i'm catherine kobayashi. asked for continued cooperation from ariva the largest nuclear reactor maker. at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. >>> met with ariva vice president in paris on monday. he expressed gratitude for mokly for providing the -- at the reactors. >> translator: we must review the safety standards and implement best measures to operate them. >> mockly said the industry in europe is facing problems since the problem. if the industry becomes more transparent.

of the renowned track were affected by rain the west weather taking the worst told come we kobayashi lost control and above leading to pressure in the last fall's the morning run red bull's mark webber the only driver to clock a lap time of on the one minute and forty seven seconds there are is felipa marcel was the fastest in the afternoon but his result was still more than three seconds behind the australian it's obvious that the stones and they will find begins in just over one hour. now cycling sprints king not cavendish claimed his second stage victory within three days of the two of the france on friday that's after winning the incident packed seven stage bradley wiggins just one of the several riders involved in precious skies he believes are picking up a fractured left corner of the only massive pile up and he had to retire from the race age he sees cavendish meanwhile avoided all incidents to counter his seventeenth various stage victory in shot to the roof norwegian two who should

i'm catherine kobayashi. the operator of the fukushima daiichi plant will begin operations to inject nitrogen into a reactor. the pipes can be connected to the reactor skon taner. tepco plans to inject nitrogen to avoid a hydrogen explosion. utility has set a target of july 17 to complete the task. nitrogen was in the number one reactor in april and the number two reactor in june. >> translator: we are planning to connect the pipe to the container around 1:00 p.m. on tuesday. we want to begin the injection as soon as we get the approval from the safety agency. >> the utility reported its plan to the nuclear and industrial safety agency on monday. it described the safety measures to limit radiation exposure to the workers. tepco also told the agency how the injection will impact the container. tepco says it has detected airborne radioactive materials in the number two reactor building. tepco has be investigating inside the number three or rather the three reactor buildings and the areas surrounding them since

i'm catherine kobayashi. the families of the victims of a train crash in china are becoming impatient with the lack of explanation about the accident that killed 39 people. it caused them to derail and fall of the track. however the television reported monday night that high speed service has resumed the same section where a bullet train rammed into the back of a small train in wenzhou. they set up a panel of 20 experts to provide counselling for injured passengers. the victims families say they're unhappy about the handling of the accident. some spoke to nhk about how they feel. >> translator: the government should explain why the incident occurred despite what they call state as state of the art technology. >> translator: we want to know what the government will do to find the cause of the accident and how they will go about it. >> the bereaved families say they are being monitored to prevent them from collectively criticize the government. >>> more than 20 high speed trains in china were delayed on monday

i'm catherine kobayashi. a strong and large typhoon is impacted western japan and could make landfall as early as tuesday. we now go to the weather desk for the latest information. >> that's right. this is definitely a major typhoon that we do need to watch out for. let's start off with a look at the scenes from this morning. things are getting already pretty stormy. this will be in the shikoku area. you can see waves impacted the coastline. strong gusts already hitting 140 kilometers per hour. heavy rains falling in the past 24 hours. and highest amounts almost hitting 600 millimeters. we are going to see a lot more rainfall over today as well. so big concern here. it's going to be turning very stormy. this forecast path taking towards the north a little more over the course of today. then it veers out quickly and heads toward the east. but this is going to be a slow-moving system. a wide area is going to be impacted. and we are going to continue to see that stormy weather over the next couple of days. of co

i'm catherine kobayashi. overnight in new york the dollar briefly fell to a four-month low against the yen on growing concerns over european debt. for more we go to ai uchida from our business desk. >> very good morning and thank you very much, catherine. on the new york foreign e change the dollar briefly fell to the mid 78 yen range on tuesday, on fears that the greek debt crisis may spread to other european countries such as italy and spain. moves to sell the euro and buy the yen helped to push the dollar down to a level last seen after the march 11th disaster in eastern japan. the greenback was being traded at 78.49 yen at one time. earlier in london, the dollar dipped below the 80 yen level. the dollar is currently being traded at 79.45-50 yen, whereas the euro is currently fetching 111.22-24 yen. yen buying further intensified in new york after moody's downgraded ireland sovereign debt tuesday, rated below investment grade following greece and portugal. major u.s. credit rating agency moody's downgraded

