she believes newborn twins and her partner, -- she leaves newborn twins and her partner. she was only 41 years old, and she is diagnosed with cancer seven weeks ago, -- was diagnosed with cancer seven weeks ago. for the members who would like to send condolences, there is a website that was created by her friends and family. it is www.giveforward.org/ bakeanapple, and i would like to think the office of supervisor campos for providing this information and, again, to her partner, and to the new twins. i would like to send, you know, our condolences and our appreciation. thank you, so i am just going to move on. i did attend a convention with bettie yi. she is our representative to the state board of equalization. she made it very clear that she did not favor a patchwork of regulations regarding the alcohol industry because it is so difficult to work. she did make it clear that her office is not interested -- her office is interested in keeping small businesses operating, and her office will work with businesses that are having trouble meeting their tax payments. she was ve

. >>> finally, newborn twin giant pandas have made their debut at a zoo in japan. and sister were born on august 11th. that's a quick look at the headlines. >>> now, to marysol on montauk with the weather. mary? >> good morning, everyone. it's absolutely gorgeous here. the aftermath of what was hurricane earl. completely different picture overnight. in thuof n cf1 a. as it passed over that part of the country, the storm was about a cat 2. packing serious winds. 80-mile-per-hour winds. 15-foot seas. this is kill devil hills, north today, though, a completely different story. we continue to track tropical storm earl, as it moves at mile it's a fast-moving storm. direction. making its way toward nova scotia. expected to make landfall later on today. uo today. o soan u you can see minneapolis feeling very much like fall to thanks so much. this weather report has been brought to you by kellogg's rice krispies treats. dan and bianna, back to you guys. >> mary, thank you. >>> coming up on "good morning america," labor day steals and deals. we'll tell you where to find the

this is dennis quade, his hospital accidentally injected his newborn twins with the wrong drug, theyfore the house pushing for the right to extend the length of time in which you can sue drug makers. we have interesting video -- one person we're going to see is nicole kidman, a reminder you don't have to be from america. that's all in the past couple of years, so there is a lengthy parade of celebrities who make their way to capitol hill, offer some testimony. >> i wanted to show the -- this is the one at the top of mine, can you quantify, does it make a difference when these stars testify? >> you can't. part of what's tricky, there's a possible law that involves the same idea. also, a lot of congressional testimony in general ends up being the whole point to get attention for an issue then not much happens with it any way. i reached out to some viewers asking some people what they think about colbert's appearance. here's one that i got -- there are a lot of people who weren't aware of this issue until today. colbert's testimony is beneficial in that sense. she's not the only one say

twin boys. >> we were looking for a newborn because we weren't able to have any kids of our own and this kind ir twin newborn boys was facing a grave problem. >> they kind of informed us that payton here had some medical issues. >> at just 3 months old, baby peyton's brain has no room to grow because of a fused brow bone. head of pediatric neurosurgery, dr. john collins, will lead this operation. >> a baby's head bones are in separate plates. but there's a little space in between. in this child, the bone is completely fused together across the forehead, and that's what creates the deformity. >> the easy parts of the bone right here, when it gets down around the eyes, i let him do it. it's kind of scary. he uses this big, like, drill, like this that goes like this and right next to the eyeball so it kind of freaks me out. >> a baby's brain doubles in size during the first year of life, so if not fixed right away, his expanding brain cannot grow. >> if you look at his brother and you look at peyton, you can tell, you know, his brother has more of a rounded forehead, versus, his is pointy. >> it

twin pandas over the weekend. zoo staffers carefully handed the yet to be named newborn brother and sister kept warm in a towel and incubator, the cuddly pair weighed just under two pounds each. the one month olds are among 210 endangered giant panda species that live in captivity worldwide. they are cute. >>> what's cuter than a dog? a cute dog dressed up and for that we go to the annual dog parade in poland. dozens of dachshunds showed off their best medieval battle dress to honor the 600th anniversary of the battle of grumw, ald. that brought out kings, soldiers and some we just have no idea what the costume is. so, scott, maybe i'll let you take a shot at it. did you see that guy there? the weird squirrely thing. >> i don't know what that was. a spider? they're weiner dogs. maybe they should have dressed up as hot dogs. >> it is labor day and all. it's a favorite. >>> time now for an early look at some of the stories we'll follow throughout the day here on nbc. it is labor day, which means government offices, u.s. post offices, and most banks are closed for a federal holiday to honor american workers. >>> in t

she's a beauty. >>> and some other cute newborns to look at. twing. the brother and sister were born earlier this month and said to be doing well. looks so cute. >>> now six minutes patch the hour. let's go back outside again to matt, ann and tamron. >> natalie, thank you very much. busiest guy all morning, al roker, down in north carolina. he has the rest of the forecast this morning for us. mr. roker? >> thank you, guys. it's this ebb and flow. the wind breaks down a little bit and then picks up again. as we take a look at the satellite, you can see the main feature is earl. the rest of the country will have a fantastic labor day weekend. as we look at today, as far as the start of the weekend,hings are pretty good. wet weather, right along the coast from the mid atlantic during the day, working its way up the coast. the rest of the country, pretty nice. toasty weather back into the southwest. warm through the gulf of mexico, where it will be warm and humid. beautiful weather in the pacific northwest this weekend. a few clouds -- excuse me, a few

twins after only 27 week. soon after, doctors told kate her newborn son didn't make it.aby in her arms, held him close, in ynurtu him with kangaroo care and remarkably brought him back to life. we're delighted to have the whole family here. i feel like i have to talk quietly because they're sleeping. but it's nice to see help hel e healthy and happy. >> they're booth doing fantastically well. there's no complications. both doing everything newborn babies should do. >> and i know you consider this a miracle. i want to go back to that day. 27 weeks. you said you actually started to go to labor at 26 weeks. >> yeah. >> but when you were in the delivery room and you were delivering the babies, did you have any idea that something may go wrong? >> no, we'd always maintained a positive attitude so we were hoping everything would just be fine. we knew we wouldn't get to hold them and they'd be in the hospital for while. >> so tell me what did the doctor say to you. >> he said have you picked a name for your son and kate said jamie. and at that point we thought he was going to t