>> reporter: what are we to make of kitty kelley?certain odor precedes her unauthorized biographies. >> the odor in question is is the whiff of scandal. she is someone who depends on creating little mini-... miniature scandals, little tempests in teapots in order to attract readers. >> reporter: on the other hand, she does crack open the mask of celebrity. >> i wouldn't claim a lot of literally merit for what she does because i think her books are exercises in titillation but i think her impulse is sound which is to not accept the received wisdom which is not to take the image that's handed to us and see what's behind the mask. >> reporter: a lot of people, critics, reviewers and maybe some readers tend to focus on some of the more salacious stuff in your knowledge. you will acknowledge that people do buy the book for the so-called dirt. >> no, no. >> reporter: they do. >> cynthia you're not going.... >> reporter: you're not going fog there. >> oh, no. i will go there. i absolutely will go there but i won't acknowledge that because i

>> here kitty kitty. >> she captured it as possible cat. we want to see your pictures. i can't believe she got that close to take a picture. >>> it started with a couple of kids dancing on an east bay street. they became a global february none -- global phenomena the story they want to move. popping? some of the most original dancing has started in the streets. 's . >>> hey, remember break dancing? some of the most original dancing is started in the streets and now there is turf beginning in oakland and now we see it has gone viral. >> we got a lot of following from outside of the united states from europe, brazil and russia... >> reporter: dancing on the corner of oakland will not usually make you famous, but dancing this good in a quickly produced video has faulted this group of young men to status online. the video of dancing in the rain was tribute to a friend who died in a car crash on this corner. the sheer elegance has garnered this video more than 300,000 hits. >> people globally are responding to bodies moving in away that fits with the environment. this tile o

. >> put it in the kitty. >> one big kitty! >> well... >> i know. it won't be -- it will be a roar. won't be anything like that. here's a look outside and we are looking out toward the bay bridge. this afternoon we still have plenty of clouds out there. thank you, allen. plenty of clouds agains across the bay area for today. that's going to remain the drill especially along the coast line. so we are going to take a look at some of our coastal conditions for today and it's been a lot like the past couple of days. low clouds and fog, cool temperatures. up to 60 degrees from this afternoon up to 70 around the bay with a mix of sun and clouds. and mild temperatures with plenty of sunshine inland but temperatures still about 10 degrees blow average lower otherwise today. for tonight all those clouds along the coast push well inland even some drizzle because the clouds are still relatively low. and that will give us overnight lows in the lower to the mid to the upper 50s. we will remain cool to mild so we picked four cities to give you four examples of how cool it is. it typically feels l

doll team and he's the first person after him.ve a hello kitty doll named after him.w, almost 50 years after the british invasion of the beatles, yoshiki and his band, called x-japan, are mounting a japanese invasion. why do you want to come to the u.s.? japan, are mountin >> reporter: there's hasn't been to my knowledge, a big asian act that has really broken through t tohe u.s. do you think x can do it? >> i think so. to my knowledg x can do ite don't have confidence, we are not here. d, yoshikir: as a child, yoshiki studied classical piano, al lusively, until he discovered studied classical piano, al lusively, until he discovered american heavy metal. >> when i was 10, i found kiss. i sa ons, , like, gene simmons, like, just the face with the blood ons, , like, gene simmons, like, just the face with the blood and, what is that? i want it. >> reporter: did it blow your mind? >> rep our es. reporter: even ththough yoshiki e plays he singer, he plays drums, piano and writes all the he has becos become the face of the band. the band. there was a studio in los angeles t

don teague in kitty hawk, north carolina, this morning. thank you very much.ur dave price is here and has been looking at the maps, looking at the models. what can you tell us? >>> well, harry, we are saying good-bye to danielle, that's the first piece of good news. it is taking a turn to the east. we'll ignore that for the time being. this is earl, this is what we are talking about. right now we are talking about tropical-storm force winds extending 250 miles from the storm center. a lot of the vacation spots for folks in the u.s. mainland and keep in mind, as this rolls through our concern is not only the high winds, but those rains. and in many of those areas where there's some mountain terrain, you are talking about the possibility of mudslides as well. it is moving at 15 miles per hour. its track should just buzz the east coast, but any variation could be with consequences to places like the carolinas and up through the northeast. much more for you in a little while. back to you, harry and rebecca. >>> thank you, dave. now to politics and the fallout from