i'm catherine kobayashi. the united states says it will open two days of talks with north korea on thursday. speaking to reporters on wednesday, u.s. state department spokesman mark toner said ambassador stephen bosworth will meet kim kay kye gwan at the nunn new york. japan, the united states and south korea have yet to decide to resume whether to resume the talks on north korea's nuclear program. they have said they will reach such a decision after direct talks between the two koreas and then between the u.s. and north korea. the north korean vice foreign minister and head of the north american affairs bureau are already in new york for the ming. the u.s. decision to resume talks comes amid concerns that the north may be enriching uranium for military purposes. the united states maintains that it will not resume the six-party talks unless the north takes concrete action to give up nuclear weapons. >>> in china, a driver involved in saturday's fatal high-speed train collision reportedly says he had been orde

i' catherine kobayashi. the families of the victims of a train crash in china are becoming impatient with the government's lack of explanation about the accident that killed 39 people in the eastern province. the impact caused some carriages to derail and fa o a eved track. hove the state china central television reported mon night that high-speed service has sud tam section where a bullet train rammed into the back of ataed train on saturday. the national broadcasters said thgornntasetp papal of 20 experts to provide psychological counseling for injured passengers. but the victims' families say eye hay ouhe government's handling of the accident. people who lost relatives spoke to nhabt w ey feel. >> translator: the government should explain why the incident occurr. spe wt they call state of the art technology. >> translator: we want to know what the government wl d to find the cause of the accident and how they wlo autt. >> the bead families say they're being monitored to prevent them from collectively crit

i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

kobayashi put a tin crown on himself and called himself king. those are fighting words.obayashi has been banned from the contest because he would not sign a contract with major league eating. the the contest governing body. go figure. big figure, i'd say. 4:52 now. nasa's latest project that's giving them a look at creation. for all of your news and weather and traffic check us out on facebook, search nbc bay area morning news. >> thousands of people stayed out late just to see the fireworks. number of shows around the bay area and the weather certainly helped out. in san francisco, the fog stayed away, giving people a perfect view of the show. always great to try to sleep through that too. let's take a look at the morning commute this morning. christina's pulling double duty. >> indeed. were they going off in your neighborhood? >> oh, yeah. >> really ridiculous. i thought it's going to wake me up. good morning to you. you want to keep in mind before you hit the highway at this time a lot of people have been celebrating all night so you want to take it easy, try to elimi

i'm catherine kobayashi. typhoon ma-on made landfall in western japan and continues to batter the region with strong winds and heavy rain. we go to saki ochi for the latest information. >> once again today we are going to be talking about a lot of stormy weather impacting japan, and let's start with a look at some of the most recent footage of the storm system impacting southern sections of japan. this will be along the coastline in wakayama prefecture. still very high waves being seen and rivers, too are overflowing. there have been reports of flooded homes, over 2,500 people have had to evacuate, injuries, too, have been widespread nearly 50 people reportedly injured from these storm systems, as those very strong, damaging winds have been causing quite a bit of destruction, and today, typhoon ma-on is still just about in the same area, the defining characteristic has been that slow speed at 15 kilometers per hour, considerable slower, usually 40 kilometers per hour so moves away at a much faster pace, not t

i'm catherine kobayashi. at the fukushima daiichi plant secondses for covers that contain radioactive materials released from the damaged reactors have begun arriving at the site. the covers will be installed at the number one, three and four reactors. buildings housing these reactors sustained severe damage from hydrogen blasts triggered by the march 11th earthquake and tsunami. pillars, beams and other parts are being pre-assembled at a port 50 kilometers away from the plant. the concrete basis of the structure will be delivered wednesday with more sections arriving in mid-july. the operator of the plant, tokyo electric power company says it hopes to complete assembly work by late september using a crane with a 140-meter long arm. reducing radiation released from the reactor buildings is crucial to getting the crisis under control. this month, tepco will estimate the current amount of radiation released from the reactors, the figures will be used as a reference to gauge the effectiveness of the covers when

i'm catherine kobayashi. the operator of the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant will boost its efforts to monitor airborne radioactive substances around nuclear reactor buildings. with further measurements, they hope to find the source and prevent further leakage. it's believed that dust containing radioactive substances and contaminated steam leaking from reactors is still being released into the air. tokyo electric power company has been measuring the levels regularly since mid march. recently, however, detection became difficult. this may have been due to the approximate one-kilometer distance between monitoring posts and the reactor buildings. tepco decided to step up its monitoring and take measurements at additional locations near the number one to number four reactor buildings. the plant operator will also use remote controlled robots to measure the level of radioactivity inside reactor buildings. >>> tepco says it needs to inject nitrogen into one of the reactors at fukushima daiichi to prevent a h

kobayashi puts a tin crown on his head and calls himself king.o decide if you are going to wear team kobayashi or team chestnut. >> he's a local boy.

