we had record heat, medford tied the record at 95, look at that, how warm was that. we also saw temperatures in the desert southwest, very warm, 103 in phoenix and 97 in vegas. the warmth is continuing but ever so slowly. some of the warmth will push more to the intermountain west and cool it off, essentially coastal areas, a cut off low will be moving onshore. starting your morning don't really need the jacket. you go outside with your shirts on. 75 in vegas and 57 in seattle, a light sweater up there in the northwest. as far as what we're dealing with the cut off low, you can barely see it here. gray clouds off the coast lingering, adding a little moisture up towards the medford area, southern portions of oregon, northern california. that's really the only spot that has added just a slight chance of showers, maybe a thunderstorm during the day today. everybody else looks dry. high pressure in control and warm, if not hot, once again in the desert southwest. 104 today in phoenix, so there's an excessive heat watch, one of the first early season heats, takes your bod

another day in the 80s for new medford. should be enjoyable in l.a. to vegas. enjoy a nice stretch of weather diego. tahoe, beautiful, near 70. this is probably the best spring day yet in the west. >> thanks. >>> coming up, bailout profit for uncle sam. no government deficit in april. and lady gaga's tea cup worth more than it's weight in gold. your early morning headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, the legal tug-of-war between the one time supermodel and playboy billionaire is finally over. >>> coming up, a clean sweep for the spurs. the coyotes make history. and a home run that will have you seeing double. you're watching "early today." an >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry and here are some of your top headlines this morning. in a stunning move, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has brokered a deal for a new coalition with a party in parliament canceling the elections set for september and guaranteeing the survival of his government. >>> in the corruption trial of former presidential candidate john edwards one witn

the northwest warms up, 74 in portland, 83 in medford. so, it looks like we're heading in the right direction. if you're watching us on kttu tv channel 2 in alaska, explore e water water everywhere at the class museum of history. >> bill. thank you very much. here's an early look at headlines in entertainment. >>> john travolta's legal team may be scoffing at two lawsuits charging unlawful sexual advances but more trouble may be on the way. the lawyer bringing the suits claims many more men have come forward and there could be more accusations soon. stay tuned. >>> hugh hefner offered rihanna more than a million dollars to pose without clothes in "playboy." >>> britney spears as a judge is a done deal on the "x-factor" is done for $15 million. >>> sophia vergara split up with her boyfriend of two years. >>> kim kardashian missed the monday night met gala, basically the oscars of fashion, bill, reportedly because vogue editor anna wintour thinks she's tastily and tacky. >> that's her? >> that's anna wintour, you're the only person who does

most areas are going to be dry. 70 in medford and san francisco at 63 and still very hot in the desert but tomorrow we will cool off and looks like more refreshing air for vegas. instead of 100, 90. if you're watching us on khnl see fascinating fabric works of heart to the lost hawaiian kingdom at regal and royal hawaiian quilts. that is your event of the day. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> an early look at today's hollywood news and entertainment. >>> jennifer lopez now find herself at the height of her powers. she tops this year's "forbes" celebrity list. $152 million in earnings. only she beat out oprah in second. 18-year-old beibs took third. lady gaga fell to fifth. >>> else where the cannes film festival opened with a star-studded red carpet mobbed by paparazzi while the dictator isn't in the competition it didn't stop sasha baron cohen from a publici lilicity stunt. he almost fell off, but he saved his dignity there, kind of. >>> in london for the premiere of "man in black 3" shot some hoops and, yeah, over the hurdles. tentative try at the hurdles and triple jump. but he looked l

. >> one twister was spotted in the town of medford, where they saw large hail and downpours. no reports of injuries just yet. earlier in the day, that same system triggered flooding that surrounded homes, washed out roads and forced families to evacuate. >>> as for today's severe weather, expect hail, gusty winds and tornadoes around minneapolis, des moines, omaha and wichita. heavy rain from louisville to indianapolis and chicago. morning showers from new england to the carolinas. thunderstorms in south florida. mountain snow from wyoming to montana. showers in the colorado rockies and pacific northwest. >> 54 in seattle. 67 in salt lake city. 93 in phoenix. mostly 70s from fargo to indianapolis. 71 here in the big apple. heating up in the south. 80s from atlanta to dallas. >>> coming up, an airline getting into the oil industry. >> very interesting move by delta. >>> plus, news about housing across the country. why so few owners these days. your business news is coming up next. >>> also, the heartbreaking 911 call, following the murder of singer jennifer hudson's family. pa