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>> the lady actually was charged by the -- >> hey, kitty. ka kitty. >> i'm going to recycle you. >> i think that's the green bin. she's under police protection because apparently -- obviously she's guilty of animal cruelty, then an animal rights organization published her name on the internet, so she is under police protection. yes, she is facing charges for throwing a cat into the trash can. >> talking about making money earlier, how about just a dollar investment today could make you a multimillionaire. no one has won the megamillions jackpot since may. that makes tonight's jack so the $115 millions. >>> a few teens heading back to school with an amazing summer vacation story to tell. the murphies were at martha's vineyard, and they noticed the president while they were at a book store. ciara murphy said she got to talk to sasha and malia. >> they told me about their kay investigation. >> what did they say? >> they said are you here on vacation? i said, yeah, camping for the weekend. they said that's cool. >> ciara said she was surprised t

you can work with tony's kitty rescue, with the small animals and guinea pigs and birds and chickens.ys have an appreciative audience. >> do you feel that what you have learned here helped you with your own dogs? >> the training they don't have? yes. and it's things that you learn, we usually outlive our dogs and every time you get a new one, you have skills to teach them. >> one of the programs is training program and it's staffed by a member of the community and one of the programs she has is dog socialization. >> we started this program for canine socialization. and all the dogs available for adoption get to play for two hours. and it's a time for them to get incredible exercise and play with other dogs and we have remedial socialization. and it's incredible the dogs and they get exercise and run and tumble and when most adopters come to look in the afternoon, they are quiet and settled. >> and i want come and someone sees a dog and loves it, it's quick. and after three weekends, i saw him and he connected and i connected and came back. >> what is your experience of working with th

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the 4-year-old kitty has been adopted by caring owners and the driver was charged with animal cruelty. you know, bill, there are so many things about this story that are just so disturbing. >> i think let's teach him a lesson. >> yeah. >> maybe put him in barbecue sauce for a couple weeks. >> no kidding. >> or, you know, something spicier. >> something stronger than animal cruelty charges. >> hot sauce. >>> time now for an early look at some of the stories we'll follow throughout the day here on nbc. with the new school year just beginning, education leaders will be meeting in washington to discuss bullying as the education department holds its first bullying summit. >>> muslims begin celebrating ramadan, the holiest month on the islamic calendar. muslims around the world will spend the next four weeks fasting from daylight to sunset. >>> and an elaborate 80th birthday bash is in store for embattled congressman charles rangel. the invitation list is packed with high-profile guests, but it's unclear who will actually show with rangel facing 13 ethics charges. >>> all day long you can s

they rigged up a hose to nudge the kitty out to safety. >> there he is! oh! >> got him!u want to hand him to me? yea! >> oh, thk you! >> hi! >> oh, my god! >> the cutest thing, right. >> adorable, scared to death though. >> well, live have i says she's going to keep the little kitten. they're going to take home some of the other th found under a bush to an animal hospital on mission street where they shld be available for adoption. who wouldn't wa them after seeing this. >> i bet that made everybody's day. now we just need a little sunshine. >> where's that? >> let's open the weather window and see. there it is. south beach looking to at&t. you can see the shadows developing as the sun is starting to break out over this part of the bay. it's mostly sunny over at the airpt and the flight arrival delays are starting to wane which is some good news for folks expecting friends in on flights to san francisco. let's take a look at another picture and show you how compressed the marine layer is coming as we see sutro power sticking above. we should see some sunine just about ev

