because i don't think we even entered nebraska. >> reporter: didn't go to nebraska, didn't know anything a gold ring, she said. she and fester just stole a truck, she said, and fueled by massive dose of over-the-counter cough syrup, went off in search of the ocean before running out of gas and money and leaving that pickup truck in louisiana. but then they showed her a picture of a marijuana pipe, which, along with the gold ring, turned up at the stock farmhouse. and jessica reid's mantle began to crack. >> okay. i did steal -- i stole a whole bunch of money from somebody. i don't know who, i don't know where. i just remember stealing a whole bunch of money. yes, we did lose that pipe when they stole this money. >> reporter: reid then blurted it out. at this farmhouse, now apparently to her surprise, in nebraska, greg fester sneaked in through a window and let her in the back door. in the kitchen she said she found $500 in an envelope. then she said, they left. and the ring? well, now she admitted finding it in that stolen pickup, putting it on, then feeling it slide off her thumb inside

nebraska army national guard sergeant omar jones of maywood, nebraska. sergeant jones served as an electrician in the 623rd engineer company, nebraska army national guard out of wahoo, nebraska. sergeant jones died at a military base in afghanistan on july 18, 2011. omar grew up in mississippi. he lived in bogota, colombia, for many years. he graduated from high school in colorado and chose to enter the army instead of pursuing a college athletic scholarship. he served two tours in iraq, one as an infantry naan the active duty army and one with the nebraska army national guard. his love of country compelled him to seek an assignment in afghanistan. he volunteered and even changed units and developed new skills for this opportunity. in october, 2010, he deployed to afghanistan with the 623rd engineering company. it was a tough decision to deploy again because his wife ava and two children had become the center of his life. but it was for their freedom he chose to serve again overseas. his commanders and his fellow soldiers recall sergeant jones as a kind,

that was the kansas-nebraska act. by letting people decide for themselves, benton feared -- as did most -- that kansas would choose to become a slave state, and nebraska would be a free state. turned out after a great deal of violence and bloodshed that kansas ultimately became a free state, but benton had no way of knowing that in 1854. california had been admitted to the union as a single great, big state that did not have slavery, but they had debated becoming two states, and there was still a movement afoot to divide california into two states. someone prominent in that movement, by the way, was james gadsden. the new mexico territory had not yet been divided, but there was in the wind the idea that it may divide author sontally. and -- horizontally. and as we mentioned that moment back during the civil war that effort was made so that benton had the fear that there was a whole thing going on in the west there regarding slave states and free states. this is benton's nightmare number three; cuba. he mentioned ambas

, a town of max, nebraska.ports of any serious injuries. the train was traveling between chicago and san francisco, california. again, it derailed roughly around 8:00 a.m. a spoekesperson says the two locomotives in first three of the ten passenger cars left the track. 175 people on board hit this vehicle, derailing in southwest nebraska. as soon as we get pictures and more information, we'll bring them to you right here. >>> the big story that we're following today is irene, keeping a close eye on the latest developments of this storm. residents along the atlantic coast are heading west, evacuating before the expected massive storm surge hits the area. north carolina governor bev perdue spoke minutes ago. >> this hurricane is real. we have had tremendous briefings from our staff and from the meteorologists. by the end of today, late this afternoon, we will have 11 counties with fully stacked operational shelters with supplies and medical personnel and equipment. >> tourists and locals along the north carolina

[applause] it is that good of a record in nebraska. yeah, we've got to support a guy like this to get rid of a guy like nelson. now, we'll open it up to questions. anybody want to -- right here. >> look at the senate, and we have a lot of great young lions in the senate now. how do we get rid of the, dare i say, mcconnells and old boy system? >> vote 'em out. >> yeah. the question is we elect some young lions, and i appreciate being put in that category. [laughter] you know, how do we overcome some of the good old boys? and i had a conversation with senator demint about, about that. and his view, which i share, is that we need to send reinforcements to the rand paul/jim demint/toomey/group. and it's amazing how much, what, five new seriously committed conservative republicans could do in the united states senate. if we send them another five or ten, if we can get that many, it's going to make a huge difference, and pretty soon the good old boys are going to have to be following what the new, young lions want to do and that's to restore