and 45 in medford. here's the next storm system. here's the west coast. the high pressure moves out. this is the next storm. s there a good slug of moisture. when you see these get strung out from west to east, that means wherever the moisture feed comes onshore, it won't move much. it will be in central oregon, eventually drifting down to california. this isn't a huge storm system but you'll pick up probably about an inch of rain, maybe two at most, some is of the higher elevations of the cascades. that's where the target will be for the wet weather. most of that is late today, most of us will see a dry day. a little cool on what's coming into the summer months, you'll take a day around the upper 80s, low 90s. >>> not too bad, just a little rainy day tomorrow morning especially. >> good to know. thanks so much. >>> the dow bounces back. news corp. strikes back and why even a losing lottery ticket is worth holding on to. your early morning business headlines is straight ahead. >>> plus, jessica simpson takes on a role of a lifetime. >>> coming up, the six

some of the heat snuck up to medford but that's a thing of the past. seattle only 58 yesterday, you're 55 this morning, cloudy, there's showers around, and the cold front is about to move throughp this is an unseasonably strong cold front for this time of year. this is going to blow through today, we're going to see windy conditions with it with areas of rain and then not going to deal with flooding concerns but on the coastal areas of oregon to washington, half inch to inch of rainfall and then snow levels will drop enough later tonight that in the high mountain areas above 4,000 feet in the cascades we could get snow this evening. the rain associated with the front will move onshore as we go throughout your morning, even showers well out ahead back by spokane. as far as the forecast goes today, that chance of rain on and off really from about northern california up through the northwest, we're hot in the desert areas and l.a., san francisco, and everyone in between, kind of stuck in the middle with typical onshore flow cool weather. that's a yuma, co

the system is to the north ebay the way -- by the way, medford hit 95.e of it which is just incredibly hot for them. especially for medford. so early in the season. now 2 will be much, much cool he. it's already influenced us. a few light showers. mostly cloudy will give way to partly sunny, breezy conditions but not very warm. 50s and 60s on the temperatures. closer proximity but between down to morgan hill. fremont, redwood city, los gatos. and a cool day on the coast with a lot of gray. chilly morning tuesday but and the cool down continues. it's out of here on friday. it looks good with more sun by the weekend. >>> 8:a 8. mayor -- 8:08 mayor quan's breakfast with leaders. >>> and tomorrow, a big deadline. really? stealing your roommate's laundry money? i'm starving and i only have a few bucks. that's all you need. i just added four new things to my value menu. try my new chicken nuggets, jr jack, value fries and drink. and right now get them all together for only $3.99. it's called jack's value deal. hey, isn't there suptosed beheanoty?r gu i'll be r

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in madera, california, medford, oregon, 20% increases in prices are expected.u want to go to see the full list. a lot it happening because those places got hammered during the recession. places like madera fell 300% below their peak. a home worth $500,000 sold recently for half of that. the fact for madera and the whole housing sector itself, you can't recover until you find that bottom. the hope is that we're at that or near that at this point. >> alison kosik, thank you. >>> a california man under arrest after police use forensic evidence to link him to the disappearance of 15-year-old sierra lamar. believed to have left home and walked to her school bus stop but she never got there. likely the victim of an abduction. police now are giving, still, few details about this arrest. >> the discovery of sierra's cell phone, her clothing, what she wore that day and her personal belongings have contributed to our belief that sierra is the victim of murder. >> joining me now live from san jose, cnn affiliate ktvu reporter and tara, tell me about this arrest. what do w

just outside of medford, oklahoma.ower was knocked out to hundreds of homes, but no injuries were reported. >>> meanwhile, this morning's rain clouds have moved on. and the sun is on full display in our area. take a live look at what has turned into a pretty warm spring day. wjz is live with the numbers. bob is here now with the updated numbers. >> reporter: we tracked some rain. less than a tenth of an inch most areas. still activity to the west of us. there's a chance tomorrow, yes, we'll get more showers in the area. we certainly need them. we'll talk about the rain deficit still going on. some stuff in the kentucky area, portions of indiana will move into our region. so we do think we'll see at least some shower activity. but look how warm it got this afternoon. sun came out. and temperatures jumped. 81 in cumberland. we're at 82 now. down at the beach, 79 degrees. these temperatures right now are running. look at this. 23 degrees warmer in elkton. 21 warmer than yesterday at this time. and looks like tomorrow, a s

this is on track, a meth rehabilitation center in medford, oregon. when we filmed back in 2005, 20 women were living here along with their young children. >> don't get impatient with yourself. recovery from this drug is going to take years. and then for the rest of your life you'll have to manage this every day of getting up and saying, "today i'm not going to use." but i want you to know that the chemical reasons for this are real. and the depression, the anxiety, the feelings that you feel are a normal part of the recovery from this drug. >> narrator: when the purity of the meth on the street falls, not only do fewer first-time users become addicted, but those who are addicted find it easier to get clean. and that gives places like on track and it's director a chance. in early 1996, meth purity was the lowest it had been in years. the indian connection was broken and congress had finally given the d.e.a. the power to regulate the ephedrine in cold medicine. but there was a catch. the pharmaceutical industry was willing to compromise on ephedrine as

