in milwaukee, thousands of people have been getting sick. man: private distributors of bottled water are sending extra supplies as fast as possible. health officials blame a microscopic parasite called cryptosporidium. man: in the 1993 cryptosporidium outbreak, over 400,000 people became ill with diarrhea, cramping and nausea, and we also recorded over 100 deaths, primarily in the immuno-compromised community, and in particular, individuals with aids, or hiv infection. man: people were beginning to experience symptoms of diarrhea. it started to become more and more widespread. so the natural spot to look was drinking water. so tests were run on the water coming out of both of our water treatment plants. and we found cryptosporidium coming out of our howard avenue plant. man: milwaukee officials are shutting down one of the city's two water purification plants. biedrzycki: cryptosporidium is a parasite that's found in the gut or intestine of both humans and animals, and found in many surface waters throughout the globe. prior to 1993, it was

i got a sixer of old milwaukee here. i've been through a few i got a sixer of old milwaukee, and a sixer of listerine to wash away the taste of the old milwaukee. [ laughter ] and to make sure my tv doesn't accidentally click over to obama's speech, i'm go to remove the batteries from my remote here. and i am going to replace those with mini sausages. there you go. take that up. and, what do you know? i still have power. anyway, of course, all right. that's enough tailgating. of course, the most controversial aspect of the president's speech was the date which obama originally scheduled for last night. >> it was the timing of the president's speech that became the subject of a testy confrontation between the president and the speaker. >> there was a republican presidential debate scheduled for the same time the president wanted to speak >> stephen honestly i admire the president for having the swinging air-force-twos to try and bigfoot the republican debate. it's the same reason i celebrate my birthday on all of my staff

and milwaukee's brewers show their major league sense of humor. >>> plus, time flies in the opening game of the college football season. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> and opening day in your holiday weekend just hours away. we'll take a look at the forecast coming up. >>> good morning. if are you just waking up, this is "early today." in sports it's classic baseball. a back and forth struggle in september between the red sox and the yankees. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. it's hard to believe that the yankees could be better without alex rodriguez. apparently it's true. new york is now 15 games over 500 without rodriguez after beating the red sox. no a-rod. maybe the yanks can sign golfer phil mickelson. he took some swings during batting practice, and he looked pretty good. russell martin gave them the lead. that scored a pair. yanks went on to win it 4-2. they're a half game back. brewers may be in first place but they were swept by the cards. albert pudge ols is not someone you want to face with

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. >>> in the national league, the 11th inning in milwaukee, the brewers ryan braun hit a long blast to center for a walkoff home run. milwaukee edged colorado 2-1. >>> in college football, the ncaa has slapped boise state university with major rules violations. the nationally ranked boise state football team goes on probation for three years and loses some scholarships. the ncaa found the school had recruiting and other violations involving more than 75 prospects and student athletes in five sports. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. and the latest poverty report isn't just about unemployed americans. many with jobs are still below the poverty line. below the poverty line.w the poverty uit, it's parfait our way. and a delicious treat you can enjoy any time of day. subway. eat fresh. this flat-out delicious -- the new $3 flatbread breakfast combo. a toasty 6-inch flatbread breakfast sandwich and a 16-ounce cup of freshly brewed seattle's best coffee. all for just $3. build your better breakfast today. bankruptcy scandal takes center stage on capitol hill thi

showers from milwaukee, chicago, cleveland, pittsburgh.lt lake city. 77, albuquerque. 50s from twin cities to indianapolis. 76 here in new york. 91 in miami. >>> and now to the moment we have been waiting for all morning long. it is time for our "bam. nice timing on friday. >> day five. >> favorite story of the day time. may not be able to teach an old dog new tricks. a cat that is another story. >> check out these amazing felines fittingly called acro-cats, ordinary house cats doing things. ride skateboards. walk tight ropes and much more. >> the cats are rescued, orphans, some are strays and they have taken their show, look at that. on the road now. >> so cute. having two kaufts my own i can attest that they do funny strange thing thousands. >> are you more of a cat person than a dog person? >> i look them both. cats are easier. >> cats, less maintenance. >> i'm too lazy to walk a dog every day. >> totally. more "world news now" coming up after the break. we know a place where tossing and turning have given way to sleeping. where sleeple

