yeah. >> lonnie is standing by in long beach, new york. lonnie, doing a great job of covering this. only for us here on "the early show" but for the new york affiliate, wcbs. what is it like to cover it? what is it compared to other heat waves? >> this is an historic year. look at the things taking place between tornadoes -- the tornado outbreaks in the midwest. this is a heat wave of historical proportions. i'd never seen stuff like this before. actually, nobody watching right now has ever seen heat like this before around newark, new jersey yesterday, 108 degrees. they never hit that type of temperature before. that goes back to temperature records kept going back to the late 1800s. this is unheard of stuff. it's coupled with bigtime activity that makes it feel worse. >> 103 in central park? >> new york city hit 104, the second hottest temperature in the history of keeping temperatures in central park. once before we hit 106 degrees. >> not just in new york. how many states are feeling this? it's a record number. >> 28 states right now are under some kind of a heat alert or heat a

lonny and you. >> all of our information we share with our partners. so, another example as a university, we are able to do indepth study on homicides. many of you have already heard the results. we were able to come up with the data 58 percent of happens within a small radius. there are tiny pockets. if we can target as the chief said. they are the same folks shooting each other. if we can target them and have community and law enforcement we can make a difference. >> chief, any plan on expanding that in a way that david was speaking just now? >> i think that's a direction we would like to take. i like the notion of making better use of the schools and having schools stay open later and having the schools as a reporting centers. and having the probation officers at these centers. we don't have to call the kids in. they will come in naturally. that's the goal we see. i ran this 20 years ago and called in kids on intensive probation in chicago. and we would call them in on saturday. have an exam. have programs where the kids would perform. a >> would co

russ over to you. >> lonnie, it's all good.ce. >>> if you're having trouble keeping couple this summer it could be because you're eating the wrong food. here with what to eat to beat the heat is cynthia sash with the best ceiling book "cinch." >> thanks for having me back. >> how much fluid should we have every day this time of the year? >> according to the institute of medicine women need 11 eight ounce cups a day and men need 15 but some of that can come from food. >> some of these foods surprise me. we can avoid heat stroke by eating some of these things. >> preventing dehydration is the key. >> i had no idea bananas had so much water. >> you don't think of these as being watery but 74% of what you're biting into is fluid. medium banana three ounces so almost half a cup. >> chick peas, a lot of water in chick peas. >> we eat more cold foods in the summertime, you can put them on a salad or hummus with veggies. >> is sodium a concern? >> if you're buying canned chick peas, rinse them under the sink for a minute, you wash away

time to head outside for another check of the weather with lonnie. >> good morning to you.""the early show," all because great american cookies teamed up with the yellow ribbon fund to help injured servicemen and women around our country. two bucks from every big giant cookie helps the cause. let's talk weather. here are my headlines, tanning at the texas beach, air temperature 98 degrees. swimming at the texas beach, water temperature 88 degrees, there is no relief in sight. temperatures will not be changing throughout the holiday weekend, 96 san antonio, 99 dallas, 98 port arthur, at the beach you dive into the water for relief, take a bar of soap, 88 degrees, almost 90 degrees in the water, not a lot of rain anywhere across this fine country of ours. that's a look at the national picture. here's a closer look at the weather for your weekend. >>> this weather segment sponsored by prudential, bring your challenges. >> all right, it is time now for my holiday shout out this morning, it's the amazing macy's fourth of july fireworks that gets the shout out, right here in new

louis cardinals of course. >> lonnie?ston college, the no name hat now, i probably would grab a boston hat. >> would you dare wear it in new york city? >> no! i understand how the rules are. >> twins or cubs? >> i'm so split but i think the twins, i went to the games as a kid with my dad and grandfather, all the games we lived so close to the metrodomes. betty? >> long hohorns all the way. hook 'em horns. >> talking baseball caps, i can't help but segue into derek jeter thing. there's a player everybody loves and to see him possibly get the 3,000 hit thing, no yankee has ever got it. last night it got rained out. two hits away. two hits away, first yankee to ever do it. >> no teams necessary, the best team for everyone, pats coming up soon. ,,,, i know you're worried about making your savings last and having enough income when you retire. that's why i'm here -- to help come up with a plan and get you on the right path. i have more than a thousand fidelity experts working with me so that i can work one-on-one with you. it'

first over to lonnie quinn for our final check of the weather. >> what kind of cobbler was that?ma made me apple crisp or bluebally cobberry cobbler. i have the authorities on that. weather headline, read it for yourself. tropical storm don fizzled, never amounted to the storm it could have been in terms of bringing the rain. only brought a half inch to portions of texas. some areas picked up an inch but nothing like what we needed. destructive storms are exiting the northeast today. now up around places like care beau, maine. will be gone by late in the day and the northeast a beautiful day today and great looking weekend. ten states with heat alerts, missouri, oklahoma, arkansas, texas, over to north carolina down to georgia, temperature readings 95 to 105 degrees so the hottest spot in the country today, petrolia, texas, 103 and coldest spot, coram, montana. portland, oregon, sunny. there's the exiting storm around the northeast. northern maine going to deal with a little bit of rain to start off. all of the eastern seaboard today and out west a pretty good situation along the