utah and nebraska remained dry along with california. and in montana, the front is sparking a few showers, so the warm conditions continue. if not hot in the valley. we're a little warmer this morning and even bigger cities. san francisco at 57, at least we're in the upper 50s in coastal communities, interior sections all in the 60s. throughout the day's forecast, you notice the warm air trying to sneak your way, portland, 80 degrees, seattle, 78, a nice afternoon. and the clouds are going to be stubborn in san francisco, though, and l.a. where temperatures will be on the cool side. that's aers and thunderstorms and even a thunderstorm in arizona and new mexico late this afternoon. >>> weekend forecast coming up and a warm saturday, too. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> and how global stocks are reacting to wall street's nosedive. gold prices shine and another bank sends out pink slips, your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a remake of conan the barbarian. >>> coming up, what happens when a goodwill tour goes ba

from nebraska, oklahoma, on the cover. cardinal fans hoping one of those other guys on the cover ends up as the victim of the si jinx. the cal football team opens against fresno state. that will be at candlestick park. the remaining games will be at at&t park. the a's practiced on the home field this afternoon. >> you try to get them used to it. the punt returnershave to see how it will bounce. it hillary act differently -- it will react differently on that. the more we can get used to that, the better it can be. >> they were testing out the dimensions of the ballpark and running into the wall. even tedford threw himself into the wall and we didn't get video of that. >> that's a shame. >> i would have paid to see that. >> "nightline" is next. >> thanks for joining us. >> we appreciate your time. see you tomorrow. 33333333333333ú

an amtrak train carrying 175 passengers has derailed in nebraska. we have reports from a spokesperson that this was around 8:00 a.m. mountain time which is near max, which is southwest of mccook. that spokesperson says there are no reports of serious injuries, but was uncertain if anyone was hurt. it appears the train struck a vehicle on the tracks. we don't know what type of vehicle was hit. just recapping. it is a breaking news story out of nebraska. an amtrak train derailed carrying 175 passengers. this is in southwest nebraska. so far no reports of serious injuries. we are just getting this. if we get more information, we will get back to you on the conditions of the passengers. >>> a car bomb rips into a united nations office building in nigeria's capital today. officials say at least 18 people are dead. more are wounded. the explosion punched a hole in the building and caused a wall to collapse. it is not clear who is responsible for that blast. >>> developments in libya. supporters of moammar gadhafi have been shelling the tripoli airport. ar

. >> like nevada, nebraska. don't get that wrong, nebraska. well now here's an early look at this morning's entertainment headlines. late show host david letterman is making light about death threats made against him in an extremist website. letterman joked about whether his insurance policy covered jihad and told audience members he thinks of them as a human shield. >>> 11-year-old actor jared gilmore who is leaving mad men said be careful around january jones. she's not as approachable as others. she's serious about what she does. everyone else is so nice. that hurt. >>> and ryan gosling can add peacemaker to his list of talents. the 30-year-old actor broke up a fight between two men in new york city after one accused the other of stealing a painting. ryan calmed them down, paid for the painting and went on his way. further confirming ryan gosling is perfect. this comes to us from the nation's capital, where the public got its first look at a historic tribute fit for a king. the martin luther king jr. memorial made its debut monday situated

[applause] it is that good of a record in nebraska. yeah, he just -- we've got to support a guy like this to get rid of a guy like nelson. now, we'll open it up to questions. anybody -- right here. >> we have a lot of great young senate -- how do we get rid of the mcconnell and old boys that seem to -- [inaudible] >> yeah, the question was if we elect some young lions, and i appreciate being put in that category -- [laughter] you know, how do we overcome some of the gulled ol' boys? i had a conversation with senator demint about that, and his view, which i share, is that we need to send reenforcements to the rand paul, jim demint, lee group. it's amazing how much what five new seriously committed conservative republicans could do in the united states senate. we send them another five or ten, if we can get that many, it's going to make a huge difference, and pretty soon the good boys have to follow what the new young lionsment to do and that's restoring the nation, cutting spending, and renew our freedom. [applause] >> yes, ma'am? >> no