one of our kittys started at that shelter. they sent her to another shelter where we adopted her. it was a very small, an at home kind of thing, a small house off the road and now, you have this new facility. >> yes. >> no cages. >> the first time i walked in i fell in love. it is very easy on the senses. there is matchnally fed light so they know when it is day or not, not just when we flip on the fluorescent light. >> is it green? >> we try to make sure we're not using harsh chemicals but the most important thing is making sure your animals are stayed and shoe tered. >> i believe any animal you adopt in california, must be. if it is not then you do that at the shelter and that is part of the adoption scene. somebody has to do that and it is surgery. >> that is exactly right. another component especially during this economy, people might not be in the position to adopt an animal financially. they may have to move in the near future. would you consider being a foster parent for an organization. they have over 100 active foster parents and we foster out 100 cats and kittens each ye

. >>> also coming up tonight, not your typical story about kitty litter. the video involving a cat that's sparking a lot of outrage. >>> and the 411 on who's texting and talking. the new study on people who spend the most time on the phone. >>> and why you could soon be waiting at longer. we're backs ien n longer. we're back itwo min nutes. [ male announcer ] when meg whitman arrived at ebay, they had 30 people and an idea. meg's job was to make it happen. it took leadership. focus. and the ability to bring people together. meg whitman delivered. named one of america's best ceo's by harvard business review, she grew ebay 15,000 strong and made small business dreams come true. now meg has a plan to create jobs. fix sacramento. and deliver results. meg whitman. for a new california. >>> more bad news from the housing market leads to a tumble in your portfolio. scott budman is here with what's going down and what's costing you more. scott? >> reporter: mortgage rates are low and prices have come down but home sales still aren't moving. the july numbers came i

. >> reporter: she is caught on tape turning a cat into kitty litter.ople in britain want to know what was she thinking? so why did mary bale stop and stroke lola the cat and then grab her by the scruff of the neck and throw her in a garbage can? 15 hours later, lola's owners heard her cries and found her in the bin. >> i thought they walked -- to want to throw a cat in the bin? >> reporter: the family assumed it was a drunk from the pub but they were shocked from the security footage. >> i don't know how anyone can treat a harmless animal that can't defend itself just do something like that to it. >> reporter: the explanation mary bell gave to the sun newspaper thought it would be funny saying it's just a cat. her actions enraged animal lovers all over the world. facebook removed a group called death to mary bell. >> awful, what's the point of that with a harmless cat? >> reporter: she now under police protection and under investigation for possible charges of cruelty. as for 4-year-old lola, her owners say she's fine, friendly and still likes to be st

they rigged up a hose to nudge the kitty out to safety. >> there he is! oh! >> got him!want to hand him to me? yea! >> oh, thank you! >> hi! >> oh, my god! >> the cutest thing, right. >> adorable, scared to death though. >> well, live have i says she's going to keep the little kitten. they're going to take home some of the other they found under a bush to an animal hospital on mission street where they should be available for adoption. who wouldn't want them after seeing this. >> i bet that made everybody's day. now we just need a little sunshine. >> where's that? >> let's open the weather window and see. there it is. south beach looking to at&t. you can see the shadows developing as the sun is starting to break out over this part of the bay. it's mostly sunny over at the airport and the flight arrival delays are starting to wane which is some good news for folks expecting friends in on flights to san francisco. let's take a look at another picture and show you how compressed the marine layer is coming as we see sutro power sticking above. we should see some sunshine jus