lonnie king was his name. >> yeah. >> and you did what he said.er] i did what he said and we called a meeting and our numbers grew and grew and grew and grew. >> yeah. >> and in about two weeks we had our first sit-ins in atlanta. >> had it occurred to you before that point to be politi. you know, "political" in your orientation? >> no. no. i had no thought of myself doing this. i had, i had been inspired by the nine kids who integrated central high school in little rock. >> right. >> and i had asked myself could i do what they did.. >> mm-hmm. >> .if ever the chance came my way. >> yeah. >> well, the chance didn't come my way and i didn't make the chance for myself until i was challenged to do this by lonnie king, and i took the challenge. >> yeah. you, so you were a college student and then a young adult at the time of dr. king and at the time of malcolm x. >> mm-hmm. dr. king taught me. >> he did? >> yes. >> so talk about dr. king. you're one of the only people i could be sitting across from who knew dr. king. >> i'm one of.i'm one of eight peo

lonnie hancock says we're not tough on crime, we're tough on the taxpayer.hile police forces are being cut, the death penalty costs us $150 million a year. help support sb 490. join the debate, nbceditorials.com. >>> tonight on "sports sunday," the stars are out at giants homes games, while cameras capture it all. we go inside the making of the reality show "the franchise" with the show's producers. and chat with the man who termed the coin torture. broadcaster duane kiper. what is his term for this year? we know it was named after the giants, not a player, but a team. meet the 1-year-old at her very first ball game. and check out the brand spanking new football 12. we tackle it all, and bring the boom. it's showtime. >> good evening. i'm laurence scott. we're into the second month of a new format here on "sports sunday" with a focus on conversations and feature stories about our bay area sports scene. we're going beyond sound bites to bring you complete thoughts and the reception has been great. thank you, again, for the kind words. the reception tomorrow a

it's authored by lonnie hancock of oakland. she contends the death penalty doesn't deter crime and says it contributes to the state's financial problems. the state has had only 13 execution since the death penalty was reinstated 33 years ago. >>> the coast guard is more aircraft to help search for the missing northern california fish american in mexico. coast guard c-130 crews scheduled to fly out of sacramento a half hour from now. the mexican navy is coordinating the search-and- rescue effort. it did ask for the coast guard to send this help. the c-130 has searched hundreds of square miles over the last few days. the mexican navy helped rescue dozens of survivors after the fishing boat named erik a single off baja california sunday morning. some of the survivors are back home in the bay area. they helped pressure mexican official to extend the search effort beyond the normal 96 hours. >> i was in the water for 16 hours. and i was okay. so given that it's maybe the third day, you know, there is still some hope. >> my staff and

lonnie chisseled that home run. first major league home run. derek jeter rips one to write. 2997. he is three shy of 3000. roger goodell and demaurice smith rejoin talks. a question of when a deal would get done. hopefully by this weekend or next. >> to live. 6:27. 72 degrees on tv hill. >> police looking for a suspect after a man with a shotgun at disrupted activity on the b-w parkway yesterday. details are next. >> a debt showdown at the white house today. will either side give? if i were a customer, i'd like nonstop travel because it's quicker. because it's convenient. it's just the best way to go. keeps the cost down. [ male announcer ] southwest airlines has added new nonstop flights from bwi airport to south carolina. it means more time doing the things i want to do. it's easy. it's hassle-free. there's no headaches. [ male announcer ] fly southwest airlines' new nonstops from bwi airport to greenville-spartanburg and charleston, south carolina. i like nonstop travel because... you don't got any more stuff. [ laughter ] [ ding ] >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv

reporter: california's death row system is the most expensive in the country, according to senator lonnieck, who wrote a bill to replace the death penalty with life in prison. >> the death penalty is not swift and certain punishment. >> reporter: since voters passed it in 1978, 13 inmates have been executed according to hancock, 18 committed suicide, 55 died of natural causes, and 714 remain on death row costing taxpayers $184 million each year. but the price tag is an insulting argument for death penalty supporters especially for grieving relatives waiting for justice like the brother of this person. he tells cbs13 if they want to overturn it, that's fine. they can go through the legal channels. but for the people on death row, they should not get a free pass. what justice do i have? i have none. >> reporter: with a 5-2 vote along party lines, the assembly public safety committee passed this bill onto the legislature. if it's approved it could be before voters next year. in sacramento, koula gianulias, cbs 5. >> a mexican man has been put to death by the state of texas for the rape and m

lonnie hancock, when i talk to her about it, she was saying this is about money. everyone is talking money. the state's budget woes became a moral issue. keep in mind, the entire prison system is under review. when the federal government says you've got to give medical care practically equal to what you give a congressman in order to comply with constitutional rules when a federal government outlines all the other things and you look at the numbers of how much we spend it, when a state you got to get rid of 40,000 people under your control in the prison system out of our $35,000 per year per person, all of those are numbers i think that are going to be relatively persuasive on the voters. i do see the death penalty issue being a liability to either one of the two. by the way, they would prefer for it to be in a nonreelection year. >> and i think you are going to see that. the idea would be to put it on when you don't have a whole lot of state racists gone. it's interesting to know, as this debate goes on, the governor has already signaled where he's going. we cann