milwaukee when >> >> welcome back to the kron 4 morning news time right now is a fourth 30 9:00 a.m. and you are looking at the bay bridge approaching we are seeing clear skies in most parts of the bay oakland is expected to be 765 sunny fremont 82 degrees and sunny and livermore still warm about 90 degrees we are getting all little relief from the heat today current temperatures are still on the warm siz sidwe. this is the expected highs for around the bay area this afternoon. cooler along the coast line today san francisco will be in the 80s today 82 degrees in napa everyone is looking ahead for the chance of rain for the weekend the best chance of renminbi sometime next week and this is all look of where the wedding and will be located and we are and to keep the chance of showers around the room tuesday midwester. that change n its way the cooling trend that continues into the weekend we will have a little bit more wind as well time right now for 3:00 pm and now traffic. >> no major accidents to report as your heading outside the door taking one of the bridges you are having probl

at milwaukee county zoo they are doing some fascinating things with primate and apple products. >> thisld male orangatan. very interested in watching him so if we show him any video of him in it he's instantly glued to it. >> he enjoy this is video made by zoo volunteer where he himself play as secret agent. he's also we should say into some more active stuff too like this finger paint app. this whole thing pay look impossible cute but the i pad fad here at the zoo has a serious purpose. emulating the brain of the enormously intelligent animal who are some of our closest animal relative. >> they have incredible brain so even though using a touch pad may seem very artificial it helps them use that brain that they have that they would normally use and a half debit go through the rain forest. >>reporter: but their intelligence not able to protect them from nearing extinction as hum an increasingly chop did you know the forest where orangatan live. in a round about way the milwaukee zoo hopes the i pad can help save these animals in the wild. >> when a person walks through and they can seat

milwaukee lost. reggie miller hanging out there in the stands with the brewers shirt on. that's an embarrassing moment and we had to show it again because people are showing this all over the nation shown at least a dozen times. i'm going to show it all night long. >> it happens in little league every week. >> it tripped over the baseline. >> the chalk was too thick. >> get a little ahead of himself. >> and he was laughing about it. >> we can laugh with him. >> couldn't keep up with the momentum. >>> sit back and relax, enjoy the game. see you at 10:00 and the cw, 11:00 on cbs 5. ,,,,,,,,,,,,

the milwaukee brewers up, first division title since 1982.post season, that is the first time they clinched the american league east back in '82 and the brewers had to wait 20 minutes to begin the celebration. st. louis 3 back of atlanta in that wild card race. the a's are almost done, weaver looking for his 19th win of the season in anaheim tonight, and weeks his first home run in 379 at-bats last night. and now he doubled after leading off the game. going deep and it's 1-1 in the eighth inning, hey the a's will win tonight, weaver does not like to sign, really doesn't like to sign and ground ball gets through, it's an error charged to izturis, the angels, their defeat clinches the american league west for the texas rangers. we could not have the texas celebration but indeed the a's have something to smile about tonight. the prep heavy weights specificked in ft. lauderdale -- weights spanked in ft. lauderdale california. they have 9 pros, 9 graduates of the high school. and they routed tonight, final of 30-6. 43 preseason games. canceled tod

. >>> finally, on a much funnier note, phillies pete orr milwaukee brewers sausage race looked more like spain's running of the bulls. the player was almost trampled. a disaster on the diamond was avoided, thanks to orr's quick moves. hopefully that translated to the game as well. here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with your weather forecast. good morning. >> the running of the sausage -- >> it always gets you. >> a sausage running down a baseball field. >> good morning. let's look at the weather. a little fther zoomed out. the top is alaska. alaska is dealing with a formidable storm as we head towards the end of the summer we typically get these stronger storms like this. it is going to be a rainy day. and along the coast they will do okay but they will see some rain. anchorage is going to get soaked. when alaska has got active weather, much of the west coast is usually quiet. it will be a decent day today. a little bit of rain in arizona to keep temperatures down a little bit. mild air. a little cooler at the coast. summer is barely holding on. arizona, if they do not see rain today.