. >> kobayashi held his own contest on a rooftop in manhattan. >> it is his choice. sad he thinks he's kobe bryant. >> kobayashi's team claimed he ate 69 at the unofficial event. organizers say this competition is evolving and they will continue to have a men's and women's event so the female eaters get the attention they deserve. randall pinkston, cbs news, coney island, brooklyn, new york. >>> good morning, thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m., get giving us the attention we think we deserve, andrea roane. >> i'm jessica doyle in for mike hydeck. monika is in for angie. she'll have traffic in a moment. howard bernstein starts us

kobayashi put a tin crown on his head and called himself king.hi has been banned from the contest the past two years because he wouldn't sign a contract with major league eating, that's the contest governing body. coming up we're going to look at what you may have missed if you went to bed before last night's fireworks show. since the shuttle program is almost done, nasa is moving on to a new project. we're going to have a look at it coming up. let's take a live look outside. hazy across the san mateo bridge. folks heading back to work. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur?] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are those great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that c help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a superhero? ♪ kinda. [ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize of all. ♪ >> thousands of people all over the bay area stayed out late to see the fireworks

, he is not a big guy so i don't -- i don't know -- >> the other guy, heap was also -- >> takeru kobayashias in new york, didn't enter this one. he was in another location in new york with his own hot dog eating little thing going. he downed 69 hot dog. >> gosh. >> who knows next year. >> heartburn. >>> have a good night everybody. we will see you tomorrow.

, he is not a big guy so i don't -- i don't know -- >> the other guy, heap was also -- >> takeru kobayashi. he was in new york, didn't enter this one. he was in another location in new york with his own hot dog eating little thing going. he downed 69 hot dog. >> gosh. >> who knows next year. >> heartburn. >>> have a go i tell ya, i work a long day, every day. i hang my head out the window. oh man, we're delivering everything you can think of: plywood, cement. i, i enjoy the breeze on my tongue. well uh, and every weekend, seems like we're headin' down to the lake. we're pullin' a boat or somethin'. i don't know why. i just do. it's not a problem. i don't mind as long as we always stop at chevron and get that techron stuff. my ears flop around too. check it out. [ male announcer ] your car takes care of you, care for it. chevron with techron. care for your car. it's hard work; i need a nap.

i'm catherine kobayashi. asked for continued cooperation from ariva the largest nuclear reactor maker. at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. >>> met with ariva vice president in paris on monday. he expressed gratitude for mokly for providing the -- at the reactors. >> translator: we must review the safety standards and implement best measures to operate them. >> mockly said the industry in europe is facing problems since the problem. if the industry becomes more transparent. he added that ariva hopes to exchange views on aspects of nuclear energy with japan in the future. >>> a majority of the nuclear plants in japan have been halted since the fukushima power plant accident. but not all are against resuming their operations. a mayor in southwestern japan has approved the resumption of two plants. the gankai plant has been given the go ahead after the march disaster. the mayor of gangki town gave the go ahead. two reactors at the plant have been idle since routine checkups were completed in april. >> i

before kobayashi downed 69 hot dogs at the same time in an offsite event.g to sign the contract with the contest's organizer, major league eating. yes, it is an actual league, an actual organization. all i know, who wouldn't want to watch ufc 22,000, the calorie count, kobayashi-chestnut. we want to see it on pay purview. >>> is the market up, down, is it pants on fire? forget the dow. our friends at politifact has a new way to check. the daily average of whether politicians are giving it to you straight. no surprise, it seems we're in for a bear market. politifact bill air is here to reveal the new feature. everything you're doing, you put in and sort of rate -- the statements you're checking more truths than falses. tell me more about it. >> the idea is we have all this data that we've been doing with nine state politifact states and our national site. what's the average? is truth up or down? we came up with a way to calculate the average and assign it an index like the dow, and be able to look at it every day and say is the truth up or down. for instance