. >> wait until you see the heat coming your way, seattle, portland, medford coming your way today. >>> wait until you see this. pudsy the dancing dog. he had all the eight moves over the weekend. now he's headed for hollywood. nick watt met with him and is in london this morning. good morning, nick. >> reporter: good morning, george. the people of britain have just voted a dog more talented than all the human contestants on "britain's got talent." i don't know what they means. let's leave it there. this little fur ball with the fancy feet won 800,000 bucks. he mates simkes simon wait for audience. do what you're told. 17-year-old ashley does the talking for him. do you think he's going change, as a dog? >> i think he's starting to be a little bit more diva, definitely. >> reporter: yep, filet first class. >> do you think your dog and you could win an oscar? >> yes. >> reporter: if the year when the artist swept the oscars with uggie the star, dogs are in. are you on this afternoon's flight to los angeles or tomorrow? >> um -- there's been so much in the newspapers about going to holl

cameron is down on the deck where passengers medford's the and after dinner when the orchestra played. they had drinks there in this beautiful room with the ceiling. the plant is all around. of course james cameron go right down and. some of these pillars still standing. similar, you can see the face scale pattern on them. the light fixture, lots of glass. and other pages of the book. you can see planters' still standing. the stained-glass windows. it was a very eerie sensation. well, years past. we did more books. and then i have always been a writer. ready full-time. i had written about a dozen children's books. ellis love the painting of a man named john singer sargent to all of you know because he did those murals up on the top floor. he is a fixture. from here originally. and always loved the work. i have always wondered about this very popular painting of the tuberose and the victorian garden. were the real? i thought someday when i have the time of like to research that. so i went and research the painting. of course the first thing that i learned, i went up to the village of b

stella on twitter writes -- and from medford, oregon, liz, a democrat. you are on it. sorry, we have to move along. next is a call from ohio, john,. and independents caller: the american dream is just a dream. i will tell you, i don't have any rights. they fired me in 2005 and it was not justified. the thing about it, they fired me the next day. i that injured on the job on the 15th and they fired. me the next fired is that? the american that they have not called me that -- they fired me the next day. is that the american dream? host: the national mall is getting a $700 million redesign. a lincoln theatre will be added. the national mall would stretch from the lincoln memorial to the u.s. capitol and will be transformed from trampled grass to a grand urban park with spectacular gardens, skating rink, and theater. former first lady laura bush, the honorary chairman of the fund-raising campaign said that she often wore sunglasses and a baseball cap for an anonymous early morning stroll through the mall during her white house atrs and they're looking innovative designs fo

out west, medford, oregon, 12 degrees above normal. six in fresno.2 in vegas. record highs in the southwest. and then the rest of the country, it's going to be hot in the southeast. temperatures in the 90s there. 50s and 60s as you get your way up into the upper mississippi rive >> we will have a much less humid air west but it will be warm and highs will be >>> and that's your latest weather. ann? >> all right, al, thank you so much. >>> coming up next, a walk on the wild side with animal planet's turtle man who uses his bare hands to catch dangerous creatures. we're going to meet him and a few of his friends right after this. pull on those gardening gloves. and let's see how colorful an afternoon can be. with the home depot certified advice to help us expand our palette... ...and prices that keep our budgets firmly rooted... ...we can mix the right soil with the right ideas. ...and bring even more color to any garden. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. right now, ortho home defense max is just $4.88. [ female announcer ] n

out west, gorgeous, 81 in medford, oregon, today with plenty of sunshine. today in the northeast on up into new england. >>> well, it's cool and cloudy at the coast, but we're completely clear inland to start. good morning, i'm meteorologist christina loren. highs today in the low 80s and upper 70s for the most part. concord today, 79 degrees, 82 in livermore. around 80 degrees in san jose, i'm forecasting a high in san francisco at 69 degrees. wednesday into thursday, things do start to change. we're going to climb to 83 degrees inland tomorrow. then we'll get more clouds and cooler weather tuesday through friday. temperatures tumbling. >> that's your latest weather. matt? >> all right, al, thanks very much. coming up next, a man who says he spent his life savings fighting his ex-girlfriend for custody of their dog. a fight that's far from over. we're going to talk to him exclusively right after these messages. the shops concept encompases a lot of newness. doing project with different stores is a really cool idea. we want to bring a little piece of the bo

