called the development, quote, terribly disappointing and blamed republicans for refusing to cooperate. republicans, however, have argued the bill would lead to higher energy costs. instead reid and other democrats will push for a narrow measure that improves energy efficiency and looks to increase liability costs for companies involved in oil spills. >>> also on capitol hill, the senate has voted to approve a measure funding president obama's troop increase in afghanistan after stripping out more than $20 billion in domestic spending. house democrats were hoping to include $10 billion in grants to avoid teacher lay-offs, money for a summer jobs program, and improve security along the u.s./mexico border. the $60 billion bill, which is now limited chiefly towa

i'm meteorologist bill karins. things look relatively calm. if you're traveling anywhere in the west, you really don't need your umbrella today. we're going to see warm conditions, too. very hot in the desert area. even very warm in the valleys. temperatures easily into the 90s. a little cooler spot here in the pacific northwest. as we look at wednesday forecast for tomorrow, more of the same. not much of a change at all. still keep it cool on the coastline of california but interior areas should be really nice. very much like summer. if you're watching us in san diego california, enjoy music, artists, acrobats. experience animal kingdom in the dark when you take a nighttime zoo visit at the san diego zoo. that's your pacific event of the day. that's a big zoo. i've been there. >> thanks. >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. today is the day hollywood wild child lindsay lohan begins a 90-day jail sentence for violating probation. and not surprisingly, there have been some last-minute developments. here

bill karins, can i ask you the question? just guess. >> i have no idea. >> take a wild guess. >> a nancy, i don't know. >> come on. can you do better than that. here we go, former alaska governor sarah palin and i am not kidding. it is no joke. >> maybe she'd make a good nanny. maybe that would be a good reality show. >> my goodness, whatever it is, it's going to be a disaster. a disaster. but good enough to watch, i guess. >> are you going to watch? >> are you kidding me? all i watch is the news. >> you're going to watch. >> no way, i'm not going to. >> guilty pleasure. >>> this comes from houston where one couple had their dream wedding crashed by the world's smelliest plant. months ago when the love birds planned to hold their nuptials in a local botanical garden, they were hoping to be surrounded by beautiful blooms and little did they know that a corpse flower which is notorious for its rotting stench would be there, too. so instead of complaining, the pair had a sense of humor and featured a stink-o-meter and offering

>> your second year anniversary. >> i wish, bill karins, that would be fantastic. i'm lynn berry and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. >>> on the cute scale, this little one is off the charts. a baby rhino named hannah is melting hearts at a zoo in switzerland. the 4-day-old girl has been curiously walking around the encloser to get to know the territory with her mama close by. the family is drawing quite a crowd since their breed of rhino is considered endangered. >>> it may not be a pot of gold, but it is quite a find. archaeologists stumbled upon four ancient shipwrecks off the coast of italy. trading vessels dating back as far as the first century b.c. were detected with sonar scanners 500 feet below the mediterranean sea. video reveals mint-condition cargoes of wine and an oil vase. >>> in brazil two formula truck drivers are lucky to be alive after this incredible crash. video captured the moment one truck goes airborne, barreling in and ripping off the cockpit of a competitor's vehicle. the driver who lost his

>karin >carmen: les saludast carmen dominicci esto no se espera de brazos cruzados.ral y varios estados más,is están diseñando estrategias, apenas sepa el resultado. y al menos un consulado mexicano, sera spprepara en cas asistir a más arrestados y allá obviamente hay preparativos en marcha. >>> en phoenix, las> prepa aut en alerta, en caso de un estallido de descontento y activistas proinmigrantes están listos para protestar de manera pacífica, pero enérgica. si consideran que el fallo de la jueza, les hace daño. a días que se conozca el futuro de la sb 1070. paraa aprender más sobre método de protesta pacífico. sobre la desobediencia civil. tiene derecho a manifestarse y enviarid un nuevo mensaje de inconformidad pero sin violencia. estamos claros que la gente que hará el acto de desobediencia civil, tiene que mantenerse pacífico. y tal vez, el potencial que alguien haga violencia contra ellos. pero ellos poten van a mantener pacíficos. >>> la desobediencia civil es una táctica pacífica, para demostrar la inconformidad frente a las autoridades, el gobierno ode una