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i'm catherine kobayashi. the operator of the crippled fukushima plant is attempting to bring it under control by the number three containment vessel, but a long road is aheadue to the wastewater system. the tokyo electric power company started the injection on thursday evening to prevent a hydrogen explosion. they began at the number one and two reactors, but the work at number three was delayed due to high radiation levels. adding to concerns is the french-made device to recycle radioactive wastewater. it continues to work below capacity. the cooling system is meant to decontaminate wastewater and send it back into the reactors as coolant. the utility plans to turn it back to a utility in august. >> the no entry zone around the meant won't be allowed home until there is a planned shut down. they made the announcement at a committee meading on thursday. >>> i know that evacuees from the no entry zone are eager to return home. it is a sensitive issue, but the appropriate time would be after the completion of a

woofed down 62 hot dogs to win the hot dog- eating championship, compared to the scene that the rival kobayashi put down in 10 minutes to break his record. seven miles across up to. he was not allowed to compete in the coney island eatoff because he refuses to sign a contract with major league eating, so he held his own speed eating display. >> greetings from the court of the capitals on the southwest waterfront. dave feldman joined by the head coach of the washington capitals in the third year and great pro player and doubles champ. and in tap, the first year with the castles, he won it all. good to see you, mark; good to see you. and coming in here to d.c. yeah. >> and how to enjoy the city and how to get the most out of here. >> i remember when you came in, we did that. you're going to play kc tonight, the defending champs and everyone is excited about having venus -- venus williams back. >> and starting it off and starting us off on the right foot and serving bombs and working hard and making that comeback with the sister serena and she's red-hot and on fire and i'm looking for a great game

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that they're in now and track were affected by rain the what weather taking the west all and calmly kobayashi who lost control on his elbow leading to a crash much faster morning run red bull's mark webber the only driver to clock a lap time of on the one minute and forty seven seconds there are easily been mausam in while was the fastest in the afternoon bought his result was still more than three seconds behind the australian it's sunday and silverstone today and qualifying begins at one pm local time. now in cycling spanking mark cavendish claimed his second stage victory within three days of the two of the france on friday that's after winning the incident backed a seventh stage bradley wiggins just one of the several riders involved in crashes sky team lead it picked up a fractured left cola bone in a massive pile up and had to retire from the race age to seize cavendish meanwhile avoided all incidents to capture his seventeenth korea stage win over to the crossing shot the roof now we've been told who shoved retain the overall leader's yellow jersey was the last last flett stage before

got to get kobayashi and chestnut together at some point again, right?ut of his nose by the time -- horrendous. marysol castro. take us away, please. >> yeah, i did have a hot dog yesterday, it was delicious. very salty. >> 60? >> one. half of one. good morning, everyone at home as we take a look at your last check of weather across the lower 48. the west coast is checking up pretty nicely for us t >> thanks so much. that's your latest weather. now over to erica. >> marysol, thanks. this morning prince william and catherine are waking up in canada's northwest territory. not too far from alaska. they got a big welcome last night in yellow knife. fairly tiny town. after a full day in prince edward island. which, of course, thousands of miles to the east. even the rain couldn't dampen everybody's spirits there. joinings us with more cbs news royal contributor victoria arbiter. i guess they're used to a little precipitation where they come from. >> they felt right at home. kate even declined an umbrella at one point, so that's how normal it felt. >> they had

and allen, what about the former champ, kobayashi, where is he? >> exactly.spute with major league eating. he is out of here. he's actually in manhattan eating on his own at 12:00 noon while the competitors are eating here. he'll be eating in manhattan. the problems for joey chestnut is that he won't have kobayashi face-to-face and he's told me he needs to be pushed. he needs that competition. that may be the reason that joey chestnut cannot set a new world record today. let's see if he can. >> you let us know, allen, how that all goes down. thanks, allen. have a couple of dogs for us, too, while you're at it. now, in the contest last year, joey chestnut chowed down 54 hot dogs. he has the all-time record, 68, as allen mentioned. but you have to wonder, okay, what's even inside a hot dog? what are they made from? our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is here to help us pick it all apart. i don't even understand how your body can take all of that, right, when they say 68 dogs. how can that be possible? >> these are tiny people. >> any of these peopl