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. >> my name is lonnie. >> nice to see you. spencer nice to see you. where are you from? >> i'm from -- >> you're the president you can be first. is in front north new jersey. i go to -- >> i was born newark, new jersey, but a long time ago. >> i'm from ohio close to lima about 70 miles from columbus. >> what's the name of the town aljer. one of my kids went to kennon and i just got back to toledo about the peace of the union there and in terms of teacher evaluation, yeah, where are you from is there >> i'm from new jersey, it's right on the shore. >> so you know -- you're convinced you're going to be teachers. >> yes. >> convinced, why? why. >> submitted influence with my teachers coming from the urban life i want to be an influence in other lives. >> well, you know, you're smart. you're going to be able to make a lot more money doing something else. >> for me it's not about the money. it's for the children. >> i'm going to talk a little bit about how i think schools have to change because the world has changed so dramatically. how about sunny >> that becoming a teaching

the public safety committee will consider the bill authored by the state senator lonnie hancock out ofland. she says capital punishment doesn't deter crime and says the expensive legal process contributes to the state's financial problems. there are only 13 killings since it was reinstated 33 years ago. >>> president obama and congressional leaders are going to try to sit down today and find common ground on dealing with the federal deficit problem. republicans and democrats are showing signs of compromise on issues including the debt limit. house majority leader eric cantor says he is open to closing some tax loopholes. republicans have rejected tax increases. >>> time now 5:12. the search intensifies for the seven missing fishermen off the baja coast. we have a live report from sacramento where another coast guard aircraft is just taking off. >> plus, it is a chilling plot to slip bombs through airport security. >>> if you are traveling today, we are cleared for take-off. sfo looking at about 70 degrees as you make your way across the country. we are going to see a few clouds as you

the bill written by state senator lonnie hancock would convert death sentences to life in prison without parole. more than 700 inmates are on california's death row now but only 13 have been put to death since 1978. senator hancock says more than $4 billion of the taxpayers money has been spent on legal fighting over the death penalty. >>> a judge in marin county is expected to rule tomorrow on accused serial killer josef naso's latest legal request. naso says his case is far more complicated than he first thought and now needs legal help to defend himself against four murder charges. earlier he told the judge he wanted to save money and could act as his own attorney. the former freelance photographer has more than $1 million in assets. >>> time now 5:05. police trying to determine what caused the death of a woman whose body was found at a west oakland hotel. the police were call today this hotel on 28th street yesterday morning. the woman's boyfriend reported her death and has been detained for questioning. police say the woman's body had signs of trauma. they're treating this case as a

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i just finished lonnie johnson's book on europe.about the springtime it revolutions of 1848, and i see a lot of things coinciding in the middle east with this. one of the things that i worry about, they say the various promoters have changed the education of the masses and the violence that accompanied the growth of the constitutional government into the arms of reactionaries. my question to you is we are going -- are we going to stand with the people, as far as promoting rights, or do you think we will fall into supporting whatever regime comes into being at the cost of the people as long as it provides stability? thank you. guest: this has been a dilemma in the history of american foreign policy, not just in the middle east but throughout the world. unfortunately, the policy has more often been, until recently, that we support regimes that are friendly to american interests regardless of what that regime's human-rights records are. the famous line, "he might be an ours."but he's that is a great alienate people across the world esp

maybe the boyfriend's lonny. i guess we'll see as that develops. and then she lied on her tax returns and several other issues, as well. >> prosecutors don't believe she would hold up well under cross-examination. what about the dna evidence that the prosecution was relying so heavily on early on in this investigation? >> well, you know, that's a great question. because the dna evidence is still there. and as bad as things look for her, for the complaining witness, strauss-kahn doesn't return to france as some kind f of, you know, an angel. there's clear forensic evidence to indicate that he had sex with her in that hotel room. and as a result of the forensics examinations that were done. so the only issue is whether it was forcible sex or consensual sex. i think in the end you'll probably, or a jury would probably conclude that it was not criminal, but that's not to say it was right. >> all right. paul cowan, thanks so much. we appreciate it. >> nice to be with you, amy. >> and now here's carl. >> amy, thanks. this is a big weekend in the trial of

i just finished lonnie johnson's book on europe.talks about the springtime it revolutions of 1848, and i see a lot of things coinciding in the middle east with this. one of the things that i worry about, they say the various promoters have changed the education of the masses and the violence that accompanied the growth of the constitutional government into the arms of reactionaries. my question to you is we are going -- are we going to stand with the people, as far as promoting rights, or do you think we will fall into supporting whatever regime comes into being at the cost of the people as long as it provides stability? thank you. guest: this has been a dilemma in the history of american foreign policy, not just in the middle east but throughout the world. unfortunately, the policy has more often been, until recently, that we support regimes that are friendly to american interests regardless of what that regime's human-rights records are. the famous line, "he might be an ours."but he's that is a great alienate people across the wor