it fits nebraska. maybe iowa does it, too. neat. good morning, everyone. this weekend is going to shape up as pretty decent if not a little warmer in many locations in the west. in the middle of the country is where our stormy weather is. the big heat wave in the middle of the nation, that heat has weakened. that will raise temperatures up ever so slightly. as far as storminess goes, there's not much out there. we'll increase clouds in the pacific northwest. that's really the worst of it. starting off clear skies in most locations. still hot in the desert. clouds in southern california. but lots of sunshine throughout the intermountain west. really not watching anything that will cause travel headaches out there. you need the sunscreen and the sunglasses. temperatures have cooled off in the coastal areas. mid-50s in seattle. that's actually a little brisk. temperature 56 in san francisco. we've continued the trend, but a couple of degrees warmer should feel nice. portland at 75 should be okay. l.a. close to 80 on the coast. interior l.a. should be in the m

nebraska has thunderstorms to deal with. i was talking about the temperatures, it's very enjoyable. 62 this morning in chicago. new york city at 65. some of the suburbs have dropped into the 50s. the coolest morning in a while. the heat and humidity in the southern half. watch out for afternoon thunderstorms in georgia, south carolina, definitely florida where it will be hot. orlando at 96 is pretty hot. once again, we should be near 100 in texas. but not seeing the incredible heat of 110 like last week. a sneak peek at your weekend. on saturday, wet weather in minneapolis, chicago, into ohio valley. unfortunately it looks like the east coast will be very wet on sunday. >> say it isn't so. all right. more on wall street's wild ride. why you food costs may be heading higher and the car to buy with all that disposable income that you might have, right? your first look at this morning's business headlines is straight ahead. >>> coming up, yankees slam the door. football is back and tiger is back, too. but before you knew it, it

we had tornado reports here, about six of them, i think, in nebraska on thursday. on friday, it shifts just a little further towards the east and once again, storms continuing, large hail and damaging winds are likely. tornadoes not out of the question. as for the east, well, down towards the south, a few showers and pop-up thunderstorms here. eastern canada also still just deal with the last of a very stubborn, slow-moving storm system bring something rain. but it is going to be weakening off as we head into the weekend. down across the south, rather than the storms, i think the heat is going to be the major concern. really extreme heat here. and warnings are posted across parts of texas as well as louisiana, arkansas and oklahoma. all right. let's head now into europe. europe is going to be seeing, well, certainly the british isles are going to be seeing a very unstable weekend. we have this very messy system moving across. more heavy rain particularly across the north. it will weaken off on sunday, but still staying as a very unstable and promising heavy storms

. >>> an amtrak train traveling from the bay area to chicago hit a farm vehicle this morning in nebraska sending several people to the hospital. the collision derailed the california deafer around 8:50 this morning central time, not far from the nebraska state lines with colorado and kansas. authorities say none of the injuries appear to be life- threatening. 178 people were on board. the train left the bay area wednesday. the passengers have been taken to a nearby high school to be cared for before amtrak makes other arrangements for their trip east. >>> the police in richmond are investigating a homicide early this morning. the deadly shooting happened at a home on the 3200 block of moran avenue around 4:00 this morning. a woman was found dead inside the house. a man who had been shot several times was also found in the home and taken to the hospital. he is in critical condition. two people who may be persons of interest in the case were detained by police. the investigators believe this may have been a home invasion robbery. >>> four years after oakland journalist chauncey whaley was

there will also be storms, some severe in illinois and michigan as well as colorado and nebraska. the southern plains will remain hot and dry. the northeast and the west coast will have fair and seasonal weather. >>> in sports, the red sox split a double header with tampa bay. in the first game in boston, jacoby ellsbury blasted a three-run homer for a win. in the second game a triple play but the rays home run from desmond jennings won the night cap, 6-2. boston trails the yankees by a half game in the a.l. east. >>> score tied bottom of the 14th inning in chicago, juan pierre gave chicago a walk-off 8-7 win over cleveland. >>> and milwaukee walk-off single against los angeles, the brewers beat the dodgers 2-1, they've won 18 of their last 20 games. >>> the ncaa is investigating gifts given to university of miami football players. nevin shapiro told yahoo! sports he gave money, cars, jewelry and other benefits to more than 70 hurricanes players between 2002 and last year. the school is cooperating with the investigation. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stor