sessions of the renowned track were affected by rain the what weather taking the west all of calmly kobayashi who lost control of his. to pressure in the much faster morning run red bulls were both the only driver to clock in that time of on the one minute and forty seven seconds there are is for me the most so was the fastest in the afternoon but his result was still more than three seconds behind the australian and it sunday at silverstone today and both flying begins at one pm local time. in cycling spring king mark cavendish claimed his second stage victory within three days of the bronze on friday that's after winning the incident back stage seven bradley wiggins just one of the several riders involved in crashes the strides mainly that picked up a fractured left called the bow in a massive pile up here and had to retire from the race meanwhile h.t. scenes cavendish avoided all incidents to capture his seventeenth korea stage victory in shot through norwegian told the retained the overall leaders yellow jersey and it was the last stage before the race centre's the most sleeps and this we

his main rival, kobayashi, did not compete because of a contract dispute.he staged an unofficial contest in manhattan where he ate 69 hot dogs in the same amount of time. also for the first time ever, there was a separate competition for the women only. and you probably heard of her, sonia "the black widow" thomas, won by scarfing down 40 hot dogs. >> i ate three that i barbecued today, and i'm still feeling full. >> what's your record? mine's two. >> six was my record. but i wasn't doing it for time. >> maybe we should do one tonight here. >> that's crazy. thanks. i want to crush more cars. ♪ i want to sell more tea cups. ♪ i need help selling bread. ♪ i want to sell more crabs. [ male announcer ] you know where you want to take your business. i want to design more buildings. [ male announcer ] in here, small business solutions from at&t can get you there. starting with the at&t all for less package -- just $70 per month, voice plus broadband. it's the at&t network. helping you do what you do... even better.

their in their own track were affected by rain the west weather taking the worst toll and come we kobayashi who lost control. leading to pressure in the marshalls the morning run red bull's mark webber the only driver to clock a lap time of under one minute and forty seven seconds there are is phillipa marcel was the fastest in the afternoon but his result was still more than three seconds behind the australian it's sunday at silverstone today and all the flying begins in just over one hour. now cycling sprint king mark cavendish claim to second stage victory within three days of the two the france on friday that's after winning the incident back seven stage prettily wigan's just one of the several writers involved in crashes the skies he leaves there picking up a fractured left collarbone and a massive pile up and he had to retire from the race to seize cavendish bit while avoiding all incidents to capture his seventeenth career stage victory in shot to the roof norwegian to all who should retain the overall leaders yellow jersey and it was the last flat stage before the race and just the

. >>> chestnut is just 27 entering his dog eating prime, kobayashi was at a separate event, he was 149en he started 158 pounds when he finished. >> you have a personal best in. >> no, not for a while. i think that was, all time record. 26. >> what about yours? >> my personal one, you know, i'm not quite with the big boys right there. i'm probably only in the low teens now. >> all right, all right, jim, thank you so much. >>> stay with us, we'll be right back. ♪ [ woman ] sam begged and pleaded... so i sent him to camp. we'd earned lots of points with our new citi thankyou card... and i put them to good use. he told me about his bunkmates, and how he signs up for every activity. ♪ he even hangs out with the camp director. just like that. [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story? citi can help you write it. >>> tonight we're growing going to leave you with the best of the best from tonight's fireworks in the bay area. you showed us that time lapse. >> yes. >> and all across the country. have a great night. happy independe

sessions were affected by rain at the english track the wet weather taking the worst toll kamui kobayashi lost control of his son but the crash occurred during the morning run which was a much faster affair where red bull's stray unit was the only driver to talk a lot of time on that one minute forty seven seconds for our especially famous i was the fastest in the afternoon his best result was still more than three seconds behind you about. cycling now and sprint king mark cavendish has claimed his second stage victory in three days at the tour de france that's winning stage five on wednesday and the monks missed out also triumph in the sprint finish to stage seven however it was the last stage before the race into the massive central this weekend a few riders crashed with bradley wiggins picking up a suspected crack your collarbone and how to retire now we just talked who's supposed to tame the overall leaders yellow jersey. to boxing now out of slang and alexander povetkin have confirmed their badge for the w.b. a belt will be an effort in germany on august twenty seventh while the belt