milwaukee won it 6-4. >>> finally, funny moment in the twins/royals game. first base coach jerry white took a ball off the leg and went down like a ton of bricks. it's never nice to laugh at someone else's expense and ben got what was coming to him. hit past the center fielder in the fifth, ball rolled all the way to the wall. thinking in the park home run. unfortunately, he was only thinking that. he ran through the stop sign at third and was out by a mile, landing right on his face. there's that laugh again. but this time the joke was on him. that's your early look at sports on early "today." i'm fred roggin. >> karma. >>> well, he's a big name celebrity couple headed for a breakup? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> a family pet is always a loyal friend but we'll show you one that does double duty as a companion and landscaper. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back into "early today." looking at a beautiful set up across much of the southwest. check out denver. 86 degrees, sunshine. billings finally starting to s

you can see them from milwaukee and the chicago area.e literally dozens of reports of this. this is kind of an unusual thing that happens from time to time over lake michigan, don. that water is so warm right now. it is 25 degrees warmer than the cold air that moved in and that produces instability and why they had so many water spouts there yesterday. a lot of rotations all over the place. we will continue to track the storms and if anything changes in memphis, we will let you know. >> i lived on the lake and can attest to that. not that i saw them so much but i know it does happen. thank you. >>> cnn international desk editor is here with some interesting news items that you might have heard about. let's begin in spain. centuries-old trgs tradition is coming toed and in that part of the country. >> when you think of spain and barcelona you think of bull fighting. today marked the end of an era that has been synonymous with spain and traditional, the traditional sport. what we are seeing here are pictures -- some are too graphic. so i d

woman whose house was raided, cynthia archer was his top political point person when he served as milwaukee her in as a top political appointee in the key agency dealing with his budget and his budget repair bill. she was the point person on security for the capital. her name is all over e-mails talking about how to lockdown the capital and talking about what to do with the protests. so the notion that he is not engaged with what's happening to her isn't aware of what's going on with her in this investigation, it just seems beyond the pail. >> how are democrats in the state responding to this? leched officials, democrats, if cynthia archer did work on the taxpayer's time for his political engine and she was very involved in writing the anti-union bill, the union-busting bill, why aren't they talking about impeachment? why aren't the democrats going full force after this? >> i think people are just kind of karching up with what all's happened. this was a secret investigation. it's in just the last fee days blown out into something very public. people have become aware that it isn't just cynt

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time lapsed video shows a waterspout spinning over the surface of the lake near milwaukee. fortunately, the only tornados spotted were the ones that form over water. >>> finally, a sight that could put your stomach in a tailspin this weekend. the seventh annual world tamale eating championship was held in texas. the defending champ reclaimed its title by scarfing down a nauseating 67 tamales in just 12 minutes. oh, the feat earned him $1,500. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is meteorologist todd santos with the weather channel forecast. >> thanks. it would have to add a fewore zeros. let's check out the forecast for a few areas in the southwest. we might start to talk about tropical moisture getting into the forecast. hurricane hillary a pretty formidable system out there. it is a tight woven major hurricane. category 3 storm. i mention it because of what may happen by midweek. not affecting anybody as a major storm but we may see a system that weakens to a depression but it has churned up the tropical moisture that is likely to get into the f