out west, gorgeous, 81 in medford, oregon, with plenty of sunshine.in later today in the northeast on up into new england. that's what's going on around the country, here's what's going on in your neck of the woods. >>> good morning, a little sunshine, shenandoah valley now, but around washington, clouds, a little light rain lingering. across the bay, eastern shore, the areas in yellow and orange, moderate to heavy downpours with thunder and lightning. around the metro, much of the rain has ended temporarily. probably get more later this afternoon and evening, maybe with thunder and lightning. highs in the upper 70s, sun back tomorrow, up near 80. a delightful pattern after that, thursday into the weekend. >> that's your latest weather. matt? >> all right, al, thanks very much. coming up next, a man who says he spent his life savings fighting his ex-girlfriend for custody of their dog. a fight that's far from over. we're going to talk to him exclusively right after these messages. the shops concept encompases a lot of newness. doing project with diffe

out west, gorgeous, 81 in medford, oregon, today with plenty of sunshine. later today in the northeast on up into new england. >> good morning. this will be awet start with off and on showers -- disobey a wer >> that's your latest weather. matt? >> all right, al, thanks very much. coming up next, a man who says he spent his life savings fighting his ex-girlfriend for custody of their dog. a fight that's far from over. we're going to talk to him exclusively right after these messages. the shops concept encompases a lot of newness. doing project with different stores is a really cool idea. we want to bring a little piece of the boutique experience to target. a real taste of luxury. it's pretty special for us to imagine this little nook of polka dog will be in target stores all around the country. the shops we fell in love with, collected and curated for you. exclusively at target. with the red, white, and blue. ocean spray cranberry, white cranberry, and blueberry juice cocktails. [ coughs ] okay, i believe this one is yours? [ clears throat ] you know that c

medford, oregon, 22% increase expected there as well. go to cnn money for a full list.ra, say you had a home for $375,000 five years ago it recently sold for $127,000. so what happened is madeira found a bottom. it can't recover until a bottom is hit and that may be happening. >> that was such a question, where is that darn bottom, especially for the people in florida, arizona, and nevada. this r those the three that suffered the sfwhors. >> they really did. those are some of the areas that suffered the worst. if you look at the broader market, you're not seeing the the 20% gain for the broader market. but on the bright side, there is improvement the broder market. there was a report today about existing home sales showing they hit a two-year high in frill. we look at this report because it is one of the most important housing reports because home resales account for about 90% of the overall market. more good news, home prices overall are inching their way up, too. what it really shows is that the recovery is taking hold, housing is finding its footing. no doubt about i

heat coming your way, seattle, >> wait until you see the heat coming your way, seattle, portland, medford coming your during the day today. robin, george, josh. >>> wait until you see this. pudsey the dancing dog. don't go anywhere right now. he had all the right moves over the weekend. now he's headed for hollywood. abc's nick watt had a chance to meet with pudsey and is london this morning. good morning, nick. >> reporter: good morning, george. the people of britain have just voted a dog more talented than all the human contestants on "britain's got talent." i don't know what that means. so let's just leave it there. ♪ >> reporter: this little furball with the fancy feet just won 800 800,000 bucks. he's so hot right now, he made simon cowell wait for an audience. come on. pudsey, do what you're told. 17-year-old ashley does the talking for him. do you think he's going to change, as a dog? >> i think he's starting to be a little bit more diva, definitely. >> reporter: yep, filet mignon first class and doggy guards. >> do you think your dog and you could win an oscar? >> yes. >> reporter:

host: from "the washington post's" -- medford, new jersey, in japan and caller, hello. caller: how're you this morning? i have -- a lot of the points i wanted to address have been addressed. it is fair game to bring up his past. if he is using that as part of his experience. the duplicity of the president' who can ask other rih people for money or in the same business as bain seems to be ok but it is a negative if your his opponent. but that doesn't make any sense. bain tagore like many investment companies -- the takeover sick companies. all the employees would lose their jobs. if you think about it, the federal government acted as an investment house when they took over general motors. they put in a lot of money and they came out of bankruptcy. they care a whit less employees which is it a different pay scales. thank, god it seems to be working. >> just click on and on twitter. for a different perspective, the op-ed page of "the wall street journal." saginaw, mich., democrats line, what do you think? caller: i want to really believe that being honest in this discussio