how the bay area's kidnapped kitty was tracked down all the way to new york city. >> he swore at a passenger. >> some call him a hero. a flight attendant flips out on the plane's p.a. system, too, and you won't believe what happened next. >>> how about mcrage? what caused one woman to lose her cool at a mcdonald's drive through. ,,,, [ female announcer ] jobs leaving. a budget disaster. california on the brink. jerry brown's plan? you run for office and the assumption is, oh, i know what to do. you don't. i didn't have a plan for california. [ female announcer ] with our state in crisis, we need a governor with a plan. you need a real plan, something i'll acknowledge i did not have. [ female announcer ] jerry brown. no plan then. no plan now. meg whitman. a plan for jobs. log on. learn more. na somhin[ be din ]an for jobs. crowe pia! aul! buzz] [ ow aounc ] nothers rebaropizzby t sli. unlievly gd pia fr theicrove. d ban. brinhomehat zzer tas. stolen a year ago in the bay area is back home after a oss-country odyssey. >>> all right. raise a glass to jack daniels. a kitten stolen a year ago fr

can see where the wood is and they put the anchor bolts in and the back wall of the house with the kittyitter sitting there. there's no plywood there. that's the wall that really needs to be stiffnd up because that's the short dimension of the house. >> in '89 and most earthquakes in san francisco, buildings don't fall forward. they don't go towards the street. they lien over or rack , so wha you really want to do is anchor bolt all the way around the perimeter of the building, you may put plywood in the side walls but it's the front and back that is critical. because the building wants to, it's usually narrow or tall and it wants to rollover. you want to plywood the front and back if you can and maybe add a footing in the middle. it's amazing the minimal amount of strengthing you can do is enough to give a building an excuse to stand up. >> we've looked -- i have and i know pat has looked at hundreds maybe thousands of earthquake damaged buildings. the smallest investment in structural improvement will prevent buildings from collapse >> it's not just the damage. you have to live somewhe

so that gives them a big fat kitty to play with. and when you help the governors, you help the state legislatures and you help the federal candidates, too. any time you get a statewide organization like the governors association working in a state, they are enlisting votes. >> in 2008, the democrats clearly outraised the republicans. with 10 weeks to go, can you give us a tally who is ahead by how much and does it matter? >> the democrats are ahead substantially. the democratic party's candidates have raised $590 million and the republicans have raised $390 million, pretty big gap which is why the outside groups are important and the republican governors association is so important. they need the outside groups to try to fill in. so far, the outside groups, including one called the american crossroads run by karl rove and ed gillespie, they are taking corporate money based upon the supreme court ruling. they raised $10 million and banging up some of these vulnerable democrats. >> jeanne, who are the corporate donors are. i think i k

investigators questioned her today about the security video that shows her turning lola the cat into kitty litter. dropping her into a trash bin. in a statement, she calls her actions, quote, a split-second of misjudgment. but earlier, the tabloids, "the sun" quoted her as saying i don't see what everybody is so excited about. it's just a cat. >> that will endear her to a lot of people. >> maybe she should just keep quiet. >>> and how kermit the frog took his place in history today! droiiiid. what this droid does will change how you do web connections. this creates a mobile 3g hotspot, powerful enough to fuel multiple devices at will. putting you at the center of your own world wide web. introducing the new droid x. the next generation of does. >>> it's not easy being green unless you're kermit the frog. long before "sesame street" kermit appeared on a 1955 washington, d.c. show called "sam and friends." today the cast of that program was donated to the smithsonian museum but by the creator, jim whenson's widow. the original kermit was homemade. his eyes were ping-pong balls. the older pup

then -- >> hello kitty kitty. >> we'll get that story.e problem, i think. >> like maybe she had done it before. >> more on that sad story in just a second. first we begin with tuesday's primary elections. a tea party loss and possible victory. in arizona senator john mccain easily beat back a republican challenge from ex-congressman and tea party favorite j.d. hayworth. >> republicans and independents who voted for me and those arizonans who did not, i will do my best to prove worthy of the honor. i have never and will never take your support for granted or feel i am entitled to your trust without earning it. >> but in alaska, another tea party republican, joe miller is heading senator lisa murkowski with most votes countied. he has the backing of sarah palin. kendrick meek beat billionaire jeff greene to win the democratic party nod in a three-way race. >>> fire out west 11 homes destroyed in ashland, oregon. no injuries reported. a grass fire near mount diablo near san francisco. northwest of los angeles, firefighters are battling a 130

