in midland i headed up the got into it and i liked it.e and it was a challenge. i like a challenge. that's why i did it. ♪ this is barbara and george and me and our daughter robin. beautiful, innocent, young girl. and one day, barbara said you better come home. dr. wyvell wants to talk to us about robin. she had been tired and her legs were bruised and she said, i got some bad news for you. your daughter has leukemia. i had never heard of leukemia in those days. i didn't know what it was. i said what does that mean? it means, unfortunately, she will be going to heaven in a few months. nothing we can do about it. so i called my uncle who was a doctor at memorial sloan-kettering, a cancer doctor. she said you have no choice. you have to bring her up here and let us treat her and see if we can't extend her life. i got her into memorial hospital so back and forth from memorial to midland, texas. and prayed. i remember going to church out there in midland and just praying until i hurt. please, save this young girl. and, of course, it didn't wo

i remember going to church out there in midland and just praying until i hurt.se, it didn't work out. they did exhaustive treatments for her. i remember the doctors coming in. i remember the worst part was when they would stick this needle in to suck -- suck the marrow out of her bones and it hurt her a lot. and so i remember some of those very unpleasant things. then i remember some happy days when she would smile and be going what they call remission and be almost like her own self. i remember having her back in midland, somebody said to me, where is that little girls of yours that was so sick? i said she is playing out there in the yard. so there were some ups and downs of it all, but we knew the track was down. barbara was magnificent through all of this. she would be at her bedside and holding robin's hand through these tests and going -- we would go together to take her to new york. i was making a living. i had to keep going. we didn't know how long this would take. and so barbara was the one that did so much for her with robin. and just to show her that w

we ended up with four inches of rain in midland, texas, yesterday. now we'll see most of the rain down across the south, down near san antonio. the pouring rain is coming down that. is going to slowly stretch eastward into louisiana and eventually mississippi, and we could end up with isolated amounts of seven inches of additional rain, so no wonder why we do have those flood watches in effect >>> good morning from the nbc bay area weather center. it will be a scorcher of a day. temperatures in the lower 90s. 90 in gilroy and 86 in san jose today. as we get off to the east bay, temperatures warm there and 93 at pleasanton. 95 in walnut creek. off to the city, san francisco is not bad. plenty of sunshine and excessive heat watch tomorrow through minute. plenty of water and limit your time outdoors those days. >>> and that's your latest forecast. tamron? >>> still to come, the downward spiral of former "sons of anarchy" actor johnny lewis. we'll hear from people who tried to help him, but first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> police in los angeles say a t

we ended up with four inches of rain in midland, texas, yesterday. now we'll see most of the rain down across the south, down near san antonio. the pouring rain is coming down that. is going to slowly stretch eastward into louisiana and eventually mississippi, and we could end up with isolated amounts of seven inches of additional rain, so no wonder why we do have those flood watches in effect >> good morning. our temperatures started out in the 50s. the sun is breaking through. the dry morning. we expect a dry day today state wide except for maybe ocean city arch brief show >>> and that's your latest forecast. tamron? >>> still to come, the downward spiral of former "sons of anarchy" actor johnny lewis. we'll hear from people who tried to help him, but first, this is "today" on nbc. anncr: their dishonest ads are everywhere. a west virginia casino spending a fortune... to stop question seven. they don't want competition. the washington post wrote the casino behind the ads is... "most concerned with its own bottom line." and the baltimore sun says it

at every elementary, midland level there is slight increase in the instructional time showing more students are attending. suspension rates have been going down thanks to our efforts in restorative practices, and you can see it moved from 7.4 percent down to 7.2 percent. the designation rates with all of the efforts with the department in having students get redesignated when they are eligible for redesignation you see a rapid increase when the last two years we have actually doubled our rate. on the other federal measures -- one is definitely the amao which is annual measurable achievement objectives so on the english language development test we saw movement of 64% of the english learner students demonstrated growth. on the california high school exit exam we saw 84% of grade ten students passing one or both sections. last but not the least were the satisfaction surveys. i wish we could show you the satisfaction surveys for every stakeholder group, student, administrator and our families. please log on to our website and you can see it overall as well as for each one of your schools. just

mid to upper 80s midland, 60s at the coast with no chance of rain in the next seven days.ut you know what? it's rainy season to keep your eyes pe s peeled. >> that's a gold medal forecast. >> good segue. >> good night. see you after the football game.