milwaukee won it 6-4. >>> finally, funny moment in the twins/royals game. a ball off the leg and went down like a ton of bricks. it's never nice to laugh at someone else's expense and ben got what was coming to him. hit past the center fielder in the fifth, ball rolled all the way to the wall. thinking in the park home run. unfortunately, he was only thinking that. he ran through the stop sign at third and was out by a mile, landing right on his face. there's that laugh again. but this time the joke was on him. that's your first look at sports. i'm fred roggin. >> and now another quick look at the weather. >> want to mention a few areas dealing with still a chance for showers very similar to yesterday. closer towards the gulf coast, portions of alabama, some of these storms west of montgomery will likely see some of the areas filling in this afternoon. a number of areas with chances for showers and thunderstorms. same story across the east coast. a number of areas through eastern pennsylvania back through southern new jersey, flash flood watches in effect.

time lapsed video shows a waterspout spinning over the surface of the lake near milwaukee. fortunately, the only tornados spotted were the ones that form over water. >>> finally, a sight that could put your stomach in a tailspin this weekend. the seventh annual world tamale eating championship was held in texas. the defending champ retained his title by scarfing down a nauseating 67 tamales in just 12 minutes. the feat earned him $1,500. >>> now for a look at your national weather, we turn to meteorologist todd santos. did you see that video? >> look at everyone's face there i'm suddenly not hungry. >> the last guy -- >> it's painful to watch. i don't know how they do it. good morning. want to look at the tropics. we'll talk about some ties to what's going on to our weather here across the lower 48. only one thing in the atlantic with a name, that's tropical storm felipe. that was ophelia. wanted to mention this. you can see that moisture moving up towards the carolinas, that set the stage yesterday for some areas in carolina to pick up over three inches of rainfall an hour

. >>> finally for phillies second baseman pete orr, a recent milwaukee sausage race looked like a running of the bulls. he was almost trampled as he headed out on the field. a disaster was averted all thanks to orr's quick moves there. now for a look at your national weather, we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins with the nbc forecast. >> he's like what in the world is a sausage run doing here on the field. >> there's five there. we'll have to google that. good morning. let's talk about the weather and how beautiful it's going to be in the northern plains and how miserable it will be in texas this has been the theme of the summer. it's fitting we end our summer just like this. a gold front through the northern plains t will be much cooler today than yesterday around minneapolis, chicago, st. louis, kansas city. yesterday, by the way, minneapolis was 90. i'm sure that will be your last 90 degree day you'll see until next summer. the same for areas around kansas city. the cooler air is arriving on schedule. for texas it was 103 yesterday in dallas. today it will be 106. today we will bre

. >>> a spectacular sight in lake michigan off the shores of milwaukee tonight.ix of cool autumn air and warm lake water spawned waterspouts. now that prompted the national weather service to issue a marine warning. the waterspouts are basically tornadoes over water and they can be dangerous to planes and boats. but none of them moved on shore. clearly meteorologist can get a close look at that. that was cool and fascinating. >> good video there indeed. none of that to the bay area today. we did see cooler temperatures across the region. 10 to 20 degrees cooler than yesterday. as all the cloud cover came back in through the golden gate today, as the on shore flow increased. it's with us tonight and see the low clouds and fog settle in here into the early morning hours, only to give way to a mix of upper level clouds. with that chance of showers showing up mainly in the north bay, but it will spread across the bay through the day tomorrow and then look for things to warm up for next week. but first we have the clouds and rain to contend with for tomorrow as mentio

>> reporter: two years ago in milwaukee, there were those who rescued two children and their mother from this burning van. and in new york city in 2007, navy vet wesley autry jumped in front of an oncoming subway train to save a man who had fallen on the tracks. pinning him down between the rails as the train thundered over them with just inches to spare. >> i'm going to enjoy my little 15 minutes of fame. >> reporter: back in utah, where these people are being hailed as heroes, brandon wright is expected to make a full recovery. >> he knows it's a miracle, and he knows the strength of humanity came together and gave him a gift. >> reporter: the gift of life. george lewis, nbc news, los angeles. >> amazing story. >>> up next here tonight, could it be? new rules on the patting down of small children at our airports. e >>> this is the lead story on local news in chicago tonight. smoke from a forest fire in northern minnesota, over 400 miles away, is getting pushed into chicago -- look at that -- out ahead of a cold front. air quality warnings went out while they fight the fire on what is a