the prime movers in the consolidation of the sector billionaire suleyman kitty money and he's associates in june cream of what it controlling stake in anger chemical giant. now to offshore companies believed to be close to the book forty four percent of cillin eat the country's largest producer of already owns twenty five percent of that company the third base of the puzzle will be when cali launches a takeover bid i'm least it so many it that expected to happen in the coming days it would create the world's second biggest producer but analysts believe that russian antimonopoly service will allow the deal with certain provisions for us reduced the federal antimonopoly service which is you detailed instructions concerning you'd be able to move in your old colleague even if the structure with offshore companies is used there will be strict limits for domestic processing exports account for eighty to ninety percent of the company's profits ever chemicals are the third biggest export item for russia have to fuel and metals and the government is. keen to encourage its growth the merged compan

and the tale of a kidnapped kitty... found in new york, and returned home to the bay area.bs 5 eyewitness news early edition ... beginning at five. >>> on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at today's weather. a new tropical system is brewing in the gulf of mexico. for now, it's just bringing rain to coastal florida. the northern plains could see the thunderstorms and the midwest continues to bake. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. a tropical depression is headed toward the site of the oil spill. a tropical storm brewing -- or a tropical storm warning has been issued for much of the gulf coast. >>> and former wrestling executive linda mcmahon won the senate nomination while michael bennet won the senate nomination in colorado. >>> republican senate candidate rand paul of kentucky is denying suggestions that he kidnapped a woman during his college days. an anonymous woman told "gq" magazine in 1983 paul and a friend blindfolded her, tied her up and tried to force her to smoke marijuana. the alleged incident happened when paul was attending baylor univ

and a lifeline for sick children opens in the new kitty center means patients from russia's caucuses will no longer have to make an expensive trip to moscow for treatment get the details much more. the white house is playing down comments from pakistan's president that u.s. led forces have already lost to the taliban because they failed to win over the afghan people argues military analyst again herself says it's washington's obsession with pakistan and its intelligence agency that's now spreading violence in neighboring afghanistan. according to a conventional wisdom the main reason u.s. casualties in afghanistan are improvised explosive devices reach over old kill more than seventy percent of u.s. forces in afghanistan but when you do believe will further you realize. the actually very main culprit is not the taliban or any insurgents weaponry conventional or otherwise it is american policy in pakistan it's due to american addiction to parakeets state especially a cia covert cooperation we've. had curried both instability and violence impaired to stand itself and in afghanistan. wh

on the hunt saver in britain for they kept tasting pen should they threw a kitty in a bin but while the poor old tuppy is now safe it's the woman he's a rich guy after receiving death threats. president medvedev is renowned for his love of rock music so it's no surprise he found time to meet the frontman of the irish band you cheat to talk about music you know i come here to cross the great to buy between me. and you for. the little fellows up into oh. but i can relax. i met to meet david vitter the head of a concert in moscow on wednesday it will be first ever performance in russia their three hundred sixty degree show is the world's most expensive to date on is expected to attract more than eighty alison's people. ukraine wants to think russia's black sea fleet but all in the name of parts of asia a request been made for decommissioned ships to be scuttled to create also official reefs in the crimea and if he had a chef he hath he tells. professional diver alexei has been exploring the depths of the black sea in ukraine's crimea for more than three decades he says the underwater world

and the hunt in britain for the campaigning pensioner who threw a kitty into a bin but while the four year old tabby was found there so far no sign of the woman . an alleged russian arms dealer dubbed by the west the merchant of death may be extradited to the u.s. within hours the lawyer says a special plane has arrived in bangkok where he's currently being held it comes after washington asked thailand to discharge fresh charges brought against him his extradition to america for alleged arms dealing was approved last week but before the decision was announced the u.s. brought new charges of money laundering and fraud against him the law now requires him to stay in thailand until the fresh proceedings are over who was arrested in bangkok two and a half years ago in a sting operation by you ask for search and has been in prison ever since now for more story we can now talk to author and investigative journalist daniel is still in who's extensively interviewed victor boot in the past you know joins us live from madrid then you know is the u.s. jumping the gun by sending a plane for when