we have nuclear power in the state of nebraska. it has been a good neighbor and our state. we feel it runs efficiently, smartly. we feel that the folks that are operating the facilities in our states are responsive to the community. i would be remiss if i did not mention the quality jobs that go with the facilities. all of that has worked very well for us. the second thing i would say about that is that, as you know, for many months, we have been in the throes of an historic flooding event with the missouri river in nebraska, and that has implemented -- infiltrated nuclear facilities. we have found the staff to be responsive, and it has been an experience that although difficult and trying, because so much land has been underwater for so long, we feel, in terms of the nuclear facilities, that people have responded well, and not overreacted, but worked with us. therefore, i am very anxious to hear about the safety recommendations. i do not think there is any doubt, wherever you sit, that we want to make sure that our facilities are safe. i would also offer a thought that the

the train plowed into a farm vehicle on the tracks near the nebraska border with kansas and colorado around 8 a.m. several cars derailed. some tipped on their sides, but nothing caught fire. there were 175 passengers on board. no one was seriously hurt, but several people were taken to the hospital. the other passengers were bussed to a nearby high school to be taken care of. amtrak is renting private buses to move the rest of the passengers to chicago. >>> the two men convicted of killing an oakland journalist will spend the rest of their lives behind bars. a judge just sentenced yusef bey iv to three consecutive life terms and antoine mackey received two life terms. the two former members of "your black muslim bakery" were found guilty of killing chauncey bailey and two other men in 2007. bailey, the editor of the oakland's post, was working on a story about the bakery's financial troubles. >>> there is no easy answer but they are trying. they are meeting today on gang prevention in san jose involving police, the mayor and federal officials. now this comes as the city ends a collab

heavy downpours on i-90 from sioux falls to rapid city and on i-80 across nebraska.k on i-40 from memphis to amarillo, texas and wet on i-40 and 35 in arizona and mexico. >>> if you're flying today, are possible in just a few ays cities including denver and memphis. >>> after a week-long nationwide manhunt three florida siblings have been captured. >> we got their latest mug shots overnight. this is how the so-called dougherty gang looks now after a dramatic high-speed chase and another shootout with police. >> but in thend their final standoff wasn't as violent as police had feared. abc's ryan owens is following the story from walsenburg, colorado. >> reporter: the trio so many thought would never be caught alive was on a lonely stretch of colorado highway. police chased the so-called dougherty gang down this interstate for 20 miles at speeds of 100 miles an hour. >> the subjects fired at pursuing officers. and then there were shots fired at the crash site. >> reporter: two of the young suspects were arrested right after the crash. one brother ran for it. but was ca

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host: john in nebraska. caller: i am a democrat unionist.re hundreds of thousands of men who are out of work who need these jobs. how are you going to get this economy going if you do not have jobs? have jobs? why can you see this? this economy is going nowhere unless people get to work. guest: i think that is interesting, coming from nebraska, where all of this is going on. i have talked to men and women like kim who have said -- and these are high-paying jobs. these are not low paying jobs. there is no question, there is a push from a significant constituency, whether you're talking about where the pipeline is, or nationwide. you have a pretty intense battle on both sides. host: republican line. dan from ohio. dan from ohio. caller: this is pretty typical from the democratic party. when it impacts the poor, you have to pay high prices at the pump. we have to get priorities together in this country to get as much of the energy as possible together. you cannot live off a windmill turning because it does not produce enough energy. the thing a

las rocosas actividad de fuertes lluvias como podemos observar avisos de tornados en el oeste de nebraskaacia el sur de illinois, kentucky hacia el oeste de tennesse. >> todo el noreste vuelven a experimentar actividad de fuertes lluvias y lamentablemente estamos hablando de temperaturas muy peligrosas que se reportan para ustedes en dallas 106 °f. >> mientras tanto al otro lado del panorama tenemos las vegas 104 °f y al norte 75 f. >> situaciÓn mucha mÁs placentera es todo de mi parte continuamos con de primer impacto. >> un brote de Écoli cobrÓ una vida tras comer fresas contaminadas con la mortal bacteria. >> provenientes de una granja de oregon. >> desde el principio de los tiempos se habla de la presencia de Ángeles que nos gain y ayudan. >> nos asegura que puede conocer el rostro de el Ángel guardian y captar sus mensajes. >> el trance ha comenzado y repite una y otra vez el nombre y fecha de nacimiento de alejandra su propÓsito recibir mensajes de el Ángel que la custodia. >> para poder entrar en el alma de una persona viviente tengo que despojarme de mi propio ente e y ser el puen