on the right, how much above your average you are today. 95 degrees in oregon, extremely warm -- m medfordrior sections, later on we'll see the rain move on in and temps looking good. down to the southeast, heavy rain across areas of georgia, the carolinas, into tennessee, kentucky, spreading in towards ohio later on today into florida as well. and also, we'll see a few showers across parts of eastern new mexico and west texas. some of those could be a lil' caesar's, maybe a little bit of hail and some wind. temps-wise across texas looking good. the northern plains a very nice day, tons of sunshine including around madison, wisconsin, megan and mary ellen are from, nice day, temps looking great as well and across the west, talking just about heat, all the way up and down and in fact our first heat advisories in effect down across areas of southern california and, arizona, along the river basin, and heat, it will become summer. >> alisyn: great to see you as a young man. >> dave: do you still have the sweater. >> alisyn: he turned it into a sock. >> dave: nice pair of argyles? a good lookin

milder than normal in the southeast and out west, medford, oregon, 12 degrees above normal. 6 in fresnovegas. rest of the country, it's going to be hot in the southeast. temperatures in the 90s there. 50s and 60s as you get up into the upper mississippi river valley. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >>> good morning, beautiful thursday under way. tom kierein in storm center 4. low humidity in place, and lots of sun. we're in the 60s, most of the region. reagan national is at 70. later today, climbing to the low to mid 80s with low humidity and plenty of sunshine. you'll need sunscreen this afternoon. tomorrow, clouds close in and highs reaching low 80s early to mid afternoon. late afternoon into evening is when we have the likelihood of strong thunderstorms coming through, perhaps with damaging winds, maybe a lingering shower saturday morning a >>> and that's your latest weather. ann? >> all right, al, thank you so much. >>> coming up next, a walk on the wild side with animal planet's turtle man who uses his bare hands to catch dangerous creatures. we're going to meet

medford, oregon, 59 with showers. l.a. looking nice with plenty of sunshine. phoenix, 97. denver looking good as well. we do have a risk of strong storms. now a moderate risk in parts of central minnesota. slight risk extends all the way down to missouri. plenty of sunshine up and down the eastern seaboard with hit or miss showers and >>> we've got a good-looking forecast for today. temperatures are running cool to start. we're in the 50s headed toward the low 70s, mid-60s bay side. 72 in san jose, and oakland, you'll hit about 70 degrees. as we head throughout this afternoon, your bank of the west seven day shows you it will be windy throughout the hills and the clouds will increase throughout the next few days. as we head throughout friday, we're getting a little bit of shower activity, but clearing out out in time for the holiday weekend. r latest weather. matt? >> al, thanks very much. there's a new development tied to facebook's troubled initial public stock offering. two congressional panels are now launching reviews of the botched wall street debut. nbc's tom costel

showers in medford and seattle. 54 there. 70 in billings. denver 80 degrees.unshine in salt lake and 69 degrees. that's >>> oh, we've got a gorgeous weekend shaping up. gooed moing, i'm meteorologist christina loren. a little on the cool side, 60 in san francisco today. by tomorrow, though, upper 70s, low 80s in the warmest cities across the bay and then mid-80s expected for sunday. beach weather monday, 86 degrees inland, 82 degrees by the bay, and we hold on to that sweet stride just about all week next week. >> and that's your latest weather. ann? >> all right, al, thank you. mitt romney holds a private meeting with rick santorum today. their first since santorum dropped out of the republican presidential race. this as a new poll shows romney in a virtual tie with president obama in some crucial swing states. nbc's peter alexander is in washington with us this morning. hey, peter, good morning. >> ann, good morning to you. among the topics sure to be discussed at that private meeting between mitt romney and rick santorum, a possible endorsement. but just as

to be into the 80s all the way on up into the pacific northwest, including ann curry's hometown of medfordaboard. 83 in minneapolis today. 77 in chicago. slight risk of strong storms down in the big bend of texas area. >>> well, we've got plenty of mid to upper 50s out there to head towards the upper 60s and lower 70s. good morning, i'm meteorologist christina loren. inland cities only break into the low 70s. tomorrow, temperatures spike. 73 in livermore, 73 for san jose. holding to the mid-60s in san francisco today. tomorrow, up to 82 inland. that means 75 in oakland and san francisco and 69 in half moon bay and pacifica. hope you have a fantastic monday. >> and that's your latest weather. ann? >> all right, al, thank you so much. coming up next we're going to talk to ted williams, the once homeless man who we've gotten to know over the course of some time. ha way he'll he' ts to now aftethese messages. there's another way to help erase litter box odor. purina tidy cats. only tidy cats has new odor erasers... making it easy to keep things at home... just the way you want them. new tidy c