. >>> and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc's meteorologist bill karins with your weather channel forecast. good morning, bill. >> lynn, were you a little hungry when you chose those stories, the ice cream and pancakes. let's chat about the hot weather. good morning, everyone. temperatures continue to be well above average, the entire southern half of the country, 90s in the red once again. widespread. we should be in the 90s in some areas. but it's relentless, day after day after day. humidity relatively high in the west where temperatures continue to soar. along the coast, not the case, especially in the northwest, it wasn't the case either. it's interior sections, all of nevada, utah and arizona is just baking in the heat. death valley has been extremely hot lately, too. vegas yesterday was 110. as far as we're going to go today, there's no big storms heading this way. the weather pattern is really not going to change. cool along the coast and interior sections will be hot once again. there's going to be another dip in the jet stream in the northwest t

. >>> and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc's meteorologist bill karins with your weather channel forecast. you know, bill, where i went to college, those couches were usually in the front yard of all the frat houses. if we only thought to put a motor on them, it would have been brilliant. >> we thought all the inventions were gone with einstein. it's in front of us. now we just need a refrigerator to move along with it. let's talk about headlines weather wise. we did see thunderstorms yesterday. those produced tornadoes unfortunately. last night in montana, a rural area, but one of those tornadoes hit a farmhouse and killed two people. just goes to show you, you don't need a huge outbreak, just one tornado that hits the right spot and you can have fatalities and devastation. we also had thunderstorms in the southeast. as far as what we're dealing with today, things are looking pretty nice in the west. we're going to see coastal clouds lingering here alorng the immediate coast. it was hot yesterday in a few spots in the west, too. here is the weather patt

. >>> and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc's meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. 114, bill. a lot of stuff you could get done in 114 years. >> you should. >> i know. >> everything's bigger in texas, even the birthdays, right? >> that's true. >> amazing. >> well, we wish her luck. and as far as yesterday went, it was hot. it was hot for her in texas and everyone else. 97 in dallas, 95 in san antonio. everyone in texas was in the 90s or 100s. we also had 100-degree heat once again from phoenix right up through vegas. it wasn't quite as widespread. we have a little bit of a break in certain areas here. we're only 80 in sacramento, where the day before that, we were up around 90. but that's going to change today. the heat is building back up into the valley of central and northern california, and even the coastline of oregon is going to be a little bit more mild today. notice these clouds dipping down from the south and another little storm system coming in through british columbia. that's going to drag some clouds and maybe a sprink

. >>> and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins. i hear the giggle already with the forecast. when you take your little ones to the zoo, you can kill two birds with one stone, you know? hey, kids, look, it's a donkey and it's a zebra. does that work or is it kind of creepy? >> the how is the longer conversation. >> the birds and the bees. let's start not even there. >> no, not even, or the petri dish. let's chat about what's happening weatherwise around the nation. good morning, everyone. weather's been rather stagnant. we've had the same weather pattern in the west for the last couple days, and that continues today. some monsoonal moisture up through arizona with some showers, and we're also watching for the most part right along the coast of california those clouds continuing to linger. we're not going to see much of a change. we're not going to be too warm, not going to be too cool. everything's going to be right in the middle. as far as arizona goes, phoenix, showers around town. coastal clouds are lingering here. and this littl

and onnow for a look at your national and regional weather, here is bill karins with a look at your forecast. bill, could you see me doing that? >> i could. >>ing] there the bales of hay? >> i could. >> i could never compete in those games. >> that's a different story. you still could do it. let's chat about yesterday, veronica. yesterday was a cool day on the coast. we're stuck in a weather pattern. talked to weather services around the country and they give an opinion of their local areas. in san francisco, the quote was nothing to see here, keep moving along. there seems to be the same stagnant weather pattern. 67 was the high in san francisco. near sacramento we were more or less in the 80s. that's doing to continue to be the story as we go throughout the weekend. more of the same. we have a lot of clouds and monsoonal moisture that at night is flaring up over new mexico and arizona with showers and storms that dissipates during the morning. we heat it up and do it all over again. kind of stuck in a rut. what you see is what you get. unfortunately for those people in dallas, 100 for the