nebraska, baseball-sized hail as two violent storms pounded the city yesterday.hey closed the airport in omaha for several hours. a pilot was slightly injured when he was struck by hail. >>> and then a babysitter says she did not realize she was doing anything wrong when she put a baby in a carriage in the back of a pickup truck. stunned drivers flooded the police department with 911 calls. the sitter has been charged with negligent. >>> and then a video shows women blatenly stealing so dau and chips and candy, and then they ran out of the store. the clerk on duty called the police. >>> and then watch the truck as it runs a red light. why is the driver's door open? it seems the 24-year-old man was trying to stop the truck with his foot. >> what he was doing -- it's so stupid he's funny. he admitted or knew he had no brakes. he said he had a long day at work, and no alcohol or drugs, just a serious lack of common sense. >>> she grew up in the projects and went on to be a ivy league success. she could have gone anywhere after graduation but decided to go home and n

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it is that good of a record in nebraska. we have got to support a guy like this to get rid of a guy like nelson. we will open it up to questions. >> we have a lot of great young minds in the senate right now. how can we differ from the old mcconnell system? >> the question was, we've a lot some young lions. i appreciate being puttinput int category. [laughter] how do we overcome some of the good old boys? i had a conversation with senator demint about that. his view, which i share, is that we need to send reinforcements to the rand paul, jim demint, toomey, lee group. it is amazing what 5 seriously committed conservative republicans can do in the senate. if we can send them another five, 10, is going to make a difference. and pretty soon, the good old boys will have to follow what the young lions are doing, which is cutting spending and restore our freedom. [applause] >> what is your feeling on term limits? >> i am a supporter of them. the attorney general of nebraska is not term limited by law or constitution. i served as t

necessary but then does deceit really need its own nine time armored vehicle because the state of nebraska really need votes with sonar full face mask to look for al qaeda sleeper cells putting explosives on a boat in nebraska i don't know but it looks like it's actually needs to be looked into which that element at least the l.a. times did today but that is just the tip of the iceberg we now have an entire homeland security industry that's expected to grow to market worth thirty one billion dollars by two thousand and fourteen so those are a few examples and you know that we provide you with more projects that run over budget that don't work that are unnecessary all the time on this show but when undoubtedly it was more than just eric cantor going on the mainstream networks talking about the need to pare hurricane irene spending with more cuts well you're not going to hear any questions about this coming from wasteful defense you know despite the overwhelming amount of information out there that counts. reports on projects this pacifically do not work in our waste i mean it's remedial jus

[cheers and applause] it is that good of a record in nebraska.eah, we've got to support a guy like this to get rid of a guy like knell soften. now, we'll open it up to questions. anybody want to -- right here. >> if you get elected to the senate, we've got a great young lions in the senate. how do we get rid of the, dare i say, mcconnell and the old boy system that seems to control -- >> yeah. the question was we elect some young lions, and i appreciate being put in that category. [laughter] you know, how do we overcome some of the good old boys. um, and i had, i had a conversation with senator demint about that. and his view, which i share, is that we need to send reinforcements to the rand paul/jim demint/toomey/lee group. and it's amazing how much, what, five new seriously-committed, conservative republicans could do in the united states senate. if we send them another five or ten, if we could get that many, it's going to make a huge difference, and pretty soon the good old boys are going to to restore our nation, cut our spending and increase

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when we reported on the nebraska story in june, we discovered first that when the fort calhoun plant was built, someone miscalculated how ready the plant was to handle a serious flood. the error was noticed two years ago, and this year's flooding was the first test whether they got the re-working right. the other thing we learned came by way of a piece by the associated press this year which found owners of nuclear power plants are asking to keep their 40-year-old plants around for up to a century. these plants are getting old. when president obama makes his speech next month about how the country can take action now to create jobs, maybe this time he can get really granular about his plan, really specific, instead of saying we need to get investing in our nation's future or whatever, instead of saying something big picture like that, maybe he can go really small picture and say the nation needs to retrofit all of our nuclear power plants so they are ready for earthquakes like the one that hit the southeastern seaboard on august 23, do this as a public/private partnership and create