they have been sightings in northern ireland, central scotland's and the midlands and east anglia.as travelling at the speed of a militaryjet fighter. it it was travelling at the speed of a military jet fighter. it was broken up military jet fighter. it was broken up by military jet fighter. it was broken up by the time i saw red. there must have been 10 or 15 pieces on fire, white hot with a red underside. a massive gold light. everything was moving in unison. it was not diverging or whatever. i thought it was a play that first. it was moving much slower than i expected for a shooting star.! look expected for a shooting stat! look at the weekend weather. on saturday morning we begin on a cold night. frost across the country. it will be chilly first day in the morning. there will be some sunshine around to compensate. on saturday, the country will look better. a detailed forecasts through the morning. the early sunshine with slightly more cloud across scotland. a few showers through the norfolk coastline. what a huge amount of whether at 9am. temperatures beginning at six degrees.

injury were reportedly called perhaps by a senior member of the government now police say in the west midlands have decided to fight back in a couple of weeks the conservative party conference comes to birmingham police federations for the three regions surrounding the city are preparing their very own . government ministers paying a visit they say they're going to buy up as many billboards as they can in the city center in order to put this anti government advertisement up by the time the tories start their meeting police here want the public to know that they can't guarantee a good service because of the budget cuts being insisted upon across the whole of england and wales the picture a similar six thousand eight hundred frontline police jobs have won since the two thousand and ten general election in order to free up more money for the treasury which is in desperate need of cash the government can to do change the nature of. recognition currently. twenty percent of the budget. which. ultimately the police federation's latest campaign here in birmingham is a warning that even if the deep cut

in the west midlands have decided to fight back in a couple of weeks the conservative party conference comes to. federations for the three regions surrounding the city and preparing. ministers paying a visit. as many billboards as they can in the city center in order to put this government and. by the time the tories start their police. budget cuts. across the whole of england and wales the. six thousand eight hundred frontline jobs have gone since the two thousand and ten general election in order to free up more money for the treasury which is in desperate need of cash the government to do. twenty percent of the budget. which ultimately the police federation's latest campaign here in birmingham is a warning that even if the deep cuts made by the british government save the money it could come at the cost of public safety. reporting. more news to come for you in just a moment. tucked in between the russian mainland japan and the suckling island is the island of minute on named after french seafarer who discovered it it is described as the pride of the sakhalin region we'll take a look

that is a massive success story for the west midlands and for a great british brand.also, let us say so, a big success story of massive inward investment from the indian parent company. we should praise all those things and recognise that we have to do even more to make britain a really business- friendly country, with low rates of regulation, low rates of tax and lots of support for apprenticeships and infrastructure. that is what we are delivering, and we will continue to do so. >> hundreds of young people from outside europe chose london metropolitan university, confident in british higher education. the prime minister needs to tackle visa fraud, but will he lift the threat to deport students who have paid their fees and complied fully with all the rules? why is he so damaging the standing of british universities around the world? >> i know that the right honorable gentleman speaks with considerable experience and wants to speak up on behalf of his constituency. having looked at this case and at the action that the border agency has taken, it seems to me that there