odd that they went from des moines to milwaukee. they did a study in a six block by six block segment. 36 square blocks, and it was residential area of families who its predecessors in the 1930's had moved up from milwaukee from the gulf area of mississippi and generally in that area -- mississippi and alabama to take on the brewery jobs that blossomed in milwaukee when prohibition was over. and these families that had moved in, had moved up there for the jobs and three generations later they surveyed all of those residences in a residential area, 36 square blocks and there wasn't a single employed male head of household in one of those homes in 36 square blocks. as i read through that article twice, because i want to see what i missed, the lament by the author seemed to be, at least, that we couldn't bring jobs to the people that lived in that neighborhood in milwaukee. then, so wasn't that the failure of government that we couldn't get jobs established there? and i read it completely differently. if your grand daddy moved to milwa

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cooler in the midwest and ohio valley, with showers from milwaukee to pittsburgh. drying out in the northeast, with scattered morning showers from new jersey to the carolinas and from new orleans to san antonio. also, thunderstorms in florida and in the rockies. and late-day showers in the pacific northwest. >> 70 in seattle. 82 in sacramento. 101 in phoenix. kansas city gets up to 72. 70s also from boston to atlanta. and fall has come to detroit, just 53 degrees. >>> and coming up next, get this, the ceo awarded with an eight-figure golden parachute after crippling his company. and he only worked there for a year. >> oh, my goodness. >>> the fee free-for-all, with the biggest bank in america announcing a new charge for many of its 57 million customers. >>> and also this morning, the photos creating a frenzy. a bargain shopper in disguise. >>> the nation's biggest bank has a new way to make some big money. bank of america will soon charge its debit card users $5 a month to make purchases. and other banks, now, are testing the waters. the change coincides with new r

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louis beat milwaukee, 8-3. in the bottom of the 16th, we go to cleveland.ack hanahan slid into home plate. the umpire called him safe. the replay, though, shows him tagged out before he was safe. cleveland tops oakland, 4-3. >>> barry bonds will not face another trial. federal prosecutors dropped all the remaining charges against bonds. bonds plans to appeal the conviction of obstruction of justice. >>> two-time tennis champion venus williams dropped out of a tournament. her future career is in doubt. venus cited medical reasons. she's been diagnosed with a auto immune disease that causes joint pain. there is no cure, but the chronic condition can be managed with medication. >>> when we come back, another look at this morning's top stories and the 9/11 panel warns that nearly ten years after the attacks on america, the country is still not safe from terrorists. rrorists. [ male announcer ] this is the network. a network of possibilities... ♪ in here, pets never get lost. ♪ in here, every continent fits in one room. it was fun, we played football outside. wh

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police in milwaukee now want your help to id these thugs. you can get a pretty good look at them.k, they're looking right at the surveillance video right there. someone has got to know who these guys are, and there is a tip line if you have any information to call the police in milwaukee. the number on your screen, 4 14-935-7360. you don't have to give your name. all you've got to do is help the police get these guys off the street. back to you guys. jenna: rick, thank you. jon: well, the u.s. postal service is in big trouble, as you probably know, facing a deficit of billions of dollars. so what's the plan to keep it in business? brand new information coming up in a live report. >>> and you know you want to see it, spongebob square pants turns street-fighting man. what set him off? and where's squidward? stick around. ♪ jon: some developing stories we're keeping an eye on here in the newsroom and from our control room. a federal judge says incriminating statements made by the suspected underwear bomber can be used against hip at trial. -- against him at trial. even though umar ab

