> finally here tonight, our making a difference report about a busy working mother of three from knoxvillennessee who travels a very long way, halfway around the world, in fact, to take care of other children who badly need her help. you may recall nbc's chris jansing went to vietnam recently for that series of special reports with colonel jack jacobs of our staff. while she was there, she also followed one woman's journey to a northern vietnamese orphanage to see the difference she is making for those kids. >> reporter: tracey foster laughingly calls her fundraising skills a work in process, but she's gained and in a bustling church basement she's organized friends to help pack gifts for needy children with her own children pitching in. >> one of the things that got us started is wanting our children to be connected to their birth country, wanting them to know that there is another side to what life could be. >> reporter: it's a commitment that now takes her to the other side of the world. to a remote orphanage in vietnam. two years ago she made what she thought would be a one-time visit

mason street will do mason street is used as a thoroughfare to get passengers from union square to knoxville -- nob hill. if you close the part of mason st., they have to circle back around, and that adds more money and more time to the fair and also puts more traffic and necessary in that north beach area, and drivers take powell street, then you have a problem, because that is at the main edge of chinatown, and trying to get through there is a headache. you drive all the way from union square to fisherman's wharf, you try that. tell me if mason street is not the most efficient, safest, and most productive way to get tourists and visitors to the city who are staying at the hotel and who we would pick up in the area, visiting from out of town or coming from the up side area, and get over to the fisherman's wharf area, so it is going to create a problem and create traffic unnecessarily in the area, and i appreciate you also look at that when you want to improve taxi service. well, you yourselves by closing mason street is going to hurt taxi service. >> excuse me, sir, i believe you already ha

and he kept johnny knoxville and his friends alive in "jackass 2." it all begins with the cape.weighs nearly 15 pounds. >> it's got to be substantial because the wind is your enemy. the bull makes you famous. >> reporter: the other students include a telecommunications engineer and a couple of guys that work with livestock. >> keep your legs planted to the ground. feet like charlie chaplain. >> reporter: we're learning a move called the veronica. the bull is sent away from your body. the animals don't see colors, just movement. and the danger is very real. dennis has been gored by a horn through his leg and he's had spinal injuries. >> reporter: you look like a bull a little bit. >> to fight a bull well, you have to understand a bull. you have to read the bull. you hear the expression, the bull can actually feel fear in us. we have to feel that we're stronger than them and we can dominate them. >> reporter: when it comes time to fight, we don't take on full-grown bulls, but calves. still, they're 600 to 700 pounds. and armed with horns. return student omar isn't having a great t

johnny not spell -- knoxville, the star of the show, said he had lost his brother. >> you have been watching "newsday." >> our main news -- syria's president has addressed his nation and offered to engage in dialogue on the country's future. that is it. stay with us. you are watching the bbc. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global financial strength to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet los angeles. 

also drenched on i-75 from toledo to knoxville. and on 94 from the twin cities to detroit.ng on i-90 and 94 in the dakotas. >>> and if you are flying today, airport delays are possible in new york, boston, philly, d.c., chicago, atlanta and also minneapolis. >>> a busy friday. all right, well, at the very least, the aftermath of wednesday night's stanley cup final should be an indication of just how seriously canadians take their hockey, but this was a lot of goofballs. >> it was. british columbians are devastated by the loss to the bruins, but on top of that, they're embarrassed by the behavior of rioters who trashed downtown vancouver overturning cars, setting fires and shattering store windows. >> i'm really upset. i'm embarrassed. i live here. i'm a true fan. vancouver did an amazing job getting as far as they did, and we have this. >> i'm really angry to see -- this is my city. it belongs to all canadians. >> yeah, that was unusual i think of that country. nearly 100 people were arrested. nearly 150 needed medical treatment and untold millions in property damage. >>> a

severe weather from knoxville to atlanta. and from the dakotas to minneapolis.ms around albuquerque and amarillo. record heat from louisiana to south carolina, you know that's got to be hot. cooler though in the northeast. >> and we're looking at 78 here in new york. 86 in baltimore. mostly 90s, atlanta to dallas. 70, detroit. 77, minneapolis. 87, omaha. phoenix, albuquerque, hit the mid 90s. >>> well, as many americans struggle to recover from those deadly tornado outbreaks, hurricane season has officially arrived. >> and forecasters are now calling for an especially active six months and president obama is now looking to make sure that the government is ready to respond. t.j. winick joins us with the details. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning, peggy, daniel. as the summer approaches we're all looking forward to sunnier skies, but forecasters expect this year's wicked weather to continue. already this year the u.s. has been battered by historic snowfall, floods and storms. now as the calendar turns another page those living along the atlantic coast a