i'm katherine kobayashi. >>> japan began restricting electricity consumption on friday under new regulations the government requires major power consumers in eastern japan to reduce peak time usage by 15% from a year earlier. the regulations were prompted by the risk of power shortages this sumner regionser is bifd tokyo electric power company and tohoku electric power company. both utilities suffered severe damage to their power stations in the march disaster. factories and others using 500 kilowatts per hour or more are required to cut their consumption by 15%. the mandatory cuts will affect a total of about 18,500 firms supplied by the two utilities. violators may face fines of up to $12,500. >>> thing of blicker to cuts are in place from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays through september 22nd in the regionser is bifd tokyo electric. for the tokhoku electric service region, cuts will be through september 9th. government is asking smaller-scale electricity users and households to slash their peak consumption by 15% from last year. the mandatory cuts will not apply shelters in the disaster-hit

kobayashi, just sign the deal.nt to see you guys in the ring together. >> no. >> get the two heavyweights together. >> up next, congressman jim clyburn. ♪ ♪ you are my sunshine ♪ my only sunshine ♪ you makes me happy ♪ when skies are grey ♪ you'll never know, dear ♪ how much i love you ♪ please don't take my sunshine away ♪ [ male announcer ] as long as there are babies, they'll be chevy's to bring them home. ♪ they'll be chevy's to bring them home. ...was it something big? ...or something small? ...something old? ...or something new? ...or maybe, just maybe... it's something you haven't seen yet. the 2nd generation of intel core processors. stunning visuals, intelligent performance. this is visibly smart. every day you live with the pain of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis could be another day you're living with joint damage. help stop the damage before it stops you by asking your rheumatologist about humira. for many adult patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis humira has been proven to help

. >>> as we take you to break, a contract dispute kept competitive hot dog eater kobayashi.  >>> using your debit card could net your good deals. first, let's take a look at the market. we have the business beat. good morning, lauren. >> reporter: good morning, wisdom. >> so, yesterday, up and down stocks. they ended in the green and ending in green is a good idea, right? >> reporter: yeah, i think you are the lucky charm on wall street. >> i like the way that sounds. so they ended in the green and they are waiting on this major job report to come out? >> reporter: exactly. we are in the green this morning in the futures market. dow futures up by 30 points. two reports that will give us hints about what the big government report for the month of june will look look like tomorrow. we get pry have the numbers and weekly jobless claims hoping for the numbers to be good to give us confidence that tomorrow's big number will be good as well. there you go, dow up 56. nasdaq up 8 and the s&p higher by a point. >> let's talk about the new thing that i have been reading abo

of course, kobayashi, last year rushed the stage at nathan's.esterday because his contract dispute prevented him from competing. this year, he held a simulcast. breaks the record. the organizers of nathan's are still ongoing. they don't recognize that 69 hdbs. only can we decide with the rise who's the ultimate champion, i guess. >> hdb the mshghe measure of su. pa pablo torr freshgs sports illustrated. >>> this day in history, july 5th, 1946, french designer introduces the bikini at a popular swimming pool in paris. tell you more about it in two minutes. >>> 49 minutes after the hour. good morning. it's tuesday, july 5th this is your a.m. wake-up call. i'm ali velshi. >>> time to go around the world from london. new developments on that capsized boat off the coast of mexico. what do we know? >> yeah, as you know the mexican authorities as well as the u.s. coast guard are still scouring the waters after the baja california peninsula. up to eight people still missing after this tour boat capsized. you broke the story yesterday morning. eight peop

kobayashi of japan. he was banned last year. a bar in manhattan challenging them from afar, from across the river. >> we had the little video mix up there. now we see him being dragged away in the cuffs. that was serious stuff, he charged the stage, created a lot of drama. this is serious business, right? >> indeed, it is. it's actually marketing genius. we'll have the story for you on sunday and monday morning talking about what this has done for nathan's famous, the sponsor. believe it or not, that hot dog sales have nearly doubled over the last seven years. it's mainly because of this incredible contest that not only takes place here in coney island but it actually occurs. there's a qualifying round across the country, so the excitement builds up in local markets all over. the big one though, july 4th, coney island, we'll be there. watch it. >> i got to admit, the first time i went, i went to nathan's and had the dog. >> knnot too many. >> not 70. >>> tough time in pro sports. try telling that to the fans. two leagues in lock