were hospitalized after an amtrak train hit a piece of farm equipment and derailed in southwest nebraska. two trains and three of the passenger cars derailed. the train was carrying more than 175 passengers and seven people were taken to a nearby hospital. amtrak has set up a special number for anyone concerned about family or friends who might have been board. find that number on our website at abc7news.com. >> a road into yosemite national park remains closed because of that. firefighters are battling a wildfire. it broke out in a motor home yesterday afternoon and it burned about thousand acres. highway 140 is closed for 15 miles. some tourists have been told to evacuate nearby motels. about 300 firefighters are trying to keep the fire from reaching the park. >> mike nicco has the forecast. >> the winds aren't too brisk so they are getting it under control. there is the sunshine and means a warming trend and i'll have the latest on irene also. (speaking in international language) and he said unto them go ye into all of the world and preach the gospel preach the gospel  ♪very

we're not talking about the dip [bleep] over in nebraska this is iowa. (laughter) (applause) and be like, excuse me, excuse me. but unlike woi, i believe that iowa voters can understand even a complex message like go to the ames straw poll, write in perry, spell it with an "a" or did i lose you woi. should i have the boys from who news 13 explain it to you. and listen to how they end. please let me know if you have any more questions. yeah, just one more. what the [bleep]! with an "a" i am mad! (applause) i am how manying mad. but of course i'm not mad at the news team. amanda and rachel, top-notch. of course john walters giving you the latest on sports and brad edwards manning the weather center, no! i'm talking about woi management. you had our ad for two days, gentlemen. hell, you had my money for six days. and one hour, one hour before taping you suddenly said hey, it might be too confusing for your viewers. really? both of them? i happen to know, i happen to know you haven't won a local emmy in ten years. want to touch mine? (cheers and applause) i

richard bruce cheney was born in lincoln, nebraska, january 30th, 1941. though he was to become one of america's best known conservatives it was hardly destiny. >> i grew up in a democratic family. my grandfather was ecstatic when i was born on fdr's birthday. my dad was a career civil servant. worked for the u.s. department of agriculture. >> bret: in 1954 the cheney family moved to casper, wyoming. >> last house on the east edge of town, 50 miles across the prairie to the next town. just a defense of openness and space. it becomes part of you. >> we grew up in this amazingly optimistic setting. you had a feeling that things would be brighter tomorrow. >> bret: cheney's high school sweetheart, lynn vincent. how did you meet? >> in junior high. i knew who she was, she didn't know who i was. >> he was new in town. >> she was the star of the class, brightest student, head baton twirler and so forth. i got up the nerve to ask her out. >> i said you're kidding. >> she did. eventually we worked it out. >> bret: a natural leader, hard worker and strong athlete

. >>> they were not ready for the weather that hit nebraska.leaning up after this. >>> in oakland overnight a woman dies in a fire. find out what firefighters think may have been the cause. >>> good morning, if you are driving on westbound 24 any time soon it looks good but find out why you still may see slowing near the tunnel. >>> good morning, to you. welcome back. here's a quick look at the top stories we are following for you right nows at 6:43. wall street still slipping. the losses today may not be as big. look at the dow. the big board right now. the dow is down 46 points already this morning. we'll be watching it throughout the day. >>> a san ramon man in police custody after a long standoff with police that ended around midnight. police say steven sanoff junior has been booked into jail on charges of elder abuse and battery. >>> with millions of americans out of a job millions -- states are running out of money. the federal has been bailing out the states including california with very special loans. california by the way has received

in fact, he's checking into this hospital in lincoln, nebraska for open heart surgery. it's an important lesson. what you see on the outside doesn't always match the inside. >> obviously closed down quite a bit. >> reporter: the surgeon shows us the striking images on the angiogram of behar's heart. >> you can see this tight narrowing right there where that closes down so that limits the amount of blood that can get out. then you've got a real tight narrowing right up here where that vessel on the side takes off, then another narrowing here, then you've got a pretty tight narrowing there. >> reporter: all the major blood vessels supplying blood to the heart -- blocked. yes, that is the very picture of a heart attack waiting to happen. >> he's at risk for heart attack just because of the amount of plaque that he has in there. >> reporter: like me, behar has a family history of heart disease. that's why four years ago he underwent the coronary calcium scan that we just learned about. his results were not good. >> the score was 111. >> reporter: zero is the best. over 100