there you can see that upper level low spinning with some of those showers spinning back towards milwaukee and chicago. down to the south this is a six-hour loop, just over the last two hours, thunderstorms have fired up north of a warm front of southern arkansas, and they have been active lightning producers. maybe you have 30 minutes worth of lightning tracking, that's ten minutes. very active lightning producers there. not a great severe threat at the moment, could deal with gusty winds out of that line and we could see some of it building back to the west, to eastern texas. we'll take a closer look at that area and look at the tropics coming up. >>> coming up, stocks rise on wall street and a unique sendoff for the inventor of an american snack institution. your "first look" at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >>> coming up, the red sox are finding new ways to lose. an unlikely hero for the cowboys, and ozzie guillen has finally had enough. you're watching "first look." [ boy ] hey, i thought these were electric? uh, it is, yeah, it's a chevy volt. so what are you d

narrator: the milwaukee incident pointed out the potential vulnerability of our drinking water infrastructure in controlling the spread of illness. biedrzycki: it's incumbent upon us to try to stay ahead of the curve, but it's very, very difficult. there's always another bug on the horizon. narrator: in 2008, the associated press reported that water quality testing across the nation uncovered trace amounts of pharmaceutical compounds in the drinking water supplies of millions of americans. the health effects of these low levels of medications diluted in our water are still being determined. but these findings further illustrate the fundamental relationship of infrastructure to health. the quality of water plays a significant role in public health. but reliable quantities of water play a significant role in public safety. [ sirens ] the water that comes out of the fire hydrants is the same water that you are utilizing to drink out of your own faucets in your home. so it is critical that we have the best and optimal water distribution system that we can tap into. johnson: in the mid-1990s, the

are you familiar with the fact the last year when they had a budget crunch in the city of milwaukee, that what had to happen was that the city had to fire, because of union work rules, the city had to fire the teacher of the year? what private sector institution would ever, ever, ever fire their best work or? [laughter] you don't have to answer the question. don't you think his silence is deafening on that question? let me ask you one last thing. >> one last question. >> as everyone knows especially the members of the jury, the members of the legislature, a number, 10 or 11 members of the state senate and wisconsin walked out and fled to illinois? are you proud of those actions? >> the numbers 14. >> i knew you would know the number. do you think that was a justifiable justifiable action tediously this data not add -- to do their job and act as a representative of the state? >> i look forward to when the voters in their districts either affirm what they did or complain, but i suspect what i know of the landscape there they are getting a lot of support from their constituents. >> that

some pictures just in to us this is michigan city in the washington park area this is southeast of milwaukeemeasurements on the buoys have been knocked off line the whole level of the lake came up about two and half feet according tonoaa that would be in calumet city there's huge wave action in indiana and michigan but we've seen a lot of activity on our side of the lake as well. >>this wendy autumn storm produces sustained wind up to 20 mi. per hour today in our area these costs will go up over 20 mi. per hour and some other areas closer to lake in wisconsin michigan and indiana but they are dropping in intensity. this is not unlike what happens during a hurricane with a storm surge this storm just replace the one that took off a couple of days of go without had been hanging around our area rain is not the big issue but the lake effect rains are going into indiana and michigan right now but they will blow back to our shores here those will be on the way these are late october level temperatures really experiencing of the next two days we have a big warmup coming along this stretch of 70 deg

crisis and i'm joined by jeffrey summers he's an associate professor at the university of wisconsin milwaukee also we have michael hudson he is president of the institute for the study of long term economic trends and matthew when he's a financial journalist ok gentlemen this is cross time you can jump in anytime you want i'm going to be very contrarian we hears all through the media that the of you . the euro is already been written we're waiting for the funeral ok let's turn it all upside down let's take a look at some virtue out of tragedy number one this crisis could actually create a real european central bank that has limited tools now now give it a lot of tools do you think about that guys matthew first just empower it absolutely the next thing is the right beginning of the year is in deep deep trouble and i have to do something to try to save it and i think they will i mean that a man of political capital which our entire generation of european leaders are put into this project means that whatever they can do they will do so in the next that they could do is they're going to come when