and what jeff happened to kobayashi. who is the shelf life for a competitive eater?you know what happened the last time. and make like football players. >> we'll have to find out. >> the things you ask. >> and -- last night's strong storms move on. >> and how the the workweek shape up? the full forecast is next.  >> if you're keeping track and some are, today is the 149th day of the -- 114th day of the nfl lockout and the nba is in the first week of their work stoppage. and which can survive a prolonged lockout? dave has more on that. >> reporter: you never know what wisdom martin is going to do and we'll go in deeper. what better way than with a debate and we'll do that now in this week's e dig of off the wall. >> welcome, again, to off the wall and you back. you have been gone a long time. >> and that is feels look a year. >> and i have a big question for you. >> okay. >> andy is you're gone, the nfl lockout. and now, another lockout. >> yes. >> and i ask you, sir, which what is the biggest concern? which league can deal with the lockout. >> the nfl will be ok

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chestnut's archrival kobayashi who is banned from the contest because he will not sign an exclusive contestims he put away 69 hot dogs. that was out of competition, it doesn't count. a lot of hot dogs consumed. >>> debt deadline congress has two weeks to reach a deal on the debt ceiling. republicans refuse to consider new taxes kchl a deal be reached here. i'll talk with senator chris coops. >>> today prince william is doing something more on their doing something more on their terms. [ male announcer ] this...is the network -- a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... for greater access to all the things you want, whenever you want them. it's the at&t network... and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. [ male announcer ] introducing mio. a revolutionary water enhancer. add a little...add a lot. for a drink that'

former champ kobayashi competed alone a few miles away. dogs, one more than chestnut's world record because he is not sanctioned. it's not likely that his total will be recognized. >>> while you were taking in a carrottop show this holiday weekend here is what you missed. >> ra fin oh, oh, dancing off the couch, megan ra fin oh, 2-0 usa. wired for sound. world cup goes to brazil... if you're a defender, don t look at marta's feet. you re toast. brilliant goal by the best player in the world to beat norway. the giants have gotten a boost from emmanuel burriss' defense. >>> springstein would be proud. brilliant goal by the best player in the world to beat norway. >>> the giants have gotten a boost from emmanuel burris' defense, he is making these throws from his feet almost every day. the key to playing great defense in center field is getting a good jump. the braves jordan schaefer makes an over the shoulder catch a la willie mays. >> wow. >> sacramento's nick watt me won for the second time. his errant tee shot took a bounce but watney mad

they wouldn't let kobayashi compete. they threw him out because of some reason. >> anyway. >> what happened to our world? >> bill: how many hot dogs, the most hot dogs you have eaten in one sitting. >> 68 but i wasn't entered in the competition. i got a leg that is filled request beef casing! >> bill: i don't know what is happening either, miller. you and i are the only sane people. there are a few tickets remaining for the bold and fresh show. saturday, august 20. our debut performance on sale. also today tickets on sail at mohegan sun in connecticut. saturday, october 29th. last year beck and i sold that place out. it was wild and should be again this year. check all of the live stuff out at bill o'reilly .com. in a moment, body language. the casey anthony trial edition. and then -- why is this attorney giving america the finger? we'll deal with it in pinheads and patri >> bill: back of the book segment. body language. the casey anthony acquittal edition. ms. on they any a and thoughtho the verdict. >> we the jury find

he did it today without arch rival kobayashi who boycotted the coney island event.oey chestnut only 27 years old. just entering his dog eating prime. i think we can look forward to years of hotdog eating prowess. >> i can't imagine. he's done it so many years. nuts how much he eats. >> what exactly is your hotdog eating prime? what age would you say he hit the sweet spot on that? >> i think 27 to 32. >> i'm well out of it by now. >> you'reimprim e. >> absolutely. >>> for a full half hour of bay area sports coverage watch tonight at 10:30. >> we'llb2jpvfytt1a3ndu >>> tonight at 11:00, disaster at sea. new information about some bay area tourists on board a boat that capsized in baja. to want hear from survivors about what went wrong moments before they went under. >>> plus, the one thing on the boat that they are crediting for saving their lives. those stories tonight at 11:00 after the macmacy's fourth of j spectacular. >>> transformers blasting its way to the top of the box office this holiday weekend. pulling in more than $116 million this weekend and then $181 mi