70-mile-per-hour winds, hail and isolated tornadoes around atlanta, the carolinas, birmingham and knoxville. rain in the pacific northwest. several more inches of mountain snow in the cascades, northern rockies and sierra, nevada. and record heat from nevada to south carolina. >>> a much cooler 78 here in new york. and 76 in boston. indianapolis climbs to 83. omaha, 87. 69 in sacramento. and 95 in albuquerque. >>> and coming up, how overseas markets are reacting to the dow's worst day in a full year. >>> and e-mail accounts of top u.s. government officials hacked. is another nation behind it? >>> we'll update our top story this morning. destruction by rare tornados in new england. >>> fears that the economic recovery is stalling are hurting the markets. the dow jones industrial average dropped 80 points yesterday, more than 2%. that was the biggest point drop in a year and worst percentage drop in ten months. the nasdaq lost 66 points. traders expect a gloomy jobs report friday, following bad news on housing earlier this week. >>> and all that bad news is also depressing overseas markets. t

and he kept johnny knoxville and the gang alive in "jackass 2." and the danger is very real.s has been gored by a horn through his leg and had spinal injuries. >> to fight a bull well, you have to understand the bull. read the bull. you see his expression. so, we have to feel that we're stronger than him and we can dominate him. >> reporter: when it comes time to fight, we don't take on full grown bulls, but calves. still, they're 600 to 700 pounds. and armed with horns. holy cow. she put her horn right through there? >> yeah. >> reporter: when i take the ring, it starts off well enough. >> good job. >> reporter: in this split second, i know i'm doomed. i'm handcuffed and can't decide if i should go left or right. so i go neither. >> open, open, open. you all right? >> reporter: yeah, i'm fine. it was like getting hit by a fast-moving couch. that thing is strong. i'm fine. that's crazy, though. the horns somehow didn't pierce me. bullfighting school isn't for the faint of heart. this is a place where the animals have the edge, and the rest of us are what matadors refer to as

louis to indianapolis also, louisville and memphis, also wet on i-40 from little rock to knoxville.nd on i-94 from fargo to detroit. slick on i-95 from portland to bangor, maine. and also in florida, wet on i-5 and i-90 around seattle. >>> if you're flying, airport delays are possible in memphis, chicago, detroit and minneapolis. >>> in medical news this morning, the government is taking aim at one of the deadliest kinds of cancer, melanoma skin cancer that actually kills one person every hour. >> so now the fda has new regulations for sunscreens. lisa stark has the details. >> reporter: all these years we have been slathering on the sunscreen with all those confusing labels, spf 15, spf 50, waterproof, water resistant. we've been thinking we're protecting ourselves and, more importantly, our children. >> people were getting a false sense of security with sunscreens the way they were. >> reporter: a troubling thing has happened. despite the explosion of sales of sunscreens, there's also been an explosion of skin cancer. cases of the most deadly kind of skin cancer, melanoma, increas

a knoxville man was caught on tape trying to rob a convenience store.e tried to toss a brick through the door to no avail. after half a dozen throws, he gets an a for persistence. he gave up and walked away. it's tough glass, too, or else he's not strong. police are looking for that man. watch what you do. >>> it's 5:19. how google wants to help you get out the door and where to go this morning. >> there's a lot of company in east bay. 580 moving nicely. the latest for the nimitz, coming up. frds we share. shopywhere. and are always connected. we live in a social world. isn't it time we had a social currency to match? membership rewards points from american express. use them to get the things you love from amazon.com, ticketmaster.com, and more unexpected places. they're a social currency with endless possibilities. >>> welcome back, everyone. shuttle buses could get a discount when traveling across the golden gate bridge. the agency in charge of the bridge is looking for a proposal to charge shuttles $7.50 if it carries a fast pack transponder. otherwi