and the hunt is over in britain for the cat hating pensioner who threw a kitty into a garbage bin while the four year old tabby is now safe it's a woman who's at risk after receiving death threats. russian president dmitri medvedev is renowned for his love of rock music so it's no surprise that he found time to meet the front man of the irish band u two to talk about music you know i come here to cross great to bite between me and i'd step. further. into oh. but i'm going to let. otto met medvedev ahead of a concert in moscow on wednesday it'll be you twos first ever performance in russia there are three sixty degrees show was the world's most expensive to date and expected to attract more than eighty thousand screaming fans. ukraine wants to sink russia's black sea fleet but all in the name of conservation a request been made for decommissioned ships to be scuttled to create an artificial reef in the crimea. he has the details. professional diver alexei has been exploring the depths of the black sea in ukraine's crimea for more than three decades he says the underwater world here is ab

. >> it's a hello kitty backpack. >> reporter: look at how many people are shopping at target tonight. this woman, an xrkt on consumer -- an expert on video behavior. >> there is a school supply area in target and the bins are practically empty. >> reporter: she said the shopping should be closing down by now, instead things are ramping up. >> it's different now because for first time in two years, parents are saying they will spend more. >> reporter: the national retail federation says the average family will spend about $600 on supplies this year, about $60 more than last year, with the bulk towards clothes and computers. >> it's like a moving target. i'm not gonna spend more than $200 and then when you get to $350 you are like huh. >> i think it's demand. at a certain point you just need to replenish your supplies. >> reporter: many say they don't feel pressured to buy anything just because it's back- to-school season. given the state of the economy, people can wait. >> i think people are picking and choosing their shopping and doing sales more. >> reporter: the woman says this is

card, his own jewelry line, his own race car team, and he's the first person ever to have a hello kittyalmost 50 years after the british invasion of the beatles, yoshiki and his band, called x-japan, are mounting a japanese invasion. why do you want to come to the u.s.? >> why not? >> there hasn't been to my knowledge a big asian act that has really broken through in the u.s. do you think x can do it? >> i think so. i mean, if we don't have confidence we're not here. >> reporter: as a child he studied classical piano exclusively. until he discovered american heavy metal. >> when i was 10, i found kiss album. i saw -- gene simmons just -- the face, the blood. what is that? i bought it. >> did it blow your mind? >> yes. >> reporter: even though yoshiki is not the singer -- he plays drums, piano, and writes all the songs -- he has become the face of the band. there was a studio in los angeles that you wanted to record in. >> it was booked. metallica was recording. >> so you just bought it? >> yes. ♪ >> reporter: this past weekend, x-japan played their first big american gig at lollapalooza

it can almost certainly detect kitty litter every time it goes through. if we are investing $6 billion per portal to get the technology, don't you think we should technology that can efficiently do that? technology right now is lacking. it might not always be lacking. scanning in foreign ports. this is a mandate for them to change their port of entry to allow for imaging and radiation detection. there has been fear happened overseas about this mandate. we are looking at 2012. construction needs to start fairly soon if we are going to be hitting that deadline. strong opposition and the threat of reciprocity from trading partners. i will talk about a european commission report later. all of our trading partners are opposed to this mandate. this should send up some red flags. it has been proven many times that this provides less security than we currently have today. if it is not improving the process, what is it doing? many of our trading partners -- i am seeing some nodding heads. that is the case for a lot of people, a lot of the business community. this