>>> the outpouring we have seen in the city of chico and people come from the whole life ahead of midland areas outside of that. they've come here to help search for blood. >>> net 9000 people joined the page. there was a message posted from his parents which think volunteers. " he fills with hope and love this week which will kick with us for the rest of large " a sad ending for the search that ended badly. the a lot of people upset to hear about the news. a lot of people also be celebrating his life at high- school tomorrow. >>> an immigrant men accused of hitting to pedestrians is under arrest for the key to the manslaughter. 53 year-old was arrested after he was arrested giving of a hospital following a deadly crash. witnesses say he was speeding south about a mystery when his pickup truck jumped a curb on saturday night and planned to do to women. >>> what i saw she was a link gun in between the curve and the car. she was covered in blood and oil pit it was a terrible experience. >>> from seven robber it was killed the scene. a pregnant daughter-in-law was critically injured. >>> in

if you want warmth, you have to go to el paso, midland. that's what i'll leave you with here. that's the big picture. let's now get a check a little closer to home. >> it doesn't matter what kind of day i'm having. when i get a great sunset photo, i swear it can turn it around. here you go. look at that. key west, florida. just so tranquil and pretty. you can find me on facebook.com/gingerzeetv. then up in the mountains, boulder, colorado. she was saying that some of the colors are starting to come out there. it's about a week, week and a half ahead for the colors. >> it looks like artwork. >> who knew it was so easy to get ginger out of a bad mood. >> yes. just a little sunset photo. >>> it's tv's biggest night. >> hot newcomers competing for the most coveted trophy. and "good morning america's" entertainment reporter rachel smith joins us from los angeles with a preview of the big event. hey, rachel. >> that's right, guys. television's biggest night. the star power attending is tremendous. you know, there wasn't a nominee in sight when i was rehearsing for "on the red carpet

on friday midland also suffered its worst flooding in years. underpass there is were flooded with about 5 feet of water. people did have to get rescued from their cars after getting stuck. >>> a lot of talk about oracle world in san francisco this week. but also today is the race. should abgood day. >> it is a gorgeous day. runners like it when it's cool. we are seeing that acrossed board. we are looking at temperatures -- across the board. we're looking at temperatures 10 degrees cooler. santa rosa 7 degrees cooler outside your door than we were in hours. -- 24 hours ago. what a difference a day makes. yesterday we woke up with plenty of gray. today just a little bit of cloud cover hugging the coastline. partly cloudy skies reported at paive came as well as half moon -- pacifica as well as half moon bay. the marine layer below a thousand feet so the high pressure that is strengthening over our area really squashing that marine layer. we're finding it right along the coastline today. a modest warm-up expected for the coast today. mid-60s to mid

but in midland, texas, they had over 4 1/2 inches of rain. and look at this video. more than 100 rescues. so, this is not a good situation. and there's a whole reason for what was happening in south texas and will be happening in the southeast throughout the weekend, the start of the workweek. and here's what's going on. you have moisture from the pacific and from some tropical cyclone leftovers. that gulf moisture comes up and gets trapped underthe stationary front. that's how much rain is going to fall. from houston, jackson, new orleans, too. you see that red? that's no good. there's going to be flooding problems throughout the weekend. let me leave you with how hot it's going to be over the weekend. still, 104 for l.a. by the time we reach our monday. so, grand rapids, we're saying hello to america. biggest round of applause. they all love you very much. >> so, we are so excited here, again. the middle of the country having some of the best weather. and we're enjoying it. are we not? >> we're so proud of you for being inducted into the hall of fame. we can't let

many local businesses are already underway and it's a similar situation in midland, texas, where rescueulling stranded portists from - motorists from their cars. >>> the first presidential debate is four days away. the university of denver is making the final preps for the big night. right now both candidates will use part of this weekend to prepare. those are the top stories right now. back to you. >> peter, thank you very much. >> well, as calls for u.n. ambassador susan rice to resign surface in the republican ranks, democrats both in the obama administration and on the hill are coming to the ambassador's defense. molly hennenberg has the latest on this story. molly? >> congressman peter king, the republican chair of the house homeland security securities committee is the first lawmaker to call for u.n. ambassador susan rice's resignation. he objects to her going on the sunday talk shows two weeks ago and stating that the libya attack appeared to be a spontaneous reaction to an anti-muslim video when there was already evidence that it may have been a terror attack. >> either ambassad