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close to 90 degrees in raleigh and knoxville close to 83. very high temperatures in the plains and it's the hot air that will be opening up and expanding eastward giving us the second heat wave so far of the year. so that's what we're going to be dealing with starting tomorrow as we get over 90 degrees and into the upper 90s by mid-week. for your 9:00 p.m. temperature, 76 degrees just a few clouds up there until 9:00 and we'll see the skies clear as we drop into the low 70s by 11:00 p.m. and midnight. a pleasant evening, so do enjoy it. higher temperatures first tomorrow and humidity and higher temperatures for the mid part of the week. we'll talk about the record setting heat coming up for wednesday and thursday. pat, back to you. >> thanks, veronica. >>> another republican entered the presidential race today. former presidential candidate rick santorum declared the candace. . he was a major player during his time to the hill. steve handelsman has the story. >> reporter: like the rest of the republicans who are running, rick santorum blaste

you quite a bit of lightning obviously some thunder you'll be hearing in places like nashville and knoxville 40, you can expect that to continue. heavy rain, sure. with that flash flooding and even the possible of seeing this push a little bit farther to the south. we have severe thunderstorm watches that are now in effect for parts of the carolinas, into georgia, even into alabama. tennessee and back over towards arkansas and mississippi, that's going to be through the early evening hours. just keep that in mind. the reason why we're seeing it, very simple, we've got this frontal boundary that extends from the central plains back through portions of the midwest. plenty of moisture coming in from the gulf of mexico. it's the combination of that that's going to make for a very unstable air mass. anyone traveling over that boundary into chicago or detroit, a bumpy flight. same deal if you're flying over towards st. louis. back towards parts of the four corners, is it not rain but the dry conditions, the breezy conditions will make things very difficult for firefighters. and not far from the fi

atlanta to knoxville, all the way into the dakotas, where we were just talking about the flooding therer. the main threats will be gusty winds and hail. also, isolated tornadoes. also, the southern heat wave continues today. record highs possible. and jackson hitting 100 degrees. that may be a record as well as one of the first cities in the southeast to see the triple-digits. across the nation, the heat wave continues. we'll talk about the west coming up, as we have well, a look at the cooler temperatures on the west coast coming up. george? >> thank you, colleen. >>> now, to the terrifying home invasion caught on tape. a colorado woman frantically called 911, as an intruder tried to break down the bedroom door, while hiding in a closet with her son. ryan owens has the story. >> reporter: she was armed only with her cell phone. >> he's getting in now. hurry. >> okay. and you don't know this person? >> no. hurry. hurry. he's getting in. >> reporter: a mother, cowering in her bedroom closet with her teenage son. as police say, a burglar kicked in the door of their denver area home. >> he

host: time for one more call from knoxville, tennessee. joan, you are on the air.aller: 1 obama took office, the unemployment rise it was 7.6% and now is 9.1%. we were supposed to be out of the recession and march of last year. he is not growing the economy to get us out of the recession. he has done nothing but put us back into a deeper hole. i think that each and every one of our candidates running, they are much more knowledgeable than he was when he took office. and i thank you. guest: the point you make about the unemployment rate, i think you're going to see the white house make the argument that if we had not taken certain measures, things would be a lot worse. that is what they will say about the stimulus, about some of the other economic package as they pushed through. whether or not that is something that voters can support is an open question. it is very difficult to imagine something that did not happen than to understand that you make less money or you are unemployed or that your house is worth less. whether democrats can successfully make that argumen

knoxville, tennessee. danny on our line for independents. go ahead. caller: i would tell the president first off, historical rate -- historically, raising taxes does not increase revenue. the presidential golden parachutes upon leaving office. in the real workplace, if people performed as poorly as these people have had over the last 10 years they would be fired summarily. they would not have benefits. host: in a "the wall street journal" is the headline -- brunswick, georgia, on our line for republicans. lisa, you are on "washington journal." caller: how are you doing? host: what would you tell the congress or the president? caller: i would say there is no more money, and you can't raise taxes to bring in revenue -- cut the taxes, and stop the spending. the spending is out of control. there are some many places that we are pouring our money into and it is not doing any good, it is not helping the people. host: where do you think we are putting money that is not helping the american people? caller: listen really carefully when i say this -- in our tow

rough night in knoxville as well.ble tornado touch down there and then another cell of thunderstorms rolling through this area right now creating a little bit of a in mess for the morning commute there. thunder and lightning and thunderstorms expected across the northeast as the front makes its way to the south and east. we will see delays because of the scattered showers in the afternoon. from boston to new york city to cleveland and atlanta, georgia, as well. as far as daytime highs are concerned, looking at 90s across the south, although it will be just a little bit cooler with the system moving in. 87 degrees expected across the southeast, including atlanta, georgia. want to touch on this, 7.2 magnitude earthquake off the aleutian islands last night that prompted a tsunami warning for the aleutian island chain from what we can tell there have been no reports of any sort of tsunami there. that has since been canceled. scary situation when you get a 7.2 magnitude quake, that is big enough to have a tsunami warning.