. >> it's a hello kitty backpack. >> reporter: look at how many people are shopping at target tonight. this woman, an xrkt on consumer -- an expert on video behavior. >> there is a school supply area in target and the bins are practically empty. >> reporter: she said the shopping should be closing down by now, instead things are ramping up. >> it's different now because for first time in two years, parents are saying they will spend more. >> reporter: the national retail federation says the average family will spend about $600 on supplies this year, about $60 more than last year, with the bulk towards clothes and computers. >> it's like a moving target. i'm not gonna spend more than $200 and then when you get to $350 you are like huh. >> i think it's demand. at a certain point you just need to replenish your supplies. >> reporter: many say they don't feel pressured to buy anything just because it's back- to-school season. given the state of the economy, people can wait. >> i think people are picking and choosing their shopping and doing sales more. >> reporter: the woman says this is

only to find the scareddy cat was stuck between two drains while they hooked up a hose to nudge the kitty out to safety. >> there he is! you want to hand him to me! oh! yea! >> oh, thank you! yea! >> oh, honey! >> it is so tiny. just a couple pounds probably, right? >> that's right. >> these says she'll keep the little kitten and take some others she found under a bush to mission street where they shouldable available for adoption. >> there's the whole crew. very cute. still ahead at 6:30, the new bill that could have more solo drivers in the carpool lane. >> apparently the camera can lie. the abc 7 news eye team uncovers hundreds of parking ticket mistakes. >> and is he really a hero? new details that suggest the fed up flight attendant may not be quite the hero he's been made out to be after his famous fight flight. >> live in san francisco where a federal judge's ruling may pave the way for same sex couples to tie the not. may mean they still cannot. we'll explain in a live report. >> no word from sfo. assume everything is flying in okay. d.c., baltimore, philly and new york and soon t

angelina jolee's salt is third followed by the hit despicable me and cats and dogs, the revenge of kitty galore. >> a major break through within days. that's next at 5:30. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live on communications hill in san jose where fire station 33 is closed. 49 firefighters laid off but now firefighters have plain to make tall better. the city saying not so fast. both sides in a live report. >> and relieved families in southern california head back to the homes they were forced to evacuate by a wildfire. the big thank you they're saying to firefighters. >> turn on the heat wave arounds dallas and new orleans heading up to kansas city. 110 the next couple days. check out new york and boston. in the low 70s with no humidity. we'll have severe weather possible around minute, omaha and iowa city. no delays but if we have them our flight tracker will track them for you at abc7news.com. see you in a if you minutes. ♪ >>> i'm terry mcsweeney live in san jose where 49 firefighters were laid off last week. now firefighters have a plan to bring them back. we'll hear the city's response in

dinner for schmucks" which opened at number 2, "salt," "despicable me" and cats and dogs revenge of kittyunding out the top five. >>> a portrait of san jose native norm mineta is going to be installed today in the smithsonian's national portrait gallery. he attended the ceremony at the smithsonian last week. he is being honored as the first asian-american to hold a presidential cabinet post. he served as commerce secretary under president clinton, then as transportation secretary under president george w. burn. his political career took off in san jose in the early '70s. he was the first asian-american mayor of a major u.s. city and then served in congress for 20 years. >>> a bit of silicon valley becoming history. demolition began friday on terminal c at mineta san jose international airport. the site will become a parking area for the new terminal b. it should be finished next spring. >>> panda alert. staff at a giant panda breeding base in china caring for a newborn cub rejected by its mother. the first time mother gave birth to twins early sunday morning but refused to feed one of the