developing situation in nebraska, a train derailment 175 people on board. this is our other big story of the day, rain from hurricane irene already falling on the carolinas, residents as far north as new england prepare for the storm's impact. in just a few minutes in fact the president is set to deliver a statement on storm preparations. we'll bring it to you when that happens. also, he's accused of killing six people in a shooting rampage that left congresswoman gabrielle giffords fighting for her life. will jerod laughner ever go to trial? what a court hearing today could determine next are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. back to the monster storm taking aim at the u.s. east coast. nasa satellites are providing very valuable data to forecasters that are tracking hurricane irene and we know so many of you have questions about where the storm is actually headed. there is dramatic

nebraska has wild weather. just look at the damage left behind. yes, this is effecting air travel. >>> a new idea to save state parks. how local businesses are stepping up to keep the gates open. >>> good morning, traffic is moving along slowly approaching a crash inside the caldecott tunnel. oakland fire department has just arrived on the scene. this could effect your drive coming into oakland. we'll let you know. >>> good morning, to you. we are inching toward the weekend. hopefully that helps you up and about this morning. we are cooling down for the weekend. mild to warm temperatures. >>> look at this. omaha, nebraska hail the size of softballs. crashing down smashing car windows. incredible. emily air feel was briefly shut down by the hail after a pilot was hurt. several planes were damaged as well. thousands of residence there have no electricity this morning. >>> local businesses are stepping up to help save struggling state parks. i want to show you millerton point in marin. due to the state budget cuts, this is one of 70 parks ask yuled t

especially for nebraska, the dakotas looking at damaging winds and large hail and torrential downpours. out towards the east and over towards the west, two high pressure systems in control. it will be fairly pleasant as well as dry. we could use more rain down in the south. but again contending with that heat and dry weather. 38 in houston. up towards the northeast, 29 in new york with plenty of sunshine. very warm in toronto, 28 degrees. as for europe we've got the frontal system with strong winds as well as a couple of strong thunderstorms to watch out. for western turkey as well as bulgaria. and over towards the north we've got this long frontal system across the area. it looks like over the next few days we'll continue to see systems move on in. one after another. strong winds to contend with. especially across the northern end of the uk here. for southern europe it will stay essentially dry. very pleasant and summery out here. pockets of heavy shower showing up in the afternoon. but madrid hotting up today. 28 for your high. and going to be warm in vienna as well. and things warm

were hospitalized after an amtrak train hit a piece of farm equipment and derailed in southwest nebraska. two trains and three of the passenger cars derailed. the train was carrying more than 175 passengers and seven people were taken to a nearby hospital. amtrak has set up a special number for anyone concerned about family or friends who might have been board. find that number on our website at abc7news.com. >> a road into yosemite national park remains closed because of that. firefighters are battling a wildfire. it broke out in a motor home yesterday afternoon and it burned about thousand acres. highway 140 is closed for 15 miles. some tourists have been told to evacuate nearby motels. about 300 firefighters are trying to keep the fire from reaching the park. >> mike nicco has the forecast. >> the winds aren't too brisk so they are getting it under control. there is the sunshine and means a warming trend and i'll have the latest on irene also.osositt >>> the weekend is here and wonder if there is going to be any sunshine. >> i think a lot. most sunshine at the coast and warmest weathe

especially near the center of the storm for southwestern ontario also near the frontal system for nebraska looking very stormy. looking at the potential of damaging winds as well as large hail and severe thunderstorms. then down towards the south, this low pressure system also will remain fairly strong into tuesday. that will continue to bring lots of thunderstorms across the southeastern corner of the u.s. otherwise the heat will continue to impact the southern plains again. 38 degrees in houston. 32 in denver. also warm on the east coast as well. now, for europe looking windy and thundery around eastern europe. we have this frontal system bringing stormy conditions to parts of the. balkans. intense rain can be felt around hungary as well. generally looking windy back behind this system across germany up towards southern norway as well containing with pretty strong winds. out towards the west, it will be fairly calm. the british isles expecting sunshine today. but heavy rain will arrive late tuesday. looking dry and calm for much of france as well as spain and portugal. 36 in lizban. all