three reasons, the data has been fair to midland with 2% growth seen as insufficient to bring down the unemployment rate and fed chair ben bernanke laid the groundwork suggesting quantitative easing could help the recovery and stagnation is a great concern. the open market committee said many voting members saw the need for additional easing quote-unquote fairly soon. the action would likely be a combination of additional qe and extending the period the fed forecasts it will keep interest rates exceptionally low. >> there's the old saw the fed does not like to act in the immediate precedent to an election, is that not true? >> it has acted before a presidential election and will if it thinks it needs to. >> simon, where do we stand? >> basically, tyler, investors are caught between two forces, the ecb will do what's necessary to hold the euro zone together with the board meeting thursday and on the other hand, the economic situation is clearly deteriorating. spain's unemployment rate rising .8 and although the rise is bad news, the increase is the smallest since 2006. but spain's unemp

headed toward midland and straddling 29 right now.'s widen out and put this into motion and show you where it's going to go in the next hour or so. some good news. not so much good news for our friends down in fauquier county. hasn't moved very far, very fast. notice it doesn't head northeastward up towards nats park. that is good. right now, the only storm we are tracking in the immediate metro area. it is heavy. it will produce heavy rains. right now, looks like it may stay to the south of the park. currently, 85 in bethesda. 85 vienna. 84 in fairfax. 89 in college park. so, an early isolated storm tonight and the next three days, code yellow tomorrow. 90. and an isolated storm on friday. just isolated. 91. good chance for storms on saturday. the cold front approaches. temperatures go back into the upper 80s. this is good news. we cleaned out the seven-day big time. near 80 on sunday with sunshine. sunshine monday, tuesday, wednesday. upper 70s monday and tuesday. low 80s on wednesday. that is a pretty good finish to the weekend. >>

midland, texas, yesterday picked up four inches of rain. a daily record in that area. and we are also looking at the chance of another perhaps three, up to four inches. although today it should be isolated to southern texas, san antonio, houston, about two inches of rainfall. and we will see the warmest temperatures where the rain is going to be and eventually as we go through the day today, some of those showers will start to shift eastward. and then tomorrow as we go into sunday we will actually see most of that rain down across the southeast. but still a few spotty showers across the northeast. >> okay, well thanks for the heads up on all that dylan. appreciate it. >>> the impact this election could have on the supreme court. which of the justices might retire in the next four years and how might that affect the court's makeup? depending on who wins the presiden presidency. >>> a chilling effect. could polls showing president obama with big leads in swing states cause some voters to stay away election day? from either party? bob, these projections... they're... opti

we got her into memorial hospital, sort of back and fort from memorial to midland tax tax.until i hurt. and that, of course, didn't work out. >> exhaustive treatments for her. i remember the doctors coming in. i remember the worst part was sticking this needle in to suck the marrow out of her bones. it hurt her a lot. so i remember some of those very unpleasant things. now i remember some happy days when she was smile and go into what they call remission. it would be almost like her own self. remember having her back in mid land, somebody said to me, where's that little girl of yours that was so sick. that's her playing out there in the yard. so trrp some ups and downs. and barbara was magnificent through this. she would be there at her bedside holding robin's hands through these tests and going to take her to new york. we were making a living out of going. we didn't know how long this was going to take. barbara was the one that did so much for her, with robin. just to show her that we loved her. finally, it was just too much. they came to me and said we've got one other op