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well when word got around the cat had been found in are lharl jetblue gave the kitty a ride hope. san francisco spca has no idea how they took the cat or how he got to new york. >> probably with john gee walny. >> garden gnomes and cats. >> master of madden 11. >> talk raiders. their preseason game is thursday. i tell you, we know one star not playing well. while another, well he really needs to shine this year. star in the making that is. also the giants hosting the cubs to night here on nbc bay area. where we find our sports director, raj mathai. >> good evening. first pitch. giants. cubs. talk tim lipscomb, going through something he has never gone through in his career. the tight race. and the giants baseball right here on nbc bay area. >> good evening, we'll hatch your giants' inning by inning forecast the right now all about the fog. and rolling into downto wn san ancisco. let you ow whe sn the 90s will be returning coming up. n 2 coffees for my brother and me please. thanks. got it. ["dueling banjos" up and under] hold this. getting cash back on your debit card changes ever

and then this, jamie sent a picture of her angel who is named kitty, who is not a morning cat. about the afternoon? and then finally, bella and gracie. isn't that so sweet? mike and rose of bethel island have these two great dogs and took that with the rocket ship in the background. i love that. sweet dogs. >> i would love to be able to get my dogs to sit still like that. all right, craig. thank you so much. appreciate it. >>> and special edition of "meet the press." here is david gregory in washington with a preview. >> coming up, a special edition of "meet the press" from afghanistan. my exclusive conversation with the new commander of u.s. and coalition forces, general david petraeus. speaking out for the first time since assuming his command. he'll speck about the enemy, the future of the war and the u.s. commitment here. only on "meet the press." >> thanks so much for making us a part of your morning. our next newscast is tonight at 5:00. giants on at 1:00, and "meet the press with david gregory" is next. enjoy your sunday. >> take care.

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and suddenly countries everywhere were in trouble, the australian government had enough money in the kitty, that it was easily able to enact a massive stimulus, massive at least in proportion to out economy. consequence is, one of the only countries in the world that didn't have a recession, and this experience has now been burnt into the national consciousness and it's put a real premium on getting back to surpluses as quickly as possible. >> reporter: all 150 members of australia's lower house, the house of representatives, and half of its 76 senators are up for election. because of the peculiarities of australia's electoral system, third parties abound in the senate and neither major party holds a governing majority. so the big fight is over the lower house, where the leader of the majority party becomes prime minister. it's places like this where australia's election will be decided. the seat of lindsey, here in sydney's far western suburbs is considered a bellwether. it belonged to the country's conservatives under former prime minister john howard but swung to the labor party when ke

you can find them -- >> a lot of grown-ups like hello kitty. >> i do. i'm a big hello kitty fan.rning, get dressed. they're mismatched on purpose. >> it would drive me crazy. you yourself don't match. duh. >> have fun, be creative and all the celebrity kids are enjoying these. >> is this recyclable? >> this is recyclable organic play-doh. >> it's the real stuff and it's organic. >> you want some? >> yes, ma'am. >> these are great for back to school. >> these are terrific. great for the environment. >> great for the environment, organic and friendly. we have these sets which i love. i love them for my boys because they come with packs. pencils, crayons. >> what's the point? >> and they all come together. >> yeah. >> you can cover your books with them? >> everything comes inside. >> okay. >> paper, pencils, stencils. you're ready to go. you can put that on there yourself. you did that yourself? >> they come like that. >> you can pick out your different pattern. >> into the shoe department. >> we have these light-up sneakers for the boys. they're adorable. they're fun. >> very cute.

i would use that kitty of money to explore some real reforms of medicare. to do the kind of -- they have meat axe style kind of providers in that health care bill. instead, trying to stoke some competition within medicare. but you do all that and to me that's a serious step towards a more responsible fiscal policy. host: all right. let's go to paul in kitty hawk, north carolina. independent line. good morning, paul. caller: yes, good morning. thank you for taking my call. the caller said before me stole a little bit of my thunder, i guess my main question to your guest is -- what specific programs would he cut? would he cut spending for the war? would he cut national security, social security? i hear a lot of republicans -- and i understand their frustration. i understand they're the party out of power, but i hear a lot of talking in generalizations about cutting this and cutting that and responsibility. i guess my question is -- when and what are the republicans' specific answer to saving this money? what programs are they going to cut? you know, it's easy