lonnie quinn with a first check of the weather. no costume today, no halloween flare, nothing for you. >> it is so early in the morning. give it time, would you. >> we'll see. we'll see. got my fingers crossed. >> i know he does. we're wet in the west today, northern plains have a big-time chill, and there is yet another hurricane out there. let's take a peek at the satellite imagery, not all that impressive but you see this area of rotating cloud cover, watch it right there, that's hurricane sharry not for anybody except the fish in the lan fick ocean. we'll watch that weaken continuing to push off east, northeast. watch this storm, tropical storm to mass, about 20 miles from barbados really picked up its act overnight with 70-mile-per-hour winds as we speak. once git to 74 another category 1 hurricane and once we get to to mass, we only have two more names left in this hurricane season and have to go to the greek alphabet which we've only done once before, in 2005. that's a quick look at the national picture. here's a closer look

appreciate it. >> you're welcome. >>> for another check of the weather let's join lonnie quinn on the chris, good morning. you referenced the lady gagas, to sort of promote the fun of halloween. here we are, october 9th, tomorrow the 10th, making it october 10th 2010. 10-10-10. this little one right here, you turn 10. honey, what's your name. >> fiona. >> where are you from? >> new jersey. >> you hesitate only because i happened to talk to your mom earlier. you are from tennessee but now live in new jersey, right? 10-10-10. >> and 10 o-10-10, happy tenth, there you go, my dear. let's talk weather. the hot spots and chilly temps, greenvale, mississippi. the best wii, chicago, with sunshine. 80 degrees. high pressure anywhere east of the mississippi river you can barely find a cloud. that's a quick look at one portion of the country. as it gets cool tonight down along portions of the northeast, here's a closer look now at the weather for your weekend. all right, everybody. that's going to do it. texas loves "the early show." go rangers. there you have it. all right, let's get over to re

let's turn back outside lonnie quinn is here this morning. mr.and western star. there we go, guys, a lot of people -- raise your hand from ohio. how many -- unbelievable about this, not one group, you just happened to be here at the same time. your name? >> doug fisher. >> where are you from in ohio. >> actually not from ohio. >> where are you from? >> i'm from brooklyn, new york. >> and mom and dad live in ohio. >> mom and dad live in ft. lauderdale, florida. >> thank you for playing, doug. lit's talk about the weather picture. the hot spts and chilly temps, phoenix a hot 92. the best weather st. louis, missouri, sunny and 78. an exiting storm system around new england, guys, that's about it. beautiful weather for just about everybody. that's a quick look at the national picture. mom and dad, here's a closer look at the weather for your weekend. >> announcer: this weather segment sponsored by sensodyne. >> where are mom and dad from? >> mom is actually from queens, new york. >> it's not my shout out. my shout out tonight -- or today is going out

whit johnson with us, lonnie quinn to my left. we mentioned briefly before west coast fan, san francisco giants. >> born and raised in the san francisco bay area. my home town is going crazy right now wild. >> west coast watching -- san francisco has got to be -- fever pitch right now yamplts, most of my friends have season tickets, they're there, watching the games. and the whole town is going nuts. you know cody ross has been the big hero and everybody calling him koetd ross-eroni, the san francisco freet. the nicknames are coming out. hope three we can make it happen. >> of course on the east coast sadly this is what people will wake up to. we know our viewers down there in the heart of texas loving it. >> i have to say as a minnesota native i'm not at all sad to see the yankees out of there. >> you know what i'm sad on a serious ree ending on a called third strike. >> that's what happens, man, you've got to call sometimes. >> you've got to swing at the ball at the end of the day. >> poetic justice. >> seems so. >> also we want

we head outside to lonnie quinn. >> good morning, everybody.ears up behind him. did you make kickball as a kid? >> no. i rode horses. >> i have kickballplayers here. >> and every one of them is an adult, the adult kickball league. you guys play right here in new york city, right. >> we do, all over manhattan. >> still -- i think the last time i played was probably sixth grade. perhaps i can join you. let's talk some weather because here's how we see. tropical storm richard proemping hon dur was, only six weeks left in the season but only four names left on the season. we have sherry, tomas, virgini and walter. that's it then we go back to the greek alphabet. that's a picture of it making landfall around honduras sometime over the,, >> it is that time for my shout out, a big hello to everyone heading to the circleville pump pin show, where pumpkin power is in full swing. get this, 300,000 come every year for pumpkin pizza? yeah, pumpkin pizza, chili and burger's this we're he's winner came in just over 1,600 pounds. today is the last day but if

. >>> lonnie quinn is off today but with us is jackie with a first look at the weather. welcome. >> very good morning. i like your red dress. it makes me think of the red-hot heat we'll talk about in the desert southwest. not here but first a look at your big weather makers, your weather headlines, what we are looking at finally drying out on the east coast, the system that brought over 20 inches of rain to the carolinas, autumn chill folt northern plains, still summer out west. why? this big ridge of high pressure, absolutely beautiful and consequently are going to see temperatures in the southwest between the 80s and the 90s. we might even hit some triple digits. so flagstaff, down through albuquerque, watch out for that sun, make sure that you have your sunscreen with you and it's all about flip-flops and tank tops. that's a look at your national weather. here is your weekend forecast. all right. that is a look at your national weather. chris and rebecca, a better hair day in the northeast because it is dry. >> thank you. >> we'll take that, along with the chill. >> o

. >>> lonnie quinn is off today all right. that is a look at your national weather. chris and rebecca, a better hair day in the northeast because it is dry. >> thank you. >> we'll take that, along with the chill. >> oh, yeah. thank you. coming up we'll talk about the rutgers story tyler clementi, the young freshman who committed suicide there. we'll speak with former new jersey governor mcgreevey when we come back. >> plus we'll talk about nasal sprays actually said to make men nicer. we'll have the release of a new study when we come back. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. ,,,,,,,,,, ja friday both prosecution and defense delivered closing arguments in the connecticut home invasion case. steve hayes is currently on trial one of the two men accused of killing jennifer hawke-petit and her daughters. beth car ris, former prosecutor anchors dent for "in session" not former, excuse me, has followed the case for us. beth, how are you. good morning. >> good morning. >> what happened during closing arguments? >> the prosecution laid out the timeline of what happened,