they made loans to people that should not midlands to. that was because they can sell their mortgages and bundled securities downstream. once that happened, banks who thought the derivatives securities kept them from risk start taking much more risk in their lending practices. when i bought my first house i had to put 25% down. my kids buy houses with nothing down. they get low interest teaser loans. and balloon payment after a few years. many people were critical of homeowners for borrowing too much in getting in over their heads, loans they couldn't repay. john mccain in particular was sharply critical of homeowners in the bucket. i think that underestimate what was confronting homeowners to step back and recognize that the main goal of a young family is to send its children to the best possible schools. a good school vote is a relative concept. it's one that is better than other schools in the area. and were although schools? they're the ones of the more expensive neighbors. the simple application of the chair logic is that if you want

torrential rains came down on midland yesterday, shutting down a school district and several roads. cars as you can see there. they were stranded under underpasses that were filled with 5 feet of water. several people did have to be rescued and more rain is expected today. >>> no rain expected today in the bay area. in fact, it should be a very warm day across much of the bay area, and if you don't like these warm temperatures, rosemary, you'll probably not like tomorrow or monday. >> right. it will hold on for a few days. a little heat spell coming this way. today will be hotter and drier outside our doors this morning. the marine layer right about 1500 feet and fairly widespread, into livermore this morning. concord partly cloudy, and a live look from the roof cam, you can see over the oakland estuary, plenty of gray in that fog being pinned closer to the ground, visibility down to less than a mile in areas like santa rosa. so the high pressure that is beginning to build in, sinking air associated with it, and that's why the fog deck is very close to the ground and poor visibility

midland there. 9 90. 97.ell beautiful weather conditions across the region. this is a live picture from arlington where it is 63 degrees are forecast is looking for mostly s >> this weather report brought to you by usaa. i want to say one more thing. you are used to cold, right? >> yes, we are. >> from? >> duluth, minnesota. >> "good morning america" in duluth. >> and about to be coat town here. josh may need a lab coat or here. josh ma[ male announcer ]or for the dreamers... and those well grounded. for what's around this corner... and the next. there's cash flow options from pnc. solutions to help businesses like yours accelerate receivables, manage payments, and help ensure access to credit. because we know how important cash flow is to reaching your goals. pnc bank. for the achiever in you. >>> here are words you don't want to hear from the tiger handler before you go on the air "we're going to try this." director of emeritus from the columbus do, jack hanna is live with us. siberian cubs, they look so ge

new orleans, houston, san antonio, curving up to midland. dallas, almost over the entire weekend.here will be strong storms and flooding with this. we say it's good news because the area is so dry and needs so much rain. drying out to the mid-atlantic area. but new england, you have a few hours of storms. the new york city area will dry out. >> happy friday, everyone. more weather in the next half hour. >> thank you, sam. >>> coming up here, hollywood murder mystery. an up-and-coming tv star found dead, suspected of a grisly crime. was it caused by designer drugs? >>> and the truth is out there. what's really behind this mysterious picture? captured on google maps. is it a ufo over texas? >> yes, it is. >>> and the dare-devil death-defying proposal. none of us believe she said yes. >>> and the dare-devil death-defying proposal. none of us believe she said yes. d yes. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia, thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic widespread pain. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. i learned lyrica can provide significant relief from f

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midland there. 9 90. 97.rt brought to you by usaa. i want to say one more thing. you are used to cold, right? >> yes, we are. >> from? >> duluth, minnesota. >> "good morning america" in duluth. >> and about to be coat town here. josh may need a lab coat or plastic gear because stu >>> here are words you don't want to hear from the tiger handler before you go on the air "we're going to try this." director of emeritus from the columbus do, jack hanna is live with us. siberian cubs, they look so gentle, but what? >> we all know what happened last year. the siberian tigers, maybe 500 in the world. george as waiting the bengal tire is maybe 400 pounds, these get to be up to 600 pounds. they're the largest tiger in the world. i'm sorry to say, these animals have chips in them. these animals will end up in australia or europe. >> how old are they? >> 6 months old. >> we've seen at one time, their stomachs explode. cats eat, leave it for the vulgars but they'll come back a week or two. th can swim on top of the water