that will be creating this widespread thunderstorms in and around nebraska into kansas as well. watch out for strong to damaging winds, large hail, severe thunderstorms as well as intensive rain. it will be developing a bit more as we head into your wednesday as well. so kansas city in at 24 degrees. looking much cooler today. it does stay hot across much of oklahoma as well as texas here into louisiana as well. now for europe. very unsettled conditions for the northwestern section of europe. persistetish isles. heavy at times. down in the south staying dry and sunny. for the northern end of europe, you're looking at widespread showers here looking quite gusty as well across the northern end of poland, germany, into norway and sweden. then down in the southeastern corner dealing with the system moving slowly. showers to watch out for in places like ukraine, romania, and bulgaria. out towards the west, it will be generally settled for spain and portugal. it will stay warm in places like madrid and lisbon. fairly cool for the majority of europe today. 18 in kiev. here is your exte

especially near the center of the storm for southwestern ontario also near the frontal system for nebraska looking very stormy. looking at the potential of damaging winds as well as large hail and severe thunderstorms. then down towards the south, this low pressure system also will remain fairly strong into tuesday. that will continue to bring lots of thunderstorms across the southeastern corner of the u.s. otherwise the heat will continue to impact the southern plains again. 38 degrees in houston. 32 in denver. also warm on the east coast as well. now, for europe looking windy and thundery around eastern europe. we have this frontal system bringing stormy conditions to parts of the. balkans. intense rain can be felt around hungary as well. generally looking windy back behind this system across germany up towards southern norway as well containing with pretty strong winds. out towards the west, it will be fairly calm. the british isles expecting sunshine today. but heavy rain will arrive late tuesday. looking dry and calm for much of france as well as spain and portugal. 36 in lizban. all

especially for nebraska, the dakotas looking at damaging winds and large hail and torrential downpours. out towards the east and over towards the west, two high pressure systems in control. it will be fairly pleasant as well as dry. we could use more rain down in the south. but again contending with that heat and dry weather. 38 in houston. up towards the northeast, 29 in new york with plenty of sunshine. very warm in toronto, 28 degrees. as for europe we've got the frontal system with strong winds as well as a couple of strong thunderstorms to watch out. for western turkey as well as bulgaria. and over towards the north we've got this long frontal system across the area. it looks like over the next few days we'll continue to see systems move on in. one after another. strong winds to contend with. especially across the northern end of the uk here. for southern europe it will stay essentially dry. very pleasant and summery out here. pockets of heavy shower showing up in the afternoon. but madrid hotting up today. 28 for your high. and going to be warm in vienna as well. and thingsarm to

el percance ocurri esta maÑana cerca del poblado de benkelman, en la parte suroeste del estado de nebraska---segun informes, las vias estaban obstruidas por equipo de mantenimiento y la locomotora no pudo frenar a tiempo... ---en el tren viajaban 175 pasajeros que se dirigian a la ciudad de chicago... un pequeÑo numero de viajeros fue hospitalizado y aun se desconoce su estado mdico.. topvo ---de vuelta a nuestra region... ---en redwood city se investiga un incidente ocurrido anoche, en el que un hombre fue embestido por dos automoviles sobre la calle el camino real... ---segun versiones de un testigo de los hechos, la victima, antes de cruzar la calle, le dijo que se iba a suicidar... ---luego del impacto, los conductores de ambos automoviles se dieron a la fuga sin siquiera detenerse... cu - anchor la vctima en este incidente fue un inmigrante guatemalteco.. y aparentemente estaba deprimido... ---la depresin es un mal silencioso entre la comunidad latina, sobre todo en estos tiempos de dificultad econmica.. jaime peluffo nos habla de como todos debemos y podemos ayudar al prjimo.. jaime.

that will be creating this widespread thunderstorms in and around nebraska into kansas as well. watch out for strong to damaging winds, large hail, severe thunderstorms as well as intensive rain. it will be developing a bit more as we head into your wednesday as well. so kansas city in at 24 degrees. looking much cooler today. it does stay hot across much of oklahoma as well as texas here into louisiana as well. now for europe. very unsettled conditions for the northwestern section of europe. persistent rain for the british isles. heavy at times. down in the south staying dry and sunny. for the northern end of europe, you're looking at widespread showers here looking quite gusty as well across the northern end of poland, germany, into norway and sweden. then down in the southeastern corner dealing with the system moving slowly. showers to watch out for in places like ukraine, romania, and bulgaria. out towards the west, it will be generally settled for spain and portugal. it will stay warm in places like madrid and lisbon. fairly cool for the majority of europe today. 18 in kiev