knoxville, tennessee, could see an isolated tornado. mostly lookingngt rost winds and damaging hail. we've got a severe thunderstorm watch from wichita, all the way to decatur, illinois, this morning. heavy showers an thunderstorms, one to three inches of rain from duluth down to st. louis. that's w >> good morning to you. still kind after foggy start along the peninsula and in the city of san francisco. but we're going to see a lot of sunshine today before the rain moves in tomorrow. 65 degrees that's it for you in san francisco. 79 in santa rosa. 75 in san rafael. as we head through tomorrow rain arrives tomorrow afternoon, and it stays with us all the way throughout the day. i think in fact all the way through early wednesday we're going to see pretty heavy showers in the bay area. then our temperatures climb into the 90s toward the end of the week. the seven-day in moments. weather. willie? >>> all right, thanks. the appeal hearing of american college student amanda knox is back under way as the man convicted of killing her roommate

a republican from knoxville, tennessee. we're running out of time with marilyn geewax.ler: india, in the 1950's, under the socialists -- they had famines. when they got rid of the socialist, production went up. there are now exporting food. it is politics. in aren't we drilling alaska? it is a republican state. the democrats do not like to drill in a republican state. host: brandon, go ahead. we are talking about food prices on the rise. caller: i give a shout-out to the guy in new york. i like the idea of everyone being vegetarians. what about the idea of cloning? guest: these technologies are still emerging. whether or not it will be acceptable or economical remains to be seen. there are all sorts of things being considered. i would come back to the public about vegetarianism -- point about vegetarianism. a lot of people can make the argument that the vegetarian- based diet is better for the planet and we could feed more people. i am not sent it is right or wrong. as soon as people make more money, they want more meat. as incomes rise in countries that were traditiona

well, police in knoxville are looking for a very persistent would-be robber.ick through the door of a convenience store. he tries over and over and over again. he even tried the knob. but after the stand-off with the door, he's eventually just gave up and walks away. oh, well, not to happen there. it's six minutes past the hour. back to al with a check of your weather. aye-yi-yi. >> duh, here we go. >> we like to show them now and again. >> america's stupidest criminals. look at that. oh, well. at least he got a good workout. >>> let's see what's going on with your weather. we've got this heat wave. 100 is expected in trenton, 101 in newark. that will break a record. providence, 98. baltimore, 99. heat warnings from charlottesville to virginia. we're going to see a change as the high pressure starts to shrink. the jet stream will allow it to dip down a bit and that will start to bring cooling temperatures friday, saturday, on into sunday. you'll see the 90s start to shrink down to the south. they'll be confined down there. hundreds in the southwest. but at lea

johnny knoxville wrote, today i lost my brother ryan dunn. my heart goes out to his family. rest in peace, ryan. i love you, buddy. and friends say everyone loved him. >> i'm sick because it's a waste. sick because i loved him. sick because he was talented. sick because i can't believe he's gone. >> reporter: police are still investigating this accident, ann. unclear at this point if alcohol was involved. they're still looking into that, as well. ryan's family has flown into town from places like ohio and florida to plan his funeral. too upset to speak, of course, but they released this statement to nbc news. we are devastated by the loss. ryan will be greatly missed, but he will forever remain in our hearts. ann? >> jeff rossen this morning, thanks. it is now 7:18. once again, here's matt. >> ann, thank you. >>> we go to south africa now where michelle obama is kicking off her first major solo overseas trip as first lady. she's brought along her daughters and her mother. nbc's kristen welker is in johannesburg with the latest on this. good morning to you. rmp good morning.

host: time for one more call from knoxville, tennessee. joan, you are on the air. caller: 1 obama took office, the unemployment rise it was 7.6% and now is 9.1%. we were supposed to be out of the recession and march of last year. he is not growing the economy to get us out of the recsion. he has done nothing but put us back into a deeper hole. i think that each and every one of our candidates running, they are much more knowledgeable than he was when he took office. and i thank you. guest: the point you make about the unemployment rate, i think you're going to see the white house make the argument that if we h not taken certain measures, things would be a lot worse. that is what they will say about the stimulus, about some of the other economic package as they pushed through. whether or not that is something that voters can support is an open question. it is very difficult to imagine something that did not happen than to understand that you make less money or you are unemployed or that your house is worth less. whether democrats can successfully make that argument